Hybrid/Remote Spark SQL Job Trends

Apache Spark SQL
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for remote or hybrid work requiring Spark SQL skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 20 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 381 425 -
Rank change year-on-year +44 - -
Permanent jobs citing Spark SQL 1 17 0
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.007% 0.098% -
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 0.045% 0.40% -
Number of salaries quoted 0 11 0
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) - £49,274 -
UK median annual salary £75,000 £53,387 £55,000
% change year-on-year +40.48% -2.93% -35.29%

All Database and Business Intelligence Skills
Work from Home

Spark SQL falls under the Databases and Business Intelligence category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with remote or hybrid options requiring database or business intelligence skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for database or business intelligence skills 2,200 4,299 4,842
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 14.36% 24.77% 24.45%
Number of salaries quoted 1,648 2,650 3,877
10th Percentile £35,854 £40,000 £40,000
25th Percentile £45,000 £48,750 £48,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £69,304 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -13.42% +15.51% -4.00%
75th Percentile £81,250 £93,250 £77,500
90th Percentile £101,250 £120,000 £94,500
UK median annual salary £60,000 £63,900 £60,000
% change year-on-year -6.10% +6.50% -4.00%

Spark SQL
Job Vacancy Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

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

Spark SQL job vacancy trend for remote/hybrid jobs

Spark SQL
Salary Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

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

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

Spark SQL
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 (100.00%) Apache Spark
Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) Azure Data Factory
1 1 (100.00%) Azure DevOps
1 1 (100.00%) Azure Stack
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Azure SQL Database
1 1 (100.00%) Data Mining
1 1 (100.00%) Data Warehouse
1 1 (100.00%) SQL Server
General
1 1 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Organisational Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Data Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) EPoS
1 1 (100.00%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) Analytics
1 1 (100.00%) Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Computer Science
1 1 (100.00%) Data Analytics
1 1 (100.00%) Data-Driven Decision Making
1 1 (100.00%) Decision-Making
1 1 (100.00%) DevOps
1 1 (100.00%) ETL
1 1 (100.00%) Kimball Methodology
1 1 (100.00%) Machine Learning
1 1 (100.00%) Mathematics
1 1 (100.00%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) Python
1 1 (100.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) Degree
1 1 (100.00%) Master's Degree