Azure Synapse Analytics Job Trends

Azure Synapse Analytics
UK

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs requiring Azure Synapse Analytics skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 9 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
9 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 431 413 557
Rank change year-on-year -18 +144 +59
Permanent jobs citing Azure Synapse Analytics 261 266 286
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.36% 0.60% 0.34%
As % of the Cloud Services category 1.12% 1.61% 0.91%
Number of salaries quoted 192 216 237
10th Percentile £52,500 £43,750 £43,750
25th Percentile £65,938 £56,250 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £85,000 £70,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +21.43% +7.69% -7.14%
75th Percentile £90,000 £89,063 £81,250
90th Percentile £120,000 £115,000 £94,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £80,000 £65,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year +23.08% +13.04% -6.12%

All Cloud Computing Skills
UK

Azure Synapse Analytics falls under the Cloud Services category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring cloud computing skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 23,335 16,488 31,581
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 32.33% 37.41% 37.82%
Number of salaries quoted 12,526 11,106 25,648
10th Percentile £29,250 £32,500 £30,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £46,250 £41,250
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 £77,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £102,500 £96,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% +10.00% -9.09%

Azure Synapse Analytics
Job Vacancy Trend

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Azure Synapse Analytics relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised.

Azure Synapse Analytics job vacancy trend in the UK

Azure Synapse Analytics
Salary Trend

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Azure Synapse Analytics.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Azure Synapse Analytics

Azure Synapse Analytics
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Azure Synapse Analytics over the 6 months to 9 March 2026.

Salary histogram for Azure Synapse Analytics in the UK

Azure Synapse Analytics
Top 17 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Azure Synapse Analytics within the UK over the 6 months to 9 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 -22 224 £85,000 +21.43% 88
UK excluding London -34 120 £80,000 +23.08% 77
Work from Home +41 113 £85,000 +13.33% 51
London +30 110 £90,000 +12.50% 30
South East -36 51 £85,000 +21.43% 29
Midlands -23 22 £65,000 +18.18% 15
North of England -33 22 £70,932 +5.08% 17
West Midlands -10 16 £65,000 +30.00% 8
North West -14 10 £70,932 +1.33% 7
Scotland -5 9 - - 3
Yorkshire -44 8 £75,466 +13.91% 8
South West -24 5 £48,500 -11.82% 7
East of England - 5 £55,000 - 4
North East -16 4 - - 2
East Midlands -21 4 £57,500 -8.00% 6
Northern Ireland - 4 - -
Wales -6 2 - - 3

Azure Synapse Analytics
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 19 (7.28%) Apache Spark
2 14 (5.36%) Apache Airflow
3 6 (2.30%) Apache
4 4 (1.53%) SAS
5 1 (0.38%) Apache Synapse
5 1 (0.38%) Jupyter
Applications
1 25 (9.58%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (1.53%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 261 (100.00%) Azure
2 150 (57.47%) Power Platform
3 140 (53.64%) Azure Data Factory
4 36 (13.79%) Snowflake
5 34 (13.03%) Azure DevOps
6 28 (10.73%) dbt
7 26 (9.96%) GCP
8 19 (7.28%) Microsoft Purview
9 18 (6.90%) AWS
9 18 (6.90%) GitHub
9 18 (6.90%) Microsoft 365
10 15 (5.75%) PaaS
11 14 (5.36%) Entra ID
12 11 (4.21%) Fivetran
12 11 (4.21%) SaaS
13 10 (3.83%) Azure Monitor
14 9 (3.45%) Azure Logic Apps
15 8 (3.07%) ChatGPT
15 8 (3.07%) Collibra
15 8 (3.07%) Microsoft Copilot
Communications & Networking
1 4 (1.53%) WAN
2 2 (0.77%) DNS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 144 (55.17%) Power BI
2 106 (40.61%) Data Lake
3 82 (31.42%) Data Warehouse
4 68 (26.05%) Azure SQL Database
5 47 (18.01%) SQL Server
6 39 (14.94%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 21 (8.05%) Big Data
8 20 (7.66%) SQL Server Analysis Services
8 20 (7.66%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 17 (6.51%) Amazon Redshift
9 17 (6.51%) BigQuery
9 17 (6.51%) Delta Lake
9 17 (6.51%) Metadata
9 17 (6.51%) Tableau
10 16 (6.13%) Snowflake Schema
11 12 (4.60%) Power Query
12 9 (3.45%) Looker
13 8 (3.07%) Elasticsearch
14 6 (2.30%) Data Mining
15 5 (1.92%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 21 (8.05%) Git
2 9 (3.45%) MLflow
3 1 (0.38%) Jenkins
General
1 103 (39.46%) Finance
2 102 (39.08%) Social Skills
3 51 (19.54%) Analytical Skills
4 13 (4.98%) Billing
5 12 (4.60%) Presentation Skills
6 9 (3.45%) Documentation Skills
7 8 (3.07%) Public Sector
8 6 (2.30%) Financial Institution
8 6 (2.30%) Law
9 4 (1.53%) Banking
10 3 (1.15%) Manufacturing
11 2 (0.77%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 2 (0.77%) Influencing Skills
11 2 (0.77%) Legal
11 2 (0.77%) Local Government
12 1 (0.38%) Advertising
12 1 (0.38%) Automotive
12 1 (0.38%) Marketing
12 1 (0.38%) Retail
Job Titles
1 95 (36.40%) Data Engineer
2 64 (24.52%) Architect
3 55 (21.07%) Senior
4 46 (17.62%) Data Architect
5 43 (16.48%) Azure Architect
6 39 (14.94%) Azure Data Architect
7 38 (14.56%) Lead
8 29 (11.11%) Senior Data Engineer
9 19 (7.28%) Big Data Engineer
9 19 (7.28%) DataOps Engineer
9 19 (7.28%) DataOps Leader
9 19 (7.28%) Lead Big Data Engineer
9 19 (7.28%) Lead Data Engineer
10 18 (6.90%) Analyst
11 16 (6.13%) Azure Engineer
11 16 (6.13%) Platform Engineer
12 15 (5.75%) Azure Data Engineer
12 15 (5.75%) Developer
13 13 (4.98%) Senior Architect
14 12 (4.60%) Business Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 23 (8.81%) PySpark
2 14 (5.36%) Kafka
3 8 (3.07%) LangChain
3 8 (3.07%) LlamaIndex
3 8 (3.07%) pgvector
3 8 (3.07%) PyTorch
3 8 (3.07%) scikit-learn
3 8 (3.07%) TensorFlow
4 4 (1.53%) CSS
5 3 (1.15%) .NET
6 2 (0.77%) ARM Templates
7 1 (0.38%) Apache Beam
7 1 (0.38%) MDX
7 1 (0.38%) Middleware
7 1 (0.38%) REST
7 1 (0.38%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 28 (10.73%) Cloud Native
2 26 (9.96%) Analytical Mindset
3 12 (4.60%) Self-Motivation
4 10 (3.83%) Greenfield Project
4 10 (3.83%) Legacy Systems
5 8 (3.07%) AI Agents
5 8 (3.07%) Clustering
5 8 (3.07%) Enterprise Cloud
5 8 (3.07%) Public Cloud
6 6 (2.30%) Product Ownership
7 5 (1.92%) Management Information System
8 2 (0.77%) Data Fabric
8 2 (0.77%) Data Structures
8 2 (0.77%) Distributed Computing
8 2 (0.77%) Hybrid Cloud
9 1 (0.38%) Data Centre
9 1 (0.38%) Data Protection Act
9 1 (0.38%) Distributed Systems
9 1 (0.38%) Onboarding
9 1 (0.38%) Virtual Team
Processes & Methodologies
1 162 (62.07%) Analytics
2 157 (60.15%) Business Intelligence
3 154 (59.00%) Data Modelling
4 109 (41.76%) ETL
5 93 (35.63%) Data Governance
6 87 (33.33%) CI/CD
7 85 (32.57%) Data Pipeline
8 83 (31.80%) Data Engineering
9 73 (27.97%) Decision-Making
10 69 (26.44%) AI
10 69 (26.44%) Problem-Solving
11 68 (26.05%) DevOps
12 43 (16.48%) Data Architecture
13 41 (15.71%) Visualisation
14 40 (15.33%) Stakeholder Management
15 39 (14.94%) Agile
16 35 (13.41%) Cost Optimisation
17 34 (13.03%) Machine Learning
18 33 (12.64%) Continuous Improvement
18 33 (12.64%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 172 (65.90%) SQL
2 117 (44.83%) Python
3 42 (16.09%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 17 (6.51%) T-SQL
5 15 (5.75%) Scala
6 9 (3.45%) C#
7 5 (1.92%) Bicep
8 4 (1.53%) Java
9 3 (1.15%) R
10 1 (0.38%) ANSI SQL
10 1 (0.38%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 22 (8.43%) Degree
2 12 (4.60%) Azure Certification
2 12 (4.60%) Security Cleared
2 12 (4.60%) Six Sigma Green Belt
3 10 (3.83%) SC Cleared
4 9 (3.45%) Microsoft Certification
5 8 (3.07%) IIBA
5 8 (3.07%) PMI Certification
5 8 (3.07%) PMP
6 3 (1.15%) DBS Check
7 2 (0.77%) TOGAF Certification
8 1 (0.38%) Computer Science Degree
8 1 (0.38%) MCSE
8 1 (0.38%) SnowPro
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 97 (37.16%) Data Quality
2 24 (9.20%) GDPR
3 19 (7.28%) SLA
4 12 (4.60%) Actionable Recommendations
5 9 (3.45%) California Consumer Privacy Act
6 2 (0.77%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 1 (0.38%) Accessibility
7 1 (0.38%) COBIT
7 1 (0.38%) QA
7 1 (0.38%) SOC 2
System Software
1 3 (1.15%) Docker
2 1 (0.38%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 19 (7.28%) Terraform
2 4 (1.53%) Kubernetes
2 4 (1.53%) Single Sign-On
3 1 (0.38%) Ansible
Vendors
1 142 (54.41%) Databricks
2 80 (30.65%) Microsoft
3 9 (3.45%) Alteryx
4 8 (3.07%) Anaplan
4 8 (3.07%) Cloudera
4 8 (3.07%) Dell
5 7 (2.68%) Dataiku
6 4 (1.53%) Concur
6 4 (1.53%) OpenAI
6 4 (1.53%) Sage
6 4 (1.53%) Talend
7 3 (1.15%) Google
8 2 (0.77%) Foundry
9 1 (0.38%) Teradata