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 4 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
4 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 214 213 187
Rank change year-on-year -1 -26 +157
Contract jobs citing Snowflake 594 362 437
As % of all contract jobs in England 1.28% 1.29% 1.35%
As % of the Cloud Services category 3.73% 3.37% 3.87%
Number of daily rates quoted 419 276 349
10th Percentile £400 £400 £418
25th Percentile £463 £475 £550
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £550 £800
Median % change year-on-year +4.55% -31.25% +38.27%
75th Percentile £675 £700 £875
90th Percentile £751 £825 £888
UK median daily rate £575 £537 £783
% change year-on-year +7.08% -31.37% +35.25%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 2 0
10th Percentile £58.30 £32.85 -
25th Percentile £60.25 £33.38 -
Median hourly rate £63.50 £35.50 -
Median % change year-on-year +78.87% - -
75th Percentile £66.75 £37.13 -
90th Percentile £68.70 £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 15,941 10,729 11,282
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 34.41% 38.21% 34.81%
Number of daily rates quoted 10,608 7,259 7,549
10th Percentile £322 £305 £313
25th Percentile £425 £406 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £505 £525
Median % change year-on-year +3.96% -3.81% -3.67%
75th Percentile £630 £625 £643
90th Percentile £725 £725 £750
UK median daily rate £525 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -0.94%
Number of hourly rates quoted 568 256 166
10th Percentile £15.36 £15.38 £15.99
25th Percentile £17.75 £18.87 £21.53
Median hourly rate £32.50 £25.15 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year +29.22% -28.14% +6.06%
75th Percentile £70.00 £43.75 £65.68
90th Percentile £81.25 £67.13 £70.00
UK median hourly rate £31.13 £26.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year +19.71% -25.71% +6.06%

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 4 October 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 4 October 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 4 October 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 +3 436 £575 -4.17% 687
North of England -48 38 £500 +17.65% 149
Midlands -26 32 £500 +8.11% 61
South East -48 31 £616 +20.20% 96
West Midlands -28 28 £520 +4.00% 42
North West -27 27 £525 +28.05% 88
South West -29 24 £650 +36.84% 32
East of England -23 16 £380 -24.00% 30
Yorkshire -38 8 £400 -15.79% 37
East Midlands -8 4 £466 +12.85% 19
North East -39 3 - - 25
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
1 129 (21.72%) Apache Airflow
2 52 (8.75%) Apache Spark
3 42 (7.07%) Apache
4 15 (2.53%) Confluence
5 11 (1.85%) SharePoint
6 5 (0.84%) SAS
7 1 (0.17%) Adobe Experience Manager
7 1 (0.17%) Anypoint
7 1 (0.17%) Apache Pulsar
7 1 (0.17%) JBoss
7 1 (0.17%) Luigi
7 1 (0.17%) Oracle Workflow
7 1 (0.17%) WebSphere
Applications
1 4 (0.67%) Microsoft Excel
1 4 (0.67%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (0.34%) MS Visio
3 1 (0.17%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 16 (2.69%) Aladdin
2 5 (0.84%) NetSuite
2 5 (0.84%) Sage X3
3 4 (0.67%) SAP S/4HANA
3 4 (0.67%) Workday HCM
4 2 (0.34%) BambooHR
4 2 (0.34%) Cloudability
4 2 (0.34%) Salesforce CRM
4 2 (0.34%) Temenos T24
5 1 (0.17%) Elite 3E
5 1 (0.17%) SimCorp Dimension
5 1 (0.17%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 321 (54.04%) AWS
2 258 (43.43%) Azure
3 189 (31.82%) dbt
4 143 (24.07%) Power Platform
5 133 (22.39%) GCP
6 79 (13.30%) GitHub
7 68 (11.45%) Amazon S3
8 60 (10.10%) Azure Data Factory
9 54 (9.09%) Serverless
10 53 (8.92%) Azure DevOps
11 47 (7.91%) GitHub Actions
12 45 (7.58%) AWS Lambda
13 30 (5.05%) Azure Synapse Analytics
14 26 (4.38%) Fivetran
15 25 (4.21%) SaaS
16 19 (3.20%) Amazon SQS
17 18 (3.03%) Amazon EventBridge
18 17 (2.86%) Amazon EKS
18 17 (2.86%) Dagster
18 17 (2.86%) Matillion
Communications & Networking
1 3 (0.51%) Broadband
2 2 (0.34%) DSL
2 2 (0.34%) Firewall
2 2 (0.34%) Internet
2 2 (0.34%) Network Security
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%) OpenFlow
3 1 (0.17%) SSH
3 1 (0.17%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 205 (34.51%) Data Warehouse
2 140 (23.57%) Power BI
3 85 (14.31%) Data Lake
4 74 (12.46%) BigQuery
5 65 (10.94%) Amazon Redshift
5 65 (10.94%) Tableau
6 61 (10.27%) Snowflake Schema
7 45 (7.58%) Metadata
8 39 (6.57%) SQL Server
9 31 (5.22%) Big Data
10 28 (4.71%) PostgreSQL
11 26 (4.38%) NoSQL
12 25 (4.21%) Data Vault
13 21 (3.54%) Relational Database
14 20 (3.37%) SQL Server Integration Services
15 19 (3.20%) Delta Lake
16 17 (2.86%) Looker
17 14 (2.36%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
17 14 (2.36%) MongoDB
17 14 (2.36%) Semantic Layer
Development Applications
1 65 (10.94%) Git
2 30 (5.05%) JIRA
3 26 (4.38%) GitLab
4 18 (3.03%) Jenkins
5 7 (1.18%) Terragrunt
6 5 (0.84%) Snyk
6 5 (0.84%) TeamCity
7 4 (0.67%) Claude Code
8 2 (0.34%) Artifactory
8 2 (0.34%) ER Studio
8 2 (0.34%) ERwin
8 2 (0.34%) SonarQube
8 2 (0.34%) Sonatype Nexus
8 2 (0.34%) SpecFlow
9 1 (0.17%) MLflow
9 1 (0.17%) Octopus Deploy
General
1 194 (32.66%) Finance
2 179 (30.13%) Social Skills
3 106 (17.85%) Analytical Skills
4 69 (11.62%) Banking
5 52 (8.75%) Retail
6 26 (4.38%) Marketing
7 20 (3.37%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 19 (3.20%) Financial Institution
8 19 (3.20%) Public Sector
9 16 (2.69%) Front Office
9 16 (2.69%) Manufacturing
10 15 (2.53%) Legal
11 13 (2.19%) Pharmaceutical
12 12 (2.02%) Billing
13 10 (1.68%) Presentation Skills
14 9 (1.52%) Influencing Skills
15 7 (1.18%) Telecoms
16 6 (1.01%) Automotive
16 6 (1.01%) Back Office
16 6 (1.01%) Investment Banking
Job Titles
1 211 (35.52%) Data Engineer
2 122 (20.54%) Senior
3 105 (17.68%) Architect
4 97 (16.33%) Snowflake Engineer
5 76 (12.79%) Snowflake Data Engineer
6 74 (12.46%) Senior Data Engineer
7 69 (11.62%) Analyst
8 65 (10.94%) Data Architect
9 42 (7.07%) Lead
10 39 (6.57%) Data Analyst
11 36 (6.06%) AWS Engineer
12 31 (5.22%) AWS Data Engineer
13 28 (4.71%) Developer
14 24 (4.04%) Business Analyst
15 22 (3.70%) Snowflake Architect
16 21 (3.54%) Consultant
17 18 (3.03%) Solutions Architect
18 16 (2.69%) Python Engineer
19 14 (2.36%) Azure Engineer
19 14 (2.36%) Data Business Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 94 (15.82%) Terraform
2 57 (9.60%) Kafka
3 33 (5.56%) PySpark
4 29 (4.88%) REST
5 15 (2.53%) .NET
6 8 (1.35%) AWS CDK
6 8 (1.35%) OAuth
7 7 (1.18%) React
7 7 (1.18%) YAML
8 6 (1.01%) OpenID
8 6 (1.01%) Pandas
8 6 (1.01%) pytest
9 5 (0.84%) FastAPI
9 5 (0.84%) GraphQL
9 5 (0.84%) Langfuse
9 5 (0.84%) Microsoft Graph
9 5 (0.84%) Model Context Protocol
9 5 (0.84%) Snowpark
9 5 (0.84%) Spring
9 5 (0.84%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 80 (13.47%) Cloud Native
2 36 (6.06%) Product Ownership
3 29 (4.88%) Data Structures
4 24 (4.04%) AI Agents
5 19 (3.20%) Distributed Systems
5 19 (3.20%) Onboarding
6 15 (2.53%) Reinsurance
7 14 (2.36%) Analytical Mindset
8 13 (2.19%) Legacy Systems
9 12 (2.02%) Life Science
10 10 (1.68%) Data Protection Act
10 10 (1.68%) Fixed Income
10 10 (1.68%) Taxonomies
11 9 (1.52%) Virtual Team
12 8 (1.35%) Data Fabric
12 8 (1.35%) Enterprise Cloud
12 8 (1.35%) Reference Data
13 7 (1.18%) Enterprise Software
14 6 (1.01%) Equities
14 6 (1.01%) Mainframe
Operating Systems
1 11 (1.85%) Linux
2 5 (0.84%) Unix
3 3 (0.51%) Windows
4 1 (0.17%) Android
4 1 (0.17%) Apple iOS
4 1 (0.17%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 1 (0.17%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 272 (45.79%) Analytics
2 240 (40.40%) Data Engineering
3 238 (40.07%) Data Modelling
4 222 (37.37%) Data Pipeline
5 209 (35.19%) CI/CD
5 209 (35.19%) ETL
6 187 (31.48%) AI
7 159 (26.77%) Business Intelligence
8 151 (25.42%) Agile
9 147 (24.75%) Stakeholder Management
10 120 (20.20%) Data Architecture
10 120 (20.20%) DevOps
11 119 (20.03%) Data Governance
12 102 (17.17%) Migration
13 101 (17.00%) Data Transformation
14 99 (16.67%) Validation
15 91 (15.32%) Decision-Making
16 81 (13.64%) Machine Learning
17 80 (13.47%) Infrastructure as Code
18 74 (12.46%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 362 (60.94%) SQL
2 286 (48.15%) Python
3 46 (7.74%) Java
4 15 (2.53%) PowerShell
4 15 (2.53%) Scala
5 13 (2.19%) R
6 12 (2.02%) Bash
7 10 (1.68%) C#
8 8 (1.35%) TypeScript
9 7 (1.18%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 6 (1.01%) Bicep
11 4 (0.67%) C++
11 4 (0.67%) Shell Script
12 3 (0.51%) Cypher
12 3 (0.51%) JavaScript
12 3 (0.51%) LookML
12 3 (0.51%) SHACL
13 2 (0.34%) Delphi
13 2 (0.34%) SOQL
13 2 (0.34%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 43 (7.24%) Security Cleared
2 34 (5.72%) Degree
3 25 (4.21%) SC Cleared
4 22 (3.70%) Computer Science Degree
5 12 (2.02%) AWS Certification
6 11 (1.85%) Azure Certification
6 11 (1.85%) Master's Degree
7 10 (1.68%) SnowPro
8 8 (1.35%) DBS Check
9 5 (0.84%) DV Cleared
10 4 (0.67%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 4 (0.67%) SAS Certification
11 2 (0.34%) Microsoft Certified Professional
11 2 (0.34%) PMI Certification
11 2 (0.34%) TOGAF Certification
12 1 (0.17%) CISA
12 1 (0.17%) CISM
12 1 (0.17%) CISSP
12 1 (0.17%) Microsoft Certification
12 1 (0.17%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 178 (29.97%) Data Quality
2 32 (5.39%) GDPR
3 23 (3.87%) QA
4 5 (0.84%) Accessibility
4 5 (0.84%) SOC 2
5 4 (0.67%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 3 (0.51%) Actionable Recommendations
6 3 (0.51%) EMIR
6 3 (0.51%) MiFID
6 3 (0.51%) PMO
6 3 (0.51%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 3 (0.51%) SLA
7 2 (0.34%) California Consumer Privacy Act
7 2 (0.34%) GRC
8 1 (0.17%) AIFMD
8 1 (0.17%) CDISC
8 1 (0.17%) Cyber Essentials
8 1 (0.17%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 1 (0.17%) ISO 22301
8 1 (0.17%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 43 (7.24%) Docker
2 2 (0.34%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.17%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 49 (8.25%) Kubernetes
2 12 (2.02%) Grafana
3 7 (1.18%) Prometheus
4 5 (0.84%) Control-M
5 3 (0.51%) Ansible
6 2 (0.34%) Argo
7 1 (0.17%) Apache Ranger
7 1 (0.17%) Kubeflow
7 1 (0.17%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 191 (32.15%) Databricks
2 80 (13.47%) Microsoft
3 28 (4.71%) Google
3 28 (4.71%) Informatica
3 28 (4.71%) Salesforce
4 20 (3.37%) Oracle
5 18 (3.03%) SAP
6 10 (1.68%) MicroStrategy
6 10 (1.68%) Workday
7 8 (1.35%) OpenAI
7 8 (1.35%) Talend
7 8 (1.35%) Teradata
8 7 (1.18%) Bloomberg
8 7 (1.18%) Denodo
8 7 (1.18%) MuleSoft
8 7 (1.18%) PagerDuty
8 7 (1.18%) ServiceNow
9 5 (0.84%) Amplitude
9 5 (0.84%) Confluent
9 5 (0.84%) Sage