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 16 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 216 213 185
Rank change year-on-year -3 -28 +153
Contract jobs citing Snowflake 580 343 442
As % of all contract jobs in England 1.26% 1.24% 1.35%
As % of the Cloud Services category 3.64% 3.28% 3.91%
Number of daily rates quoted 402 265 369
10th Percentile £400 £404 £425
25th Percentile £463 £463 £575
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £550 £800
Median % change year-on-year +4.55% -31.25% +35.71%
75th Percentile £675 £738 £888
90th Percentile £753 £825 -
UK median daily rate £573 £537 £800
% change year-on-year +6.68% -32.84% +34.57%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 2 0
Median hourly rate £70.00 £35.50 -
Median % change year-on-year +97.18% - -
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 15,915 10,455 11,304
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 34.52% 37.65% 34.58%
Number of daily rates quoted 10,616 7,071 7,707
10th Percentile £320 £306 £313
25th Percentile £425 £406 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £501 £525
Median % change year-on-year +4.90% -4.67% -4.55%
75th Percentile £625 £625 £638
90th Percentile £720 £725 £750
UK median daily rate £525 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -2.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 545 252 177
10th Percentile £15.25 £15.50 £14.35
25th Percentile £17.97 £18.87 £20.50
Median hourly rate £33.99 £26.30 £33.00
Median % change year-on-year +29.24% -20.30% -
75th Percentile £70.00 £43.75 £63.75
90th Percentile £82.32 £67.23 £70.00
UK median hourly rate £32.50 £29.07 £31.00
% change year-on-year +11.80% -6.23% -11.43%

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 16 September 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
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 16 September 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 +10 431 £575 -7.07% 830
North of England -57 39 £500 +14.29% 167
South East -51 31 £616 +17.33% 89
Midlands -35 27 £513 +21.30% 74
North West -29 25 £513 +25.00% 106
West Midlands -41 23 £588 +17.50% 56
South West -49 18 £625 +31.58% 69
East of England -24 15 £380 -24.00% 23
Yorkshire -41 11 £450 -5.26% 20
East Midlands -11 4 £466 +10.83% 18
North East -39 3 - - 41
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
1 127 (21.90%) Apache Airflow
2 49 (8.45%) Apache Spark
3 35 (6.03%) Apache
4 12 (2.07%) Confluence
5 10 (1.72%) SharePoint
6 4 (0.69%) SAS
7 1 (0.17%) Anypoint
7 1 (0.17%) JBoss
7 1 (0.17%) Luigi
7 1 (0.17%) Oracle Workflow
7 1 (0.17%) Palantir Foundry
7 1 (0.17%) WebSphere
Applications
1 3 (0.52%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (0.34%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (0.34%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 15 (2.59%) Aladdin
2 5 (0.86%) NetSuite
2 5 (0.86%) Sage X3
2 5 (0.86%) SAP S/4HANA
3 2 (0.34%) BambooHR
3 2 (0.34%) Salesforce CRM
3 2 (0.34%) Temenos T24
3 2 (0.34%) Workday HCM
4 1 (0.17%) Elite 3E
4 1 (0.17%) SAP ERP
4 1 (0.17%) SimCorp Dimension
4 1 (0.17%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 314 (54.14%) AWS
2 249 (42.93%) Azure
3 171 (29.48%) dbt
4 139 (23.97%) Power Platform
5 134 (23.10%) GCP
6 76 (13.10%) GitHub
7 71 (12.24%) Amazon S3
8 58 (10.00%) Azure DevOps
9 57 (9.83%) Azure Data Factory
10 53 (9.14%) Serverless
11 47 (8.10%) AWS Lambda
12 46 (7.93%) GitHub Actions
13 29 (5.00%) Azure Synapse Analytics
14 26 (4.48%) Fivetran
15 22 (3.79%) Dagster
15 22 (3.79%) SaaS
16 18 (3.10%) Amazon SQS
17 17 (2.93%) Amazon EventBridge
17 17 (2.93%) Matillion
18 16 (2.76%) AWS Step Functions
Communications & Networking
1 3 (0.52%) Broadband
2 2 (0.34%) DSL
2 2 (0.34%) Firewall
2 2 (0.34%) Internet
2 2 (0.34%) VPN
3 1 (0.17%) Cisco IPT
3 1 (0.17%) DNS
3 1 (0.17%) FIX Connectivity
3 1 (0.17%) Network Security
3 1 (0.17%) OpenFlow
3 1 (0.17%) SSH
3 1 (0.17%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 199 (34.31%) Data Warehouse
2 137 (23.62%) Power BI
3 81 (13.97%) Data Lake
4 75 (12.93%) BigQuery
5 63 (10.86%) Tableau
6 62 (10.69%) Snowflake Schema
7 61 (10.52%) Amazon Redshift
8 39 (6.72%) SQL Server
9 37 (6.38%) Metadata
10 34 (5.86%) Big Data
11 29 (5.00%) NoSQL
12 28 (4.83%) PostgreSQL
13 25 (4.31%) Data Vault
13 25 (4.31%) Relational Database
14 20 (3.45%) SQL Server Integration Services
15 18 (3.10%) Delta Lake
16 17 (2.93%) Looker
17 15 (2.59%) Amazon RDS
17 15 (2.59%) Semantic Layer
18 14 (2.41%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
Development Applications
1 59 (10.17%) Git
2 25 (4.31%) GitLab
3 24 (4.14%) JIRA
4 20 (3.45%) Jenkins
5 7 (1.21%) Terragrunt
6 5 (0.86%) Snyk
7 4 (0.69%) Claude Code
7 4 (0.69%) SonarQube
7 4 (0.69%) TeamCity
8 2 (0.34%) Artifactory
8 2 (0.34%) ER Studio
8 2 (0.34%) MLflow
8 2 (0.34%) Octopus Deploy
8 2 (0.34%) Selenium
8 2 (0.34%) Sonatype Nexus
8 2 (0.34%) SpecFlow
9 1 (0.17%) Cypress.io
9 1 (0.17%) LSMW
9 1 (0.17%) Robot Framework
General
1 192 (33.10%) Finance
2 166 (28.62%) Social Skills
3 95 (16.38%) Analytical Skills
4 70 (12.07%) Banking
5 54 (9.31%) Retail
6 28 (4.83%) Marketing
7 22 (3.79%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 20 (3.45%) Financial Institution
9 17 (2.93%) Front Office
10 16 (2.76%) Manufacturing
10 16 (2.76%) Public Sector
11 13 (2.24%) Legal
12 12 (2.07%) Pharmaceutical
13 10 (1.72%) Billing
14 9 (1.55%) Influencing Skills
14 9 (1.55%) Presentation Skills
15 8 (1.38%) Documentation Skills
16 7 (1.21%) Telecoms
17 6 (1.03%) Investment Banking
18 5 (0.86%) Private Banking
Job Titles
1 204 (35.17%) Data Engineer
2 118 (20.34%) Senior
3 108 (18.62%) Architect
4 94 (16.21%) Snowflake Engineer
5 72 (12.41%) Snowflake Data Engineer
6 71 (12.24%) Senior Data Engineer
7 68 (11.72%) Data Architect
8 64 (11.03%) Analyst
9 47 (8.10%) Lead
10 41 (7.07%) Data Analyst
11 30 (5.17%) AWS Engineer
12 29 (5.00%) Developer
13 25 (4.31%) AWS Data Engineer
14 24 (4.14%) Snowflake Architect
15 19 (3.28%) Business Analyst
16 18 (3.10%) Solutions Architect
17 17 (2.93%) Consultant
18 16 (2.76%) Azure Engineer
18 16 (2.76%) Python Engineer
19 13 (2.24%) Lead Data Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 92 (15.86%) Terraform
2 54 (9.31%) Kafka
3 31 (5.34%) PySpark
4 27 (4.66%) REST
5 15 (2.59%) .NET
6 8 (1.38%) OAuth
6 8 (1.38%) React
6 8 (1.38%) Spring
6 8 (1.38%) Spring Boot
7 7 (1.21%) YAML
8 5 (0.86%) AWS CDK
8 5 (0.86%) GraphQL
8 5 (0.86%) Langfuse
8 5 (0.86%) Microsoft Graph
8 5 (0.86%) Model Context Protocol
8 5 (0.86%) OpenID
9 4 (0.69%) Node.js
9 4 (0.69%) Pandas
9 4 (0.69%) PyTorch
9 4 (0.69%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 81 (13.97%) Cloud Native
2 31 (5.34%) Product Ownership
3 27 (4.66%) Data Structures
4 22 (3.79%) AI Agents
5 17 (2.93%) Distributed Systems
5 17 (2.93%) Onboarding
6 14 (2.41%) Reinsurance
7 13 (2.24%) Analytical Mindset
7 13 (2.24%) Legacy Systems
8 12 (2.07%) Enterprise Cloud
9 10 (1.72%) Fixed Income
9 10 (1.72%) Life Science
10 9 (1.55%) Data Protection Act
10 9 (1.55%) Virtual Team
11 8 (1.38%) Data Fabric
12 7 (1.21%) Reference Data
12 7 (1.21%) Taxonomies
13 6 (1.03%) Clustering
13 6 (1.03%) Enterprise Software
13 6 (1.03%) Hybrid Cloud
Operating Systems
1 8 (1.38%) Linux
2 6 (1.03%) Unix
3 2 (0.34%) Windows
4 1 (0.17%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 1 (0.17%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 258 (44.48%) Analytics
2 227 (39.14%) Data Engineering
3 216 (37.24%) Data Modelling
4 207 (35.69%) Data Pipeline
5 206 (35.52%) ETL
6 205 (35.34%) CI/CD
7 177 (30.52%) AI
8 157 (27.07%) Business Intelligence
9 144 (24.83%) Stakeholder Management
10 141 (24.31%) Agile
11 122 (21.03%) DevOps
12 117 (20.17%) Data Architecture
13 111 (19.14%) Data Governance
14 105 (18.10%) Migration
15 96 (16.55%) Validation
16 92 (15.86%) Data Transformation
17 81 (13.97%) Decision-Making
18 80 (13.79%) Machine Learning
19 75 (12.93%) Infrastructure as Code
20 68 (11.72%) Data Science
Programming Languages
1 339 (58.45%) SQL
2 277 (47.76%) Python
3 54 (9.31%) Java
4 15 (2.59%) PowerShell
5 13 (2.24%) Bash
5 13 (2.24%) R
6 11 (1.90%) C#
6 11 (1.90%) Scala
7 8 (1.38%) TypeScript
8 6 (1.03%) Bicep
9 5 (0.86%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 4 (0.69%) C++
10 4 (0.69%) JavaScript
11 3 (0.52%) Cypher
11 3 (0.52%) SHACL
11 3 (0.52%) Shell Script
12 2 (0.34%) Delphi
12 2 (0.34%) LookML
12 2 (0.34%) SOQL
12 2 (0.34%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 47 (8.10%) Security Cleared
2 33 (5.69%) Degree
3 27 (4.66%) SC Cleared
4 23 (3.97%) Computer Science Degree
5 11 (1.90%) SnowPro
6 10 (1.72%) Azure Certification
7 9 (1.55%) AWS Certification
7 9 (1.55%) Master's Degree
8 8 (1.38%) DBS Check
9 6 (1.03%) DV Cleared
10 5 (0.86%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
11 4 (0.69%) SAS Certification
12 2 (0.34%) Microsoft Certified Professional
12 2 (0.34%) PMI Certification
12 2 (0.34%) TOGAF Certification
13 1 (0.17%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
13 1 (0.17%) BPSS Clearance
13 1 (0.17%) Numerate Degree
13 1 (0.17%) PMP
13 1 (0.17%) Tableau Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 161 (27.76%) Data Quality
2 30 (5.17%) GDPR
3 23 (3.97%) QA
4 6 (1.03%) Accessibility
5 5 (0.86%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 4 (0.69%) PMO
7 3 (0.52%) Actionable Recommendations
7 3 (0.52%) EMIR
7 3 (0.52%) MiFID
7 3 (0.52%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 3 (0.52%) SLA
7 3 (0.52%) SOC 2
8 2 (0.34%) California Consumer Privacy Act
8 2 (0.34%) GRC
8 2 (0.34%) PCI DSS
9 1 (0.17%) AIFMD
9 1 (0.17%) Cyber Essentials
9 1 (0.17%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 1 (0.17%) HIPAA
9 1 (0.17%) ISO 22301
System Software
1 41 (7.07%) Docker
2 2 (0.34%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.17%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 49 (8.45%) Kubernetes
2 11 (1.90%) Grafana
3 6 (1.03%) Prometheus
4 4 (0.69%) Control-M
5 2 (0.34%) Ansible
5 2 (0.34%) Argo
6 1 (0.17%) Apache Ranger
6 1 (0.17%) Kubeflow
6 1 (0.17%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 182 (31.38%) Databricks
2 73 (12.59%) Microsoft
3 30 (5.17%) Salesforce
4 29 (5.00%) Google
4 29 (5.00%) Informatica
5 20 (3.45%) SAP
6 18 (3.10%) Oracle
7 10 (1.72%) Teradata
8 9 (1.55%) MicroStrategy
9 8 (1.38%) MuleSoft
9 8 (1.38%) OpenAI
9 8 (1.38%) Talend
10 7 (1.21%) Denodo
10 7 (1.21%) PagerDuty
10 7 (1.21%) Workday
11 6 (1.03%) Bloomberg
11 6 (1.03%) Foundry
11 6 (1.03%) ServiceNow
12 5 (0.86%) Amplitude
12 5 (0.86%) Sage