Apache Spark Job Trends in the North East

Apache Spark
England > North East

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the North East requiring Apache Spark skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 13 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 81 85 -
Rank change year-on-year +4 - -
Permanent jobs citing Apache Spark 1 1 0
As % of all permanent jobs in the North East 0.098% 0.11% -
As % of the Application Platforms category 3.23% 1.79% -
Number of salaries quoted 0 1 0
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) - £72,500 -
England median annual salary £85,000 £80,000 £80,000
% change year-on-year +6.25% - -3.03%

All Application Platform Skills
North East

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 the North East.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for application platform skills 31 56 69
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North East 3.04% 6.02% 9.16%
Number of salaries quoted 26 24 60
10th Percentile - £25,225 £30,000
25th Percentile £28,500 £35,563 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £31,500 £50,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -37.00% +11.11% +12.50%
75th Percentile £50,842 £66,250 £62,625
90th Percentile £82,500 £84,625 £85,000
England median annual salary £50,000 £57,000 £53,000
% change year-on-year -12.28% +7.55% -3.64%

Apache Spark
Job Vacancy Trend in the North East

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

Apache Spark job vacancy trend in the North East

Apache Spark
Salary Trend in the North East

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the North East citing Apache Spark.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the North East citing Apache Spark

Apache Spark
Job Locations in the North East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Apache Spark within the North East region over the 6 months to 13 January 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
Tyne and Wear +9 1 - - 5
Apache Spark
England

Apache Spark
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North East 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%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) Azure Data Factory
1 1 (100.00%) Azure DevOps
1 1 (100.00%) Azure Stack
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Azure SQL Database
1 1 (100.00%) Data Mining
1 1 (100.00%) Data Warehouse
1 1 (100.00%) Spark SQL
1 1 (100.00%) SQL Server
General
1 1 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Organisational Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Data Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) EPoS
1 1 (100.00%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) Analytics
1 1 (100.00%) Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Computer Science
1 1 (100.00%) Data Analytics
1 1 (100.00%) Data-Driven Decision Making
1 1 (100.00%) Decision-Making
1 1 (100.00%) DevOps
1 1 (100.00%) ETL
1 1 (100.00%) Kimball Methodology
1 1 (100.00%) Machine Learning
1 1 (100.00%) Mathematics
1 1 (100.00%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) Python
1 1 (100.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) Degree
1 1 (100.00%) Master's Degree