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

6 months to
31 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 222 243 204
Rank change year-on-year +21 -39 +160
Contract jobs citing Snowflake 646 371 480
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 1.20% 1.13% 1.24%
As % of the Cloud Services category 3.45% 3.02% 3.66%
Number of daily rates quoted 413 281 408
10th Percentile £400 £406 £425
25th Percentile £463 £463 £550
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £573 £550 £800
Median % change year-on-year +4.09% -31.25% +34.68%
75th Percentile £670 £735 £888
90th Percentile £752 £825 -
UK excluding London median daily rate £525 £475 £450
% change year-on-year +10.53% +5.56% -28.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 2 0
10th Percentile £42.65 £32.85 -
25th Percentile - £33.38 -
Median hourly rate £44.50 £35.50 -
Median % change year-on-year +25.35% - -
75th Percentile £70.00 £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 18,745 12,275 13,109
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 34.88% 37.25% 33.96%
Number of daily rates quoted 12,407 8,176 9,007
10th Percentile £325 £313 £313
25th Percentile £425 £410 £415
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 £713 £725 £739
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £475 £500
% change year-on-year +5.26% -5.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 609 314 223
10th Percentile £15.50 £15.50 £14.16
25th Percentile £18.25 £18.87 £18.50
Median hourly rate £33.12 £28.75 £30.00
Median % change year-on-year +15.20% -4.17% -14.29%
75th Percentile £68.75 £52.42 £57.75
90th Percentile £81.45 £70.13 £70.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £31.50 £19.00 £24.18
% change year-on-year +65.79% -21.42% -10.77%

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 31 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 31 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 31 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 +2 561 £575 +4.55% 365
London +22 413 £575 -6.12% 278
Work from Home -17 206 £600 -2.04% 210
UK excluding London -22 179 £525 +10.53% 215
Scotland +2 45 £425 -8.60% 20
North of England -50 41 £525 +10.53% 32
Midlands -38 31 £525 +25.00% 18
South East -51 30 £616 +17.33% 72
North West -32 28 £525 +7.69% 18
West Midlands -31 27 £575 +24.32% 11
South West -48 16 £575 +21.05% 50
East of England -23 10 £380 -34.48% 8
Yorkshire -41 10 £500 +5.26% 11
Northern Ireland - 7 £334 - 16
East Midlands -14 4 £466 +10.83% 7
North East -36 3 - - 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
1 135 (20.90%) Apache Airflow
2 46 (7.12%) Apache Spark
3 34 (5.26%) Apache
4 15 (2.32%) SharePoint
5 14 (2.17%) Confluence
6 5 (0.77%) SAS
7 1 (0.15%) Anypoint
7 1 (0.15%) JBoss
7 1 (0.15%) Luigi
7 1 (0.15%) Palantir Foundry
7 1 (0.15%) WebSphere
Applications
1 6 (0.93%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (0.46%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (0.46%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 3 (0.46%) MS Visio
3 1 (0.15%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 18 (2.79%) Aladdin
2 6 (0.93%) SAP S/4HANA
3 5 (0.77%) BambooHR
3 5 (0.77%) NetSuite
3 5 (0.77%) Sage X3
4 4 (0.62%) Salesforce CRM
5 3 (0.46%) Workday HCM
6 2 (0.31%) Temenos T24
7 1 (0.15%) Elite 3E
7 1 (0.15%) SAP ERP
7 1 (0.15%) SimCorp Dimension
7 1 (0.15%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 328 (50.77%) AWS
2 262 (40.56%) Azure
3 181 (28.02%) Power Platform
4 170 (26.32%) dbt
5 141 (21.83%) GCP
6 75 (11.61%) Amazon S3
7 74 (11.46%) GitHub
8 60 (9.29%) Azure DevOps
9 54 (8.36%) Serverless
10 49 (7.59%) AWS Lambda
10 49 (7.59%) Azure Data Factory
11 45 (6.97%) GitHub Actions
12 27 (4.18%) Fivetran
13 25 (3.87%) SaaS
14 24 (3.72%) Dagster
15 22 (3.41%) Azure Synapse Analytics
16 20 (3.10%) Matillion
17 18 (2.79%) Amazon SQS
18 17 (2.63%) Amazon EventBridge
19 16 (2.48%) Prefect
Communications & Networking
1 3 (0.46%) Broadband
1 3 (0.46%) Internet
2 2 (0.31%) DSL
2 2 (0.31%) Firewall
2 2 (0.31%) VPN
3 1 (0.15%) Cisco IPT
3 1 (0.15%) DNS
3 1 (0.15%) FIX Connectivity
3 1 (0.15%) Intranet
3 1 (0.15%) Network Security
3 1 (0.15%) OpenFlow
3 1 (0.15%) SSH
3 1 (0.15%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 204 (31.58%) Data Warehouse
2 179 (27.71%) Power BI
3 84 (13.00%) Tableau
4 83 (12.85%) Data Lake
5 80 (12.38%) BigQuery
6 73 (11.30%) Snowflake Schema
7 62 (9.60%) Amazon Redshift
8 42 (6.50%) SQL Server
9 41 (6.35%) Big Data
10 38 (5.88%) Metadata
11 37 (5.73%) Relational Database
12 32 (4.95%) PostgreSQL
13 27 (4.18%) NoSQL
14 26 (4.02%) Data Vault
15 25 (3.87%) Looker
16 20 (3.10%) Semantic Layer
17 19 (2.94%) SQL Server Integration Services
18 15 (2.32%) Delta Lake
19 14 (2.17%) Amazon RDS
19 14 (2.17%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
Development Applications
1 74 (11.46%) Git
2 30 (4.64%) JIRA
3 27 (4.18%) GitLab
4 24 (3.72%) Jenkins
5 6 (0.93%) Terragrunt
6 5 (0.77%) SonarQube
7 4 (0.62%) MLflow
7 4 (0.62%) TeamCity
8 3 (0.46%) Claude Code
8 3 (0.46%) Snyk
8 3 (0.46%) Sonatype Nexus
9 2 (0.31%) Artifactory
9 2 (0.31%) ER Studio
9 2 (0.31%) Octopus Deploy
9 2 (0.31%) Selenium
9 2 (0.31%) SpecFlow
10 1 (0.15%) Cypress.io
10 1 (0.15%) GCC
10 1 (0.15%) LSMW
10 1 (0.15%) Robot Framework
General
1 221 (34.21%) Finance
2 194 (30.03%) Social Skills
3 105 (16.25%) Analytical Skills
4 89 (13.78%) Banking
5 55 (8.51%) Retail
6 29 (4.49%) Marketing
7 22 (3.41%) Financial Institution
7 22 (3.41%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 20 (3.10%) Front Office
8 20 (3.10%) Investment Banking
9 19 (2.94%) Public Sector
10 17 (2.63%) Manufacturing
10 17 (2.63%) Pharmaceutical
11 15 (2.32%) Documentation Skills
11 15 (2.32%) Legal
12 10 (1.55%) Influencing Skills
12 10 (1.55%) Telecoms
13 8 (1.24%) Presentation Skills
14 7 (1.08%) Billing
14 7 (1.08%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 224 (34.67%) Data Engineer
2 118 (18.27%) Senior
3 111 (17.18%) Architect
4 105 (16.25%) Snowflake Engineer
5 77 (11.92%) Snowflake Data Engineer
6 70 (10.84%) Analyst
7 67 (10.37%) Senior Data Engineer
8 65 (10.06%) Data Architect
9 51 (7.89%) Lead
10 42 (6.50%) Data Analyst
11 33 (5.11%) Developer
12 29 (4.49%) AWS Engineer
13 24 (3.72%) Business Analyst
14 23 (3.56%) AWS Data Engineer
14 23 (3.56%) Python Engineer
15 21 (3.25%) Snowflake Architect
16 20 (3.10%) Solutions Architect
17 17 (2.63%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
18 16 (2.48%) Azure Engineer
19 15 (2.32%) Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 87 (13.47%) Terraform
2 68 (10.53%) Kafka
3 35 (5.42%) REST
4 27 (4.18%) PySpark
5 16 (2.48%) .NET
6 11 (1.70%) React
7 9 (1.39%) Spring
7 9 (1.39%) Spring Boot
8 8 (1.24%) AngularJS
8 8 (1.24%) OAuth
8 8 (1.24%) YAML
9 7 (1.08%) JSON
9 7 (1.08%) Model Context Protocol
9 7 (1.08%) PyTorch
9 7 (1.08%) TensorFlow
10 6 (0.93%) LangGraph
10 6 (0.93%) XML
11 5 (0.77%) FastAPI
11 5 (0.77%) Microsoft Graph
11 5 (0.77%) OpenID
Miscellaneous
1 83 (12.85%) Cloud Native
2 38 (5.88%) Product Ownership
3 36 (5.57%) Data Structures
4 24 (3.72%) AI Agents
5 19 (2.94%) Distributed Systems
6 17 (2.63%) Legacy Systems
7 14 (2.17%) Life Science
7 14 (2.17%) Onboarding
8 13 (2.01%) Analytical Mindset
8 13 (2.01%) Fixed Income
9 12 (1.86%) Data Protection Act
9 12 (1.86%) Enterprise Cloud
10 11 (1.70%) Reinsurance
10 11 (1.70%) Virtual Team
11 10 (1.55%) Data Fabric
12 8 (1.24%) Clustering
12 8 (1.24%) Equities
13 7 (1.08%) Enterprise Software
13 7 (1.08%) Reference Data
13 7 (1.08%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 14 (2.17%) Linux
2 12 (1.86%) Unix
3 3 (0.46%) Windows
4 1 (0.15%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 1 (0.15%) VMS
4 1 (0.15%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 280 (43.34%) Analytics
2 260 (40.25%) Data Engineering
3 235 (36.38%) Data Modelling
4 230 (35.60%) CI/CD
5 227 (35.14%) Data Pipeline
6 224 (34.67%) ETL
7 206 (31.89%) Business Intelligence
8 196 (30.34%) AI
9 167 (25.85%) Agile
10 152 (23.53%) Stakeholder Management
11 132 (20.43%) DevOps
12 125 (19.35%) Data Governance
13 112 (17.34%) Data Architecture
14 111 (17.18%) Migration
15 102 (15.79%) Validation
16 92 (14.24%) Data Transformation
17 85 (13.16%) Machine Learning
18 84 (13.00%) Decision-Making
19 76 (11.76%) Data Integration
19 76 (11.76%) Infrastructure as Code
Programming Languages
1 366 (56.66%) SQL
2 326 (50.46%) Python
3 54 (8.36%) Java
4 15 (2.32%) PowerShell
5 12 (1.86%) R
6 11 (1.70%) Bash
7 8 (1.24%) C#
7 8 (1.24%) Data Analysis Expressions
8 7 (1.08%) Scala
9 5 (0.77%) Bicep
9 5 (0.77%) TypeScript
10 4 (0.62%) C++
10 4 (0.62%) JavaScript
11 3 (0.46%) Cypher
11 3 (0.46%) Delphi
11 3 (0.46%) SHACL
11 3 (0.46%) Shell Script
12 2 (0.31%) LookML
12 2 (0.31%) SOQL
12 2 (0.31%) SPARQL
Qualifications
1 48 (7.43%) Security Cleared
2 44 (6.81%) Degree
3 31 (4.80%) Computer Science Degree
4 27 (4.18%) SC Cleared
5 14 (2.17%) SnowPro
6 10 (1.55%) Azure Certification
7 9 (1.39%) AWS Certification
7 9 (1.39%) Master's Degree
8 8 (1.24%) DBS Check
9 6 (0.93%) DV Cleared
10 5 (0.77%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
11 4 (0.62%) SAS Certification
12 3 (0.46%) CSPO
12 3 (0.46%) TOGAF Certification
13 2 (0.31%) BPSS Clearance
13 2 (0.31%) Microsoft Certified Professional
13 2 (0.31%) PMI Certification
14 1 (0.15%) CISM
14 1 (0.15%) CISSP
14 1 (0.15%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 172 (26.63%) Data Quality
2 38 (5.88%) GDPR
3 36 (5.57%) QA
4 6 (0.93%) Accessibility
5 5 (0.77%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 4 (0.62%) MiFID
6 4 (0.62%) PMO
6 4 (0.62%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 4 (0.62%) SLA
7 3 (0.46%) EMIR
7 3 (0.46%) GRC
7 3 (0.46%) Solvency II
8 2 (0.31%) Actionable Recommendations
8 2 (0.31%) California Consumer Privacy Act
8 2 (0.31%) Disclosure Scotland
8 2 (0.31%) PCI DSS
9 1 (0.15%) AIFMD
9 1 (0.15%) Cyber Essentials
9 1 (0.15%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 1 (0.15%) HIPAA
System Software
1 47 (7.28%) Docker
2 3 (0.46%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.15%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 53 (8.20%) Kubernetes
2 22 (3.41%) Grafana
3 6 (0.93%) Ansible
3 6 (0.93%) Prometheus
4 4 (0.62%) Control-M
5 2 (0.31%) Argo
6 1 (0.15%) Apache Ranger
6 1 (0.15%) Kubeflow
6 1 (0.15%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 192 (29.72%) Databricks
2 77 (11.92%) Microsoft
3 36 (5.57%) Google
4 35 (5.42%) Informatica
5 34 (5.26%) Salesforce
6 27 (4.18%) Oracle
7 23 (3.56%) SAP
8 12 (1.86%) Teradata
9 11 (1.70%) Foundry
9 11 (1.70%) OpenAI
9 11 (1.70%) Talend
9 11 (1.70%) Workday
10 10 (1.55%) ServiceNow
11 9 (1.39%) MicroStrategy
12 8 (1.24%) MuleSoft
12 8 (1.24%) PagerDuty
13 7 (1.08%) Denodo
14 6 (0.93%) Bloomberg
14 6 (0.93%) Charles River
15 5 (0.77%) Sage