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 29 September 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
29 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 209 78 159
Rank change year-on-year -131 +81 +119
Permanent jobs citing Databricks 310 733 474
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 1.25% 4.43% 2.11%
As % of the Vendors category 4.00% 8.70% 5.45%
Number of salaries quoted 273 133 239
10th Percentile £55,000 £47,750 £47,500
25th Percentile £72,500 £61,250 £57,625
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £90,000 £80,000 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year +12.50% +6.67% -
75th Percentile £117,500 £92,500 £93,250
90th Percentile £143,750 £110,200 £110,000
UK median annual salary £82,500 £75,000 £72,500
% change year-on-year +10.00% +3.45% -3.33%

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 7,747 8,427 8,700
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 31.19% 50.90% 38.72%
Number of salaries quoted 5,465 3,708 4,759
10th Percentile £31,250 £29,000 £32,500
25th Percentile £41,250 £37,500 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £58,700
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% -6.30% -2.17%
75th Percentile £77,500 £75,000 £77,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £90,000 £92,500
UK median annual salary £57,500 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +15.00% -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 29 September 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 29 (9.35%) Apache Spark
2 11 (3.55%) Apache
3 6 (1.94%) Apache Airflow
4 3 (0.97%) SharePoint
5 2 (0.65%) Jupyter
6 1 (0.32%) Confluence
Applications
1 7 (2.26%) Microsoft Excel
2 5 (1.61%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 3 (0.97%) Dynamics CRM
1 3 (0.97%) Dynamics NAV
2 1 (0.32%) Academy Revenues and Benefits
2 1 (0.32%) Oracle ERP
Cloud Services
1 202 (65.16%) Azure
2 95 (30.65%) Snowflake
3 80 (25.81%) Azure Synapse Analytics
4 79 (25.48%) AWS
5 71 (22.90%) Power Platform
6 56 (18.06%) Azure Data Factory
7 47 (15.16%) Azure Databricks
8 43 (13.87%) Amazon Bedrock
9 38 (12.26%) Anthropic Claude
10 33 (10.65%) Azure Machine Learning
11 32 (10.32%) Microsoft Purview
12 28 (9.03%) Azure AI
13 23 (7.42%) Azure DevOps
14 21 (6.77%) GCP
14 21 (6.77%) SaaS
15 20 (6.45%) GitHub
16 9 (2.90%) GitHub Actions
16 9 (2.90%) Serverless
17 8 (2.58%) Amazon SageMaker
18 7 (2.26%) dbt
Communications & Networking
1 4 (1.29%) Broadband
2 1 (0.32%) ATM
2 1 (0.32%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 72 (23.23%) Data Warehouse
2 66 (21.29%) Power BI
3 61 (19.68%) SQL Server
4 56 (18.06%) Data Lake
5 43 (13.87%) Delta Lake
6 39 (12.58%) Metadata
7 25 (8.06%) Azure SQL Database
8 22 (7.10%) Big Data
9 21 (6.77%) Data Vault
10 19 (6.13%) Tableau
11 15 (4.84%) PostgreSQL
11 15 (4.84%) Relational Database
11 15 (4.84%) Star Schema
12 9 (2.90%) Spark SQL
13 8 (2.58%) Amazon Redshift
14 7 (2.26%) NoSQL
15 6 (1.94%) SQL Server Integration Services
16 5 (1.61%) SQL Server Reporting Services
17 4 (1.29%) Hadoop
17 4 (1.29%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 37 (11.94%) Claude Code
2 36 (11.61%) Git
3 15 (4.84%) MLflow
4 7 (2.26%) JIRA
5 4 (1.29%) GitLab
5 4 (1.29%) Jenkins
6 3 (0.97%) Visual Studio Code
7 1 (0.32%) ERwin
7 1 (0.32%) RStudio
7 1 (0.32%) Visual Studio
General
1 111 (35.81%) Finance
2 57 (18.39%) Social Skills
3 48 (15.48%) Banking
4 29 (9.35%) Analytical Skills
5 14 (4.52%) Public Sector
5 14 (4.52%) Retail
6 9 (2.90%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 6 (1.94%) Legal
8 5 (1.61%) Telecoms
9 4 (1.29%) Influencing Skills
9 4 (1.29%) Marketing
10 3 (0.97%) Billing
10 3 (0.97%) Front Office
10 3 (0.97%) Wearables
11 2 (0.65%) Advertising
11 2 (0.65%) Corporate Banking
11 2 (0.65%) Local Government
11 2 (0.65%) Presentation Skills
11 2 (0.65%) Retail Banking
12 1 (0.32%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 90 (29.03%) Architect
2 89 (28.71%) Data Engineer
3 51 (16.45%) Data Architect
4 50 (16.13%) Senior
5 47 (15.16%) Finance Manager
6 39 (12.58%) Lead
7 36 (11.61%) Enterprise Architect
8 30 (9.68%) Data Manager
9 24 (7.74%) Senior Data Engineer
10 19 (6.13%) Databricks Engineer
11 15 (4.84%) Consultant
11 15 (4.84%) Engineering Manager
12 13 (4.19%) Azure Engineer
12 13 (4.19%) Data Scientist
12 13 (4.19%) Developer
13 12 (3.87%) Lead Data Engineer
14 11 (3.55%) Azure Data Engineer
14 11 (3.55%) Python Engineer
15 10 (3.23%) Databricks Data Engineer
15 10 (3.23%) Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 69 (22.26%) PySpark
2 33 (10.65%) Terraform
3 25 (8.06%) LangChain
4 24 (7.74%) LangGraph
5 15 (4.84%) .NET
6 13 (4.19%) Pandas
7 9 (2.90%) FastAPI
7 9 (2.90%) Kafka
8 7 (2.26%) React
8 7 (2.26%) XML
9 5 (1.61%) Node.js
9 5 (1.61%) NumPy
9 5 (1.61%) SciPy
10 4 (1.29%) ASP.NET
10 4 (1.29%) Django
10 4 (1.29%) Flask
10 4 (1.29%) JSON
10 4 (1.29%) RESTful
11 3 (0.97%) MDX
11 3 (0.97%) PyTorch
Miscellaneous
1 44 (14.19%) AI Agents
2 37 (11.94%) Hedge funds
3 30 (9.68%) Cloud Native
4 12 (3.87%) Product Ownership
5 9 (2.90%) Legacy Systems
6 7 (2.26%) Data Structures
7 5 (1.61%) Algorithms
7 5 (1.61%) Data Fabric
7 5 (1.61%) Reinsurance
7 5 (1.61%) Virtual Team
8 4 (1.29%) Distributed Computing
8 4 (1.29%) Distributed Systems
8 4 (1.29%) Public Cloud
9 3 (0.97%) Client/Server
9 3 (0.97%) Management Information System
10 2 (0.65%) Blog
10 2 (0.65%) Credit Risk
10 2 (0.65%) Data Protection Act
10 2 (0.65%) NHS
10 2 (0.65%) PMI
Operating Systems
1 5 (1.61%) Linux
2 1 (0.32%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 161 (51.94%) AI
2 150 (48.39%) Analytics
3 126 (40.65%) Machine Learning
4 108 (34.84%) CI/CD
4 108 (34.84%) Data Science
5 105 (33.87%) Data Engineering
6 100 (32.26%) Business Intelligence
6 100 (32.26%) Data Modelling
7 99 (31.94%) Data Architecture
8 95 (30.65%) Data Pipeline
9 93 (30.00%) Roadmaps
10 77 (24.84%) Agile
11 64 (20.65%) Lakehouse
12 60 (19.35%) Data Governance
13 57 (18.39%) ETL
14 51 (16.45%) Decision-Making
15 47 (15.16%) DevOps
16 42 (13.55%) Asset Management
16 42 (13.55%) Data Strategy
17 40 (12.90%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 167 (53.87%) SQL
2 147 (47.42%) Python
3 23 (7.42%) Scala
4 19 (6.13%) Bicep
5 10 (3.23%) C#
5 10 (3.23%) JavaScript
6 8 (2.58%) TypeScript
7 6 (1.94%) Data Analysis Expressions
7 6 (1.94%) R
8 5 (1.61%) VBA
9 2 (0.65%) PowerShell
9 2 (0.65%) T-SQL
10 1 (0.32%) Java
10 1 (0.32%) Kusto Query Language
Qualifications
1 24 (7.74%) Azure Certification
1 24 (7.74%) Security Cleared
2 20 (6.45%) SC Cleared
3 19 (6.13%) Degree
4 18 (5.81%) Microsoft Certification
5 16 (5.16%) SnowPro
6 4 (1.29%) AWS Certification
7 3 (0.97%) Master's Degree
8 2 (0.65%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
8 2 (0.65%) PMI Certification
9 1 (0.32%) Computer Science Degree
9 1 (0.32%) CREST Certified
9 1 (0.32%) ICAEW
9 1 (0.32%) IIBA
9 1 (0.32%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 64 (20.65%) Data Quality
2 15 (4.84%) SLA
3 14 (4.52%) GDPR
4 4 (1.29%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 3 (0.97%) Actionable Recommendations
5 3 (0.97%) IFRS
5 3 (0.97%) IFRS 17
5 3 (0.97%) QA
5 3 (0.97%) Solvency II
6 2 (0.65%) NIST
7 1 (0.32%) Cyber Essentials
7 1 (0.32%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 1 (0.32%) IASME
7 1 (0.32%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 21 (6.77%) Virtual Machines
2 12 (3.87%) Docker
Systems Management
1 12 (3.87%) Kubernetes
2 2 (0.65%) Ansible
2 2 (0.65%) SQL Sentry
Vendors
1 119 (38.39%) Microsoft
2 8 (2.58%) Informatica
3 6 (1.94%) Foundry
3 6 (1.94%) Salesforce
3 6 (1.94%) SAP
4 4 (1.29%) Google
5 2 (0.65%) Concur
5 2 (0.65%) RedGate
5 2 (0.65%) Sage
5 2 (0.65%) Talend
6 1 (0.32%) Amplitude
6 1 (0.32%) Braze
6 1 (0.32%) ESRI
6 1 (0.32%) Oracle
6 1 (0.32%) YouTube