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 20 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 225 221 197
Rank change year-on-year -4 -24 +179
Contract jobs citing Snowflake 641 394 466
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 1.20% 1.20% 1.20%
As % of the Cloud Services category 3.42% 3.23% 3.56%
Number of daily rates quoted 405 299 405
10th Percentile £407 £407 £425
25th Percentile £463 £463 £535
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £574 £550 £800
Median % change year-on-year +4.32% -31.25% +38.10%
75th Percentile £656 £750 £875
90th Percentile £750 £825 £888
UK excluding London median daily rate £525 £475 £450
% change year-on-year +10.53% +5.56% -25.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 2 0
10th Percentile £43.58 £32.85 -
25th Percentile - £33.38 -
Median hourly rate £44.50 £35.50 -
Median % change year-on-year +25.35% - -
75th Percentile £71.13 £37.13 -
90th Percentile £90.00 £37.35 -
UK excluding London median hourly rate £44.50 £36.00 -
% change year-on-year +23.61% - -

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 18,770 12,196 13,079
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 35.08% 37.14% 33.73%
Number of daily rates quoted 12,423 8,144 9,083
10th Percentile £325 £313 £313
25th Percentile £425 £410 £419
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -2.78%
75th Percentile £625 £613 £638
90th Percentile £715 £725 £748
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £475 £500
% change year-on-year +5.26% -5.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 601 317 249
10th Percentile £15.50 £15.27 £14.16
25th Percentile £19.25 £18.51 £16.50
Median hourly rate £34.13 £28.00 £25.00
Median % change year-on-year +21.88% +12.00% -28.57%
75th Percentile £68.75 £47.50 £53.75
90th Percentile £82.25 £67.35 £70.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £33.99 £18.87 £21.42
% change year-on-year +80.13% -11.88% -17.63%

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 20 August 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 20 August 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 20 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
England -19 556 £575 +3.60% 302
London +11 404 £575 -8.00% 193
Work from Home -42 204 £600 -4.00% 159
UK excluding London -58 184 £525 +10.53% 172
Scotland +7 45 £430 -5.75% 24
North of England -38 42 £525 +10.53% 44
Midlands -42 34 £518 +23.21% 28
South East -44 31 £606 +19.75% 55
North West -20 30 £525 +1.94% 30
West Midlands -40 30 £563 +32.35% 24
South West -46 16 £575 +21.05% 15
East of England -28 10 £380 -34.48% 4
Yorkshire -38 9 £550 +15.79% 9
Northern Ireland - 7 £334 - 2
East Midlands -17 4 £466 +10.83% 4
North East -38 3 - - 5

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
1 132 (20.59%) Apache Airflow
2 45 (7.02%) Apache Spark
3 35 (5.46%) Apache
4 16 (2.50%) Confluence
5 15 (2.34%) SharePoint
6 5 (0.78%) SAS
7 1 (0.16%) Anypoint
7 1 (0.16%) JBoss
7 1 (0.16%) Luigi
7 1 (0.16%) Palantir Foundry
7 1 (0.16%) WebSphere
Applications
1 7 (1.09%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (0.62%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 4 (0.62%) MS Visio
3 3 (0.47%) Microsoft Office
4 1 (0.16%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 18 (2.81%) Aladdin
2 5 (0.78%) BambooHR
2 5 (0.78%) NetSuite
2 5 (0.78%) Sage X3
2 5 (0.78%) SAP S/4HANA
3 4 (0.62%) Salesforce CRM
4 3 (0.47%) Workday HCM
5 2 (0.31%) Temenos T24
6 1 (0.16%) Elite 3E
6 1 (0.16%) Loan IQ
6 1 (0.16%) SAP ERP
6 1 (0.16%) SimCorp Dimension
6 1 (0.16%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 327 (51.01%) AWS
2 254 (39.63%) Azure
3 180 (28.08%) Power Platform
4 162 (25.27%) dbt
5 145 (22.62%) GCP
6 81 (12.64%) Amazon S3
7 66 (10.30%) GitHub
8 57 (8.89%) Azure DevOps
9 55 (8.58%) Serverless
10 51 (7.96%) AWS Lambda
11 49 (7.64%) Azure Data Factory
12 42 (6.55%) GitHub Actions
13 27 (4.21%) Fivetran
14 24 (3.74%) Dagster
14 24 (3.74%) Matillion
15 21 (3.28%) SaaS
16 19 (2.96%) Amazon EKS
16 19 (2.96%) Azure Synapse Analytics
16 19 (2.96%) Prefect
17 18 (2.81%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 3 (0.47%) Broadband
1 3 (0.47%) Internet
2 2 (0.31%) DSL
2 2 (0.31%) Firewall
2 2 (0.31%) VPN
3 1 (0.16%) Cisco IPT
3 1 (0.16%) DNS
3 1 (0.16%) Intranet
3 1 (0.16%) Network Security
3 1 (0.16%) OpenFlow
3 1 (0.16%) SSH
3 1 (0.16%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 200 (31.20%) Data Warehouse
2 177 (27.61%) Power BI
3 87 (13.57%) Tableau
4 81 (12.64%) BigQuery
5 77 (12.01%) Data Lake
6 68 (10.61%) Snowflake Schema
7 64 (9.98%) Amazon Redshift
8 44 (6.86%) SQL Server
9 41 (6.40%) Big Data
10 37 (5.77%) Metadata
11 34 (5.30%) Relational Database
12 31 (4.84%) PostgreSQL
13 29 (4.52%) NoSQL
14 27 (4.21%) Data Vault
15 23 (3.59%) SQL Server Integration Services
16 22 (3.43%) Looker
17 20 (3.12%) Semantic Layer
18 13 (2.03%) Delta Lake
19 12 (1.87%) Amazon RDS
19 12 (1.87%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
Development Applications
1 77 (12.01%) Git
2 33 (5.15%) JIRA
3 30 (4.68%) GitLab
4 27 (4.21%) Jenkins
5 6 (0.94%) Terragrunt
6 5 (0.78%) SonarQube
7 4 (0.62%) MLflow
7 4 (0.62%) TeamCity
8 3 (0.47%) Claude Code
8 3 (0.47%) ER Studio
8 3 (0.47%) Snyk
8 3 (0.47%) Sonatype Nexus
8 3 (0.47%) SpecFlow
9 2 (0.31%) Artifactory
9 2 (0.31%) Octopus Deploy
9 2 (0.31%) Selenium
10 1 (0.16%) Cypress.io
10 1 (0.16%) ERwin
10 1 (0.16%) LSMW
10 1 (0.16%) PowerDesigner
General
1 218 (34.01%) Finance
2 189 (29.49%) Social Skills
3 98 (15.29%) Analytical Skills
4 92 (14.35%) Banking
5 52 (8.11%) Retail
6 30 (4.68%) Marketing
7 23 (3.59%) Public Sector
8 22 (3.43%) Financial Institution
8 22 (3.43%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 20 (3.12%) Investment Banking
10 19 (2.96%) Front Office
11 17 (2.65%) Manufacturing
12 16 (2.50%) Pharmaceutical
13 15 (2.34%) Documentation Skills
14 14 (2.18%) Legal
15 10 (1.56%) Influencing Skills
15 10 (1.56%) Telecoms
16 8 (1.25%) Presentation Skills
17 7 (1.09%) Retail Banking
18 5 (0.78%) Private Banking
Job Titles
1 218 (34.01%) Data Engineer
2 111 (17.32%) Architect
3 108 (16.85%) Senior
4 105 (16.38%) Snowflake Engineer
5 79 (12.32%) Snowflake Data Engineer
6 69 (10.76%) Analyst
7 64 (9.98%) Data Architect
8 59 (9.20%) Senior Data Engineer
9 52 (8.11%) Lead
10 41 (6.40%) Data Analyst
11 33 (5.15%) AWS Engineer
11 33 (5.15%) Developer
12 24 (3.74%) AWS Data Engineer
12 24 (3.74%) Business Analyst
12 24 (3.74%) Python Engineer
13 22 (3.43%) Snowflake Architect
13 22 (3.43%) Solutions Architect
14 17 (2.65%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
15 16 (2.50%) Azure Engineer
15 16 (2.50%) Site Reliability Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 87 (13.57%) Terraform
2 70 (10.92%) Kafka
3 34 (5.30%) REST
4 27 (4.21%) PySpark
5 15 (2.34%) .NET
6 11 (1.72%) React
7 9 (1.40%) PyTorch
7 9 (1.40%) Spring
7 9 (1.40%) Spring Boot
7 9 (1.40%) TensorFlow
8 8 (1.25%) AngularJS
8 8 (1.25%) OAuth
9 7 (1.09%) Model Context Protocol
9 7 (1.09%) YAML
10 6 (0.94%) AWS CDK
10 6 (0.94%) JSON
10 6 (0.94%) LangGraph
10 6 (0.94%) Vue
10 6 (0.94%) XML
11 5 (0.78%) OpenID
Miscellaneous
1 85 (13.26%) Cloud Native
2 38 (5.93%) Product Ownership
3 32 (4.99%) Data Structures
4 19 (2.96%) AI Agents
4 19 (2.96%) Distributed Systems
5 17 (2.65%) Legacy Systems
6 15 (2.34%) Onboarding
7 14 (2.18%) Fixed Income
8 13 (2.03%) Analytical Mindset
8 13 (2.03%) Data Protection Act
8 13 (2.03%) Life Science
9 12 (1.87%) Enterprise Cloud
9 12 (1.87%) Virtual Team
10 9 (1.40%) Equities
10 9 (1.40%) Reinsurance
11 8 (1.25%) Clustering
12 7 (1.09%) Data Fabric
12 7 (1.09%) Replication
13 6 (0.94%) Distributed Architecture
13 6 (0.94%) Reference Data
Operating Systems
1 13 (2.03%) Linux
2 12 (1.87%) Unix
3 3 (0.47%) Windows
4 1 (0.16%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 1 (0.16%) VMS
4 1 (0.16%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 275 (42.90%) Analytics
2 253 (39.47%) Data Engineering
3 228 (35.57%) CI/CD
4 227 (35.41%) Data Pipeline
5 223 (34.79%) Data Modelling
6 220 (34.32%) ETL
7 205 (31.98%) Business Intelligence
8 186 (29.02%) AI
9 158 (24.65%) Agile
10 142 (22.15%) Stakeholder Management
11 126 (19.66%) Data Governance
12 125 (19.50%) DevOps
13 111 (17.32%) Data Architecture
14 109 (17.00%) Migration
15 100 (15.60%) Validation
16 92 (14.35%) Data Transformation
17 85 (13.26%) Machine Learning
18 79 (12.32%) Decision-Making
18 79 (12.32%) Infrastructure as Code
19 71 (11.08%) Data Science
Programming Languages
1 359 (56.01%) SQL
2 322 (50.23%) Python
3 55 (8.58%) Java
4 12 (1.87%) PowerShell
4 12 (1.87%) R
5 10 (1.56%) Bash
6 8 (1.25%) C#
6 8 (1.25%) Scala
7 6 (0.94%) Data Analysis Expressions
8 5 (0.78%) Bicep
8 5 (0.78%) JavaScript
8 5 (0.78%) TypeScript
9 4 (0.62%) C++
10 3 (0.47%) Cypher
10 3 (0.47%) Delphi
10 3 (0.47%) SHACL
10 3 (0.47%) Shell Script
11 2 (0.31%) Korn
11 2 (0.31%) SPARQL
11 2 (0.31%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 53 (8.27%) Security Cleared
2 45 (7.02%) Degree
3 32 (4.99%) Computer Science Degree
4 29 (4.52%) SC Cleared
5 14 (2.18%) SnowPro
6 10 (1.56%) Azure Certification
7 9 (1.40%) AWS Certification
7 9 (1.40%) Master's Degree
8 8 (1.25%) DBS Check
9 6 (0.94%) DV Cleared
10 5 (0.78%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
11 4 (0.62%) SAS Certification
12 3 (0.47%) CSPO
12 3 (0.47%) TOGAF Certification
13 2 (0.31%) BPSS Clearance
13 2 (0.31%) Microsoft Certified Professional
14 1 (0.16%) CISSP
14 1 (0.16%) PMI Certification
14 1 (0.16%) Postgraduate
14 1 (0.16%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 168 (26.21%) Data Quality
2 39 (6.08%) GDPR
3 37 (5.77%) QA
4 9 (1.40%) SLA
5 6 (0.94%) Accessibility
6 5 (0.78%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 4 (0.62%) PMO
7 4 (0.62%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 3 (0.47%) EMIR
8 3 (0.47%) MiFID
9 2 (0.31%) Actionable Recommendations
9 2 (0.31%) California Consumer Privacy Act
9 2 (0.31%) Disclosure Scotland
9 2 (0.31%) GRC
9 2 (0.31%) PCI DSS
9 2 (0.31%) Solvency II
10 1 (0.16%) AIFMD
10 1 (0.16%) CDISC
10 1 (0.16%) HIPAA
10 1 (0.16%) SOC 2
System Software
1 53 (8.27%) Docker
2 3 (0.47%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.16%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 53 (8.27%) Kubernetes
2 26 (4.06%) Grafana
3 9 (1.40%) Prometheus
4 6 (0.94%) Ansible
5 4 (0.62%) Control-M
6 2 (0.31%) Argo
6 2 (0.31%) Kubeflow
7 1 (0.16%) Apache Ranger
7 1 (0.16%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 190 (29.64%) Databricks
2 76 (11.86%) Microsoft
3 39 (6.08%) Google
4 36 (5.62%) Informatica
5 33 (5.15%) Salesforce
6 29 (4.52%) Oracle
7 24 (3.74%) SAP
8 13 (2.03%) ServiceNow
9 12 (1.87%) Teradata
10 11 (1.72%) Foundry
10 11 (1.72%) OpenAI
10 11 (1.72%) Workday
11 9 (1.40%) Denodo
11 9 (1.40%) MicroStrategy
11 9 (1.40%) Talend
12 8 (1.25%) MuleSoft
12 8 (1.25%) PagerDuty
13 7 (1.09%) Charles River
13 7 (1.09%) Splunk
14 5 (0.78%) Sage