Snowflake Contract Job Trends

Snowflake
UK

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs requiring Snowflake skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 12 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 231 244 326
Rank change year-on-year +13 +82 +137
Contract jobs citing Snowflake 482 321 293
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 1.13% 1.09% 0.66%
As % of the Cloud Services category 3.02% 2.87% 2.01%
Number of daily rates quoted 310 219 214
10th Percentile £356 £374 £413
25th Percentile £425 £479 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £520 £600 £550
Median % change year-on-year -13.33% +9.09% -
75th Percentile £597 £725 £697
90th Percentile £725 £875 £744
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £488 £500
% change year-on-year -2.56% -2.50% -12.28%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 0 1
10th Percentile £50.00 - -
25th Percentile £52.44 - £51.25
Median hourly rate £66.75 - £52.50
75th Percentile £85.38 - £53.75
90th Percentile £90.00 - -
UK excluding London median hourly rate £69.00 - £52.50

All Cloud Computing Skills
UK

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.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 15,943 11,197 14,561
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 37.34% 38.05% 32.61%
Number of daily rates quoted 10,884 7,753 10,347
10th Percentile £313 £313 £286
25th Percentile £410 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £600 £630 £633
90th Percentile £700 £725 £725
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £490 £489
% change year-on-year -3.06% +0.20% -3.74%
Number of hourly rates quoted 436 188 359
10th Percentile £15.36 £15.39 £14.00
25th Percentile £20.69 £20.28 £16.06
Median hourly rate £37.54 £26.00 £21.37
Median % change year-on-year +44.38% +21.67% -14.52%
75th Percentile £62.13 £42.23 £43.75
90th Percentile £81.00 £74.28 £63.90
UK excluding London median hourly rate £43.15 £24.18 £17.80
% change year-on-year +78.44% +35.84% -19.24%

Snowflake
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Snowflake job vacancy trend in the UK

Snowflake
Daily Rate Trend

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Snowflake.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Snowflake

Snowflake
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Snowflake over the 6 months to 12 March 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Snowflake in the UK

Snowflake
Hourly Rate Trend

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Snowflake.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Snowflake

Snowflake
Hourly Rate Histogram

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Snowflake over the 6 months to 12 March 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for Snowflake in the UK

Snowflake
Top 16 Contract Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Snowflake within the UK over the 6 months to 12 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
England -20 394 £525 -12.50% 158
London +26 296 £525 -19.23% 86
Work from Home +1 155 £550 -15.38% 78
UK excluding London -53 133 £475 -2.56% 103
Scotland +35 46 £450 -5.26% 9
North of England -63 23 £525 -0.94% 30
Midlands -59 21 £550 +10.00% 18
North West -36 19 £463 -16.67% 20
South East -43 19 £500 +36.99% 35
South West -19 18 £475 -20.83% 11
West Midlands -60 18 £510 -2.86% 14
East of England -31 4 £525 -9.48%
East Midlands -32 3 £575 +21.05% 4
Yorkshire -62 3 £544 +17.57% 7
Wales - 2 £413 -
North East -14 1 £575 -11.54% 3

Snowflake
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities 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 91 (18.88%) Apache Airflow
2 34 (7.05%) Apache Spark
3 23 (4.77%) Apache
4 8 (1.66%) Confluence
5 5 (1.04%) SAS
6 4 (0.83%) Oracle Application Server
7 2 (0.41%) CMS
7 2 (0.41%) SharePoint
8 1 (0.21%) Adobe Experience Manager
8 1 (0.21%) Luigi
8 1 (0.21%) Microsoft Exchange
8 1 (0.21%) Palantir Foundry
Applications
1 17 (3.53%) Microsoft Excel
2 11 (2.28%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 8 (1.66%) MS Visio
4 4 (0.83%) Microsoft Office
5 2 (0.41%) Chatbot
5 2 (0.41%) Spreadsheet
6 1 (0.21%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 27 (5.60%) Aladdin
2 8 (1.66%) SAP S/4HANA
3 3 (0.62%) BambooHR
3 3 (0.62%) Fidessa
3 3 (0.62%) SimCorp Dimension
4 2 (0.41%) Cloudability
4 2 (0.41%) Loan IQ
4 2 (0.41%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
4 2 (0.41%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
5 1 (0.21%) Adobe Campaign
5 1 (0.21%) Dynamics CRM
5 1 (0.21%) Oracle EBS R12
5 1 (0.21%) Oracle General Ledger
Cloud Services
1 251 (52.07%) AWS
2 223 (46.27%) Azure
3 120 (24.90%) Power Platform
4 107 (22.20%) dbt
5 88 (18.26%) GCP
6 58 (12.03%) Amazon S3
7 57 (11.83%) Serverless
8 43 (8.92%) AWS Lambda
9 36 (7.47%) Azure Data Factory
10 34 (7.05%) Matillion
11 33 (6.85%) Azure DevOps
12 27 (5.60%) GitHub
13 23 (4.77%) Azure Synapse Analytics
14 18 (3.73%) Cloud Computing
15 16 (3.32%) AWS CloudFormation
15 16 (3.32%) GitHub Actions
16 15 (3.11%) SaaS
17 14 (2.90%) Prefect
18 12 (2.49%) Amazon CloudWatch
18 12 (2.49%) Fivetran
Communications & Networking
1 2 (0.41%) Firewall
Database & Business Intelligence
1 155 (32.16%) Data Warehouse
2 113 (23.44%) Power BI
3 54 (11.20%) Tableau
4 49 (10.17%) Snowflake Schema
5 46 (9.54%) Data Lake
6 43 (8.92%) PostgreSQL
7 35 (7.26%) BigQuery
8 34 (7.05%) Metadata
9 32 (6.64%) SQL Server
10 31 (6.43%) Amazon Redshift
11 27 (5.60%) Big Data
12 25 (5.19%) Data Vault
13 24 (4.98%) NoSQL
13 24 (4.98%) Relational Database
14 13 (2.70%) RDBMS
15 11 (2.28%) Looker
15 11 (2.28%) SQL Server Integration Services
15 11 (2.28%) Star Schema
16 10 (2.07%) Amazon Athena
17 9 (1.87%) MongoDB
Development Applications
1 48 (9.96%) Git
2 26 (5.39%) GitLab
3 20 (4.15%) JIRA
4 15 (3.11%) SpecFlow
5 12 (2.49%) ERwin
6 11 (2.28%) ER Studio
7 10 (2.07%) Jenkins
8 9 (1.87%) MLflow
9 6 (1.24%) DBeaver
10 5 (1.04%) PowerDesigner
11 3 (0.62%) Cucumber
11 3 (0.62%) Terragrunt
11 3 (0.62%) Toad
12 2 (0.41%) Selenium
12 2 (0.41%) Visual Studio
12 2 (0.41%) Visual Studio Code
13 1 (0.21%) Cypress.io
13 1 (0.21%) Deequ
13 1 (0.21%) GCC
13 1 (0.21%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 134 (27.80%) Social Skills
2 130 (26.97%) Finance
3 75 (15.56%) Analytical Skills
4 34 (7.05%) Banking
5 28 (5.81%) Public Sector
6 22 (4.56%) Retail
7 16 (3.32%) Investment Banking
8 13 (2.70%) Influencing Skills
9 12 (2.49%) Marketing
10 10 (2.07%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 10 (2.07%) Pharmaceutical
11 9 (1.87%) Front Office
12 8 (1.66%) Documentation Skills
13 7 (1.45%) Retail Banking
14 6 (1.24%) Corporate Banking
15 5 (1.04%) Presentation Skills
16 3 (0.62%) Back Office
16 3 (0.62%) Law
16 3 (0.62%) Legal
16 3 (0.62%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 162 (33.61%) Data Engineer
2 78 (16.18%) Snowflake Engineer
3 63 (13.07%) Analyst
4 62 (12.86%) Architect
5 61 (12.66%) Snowflake Data Engineer
6 47 (9.75%) Data Analyst
7 46 (9.54%) Senior
8 40 (8.30%) Lead
9 36 (7.47%) Data Architect
10 34 (7.05%) Developer
11 32 (6.64%) AWS Engineer
12 26 (5.39%) Azure Engineer
13 21 (4.36%) Senior Data Engineer
14 20 (4.15%) Solutions Architect
15 19 (3.94%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
15 19 (3.94%) Snowflake Architect
16 18 (3.73%) Data Modeller
16 18 (3.73%) Lead Data Engineer
16 18 (3.73%) Platform Engineer
16 18 (3.73%) Python Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 33 (6.85%) Kafka
2 25 (5.19%) PyTorch
3 20 (4.15%) PySpark
4 19 (3.94%) TensorFlow
5 17 (3.53%) Pandas
5 17 (3.53%) Playwright
6 11 (2.28%) NumPy
7 9 (1.87%) REST
7 9 (1.87%) Spring Boot
8 8 (1.66%) Spring
9 7 (1.45%) JSON
9 7 (1.45%) React
9 7 (1.45%) scikit-learn
10 5 (1.04%) Apache NiFi
10 5 (1.04%) AWS CDK
10 5 (1.04%) Node.js
10 5 (1.04%) Oracle GoldenGate
11 4 (0.83%) .NET
11 4 (0.83%) FastAPI
11 4 (0.83%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 55 (11.41%) Cloud Native
2 25 (5.19%) Data Protection Act
3 22 (4.56%) Data Structures
4 15 (3.11%) Onboarding
5 14 (2.90%) Equities
5 14 (2.90%) Fixed Income
5 14 (2.90%) Replication
6 12 (2.49%) Distributed Systems
7 11 (2.28%) Algorithms
7 11 (2.28%) Product Ownership
8 10 (2.07%) Clustering
8 10 (2.07%) Hybrid Cloud
8 10 (2.07%) Legacy Systems
9 9 (1.87%) Derivative
10 8 (1.66%) Virtual Team
11 7 (1.45%) AI Agents
12 6 (1.24%) Hedge funds
13 5 (1.04%) Analytical Mindset
13 5 (1.04%) Greenfield Project
13 5 (1.04%) Reference Data
Operating Systems
1 7 (1.45%) Unix
2 5 (1.04%) Linux
3 2 (0.41%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 206 (42.74%) Analytics
2 187 (38.80%) Data Modelling
3 161 (33.40%) ETL
4 158 (32.78%) Data Engineering
5 145 (30.08%) CI/CD
6 136 (28.22%) Business Intelligence
7 133 (27.59%) Data Pipeline
8 109 (22.61%) Agile
9 107 (22.20%) Data Governance
10 105 (21.78%) AI
11 94 (19.50%) Problem-Solving
12 80 (16.60%) DevOps
12 80 (16.60%) Migration
13 77 (15.98%) Machine Learning
14 67 (13.90%) Data Architecture
15 58 (12.03%) Infrastructure as Code
16 57 (11.83%) Data Transformation
17 56 (11.62%) Performance Tuning
17 56 (11.62%) Stakeholder Management
18 52 (10.79%) Decision-Making
Programming Languages
1 297 (61.62%) SQL
2 258 (53.53%) Python
3 35 (7.26%) Java
4 21 (4.36%) JavaScript
4 21 (4.36%) TypeScript
5 20 (4.15%) C#
6 17 (3.53%) Bash
7 9 (1.87%) PL/SQL
7 9 (1.87%) R
7 9 (1.87%) Scala
8 6 (1.24%) Korn
9 4 (0.83%) Bicep
9 4 (0.83%) Data Analysis Expressions
9 4 (0.83%) Shell Script
10 3 (0.62%) PowerShell
10 3 (0.62%) T-SQL
11 1 (0.21%) ANSI SQL
11 1 (0.21%) C
11 1 (0.21%) VB.NET
11 1 (0.21%) VBA
Qualifications
1 40 (8.30%) Degree
2 35 (7.26%) Security Cleared
3 20 (4.15%) SC Cleared
4 15 (3.11%) AWS Certification
5 12 (2.49%) Computer Science Degree
6 11 (2.28%) Azure Certification
7 10 (2.07%) Master's Degree
8 4 (0.83%) SnowPro
8 4 (0.83%) TOGAF Certification
9 3 (0.62%) BPSS Clearance
9 3 (0.62%) DBS Check
9 3 (0.62%) PhD
10 2 (0.41%) Postgraduate
11 1 (0.21%) ACCA
11 1 (0.21%) CFA
11 1 (0.21%) CIMA
11 1 (0.21%) CSPO
11 1 (0.21%) Microsoft Certification
11 1 (0.21%) PMI Certification
11 1 (0.21%) Tableau Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 129 (26.76%) Data Quality
2 20 (4.15%) GDPR
3 19 (3.94%) QA
4 9 (1.87%) SLA
5 6 (1.24%) Accessibility
6 4 (0.83%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 2 (0.41%) Actionable Recommendations
8 1 (0.21%) FATCA
8 1 (0.21%) GAAP
8 1 (0.21%) GRC
8 1 (0.21%) HIPAA
8 1 (0.21%) IFRS
8 1 (0.21%) IFRS 9
8 1 (0.21%) MiFID
8 1 (0.21%) PMO
8 1 (0.21%) SOC 2
8 1 (0.21%) Solvency II
System Software
1 47 (9.75%) Docker
2 2 (0.41%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 68 (14.11%) Terraform
2 34 (7.05%) Kubernetes
3 17 (3.53%) Ansible
4 9 (1.87%) Grafana
5 8 (1.66%) Prometheus
6 4 (0.83%) Kubeflow
Vendors
1 136 (28.22%) Databricks
2 51 (10.58%) Microsoft
3 33 (6.85%) Oracle
4 21 (4.36%) Informatica
5 19 (3.94%) Talend
6 16 (3.32%) SAP
7 15 (3.11%) Google
7 15 (3.11%) Greenplum
8 12 (2.49%) Charles River
9 11 (2.28%) MuleSoft
9 11 (2.28%) Salesforce
10 10 (2.07%) Teradata
11 8 (1.66%) OpenAI
12 7 (1.45%) MicroStrategy
12 7 (1.45%) Murex
13 5 (1.04%) Ab Initio
13 5 (1.04%) ServiceNow
13 5 (1.04%) SimCorp
13 5 (1.04%) Virgin Media
14 4 (0.83%) FactSet