Snowflake Contract Job Trends in England

Snowflake
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in England requiring Snowflake skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 27 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
27 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 214 222 197
Rank change year-on-year +8 -25 +164
Contract jobs citing Snowflake 563 336 430
As % of all contract jobs in England 1.23% 1.22% 1.30%
As % of the Cloud Services category 3.55% 3.27% 3.82%
Number of daily rates quoted 382 266 381
10th Percentile £407 £408 £425
25th Percentile £469 £475 £563
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £553 £800
Median % change year-on-year +4.07% -30.94% +38.27%
75th Percentile £674 £794 £888
90th Percentile £753 £825 -
UK median daily rate £573 £550 £800
% change year-on-year +4.20% -31.25% +34.68%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 2 0
10th Percentile £67.20 £32.85 -
25th Percentile £68.25 £33.38 -
Median hourly rate £70.00 £35.50 -
Median % change year-on-year +97.18% - -
75th Percentile £80.75 £37.13 -
90th Percentile £86.30 £37.35 -
UK median hourly rate £44.50 £35.50 -
% change year-on-year +25.35% - -

All Cloud Computing Skills
England

Snowflake 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 15,872 10,285 11,248
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 34.72% 37.27% 33.88%
Number of daily rates quoted 10,606 6,960 7,889
10th Percentile £325 £310 £313
25th Percentile £425 £406 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £505 £525
Median % change year-on-year +3.96% -3.81% -4.55%
75th Percentile £625 £625 £643
90th Percentile £718 £738 £750
UK median daily rate £525 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -2.78%
Number of hourly rates quoted 541 275 197
10th Percentile £15.50 £15.15 £14.16
25th Percentile £19.25 £18.51 £17.80
Median hourly rate £34.38 £26.30 £28.00
Median % change year-on-year +30.70% -6.07% -15.15%
75th Percentile £70.00 £43.75 £55.00
90th Percentile £83.00 £67.25 £70.00
UK median hourly rate £33.99 £28.00 £27.86
% change year-on-year +21.39% +0.50% -20.40%

Snowflake
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Snowflake job vacancy trend in England

Snowflake
Daily Rate Trend in England

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing Snowflake.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing Snowflake

Snowflake
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Snowflake in England over the 6 months to 27 August 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Snowflake in England

Snowflake
Hourly Rate Trend in England

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing Snowflake.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing Snowflake

Snowflake
Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Snowflake in England over the 6 months to 27 August 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for Snowflake in England

Snowflake
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 Snowflake within the England region over the 6 months to 27 August 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 +15 412 £575 -6.12% 523
North of England -49 42 £525 +10.53% 119
Midlands -40 33 £518 +23.21% 61
South East -40 30 £616 +17.33% 80
North West -28 29 £525 +7.69% 64
West Midlands -34 29 £563 +21.62% 50
South West -49 16 £575 +21.05% 56
East of England -29 10 £380 -34.48% 11
Yorkshire -46 10 £525 +10.53% 18
East Midlands -16 4 £466 +10.83% 11
North East -41 3 - - 37
Snowflake
UK

Snowflake
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
1 123 (21.85%) Apache Airflow
2 39 (6.93%) Apache Spark
3 29 (5.15%) Apache
4 11 (1.95%) Confluence
5 10 (1.78%) SharePoint
6 4 (0.71%) SAS
7 1 (0.18%) Anypoint
7 1 (0.18%) JBoss
7 1 (0.18%) Luigi
7 1 (0.18%) Palantir Foundry
7 1 (0.18%) WebSphere
Applications
1 4 (0.71%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (0.53%) MS Visio
3 2 (0.36%) Microsoft Office
4 1 (0.18%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.18%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 18 (3.20%) Aladdin
2 5 (0.89%) BambooHR
2 5 (0.89%) NetSuite
2 5 (0.89%) Sage X3
2 5 (0.89%) SAP S/4HANA
3 2 (0.36%) Salesforce CRM
3 2 (0.36%) Temenos T24
3 2 (0.36%) Workday HCM
4 1 (0.18%) Elite 3E
4 1 (0.18%) SAP ERP
4 1 (0.18%) SimCorp Dimension
4 1 (0.18%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 303 (53.82%) AWS
2 229 (40.67%) Azure
3 153 (27.18%) dbt
4 142 (25.22%) Power Platform
5 133 (23.62%) GCP
6 73 (12.97%) Amazon S3
7 65 (11.55%) GitHub
8 56 (9.95%) Serverless
9 51 (9.06%) AWS Lambda
10 50 (8.88%) Azure DevOps
11 47 (8.35%) Azure Data Factory
12 39 (6.93%) GitHub Actions
13 27 (4.80%) Fivetran
14 24 (4.26%) Dagster
15 23 (4.09%) Matillion
16 22 (3.91%) Azure Synapse Analytics
17 19 (3.37%) Prefect
17 19 (3.37%) SaaS
18 18 (3.20%) Amazon EKS
18 18 (3.20%) Amazon SQS
Communications & Networking
1 3 (0.53%) Broadband
2 2 (0.36%) DSL
2 2 (0.36%) Firewall
2 2 (0.36%) Internet
2 2 (0.36%) VPN
3 1 (0.18%) Cisco IPT
3 1 (0.18%) DNS
3 1 (0.18%) FIX Connectivity
3 1 (0.18%) Network Security
3 1 (0.18%) OpenFlow
3 1 (0.18%) SSH
3 1 (0.18%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 193 (34.28%) Data Warehouse
2 140 (24.87%) Power BI
3 77 (13.68%) BigQuery
4 71 (12.61%) Data Lake
5 68 (12.08%) Tableau
6 61 (10.83%) Amazon Redshift
7 59 (10.48%) Snowflake Schema
8 33 (5.86%) Metadata
8 33 (5.86%) SQL Server
9 30 (5.33%) Big Data
10 28 (4.97%) NoSQL
11 25 (4.44%) Data Vault
12 23 (4.09%) Relational Database
13 21 (3.73%) SQL Server Integration Services
14 20 (3.55%) Looker
14 20 (3.55%) PostgreSQL
15 17 (3.02%) Semantic Layer
16 14 (2.49%) Amazon RDS
17 12 (2.13%) Delta Lake
17 12 (2.13%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
Development Applications
1 52 (9.24%) Git
2 27 (4.80%) GitLab
3 26 (4.62%) JIRA
4 24 (4.26%) Jenkins
5 6 (1.07%) Terragrunt
6 4 (0.71%) SonarQube
6 4 (0.71%) TeamCity
7 3 (0.53%) Snyk
7 3 (0.53%) Sonatype Nexus
8 2 (0.36%) Artifactory
8 2 (0.36%) Claude Code
8 2 (0.36%) ER Studio
8 2 (0.36%) MLflow
8 2 (0.36%) Octopus Deploy
8 2 (0.36%) Selenium
8 2 (0.36%) SpecFlow
9 1 (0.18%) Cypress.io
9 1 (0.18%) GCC
9 1 (0.18%) LSMW
9 1 (0.18%) Robot Framework
General
1 192 (34.10%) Finance
2 161 (28.60%) Social Skills
3 88 (15.63%) Analytical Skills
4 73 (12.97%) Banking
5 49 (8.70%) Retail
6 26 (4.62%) Marketing
7 20 (3.55%) Financial Institution
7 20 (3.55%) Front Office
7 20 (3.55%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 19 (3.37%) Public Sector
9 15 (2.66%) Manufacturing
10 14 (2.49%) Legal
11 11 (1.95%) Pharmaceutical
12 10 (1.78%) Influencing Skills
12 10 (1.78%) Telecoms
13 8 (1.42%) Documentation Skills
13 8 (1.42%) Investment Banking
14 7 (1.24%) Billing
14 7 (1.24%) Presentation Skills
15 5 (0.89%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 196 (34.81%) Data Engineer
2 111 (19.72%) Senior
3 104 (18.47%) Architect
4 95 (16.87%) Snowflake Engineer
5 73 (12.97%) Snowflake Data Engineer
6 65 (11.55%) Senior Data Engineer
7 62 (11.01%) Analyst
8 59 (10.48%) Data Architect
9 48 (8.53%) Lead
10 38 (6.75%) Data Analyst
11 29 (5.15%) AWS Engineer
12 27 (4.80%) Developer
13 22 (3.91%) AWS Data Engineer
13 22 (3.91%) Solutions Architect
14 21 (3.73%) Business Analyst
14 21 (3.73%) Snowflake Architect
15 15 (2.66%) Azure Engineer
15 15 (2.66%) Consultant
15 15 (2.66%) Python Engineer
16 13 (2.31%) Lead Data Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 81 (14.39%) Terraform
2 50 (8.88%) Kafka
3 25 (4.44%) REST
4 23 (4.09%) PySpark
5 15 (2.66%) .NET
6 9 (1.60%) React
7 8 (1.42%) OAuth
7 8 (1.42%) Spring
7 8 (1.42%) Spring Boot
8 7 (1.24%) YAML
9 6 (1.07%) Model Context Protocol
10 5 (0.89%) AngularJS
10 5 (0.89%) AWS CDK
10 5 (0.89%) GraphQL
10 5 (0.89%) Langfuse
10 5 (0.89%) Microsoft Graph
10 5 (0.89%) OpenID
10 5 (0.89%) Vue
11 4 (0.71%) Node.js
11 4 (0.71%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 78 (13.85%) Cloud Native
2 31 (5.51%) Product Ownership
3 20 (3.55%) Data Structures
4 17 (3.02%) AI Agents
5 16 (2.84%) Distributed Systems
6 14 (2.49%) Onboarding
7 13 (2.31%) Analytical Mindset
7 13 (2.31%) Fixed Income
7 13 (2.31%) Legacy Systems
8 12 (2.13%) Data Protection Act
8 12 (2.13%) Enterprise Cloud
8 12 (2.13%) Virtual Team
9 11 (1.95%) Reinsurance
10 8 (1.42%) Clustering
10 8 (1.42%) Data Fabric
10 8 (1.42%) Equities
10 8 (1.42%) Life Science
11 7 (1.24%) Reference Data
12 6 (1.07%) Enterprise Software
12 6 (1.07%) Hybrid Cloud
Operating Systems
1 8 (1.42%) Linux
2 7 (1.24%) Unix
3 2 (0.36%) Windows
4 1 (0.18%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 1 (0.18%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 240 (42.63%) Analytics
2 222 (39.43%) Data Engineering
3 203 (36.06%) Data Modelling
4 202 (35.88%) CI/CD
5 200 (35.52%) ETL
6 197 (34.99%) Data Pipeline
7 161 (28.60%) Business Intelligence
8 153 (27.18%) AI
9 140 (24.87%) Stakeholder Management
10 135 (23.98%) Agile
11 120 (21.31%) DevOps
12 107 (19.01%) Data Governance
13 105 (18.65%) Data Architecture
14 104 (18.47%) Migration
15 87 (15.45%) Validation
16 83 (14.74%) Data Transformation
17 76 (13.50%) Decision-Making
18 68 (12.08%) Machine Learning
19 67 (11.90%) Infrastructure as Code
20 62 (11.01%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 315 (55.95%) SQL
2 270 (47.96%) Python
3 54 (9.59%) Java
4 12 (2.13%) PowerShell
4 12 (2.13%) R
5 9 (1.60%) Bash
6 8 (1.42%) C#
7 7 (1.24%) Scala
8 5 (0.89%) Bicep
8 5 (0.89%) TypeScript
9 4 (0.71%) C++
9 4 (0.71%) Data Analysis Expressions
9 4 (0.71%) JavaScript
10 3 (0.53%) Cypher
10 3 (0.53%) SHACL
10 3 (0.53%) Shell Script
11 2 (0.36%) Delphi
11 2 (0.36%) LookML
11 2 (0.36%) SOQL
11 2 (0.36%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 48 (8.53%) Security Cleared
2 38 (6.75%) Degree
3 29 (5.15%) SC Cleared
4 26 (4.62%) Computer Science Degree
5 11 (1.95%) SnowPro
6 9 (1.60%) AWS Certification
6 9 (1.60%) Azure Certification
7 8 (1.42%) DBS Check
7 8 (1.42%) Master's Degree
8 6 (1.07%) DV Cleared
9 5 (0.89%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 4 (0.71%) SAS Certification
11 2 (0.36%) Microsoft Certified Professional
11 2 (0.36%) PMI Certification
11 2 (0.36%) TOGAF Certification
12 1 (0.18%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
12 1 (0.18%) BPSS Clearance
12 1 (0.18%) CISSP
12 1 (0.18%) Numerate Degree
12 1 (0.18%) Tableau Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 151 (26.82%) Data Quality
2 34 (6.04%) GDPR
3 23 (4.09%) QA
4 7 (1.24%) SLA
5 6 (1.07%) Accessibility
6 5 (0.89%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 4 (0.71%) PMO
8 3 (0.53%) EMIR
8 3 (0.53%) MiFID
8 3 (0.53%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 2 (0.36%) Actionable Recommendations
9 2 (0.36%) California Consumer Privacy Act
9 2 (0.36%) PCI DSS
9 2 (0.36%) Solvency II
10 1 (0.18%) AIFMD
10 1 (0.18%) Cyber Essentials
10 1 (0.18%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 1 (0.18%) GRC
10 1 (0.18%) ISO 22301
10 1 (0.18%) SOC 2
System Software
1 41 (7.28%) Docker
2 2 (0.36%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.18%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 45 (7.99%) Kubernetes
2 14 (2.49%) Grafana
3 8 (1.42%) Prometheus
4 4 (0.71%) Control-M
5 2 (0.36%) Ansible
5 2 (0.36%) Argo
6 1 (0.18%) Apache Ranger
6 1 (0.18%) Kubeflow
6 1 (0.18%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 165 (29.31%) Databricks
2 63 (11.19%) Microsoft
3 30 (5.33%) Google
3 30 (5.33%) Informatica
4 29 (5.15%) Salesforce
5 22 (3.91%) SAP
6 15 (2.66%) Oracle
7 10 (1.78%) Teradata
7 10 (1.78%) Workday
8 9 (1.60%) ServiceNow
9 8 (1.42%) MicroStrategy
9 8 (1.42%) MuleSoft
9 8 (1.42%) OpenAI
10 7 (1.24%) Denodo
10 7 (1.24%) PagerDuty
10 7 (1.24%) Splunk
11 6 (1.07%) Charles River
11 6 (1.07%) Foundry
12 5 (0.89%) Bloomberg
12 5 (0.89%) Sage