Snowflake Data Engineer Contract Job Trends in Central London

Snowflake Data Engineer
London > Central London

The median Snowflake Data Engineer daily rate in Central London is £575, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 13 January 2026.

The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 127 123 139
Rank change year-on-year -4 +16 -
Contract jobs requiring a Snowflake Data Engineer 6 4 2
As % of all contract jobs in Central London 0.30% 0.19% 0.077%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.32% 0.20% 0.081%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 3 2
10th Percentile £503 £478 £580
25th Percentile £563 £500 £584
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £575 £598
Median % change year-on-year - -3.77% -
75th Percentile £638 £613 £609
90th Percentile £653 - £613
London median daily rate £575 £575 £593
% change year-on-year - -2.95% -1.25%

All Contract IT Job Roles
Central London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Central London. 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 contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in Central London with a recognized job title 1,875 1,977 2,470
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 94.03% 92.73% 94.56%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,295 1,247 1,778
10th Percentile £340 £363 £342
25th Percentile £425 £463 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £535 £575 £563
Median % change year-on-year -6.96% +2.22% -2.17%
75th Percentile £675 £675 £688
90th Percentile £766 £775 £797
London median daily rate £525 £550 £560
% change year-on-year -4.55% -1.79% -3.45%
Number of hourly rates quoted 24 21 25
10th Percentile £19.14 £18.10 £17.77
25th Percentile £24.15 £25.40 £21.25
Median hourly rate £26.11 £35.00 £25.00
Median % change year-on-year -25.40% +40.00% -28.57%
75th Percentile £41.80 £40.25 £38.00
90th Percentile £46.05 £112.00 £65.00
London median hourly rate £32.48 £35.00 £32.50
% change year-on-year -7.21% +7.69% -7.14%

Snowflake Data Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Central London

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'Snowflake Data Engineer' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Central London.

Snowflake Data Engineer job vacancy trend in Central London

Snowflake Data Engineer
Daily Rate Trend in Central London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Snowflake Data Engineer job vacancies in Central London.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Snowflake Data Engineer job vacancies in Central London

Snowflake Data Engineer
Daily Rate Histogram in Central London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Snowflake Data Engineer in Central London over the 6 months to 13 January 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Snowflake Data Engineer in Central London

Snowflake Data Engineer
Contract Job Locations in Central London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Snowflake Data Engineer within the Central London region over the 6 months to 13 January 2026. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
City of London +1 5 £575 - 1
Snowflake Data Engineer
London

Snowflake Data Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Central London

For the 6 months to 13 January 2026, Snowflake Data Engineer contract 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 contract job ads across the Central London region featuring Snowflake Data Engineer in the job title.

1 6 (100.00%) Python
1 6 (100.00%) Snowflake
2 4 (66.67%) Analytics
2 4 (66.67%) Apache Airflow
2 4 (66.67%) AWS
2 4 (66.67%) Azure
2 4 (66.67%) Data Engineering
2 4 (66.67%) Data Pipeline
2 4 (66.67%) Data Warehouse
3 3 (50.00%) SQL
4 2 (33.33%) Apache
4 2 (33.33%) Apache Iceberg
4 2 (33.33%) Data Governance
4 2 (33.33%) Data Lake
4 2 (33.33%) Data Modelling
4 2 (33.33%) dbt
4 2 (33.33%) ETL
4 2 (33.33%) Snowflake Schema
4 2 (33.33%) SnowPro
5 1 (16.67%) Agile
5 1 (16.67%) Azure Data Factory
5 1 (16.67%) Azure DevOps
5 1 (16.67%) Azure Synapse Analytics
5 1 (16.67%) CI/CD
5 1 (16.67%) Computer Science
5 1 (16.67%) Computer Science Degree
5 1 (16.67%) Data Quality
5 1 (16.67%) Databricks
5 1 (16.67%) DataOps
5 1 (16.67%) DBS Check

Snowflake Data Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Central London 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 (66.67%) Apache Airflow
2 2 (33.33%) Apache
Cloud Services
1 6 (100.00%) Snowflake
2 4 (66.67%) AWS
2 4 (66.67%) Azure
3 2 (33.33%) dbt
4 1 (16.67%) Azure Data Factory
4 1 (16.67%) Azure DevOps
4 1 (16.67%) Azure Synapse Analytics
4 1 (16.67%) GCP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (66.67%) Data Warehouse
2 2 (33.33%) Apache Iceberg
2 2 (33.33%) Data Lake
2 2 (33.33%) Snowflake Schema
General
1 2 (33.33%) Finance
2 1 (16.67%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (16.67%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 1 (16.67%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (16.67%) PySpark
Miscellaneous
1 1 (16.67%) Onboarding
1 1 (16.67%) Replication
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (66.67%) Analytics
1 4 (66.67%) Data Engineering
1 4 (66.67%) Data Pipeline
2 2 (33.33%) Data Governance
2 2 (33.33%) Data Modelling
2 2 (33.33%) ETL
3 1 (16.67%) Agile
3 1 (16.67%) CI/CD
3 1 (16.67%) Computer Science
3 1 (16.67%) DataOps
3 1 (16.67%) DevOps
3 1 (16.67%) Performance Optimisation
3 1 (16.67%) Performance Tuning
3 1 (16.67%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (16.67%) RBAC
3 1 (16.67%) SDLC
3 1 (16.67%) Test Automation
3 1 (16.67%) Use Case
Programming Languages
1 6 (100.00%) Python
2 3 (50.00%) SQL
3 1 (16.67%) JavaScript
3 1 (16.67%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 2 (33.33%) SnowPro
2 1 (16.67%) Computer Science Degree
2 1 (16.67%) DBS Check
2 1 (16.67%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (16.67%) Data Quality
1 1 (16.67%) GDPR
Vendors
1 1 (16.67%) Databricks
1 1 (16.67%) Virgin Media
1 1 (16.67%) Workday