Apache Spark Job Trends in Lancashire

Apache Spark
North West > Lancashire

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Lancashire requiring Apache Spark skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 17 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 81 - 80
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs citing Apache Spark 1 0 2
As % of all permanent jobs in Lancashire 0.066% - 0.16%
As % of the Application Platforms category 2.04% - 4.17%
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 2
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £62,376 - £44,738
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £66,805 - £49,274
75th Percentile £71,235 - £53,811
90th Percentile - - -
North West median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £55,250
% change year-on-year - -0.45% -26.33%

All Application Platform Skills
Lancashire

Apache Spark falls under the Application Platforms category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring application platform skills in Lancashire.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for application platform skills 49 50 48
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Lancashire 3.24% 4.36% 3.92%
Number of salaries quoted 39 26 41
10th Percentile £27,000 £21,250 £27,750
25th Percentile £29,750 £24,500 £32,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £40,000 £41,234
Median % change year-on-year - -2.99% -13.19%
75th Percentile £61,250 £42,500 £57,500
90th Percentile £74,985 £46,875 £71,991
North West median annual salary £50,000 £45,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +11.11% -10.00% -

Apache Spark
Job Vacancy Trend in Lancashire

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Apache Spark relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Lancashire.

Apache Spark job vacancy trend in Lancashire

Apache Spark
Salary Trend in Lancashire

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Lancashire citing Apache Spark.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Lancashire citing Apache Spark

Apache Spark
Job Locations in Lancashire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Apache Spark within the Lancashire region over the 6 months to 17 August 2026. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Blackpool - 1 £66,805 -
Apache Spark
North West

Apache Spark
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Lancashire by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) AWS
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Big Data
General
1 1 (100.00%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Data Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Senior
1 1 (100.00%) Senior Data Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) Kafka
1 1 (100.00%) PySpark
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Analytics
1 1 (100.00%) Coaching
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) Data Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) Data Pipeline
1 1 (100.00%) ETL
1 1 (100.00%) Line Management
1 1 (100.00%) Mentoring
1 1 (100.00%) Migration
1 1 (100.00%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) Python
1 1 (100.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Informatica