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 3 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 624 690 655
Rank change year-on-year +66 -35 +245
Permanent jobs citing Azure SQL Data Warehouse 35 56 75
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.070% 0.083% 0.14%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 0.51% 0.53% 0.65%
Number of salaries quoted 28 27 68
10th Percentile £51,750 £45,000 £41,100
25th Percentile £54,688 £60,625 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £70,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year - +40.00% -23.08%
75th Percentile £110,000 £84,375 £64,063
90th Percentile - £96,250 £86,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £57,500 £61,250 £50,000
% change year-on-year -6.12% +22.50% -8.13%

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 6,917 10,615 11,576
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 13.77% 15.68% 21.63%
Number of salaries quoted 4,397 6,029 9,152
10th Percentile £32,750 £37,500 £37,000
25th Percentile £42,500 £47,500 £46,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £65,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -7.69% +8.33% -2.44%
75th Percentile £80,000 £87,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £105,000 £115,000 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £52,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year - -4.55% +1.85%

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 3 November 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 3 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
England +77 29 £70,000 - 22
Work from Home +71 28 £75,000 +7.14% 12
UK excluding London +61 17 £57,500 -6.12% 19
London +58 17 £92,500 +23.33% 7
Midlands +52 6 £55,000 -12.28% 4
West Midlands +43 6 £55,000 -12.28% 4
North West +8 5 £57,500 -2.13% 5
North of England +1 5 £57,500 +26.37% 7
Scotland -1 4 - -
South East +34 1 £85,000 +30.77% 8
Wales - 1 £55,000 -

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
Applications
1 4 (11.43%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (5.71%) Spreadsheet
Cloud Services
1 35 (100.00%) Azure
2 18 (51.43%) Power Platform
3 9 (25.71%) Azure Data Factory
3 9 (25.71%) SaaS
4 8 (22.86%) Azure Cosmos DB
5 7 (20.00%) Snowflake
6 6 (17.14%) Azure DevOps
7 4 (11.43%) Azure Synapse Analytics
8 1 (2.86%) AWS
8 1 (2.86%) Azure Key Vault
8 1 (2.86%) Azure Logic Apps
8 1 (2.86%) Dynamics 365
8 1 (2.86%) GCP
8 1 (2.86%) Power Automate
Database & Business Intelligence
1 35 (100.00%) Data Warehouse
2 15 (42.86%) Power BI
3 14 (40.00%) Data Lake
4 12 (34.29%) Azure SQL Database
5 8 (22.86%) Data Mining
5 8 (22.86%) Data Vault
6 5 (14.29%) SQL Server
7 4 (11.43%) Metadata
7 4 (11.43%) Tableau
8 3 (8.57%) Qlik Sense
9 2 (5.71%) SQL Server Analysis Services
9 2 (5.71%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 2 (5.71%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 1 (2.86%) RDBMS
10 1 (2.86%) Relational Database
10 1 (2.86%) SAP BW
10 1 (2.86%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 4 (11.43%) JIRA
2 1 (2.86%) Git
2 1 (2.86%) JUnit
2 1 (2.86%) Selenium
2 1 (2.86%) TestComplete
General
1 12 (34.29%) Retail
2 8 (22.86%) Finance
3 4 (11.43%) Marketing
3 4 (11.43%) Social Skills
4 3 (8.57%) Analytical Skills
5 2 (5.71%) Law
6 1 (2.86%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 15 (42.86%) Senior
2 13 (37.14%) Data Engineer
3 9 (25.71%) Architect
3 9 (25.71%) Azure Architect
4 8 (22.86%) Azure Data Architect
4 8 (22.86%) Data Architect
4 8 (22.86%) Senior Architect
4 8 (22.86%) Senior Data Architect
5 6 (17.14%) Developer
5 6 (17.14%) Senior Data Engineer
6 5 (14.29%) Analyst
7 4 (11.43%) Azure Data Engineer
7 4 (11.43%) Azure Engineer
7 4 (11.43%) Business Analyst
7 4 (11.43%) Technical Analyst
7 4 (11.43%) Technical Business Analyst
8 3 (8.57%) Business Intelligence Developer
8 3 (8.57%) IT Manager
9 2 (5.71%) SQL Developer
10 1 (2.86%) Junior Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (2.86%) Matplotlib
1 1 (2.86%) NumPy
1 1 (2.86%) Pandas
1 1 (2.86%) PyTorch
1 1 (2.86%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 4 (11.43%) Product Ownership
2 3 (8.57%) Low-Code
3 2 (5.71%) Analytical Mindset
4 1 (2.86%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 18 (51.43%) Business Intelligence
2 13 (37.14%) DevOps
3 11 (31.43%) Data Modelling
3 11 (31.43%) Kimball Methodology
4 10 (28.57%) Data Strategy
5 9 (25.71%) Agile
5 9 (25.71%) Analytics
5 9 (25.71%) ETL
6 8 (22.86%) Data Design
6 8 (22.86%) Data Management
6 8 (22.86%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 8 (22.86%) Visualisation
7 7 (20.00%) Data Governance
8 6 (17.14%) AI
8 6 (17.14%) CI/CD
8 6 (17.14%) Continuous Improvement
8 6 (17.14%) Data Pipeline
9 5 (14.29%) Validation
10 4 (11.43%) Asset Management
10 4 (11.43%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 25 (71.43%) SQL
2 10 (28.57%) Python
3 3 (8.57%) R
4 1 (2.86%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 1 (2.86%) PowerShell
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
2 1 (2.86%) GDPR
Vendors
1 11 (31.43%) Databricks
1 11 (31.43%) Microsoft
2 2 (5.71%) Alteryx
3 1 (2.86%) SAP