Apache Arrow Job Trends

Apache Arrow
UK

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs requiring Apache Arrow skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 3 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 581 527 650
Rank change year-on-year -54 +123 +368
Permanent jobs citing Apache Arrow 62 180 54
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.10% 0.33% 0.10%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 0.94% 1.85% 0.49%
Number of salaries quoted 62 180 54
10th Percentile £100,000 £85,000 £106,250
25th Percentile £105,000 £98,750 £117,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £130,000 £110,000 £125,000
Median % change year-on-year +18.18% -12.00% +47.06%
75th Percentile £137,500 £147,500 £155,000
90th Percentile - £148,750 -
UK excluding London median annual salary - - -

All Database & Business Intelligence Skills
UK

Apache Arrow falls under the Databases and Business Intelligence category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring database or business intelligence skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for database or business intelligence skills 6,598 9,735 10,999
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 11.14% 17.78% 21.12%
Number of salaries quoted 4,195 5,473 8,538
10th Percentile £35,000 £37,500 £36,250
25th Percentile £42,625 £47,500 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% +4.17% -4.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £85,000 £78,750
90th Percentile £100,000 £112,500 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £53,400 £54,000
% change year-on-year -1.69% -1.11% -1.82%

Apache Arrow
Job Vacancy Trend

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Apache Arrow relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised.

Apache Arrow job vacancy trend in the UK

Apache Arrow
Salary Trend

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Apache Arrow.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Apache Arrow

Apache Arrow
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Apache Arrow over the 6 months to 3 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Apache Arrow in the UK

Apache Arrow
Top 3 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Apache Arrow within the UK over the 6 months to 3 January 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
Work from Home -27 62 £130,000 +18.18% 2
London -41 62 £130,000 +18.18%
England -51 62 £130,000 +18.18%

Apache Arrow
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities 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 62 (100.00%) Apache Airflow
2 33 (53.23%) Apache
Cloud Services
1 62 (100.00%) AWS
1 62 (100.00%) dbt
2 33 (53.23%) Snowflake
3 29 (46.77%) GCP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 62 (100.00%) Amazon Athena
1 62 (100.00%) Apache Iceberg
1 62 (100.00%) Dremio
2 33 (53.23%) Apache Ignite
2 33 (53.23%) Data Lake
3 29 (46.77%) PostgreSQL
General
1 62 (100.00%) Finance
1 62 (100.00%) Front Office
2 33 (53.23%) Banking
2 33 (53.23%) Investment Banking
Job Titles
1 62 (100.00%) AWS Engineer
1 62 (100.00%) AWS Software Engineer
1 62 (100.00%) Python Engineer
1 62 (100.00%) Python Software Engineer
1 62 (100.00%) Software Engineer
2 33 (53.23%) Java Engineer
2 33 (53.23%) Java Software Engineer
3 31 (50.00%) Senior
3 31 (50.00%) Senior Java Engineer
3 31 (50.00%) Senior Java Software Engineer
3 31 (50.00%) Senior Software Engineer
4 29 (46.77%) AWS Developer
4 29 (46.77%) Developer
4 29 (46.77%) Developer/Software Engineer
4 29 (46.77%) Python Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 62 (100.00%) NumPy
1 62 (100.00%) Pandas
1 62 (100.00%) SciPy
2 33 (53.23%) gRPC
2 33 (53.23%) Protocol Buffers
3 29 (46.77%) AngularJS
3 29 (46.77%) Node.js
3 29 (46.77%) React
3 29 (46.77%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 62 (100.00%) Equities
1 62 (100.00%) Fixed Income
1 62 (100.00%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
2 33 (53.23%) Derivative
2 33 (53.23%) Hedge funds
2 33 (53.23%) Pricing Data
Processes & Methodologies
1 62 (100.00%) Agile
1 62 (100.00%) Asset Management
1 62 (100.00%) Investment Management
1 62 (100.00%) Software Engineering
2 29 (46.77%) Fintech
2 29 (46.77%) Order Management
2 29 (46.77%) Performance Attribution
2 29 (46.77%) Risk Management
Programming Languages
1 62 (100.00%) JavaScript
1 62 (100.00%) Python
1 62 (100.00%) TypeScript
2 33 (53.23%) Java