Databricks Engineer Job Trends in the North of England

Databricks Engineer
England > North of England

The median Databricks Engineer salary in the North of England is £82,500 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 315 292 332
Rank change year-on-year -23 +40 -
Permanent jobs requiring a Databricks Engineer 37 7 3
As % of all permanent jobs in the North of England 0.16% 0.073% 0.020%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.17% 0.083% 0.021%
Number of salaries quoted 37 7 3
10th Percentile £48,500 £53,750 -
25th Percentile £77,500 £55,000 £58,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £82,500 £57,500 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year +43.48% -8.00% -
75th Percentile £100,000 £63,125 £83,125
90th Percentile £114,500 £68,750 £93,250
England median annual salary £82,500 £75,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year +10.00% +20.00% -3.85%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
North of England

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in the North of England. 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 the North of England with a recognized job title 21,608 8,391 14,078
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.26% 87.97% 95.02%
Number of salaries quoted 15,792 4,618 9,140
10th Percentile £30,000 £26,000 £29,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £32,500 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £47,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +15.79% -5.00% -5.66%
75th Percentile £70,525 £65,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £80,000 £77,500
England median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +4.55% - -8.33%

Databricks Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

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

Databricks Engineer job vacancy trend in the North of England

Databricks Engineer
Salary Trend in the North of England

Salary distribution trend for Databricks Engineer job vacancies in the North of England.

Salary distribution trend for Databricks Engineer job vacancies in the North of England

Databricks Engineer
Salary Histogram in the North of England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Databricks Engineer in the North of England over the 6 months to 30 August 2026.

Salary histogram for Databricks Engineer in the North of England

Databricks Engineer
Job Locations in the North of England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Databricks Engineer within the North of England 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
North East - 16 £100,000 -
Yorkshire -30 13 £82,500 +43.48%
North West -4 8 £50,000 -16.67%
Databricks Engineer
England

Databricks Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North of England

For the 6 months to 30 August 2026, Databricks 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 North of England region featuring Databricks Engineer in the job title.

1 37 (100.00%) Databricks
1 37 (100.00%) SQL
2 35 (94.59%) Python
3 29 (78.38%) Azure
4 24 (64.86%) Data Engineering
5 19 (51.35%) Lakehouse
6 15 (40.54%) AWS
6 15 (40.54%) GCP
7 14 (37.84%) Data Modelling
7 14 (37.84%) PySpark
8 13 (35.14%) CI/CD
8 13 (35.14%) Test Automation
9 11 (29.73%) Azure Data Factory
9 11 (29.73%) Data Governance
9 11 (29.73%) Data Integration
9 11 (29.73%) Data Warehouse
9 11 (29.73%) DevOps
9 11 (29.73%) Infrastructure as Code
9 11 (29.73%) Observability
9 11 (29.73%) Spark SQL
10 10 (27.03%) Analytics
10 10 (27.03%) Computer Science
10 10 (27.03%) Degree
11 9 (24.32%) Apache Airflow
11 9 (24.32%) Apache Spark
11 9 (24.32%) ARM Templates
11 9 (24.32%) Azure DevOps
11 9 (24.32%) Azure Functions
11 9 (24.32%) Azure Logic Apps
11 9 (24.32%) Azure Monitor

Databricks Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North of England 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 9 (24.32%) Apache Airflow
1 9 (24.32%) Apache Spark
2 7 (18.92%) Apache
Cloud Services
1 29 (78.38%) Azure
2 15 (40.54%) AWS
2 15 (40.54%) GCP
3 11 (29.73%) Azure Data Factory
4 9 (24.32%) Azure DevOps
4 9 (24.32%) Azure Functions
4 9 (24.32%) Azure Logic Apps
4 9 (24.32%) Azure Monitor
4 9 (24.32%) Serverless
5 2 (5.41%) Azure Databricks
5 2 (5.41%) dbt
5 2 (5.41%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (29.73%) Data Warehouse
1 11 (29.73%) Spark SQL
2 4 (10.81%) Delta Lake
3 2 (5.41%) Metadata
3 2 (5.41%) Power BI
3 2 (5.41%) Semantic Layer
3 2 (5.41%) SQL Server
General
1 9 (24.32%) Social Skills
2 6 (16.22%) Law
3 3 (8.11%) Analytical Skills
3 3 (8.11%) Finance
4 2 (5.41%) Front Office
4 2 (5.41%) Inclusion and Diversity
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 14 (37.84%) PySpark
2 9 (24.32%) ARM Templates
2 9 (24.32%) REST
2 9 (24.32%) Terraform
3 1 (2.70%) Pandas
Miscellaneous
1 9 (24.32%) Distributed Computing
2 6 (16.22%) Hedge funds
3 4 (10.81%) Data Structures
4 1 (2.70%) Client/Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 24 (64.86%) Data Engineering
2 19 (51.35%) Lakehouse
3 14 (37.84%) Data Modelling
4 13 (35.14%) CI/CD
4 13 (35.14%) Test Automation
5 11 (29.73%) Data Governance
5 11 (29.73%) Data Integration
5 11 (29.73%) DevOps
5 11 (29.73%) Infrastructure as Code
5 11 (29.73%) Observability
6 10 (27.03%) Analytics
6 10 (27.03%) Computer Science
7 9 (24.32%) Cost Optimisation
7 9 (24.32%) Dashboard Development
7 9 (24.32%) Deployment Automation
7 9 (24.32%) ETL
7 9 (24.32%) Platform Engineering
7 9 (24.32%) Problem-Solving
7 9 (24.32%) Regulatory Compliance
7 9 (24.32%) Release Management
Programming Languages
1 37 (100.00%) SQL
2 35 (94.59%) Python
3 6 (16.22%) Scala
Qualifications
1 10 (27.03%) Degree
2 9 (24.32%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (24.32%) GDPR
2 8 (21.62%) Data Quality
Vendors
1 37 (100.00%) Databricks