Databricks Data Engineer Job Trends in London

Data Engineer - Databricks
England > London

The median Data Engineer - Databricks salary in London is £77,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 30 August 2026.

The table below compares current salary benchmarking and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 427 377 434
Rank change year-on-year -50 +57 +66
Permanent jobs requiring a Databricks Data Engineer 14 17 29
As % of all permanent jobs in London 0.058% 0.14% 0.15%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.062% 0.15% 0.16%
Number of salaries quoted 12 16 29
10th Percentile £55,100 - -
25th Percentile £66,313 £85,000 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £77,500 £91,250 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -15.07% +40.38% -
75th Percentile £81,250 £95,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £85,000 £99,375 £90,000
England median annual salary £82,500 £85,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year -2.94% +36.00% -3.85%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in London. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of permanent jobs in our overall sample.

Permanent vacancies in London with a recognized job title 22,470 11,032 18,397
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 92.92% 91.40% 95.29%
Number of salaries quoted 15,433 7,195 12,238
10th Percentile £40,000 £37,500 £40,000
25th Percentile £55,000 £52,500 £51,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £72,500 £72,500
Median % change year-on-year +3.45% - -
75th Percentile £95,000 £96,250 £95,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £120,000 £118,750
England median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +4.55% - -8.33%

Databricks Data Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in London

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring 'Databricks Data Engineer' in the job title relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in London.

Databricks Data Engineer job vacancy trend in London

Databricks Data Engineer
Salary Trend in London

Salary distribution trend for Databricks Data Engineer job vacancies in London.

Salary distribution trend for Databricks Data Engineer job vacancies in London

Databricks Data Engineer
Salary Histogram in London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Databricks Data Engineer in London over the 6 months to 30 August 2026.

Salary histogram for Databricks Data Engineer in London

Databricks Data Engineer
Job Locations in London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Databricks Data Engineer within the London region over the 6 months to 30 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
West London - 1 £70,500 - 2
Central London - 1 £72,500 -
Databricks Data Engineer
England

Databricks Data Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in London

For the 6 months to 30 August 2026, Databricks Data Engineer job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the London region featuring Databricks Data Engineer in the job title.

1 14 (100.00%) Data Engineering
1 14 (100.00%) Databricks
2 13 (92.86%) Python
2 13 (92.86%) SQL
3 12 (85.71%) Azure
3 12 (85.71%) CI/CD
4 10 (71.43%) Data Pipeline
4 10 (71.43%) DevOps
4 10 (71.43%) ETL
4 10 (71.43%) Lakehouse
5 9 (64.29%) Business Intelligence
5 9 (64.29%) Data Modelling
6 8 (57.14%) Azure Data Factory
6 8 (57.14%) Data Warehouse
7 7 (50.00%) Analytics
7 7 (50.00%) Azure DevOps
8 6 (42.86%) Apache Spark
8 6 (42.86%) Data Science
8 6 (42.86%) PySpark
9 5 (35.71%) Agile
9 5 (35.71%) AI
9 5 (35.71%) Azure Databricks
9 5 (35.71%) Change Data Capture
9 5 (35.71%) Decision-Making
9 5 (35.71%) Delta Lake
9 5 (35.71%) Power Platform
9 5 (35.71%) Problem-Solving
9 5 (35.71%) Star Schema
10 4 (28.57%) Azure Certification
10 4 (28.57%) Data Architecture

Databricks Data Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in London 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:

Application Platforms
1 6 (42.86%) Apache Spark
2 3 (21.43%) Apache
3 1 (7.14%) Apache Airflow
Cloud Services
1 12 (85.71%) Azure
2 8 (57.14%) Azure Data Factory
3 7 (50.00%) Azure DevOps
4 5 (35.71%) Azure Databricks
4 5 (35.71%) Power Platform
5 3 (21.43%) Microsoft Purview
6 2 (14.29%) Azure Synapse Analytics
7 1 (7.14%) AWS
7 1 (7.14%) AWS CloudFormation
7 1 (7.14%) AWS Step Functions
7 1 (7.14%) GCP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (57.14%) Data Warehouse
2 5 (35.71%) Delta Lake
2 5 (35.71%) Star Schema
3 4 (28.57%) Data Lake
3 4 (28.57%) Power BI
3 4 (28.57%) Tableau
4 3 (21.43%) Azure SQL Database
4 3 (21.43%) Metadata
4 3 (21.43%) NoSQL
5 2 (14.29%) Relational Database
5 2 (14.29%) Semantic Layer
5 2 (14.29%) Spark SQL
6 1 (7.14%) Looker
Development Applications
1 3 (21.43%) Git
2 2 (14.29%) Jenkins
General
1 3 (21.43%) Finance
1 3 (21.43%) Social Skills
2 2 (14.29%) Banking
2 2 (14.29%) Retail
3 1 (7.14%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (7.14%) Marketing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (42.86%) PySpark
2 3 (21.43%) Kafka
2 3 (21.43%) Terraform
3 2 (14.29%) YAML
4 1 (7.14%) Pandas
Miscellaneous
1 1 (7.14%) Cloud Native
1 1 (7.14%) Data Structures
1 1 (7.14%) Marketing Technology
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (100.00%) Data Engineering
2 12 (85.71%) CI/CD
3 10 (71.43%) Data Pipeline
3 10 (71.43%) DevOps
3 10 (71.43%) ETL
3 10 (71.43%) Lakehouse
4 9 (64.29%) Business Intelligence
4 9 (64.29%) Data Modelling
5 7 (50.00%) Analytics
6 6 (42.86%) Data Science
7 5 (35.71%) Agile
7 5 (35.71%) AI
7 5 (35.71%) Change Data Capture
7 5 (35.71%) Decision-Making
7 5 (35.71%) Problem-Solving
8 4 (28.57%) Data Architecture
8 4 (28.57%) Data Transformation
9 3 (21.43%) Mentoring
9 3 (21.43%) Metadata Management
9 3 (21.43%) Translating Business Requirements
Programming Languages
1 13 (92.86%) Python
1 13 (92.86%) SQL
2 2 (14.29%) JavaScript
2 2 (14.29%) R
2 2 (14.29%) Scala
3 1 (7.14%) Bicep
Qualifications
1 4 (28.57%) Azure Certification
2 3 (21.43%) Degree
3 2 (14.29%) SC Cleared
3 2 (14.29%) Security Cleared
4 1 (7.14%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (21.43%) Data Quality
2 1 (7.14%) QA
System Software
1 3 (21.43%) Docker
Systems Management
1 3 (21.43%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 14 (100.00%) Databricks
2 3 (21.43%) Microsoft
3 1 (7.14%) Salesforce