Azure Synapse Analytics Contract Job Trends in England

Azure Synapse Analytics
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in England requiring Azure Synapse Analytics skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 21 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 325 376 410
Rank change year-on-year +51 +34 +44
Contract jobs citing Azure Synapse Analytics 251 106 155
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.72% 0.41% 0.41%
As % of the Cloud Services category 1.92% 1.09% 1.24%
Number of daily rates quoted 189 66 124
10th Percentile £375 £363 £425
25th Percentile £463 £414 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year +4.76% -4.55% -
75th Percentile £623 £638 £658
90th Percentile £688 £695 £759
UK median daily rate £550 £520 £525
% change year-on-year +5.77% -0.95% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 0
Median hourly rate - £65.00 -
UK median hourly rate - £65.00 -

All Cloud Computing Skills
England

Azure Synapse Analytics falls under the Cloud Services category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring cloud computing skills in England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 13,106 9,715 12,521
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 37.51% 37.58% 32.99%
Number of daily rates quoted 9,039 6,546 9,069
10th Percentile £306 £313 £275
25th Percentile £406 £418 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £600 £638 £638
90th Percentile £700 £738 £725
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 361 147 312
10th Percentile £15.00 £15.44 £14.14
25th Percentile £19.19 £21.25 £16.06
Median hourly rate £37.58 £27.50 £21.57
Median % change year-on-year +36.65% +27.49% -13.72%
75th Percentile £60.00 £48.38 £46.82
90th Percentile £79.50 £74.45 £65.75
UK median hourly rate £37.50 £27.50 £22.00
% change year-on-year +36.36% +25.00% -12.00%

Azure Synapse Analytics
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Azure Synapse Analytics relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in England.

Azure Synapse Analytics job vacancy trend in England

Azure Synapse Analytics
Daily Rate Trend in England

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing Azure Synapse Analytics.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing Azure Synapse Analytics

Azure Synapse Analytics
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Azure Synapse Analytics in England over the 6 months to 21 February 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Azure Synapse Analytics in England

Azure Synapse Analytics
Hourly Rate Trend in England

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing Azure Synapse Analytics.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing Azure Synapse Analytics

Azure Synapse Analytics
Contract Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Azure Synapse Analytics within the England region over the 6 months to 21 February 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
London +58 163 £550 - 31
Midlands -33 29 £600 +26.32% 18
West Midlands -37 25 £600 +26.32% 9
North of England -51 22 £475 +26.67% 11
South East -35 12 £575 -8.00% 25
North West -27 11 £575 +35.29% 6
Yorkshire -57 6 £500 +33.33% 4
East of England -17 5 £638 +59.38% 4
South West -19 5 £550 +12.82% 6
North East -19 5 £438 +22.21% 1
East Midlands - 4 £575 - 9
Azure Synapse Analytics
UK

Azure Synapse Analytics
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England 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 31 (12.35%) Apache Spark
2 23 (9.16%) Apache
3 7 (2.79%) Apache Airflow
4 5 (1.99%) Confluence
5 2 (0.80%) Apache Synapse
5 2 (0.80%) CMS
6 1 (0.40%) Jupyter
6 1 (0.40%) Palantir Foundry
6 1 (0.40%) SharePoint
Applications
1 3 (1.20%) Microsoft Excel
1 3 (1.20%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 3 (1.20%) Dynamics AX
1 3 (1.20%) Dynamics CRM
1 3 (1.20%) SAP BPC
2 1 (0.40%) MIS ActiveH
2 1 (0.40%) NetSuite
2 1 (0.40%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 251 (100.00%) Azure
2 162 (64.54%) Azure Data Factory
3 121 (48.21%) Power Platform
4 70 (27.89%) Azure DevOps
5 38 (15.14%) AWS
6 35 (13.94%) GitHub
7 26 (10.36%) GCP
8 23 (9.16%) Azure Key Vault
9 22 (8.76%) Serverless
10 21 (8.37%) Microsoft Purview
10 21 (8.37%) Snowflake
11 20 (7.97%) Dynamics 365
11 20 (7.97%) GitHub Actions
12 19 (7.57%) Amazon S3
12 19 (7.57%) Azure Monitor
13 18 (7.17%) dbt
14 17 (6.77%) AWS CloudFormation
14 17 (6.77%) Azure Cosmos DB
14 17 (6.77%) Azure Machine Learning
15 16 (6.37%) Collibra
Communications & Networking
1 3 (1.20%) Network Security
2 1 (0.40%) Firewall
2 1 (0.40%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 129 (51.39%) Data Lake
2 110 (43.82%) Power BI
3 80 (31.87%) Data Warehouse
4 56 (22.31%) Azure SQL Database
5 37 (14.74%) SQL Server
6 36 (14.34%) Delta Lake
7 31 (12.35%) Metadata
8 22 (8.76%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 19 (7.57%) BigQuery
10 15 (5.98%) Amazon Athena
10 15 (5.98%) Mixpanel
11 14 (5.58%) OLAP
11 14 (5.58%) OLTP
12 13 (5.18%) Amazon Redshift
12 13 (5.18%) Spark SQL
13 12 (4.78%) Power Query
14 11 (4.38%) Snowflake Schema
15 9 (3.59%) Star Schema
16 8 (3.19%) SQL Server Analysis Services
17 7 (2.79%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
Development Applications
1 33 (13.15%) Git
2 7 (2.79%) MLflow
3 6 (2.39%) JIRA
4 5 (1.99%) SonarQube
5 3 (1.20%) GitLab
5 3 (1.20%) Visual Studio
6 2 (0.80%) ERwin
7 1 (0.40%) ER Studio
7 1 (0.40%) Poetry
7 1 (0.40%) Pylint
General
1 73 (29.08%) Social Skills
2 53 (21.12%) Finance
3 29 (11.55%) Analytical Skills
4 26 (10.36%) Public Sector
5 6 (2.39%) Documentation Skills
5 6 (2.39%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 6 (2.39%) Retail
6 4 (1.59%) Billing
7 3 (1.20%) Influencing Skills
7 3 (1.20%) Marketing
7 3 (1.20%) Military
8 2 (0.80%) Banking
8 2 (0.80%) Law
8 2 (0.80%) Organisational Skills
8 2 (0.80%) Presentation Skills
9 1 (0.40%) Health Technology
9 1 (0.40%) Legal
9 1 (0.40%) Manufacturing
9 1 (0.40%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 125 (49.80%) Data Engineer
2 54 (21.51%) Architect
3 38 (15.14%) Azure Engineer
4 32 (12.75%) Senior
5 30 (11.95%) Azure Data Engineer
6 29 (11.55%) Data Architect
7 27 (10.76%) Lead
8 24 (9.56%) Azure Architect
9 23 (9.16%) Senior Data Engineer
10 21 (8.37%) Developer
11 15 (5.98%) Lead Data Engineer
12 13 (5.18%) Azure Data Architect
12 13 (5.18%) Principal Engineer
13 12 (4.78%) Enterprise Architect
13 12 (4.78%) Principal Data Engineer
13 12 (4.78%) Solutions Architect
14 10 (3.98%) Microsoft Engineer
15 9 (3.59%) Platform Engineer
16 8 (3.19%) Principal Software Engineer
16 8 (3.19%) Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 81 (32.27%) PySpark
2 22 (8.76%) Kafka
3 17 (6.77%) Great Expectations
4 9 (3.59%) REST
5 8 (3.19%) JSON
6 7 (2.79%) YAML
7 6 (2.39%) Pandas
8 5 (1.99%) pytest
8 5 (1.99%) PyTorch
8 5 (1.99%) TensorFlow
8 5 (1.99%) XML
9 4 (1.59%) ARM Templates
9 4 (1.59%) scikit-learn
10 3 (1.20%) ADO
10 3 (1.20%) GraphQL
11 2 (0.80%) .NET
11 2 (0.80%) .NET Core
11 2 (0.80%) AngularJS
11 2 (0.80%) Middleware
11 2 (0.80%) React
Miscellaneous
1 37 (14.74%) Cloud Native
2 14 (5.58%) Data Structures
3 11 (4.38%) Legacy Systems
4 7 (2.79%) Data Fabric
4 7 (2.79%) Distributed Computing
5 6 (2.39%) IoT
6 4 (1.59%) Analytical Mindset
6 4 (1.59%) Wiki
7 3 (1.20%) Replication
8 2 (0.80%) Enterprise Software
8 2 (0.80%) Greenfield Project
8 2 (0.80%) Hybrid Cloud
8 2 (0.80%) Product Ownership
8 2 (0.80%) Self-Motivation
9 1 (0.40%) AI Agents
9 1 (0.40%) Enterprise Cloud
9 1 (0.40%) Onboarding
9 1 (0.40%) Pricing Data
9 1 (0.40%) Team-Oriented Environment
9 1 (0.40%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 1 (0.40%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 173 (68.92%) Analytics
2 140 (55.78%) Data Modelling
3 125 (49.80%) ETL
4 119 (47.41%) Business Intelligence
5 117 (46.61%) CI/CD
6 111 (44.22%) DevOps
7 109 (43.43%) Data Engineering
8 108 (43.03%) Data Pipeline
9 104 (41.43%) Data Governance
10 67 (26.69%) Data Architecture
11 58 (23.11%) AI
11 58 (23.11%) Infrastructure as Code
12 49 (19.52%) Agile
13 48 (19.12%) Machine Learning
13 48 (19.12%) Migration
14 38 (15.14%) Data Integration
15 36 (14.34%) Dimensional Modelling
15 36 (14.34%) Problem-Solving
16 35 (13.94%) Data Science
17 34 (13.55%) RBAC
Programming Languages
1 191 (76.10%) SQL
2 133 (52.99%) Python
3 31 (12.35%) T-SQL
4 26 (10.36%) Data Analysis Expressions
5 23 (9.16%) Bicep
6 22 (8.76%) C#
7 15 (5.98%) PowerShell
8 11 (4.38%) Scala
9 4 (1.59%) R
10 3 (1.20%) JavaScript
10 3 (1.20%) X++
11 2 (0.80%) Java
11 2 (0.80%) PL/SQL
12 1 (0.40%) ANSI SQL
12 1 (0.40%) Bash
12 1 (0.40%) Korn
Qualifications
1 41 (16.33%) Security Cleared
2 30 (11.95%) SC Cleared
3 28 (11.16%) Azure Certification
4 18 (7.17%) Microsoft Certification
5 4 (1.59%) Degree
6 3 (1.20%) BPSS Clearance
6 3 (1.20%) DBS Check
7 2 (0.80%) CTC Cleared
7 2 (0.80%) Master's Degree
7 2 (0.80%) TOGAF Certification
8 1 (0.40%) AWS Certification
8 1 (0.40%) CBAP
8 1 (0.40%) Computer Science Degree
8 1 (0.40%) PhD
8 1 (0.40%) SAP Certification
8 1 (0.40%) SnowPro
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 84 (33.47%) Data Quality
2 40 (15.94%) GDPR
3 10 (3.98%) QA
4 4 (1.59%) HIPAA
5 3 (1.20%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 3 (1.20%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 2 (0.80%) PCI DSS
7 1 (0.40%) Basel II
7 1 (0.40%) Basel III
7 1 (0.40%) California Consumer Privacy Act
7 1 (0.40%) GRC
7 1 (0.40%) MiFID
System Software
1 10 (3.98%) Docker
2 7 (2.79%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 64 (25.50%) Terraform
2 10 (3.98%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 154 (61.35%) Databricks
2 108 (43.03%) Microsoft
3 17 (6.77%) Google
4 8 (3.19%) SAP
5 6 (2.39%) Foundry
5 6 (2.39%) ServiceNow
6 5 (1.99%) Oracle
7 4 (1.59%) OpenAI
8 3 (1.20%) Informatica
8 3 (1.20%) Salesforce
9 2 (0.80%) Ab Initio
9 2 (0.80%) RedGate
9 2 (0.80%) Workday
10 1 (0.40%) Brio
10 1 (0.40%) Concur
10 1 (0.40%) Dynatrace
10 1 (0.40%) HubSpot
10 1 (0.40%) Palantir
10 1 (0.40%) UiPath
10 1 (0.40%) Veeam