Snowflake Contract Job Trends in London

Snowflake
England > London

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in London requiring Snowflake skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 7 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
7 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 146 154 121
Rank change year-on-year +8 -33 +142
Contract jobs citing Snowflake 391 250 347
As % of all contract jobs in London 1.94% 1.84% 2.14%
As % of the Cloud Services category 4.67% 4.30% 5.26%
Number of daily rates quoted 257 204 317
10th Percentile £407 £450 £500
25th Percentile £475 £513 £650
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £638 £800
Median % change year-on-year -9.80% -20.31% +38.41%
75th Percentile £680 £825 £888
90th Percentile £793 £875 -
England median daily rate £574 £580 £800
% change year-on-year -1.08% -27.50% +39.13%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 1 0
Median hourly rate £50.00 £35.00 -
Median % change year-on-year +42.86% - -
England median hourly rate £70.00 £35.00 -
% change year-on-year +100.00% - -

All Cloud Computing Skills
London

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 London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 8,371 5,814 6,600
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 41.44% 42.87% 40.69%
Number of daily rates quoted 5,717 3,991 4,796
10th Percentile £363 £337 £350
25th Percentile £447 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £538 £535 £550
Median % change year-on-year +0.47% -2.73% -4.35%
75th Percentile £645 £660 £675
90th Percentile £750 £775 £800
England median daily rate £525 £510 £525
% change year-on-year +2.94% -2.86% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 106 86 51
10th Percentile £19.38 £22.75 £20.50
25th Percentile £25.25 £24.77 £23.80
Median hourly rate £35.50 £29.07 £28.50
Median % change year-on-year +22.12% +2.00% -46.98%
75th Percentile £55.00 £46.00 £41.63
90th Percentile £75.88 £69.75 £66.00
England median hourly rate £35.71 £26.00 £23.80
% change year-on-year +37.35% +9.24% -27.88%

Snowflake
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Snowflake job vacancy trend in London

Snowflake
Daily Rate Trend in London

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing Snowflake

Snowflake
Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Snowflake in London over the 6 months to 7 August 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Snowflake in London

Snowflake
Hourly Rate Trend in London

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing Snowflake

Snowflake
Contract Job Locations in London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Snowflake within the London region over the 6 months to 7 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
Central London +16 54 £575 -6.12% 36
West London -15 8 £700 -6.67% 12
Snowflake
England

Snowflake
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in London 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 97 (24.81%) Apache Airflow
2 23 (5.88%) Apache
2 23 (5.88%) Apache Spark
3 10 (2.56%) Confluence
4 9 (2.30%) SharePoint
5 1 (0.26%) Luigi
5 1 (0.26%) Palantir Foundry
Applications
1 6 (1.53%) Microsoft Excel
2 5 (1.28%) MS Visio
3 3 (0.77%) Microsoft Office
3 3 (0.77%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 2 (0.51%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 21 (5.37%) Aladdin
2 5 (1.28%) BambooHR
3 2 (0.51%) SimCorp Dimension
3 2 (0.51%) Temenos T24
3 2 (0.51%) Workday HCM
4 1 (0.26%) Elite 3E
4 1 (0.26%) Fidessa
4 1 (0.26%) Loan IQ
4 1 (0.26%) NetSuite
4 1 (0.26%) Sage X3
4 1 (0.26%) Salesforce CRM
4 1 (0.26%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 210 (53.71%) AWS
2 140 (35.81%) Azure
3 109 (27.88%) dbt
4 100 (25.58%) Power Platform
5 85 (21.74%) GCP
6 53 (13.55%) Amazon S3
7 47 (12.02%) GitHub
8 39 (9.97%) Azure DevOps
9 31 (7.93%) Serverless
10 28 (7.16%) AWS Lambda
10 28 (7.16%) GitHub Actions
11 27 (6.91%) Azure Data Factory
12 25 (6.39%) Dagster
13 18 (4.60%) Prefect
14 17 (4.35%) Amazon EKS
14 17 (4.35%) Fivetran
15 15 (3.84%) Matillion
16 12 (3.07%) Virtual Private Cloud
17 11 (2.81%) Azure Synapse Analytics
17 11 (2.81%) Datadog
Communications & Networking
1 2 (0.51%) Broadband
1 2 (0.51%) DSL
2 1 (0.26%) Cisco IPT
2 1 (0.26%) DNS
2 1 (0.26%) Firewall
2 1 (0.26%) Network Security
2 1 (0.26%) SSL
2 1 (0.26%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 118 (30.18%) Data Warehouse
2 97 (24.81%) Power BI
3 53 (13.55%) BigQuery
4 46 (11.76%) Snowflake Schema
4 46 (11.76%) Tableau
5 43 (11.00%) Data Lake
6 33 (8.44%) Amazon Redshift
7 23 (5.88%) SQL Server
8 22 (5.63%) Big Data
9 21 (5.37%) Data Vault
9 21 (5.37%) Metadata
10 14 (3.58%) Looker
10 14 (3.58%) NoSQL
10 14 (3.58%) PostgreSQL
10 14 (3.58%) Semantic Layer
11 13 (3.32%) Relational Database
12 12 (3.07%) Delta Lake
13 10 (2.56%) MongoDB
14 9 (2.30%) Amazon RDS
15 8 (2.05%) Amazon QuickSight
Development Applications
1 39 (9.97%) Git
2 24 (6.14%) GitLab
3 21 (5.37%) JIRA
4 19 (4.86%) Jenkins
5 6 (1.53%) MLflow
6 4 (1.02%) SpecFlow
6 4 (1.02%) Terragrunt
7 3 (0.77%) ER Studio
7 3 (0.77%) Snyk
7 3 (0.77%) SonarQube
8 2 (0.51%) Artifactory
8 2 (0.51%) Claude Code
8 2 (0.51%) Octopus Deploy
8 2 (0.51%) Selenium
8 2 (0.51%) TeamCity
9 1 (0.26%) Cypress.io
9 1 (0.26%) ERwin
9 1 (0.26%) GCC
9 1 (0.26%) PowerDesigner
9 1 (0.26%) Toad
General
1 159 (40.66%) Finance
2 103 (26.34%) Social Skills
3 65 (16.62%) Banking
4 54 (13.81%) Analytical Skills
5 36 (9.21%) Retail
6 22 (5.63%) Marketing
7 18 (4.60%) Financial Institution
8 17 (4.35%) Front Office
9 15 (3.84%) Public Sector
10 14 (3.58%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 13 (3.32%) Legal
12 9 (2.30%) Manufacturing
12 9 (2.30%) Pharmaceutical
13 8 (2.05%) Investment Banking
14 7 (1.79%) Back Office
15 6 (1.53%) Telecoms
16 5 (1.28%) Influencing Skills
16 5 (1.28%) Private Banking
17 4 (1.02%) Documentation Skills
17 4 (1.02%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 128 (32.74%) Data Engineer
2 75 (19.18%) Snowflake Engineer
3 68 (17.39%) Architect
4 65 (16.62%) Senior
5 59 (15.09%) Snowflake Data Engineer
6 50 (12.79%) Analyst
7 39 (9.97%) Data Architect
8 32 (8.18%) Lead
8 32 (8.18%) Senior Data Engineer
9 30 (7.67%) AWS Engineer
9 30 (7.67%) Data Analyst
10 24 (6.14%) AWS Data Engineer
11 18 (4.60%) Business Analyst
11 18 (4.60%) Developer
12 16 (4.09%) Solutions Architect
13 14 (3.58%) Python Engineer
14 12 (3.07%) Python Data Engineer
14 12 (3.07%) Snowflake Architect
15 11 (2.81%) Consultant
16 10 (2.56%) Enterprise Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 24 (6.14%) Kafka
2 18 (4.60%) REST
3 15 (3.84%) PySpark
4 10 (2.56%) .NET
5 8 (2.05%) React
6 6 (1.53%) Model Context Protocol
6 6 (1.53%) YAML
7 5 (1.28%) GraphQL
7 5 (1.28%) Langfuse
7 5 (1.28%) Microsoft Graph
7 5 (1.28%) OAuth
7 5 (1.28%) OpenID
7 5 (1.28%) PyTorch
7 5 (1.28%) Vue
8 4 (1.02%) AngularJS
8 4 (1.02%) Playwright
8 4 (1.02%) scikit-learn
8 4 (1.02%) Spring
8 4 (1.02%) Spring Boot
9 3 (0.77%) OpenTelemetry
Miscellaneous
1 57 (14.58%) Cloud Native
2 23 (5.88%) Product Ownership
3 17 (4.35%) Data Structures
4 13 (3.32%) Fixed Income
5 12 (3.07%) Virtual Team
6 11 (2.81%) Onboarding
7 10 (2.56%) Distributed Systems
8 9 (2.30%) Data Protection Act
8 9 (2.30%) Equities
8 9 (2.30%) Legacy Systems
8 9 (2.30%) Reinsurance
9 8 (2.05%) Clustering
10 7 (1.79%) AI Agents
10 7 (1.79%) Enterprise Cloud
11 6 (1.53%) Analytical Mindset
11 6 (1.53%) Reference Data
12 4 (1.02%) Derivative
12 4 (1.02%) Distributed Architecture
12 4 (1.02%) Hybrid Cloud
13 3 (0.77%) Data Fabric
Operating Systems
1 3 (0.77%) Unix
2 2 (0.51%) Linux
3 1 (0.26%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 172 (43.99%) Analytics
2 150 (38.36%) Data Engineering
3 138 (35.29%) Data Modelling
4 133 (34.02%) Data Pipeline
5 130 (33.25%) CI/CD
6 117 (29.92%) ETL
7 110 (28.13%) Business Intelligence
8 109 (27.88%) AI
9 92 (23.53%) Agile
10 83 (21.23%) DevOps
11 77 (19.69%) Data Architecture
12 74 (18.93%) Stakeholder Management
13 70 (17.90%) Data Governance
14 60 (15.35%) Decision-Making
15 57 (14.58%) Migration
16 55 (14.07%) Machine Learning
16 55 (14.07%) Validation
17 54 (13.81%) Data Transformation
18 47 (12.02%) Data Science
19 42 (10.74%) Problem-Solving
Programming Languages
1 221 (56.52%) SQL
2 202 (51.66%) Python
3 42 (10.74%) Java
4 13 (3.32%) R
5 8 (2.05%) C#
6 7 (1.79%) Bash
6 7 (1.79%) Scala
7 6 (1.53%) JavaScript
7 6 (1.53%) PowerShell
7 6 (1.53%) TypeScript
8 3 (0.77%) Cypher
8 3 (0.77%) Data Analysis Expressions
8 3 (0.77%) SHACL
9 2 (0.51%) Bicep
9 2 (0.51%) C++
9 2 (0.51%) Delphi
9 2 (0.51%) Korn
9 2 (0.51%) SPARQL
10 1 (0.26%) PL/SQL
10 1 (0.26%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 28 (7.16%) Degree
2 26 (6.65%) Security Cleared
3 17 (4.35%) Computer Science Degree
4 12 (3.07%) SC Cleared
5 6 (1.53%) AWS Certification
5 6 (1.53%) SnowPro
6 5 (1.28%) Master's Degree
7 4 (1.02%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
7 4 (1.02%) DBS Check
8 2 (0.51%) Azure Certification
8 2 (0.51%) Microsoft Certified Professional
8 2 (0.51%) TOGAF Certification
9 1 (0.26%) CBAP
9 1 (0.26%) CFA
9 1 (0.26%) CISM
9 1 (0.26%) CISSP
9 1 (0.26%) DV Cleared
9 1 (0.26%) PMI Certification
9 1 (0.26%) Tableau Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 97 (24.81%) Data Quality
2 28 (7.16%) GDPR
3 19 (4.86%) QA
4 5 (1.28%) SLA
5 3 (0.77%) Accessibility
5 3 (0.77%) EMIR
5 3 (0.77%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 3 (0.77%) MiFID
5 3 (0.77%) PMO
5 3 (0.77%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 2 (0.51%) Solvency II
7 1 (0.26%) Actionable Recommendations
7 1 (0.26%) AIFMD
7 1 (0.26%) Cyber Essentials
7 1 (0.26%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 1 (0.26%) GRC
7 1 (0.26%) HIPAA
7 1 (0.26%) IFRS
7 1 (0.26%) IFRS 9
7 1 (0.26%) SOC 2
System Software
1 29 (7.42%) Docker
2 2 (0.51%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.26%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 53 (13.55%) Terraform
2 23 (5.88%) Kubernetes
3 10 (2.56%) Grafana
4 8 (2.05%) Prometheus
5 4 (1.02%) Control-M
6 2 (0.51%) Argo
7 1 (0.26%) Ansible
7 1 (0.26%) Apache Ranger
7 1 (0.26%) Kubeflow
Vendors
1 114 (29.16%) Databricks
2 41 (10.49%) Microsoft
3 19 (4.86%) Google
4 16 (4.09%) Oracle
4 16 (4.09%) Salesforce
5 14 (3.58%) Informatica
6 8 (2.05%) Charles River
6 8 (2.05%) Denodo
6 8 (2.05%) Workday
7 7 (1.79%) SAP
8 6 (1.53%) FactSet
8 6 (1.53%) OpenAI
9 5 (1.28%) Amplitude
9 5 (1.28%) Bloomberg
9 5 (1.28%) Foundry
9 5 (1.28%) MicroStrategy
9 5 (1.28%) Teradata
10 4 (1.02%) Murex
10 4 (1.02%) Splunk
11 3 (0.77%) ServiceNow