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 7 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
7 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 329 375 386
Rank change year-on-year +46 +11 +64
Contract jobs citing Azure Synapse Analytics 268 104 159
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.74% 0.40% 0.42%
As % of the Cloud Services category 1.98% 1.07% 1.28%
Number of daily rates quoted 199 65 129
10th Percentile £363 £363 £411
25th Percentile £463 £408 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £495 £550
Median % change year-on-year +11.11% -10.00% -
75th Percentile £625 £619 £665
90th Percentile £703 £687 £765
UK median daily rate £550 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +10.00% -4.76% -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 13,561 9,723 12,437
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 37.24% 37.83% 32.54%
Number of daily rates quoted 9,331 6,644 8,980
10th Percentile £310 £313 £275
25th Percentile £410 £419 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £606 £638 £638
90th Percentile £708 £738 £731
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 384 154 333
10th Percentile £15.50 £15.23 £14.03
25th Percentile £20.46 £20.06 £16.06
Median hourly rate £38.54 £27.13 £21.37
Median % change year-on-year +42.08% +26.93% -14.52%
75th Percentile £60.00 £43.75 £43.75
90th Percentile £77.50 £72.25 £65.50
UK median hourly rate £37.50 £26.50 £21.37
% change year-on-year +41.51% +24.01% -14.52%

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 7 March 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 7 March 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 +62 172 £550 +2.33% 32
Midlands -35 38 £600 +26.32% 15
West Midlands -29 33 £600 +26.32% 8
North of England -55 22 £475 +26.67% 15
North West -28 12 £575 +35.29% 7
South East -36 10 £613 -2.00% 29
South West -23 6 £550 +12.82% 8
North East -11 5 £438 +22.21% 2
East of England -18 5 £638 +59.38% 4
East Midlands -26 5 £600 - 7
Yorkshire -57 5 £500 +33.33% 6
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 33 (12.31%) Apache Spark
2 25 (9.33%) Apache
3 7 (2.61%) Apache Airflow
4 5 (1.87%) Confluence
5 2 (0.75%) Apache Synapse
5 2 (0.75%) CMS
5 2 (0.75%) Jupyter
6 1 (0.37%) Palantir Foundry
6 1 (0.37%) SharePoint
Applications
1 5 (1.87%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (1.12%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 3 (1.12%) Dynamics AX
1 3 (1.12%) Dynamics CRM
1 3 (1.12%) SAP BPC
2 1 (0.37%) MIS ActiveH
2 1 (0.37%) NetSuite
2 1 (0.37%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 268 (100.00%) Azure
2 172 (64.18%) Azure Data Factory
3 133 (49.63%) Power Platform
4 71 (26.49%) Azure DevOps
5 41 (15.30%) AWS
6 35 (13.06%) GitHub
7 26 (9.70%) GCP
8 24 (8.96%) Microsoft Purview
9 23 (8.58%) Serverless
10 22 (8.21%) Azure Key Vault
11 21 (7.84%) Snowflake
12 20 (7.46%) Amazon S3
12 20 (7.46%) Dynamics 365
13 19 (7.09%) Azure Monitor
14 18 (6.72%) AWS CloudFormation
14 18 (6.72%) Azure Cosmos DB
14 18 (6.72%) GitHub Actions
15 17 (6.34%) Azure Machine Learning
15 17 (6.34%) Collibra
15 17 (6.34%) dbt
Communications & Networking
1 4 (1.49%) Network Security
2 1 (0.37%) Firewall
2 1 (0.37%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 134 (50.00%) Data Lake
2 122 (45.52%) Power BI
3 93 (34.70%) Data Warehouse
4 58 (21.64%) Azure SQL Database
5 39 (14.55%) Delta Lake
6 37 (13.81%) SQL Server
7 30 (11.19%) Metadata
8 28 (10.45%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 21 (7.84%) BigQuery
10 16 (5.97%) Amazon Athena
10 16 (5.97%) Mixpanel
10 16 (5.97%) OLAP
11 15 (5.60%) OLTP
11 15 (5.60%) Spark SQL
12 14 (5.22%) Amazon Redshift
12 14 (5.22%) Snowflake Schema
13 13 (4.85%) Power Query
13 13 (4.85%) Star Schema
14 10 (3.73%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
14 10 (3.73%) SQL Server Analysis Services
Development Applications
1 36 (13.43%) Git
2 8 (2.99%) MLflow
3 6 (2.24%) JIRA
4 4 (1.49%) SonarQube
5 3 (1.12%) ERwin
5 3 (1.12%) GitLab
5 3 (1.12%) Visual Studio
6 1 (0.37%) ER Studio
6 1 (0.37%) Selenium
General
1 77 (28.73%) Social Skills
2 56 (20.90%) Finance
3 31 (11.57%) Analytical Skills
4 29 (10.82%) Public Sector
5 9 (3.36%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 6 (2.24%) Documentation Skills
6 6 (2.24%) Retail
7 4 (1.49%) Banking
8 3 (1.12%) Billing
8 3 (1.12%) Influencing Skills
8 3 (1.12%) Marketing
8 3 (1.12%) Military
9 2 (0.75%) Law
9 2 (0.75%) Manufacturing
9 2 (0.75%) Organisational Skills
10 1 (0.37%) Health Technology
10 1 (0.37%) Legal
10 1 (0.37%) Local Government
10 1 (0.37%) Presentation Skills
10 1 (0.37%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 131 (48.88%) Data Engineer
2 60 (22.39%) Architect
3 37 (13.81%) Senior
4 35 (13.06%) Azure Engineer
5 33 (12.31%) Data Architect
6 29 (10.82%) Azure Architect
7 28 (10.45%) Azure Data Engineer
8 26 (9.70%) Developer
8 26 (9.70%) Lead
9 25 (9.33%) Senior Data Engineer
10 16 (5.97%) Azure Data Architect
11 15 (5.60%) Lead Data Engineer
12 14 (5.22%) Principal Engineer
13 13 (4.85%) Principal Data Engineer
14 12 (4.48%) Enterprise Architect
14 12 (4.48%) Solutions Architect
15 11 (4.10%) Platform Engineer
16 10 (3.73%) Business Intelligence Developer
16 10 (3.73%) Microsoft Engineer
17 8 (2.99%) Principal Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 80 (29.85%) PySpark
2 23 (8.58%) Kafka
3 18 (6.72%) Great Expectations
4 9 (3.36%) JSON
5 8 (2.99%) Pandas
5 8 (2.99%) REST
5 8 (2.99%) YAML
6 6 (2.24%) XML
7 4 (1.49%) pytest
7 4 (1.49%) PyTorch
7 4 (1.49%) TensorFlow
8 3 (1.12%) .NET
8 3 (1.12%) ADO
8 3 (1.12%) ARM Templates
8 3 (1.12%) GraphQL
8 3 (1.12%) scikit-learn
9 2 (0.75%) .NET Core
9 2 (0.75%) AngularJS
9 2 (0.75%) PyArrow
9 2 (0.75%) React
Miscellaneous
1 38 (14.18%) Cloud Native
2 12 (4.48%) Legacy Systems
3 11 (4.10%) Data Structures
4 7 (2.61%) Data Fabric
4 7 (2.61%) Distributed Computing
5 6 (2.24%) IoT
6 4 (1.49%) Analytical Mindset
7 3 (1.12%) Data Centre
7 3 (1.12%) Hybrid Cloud
7 3 (1.12%) Replication
7 3 (1.12%) Wiki
8 2 (0.75%) Enterprise Software
8 2 (0.75%) Greenfield Project
8 2 (0.75%) Onboarding
8 2 (0.75%) Reference Data
8 2 (0.75%) Self-Motivation
9 1 (0.37%) AI Agents
9 1 (0.37%) Legacy Code
9 1 (0.37%) Product Ownership
9 1 (0.37%) Team-Oriented Environment
Operating Systems
1 2 (0.75%) VMS
2 1 (0.37%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 184 (68.66%) Analytics
2 155 (57.84%) Data Modelling
3 137 (51.12%) ETL
4 130 (48.51%) Business Intelligence
5 122 (45.52%) CI/CD
6 118 (44.03%) Data Engineering
7 117 (43.66%) Data Pipeline
8 116 (43.28%) DevOps
9 111 (41.42%) Data Governance
10 73 (27.24%) Data Architecture
11 64 (23.88%) AI
12 60 (22.39%) Infrastructure as Code
13 51 (19.03%) Agile
13 51 (19.03%) Migration
14 50 (18.66%) Machine Learning
15 42 (15.67%) Data Science
16 40 (14.93%) Data Integration
16 40 (14.93%) Dimensional Modelling
17 37 (13.81%) Decision-Making
18 36 (13.43%) Problem-Solving
Programming Languages
1 203 (75.75%) SQL
2 140 (52.24%) Python
3 32 (11.94%) T-SQL
4 30 (11.19%) Data Analysis Expressions
5 24 (8.96%) C#
6 22 (8.21%) Bicep
7 15 (5.60%) PowerShell
8 13 (4.85%) Scala
9 4 (1.49%) R
10 3 (1.12%) JavaScript
10 3 (1.12%) PL/SQL
10 3 (1.12%) X++
11 2 (0.75%) Java
12 1 (0.37%) ANSI SQL
12 1 (0.37%) Bash
12 1 (0.37%) C
Qualifications
1 46 (17.16%) Security Cleared
2 34 (12.69%) SC Cleared
3 28 (10.45%) Azure Certification
4 19 (7.09%) Microsoft Certification
5 12 (4.48%) Degree
6 4 (1.49%) BPSS Clearance
6 4 (1.49%) Computer Science Degree
7 3 (1.12%) DBS Check
7 3 (1.12%) Master's Degree
8 2 (0.75%) CTC Cleared
8 2 (0.75%) PhD
8 2 (0.75%) Postgraduate
8 2 (0.75%) TOGAF Certification
9 1 (0.37%) AWS Certification
9 1 (0.37%) CBAP
9 1 (0.37%) SAP Certification
9 1 (0.37%) Tableau Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 87 (32.46%) Data Quality
2 41 (15.30%) GDPR
3 9 (3.36%) QA
4 4 (1.49%) HIPAA
5 3 (1.12%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 3 (1.12%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 2 (0.75%) PCI DSS
6 2 (0.75%) PMO
7 1 (0.37%) Basel II
7 1 (0.37%) Basel III
7 1 (0.37%) California Consumer Privacy Act
7 1 (0.37%) GRC
7 1 (0.37%) MiFID
System Software
1 12 (4.48%) Docker
2 7 (2.61%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 67 (25.00%) Terraform
2 12 (4.48%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 157 (58.58%) Databricks
2 125 (46.64%) Microsoft
3 17 (6.34%) Google
4 8 (2.99%) SAP
5 7 (2.61%) Foundry
5 7 (2.61%) ServiceNow
6 5 (1.87%) OpenAI
7 4 (1.49%) Oracle
7 4 (1.49%) Salesforce
8 3 (1.12%) Informatica
9 2 (0.75%) Ab Initio
9 2 (0.75%) RedGate
9 2 (0.75%) Workday
10 1 (0.37%) Brio
10 1 (0.37%) Concur
10 1 (0.37%) Dynatrace
10 1 (0.37%) HubSpot
10 1 (0.37%) Palantir
10 1 (0.37%) UiPath
10 1 (0.37%) Veeam