Apache Spark
UK

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs requiring Apache Spark skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 28 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 513 366 273
Rank change year-on-year -147 -93 -23
Permanent jobs citing Apache Spark 222 307 1,024
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.25% 0.73% 1.07%
As % of the Application Platforms category 6.02% 7.46% 10.13%
Number of salaries quoted 96 208 284
10th Percentile £54,875 £52,275 £50,000
25th Percentile £75,000 £56,250 £61,180
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £85,000 £82,865 £80,000
Median % change year-on-year +2.58% +3.58% -8.57%
75th Percentile £125,313 £115,000 £105,000
90th Percentile £140,000 £138,750 £117,625
UK excluding London median annual salary £80,000 £65,000 £69,447
% change year-on-year +23.08% -6.40% +0.45%

All Application Platform Skills
UK

Apache Spark falls under the Application Platforms category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring application platform skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for application platform skills 3,685 4,116 10,112
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 4.11% 9.73% 10.60%
Number of salaries quoted 2,573 2,904 7,043
10th Percentile £28,500 £30,000 £27,500
25th Percentile £33,750 £37,500 £34,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +10.00% -9.09%
75th Percentile £72,500 £77,250 £67,500
90th Percentile £93,750 £110,000 £91,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £43,500 £45,000 £42,500
% change year-on-year -3.33% +5.88% -10.53%

Apache Spark
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Apache Spark job vacancy trend in the UK

Apache Spark
Salary Trend

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

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Apache Spark

Apache Spark
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Apache Spark over the 6 months to 28 April 2026.

Salary histogram for Apache Spark in the UK

Apache Spark
Top 16 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Apache Spark within the UK over the 6 months to 28 April 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
England -119 201 £84,000 +0.93% 126
London -43 135 £95,000 -13.64% 73
UK excluding London -114 65 £80,000 +23.08% 72
Work from Home -123 57 £84,000 -23.64% 70
North of England -59 23 £65,000 +13.04% 28
East of England -9 18 £75,000 -7.69% 3
Yorkshire -56 13 £62,500 +8.70% 2
South West -40 12 £84,000 +68.00% 13
North West -35 8 £95,000 +58.33% 17
Scotland -25 5 £102,500 +2.50% 2
South East -76 4 £57,500 -11.54% 19
North East -41 2 £68,750 -14.06% 9
Midlands -49 2 £50,000 -21.88% 7
West Midlands -25 1 - - 6
Wales -30 1 £95,000 +48.44%
East Midlands -52 1 £50,000 -33.33% 1

Apache Spark
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
1 106 (47.75%) Apache Airflow
2 79 (35.59%) Apache
3 2 (0.90%) Apache Solr
4 1 (0.45%) Apache Synapse
4 1 (0.45%) ArcGIS
4 1 (0.45%) Camunda
4 1 (0.45%) GeoServer
4 1 (0.45%) Jupyter
4 1 (0.45%) Palantir Foundry
Applications
1 13 (5.86%) MS Visio
2 1 (0.45%) Chatbot
2 1 (0.45%) Trello
Cloud Services
1 151 (68.02%) AWS
2 111 (50.00%) Azure
3 96 (43.24%) GCP
4 51 (22.97%) Power Platform
5 48 (21.62%) Amazon S3
6 46 (20.72%) Snowflake
7 45 (20.27%) dbt
8 41 (18.47%) Azure Synapse Analytics
9 33 (14.86%) OpenShift
10 29 (13.06%) Serverless
11 25 (11.26%) AWS Lambda
12 21 (9.46%) Azure Data Factory
13 17 (7.66%) Dagster
14 15 (6.76%) Azure Machine Learning
15 11 (4.95%) Amazon EMR
15 11 (4.95%) Amazon Kinesis
15 11 (4.95%) Azure DevOps
15 11 (4.95%) GitHub
16 10 (4.50%) Microsoft Purview
17 9 (4.05%) Vertex AI
Communications & Networking
1 7 (3.15%) Broadband
2 5 (2.25%) AMQP
3 2 (0.90%) 4G
3 2 (0.90%) 5G
3 2 (0.90%) Kerberos
4 1 (0.45%) Radio Access Network
4 1 (0.45%) TCAP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 75 (33.78%) Tableau
2 74 (33.33%) Data Warehouse
3 66 (29.73%) Big Data
4 51 (22.97%) Data Lake
5 50 (22.52%) Amazon Redshift
5 50 (22.52%) Power BI
6 46 (20.72%) BigQuery
7 44 (19.82%) Elasticsearch
8 35 (15.77%) Hadoop
9 33 (14.86%) Looker
10 30 (13.51%) Apache Hive
10 30 (13.51%) Spark SQL
11 28 (12.61%) Snowflake Schema
12 26 (11.71%) Parquet
13 25 (11.26%) Impala
13 25 (11.26%) Oracle Database
14 23 (10.36%) Delta Lake
15 21 (9.46%) Relational Database
16 20 (9.01%) MySQL
17 18 (8.11%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 41 (18.47%) Git
2 38 (17.12%) MLflow
3 25 (11.26%) IBM UrbanCode
4 9 (4.05%) Jenkins
5 6 (2.70%) GitLab
6 2 (0.90%) JIRA
7 1 (0.45%) Deequ
7 1 (0.45%) JUnit
General
1 82 (36.94%) Finance
2 73 (32.88%) Analytical Skills
3 65 (29.28%) Social Skills
4 33 (14.86%) Banking
5 24 (10.81%) Investment Banking
6 14 (6.31%) Law
6 14 (6.31%) Legal
7 8 (3.60%) Public Sector
8 4 (1.80%) Aerospace
8 4 (1.80%) Documentation Skills
8 4 (1.80%) Financial Institution
8 4 (1.80%) Telecoms
9 2 (0.90%) Advertising
9 2 (0.90%) Billing
9 2 (0.90%) Influencing Skills
9 2 (0.90%) Retail
10 1 (0.45%) Games
10 1 (0.45%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 1 (0.45%) Marketing
10 1 (0.45%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 74 (33.33%) Data Engineer
2 72 (32.43%) Senior
3 26 (11.71%) Analyst
4 24 (10.81%) Senior Data Engineer
4 24 (10.81%) Senior Systems Engineer
5 23 (10.36%) Systems Engineer
5 23 (10.36%) Transformation Analyst
6 22 (9.91%) Banking Analyst
6 22 (9.91%) Developer
7 18 (8.11%) Python Engineer
8 17 (7.66%) Architect
8 17 (7.66%) Lead
8 17 (7.66%) Python Developer
9 13 (5.86%) AWS Data Engineer
9 13 (5.86%) AWS Engineer
9 13 (5.86%) Business Analyst
9 13 (5.86%) Lead Data Engineer
10 12 (5.41%) Data Business Analyst
10 12 (5.41%) Technical Analyst
11 11 (4.95%) Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 103 (46.40%) Kafka
2 54 (24.32%) PySpark
3 41 (18.47%) PyTorch
3 41 (18.47%) TensorFlow
4 28 (12.61%) scikit-learn
5 25 (11.26%) REST
6 24 (10.81%) LangChain
7 23 (10.36%) LlamaIndex
7 23 (10.36%) Pandas
7 23 (10.36%) pgvector
8 14 (6.31%) Spring
9 13 (5.86%) Spring Boot
10 10 (4.50%) Node.js
11 9 (4.05%) Faiss
11 9 (4.05%) vLLM
12 7 (3.15%) NumPy
12 7 (3.15%) React
13 6 (2.70%) AngularJS
13 6 (2.70%) OAuth
13 6 (2.70%) RabbitMQ
Miscellaneous
1 41 (18.47%) Cloud Native
2 23 (10.36%) Clustering
2 23 (10.36%) Public Cloud
3 18 (8.11%) Distributed Systems
3 18 (8.11%) Product Ownership
4 10 (4.50%) Algorithms
5 9 (4.05%) Distributed Computing
6 7 (3.15%) Data Structures
7 6 (2.70%) Anti-Piracy
7 6 (2.70%) Social Media
8 5 (2.25%) Data Protection Act
8 5 (2.25%) Hybrid Cloud
8 5 (2.25%) Management Information System
9 4 (1.80%) Distributed Architecture
9 4 (1.80%) e-Learning
10 3 (1.35%) Analytical Mindset
10 3 (1.35%) Data Fabric
10 3 (1.35%) NHS
10 3 (1.35%) Virtual Team
11 2 (0.90%) Linux Command Line
Operating Systems
1 9 (4.05%) Linux
2 5 (2.25%) CentOS
2 5 (2.25%) Debian
2 5 (2.25%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
2 5 (2.25%) Ubuntu
3 2 (0.90%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 149 (67.12%) Data Pipeline
2 133 (59.91%) Data Engineering
3 132 (59.46%) Analytics
4 112 (50.45%) ETL
5 107 (48.20%) AI
6 102 (45.95%) CI/CD
7 92 (41.44%) Data Governance
8 91 (40.99%) Machine Learning
9 89 (40.09%) Data Science
10 87 (39.19%) Data Modelling
11 69 (31.08%) Business Intelligence
12 67 (30.18%) Agile
13 54 (24.32%) Computer Science
14 50 (22.52%) Generative AI
15 47 (21.17%) Use Case
16 46 (20.72%) Software Engineering
17 45 (20.27%) DevOps
18 43 (19.37%) Performance Tuning
19 41 (18.47%) Feature Engineering
20 37 (16.67%) Problem-Solving
Programming Languages
1 205 (92.34%) Python
2 165 (74.32%) SQL
3 52 (23.42%) Java
4 43 (19.37%) Scala
5 10 (4.50%) Bash
6 9 (4.05%) Go
7 8 (3.60%) C++
8 6 (2.70%) JavaScript
8 6 (2.70%) R
9 4 (1.80%) Bicep
9 4 (1.80%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 3 (1.35%) TypeScript
11 1 (0.45%) ANSI SQL
11 1 (0.45%) MATLAB
11 1 (0.45%) PowerShell
11 1 (0.45%) Ruby
11 1 (0.45%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 38 (17.12%) Degree
2 25 (11.26%) Security Cleared
3 17 (7.66%) Computer Science Degree
3 17 (7.66%) SC Cleared
4 9 (4.05%) Azure Certification
4 9 (4.05%) PhD
5 8 (3.60%) Master's Degree
6 7 (3.15%) DV Cleared
7 6 (2.70%) AWS Certification
8 5 (2.25%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 3 (1.35%) Microsoft Certification
10 1 (0.45%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
10 1 (0.45%) CEH
10 1 (0.45%) CISM
10 1 (0.45%) CISSP
10 1 (0.45%) MBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 88 (39.64%) Data Quality
2 39 (17.57%) GDPR
3 35 (15.77%) California Consumer Privacy Act
4 12 (5.41%) HIPAA
5 4 (1.80%) Accessibility
6 2 (0.90%) IFRS
6 2 (0.90%) IFRS 17
6 2 (0.90%) Solvency II
7 1 (0.45%) QA
7 1 (0.45%) SLA
System Software
1 37 (16.67%) Docker
2 2 (0.90%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.45%) HDFS
Systems Management
1 33 (14.86%) Kubernetes
1 33 (14.86%) Terraform
2 15 (6.76%) Ansible
3 8 (3.60%) Grafana
4 7 (3.15%) Prometheus
5 5 (2.25%) Puppet
6 2 (0.90%) Packer
7 1 (0.45%) Argo
Vendors
1 83 (37.39%) Databricks
2 34 (15.32%) Oracle
3 32 (14.41%) Red Hat
4 25 (11.26%) Dell
5 24 (10.81%) Cloudera
6 14 (6.31%) Microsoft
6 14 (6.31%) Palantir
7 10 (4.50%) Google
8 7 (3.15%) Informatica
9 6 (2.70%) Talend
10 5 (2.25%) SaltStack
11 3 (1.35%) OpenAI
12 1 (0.45%) Automation Anywhere
12 1 (0.45%) Confluent
12 1 (0.45%) Foundry
12 1 (0.45%) Mapbox
12 1 (0.45%) Refinitiv
12 1 (0.45%) ServiceNow
12 1 (0.45%) Splunk
12 1 (0.45%) UiPath