Azure Synapse Analytics Job Trends in the UK excluding London

Azure Synapse Analytics
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the UK excluding London requiring Azure Synapse Analytics skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 27 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
27 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 417 433 409
Rank change year-on-year +16 -24 +136
Permanent jobs citing Azure Synapse Analytics 93 170 127
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 0.25% 0.36% 0.43%
As % of the Cloud Services category 0.84% 1.22% 1.10%
Number of salaries quoted 58 122 112
10th Percentile £42,500 £41,333 £41,250
25th Percentile £46,250 £47,500 £46,938
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £65,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.85% +18.18% -15.38%
75th Percentile £72,813 £72,500 £74,063
90th Percentile £87,500 £90,000 £90,000
UK median annual salary £75,000 £72,500 £67,500
% change year-on-year +3.45% +7.41% -3.57%

All Cloud Skills
UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 11,093 13,883 11,597
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 29.66% 29.57% 39.62%
Number of salaries quoted 6,945 7,794 9,673
10th Percentile £27,500 £31,250 £30,000
25th Percentile £32,500 £41,250 £39,942
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £53,351
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +3.09% -3.00%
75th Percentile £68,750 £71,250 £70,000
90th Percentile £82,500 £83,750 £82,500
UK median annual salary £59,186 £64,600 £62,500
% change year-on-year -8.38% +3.36% -0.79%

Azure Synapse Analytics
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Azure Synapse Analytics job vacancy trend in the UK excluding London

Azure Synapse Analytics
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing Azure Synapse Analytics.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing Azure Synapse Analytics

Azure Synapse Analytics
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Azure Synapse Analytics in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 27 November 2025.

Salary histogram for Azure Synapse Analytics in the UK excluding London

Azure Synapse Analytics
Job Locations in the UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 27 November 2025. 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
South East -7 24 £65,000 - 48
Midlands +48 23 £48,000 +20.00% 10
North of England +42 23 £64,000 +21.90% 10
West Midlands +59 16 £61,250 +53.13% 9
North West +46 12 £64,000 +4.92% 8
East Midlands +32 7 £45,000 -28.00% 1
South West +16 6 £72,500 -6.45% 1
Yorkshire -2 6 £55,233 +16.28% 2
East of England +34 5 £62,500 +8.70% 3
North East +20 5 £77,500 +70.33%
Scotland +13 5 - - 5
Northern Ireland - 4 - -
Wales +7 3 £60,000 +40.35%
Azure Synapse Analytics
UK

Azure Synapse Analytics
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 4 (4.30%) Apache Spark
2 3 (3.23%) Apache
2 3 (3.23%) Apache Airflow
3 2 (2.15%) SharePoint
4 1 (1.08%) Apache Synapse
Applications
1 22 (23.66%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (1.08%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 93 (100.00%) Azure
2 57 (61.29%) Azure Data Factory
3 56 (60.22%) Power Platform
4 14 (15.05%) Snowflake
5 11 (11.83%) GCP
6 8 (8.60%) Azure DevOps
7 5 (5.38%) GitHub
8 4 (4.30%) AWS
8 4 (4.30%) Azure API Management
8 4 (4.30%) Azure Cosmos DB
8 4 (4.30%) Azure Logic Apps
8 4 (4.30%) Dynamics 365
9 3 (3.23%) GitHub Copilot
9 3 (3.23%) Microsoft 365
9 3 (3.23%) Microsoft Purview
9 3 (3.23%) SaaS
10 2 (2.15%) dbt
10 2 (2.15%) PaaS
10 2 (2.15%) Power Automate
10 2 (2.15%) PowerApps
Database & Business Intelligence
1 55 (59.14%) Power BI
2 45 (48.39%) Azure SQL Database
3 39 (41.94%) SQL Server
4 34 (36.56%) Data Lake
5 33 (35.48%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 19 (20.43%) Data Warehouse
7 11 (11.83%) BigQuery
7 11 (11.83%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 9 (9.68%) NoSQL
9 7 (7.53%) Metadata
9 7 (7.53%) SQL Server Analysis Services
10 4 (4.30%) Amazon Redshift
11 3 (3.23%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
11 3 (3.23%) Delta Lake
12 2 (2.15%) Big Data
12 2 (2.15%) Power Query
12 2 (2.15%) Tableau
13 1 (1.08%) DB2
13 1 (1.08%) SAP BW
13 1 (1.08%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 2 (2.15%) Git
2 1 (1.08%) Jenkins
2 1 (1.08%) JUnit
2 1 (1.08%) Selenium
2 1 (1.08%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
2 1 (1.08%) TestComplete
General
1 42 (45.16%) Social Skills
2 37 (39.78%) Finance
3 35 (37.63%) Analytical Skills
4 13 (13.98%) Presentation Skills
4 13 (13.98%) Retail
5 11 (11.83%) Billing
6 3 (3.23%) Manufacturing
7 2 (2.15%) Banking
7 2 (2.15%) Public Sector
8 1 (1.08%) Law
Job Titles
1 34 (36.56%) Data Engineer
2 18 (19.35%) Analyst
2 18 (19.35%) Senior
3 16 (17.20%) Senior Data Engineer
4 11 (11.83%) Business Manager
4 11 (11.83%) Commercial Analyst
4 11 (11.83%) Developer
4 11 (11.83%) Insight Analyst
4 11 (11.83%) Insight Manager
5 8 (8.60%) SQL Developer
6 7 (7.53%) Architect
6 7 (7.53%) Data Architect
7 6 (6.45%) Azure Architect
7 6 (6.45%) Azure Data Architect
7 6 (6.45%) Azure Engineer
7 6 (6.45%) Database Developer
7 6 (6.45%) Lead
7 6 (6.45%) SQL Database Developer
8 5 (5.38%) Data Analyst
9 4 (4.30%) Azure Data Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (8.60%) .NET
1 8 (8.60%) PySpark
2 4 (4.30%) Middleware
3 3 (3.23%) Kafka
4 1 (1.08%) Apache Beam
4 1 (1.08%) ARM Templates
4 1 (1.08%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 24 (25.81%) Analytical Mindset
2 11 (11.83%) Self-Motivation
3 5 (5.38%) Legacy Systems
4 4 (4.30%) Cloud Native
5 2 (2.15%) Marketing Technology
6 1 (1.08%) Data Centre
6 1 (1.08%) Data Structures
6 1 (1.08%) Distributed Computing
6 1 (1.08%) Low-Code
Processes & Methodologies
1 57 (61.29%) Analytics
2 55 (59.14%) Business Intelligence
3 41 (44.09%) Visualisation
4 38 (40.86%) Decision-Making
5 34 (36.56%) Data Modelling
5 34 (36.56%) Problem-Solving
6 32 (34.41%) Data Pipeline
7 31 (33.33%) Data Engineering
7 31 (33.33%) ETL
8 26 (27.96%) Actionable Insight
9 24 (25.81%) Data Analysis
10 23 (24.73%) Process Improvement
11 22 (23.66%) AI
11 22 (23.66%) DevOps
11 22 (23.66%) Visual Analytics
11 22 (23.66%) WFM
12 21 (22.58%) Data Governance
13 20 (21.51%) CI/CD
14 19 (20.43%) Agile
14 19 (20.43%) Continuous Improvement
Programming Languages
1 81 (87.10%) SQL
2 31 (33.33%) Python
3 23 (24.73%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 13 (13.98%) T-SQL
5 8 (8.60%) C#
6 5 (5.38%) Java
7 2 (2.15%) Bicep
7 2 (2.15%) R
7 2 (2.15%) Scala
8 1 (1.08%) PL/SQL
8 1 (1.08%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 11 (11.83%) Degree
1 11 (11.83%) Six Sigma Green Belt
2 3 (3.23%) SC Cleared
2 3 (3.23%) Security Cleared
3 2 (2.15%) DBS Check
3 2 (2.15%) Microsoft Certification
4 1 (1.08%) Azure Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 27 (29.03%) Data Quality
2 11 (11.83%) Actionable Recommendations
3 4 (4.30%) QA
4 3 (3.23%) GDPR
5 1 (1.08%) Accessibility
Systems Management
1 5 (5.38%) Terraform
2 2 (2.15%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 43 (46.24%) Databricks
2 36 (38.71%) Microsoft
3 2 (2.15%) Google
3 2 (2.15%) Informatica
3 2 (2.15%) SAP
4 1 (1.08%) JD Edwards
4 1 (1.08%) OpenAI
4 1 (1.08%) Oracle
4 1 (1.08%) Teradata
4 1 (1.08%) UiPath