Hybrid/Remote Senior Databricks Data Engineer Job Trends

Senior Data Engineer - Databricks
UK > Work from Home

The median Senior Data Engineer - Databricks salary for remote/hybrid work is £66,500 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 453 420 486
Rank change year-on-year -33 +66 +30
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior Databricks Data Engineer 4 1 22
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.017% 0.006% 0.091%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.018% 0.007% 0.094%
Number of salaries quoted 4 1 22
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £55,000 £58,750 £62,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £66,500 £67,500 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -1.48% +3.85% -
75th Percentile £81,250 £76,250 £70,000
90th Percentile £92,500 - -
UK median annual salary £70,000 £92,500 £65,000
% change year-on-year -24.32% +42.31% -

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%

Senior Databricks Data Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend for Remote/Hybrid Roles

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

Senior Databricks Data Engineer job vacancy trend for remote/hybrid roles

Senior Databricks Data Engineer
Salary Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Salary distribution trend for remote Senior Databricks Data Engineer job vacancies.

Salary distribution trend for remote Senior Databricks Data Engineer job vacancies

Senior Databricks Data Engineer
Salary Histogram for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

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

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

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

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

1 4 (100.00%) Azure
1 4 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 4 (100.00%) Data Engineering
1 4 (100.00%) Databricks
1 4 (100.00%) ETL
1 4 (100.00%) Python
1 4 (100.00%) SQL
2 3 (75.00%) Azure Data Factory
2 3 (75.00%) Data Science
2 3 (75.00%) Data Warehouse
2 3 (75.00%) DevOps
2 3 (75.00%) Lakehouse
2 3 (75.00%) Problem-Solving
3 2 (50.00%) Business Intelligence
3 2 (50.00%) Cost Optimisation
3 2 (50.00%) Data Architecture
3 2 (50.00%) Data Modelling
3 2 (50.00%) Decision-Making
3 2 (50.00%) Degree
3 2 (50.00%) Delta Lake
3 2 (50.00%) Mentoring
3 2 (50.00%) Power BI
3 2 (50.00%) Power Platform
3 2 (50.00%) PySpark
3 2 (50.00%) Tableau
3 2 (50.00%) Technical Leadership
3 2 (50.00%) Terraform
4 1 (25.00%) Agile
4 1 (25.00%) AI
4 1 (25.00%) Analytics

Senior 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 1 (25.00%) Apache Airflow
1 1 (25.00%) Apache Spark
Cloud Services
1 4 (100.00%) Azure
2 3 (75.00%) Azure Data Factory
3 2 (50.00%) Power Platform
4 1 (25.00%) AWS
4 1 (25.00%) AWS CloudFormation
4 1 (25.00%) AWS Step Functions
4 1 (25.00%) Azure Databricks
4 1 (25.00%) Azure DevOps
4 1 (25.00%) Azure Synapse Analytics
4 1 (25.00%) GCP
4 1 (25.00%) Microsoft Purview
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (75.00%) Data Warehouse
2 2 (50.00%) Delta Lake
2 2 (50.00%) Power BI
2 2 (50.00%) Tableau
3 1 (25.00%) Azure SQL Database
3 1 (25.00%) Data Lake
3 1 (25.00%) Looker
3 1 (25.00%) Metadata
3 1 (25.00%) NoSQL
3 1 (25.00%) Spark SQL
Development Applications
1 1 (25.00%) Git
General
1 2 (50.00%) Retail
1 2 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (25.00%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (25.00%) Banking
2 1 (25.00%) Finance
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (50.00%) PySpark
1 2 (50.00%) Terraform
2 1 (25.00%) Kafka
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 4 (100.00%) Data Engineering
1 4 (100.00%) ETL
2 3 (75.00%) Data Science
2 3 (75.00%) DevOps
2 3 (75.00%) Lakehouse
2 3 (75.00%) Problem-Solving
3 2 (50.00%) Business Intelligence
3 2 (50.00%) Cost Optimisation
3 2 (50.00%) Data Architecture
3 2 (50.00%) Data Modelling
3 2 (50.00%) Decision-Making
3 2 (50.00%) Mentoring
3 2 (50.00%) Technical Leadership
4 1 (25.00%) Data Ingestion
4 1 (25.00%) Data Lineage
4 1 (25.00%) Data Pipeline
4 1 (25.00%) Infrastructure as Code
4 1 (25.00%) Presales
4 1 (25.00%) Translating Business Requirements
Programming Languages
1 4 (100.00%) Python
1 4 (100.00%) SQL
2 1 (25.00%) Bicep
Qualifications
1 2 (50.00%) Degree
2 1 (25.00%) Azure Certification
2 1 (25.00%) SC Cleared
2 1 (25.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (25.00%) Data Quality
1 1 (25.00%) QA
System Software
1 1 (25.00%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (25.00%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 4 (100.00%) Databricks