Azure Synapse Analytics Job Trends in the North West

Azure Synapse Analytics
England > North West

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the North West requiring Azure Synapse Analytics skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 22 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
22 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 188 180 222
Rank change year-on-year -8 +42 +42
Permanent jobs citing Azure Synapse Analytics 10 17 17
As % of all permanent jobs in the North West 0.13% 0.38% 0.25%
As % of the Cloud Services category 0.34% 1.18% 0.70%
Number of salaries quoted 6 11 17
10th Percentile £53,250 £41,250 £41,250
25th Percentile £56,610 £63,750 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,932 £70,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +1.33% +27.27% -8.33%
75th Percentile £77,481 £86,250 £60,250
90th Percentile £77,500 £115,000 £66,500
England median annual salary £85,000 £70,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year +21.43% +7.69% -7.14%

All Cloud Computing Skills
North West

Azure Synapse Analytics falls under the Cloud Services category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring cloud computing skills in the North West.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 2,983 1,437 2,421
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 39.71% 32.10% 35.84%
Number of salaries quoted 1,163 860 2,108
10th Percentile £28,250 £34,825 £29,000
25th Percentile £37,500 £42,500 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.55% +4.76% -4.55%
75th Percentile £75,000 £73,886 £70,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £87,500 £85,000
England median annual salary £60,000 £65,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year -7.69% +13.04% -11.54%

Azure Synapse Analytics
Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Azure Synapse Analytics relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the North West.

Azure Synapse Analytics job vacancy trend in the North West

Azure Synapse Analytics
Salary Trend in the North West

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the North West citing Azure Synapse Analytics.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the North West citing Azure Synapse Analytics

Azure Synapse Analytics
Salary Histogram in the North West

Salary distribution for jobs citing Azure Synapse Analytics in the North West over the 6 months to 22 February 2026.

Salary histogram for Azure Synapse Analytics in the North West

Azure Synapse Analytics
Job Locations in the North West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Azure Synapse Analytics within the North West region over the 6 months to 22 February 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Manchester +3 6 £66,500 -6.67% 4
Merseyside -16 2 - - 2
Lancashire - 2 £70,932 - 3
Azure Synapse Analytics
England

Azure Synapse Analytics
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North West 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 2 (20.00%) SAS
Applications
1 4 (40.00%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 10 (100.00%) Azure
2 8 (80.00%) Azure Data Factory
2 8 (80.00%) Power Platform
3 2 (20.00%) GCP
3 2 (20.00%) Snowflake
4 1 (10.00%) Power Automate
4 1 (10.00%) PowerApps
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (80.00%) Power BI
2 7 (70.00%) Azure SQL Database
2 7 (70.00%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 5 (50.00%) Data Lake
4 4 (40.00%) SQL Server
5 3 (30.00%) Data Warehouse
5 3 (30.00%) SQL Server Analysis Services
5 3 (30.00%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 2 (20.00%) Amazon Redshift
6 2 (20.00%) BigQuery
6 2 (20.00%) Metadata
7 1 (10.00%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
General
1 4 (40.00%) Analytical Skills
1 4 (40.00%) Finance
1 4 (40.00%) Social Skills
2 3 (30.00%) Manufacturing
3 2 (20.00%) Billing
3 2 (20.00%) Presentation Skills
3 2 (20.00%) Public Sector
4 1 (10.00%) Law
Job Titles
1 4 (40.00%) Senior
2 3 (30.00%) Data Engineer
3 2 (20.00%) Analyst
3 2 (20.00%) Architect
3 2 (20.00%) Business Manager
3 2 (20.00%) Commercial Analyst
3 2 (20.00%) Insight Analyst
3 2 (20.00%) Insight Manager
3 2 (20.00%) Senior Architect
3 2 (20.00%) Senior Data Engineer
3 2 (20.00%) Senior Technical Architect
3 2 (20.00%) Technical Architect
4 1 (10.00%) Azure Developer
4 1 (10.00%) Data Warehouse Developer
4 1 (10.00%) Developer
4 1 (10.00%) SQL Developer
Miscellaneous
1 4 (40.00%) Analytical Mindset
2 2 (20.00%) Product Ownership
2 2 (20.00%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (100.00%) Analytics
1 10 (100.00%) Business Intelligence
2 7 (70.00%) Data Modelling
3 4 (40.00%) Actionable Insight
3 4 (40.00%) Data Analysis
3 4 (40.00%) Decision-Making
3 4 (40.00%) Problem-Solving
3 4 (40.00%) Process Improvement
3 4 (40.00%) Visual Analytics
3 4 (40.00%) Visualisation
3 4 (40.00%) WFM
4 3 (30.00%) Asset Management
4 3 (30.00%) Data Engineering
4 3 (30.00%) Data Pipeline
4 3 (30.00%) Migration
4 3 (30.00%) Performance Monitoring
4 3 (30.00%) Risk Management
4 3 (30.00%) Stakeholder Management
5 2 (20.00%) Pair Programming
5 2 (20.00%) Time Management
Programming Languages
1 8 (80.00%) SQL
2 4 (40.00%) Data Analysis Expressions
Qualifications
1 2 (20.00%) Degree
1 2 (20.00%) Six Sigma Green Belt
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (50.00%) Data Quality
2 2 (20.00%) Actionable Recommendations
Vendors
1 4 (40.00%) Microsoft