Snowflake Data Engineer Contract Job Trends in Edinburgh

Snowflake Data Engineer
Scotland > Edinburgh

The median Snowflake Data Engineer daily rate in Edinburgh is £525, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 4 July 2026.

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

6 months to
4 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 67 65 76
Rank change year-on-year -2 +11 -
Contract jobs requiring a Snowflake Data Engineer 8 5 1
As % of all contract jobs in Edinburgh 1.01% 0.77% 0.11%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.06% 0.83% 0.12%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 3 0
10th Percentile - £453 -
25th Percentile £513 £456 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £475 -
Median % change year-on-year +10.53% - -
75th Percentile £538 £488 -
90th Percentile - - -
Scotland median daily rate £525 £475 £453
% change year-on-year +10.53% +4.86% -

All Contract IT Job Roles
Edinburgh

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Edinburgh. 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 Edinburgh with a recognized job title 754 604 829
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 94.72% 92.64% 94.85%
Number of daily rates quoted 399 316 457
10th Percentile £350 £216 £178
25th Percentile £410 £400 £340
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £460 £465 £450
Median % change year-on-year -1.13% +3.39% -5.26%
75th Percentile £538 £534 £550
90th Percentile £628 £600 £646
Scotland median daily rate £463 £450 £450
% change year-on-year +2.78% - -5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 40 19 57
10th Percentile £19.93 - £13.58
25th Percentile £50.00 £17.30 £16.37
Median hourly rate £61.00 £22.00 £18.38
Median % change year-on-year +177.27% +19.73% +3.70%
75th Percentile £68.81 £40.04 £60.75
90th Percentile £81.24 £66.50 £63.00
Scotland median hourly rate £35.00 £19.90 £18.38
% change year-on-year +75.88% +8.30% +3.70%

Snowflake Data Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Edinburgh

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 Edinburgh.

Snowflake Data Engineer job vacancy trend in Edinburgh

Snowflake Data Engineer
Daily Rate Trend in Edinburgh

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

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

Snowflake Data Engineer Skill Set
Top 11 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Edinburgh

For the 6 months to 4 July 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 Edinburgh region featuring Snowflake Data Engineer in the job title.

1 3 (37.50%) Python
2 2 (25.00%) AWS
2 2 (25.00%) Data Engineering
2 2 (25.00%) dbt
2 2 (25.00%) Decision-Making
2 2 (25.00%) Snowflake
2 2 (25.00%) SQL
3 1 (12.50%) Agile
3 1 (12.50%) Apache Airflow
3 1 (12.50%) Git
3 1 (12.50%) Migration

Snowflake Data Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Edinburgh 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 (12.50%) Apache Airflow
Cloud Services
1 2 (25.00%) AWS
1 2 (25.00%) dbt
1 2 (25.00%) Snowflake
Development Applications
1 1 (12.50%) Git
General
1 2 (25.00%) Tech for Good
2 1 (12.50%) Banking
Miscellaneous
1 2 (25.00%) Renewable Energy
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (25.00%) Data Engineering
1 2 (25.00%) Decision-Making
2 1 (12.50%) Agile
2 1 (12.50%) Migration
Programming Languages
1 3 (37.50%) Python
2 2 (25.00%) SQL