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 7 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
7 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 607 667 640
Rank change year-on-year +60 -27 +186
Permanent jobs citing Azure SQL Data Warehouse 35 36 78
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.059% 0.066% 0.15%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 0.53% 0.37% 0.71%
Number of salaries quoted 28 24 75
10th Percentile £53,750 £45,750 £38,700
25th Percentile £62,500 £53,750 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £67,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +11.11% +35.00% -23.08%
75th Percentile £110,000 £83,125 £61,250
90th Percentile - £90,000 £85,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £65,000 £60,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +8.33% +20.00% -7.41%

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 6,577 9,676 11,039
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 11.01% 17.83% 20.54%
Number of salaries quoted 4,189 5,427 8,552
10th Percentile £35,000 £37,495 £36,250
25th Percentile £42,750 £47,500 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £62,779 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.43% +4.63% -4.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £85,000 £78,750
90th Percentile £100,000 £112,500 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £54,500 £53,500
% change year-on-year -3.67% +1.87% -2.73%

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 7 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Azure SQL Data Warehouse in the UK

Azure SQL Data Warehouse
Top 10 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 7 January 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 +84 30 £75,000 +15.38% 14
Work from Home +66 30 £76,750 +25.31% 7
UK excluding London +57 19 £65,000 +8.33% 11
London +48 13 £110,000 +29.41% 4
West Midlands +28 9 £75,000 +20.00% 5
Midlands +24 9 £75,000 +20.00% 6
North West +24 5 £57,500 -2.13%
North of England +14 5 £57,500 +26.37% 1
Scotland +2 4 - -
South East +22 1 £65,000 +13.04% 4

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 4 (11.43%) Confluence
2 2 (5.71%) Apache
2 2 (5.71%) Apache Spark
Applications
1 4 (11.43%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (5.71%) Spreadsheet
Cloud Services
1 35 (100.00%) Azure
2 20 (57.14%) Power Platform
3 15 (42.86%) Azure Data Factory
4 9 (25.71%) Azure Cosmos DB
4 9 (25.71%) SaaS
5 7 (20.00%) Snowflake
6 4 (11.43%) Azure DevOps
7 3 (8.57%) Azure Synapse Analytics
8 2 (5.71%) Azure Machine Learning
9 1 (2.86%) AWS
9 1 (2.86%) GCP
9 1 (2.86%) Power Automate
Database & Business Intelligence
1 35 (100.00%) Data Warehouse
2 19 (54.29%) Data Lake
3 17 (48.57%) Power BI
4 12 (34.29%) Azure SQL Database
5 8 (22.86%) Data Mining
5 8 (22.86%) Data Vault
6 4 (11.43%) Metadata
6 4 (11.43%) Tableau
7 3 (8.57%) Qlik Sense
8 2 (5.71%) SQL Server
8 2 (5.71%) SQL Server Analysis Services
9 1 (2.86%) Big Data
9 1 (2.86%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 1 (2.86%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 4 (11.43%) JIRA
2 1 (2.86%) Git
General
1 13 (37.14%) Retail
2 7 (20.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 5 (14.29%) Social Skills
4 4 (11.43%) Analytical Skills
4 4 (11.43%) Finance
4 4 (11.43%) Marketing
5 1 (2.86%) Law
Job Titles
1 17 (48.57%) Senior
2 10 (28.57%) Architect
2 10 (28.57%) Azure Architect
2 10 (28.57%) Senior Architect
3 9 (25.71%) Data Engineer
4 8 (22.86%) Azure Data Architect
4 8 (22.86%) Data Architect
4 8 (22.86%) Senior Data Architect
5 6 (17.14%) Senior Data Engineer
6 5 (14.29%) Analyst
7 4 (11.43%) Business Analyst
7 4 (11.43%) Developer
7 4 (11.43%) Technical Analyst
7 4 (11.43%) Technical Business Analyst
8 3 (8.57%) Business Intelligence Manager
8 3 (8.57%) Head of Business Intelligence
8 3 (8.57%) IT Manager
9 2 (5.71%) Azure Engineer
9 2 (5.71%) Business Intelligence Developer
9 2 (5.71%) SQL Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (2.86%) Matplotlib
1 1 (2.86%) NumPy
1 1 (2.86%) Pandas
1 1 (2.86%) PySpark
1 1 (2.86%) PyTorch
Miscellaneous
1 4 (11.43%) Product Ownership
2 3 (8.57%) Low-Code
3 2 (5.71%) Analytical Mindset
4 1 (2.86%) Legacy Systems
4 1 (2.86%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 20 (57.14%) Business Intelligence
2 14 (40.00%) Agile
3 12 (34.29%) Data Modelling
3 12 (34.29%) DevOps
4 11 (31.43%) Data Strategy
5 10 (28.57%) ETL
5 10 (28.57%) Kimball Methodology
6 9 (25.71%) Data Design
6 9 (25.71%) Data Engineering
6 9 (25.71%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 8 (22.86%) Analytics
8 7 (20.00%) Data Pipeline
9 6 (17.14%) AI
9 6 (17.14%) Data Governance
9 6 (17.14%) Visualisation
9 6 (17.14%) Waterfall
10 5 (14.29%) Business Strategy
10 5 (14.29%) CI/CD
10 5 (14.29%) Continuous Improvement
11 4 (11.43%) Acceptance Criteria
Programming Languages
1 30 (85.71%) SQL
2 8 (22.86%) Python
Qualifications
1 2 (5.71%) Azure Certification
1 2 (5.71%) Microsoft Certification
2 1 (2.86%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (5.71%) Data Quality
Vendors
1 18 (51.43%) Databricks
2 15 (42.86%) Microsoft