Databricks Job Trends in the South East

Databricks
England > South East

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the South East requiring knowledge or experience of Databricks products and/or services. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Databricks over the 6 months leading up to 21 May 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

The figures below represent the IT labour market in general and are not representative of salaries within Databricks.

6 months to
21 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 192 57 333
Rank change year-on-year -135 +276 -48
Permanent jobs citing Databricks 102 336 61
As % of all permanent jobs in the South East 0.71% 4.29% 0.37%
As % of the Vendors category 2.76% 10.58% 0.96%
Number of salaries quoted 93 66 53
10th Percentile £60,500 £43,750 £50,000
25th Percentile £75,000 £62,500 £60,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £85,000 £70,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year +21.43% - -
75th Percentile £90,000 £86,250 £95,000
90th Percentile £118,750 £98,750 £107,500
England median annual salary £85,000 £80,000 £80,000
% change year-on-year +6.25% - -

All Vendors
South East

Databricks falls under the Vendor Products and Services category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring knowledge or experience of all vendor products and services in the South East.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 3,692 3,176 6,383
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 25.53% 40.53% 38.73%
Number of salaries quoted 2,155 1,766 4,393
10th Percentile £28,000 £28,500 £26,250
25th Percentile £35,000 £36,250 £34,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £50,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year - +5.26% -5.00%
75th Percentile £66,672 £67,500 £61,000
90th Percentile £83,750 £78,750 £72,500
England median annual salary £56,500 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +2.73% +10.00% -12.40%

Databricks
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Databricks relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the South East.

Databricks job vacancy trend in the South East

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Salary Trend in the South East

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing Databricks.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing Databricks

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Salary Histogram in the South East

Salary distribution for jobs citing Databricks in the South East over the 6 months to 21 May 2026.

Salary histogram for Databricks in the South East

Databricks
Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Databricks within the South East region over the 6 months to 21 May 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
East Sussex -9 48 £90,000 -
Thames Valley -95 23 £70,000 +47.37% 9
Berkshire +11 11 £65,000 -26.76% 5
Kent -33 11 £112,500 +25.00% 2
Surrey -48 9 £80,000 +14.29% 1
Oxfordshire -4 8 £75,000 +57.89%
Hampshire -29 8 £67,500 -28.95% 1
Buckinghamshire -64 4 £50,000 - 4
West Sussex - 2 £80,000 - 3
Databricks
England

Databricks
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South 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:

Application Platforms
1 5 (4.90%) Apache Airflow
1 5 (4.90%) IIS
2 1 (0.98%) Apache
2 1 (0.98%) Apache Spark
2 1 (0.98%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (1.96%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 85 (83.33%) Azure
2 66 (64.71%) Azure Synapse Analytics
3 27 (26.47%) Snowflake
4 22 (21.57%) Azure AI
4 22 (21.57%) Azure Machine Learning
5 12 (11.76%) Azure Data Factory
5 12 (11.76%) Power Platform
6 6 (5.88%) AWS
7 5 (4.90%) Azure Storage
8 4 (3.92%) Microsoft Purview
9 2 (1.96%) Azure DevOps
9 2 (1.96%) Azure Service Bus
9 2 (1.96%) Prefect
10 1 (0.98%) Azure Cosmos DB
10 1 (0.98%) Azure Functions
10 1 (0.98%) GitHub
10 1 (0.98%) GitHub Actions
10 1 (0.98%) Power Automate
10 1 (0.98%) Serverless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 25 (24.51%) SQL Server
2 22 (21.57%) Data Warehouse
3 9 (8.82%) Power BI
4 6 (5.88%) Azure SQL Database
4 6 (5.88%) Big Data
4 6 (5.88%) Hadoop
5 5 (4.90%) Data Lake
5 5 (4.90%) Data Mining
5 5 (4.90%) NoSQL
5 5 (4.90%) Tableau
6 3 (2.94%) Relational Database
6 3 (2.94%) Spark SQL
7 2 (1.96%) Metadata
7 2 (1.96%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 1 (0.98%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
8 1 (0.98%) Delta Lake
8 1 (0.98%) PowerPivot
8 1 (0.98%) Semantic Layer
Development Applications
1 3 (2.94%) Git
General
1 32 (31.37%) Finance
2 25 (24.51%) Social Skills
3 13 (12.75%) Analytical Skills
4 5 (4.90%) Marketing
4 5 (4.90%) Pharmaceutical
5 4 (3.92%) Banking
6 3 (2.94%) Law
7 2 (1.96%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 39 (38.24%) Architect
2 38 (37.25%) Data Architect
3 37 (36.27%) Azure Architect
4 36 (35.29%) Azure Data Architect
5 21 (20.59%) Data Manager
5 21 (20.59%) Engineering Manager
6 20 (19.61%) Senior
7 18 (17.65%) Finance Manager
8 17 (16.67%) Data Engineer
9 8 (7.84%) Senior Data Engineer
10 7 (6.86%) Lead
11 5 (4.90%) Data Science Manager
11 5 (4.90%) Senior Manager
12 4 (3.92%) Head of AI
12 4 (3.92%) Head of Finance
12 4 (3.92%) Lead Data Engineer
13 3 (2.94%) Automation Engineer
13 3 (2.94%) Consultant
14 2 (1.96%) Developer
14 2 (1.96%) Python Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (5.88%) PySpark
2 5 (4.90%) Play Framework
3 2 (1.96%) Google JAX
3 2 (1.96%) JAX
3 2 (1.96%) NumPy
3 2 (1.96%) OpenCV
3 2 (1.96%) Pandas
3 2 (1.96%) PyTorch
3 2 (1.96%) SciPy
3 2 (1.96%) TensorFlow
4 1 (0.98%) Apollo GraphQL
4 1 (0.98%) GraphQL
4 1 (0.98%) Kafka
Miscellaneous
1 7 (6.86%) Algorithms
1 7 (6.86%) Distributed Systems
2 4 (3.92%) Cloud Native
3 3 (2.94%) Onboarding
4 1 (0.98%) AI Agents
4 1 (0.98%) Greenfield Project
4 1 (0.98%) Legacy Systems
4 1 (0.98%) Life Science
4 1 (0.98%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 2 (1.96%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 51 (50.00%) Data Governance
2 41 (40.20%) Data Engineering
3 39 (38.24%) AI
4 37 (36.27%) Problem-Solving
5 36 (35.29%) Agile
5 36 (35.29%) Data Modelling
5 36 (35.29%) Machine Learning
6 35 (34.31%) ETL
7 31 (30.39%) Data Architecture
8 28 (27.45%) Roadmaps
9 26 (25.49%) Regulatory Compliance
10 24 (23.53%) Line Management
11 23 (22.55%) Migration
12 22 (21.57%) Data Development
12 22 (21.57%) Technical Leadership
13 21 (20.59%) Data Pipeline
13 21 (20.59%) Data Security
14 20 (19.61%) Performance Tuning
15 18 (17.65%) Analytics
16 17 (16.67%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 63 (61.76%) SQL
2 43 (42.16%) Python
3 7 (6.86%) R
4 6 (5.88%) Scala
5 5 (4.90%) Java
6 1 (0.98%) Data Analysis Expressions
Qualifications
1 7 (6.86%) Degree
2 5 (4.90%) Master's Degree
2 5 (4.90%) MBA
3 1 (0.98%) AWS Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 28 (27.45%) Data Quality
2 5 (4.90%) Actionable Recommendations
3 1 (0.98%) GDPR
System Software
1 22 (21.57%) Virtual Machines
2 3 (2.94%) Docker
Systems Management
1 5 (4.90%) Terraform
2 1 (0.98%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 31 (30.39%) Microsoft
2 5 (4.90%) BT