Azure SQL Data Warehouse Job Trends

Microsoft Azure SQL Data Warehouse
UK

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs requiring Azure SQL Data Warehouse skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 10 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
10 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 688 597 798
Rank change year-on-year -91 +201 +24
Permanent jobs citing Azure SQL Data Warehouse 25 49 86
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.028% 0.11% 0.089%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 0.32% 0.65% 0.50%
Number of salaries quoted 22 30 75
10th Percentile £42,500 £43,750 £37,000
25th Percentile £57,313 £53,750 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,500 £70,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year +7.86% +47.37% -32.14%
75th Percentile £115,000 £82,500 £68,500
90th Percentile - £90,500 £75,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £59,250 £66,250 £42,500
% change year-on-year -10.57% +55.88% -19.05%

All Database & Business Intelligence Skills
UK

Azure SQL Data Warehouse falls under the Databases and Business Intelligence category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring database or business intelligence skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for database or business intelligence skills 7,914 7,529 17,353
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 8.71% 17.21% 17.98%
Number of salaries quoted 4,774 5,099 12,522
10th Percentile £35,000 £36,750 £35,000
25th Percentile £45,000 £47,500 £42,725
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £62,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% +8.70% -11.54%
75th Percentile £80,000 £83,750 £76,250
90th Percentile £97,500 £115,000 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year - +4.76% -4.55%

Azure SQL Data Warehouse
Job Vacancy Trend

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Azure SQL Data Warehouse relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised.

Azure SQL Data Warehouse job vacancy trend in the UK

Azure SQL Data Warehouse
Salary Trend

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Azure SQL Data Warehouse.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Azure SQL Data Warehouse

Azure SQL Data Warehouse
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Azure SQL Data Warehouse over the 6 months to 10 May 2026.

Salary histogram for Azure SQL Data Warehouse in the UK

Azure SQL Data Warehouse
Top 11 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Azure SQL Data Warehouse within the UK over the 6 months to 10 May 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
England -47 25 £75,500 +7.86% 6
Work from Home +2 17 £97,500 +50.00% 3
UK excluding London -58 15 £59,250 -10.57% 5
London -19 8 £115,000 +58.62% 2
Midlands -15 6 £75,000 +7.14% 1
West Midlands -26 6 £75,000 +7.14% 1
North of England -45 6 £45,000 -3.23% 2
Yorkshire -58 3 £42,500 -8.60% 1
North East - 3 £45,000 - 1
East of England - 2 £56,000 -
South East -28 1 £65,000 +13.04% 2

Azure SQL Data Warehouse
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 2 (8.00%) Apache
1 2 (8.00%) Apache Airflow
1 2 (8.00%) Apache Spark
1 2 (8.00%) Luigi
2 1 (4.00%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (4.00%) Spreadsheet
Cloud Services
1 25 (100.00%) Azure
2 21 (84.00%) Azure Data Factory
3 10 (40.00%) Power Platform
4 3 (12.00%) Azure Synapse Analytics
5 2 (8.00%) Azure DevOps
5 2 (8.00%) Azure Machine Learning
6 1 (4.00%) AWS
6 1 (4.00%) Azure Cosmos DB
6 1 (4.00%) PowerApps
6 1 (4.00%) SaaS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 25 (100.00%) Data Warehouse
2 12 (48.00%) Data Lake
3 9 (36.00%) Power BI
4 8 (32.00%) Azure SQL Database
5 5 (20.00%) Star Schema
6 3 (12.00%) Tableau
7 1 (4.00%) Big Data
7 1 (4.00%) DataStage
7 1 (4.00%) PowerCenter
7 1 (4.00%) SAP Data Services
7 1 (4.00%) SQL Server
General
1 11 (44.00%) Finance
2 7 (28.00%) Influencing Skills
3 5 (20.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 4 (16.00%) Social Skills
5 3 (12.00%) Analytical Skills
6 1 (4.00%) Financial Institution
6 1 (4.00%) Retail
Job Titles
1 8 (32.00%) Data Engineer
2 7 (28.00%) Lead
3 4 (16.00%) Business Intelligence Developer
3 4 (16.00%) Developer
4 3 (12.00%) Business Developer
4 3 (12.00%) Head of Business Intelligence
4 3 (12.00%) Senior
5 2 (8.00%) Azure Data Engineer
5 2 (8.00%) Azure Engineer
5 2 (8.00%) Business Intelligence Manager
6 1 (4.00%) Architect
6 1 (4.00%) Azure Architect
6 1 (4.00%) Data Warehouse Manager
6 1 (4.00%) Lead Data Engineer
6 1 (4.00%) Senior Architect
6 1 (4.00%) Senior Business Intelligence Developer
6 1 (4.00%) Senior Data Engineer
6 1 (4.00%) Senior Developer
6 1 (4.00%) Senior Solutions Architect
6 1 (4.00%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (4.00%) PySpark
Miscellaneous
1 7 (28.00%) Greenfield Project
2 2 (8.00%) Cloud Native
3 1 (4.00%) Analytical Mindset
3 1 (4.00%) Legacy Systems
Processes & Methodologies
1 18 (72.00%) Data Modelling
2 17 (68.00%) Analytics
3 14 (56.00%) Data Engineering
4 12 (48.00%) Business Intelligence
5 9 (36.00%) AI
5 9 (36.00%) Decision-Making
6 8 (32.00%) Data Pipeline
6 8 (32.00%) ETL
7 7 (28.00%) Agile
7 7 (28.00%) Asset Management
7 7 (28.00%) GAP Analysis
8 6 (24.00%) Data Governance
9 5 (20.00%) Business Strategy
9 5 (20.00%) DevOps
9 5 (20.00%) Waterfall
10 4 (16.00%) Data Science
10 4 (16.00%) Machine Learning
10 4 (16.00%) Performance Tuning
10 4 (16.00%) Problem-Solving
10 4 (16.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 15 (60.00%) SQL
2 8 (32.00%) Python
3 2 (8.00%) PowerShell
3 2 (8.00%) Scala
Qualifications
1 3 (12.00%) Microsoft Certification
1 3 (12.00%) Tableau Certification
2 2 (8.00%) Computer Science Degree
2 2 (8.00%) Degree
3 1 (4.00%) Azure Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (24.00%) Data Quality
Vendors
1 23 (92.00%) Databricks
2 11 (44.00%) Microsoft
3 1 (4.00%) Informatica
3 1 (4.00%) Nintex