Hybrid/Remote Databricks Job Trends

Databricks
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent remote or hybrid work requiring knowledge or experience of Databricks products and/or services. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Databricks over the 6 months leading up to 8 October 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

The figures below represent the IT labour market in general and are not representative of salaries within Databricks.

6 months to
8 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 219 76 155
Rank change year-on-year -143 +79 +135
Permanent jobs citing Databricks 278 733 467
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 1.12% 4.36% 2.14%
As % of the Vendors category 3.61% 8.50% 5.58%
Number of salaries quoted 241 141 237
10th Percentile £55,000 £48,750 £47,500
25th Percentile £72,500 £61,250 £57,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £85,000 £82,500 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.03% +10.00% -
75th Percentile £113,750 £97,500 £93,750
90th Percentile £142,500 £111,250 £110,000
UK median annual salary £80,000 £75,000 £70,000
% change year-on-year +6.67% +7.14% -6.67%

All Vendors
Work from Home

Databricks falls under the Vendor Products and Services category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with a remote or hybrid options requiring knowledge or experience of all vendor products and services.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 7,692 8,621 8,370
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 31.01% 51.33% 38.28%
Number of salaries quoted 5,407 3,690 4,632
10th Percentile £31,250 £28,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £41,250 £37,500 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £58,000 £55,000 £58,800
Median % change year-on-year +5.45% -6.46% -2.00%
75th Percentile £77,500 £75,000 £77,500
90th Percentile £97,500 £90,000 £92,500
UK median annual salary £57,000 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +14.00% -9.09% -4.35%

Databricks
Job Vacancy Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

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

Databricks job vacancy trend for remote/hybrid jobs

Databricks
Salary Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

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

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

Databricks
Salary Histogram for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Salary distribution for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Databricks over the 6 months to 8 October 2026.

Databricks salary histogram for jobs with remote/hybrid work options

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 28 (10.07%) Apache Spark
2 10 (3.60%) Apache
3 6 (2.16%) Apache Airflow
4 3 (1.08%) SharePoint
5 2 (0.72%) Jupyter
6 1 (0.36%) Confluence
Applications
1 8 (2.88%) Microsoft Excel
2 5 (1.80%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 3 (1.08%) Dynamics CRM
1 3 (1.08%) Dynamics NAV
2 1 (0.36%) Academy Revenues and Benefits
2 1 (0.36%) Oracle ERP
Cloud Services
1 173 (62.23%) Azure
2 80 (28.78%) AWS
3 76 (27.34%) Snowflake
4 67 (24.10%) Power Platform
5 56 (20.14%) Azure Data Factory
5 56 (20.14%) Azure Synapse Analytics
6 45 (16.19%) Azure Databricks
7 43 (15.47%) Amazon Bedrock
8 38 (13.67%) Anthropic Claude
9 31 (11.15%) Microsoft Purview
10 23 (8.27%) Azure DevOps
11 22 (7.91%) SaaS
12 20 (7.19%) GCP
12 20 (7.19%) GitHub
13 11 (3.96%) Azure Machine Learning
14 9 (3.24%) GitHub Actions
15 8 (2.88%) Amazon SageMaker
15 8 (2.88%) dbt
15 8 (2.88%) Serverless
16 7 (2.52%) Azure AI
Communications & Networking
1 4 (1.44%) Broadband
2 1 (0.36%) ATM
2 1 (0.36%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 71 (25.54%) Data Warehouse
2 64 (23.02%) Power BI
3 55 (19.78%) Data Lake
4 42 (15.11%) Delta Lake
5 41 (14.75%) SQL Server
6 39 (14.03%) Metadata
7 21 (7.55%) Data Vault
8 19 (6.83%) Azure SQL Database
8 19 (6.83%) Tableau
9 17 (6.12%) Big Data
10 15 (5.40%) PostgreSQL
11 14 (5.04%) Star Schema
12 13 (4.68%) Relational Database
13 8 (2.88%) Amazon Redshift
13 8 (2.88%) Spark SQL
14 7 (2.52%) NoSQL
14 7 (2.52%) SQL Server Integration Services
15 6 (2.16%) SQL Server Reporting Services
16 4 (1.44%) Geospatial Data
16 4 (1.44%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 37 (13.31%) Claude Code
1 37 (13.31%) Git
2 15 (5.40%) MLflow
3 8 (2.88%) JIRA
4 4 (1.44%) GitLab
4 4 (1.44%) Jenkins
5 3 (1.08%) Visual Studio Code
6 1 (0.36%) ERwin
6 1 (0.36%) RStudio
6 1 (0.36%) Visual Studio
General
1 89 (32.01%) Finance
2 57 (20.50%) Social Skills
3 42 (15.11%) Banking
4 30 (10.79%) Analytical Skills
5 15 (5.40%) Retail
6 14 (5.04%) Public Sector
7 8 (2.88%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 6 (2.16%) Legal
9 5 (1.80%) Telecoms
10 4 (1.44%) Influencing Skills
10 4 (1.44%) Marketing
11 3 (1.08%) Billing
11 3 (1.08%) Front Office
11 3 (1.08%) Wearables
12 2 (0.72%) Advertising
12 2 (0.72%) Corporate Banking
12 2 (0.72%) Local Government
12 2 (0.72%) Presentation Skills
12 2 (0.72%) Retail Banking
13 1 (0.36%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 86 (30.94%) Architect
2 84 (30.22%) Data Engineer
3 49 (17.63%) Senior
4 48 (17.27%) Data Architect
5 36 (12.95%) Enterprise Architect
5 36 (12.95%) Finance Manager
6 34 (12.23%) Lead
7 23 (8.27%) Senior Data Engineer
8 19 (6.83%) Data Manager
9 16 (5.76%) Databricks Engineer
10 15 (5.40%) Consultant
11 13 (4.68%) Data Scientist
11 13 (4.68%) Developer
12 12 (4.32%) Azure Engineer
13 11 (3.96%) Azure Data Engineer
14 10 (3.60%) Lead Data Engineer
14 10 (3.60%) Python Engineer
14 10 (3.60%) Software Engineer
15 9 (3.24%) Databricks Data Engineer
16 8 (2.88%) Data Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 64 (23.02%) PySpark
2 33 (11.87%) Terraform
3 25 (8.99%) LangChain
4 24 (8.63%) LangGraph
5 15 (5.40%) .NET
6 11 (3.96%) Pandas
7 9 (3.24%) FastAPI
8 8 (2.88%) Kafka
9 7 (2.52%) React
10 6 (2.16%) XML
11 5 (1.80%) Node.js
12 4 (1.44%) ASP.NET
12 4 (1.44%) Django
12 4 (1.44%) Flask
12 4 (1.44%) JSON
12 4 (1.44%) NumPy
12 4 (1.44%) RESTful
12 4 (1.44%) SciPy
13 3 (1.08%) ADO
13 3 (1.08%) MDX
Miscellaneous
1 44 (15.83%) AI Agents
2 37 (13.31%) Hedge funds
3 29 (10.43%) Cloud Native
4 11 (3.96%) Product Ownership
5 9 (3.24%) Legacy Systems
6 7 (2.52%) Data Structures
7 5 (1.80%) Data Fabric
7 5 (1.80%) Reinsurance
7 5 (1.80%) Virtual Team
8 4 (1.44%) Algorithms
8 4 (1.44%) Distributed Computing
8 4 (1.44%) Distributed Systems
8 4 (1.44%) Public Cloud
9 3 (1.08%) Client/Server
10 2 (0.72%) Blog
10 2 (0.72%) Credit Risk
10 2 (0.72%) Data Protection Act
10 2 (0.72%) Management Information System
10 2 (0.72%) NHS
10 2 (0.72%) PMI
Operating Systems
1 4 (1.44%) Linux
2 1 (0.36%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 145 (52.16%) Analytics
2 139 (50.00%) AI
3 109 (39.21%) Data Science
4 105 (37.77%) Machine Learning
5 103 (37.05%) CI/CD
6 95 (34.17%) Data Modelling
7 94 (33.81%) Business Intelligence
8 91 (32.73%) Data Pipeline
9 80 (28.78%) Data Engineering
10 78 (28.06%) Data Architecture
11 71 (25.54%) Roadmaps
12 62 (22.30%) Lakehouse
13 56 (20.14%) Agile
14 55 (19.78%) ETL
15 52 (18.71%) Decision-Making
16 46 (16.55%) DevOps
17 41 (14.75%) Data Strategy
18 40 (14.39%) Technical Leadership
19 39 (14.03%) Stakeholder Management
20 38 (13.67%) Investment Management
Programming Languages
1 142 (51.08%) Python
1 142 (51.08%) SQL
2 23 (8.27%) Scala
3 19 (6.83%) Bicep
4 11 (3.96%) C#
5 10 (3.60%) JavaScript
6 8 (2.88%) TypeScript
7 6 (2.16%) Data Analysis Expressions
7 6 (2.16%) R
8 5 (1.80%) VBA
9 3 (1.08%) T-SQL
10 2 (0.72%) PowerShell
11 1 (0.36%) Java
11 1 (0.36%) Kusto Query Language
Qualifications
1 25 (8.99%) Security Cleared
2 24 (8.63%) Azure Certification
3 20 (7.19%) SC Cleared
4 18 (6.47%) Microsoft Certification
5 16 (5.76%) Degree
5 16 (5.76%) SnowPro
6 4 (1.44%) AWS Certification
7 3 (1.08%) Master's Degree
8 2 (0.72%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
8 2 (0.72%) PMI Certification
9 1 (0.36%) Computer Science Degree
9 1 (0.36%) CREST Certified
9 1 (0.36%) ICAEW
9 1 (0.36%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 65 (23.38%) Data Quality
2 14 (5.04%) GDPR
3 11 (3.96%) SLA
4 4 (1.44%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 3 (1.08%) Actionable Recommendations
5 3 (1.08%) IFRS
5 3 (1.08%) IFRS 17
5 3 (1.08%) QA
5 3 (1.08%) Solvency II
6 2 (0.72%) NIST
7 1 (0.36%) Cyber Essentials
7 1 (0.36%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 1 (0.36%) IASME
7 1 (0.36%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 11 (3.96%) Docker
Systems Management
1 12 (4.32%) Kubernetes
2 3 (1.08%) SQL Sentry
3 2 (0.72%) Ansible
Vendors
1 96 (34.53%) Microsoft
2 8 (2.88%) Informatica
3 6 (2.16%) Foundry
3 6 (2.16%) Salesforce
3 6 (2.16%) SAP
4 4 (1.44%) Google
5 3 (1.08%) RedGate
6 2 (0.72%) Concur
6 2 (0.72%) Sage
6 2 (0.72%) Talend
7 1 (0.36%) Amplitude
7 1 (0.36%) Braze
7 1 (0.36%) ESRI
7 1 (0.36%) MuleSoft
7 1 (0.36%) Oracle
7 1 (0.36%) YouTube