Databricks Architect Job Trends

Databricks Architect
UK

The median Databricks Architect salary in the UK is £100,000 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 758 - 788
Rank change year-on-year - - +8
Permanent jobs requiring a Databricks Architect 24 0 10
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.022% - 0.012%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.023% - 0.013%
Number of salaries quoted 21 0 10
10th Percentile £95,000 - £78,750
25th Percentile - - £81,563
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £100,000 - £95,000
Median % change year-on-year - - -13.64%
75th Percentile £117,500 - £102,500
90th Percentile - - £108,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £98,750 - -

All Permanent IT Job Roles
UK

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies. 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 with a recognized job title 103,208 44,989 77,310
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.87% 89.84% 95.15%
Number of salaries quoted 70,871 26,760 49,758
10th Percentile £30,000 £28,250 £30,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £36,250 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.55% - -8.33%
75th Percentile £75,000 £74,888 £72,500
90th Percentile £97,500 £95,000 £91,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £47,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year +15.79% -5.00% -4.76%

Databricks Architect
Job Vacancy Trend

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring 'Databricks Architect' in the job title relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised.

Databricks Architect job vacancy trend in the UK

Databricks Architect
Salary Trend

Salary distribution trend for Databricks Architect job vacancies in the UK.

Salary distribution trend for Databricks Architect job vacancies in the UK

Databricks Architect
Salary Histogram

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

Salary histogram for Databricks Architect in the UK

Databricks Architect
Top 6 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Databricks Architect 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 - 23 £100,000 - 21
London - 21 £100,000 - 17
Work from Home - 5 £110,000 - 5
UK excluding London - 3 £98,750 - 4
South East - 2 £82,500 -
Scotland - 1 £115,000 -

Databricks Architect Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities

For the 6 months to 30 August 2026, Databricks Architect 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 featuring Databricks Architect in the job title.

1 24 (100.00%) Databricks
2 19 (79.17%) Lakehouse
3 18 (75.00%) SQL
4 17 (70.83%) Python
5 16 (66.67%) Data Modelling
6 13 (54.17%) AI
6 13 (54.17%) Data Architecture
7 12 (50.00%) Analytics
7 12 (50.00%) Azure
7 12 (50.00%) Data Governance
8 10 (41.67%) Data Pipeline
9 9 (37.50%) Event-Driven
10 8 (33.33%) AWS
10 8 (33.33%) CI/CD
10 8 (33.33%) CRM
10 8 (33.33%) ERP
10 8 (33.33%) ETL
10 8 (33.33%) Salesforce
11 7 (29.17%) AI Transformation
11 7 (29.17%) Delta Lake
11 7 (29.17%) DevOps
11 7 (29.17%) GCP
11 7 (29.17%) Generative AI
11 7 (29.17%) PySpark
12 6 (25.00%) Business Intelligence
12 6 (25.00%) Machine Learning
12 6 (25.00%) Microsoft Purview
12 6 (25.00%) Power Platform
13 5 (20.83%) Apache Spark
13 5 (20.83%) Azure DevOps

Databricks Architect Skill Set
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 5 (20.83%) Apache Spark
2 3 (12.50%) Apache
Cloud Services
1 12 (50.00%) Azure
2 8 (33.33%) AWS
3 7 (29.17%) GCP
4 6 (25.00%) Microsoft Purview
4 6 (25.00%) Power Platform
5 5 (20.83%) Azure DevOps
5 5 (20.83%) GitHub
5 5 (20.83%) GitHub Actions
6 3 (12.50%) Azure Data Factory
6 3 (12.50%) Azure Databricks
7 2 (8.33%) Azure Synapse Analytics
8 1 (4.17%) Snowflake
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (29.17%) Delta Lake
2 5 (20.83%) Data Lake
2 5 (20.83%) Data Vault
2 5 (20.83%) Power BI
2 5 (20.83%) Tableau
3 3 (12.50%) Metadata
4 1 (4.17%) Big Data
4 1 (4.17%) Data Warehouse
Development Applications
1 1 (4.17%) Git
General
1 11 (45.83%) Social Skills
2 3 (12.50%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (4.17%) Public Sector
3 1 (4.17%) Retail
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (29.17%) PySpark
2 2 (8.33%) Terraform
Miscellaneous
1 8 (33.33%) Onboarding
2 3 (12.50%) Cloud Native
3 2 (8.33%) Greenfield Project
4 1 (4.17%) Clustering
4 1 (4.17%) Product Ownership
4 1 (4.17%) Reinsurance
Processes & Methodologies
1 19 (79.17%) Lakehouse
2 16 (66.67%) Data Modelling
3 13 (54.17%) AI
3 13 (54.17%) Data Architecture
4 12 (50.00%) Analytics
4 12 (50.00%) Data Governance
5 10 (41.67%) Data Pipeline
6 9 (37.50%) Event-Driven
7 8 (33.33%) CI/CD
7 8 (33.33%) CRM
7 8 (33.33%) ERP
7 8 (33.33%) ETL
8 7 (29.17%) AI Transformation
8 7 (29.17%) DevOps
8 7 (29.17%) Generative AI
9 6 (25.00%) Business Intelligence
9 6 (25.00%) Machine Learning
10 5 (20.83%) Data Strategy
10 5 (20.83%) Kimball Methodology
10 5 (20.83%) RBAC
Programming Languages
1 18 (75.00%) SQL
2 17 (70.83%) Python
3 5 (20.83%) Scala
Qualifications
1 4 (16.67%) SC Cleared
1 4 (16.67%) Security Cleared
2 2 (8.33%) AWS Certification
3 1 (4.17%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
3 1 (4.17%) Azure Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (4.17%) Data Quality
Vendors
1 24 (100.00%) Databricks
2 8 (33.33%) Salesforce
3 1 (4.17%) Microsoft