Databricks Engineer Job Trends

Databricks Engineer
UK

The median Databricks Engineer salary in the UK 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 685 627 728
Rank change year-on-year -58 +101 +52
Permanent jobs requiring a Databricks Engineer 97 47 70
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.088% 0.094% 0.086%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.094% 0.10% 0.091%
Number of salaries quoted 84 32 52
10th Percentile £55,300 £53,750 £52,500
25th Percentile £72,500 £55,000 £56,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £82,500 £75,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% +15.38% -
75th Percentile £92,500 £90,938 £70,000
90th Percentile £108,888 £98,250 £73,625
UK excluding London median annual salary £82,500 £60,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year +37.50% -4.00% -23.08%

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 Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Databricks Engineer job vacancy trend in the UK

Databricks Engineer
Salary Trend

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

Salary distribution trend for Databricks Engineer job vacancies in the UK

Databricks Engineer
Salary Histogram

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

Salary histogram for Databricks Engineer in the UK

Databricks Engineer
Top 13 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Databricks Engineer 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 -47 88 £82,500 +10.00%
UK excluding London -73 51 £82,500 +37.50%
North of England -23 37 £82,500 +43.48%
London -37 36 £85,000 -6.85%
Work from Home -29 17 £84,500 +43.83%
North East - 16 £100,000 -
Yorkshire -30 13 £82,500 +43.48%
North West -4 8 £50,000 -16.67%
South East - 7 £67,500 -
Scotland +1 3 £85,000 -
South West - 3 £65,500 -
East Midlands -32 1 £50,000 -13.04%
Midlands -44 1 £50,000 -16.67%

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

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

1 97 (100.00%) Databricks
2 74 (76.29%) SQL
3 68 (70.10%) Python
4 67 (69.07%) Azure
5 58 (59.79%) Data Engineering
6 47 (48.45%) Lakehouse
7 45 (46.39%) Data Modelling
8 41 (42.27%) Analytics
9 39 (40.21%) CI/CD
10 35 (36.08%) DevOps
10 35 (36.08%) ETL
11 34 (35.05%) Data Pipeline
12 33 (34.02%) AI
12 33 (34.02%) PySpark
13 29 (29.90%) Data Governance
14 27 (27.84%) Data Warehouse
15 26 (26.80%) Business Intelligence
16 25 (25.77%) Problem-Solving
17 24 (24.74%) Azure DevOps
18 23 (23.71%) AWS
18 23 (23.71%) Azure Data Factory
19 22 (22.68%) Apache Spark
19 22 (22.68%) Azure Databricks
20 20 (20.62%) Decision-Making
20 20 (20.62%) Observability
21 19 (19.59%) Data Quality
21 19 (19.59%) Delta Lake
22 18 (18.56%) Degree
23 17 (17.53%) GCP
23 17 (17.53%) Serverless

Databricks Engineer 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 22 (22.68%) Apache Spark
2 16 (16.49%) Apache
3 11 (11.34%) Apache Airflow
Cloud Services
1 67 (69.07%) Azure
2 24 (24.74%) Azure DevOps
3 23 (23.71%) AWS
3 23 (23.71%) Azure Data Factory
4 22 (22.68%) Azure Databricks
5 17 (17.53%) GCP
5 17 (17.53%) Serverless
6 14 (14.43%) Azure Functions
6 14 (14.43%) Power Platform
7 9 (9.28%) Azure Logic Apps
7 9 (9.28%) Azure Monitor
8 7 (7.22%) Microsoft Purview
9 4 (4.12%) Azure Key Vault
9 4 (4.12%) dbt
10 3 (3.09%) Amazon S3
10 3 (3.09%) AWS Lambda
10 3 (3.09%) Azure Synapse Analytics
11 1 (1.03%) AWS CloudFormation
11 1 (1.03%) AWS Step Functions
11 1 (1.03%) Prefect
Database & Business Intelligence
1 27 (27.84%) Data Warehouse
2 19 (19.59%) Delta Lake
3 17 (17.53%) Spark SQL
4 16 (16.49%) Data Lake
5 11 (11.34%) Star Schema
6 10 (10.31%) Power BI
7 5 (5.15%) Metadata
8 4 (4.12%) Big Data
8 4 (4.12%) ClickHouse
8 4 (4.12%) Semantic Layer
8 4 (4.12%) Tableau
9 3 (3.09%) Azure SQL Database
9 3 (3.09%) NoSQL
9 3 (3.09%) Relational Database
10 2 (2.06%) SQL Server
11 1 (1.03%) Apache Hive
11 1 (1.03%) Hadoop
11 1 (1.03%) OLAP
11 1 (1.03%) OLTP
11 1 (1.03%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 4 (4.12%) Git
2 2 (2.06%) Jenkins
General
1 22 (22.68%) Social Skills
2 18 (18.56%) Finance
3 15 (15.46%) Analytical Skills
4 7 (7.22%) Law
5 2 (2.06%) Banking
5 2 (2.06%) Front Office
5 2 (2.06%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 2 (2.06%) Retail
6 1 (1.03%) Marketing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 33 (34.02%) PySpark
2 13 (13.40%) Terraform
3 9 (9.28%) ARM Templates
3 9 (9.28%) REST
4 8 (8.25%) Kafka
4 8 (8.25%) Pandas
5 2 (2.06%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 13 (13.40%) Distributed Computing
2 6 (6.19%) Hedge funds
3 5 (5.15%) Data Structures
4 4 (4.12%) Reinsurance
5 3 (3.09%) Cloud Native
5 3 (3.09%) Greenfield Project
5 3 (3.09%) IoT
5 3 (3.09%) NHS
5 3 (3.09%) Product Ownership
6 2 (2.06%) Analytical Mindset
7 1 (1.03%) Client/Server
7 1 (1.03%) Enterprise Cloud
7 1 (1.03%) Marketing Technology
7 1 (1.03%) Reference Data
7 1 (1.03%) Replication
Processes & Methodologies
1 58 (59.79%) Data Engineering
2 47 (48.45%) Lakehouse
3 45 (46.39%) Data Modelling
4 41 (42.27%) Analytics
5 39 (40.21%) CI/CD
6 35 (36.08%) DevOps
6 35 (36.08%) ETL
7 34 (35.05%) Data Pipeline
8 33 (34.02%) AI
9 29 (29.90%) Data Governance
10 26 (26.80%) Business Intelligence
11 25 (25.77%) Problem-Solving
12 20 (20.62%) Decision-Making
12 20 (20.62%) Observability
13 16 (16.49%) Infrastructure as Code
13 16 (16.49%) Mentoring
14 15 (15.46%) Test Automation
15 14 (14.43%) Data Integration
15 14 (14.43%) Technical Leadership
16 13 (13.40%) Regulatory Compliance
Programming Languages
1 74 (76.29%) SQL
2 68 (70.10%) Python
3 8 (8.25%) Scala
4 2 (2.06%) Bicep
4 2 (2.06%) JavaScript
4 2 (2.06%) R
Qualifications
1 18 (18.56%) Degree
2 12 (12.37%) Computer Science Degree
3 10 (10.31%) Security Cleared
4 9 (9.28%) Azure Certification
5 7 (7.22%) SC Cleared
6 2 (2.06%) Master's Degree
7 1 (1.03%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 19 (19.59%) Data Quality
2 9 (9.28%) GDPR
3 4 (4.12%) Solvency II
4 3 (3.09%) Accessibility
5 1 (1.03%) QA
5 1 (1.03%) SLA
System Software
1 4 (4.12%) Docker
Systems Management
1 4 (4.12%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 97 (100.00%) Databricks
2 8 (8.25%) Microsoft
3 1 (1.03%) Bloomberg
3 1 (1.03%) Confluent
3 1 (1.03%) Refinitiv
3 1 (1.03%) Salesforce