Azure Databricks Job Trends

Azure Databricks
UK

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs requiring Azure Databricks skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 30 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 639 587 702
Rank change year-on-year -52 +115 +12
Permanent jobs citing Azure Databricks 143 87 96
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.13% 0.17% 0.12%
As % of the Cloud Services category 0.52% 0.54% 0.37%
Number of salaries quoted 102 61 81
10th Percentile £51,250 £55,000 £56,250
25th Percentile £72,500 £72,500 £62,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £85,000 £85,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year - +21.43% +5.66%
75th Percentile £91,125 £101,250 £87,500
90th Percentile £107,500 £115,000 £97,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £85,000 £70,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year +21.43% +12.00% -5.66%

All Cloud Computing Skills
UK

Azure Databricks falls under the Cloud Services category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring cloud computing skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 27,714 16,009 25,717
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 25.21% 31.97% 31.65%
Number of salaries quoted 18,605 10,947 17,672
10th Percentile £31,250 £29,750 £32,500
25th Percentile £43,847 £39,750 £44,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.17% - -4.37%
75th Percentile £85,000 £80,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £100,000 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +10.00% -9.09% -

Azure Databricks
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Azure Databricks job vacancy trend in the UK

Azure Databricks
Salary Trend

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Azure Databricks.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Azure Databricks

Azure Databricks
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Azure Databricks over the 6 months to 30 August 2026.

Salary histogram for Azure Databricks in the UK

Azure Databricks
Top 14 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Azure Databricks within the UK 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
England -49 128 £85,000 - 50
London -30 76 £90,000 +5.88% 29
UK excluding London -71 60 £85,000 +21.43% 26
Work from Home -27 46 £87,500 +2.94% 23
South East -30 23 £87,500 +1.45% 4
North of England -35 21 £75,000 -25.00% 9
Yorkshire -29 11 £80,000 -20.00% 4
South West -68 6 £85,000 +95.40% 3
North East - 6 £45,000 - 2
Wales -63 5 £52,500 -12.50% 3
Scotland +5 4 £85,000 - 1
North West - 4 £75,000 - 3
Midlands -48 1 £28,000 -53.33% 5
East Midlands - 1 £28,000 - 2

Azure Databricks
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 20 (13.99%) Apache Spark
2 5 (3.50%) Apache
3 2 (1.40%) Apache Airflow
Applications
1 5 (3.50%) Spreadsheet
Cloud Services
1 143 (100.00%) Azure
2 64 (44.76%) Azure Data Factory
3 47 (32.87%) Azure Synapse Analytics
4 34 (23.78%) Power Platform
5 33 (23.08%) Microsoft Purview
6 17 (11.89%) Snowflake
7 13 (9.09%) Azure AI
7 13 (9.09%) Azure DevOps
7 13 (9.09%) Azure Machine Learning
8 9 (6.29%) Serverless
9 5 (3.50%) Azure Functions
10 4 (2.80%) Azure Key Vault
10 4 (2.80%) dbt
10 4 (2.80%) GCP
10 4 (2.80%) Prefect
11 3 (2.10%) AWS
11 3 (2.10%) Entra ID
12 2 (1.40%) Azure Cosmos DB
12 2 (1.40%) Cloud Computing
12 2 (1.40%) SaaS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 46 (32.17%) Delta Lake
2 34 (23.78%) Metadata
3 31 (21.68%) Data Lake
4 30 (20.98%) Data Warehouse
4 30 (20.98%) Power BI
5 17 (11.89%) Data Vault
6 16 (11.19%) Azure SQL Database
7 13 (9.09%) Spark SQL
8 12 (8.39%) Star Schema
9 11 (7.69%) Tableau
10 10 (6.99%) SQL Server
11 7 (4.90%) NoSQL
11 7 (4.90%) Relational Database
12 6 (4.20%) PostgreSQL
13 4 (2.80%) Big Data
13 4 (2.80%) Semantic Layer
14 3 (2.10%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
15 2 (1.40%) Ataccama
15 2 (1.40%) MySQL
16 1 (0.70%) OLAP
Development Applications
1 13 (9.09%) Git
2 10 (6.99%) MLflow
3 6 (4.20%) Jenkins
4 5 (3.50%) GitLab
5 1 (0.70%) JIRA
5 1 (0.70%) kappa
General
1 40 (27.97%) Finance
2 35 (24.48%) Social Skills
3 13 (9.09%) Analytical Skills
4 7 (4.90%) Legal
5 4 (2.80%) Marketing
5 4 (2.80%) Public Sector
6 2 (1.40%) Advertising
6 2 (1.40%) Banking
6 2 (1.40%) Retail
7 1 (0.70%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 1 (0.70%) Local Government
7 1 (0.70%) Manufacturing
7 1 (0.70%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 72 (50.35%) Architect
2 51 (35.66%) Data Architect
3 39 (27.27%) Data Engineer
4 28 (19.58%) Azure Architect
5 25 (17.48%) Lead
5 25 (17.48%) Senior
6 23 (16.08%) Azure Engineer
7 22 (15.38%) Databricks Engineer
8 13 (9.09%) Azure Data Architect
9 11 (7.69%) Azure Consultant
9 11 (7.69%) Consultant
10 10 (6.99%) Azure Data Engineer
10 10 (6.99%) Senior Data Engineer
11 8 (5.59%) Lead Data Engineer
12 7 (4.90%) Databricks Data Engineer
12 7 (4.90%) Solutions Architect
13 6 (4.20%) Developer
13 6 (4.20%) Senior Architect
14 5 (3.50%) Enterprise Data Architect
14 5 (3.50%) Lead Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 53 (37.06%) PySpark
2 28 (19.58%) Terraform
3 17 (11.89%) Kafka
4 2 (1.40%) FastAPI
4 2 (1.40%) LangChain
4 2 (1.40%) LangGraph
4 2 (1.40%) PyTorch
4 2 (1.40%) YAML
5 1 (0.70%) Model Context Protocol
5 1 (0.70%) Pandas
5 1 (0.70%) pydantic
5 1 (0.70%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 24 (16.78%) Cloud Native
2 6 (4.20%) Legacy Systems
3 4 (2.80%) Data Fabric
3 4 (2.80%) Distributed Computing
3 4 (2.80%) Greenfield Project
3 4 (2.80%) Reinsurance
4 3 (2.10%) Data Protection Act
4 3 (2.10%) Data Structures
4 3 (2.10%) Product Ownership
5 2 (1.40%) AI Agents
5 2 (1.40%) Client/Server
5 2 (1.40%) Public Cloud
6 1 (0.70%) Clustering
6 1 (0.70%) Enterprise Cloud
6 1 (0.70%) NHS
6 1 (0.70%) Onboarding
6 1 (0.70%) Reference Data
6 1 (0.70%) Replication
6 1 (0.70%) Virtual Team
Processes & Methodologies
1 74 (51.75%) Analytics
2 70 (48.95%) Data Modelling
3 59 (41.26%) Lakehouse
4 56 (39.16%) AI
5 55 (38.46%) CI/CD
6 53 (37.06%) Business Intelligence
7 50 (34.97%) Data Architecture
8 47 (32.87%) Data Engineering
9 46 (32.17%) Data Governance
10 41 (28.67%) Data Pipeline
10 41 (28.67%) ETL
11 40 (27.97%) Machine Learning
12 38 (26.57%) DevOps
12 38 (26.57%) Technical Leadership
13 33 (23.08%) Data Science
13 33 (23.08%) Roadmaps
14 32 (22.38%) Infrastructure as Code
15 24 (16.78%) Data Strategy
15 24 (16.78%) Problem-Solving
15 24 (16.78%) Strategic Roadmap
Programming Languages
1 78 (54.55%) SQL
2 74 (51.75%) Python
3 30 (20.98%) Scala
4 21 (14.69%) Bicep
5 2 (1.40%) JavaScript
5 2 (1.40%) R
Qualifications
1 32 (22.38%) Azure Certification
2 21 (14.69%) Microsoft Certification
3 17 (11.89%) SC Cleared
3 17 (11.89%) Security Cleared
4 16 (11.19%) SnowPro
5 13 (9.09%) Degree
6 8 (5.59%) Computer Science Degree
7 4 (2.80%) Tableau Certification
8 2 (1.40%) TOGAF Certification
9 1 (0.70%) AWS Certification
9 1 (0.70%) BPSS Clearance
9 1 (0.70%) Microsoft Certified Professional
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 56 (39.16%) Data Quality
2 6 (4.20%) GDPR
3 4 (2.80%) Solvency II
4 2 (1.40%) Accessibility
5 1 (0.70%) QA
5 1 (0.70%) SLA
System Software
1 13 (9.09%) Docker
Systems Management
1 13 (9.09%) Kubernetes
2 3 (2.10%) Ansible
Vendors
1 143 (100.00%) Databricks
2 72 (50.35%) Microsoft
3 10 (6.99%) OpenAI
4 2 (1.40%) Foundry
5 1 (0.70%) Bloomberg
5 1 (0.70%) Confluent
5 1 (0.70%) Informatica
5 1 (0.70%) Refinitiv
5 1 (0.70%) Workday