Hybrid/Remote Databricks Data Engineer Job Trends

Data Engineer - Databricks
UK > Work from Home

The median Data Engineer - Databricks salary for remote/hybrid work is £72,500 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 449 414 483
Rank change year-on-year -35 +69 +31
Permanent jobs requiring a Databricks Data Engineer 8 7 25
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.034% 0.042% 0.10%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.036% 0.046% 0.11%
Number of salaries quoted 7 7 25
10th Percentile £55,000 £47,750 -
25th Percentile £55,500 £54,375 £62,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £72,500 £67,500 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +7.41% +3.85% -
75th Percentile £87,500 £77,500 £70,000
90th Percentile £105,000 £86,500 -
UK median annual salary £82,500 £85,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year -2.94% +30.77% -

All Permanent IT Job Roles
Work from Home

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies with remote/hybrid work options. 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 Work from Home with a recognized job title 21,997 15,283 23,324
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.08% 92.60% 96.29%
Number of salaries quoted 15,676 9,338 16,216
10th Percentile £35,000 £29,750 £35,000
25th Percentile £45,000 £40,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £57,965
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% -0.80% -7.26%
75th Percentile £80,000 £77,500 £77,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £98,000 £96,250
UK median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +4.55% - -8.33%

Databricks Data Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend for Remote/Hybrid Roles

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring 'Databricks Data Engineer' in the job title and offering remote or hybrid work options relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised.

Databricks Data Engineer job vacancy trend for remote/hybrid roles

Databricks Data Engineer
Salary Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Salary distribution trend for remote Databricks Data Engineer job vacancies.

Salary distribution trend for remote Databricks Data Engineer job vacancies

Databricks Data Engineer
Salary Histogram for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

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

Databricks Data Engineer salary histogram for jobs with remote/hybrid work options

Databricks Data Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Remote/Hybrid Jobs

For the 6 months to 30 August 2026, Databricks Data 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 jobs with hybrid/remote work options featuring Databricks Data Engineer in the job title.

1 8 (100.00%) Azure
1 8 (100.00%) Data Engineering
1 8 (100.00%) Databricks
1 8 (100.00%) Python
1 8 (100.00%) SQL
2 7 (87.50%) CI/CD
3 6 (75.00%) ETL
3 6 (75.00%) PySpark
4 5 (62.50%) Azure Data Factory
4 5 (62.50%) Data Modelling
4 5 (62.50%) Data Warehouse
4 5 (62.50%) DevOps
4 5 (62.50%) Lakehouse
5 4 (50.00%) Apache Spark
5 4 (50.00%) Azure Databricks
5 4 (50.00%) Business Intelligence
5 4 (50.00%) Data Architecture
5 4 (50.00%) Data Pipeline
5 4 (50.00%) Data Science
5 4 (50.00%) Degree
5 4 (50.00%) Delta Lake
5 4 (50.00%) Power Platform
5 4 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
6 3 (37.50%) Azure Certification
6 3 (37.50%) Mentoring
6 3 (37.50%) Power BI
6 3 (37.50%) Tableau
6 3 (37.50%) Technical Leadership
6 3 (37.50%) Terraform
7 2 (25.00%) Agile

Databricks Data Engineer Skill Set
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 (50.00%) Apache Spark
2 2 (25.00%) Apache
3 1 (12.50%) Apache Airflow
Cloud Services
1 8 (100.00%) Azure
2 5 (62.50%) Azure Data Factory
3 4 (50.00%) Azure Databricks
3 4 (50.00%) Power Platform
4 2 (25.00%) Azure DevOps
4 2 (25.00%) Azure Synapse Analytics
4 2 (25.00%) Microsoft Purview
5 1 (12.50%) AWS
5 1 (12.50%) AWS CloudFormation
5 1 (12.50%) AWS Step Functions
5 1 (12.50%) GCP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (62.50%) Data Warehouse
2 4 (50.00%) Delta Lake
3 3 (37.50%) Power BI
3 3 (37.50%) Tableau
4 2 (25.00%) Azure SQL Database
4 2 (25.00%) Data Lake
4 2 (25.00%) Metadata
4 2 (25.00%) NoSQL
4 2 (25.00%) Spark SQL
5 1 (12.50%) Looker
5 1 (12.50%) Relational Database
5 1 (12.50%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 2 (25.00%) Git
2 1 (12.50%) Jenkins
General
1 3 (37.50%) Social Skills
2 2 (25.00%) Analytical Skills
2 2 (25.00%) Banking
2 2 (25.00%) Finance
2 2 (25.00%) Retail
3 1 (12.50%) Front Office
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (75.00%) PySpark
2 3 (37.50%) Terraform
3 2 (25.00%) Kafka
3 2 (25.00%) Pandas
4 1 (12.50%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 1 (12.50%) Client/Server
1 1 (12.50%) Cloud Native
1 1 (12.50%) Hedge funds
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (100.00%) Data Engineering
2 7 (87.50%) CI/CD
3 6 (75.00%) ETL
4 5 (62.50%) Data Modelling
4 5 (62.50%) DevOps
4 5 (62.50%) Lakehouse
5 4 (50.00%) Business Intelligence
5 4 (50.00%) Data Architecture
5 4 (50.00%) Data Pipeline
5 4 (50.00%) Data Science
5 4 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
6 3 (37.50%) Mentoring
6 3 (37.50%) Technical Leadership
7 2 (25.00%) Cost Optimisation
7 2 (25.00%) Data Lineage
7 2 (25.00%) Data Transformation
7 2 (25.00%) Decision-Making
7 2 (25.00%) Integration Patterns
7 2 (25.00%) Metadata Management
7 2 (25.00%) Translating Business Requirements
Programming Languages
1 8 (100.00%) Python
1 8 (100.00%) SQL
2 1 (12.50%) Bicep
2 1 (12.50%) JavaScript
2 1 (12.50%) R
2 1 (12.50%) Scala
Qualifications
1 4 (50.00%) Degree
2 3 (37.50%) Azure Certification
3 2 (25.00%) SC Cleared
3 2 (25.00%) Security Cleared
4 1 (12.50%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (25.00%) Data Quality
2 1 (12.50%) QA
System Software
1 2 (25.00%) Docker
Systems Management
1 2 (25.00%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 8 (100.00%) Databricks
2 1 (12.50%) Microsoft