Databricks Engineer Job Trends in Sheffield

Databricks Engineer
South Yorkshire > Sheffield

The median Databricks Engineer salary in Sheffield 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 58 48 -
Rank change year-on-year -10 - -
Permanent jobs requiring a Databricks Engineer 11 2 0
As % of all permanent jobs in Sheffield 1.05% 0.49% -
As % of the Job Titles category 1.09% 0.50% -
Number of salaries quoted 11 2 0
10th Percentile £72,500 £54,250 -
25th Percentile £81,250 £55,000 -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £82,500 £62,500 -
Median % change year-on-year +32.00% - -
75th Percentile £83,750 £72,500 -
90th Percentile - £74,750 -
South Yorkshire median annual salary £82,500 £62,500 -
% change year-on-year +32.00% - -

All Permanent IT Job Roles
Sheffield

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Sheffield. 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 Sheffield with a recognized job title 1,005 399 885
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 96.36% 98.03% 96.20%
Number of salaries quoted 833 302 590
10th Percentile £30,600 £26,250 £30,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £31,250 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £50,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year - - +17.65%
75th Percentile £70,000 £65,000 £62,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £78,750 £77,500
South Yorkshire median annual salary £50,000 £46,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +8.70% -8.00% +11.11%

Databricks Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Sheffield

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 Sheffield.

Databricks Engineer job vacancy trend in Sheffield

Databricks Engineer
Salary Trend in Sheffield

Salary distribution trend for Databricks Engineer job vacancies in Sheffield.

Salary distribution trend for Databricks Engineer job vacancies in Sheffield

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

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 Sheffield region featuring Databricks Engineer in the job title.

1 11 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 11 (100.00%) Data Governance
1 11 (100.00%) Data Modelling
1 11 (100.00%) Databricks
1 11 (100.00%) Lakehouse
1 11 (100.00%) Observability
1 11 (100.00%) PySpark
1 11 (100.00%) SQL
1 11 (100.00%) Test Automation
2 9 (81.82%) ARM Templates
2 9 (81.82%) Azure
2 9 (81.82%) Azure Data Factory
2 9 (81.82%) Azure DevOps
2 9 (81.82%) Azure Functions
2 9 (81.82%) Azure Logic Apps
2 9 (81.82%) Azure Monitor
2 9 (81.82%) Computer Science
2 9 (81.82%) Computer Science Degree
2 9 (81.82%) Cost Optimisation
2 9 (81.82%) Dashboard Development
2 9 (81.82%) Data Engineering
2 9 (81.82%) Data Integration
2 9 (81.82%) Data Warehouse
2 9 (81.82%) Degree
2 9 (81.82%) Deployment Automation
2 9 (81.82%) DevOps
2 9 (81.82%) ETL
2 9 (81.82%) GDPR
2 9 (81.82%) Infrastructure as Code
2 9 (81.82%) Platform Engineering

Databricks Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Sheffield 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 9 (81.82%) Azure
1 9 (81.82%) Azure Data Factory
1 9 (81.82%) Azure DevOps
1 9 (81.82%) Azure Functions
1 9 (81.82%) Azure Logic Apps
1 9 (81.82%) Azure Monitor
1 9 (81.82%) Serverless
2 2 (18.18%) dbt
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (81.82%) Data Warehouse
1 9 (81.82%) Spark SQL
2 2 (18.18%) Delta Lake
2 2 (18.18%) Metadata
2 2 (18.18%) Semantic Layer
General
1 2 (18.18%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (100.00%) PySpark
2 9 (81.82%) ARM Templates
2 9 (81.82%) REST
2 9 (81.82%) Terraform
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 11 (100.00%) Data Governance
1 11 (100.00%) Data Modelling
1 11 (100.00%) Lakehouse
1 11 (100.00%) Observability
1 11 (100.00%) Test Automation
2 9 (81.82%) Computer Science
2 9 (81.82%) Cost Optimisation
2 9 (81.82%) Dashboard Development
2 9 (81.82%) Data Engineering
2 9 (81.82%) Data Integration
2 9 (81.82%) Deployment Automation
2 9 (81.82%) DevOps
2 9 (81.82%) ETL
2 9 (81.82%) Infrastructure as Code
2 9 (81.82%) Platform Engineering
2 9 (81.82%) Regulatory Compliance
2 9 (81.82%) Release Management
3 2 (18.18%) Mentoring
3 2 (18.18%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 11 (100.00%) SQL
2 9 (81.82%) Python
Qualifications
1 9 (81.82%) Computer Science Degree
1 9 (81.82%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (81.82%) GDPR
2 2 (18.18%) Data Quality
Vendors
1 11 (100.00%) Databricks