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 12 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 648 620 751
Rank change year-on-year -28 +131 +114
Permanent jobs citing Azure SQL Data Warehouse 34 36 72
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.046% 0.082% 0.086%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 0.49% 0.44% 0.45%
Number of salaries quoted 28 24 66
10th Percentile £62,125 £45,225 £37,000
25th Percentile £71,875 £50,888 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £97,500 £61,250 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year +59.18% +28.95% -32.14%
75th Percentile £111,250 £83,125 £62,188
90th Percentile £115,000 £90,000 £86,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £70,000 £57,500 £42,500
% change year-on-year +21.74% +35.29% -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 6,983 8,175 15,905
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 9.49% 18.71% 19.00%
Number of salaries quoted 4,205 5,163 12,215
10th Percentile £35,000 £37,500 £35,000
25th Percentile £45,000 £47,500 £42,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £64,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -6.25% +11.30% -8.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £85,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £115,000 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -4.55% +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 12 March 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 12 March 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 -20 30 £97,500 +62.50% 9
Work from Home +29 29 £110,000 +91.30% 7
London +22 16 £110,000 +41.94% 4
UK excluding London -26 15 £70,000 +21.74% 8
West Midlands +10 8 £75,000 +20.00%
Midlands -12 8 £75,000 +20.00%
Scotland -10 3 - - 1
North of England -35 3 £55,000 +20.88% 3
North West -9 2 £60,000 +41.18% 1
South East -20 1 £65,000 +13.04% 4
Yorkshire -46 1 £42,500 -8.60%

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 3 (8.82%) Confluence
2 2 (5.88%) Apache
2 2 (5.88%) Apache Spark
3 1 (2.94%) SharePoint
Applications
1 3 (8.82%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (2.94%) Spreadsheet
Cloud Services
1 34 (100.00%) Azure
2 21 (61.76%) Azure Data Factory
3 17 (50.00%) Power Platform
4 7 (20.59%) Azure Cosmos DB
4 7 (20.59%) SaaS
5 5 (14.71%) Snowflake
6 3 (8.82%) Azure DevOps
6 3 (8.82%) Azure Synapse Analytics
7 2 (5.88%) Azure Machine Learning
8 1 (2.94%) AWS
8 1 (2.94%) Power Automate
8 1 (2.94%) PowerApps
Database & Business Intelligence
1 34 (100.00%) Data Warehouse
2 17 (50.00%) Data Lake
3 14 (41.18%) Power BI
4 9 (26.47%) Azure SQL Database
5 6 (17.65%) Data Mining
5 6 (17.65%) Data Vault
6 3 (8.82%) Metadata
6 3 (8.82%) Tableau
7 2 (5.88%) Qlik Sense
7 2 (5.88%) SQL Server Analysis Services
8 1 (2.94%) Big Data
8 1 (2.94%) DataStage
8 1 (2.94%) PowerCenter
8 1 (2.94%) SAP Data Services
8 1 (2.94%) SQL Server
8 1 (2.94%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 1 (2.94%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 3 (8.82%) JIRA
General
1 11 (32.35%) Finance
2 8 (23.53%) Retail
3 7 (20.59%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 7 (20.59%) Influencing Skills
4 5 (14.71%) Social Skills
5 3 (8.82%) Analytical Skills
6 1 (2.94%) Financial Institution
6 1 (2.94%) Law
6 1 (2.94%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 11 (32.35%) Senior
2 8 (23.53%) Architect
2 8 (23.53%) Azure Architect
2 8 (23.53%) Senior Architect
3 7 (20.59%) Lead
4 6 (17.65%) Azure Data Architect
4 6 (17.65%) Data Architect
4 6 (17.65%) Data Engineer
4 6 (17.65%) Senior Data Architect
5 4 (11.76%) Analyst
6 3 (8.82%) Business Analyst
6 3 (8.82%) Business Intelligence Manager
6 3 (8.82%) Developer
6 3 (8.82%) Head of Business Intelligence
6 3 (8.82%) Technical Analyst
6 3 (8.82%) Technical Business Analyst
7 2 (5.88%) Business Intelligence Developer
7 2 (5.88%) IT Manager
7 2 (5.88%) Senior Data Engineer
7 2 (5.88%) SQL Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (2.94%) PySpark
Miscellaneous
1 7 (20.59%) Greenfield Project
2 3 (8.82%) Product Ownership
3 2 (5.88%) Low-Code
4 1 (2.94%) Analytical Mindset
4 1 (2.94%) Legacy Systems
Processes & Methodologies
1 18 (52.94%) Data Modelling
2 16 (47.06%) Business Intelligence
3 15 (44.12%) Data Engineering
4 14 (41.18%) Analytics
5 13 (38.24%) Agile
6 11 (32.35%) AI
7 10 (29.41%) Asset Management
8 9 (26.47%) Decision-Making
8 9 (26.47%) ETL
9 8 (23.53%) Data Strategy
10 7 (20.59%) Data Design
10 7 (20.59%) DevOps
10 7 (20.59%) GAP Analysis
10 7 (20.59%) Kimball Methodology
10 7 (20.59%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 6 (17.65%) Waterfall
12 5 (14.71%) Business Strategy
12 5 (14.71%) Data Pipeline
13 4 (11.76%) Continuous Improvement
13 4 (11.76%) Data Governance
Programming Languages
1 22 (64.71%) SQL
2 4 (11.76%) Python
Qualifications
1 1 (2.94%) Azure Certification
1 1 (2.94%) DBS Check
1 1 (2.94%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (5.88%) Data Quality
Vendors
1 23 (67.65%) Databricks
2 13 (38.24%) Microsoft
3 1 (2.94%) Informatica
3 1 (2.94%) Nintex