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

6 months to
15 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 225 219 206
Rank change year-on-year -6 -13 +154
Contract jobs citing Snowflake 690 427 461
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 1.25% 1.29% 1.22%
As % of the Cloud Services category 3.60% 3.35% 3.52%
Number of daily rates quoted 460 313 357
10th Percentile £400 £400 £403
25th Percentile £460 £456 £513
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £530 £725
Median % change year-on-year +8.49% -26.90% +25.31%
75th Percentile £675 £675 £850
90th Percentile £750 £825 £888
UK excluding London median daily rate £525 £475 £450
% change year-on-year +10.53% +5.56% -21.74%
Number of hourly rates quoted 13 2 0
10th Percentile - £32.85 -
25th Percentile £44.50 £33.38 -
Median hourly rate £45.20 £35.50 -
Median % change year-on-year +27.32% - -
75th Percentile £50.00 £37.13 -
90th Percentile £57.00 £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 19,185 12,757 13,080
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 34.70% 38.42% 34.74%
Number of daily rates quoted 12,732 8,532 8,661
10th Percentile £325 £308 £313
25th Percentile £425 £410 £418
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -
75th Percentile £625 £613 £638
90th Percentile £715 £713 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £475 £500
% change year-on-year +5.26% -5.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 644 291 182
10th Percentile £15.50 £15.25 £16.41
25th Percentile £17.75 £18.87 £23.80
Median hourly rate £32.50 £25.15 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year +29.22% -28.14% +7.99%
75th Percentile £67.50 £43.75 £65.68
90th Percentile £78.75 £67.00 £70.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £30.00 £19.64 £34.47
% change year-on-year +52.79% -43.03% +53.11%

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 15 October 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 15 October 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for Snowflake in the UK

Snowflake
Top 17 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 15 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
England -9 605 £575 +4.55% 87
London +12 446 £575 -4.17% 59
Work from Home -47 204 £600 - 66
UK excluding London -24 199 £525 +10.53% 44
Scotland -1 47 £423 -6.11% 1
North of England -50 41 £475 +15.15% 11
Midlands -32 31 £500 +8.11% 5
South East -56 31 £616 +20.20% 13
North West -31 30 £500 +23.46% 6
West Midlands -28 27 £510 +2.00% 1
South West -34 24 £650 +36.84% 13
East of England -30 16 £365 -27.00% 1
Northern Ireland - 9 £334 -
Yorkshire -38 8 £400 -15.79% 2
East Midlands -10 4 £466 +12.85% 4
North East -35 3 - - 3
Wales -12 1 £650 -

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
1 140 (20.29%) Apache Airflow
2 61 (8.84%) Apache Spark
3 51 (7.39%) Apache
4 19 (2.75%) Confluence
5 15 (2.17%) SharePoint
6 7 (1.01%) SAS
7 1 (0.14%) Adobe Experience Manager
7 1 (0.14%) Anypoint
7 1 (0.14%) Apache Pulsar
7 1 (0.14%) JBoss
7 1 (0.14%) Luigi
7 1 (0.14%) Oracle Workflow
7 1 (0.14%) WebSphere
Applications
1 14 (2.03%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (0.58%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (0.29%) Spreadsheet
4 1 (0.14%) Chatbot
4 1 (0.14%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.14%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 16 (2.32%) Aladdin
2 6 (0.87%) Salesforce CRM
3 5 (0.72%) NetSuite
3 5 (0.72%) Sage X3
3 5 (0.72%) SAP S/4HANA
3 5 (0.72%) Workday HCM
4 3 (0.43%) Cloudability
5 2 (0.29%) Temenos T24
6 1 (0.14%) Elite 3E
6 1 (0.14%) Shopify
6 1 (0.14%) SimCorp Dimension
6 1 (0.14%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 356 (51.59%) AWS
2 302 (43.77%) Azure
3 200 (28.99%) dbt
4 182 (26.38%) Power Platform
5 151 (21.88%) GCP
6 93 (13.48%) GitHub
7 74 (10.72%) Amazon S3
8 63 (9.13%) Azure Data Factory
9 59 (8.55%) Azure DevOps
10 58 (8.41%) Serverless
11 53 (7.68%) GitHub Actions
12 47 (6.81%) AWS Lambda
13 31 (4.49%) SaaS
14 29 (4.20%) Azure Synapse Analytics
15 28 (4.06%) Fivetran
16 21 (3.04%) Collibra
17 20 (2.90%) Amazon EKS
17 20 (2.90%) Amazon SQS
18 18 (2.61%) Amazon EventBridge
18 18 (2.61%) Anthropic Claude
Communications & Networking
1 3 (0.43%) Broadband
1 3 (0.43%) Network Security
2 2 (0.29%) Cisco IPT
2 2 (0.29%) DSL
2 2 (0.29%) Firewall
2 2 (0.29%) Internet
2 2 (0.29%) VPN
3 1 (0.14%) DNS
3 1 (0.14%) FIX Connectivity
3 1 (0.14%) OpenFlow
3 1 (0.14%) SSH
3 1 (0.14%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 218 (31.59%) Data Warehouse
2 177 (25.65%) Power BI
3 96 (13.91%) Data Lake
4 82 (11.88%) Tableau
5 75 (10.87%) BigQuery
6 70 (10.14%) Amazon Redshift
6 70 (10.14%) Snowflake Schema
7 53 (7.68%) Metadata
8 42 (6.09%) SQL Server
9 40 (5.80%) Big Data
9 40 (5.80%) PostgreSQL
10 31 (4.49%) Relational Database
11 27 (3.91%) NoSQL
12 26 (3.77%) Data Vault
13 20 (2.90%) Delta Lake
14 18 (2.61%) Looker
14 18 (2.61%) SQL Server Integration Services
15 17 (2.46%) MongoDB
15 17 (2.46%) Semantic Layer
16 15 (2.17%) Apache Iceberg
Development Applications
1 87 (12.61%) Git
2 39 (5.65%) JIRA
3 33 (4.78%) GitLab
4 21 (3.04%) Jenkins
5 7 (1.01%) Terragrunt
6 6 (0.87%) Claude Code
7 5 (0.72%) Snyk
7 5 (0.72%) TeamCity
8 4 (0.58%) MLflow
9 2 (0.29%) ER Studio
9 2 (0.29%) ERwin
9 2 (0.29%) SonarQube
9 2 (0.29%) Sonatype Nexus
9 2 (0.29%) SpecFlow
10 1 (0.14%) Artifactory
10 1 (0.14%) Octopus Deploy
General
1 229 (33.19%) Finance
2 214 (31.01%) Social Skills
3 129 (18.70%) Analytical Skills
4 95 (13.77%) Banking
5 52 (7.54%) Retail
6 36 (5.22%) Marketing
7 23 (3.33%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 21 (3.04%) Financial Institution
9 20 (2.90%) Legal
9 20 (2.90%) Public Sector
10 17 (2.46%) Investment Banking
10 17 (2.46%) Pharmaceutical
11 16 (2.32%) Front Office
12 15 (2.17%) Manufacturing
13 13 (1.88%) Billing
14 12 (1.74%) Presentation Skills
15 11 (1.59%) Documentation Skills
16 9 (1.30%) Influencing Skills
17 7 (1.01%) Automotive
18 6 (0.87%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 235 (34.06%) Data Engineer
2 130 (18.84%) Senior
3 114 (16.52%) Architect
4 107 (15.51%) Snowflake Engineer
5 81 (11.74%) Snowflake Data Engineer
6 79 (11.45%) Analyst
7 75 (10.87%) Senior Data Engineer
8 73 (10.58%) Data Architect
9 46 (6.67%) Data Analyst
10 43 (6.23%) Lead
11 39 (5.65%) Developer
12 35 (5.07%) AWS Engineer
13 29 (4.20%) AWS Data Engineer
14 25 (3.62%) Python Engineer
15 24 (3.48%) Business Analyst
16 23 (3.33%) Consultant
17 22 (3.19%) Snowflake Architect
18 20 (2.90%) Solutions Architect
19 16 (2.32%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
20 15 (2.17%) Databricks Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 106 (15.36%) Terraform
2 78 (11.30%) Kafka
3 44 (6.38%) REST
4 38 (5.51%) PySpark
5 17 (2.46%) .NET
6 14 (2.03%) FastAPI
7 11 (1.59%) JSON
7 11 (1.59%) YAML
8 10 (1.45%) AWS CDK
9 8 (1.16%) LangChain
9 8 (1.16%) OAuth
9 8 (1.16%) pytest
9 8 (1.16%) React
10 7 (1.01%) OpenID
10 7 (1.01%) Pandas
11 6 (0.87%) AngularJS
11 6 (0.87%) Snowpark
11 6 (0.87%) Spring
11 6 (0.87%) Spring Boot
11 6 (0.87%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 89 (12.90%) Cloud Native
2 46 (6.67%) Product Ownership
3 43 (6.23%) Data Structures
4 31 (4.49%) AI Agents
5 25 (3.62%) Distributed Systems
6 21 (3.04%) Onboarding
7 18 (2.61%) Life Science
8 17 (2.46%) Reinsurance
9 15 (2.17%) Analytical Mindset
10 14 (2.03%) Data Protection Act
11 13 (1.88%) Legacy Systems
11 13 (1.88%) Taxonomies
12 11 (1.59%) Data Fabric
13 10 (1.45%) Fixed Income
13 10 (1.45%) Replication
14 9 (1.30%) Management Information System
15 8 (1.16%) Reference Data
15 8 (1.16%) Virtual Team
16 7 (1.01%) Enterprise Cloud
16 7 (1.01%) Enterprise Software
Operating Systems
1 16 (2.32%) Linux
2 8 (1.16%) Unix
3 3 (0.43%) Windows
4 1 (0.14%) Android
4 1 (0.14%) Apple iOS
4 1 (0.14%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 1 (0.14%) VMS
4 1 (0.14%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 312 (45.22%) Analytics
2 279 (40.43%) Data Engineering
3 277 (40.14%) Data Modelling
4 255 (36.96%) Data Pipeline
5 249 (36.09%) CI/CD
6 239 (34.64%) AI
6 239 (34.64%) ETL
7 203 (29.42%) Business Intelligence
8 182 (26.38%) Agile
9 164 (23.77%) Stakeholder Management
10 139 (20.14%) Data Governance
11 137 (19.86%) DevOps
12 133 (19.28%) Data Architecture
13 115 (16.67%) Migration
14 114 (16.52%) Data Transformation
15 113 (16.38%) Validation
16 103 (14.93%) Decision-Making
17 92 (13.33%) Infrastructure as Code
17 92 (13.33%) Machine Learning
18 88 (12.75%) Data Integration
Programming Languages
1 415 (60.14%) SQL
2 356 (51.59%) Python
3 46 (6.67%) Java
4 23 (3.33%) PowerShell
5 16 (2.32%) Scala
6 13 (1.88%) Bash
6 13 (1.88%) Data Analysis Expressions
6 13 (1.88%) R
7 10 (1.45%) C#
8 8 (1.16%) Bicep
8 8 (1.16%) TypeScript
9 5 (0.72%) JavaScript
10 4 (0.58%) C++
10 4 (0.58%) Shell Script
11 3 (0.43%) Cypher
11 3 (0.43%) Delphi
11 3 (0.43%) LookML
11 3 (0.43%) SHACL
12 2 (0.29%) SOQL
12 2 (0.29%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 44 (6.38%) Security Cleared
2 41 (5.94%) Degree
3 25 (3.62%) Computer Science Degree
3 25 (3.62%) SC Cleared
4 14 (2.03%) AWS Certification
5 13 (1.88%) Azure Certification
6 12 (1.74%) SnowPro
7 11 (1.59%) Master's Degree
8 7 (1.01%) DBS Check
9 5 (0.72%) DV Cleared
10 4 (0.58%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 4 (0.58%) Microsoft Certification
10 4 (0.58%) SAS Certification
11 3 (0.43%) CSPO
11 3 (0.43%) TOGAF Certification
12 2 (0.29%) ACCA
12 2 (0.29%) BPSS Clearance
12 2 (0.29%) CIMA
12 2 (0.29%) CISM
12 2 (0.29%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 208 (30.14%) Data Quality
2 37 (5.36%) GDPR
3 33 (4.78%) QA
4 8 (1.16%) SOC 2
5 6 (0.87%) Accessibility
6 4 (0.58%) GRC
6 4 (0.58%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 4 (0.58%) MiFID
7 3 (0.43%) Actionable Recommendations
7 3 (0.43%) California Consumer Privacy Act
7 3 (0.43%) EMIR
7 3 (0.43%) PMO
7 3 (0.43%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 3 (0.43%) SLA
8 2 (0.29%) Disclosure Scotland
8 2 (0.29%) Solvency II
9 1 (0.14%) AIFMD
9 1 (0.14%) CDISC
9 1 (0.14%) HIPAA
9 1 (0.14%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 54 (7.83%) Docker
2 3 (0.43%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.14%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 62 (8.99%) Kubernetes
2 22 (3.19%) Grafana
3 10 (1.45%) Ansible
4 9 (1.30%) Prometheus
5 5 (0.72%) Control-M
6 2 (0.29%) Argo
7 1 (0.14%) Apache Ranger
7 1 (0.14%) Kubeflow
7 1 (0.14%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 221 (32.03%) Databricks
2 114 (16.52%) Microsoft
3 44 (6.38%) Google
4 40 (5.80%) Salesforce
5 37 (5.36%) Informatica
6 31 (4.49%) Oracle
7 17 (2.46%) SAP
8 16 (2.32%) Talend
9 10 (1.45%) OpenAI
9 10 (1.45%) Workday
10 9 (1.30%) Foundry
10 9 (1.30%) MicroStrategy
10 9 (1.30%) Teradata
11 8 (1.16%) PagerDuty
11 8 (1.16%) ServiceNow
12 7 (1.01%) Bloomberg
12 7 (1.01%) Denodo
12 7 (1.01%) MuleSoft
13 6 (0.87%) Confluent
14 5 (0.72%) Sage