PySpark - Spark Python API
UK > Scotland
The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Scotland requiring PySpark skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 12 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 12 Jan 2026 |
Same period 2025 | Same period 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | - | 128 | 157 |
| Rank change year-on-year | - | +29 | +48 |
| Permanent jobs citing PySpark | 0 | 18 | 33 |
| As % of all permanent jobs in Scotland | - | 0.70% | 1.06% |
| As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category | - | 3.05% | 3.37% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 0 | 15 | 1 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | - | £77,606 | £65,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | - | +19.39% | -23.53% |
| UK median annual salary | £72,500 | £107,500 | £67,500 |
| % change year-on-year | -32.56% | +59.26% | -15.63% |
All Software Libraries and Frameworks
Scotland
PySpark falls under the Software Libraries and Frameworks category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills in Scotland.
| Permanent vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills | 320 | 591 | 979 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland | 11.76% | 22.92% | 31.36% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 120 | 340 | 537 |
| 10th Percentile | - | £33,750 | £39,150 |
| 25th Percentile | £28,250 | £40,000 | £47,500 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £60,000 | £55,000 | £61,500 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +9.09% | -10.57% | +2.50% |
| 75th Percentile | £72,813 | £70,000 | £72,500 |
| 90th Percentile | £83,945 | £85,000 | £91,934 |
| UK median annual salary | £65,000 | £65,000 | £65,000 |
| % change year-on-year | - | - | -3.70% |
PySpark
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland
Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing PySpark relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Scotland.
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Salary Trend in Scotland
Salary distribution trend for jobs in Scotland citing PySpark.
