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 vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 18 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 631 731 695
Rank change year-on-year +100 -36 +228
Permanent jobs citing Azure SQL Data Warehouse 45 65 82
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.091% 0.083% 0.14%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 0.62% 0.54% 0.64%
Number of salaries quoted 31 37 72
10th Percentile £42,500 £42,500 £39,300
25th Percentile £54,375 £60,000 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £70,000 £54,000
Median % change year-on-year - +29.63% -22.86%
75th Percentile £77,500 £72,500 £75,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £96,250 £81,800
UK excluding London median annual salary £60,000 £62,900 £50,000
% change year-on-year -4.61% +25.80% -16.67%

All Database and 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 7,208 12,022 12,761
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 14.57% 15.39% 21.18%
Number of salaries quoted 4,535 7,174 10,178
10th Percentile £33,750 £37,500 £37,500
25th Percentile £45,000 £46,306 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £63,500 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -5.51% +1.60% +4.17%
75th Percentile £80,000 £86,250 £80,000
90th Percentile £107,500 £115,000 £97,290
UK excluding London median annual salary £53,000 £52,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +0.95% -4.55% +2.80%

Azure SQL Data Warehouse
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Azure SQL Data Warehouse as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Azure SQL Data Warehouse 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 18 September 2025.

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 18 September 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
Work from Home +79 36 £72,500 +10.86% 14
England +81 34 £70,000 - 22
London +63 22 £75,000 +7.14% 8
UK excluding London +91 15 £60,000 -4.61% 18
Midlands +49 8 £65,000 -0.61% 2
West Midlands +45 8 £65,000 -0.61% 2
North of England +9 3 £57,500 +27.78% 8
North West -4 3 £57,500 +27.78% 5
Scotland +43 2 - - 1
South East +43 1 £85,000 +30.77% 5
Wales +16 1 £55,000 +42.86%

Azure SQL Data Warehouse
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 4 (8.89%) Apache Spark
2 2 (4.44%) Confluence
2 2 (4.44%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 2 (4.44%) Microsoft Excel
1 2 (4.44%) Spreadsheet
Cloud Services
1 45 (100.00%) Azure
2 25 (55.56%) Power Platform
3 12 (26.67%) Azure Data Factory
4 8 (17.78%) Azure Synapse Analytics
4 8 (17.78%) Snowflake
5 7 (15.56%) AWS
6 5 (11.11%) GCP
7 4 (8.89%) Azure DevOps
7 4 (8.89%) SaaS
8 3 (6.67%) Azure Cosmos DB
8 3 (6.67%) Serverless
9 2 (4.44%) Azure Functions
9 2 (4.44%) Azure Key Vault
9 2 (4.44%) Azure Logic Apps
9 2 (4.44%) Dynamics 365
9 2 (4.44%) Entra ID
9 2 (4.44%) Microsoft 365
10 1 (2.22%) Azure App Service
10 1 (2.22%) GitHub
10 1 (2.22%) PaaS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 45 (100.00%) Data Warehouse
2 23 (51.11%) Power BI
3 18 (40.00%) Data Lake
4 14 (31.11%) SQL Server
5 11 (24.44%) Azure SQL Database
6 9 (20.00%) Metadata
7 8 (17.78%) Tableau
8 5 (11.11%) SAP BW
9 4 (8.89%) Amazon Redshift
9 4 (8.89%) Apache Hive
9 4 (8.89%) Big Data
9 4 (8.89%) BigQuery
9 4 (8.89%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
9 4 (8.89%) Hadoop
9 4 (8.89%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 3 (6.67%) Data Hub
10 3 (6.67%) Metadata Repository
11 2 (4.44%) Data Mining
11 2 (4.44%) Data Vault
11 2 (4.44%) Qlik Sense
Development Applications
1 2 (4.44%) JIRA
2 1 (2.22%) Git
2 1 (2.22%) JUnit
2 1 (2.22%) Selenium
2 1 (2.22%) TestComplete
General
1 18 (40.00%) Finance
2 10 (22.22%) Analytical Skills
3 5 (11.11%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 5 (11.11%) Law
3 5 (11.11%) Retail
4 4 (8.89%) Social Skills
5 3 (6.67%) Manufacturing
5 3 (6.67%) Marketing
6 1 (2.22%) Banking
6 1 (2.22%) Front Office
Job Titles
1 17 (37.78%) Data Engineer
2 11 (24.44%) Senior
3 8 (17.78%) Azure Engineer
3 8 (17.78%) Developer
3 8 (17.78%) Senior Data Engineer
4 7 (15.56%) Architect
4 7 (15.56%) Azure Data Engineer
5 6 (13.33%) Data Architect
6 5 (11.11%) Analyst
6 5 (11.11%) Systems Developer
7 4 (8.89%) Cloud Architect
8 3 (6.67%) Azure Architect
9 2 (4.44%) Azure Data Architect
9 2 (4.44%) Business Intelligence Lead
9 2 (4.44%) Lead
9 2 (4.44%) Senior Architect
9 2 (4.44%) Senior Data Architect
9 2 (4.44%) Senior Support Engineer
9 2 (4.44%) Service Desk Analyst
9 2 (4.44%) Technical Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (2.22%) Matplotlib
1 1 (2.22%) NumPy
1 1 (2.22%) Pandas
1 1 (2.22%) PyTorch
1 1 (2.22%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 2 (4.44%) Analytical Mindset
1 2 (4.44%) Low-Code
1 2 (4.44%) Management Information System
1 2 (4.44%) Product Ownership
1 2 (4.44%) Self-Motivation
2 1 (2.22%) Enterprise Cloud
Processes & Methodologies
1 28 (62.22%) Business Intelligence
2 16 (35.56%) Data Modelling
2 16 (35.56%) DevOps
3 15 (33.33%) ETL
4 14 (31.11%) Migration
4 14 (31.11%) Visualisation
5 12 (26.67%) Data Management
5 12 (26.67%) Data Visualisation
6 11 (24.44%) CI/CD
6 11 (24.44%) Data Governance
7 9 (20.00%) Artificial Intelligence
7 9 (20.00%) Computer Science
7 9 (20.00%) Data Strategy
8 8 (17.78%) Agile
8 8 (17.78%) Data Architecture
8 8 (17.78%) Data Science
8 8 (17.78%) Problem-Solving
9 7 (15.56%) Analytics
10 6 (13.33%) Mentoring
10 6 (13.33%) Metadata Management
Programming Languages
1 27 (60.00%) SQL
2 13 (28.89%) Python
3 6 (13.33%) R
4 4 (8.89%) PL/SQL
5 1 (2.22%) Data Analysis Expressions
5 1 (2.22%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 6 (13.33%) Computer Science Degree
1 6 (13.33%) Degree
1 6 (13.33%) Master's Degree
2 2 (4.44%) Azure Certification
2 2 (4.44%) Microsoft Certification
2 2 (4.44%) PMI Certification
2 2 (4.44%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (17.78%) Data Quality
2 1 (2.22%) GDPR
System Software
1 4 (8.89%) HDFS
2 3 (6.67%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (2.22%) Terraform
Vendors
1 17 (37.78%) Microsoft
2 13 (28.89%) Databricks
3 7 (15.56%) Oracle
4 5 (11.11%) SAP
5 4 (8.89%) Google
5 4 (8.89%) Teradata
6 3 (6.67%) Informatica
7 2 (4.44%) Alteryx