Hybrid/Remote Azure Databricks Job Trends

Azure Databricks
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for remote or hybrid work 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 411 384 452
Rank change year-on-year -27 +68 +41
Permanent jobs citing Azure Databricks 46 37 56
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.20% 0.22% 0.23%
As % of the Cloud Services category 0.53% 0.62% 0.57%
Number of salaries quoted 38 25 49
10th Percentile £65,800 £81,750 £61,750
25th Percentile £77,500 £82,500 £62,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £87,500 £85,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year +2.94% +21.43% +7.69%
75th Percentile £107,500 £106,250 £80,000
90th Percentile - £116,500 £92,500
UK median annual salary £85,000 £85,000 £70,000
% change year-on-year - +21.43% +5.66%

All Cloud Computing Skills
Work from Home

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 with remote or hybrid options requiring cloud computing skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 8,699 5,959 9,900
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 37.20% 36.10% 40.87%
Number of salaries quoted 6,371 4,355 7,366
10th Percentile £35,000 £31,500 £37,500
25th Percentile £45,000 £42,500 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £60,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.17% -7.69% -
75th Percentile £85,000 £81,500 £85,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £110,000 £112,500
UK median annual salary £62,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +4.17% - -4.37%

Azure Databricks
Job Vacancy Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Azure Databricks and offering remote or hybrid work options relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised.

Azure Databricks job vacancy trend for remote/hybrid jobs

Azure Databricks
Salary Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Salary distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Azure Databricks.

Salary distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Azure Databricks

Azure Databricks
Salary Histogram for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Salary distribution for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Azure Databricks over the 6 months to 30 August 2026.

Azure Databricks salary histogram for jobs with remote/hybrid work options

Azure Databricks
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Remote/Hybrid Jobs 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 4 (8.70%) Apache Spark
2 2 (4.35%) Apache
Applications
1 5 (10.87%) Spreadsheet
Cloud Services
1 46 (100.00%) Azure
2 31 (67.39%) Azure Data Factory
3 22 (47.83%) Azure Synapse Analytics
4 19 (41.30%) Microsoft Purview
5 16 (34.78%) Snowflake
6 10 (21.74%) Power Platform
7 4 (8.70%) Azure DevOps
8 2 (4.35%) AWS
8 2 (4.35%) Azure Functions
8 2 (4.35%) Azure Machine Learning
8 2 (4.35%) dbt
8 2 (4.35%) GCP
8 2 (4.35%) Prefect
8 2 (4.35%) SaaS
8 2 (4.35%) Serverless
9 1 (2.17%) Azure Cosmos DB
9 1 (2.17%) Azure Key Vault
9 1 (2.17%) Azure Table
9 1 (2.17%) GitHub
9 1 (2.17%) GitHub Actions
Database & Business Intelligence
1 27 (58.70%) Delta Lake
2 19 (41.30%) Metadata
3 16 (34.78%) Data Vault
4 8 (17.39%) Data Lake
4 8 (17.39%) Power BI
4 8 (17.39%) Spark SQL
5 7 (15.22%) SQL Server
6 5 (10.87%) Data Warehouse
7 4 (8.70%) Star Schema
8 2 (4.35%) Azure SQL Database
8 2 (4.35%) NoSQL
8 2 (4.35%) PostgreSQL
8 2 (4.35%) Relational Database
8 2 (4.35%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 6 (13.04%) Git
2 1 (2.17%) Jenkins
2 1 (2.17%) MLflow
General
1 13 (28.26%) Finance
2 4 (8.70%) Social Skills
3 2 (4.35%) Analytical Skills
3 2 (4.35%) Banking
3 2 (4.35%) Public Sector
4 1 (2.17%) Marketing
4 1 (2.17%) Retail
4 1 (2.17%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 27 (58.70%) Architect
2 26 (56.52%) Data Architect
3 14 (30.43%) Data Engineer
4 8 (17.39%) Lead
5 6 (13.04%) Databricks Engineer
6 5 (10.87%) Lead Data Engineer
7 4 (8.70%) Azure Engineer
7 4 (8.70%) Databricks Data Engineer
7 4 (8.70%) Platform Engineer
7 4 (8.70%) Senior
7 4 (8.70%) Solutions Architect
8 3 (6.52%) Senior Data Engineer
9 2 (4.35%) Azure Data Engineer
9 2 (4.35%) Lead Architect
9 2 (4.35%) Python Engineer
10 1 (2.17%) Azure Data Architect
10 1 (2.17%) Databricks Architect
10 1 (2.17%) Python Data Engineer
10 1 (2.17%) Python Developer
10 1 (2.17%) Senior Databricks Data Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 33 (71.74%) PySpark
2 19 (41.30%) Terraform
3 3 (6.52%) Kafka
4 2 (4.35%) FastAPI
5 1 (2.17%) Pandas
5 1 (2.17%) PyTorch
5 1 (2.17%) REST
5 1 (2.17%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 19 (41.30%) Cloud Native
2 5 (10.87%) Legacy Systems
3 2 (4.35%) Client/Server
3 2 (4.35%) Data Structures
3 2 (4.35%) Greenfield Project
3 2 (4.35%) Public Cloud
4 1 (2.17%) Distributed Computing
4 1 (2.17%) Reinsurance
4 1 (2.17%) Virtual Team
Processes & Methodologies
1 36 (78.26%) Analytics
2 32 (69.57%) CI/CD
3 29 (63.04%) Lakehouse
4 27 (58.70%) Data Architecture
5 25 (54.35%) Business Intelligence
6 23 (50.00%) AI
6 23 (50.00%) Data Modelling
7 22 (47.83%) Machine Learning
8 21 (45.65%) Data Strategy
9 20 (43.48%) Data Science
9 20 (43.48%) Technical Leadership
10 19 (41.30%) Data Pipeline
10 19 (41.30%) Infrastructure as Code
11 18 (39.13%) Roadmaps
12 17 (36.96%) Architecture Roadmap
13 16 (34.78%) Inmon Methodology
13 16 (34.78%) Kimball Methodology
13 16 (34.78%) Logical Data Model
13 16 (34.78%) Physical Data Model
13 16 (34.78%) Strategic Roadmap
Programming Languages
1 35 (76.09%) SQL
2 31 (67.39%) Python
3 18 (39.13%) Scala
4 17 (36.96%) Bicep
5 1 (2.17%) JavaScript
5 1 (2.17%) R
Qualifications
1 20 (43.48%) Azure Certification
2 17 (36.96%) Microsoft Certification
3 16 (34.78%) SnowPro
4 5 (10.87%) SC Cleared
4 5 (10.87%) Security Cleared
5 2 (4.35%) Degree
6 1 (2.17%) Computer Science Degree
6 1 (2.17%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 22 (47.83%) Data Quality
2 1 (2.17%) GDPR
2 1 (2.17%) QA
2 1 (2.17%) Solvency II
System Software
1 2 (4.35%) Docker
Systems Management
1 2 (4.35%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 46 (100.00%) Databricks
2 30 (65.22%) Microsoft