Databricks Data Engineer Job Trends in the UK excluding London

Data Engineer - Databricks
UK > UK excluding London

The median Data Engineer - Databricks salary in the UK excluding London 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 605 535 646
Rank change year-on-year -70 +111 -48
Permanent jobs requiring a Databricks Data Engineer 47 13 12
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 0.058% 0.037% 0.021%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.062% 0.042% 0.022%
Number of salaries quoted 45 13 11
10th Percentile £49,500 £52,000 -
25th Percentile £66,250 £55,000 £56,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £82,500 £60,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year +37.50% -4.00% -23.08%
75th Percentile £92,500 £65,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £107,500 £77,250 £66,250
UK median annual salary £82,500 £85,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year -2.94% +30.77% -

All Permanent IT Job Roles
UK excluding London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in the UK excluding London. 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 UK excluding London with a recognized job title 75,692 31,231 55,277
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.15% 89.47% 95.11%
Number of salaries quoted 52,536 18,051 34,989
10th Percentile £30,000 £26,750 £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% -4.76%
75th Percentile £70,000 £65,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £80,000 £80,000
UK median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +4.55% - -8.33%

Databricks Data Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring 'Databricks Data Engineer' in the job title relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Databricks Data Engineer job vacancy trend in the UK excluding London

Databricks Data Engineer
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution trend for Databricks Data Engineer job vacancies in the UK excluding London.

Salary distribution trend for Databricks Data Engineer job vacancies in the UK excluding London

Databricks Data Engineer
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Databricks Data Engineer in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 30 August 2026.

Salary histogram for Databricks Data Engineer in the UK excluding London

Databricks Data Engineer
Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Databricks Data Engineer within the UK excluding London 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 of England -22 36 £82,500 +37.50% 1
North East - 16 £100,000 - 1
Yorkshire -29 12 £82,500 +37.50%
North West -4 8 £50,000 -16.67%
South East - 7 £67,500 - 1
South West - 3 £65,500 - 1
East Midlands -31 1 £50,000 -21.57%
Midlands -43 1 £50,000 -16.67%
Databricks Data Engineer
UK

Databricks Data Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding London

For the 6 months to 30 August 2026, Databricks Data 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 UK excluding London region featuring Databricks Data Engineer in the job title.

1 47 (100.00%) Databricks
2 41 (87.23%) SQL
3 40 (85.11%) Python
4 35 (74.47%) Azure
5 29 (61.70%) Data Engineering
6 20 (42.55%) Data Modelling
7 19 (40.43%) AWS
7 19 (40.43%) Lakehouse
8 17 (36.17%) PySpark
9 16 (34.04%) CI/CD
9 16 (34.04%) DevOps
9 16 (34.04%) GCP
9 16 (34.04%) Problem-Solving
10 15 (31.91%) Analytics
11 14 (29.79%) Data Governance
11 14 (29.79%) Infrastructure as Code
11 14 (29.79%) Observability
12 13 (27.66%) Computer Science
12 13 (27.66%) Degree
12 13 (27.66%) ETL
12 13 (27.66%) Regulatory Compliance
13 12 (25.53%) Computer Science Degree
13 12 (25.53%) Data Quality
13 12 (25.53%) Data Warehouse
13 12 (25.53%) Test Automation
14 11 (23.40%) AI
14 11 (23.40%) Apache Spark
14 11 (23.40%) Azure Data Factory
14 11 (23.40%) Data Integration
14 11 (23.40%) Machine Learning

Databricks Data Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 11 (23.40%) Apache Spark
2 9 (19.15%) Apache Airflow
3 8 (17.02%) Apache
Cloud Services
1 35 (74.47%) Azure
2 19 (40.43%) AWS
3 16 (34.04%) GCP
4 11 (23.40%) Azure Data Factory
5 10 (21.28%) Azure DevOps
6 9 (19.15%) Azure Functions
6 9 (19.15%) Azure Logic Apps
6 9 (19.15%) Azure Monitor
6 9 (19.15%) Serverless
7 4 (8.51%) Microsoft Purview
8 2 (4.26%) Azure Databricks
8 2 (4.26%) Power Platform
9 1 (2.13%) dbt
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (25.53%) Data Warehouse
2 11 (23.40%) Spark SQL
3 3 (6.38%) Big Data
3 3 (6.38%) ClickHouse
3 3 (6.38%) Delta Lake
4 2 (4.26%) Power BI
4 2 (4.26%) SQL Server
5 1 (2.13%) Metadata
5 1 (2.13%) Semantic Layer
5 1 (2.13%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 1 (2.13%) Git
General
1 11 (23.40%) Social Skills
2 10 (21.28%) Analytical Skills
3 7 (14.89%) Finance
3 7 (14.89%) Law
4 2 (4.26%) Front Office
4 2 (4.26%) Inclusion and Diversity
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 17 (36.17%) PySpark
2 9 (19.15%) ARM Templates
2 9 (19.15%) REST
2 9 (19.15%) Terraform
3 3 (6.38%) Kafka
4 2 (4.26%) Pandas
Miscellaneous
1 9 (19.15%) Distributed Computing
2 6 (12.77%) Hedge funds
3 4 (8.51%) Data Structures
4 3 (6.38%) Greenfield Project
4 3 (6.38%) IoT
5 1 (2.13%) Client/Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 29 (61.70%) Data Engineering
2 20 (42.55%) Data Modelling
3 19 (40.43%) Lakehouse
4 16 (34.04%) CI/CD
4 16 (34.04%) DevOps
4 16 (34.04%) Problem-Solving
5 15 (31.91%) Analytics
6 14 (29.79%) Data Governance
6 14 (29.79%) Infrastructure as Code
6 14 (29.79%) Observability
7 13 (27.66%) Computer Science
7 13 (27.66%) ETL
7 13 (27.66%) Regulatory Compliance
8 12 (25.53%) Test Automation
9 11 (23.40%) AI
9 11 (23.40%) Data Integration
9 11 (23.40%) Machine Learning
10 10 (21.28%) Data Pipeline
11 9 (19.15%) Cost Optimisation
11 9 (19.15%) Deployment Automation
Programming Languages
1 41 (87.23%) SQL
2 40 (85.11%) Python
3 6 (12.77%) Scala
Qualifications
1 13 (27.66%) Degree
2 12 (25.53%) Computer Science Degree
3 1 (2.13%) Azure Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (25.53%) Data Quality
2 9 (19.15%) GDPR
Vendors
1 47 (100.00%) Databricks
2 1 (2.13%) Microsoft