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 5 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 578 489 438
Rank change year-on-year -89 -51 +23
Permanent jobs citing Azure Synapse Analytics 235 193 355
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.20% 0.39% 0.48%
As % of the Cloud Services category 0.87% 1.24% 1.50%
Number of salaries quoted 183 138 278
10th Percentile £51,280 £42,500 £47,425
25th Percentile £60,000 £57,500 £56,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £80,000 £70,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year +14.29% - -
75th Percentile £107,500 £89,375 £93,750
90th Percentile £120,000 £112,500 £107,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £62,500 £62,500 £57,500
% change year-on-year - +8.70% -1.72%

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 27,040 15,539 23,739
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 22.90% 31.29% 31.99%
Number of salaries quoted 18,428 10,414 14,551
10th Percentile £31,250 £29,000 £35,000
25th Percentile £43,264 £38,750 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £60,000 £63,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.17% -4.76% +0.80%
75th Percentile £84,128 £80,000 £82,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £100,000 £102,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +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 5 October 2026.

Salary histogram for Azure Synapse Analytics in the UK

Azure Synapse Analytics
Top 15 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 5 October 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 -73 215 £80,000 +14.29% 185
London -54 124 £94,000 +19.37% 94
Work from Home +13 106 £92,500 +8.82% 84
UK excluding London -107 98 £62,500 - 105
South East -40 37 £62,500 -3.85% 30
North of England -36 28 £67,750 +10.61% 37
Yorkshire -28 17 £80,000 +33.07% 12
North West -28 12 £56,250 -2.17% 18
West Midlands -40 10 £55,000 -10.20% 12
Midlands -63 10 £55,000 +18.28% 17
Wales -58 9 £52,500 -8.70% 2
South West -69 8 £60,000 -20.00% 10
North East -58 5 £60,000 -22.58% 8
Scotland +3 3 £55,000 - 6
East of England -34 3 £72,500 +16.00% 6

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 26 (11.06%) Apache Spark
2 16 (6.81%) Apache
3 6 (2.55%) Apache Airflow
4 3 (1.28%) SharePoint
5 1 (0.43%) Confluence
Applications
1 6 (2.55%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (0.85%) Chatbot
3 1 (0.43%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 5 (2.13%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.43%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 235 (100.00%) Azure
2 143 (60.85%) Azure Data Factory
3 95 (40.43%) Power Platform
4 50 (21.28%) Snowflake
5 49 (20.85%) Azure Databricks
6 40 (17.02%) Azure DevOps
7 35 (14.89%) Microsoft Purview
8 27 (11.49%) AWS
9 25 (10.64%) Azure Machine Learning
10 23 (9.79%) Azure Cosmos DB
11 21 (8.94%) Azure AI
12 19 (8.09%) Serverless
13 18 (7.66%) GCP
14 12 (5.11%) Azure Functions
15 11 (4.68%) Azure Logic Apps
15 11 (4.68%) dbt
15 11 (4.68%) GitHub
15 11 (4.68%) GitHub Actions
16 9 (3.83%) AWS Lambda
17 8 (3.40%) Azure Key Vault
Communications & Networking
1 1 (0.43%) Firewall
1 1 (0.43%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 91 (38.72%) Power BI
2 86 (36.60%) Data Lake
3 83 (35.32%) Data Warehouse
4 54 (22.98%) Azure SQL Database
5 53 (22.55%) Metadata
6 49 (20.85%) SQL Server
7 34 (14.47%) Delta Lake
8 29 (12.34%) Star Schema
9 20 (8.51%) Amazon Redshift
10 19 (8.09%) Data Vault
11 16 (6.81%) NoSQL
12 14 (5.96%) Big Data
13 13 (5.53%) MongoDB
14 12 (5.11%) BigQuery
14 12 (5.11%) DynamoDB
14 12 (5.11%) Power Query
15 11 (4.68%) Semantic Layer
16 10 (4.26%) Amazon QuickSight
16 10 (4.26%) Snowflake Schema
16 10 (4.26%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 30 (12.77%) Git
2 4 (1.70%) GitLab
3 3 (1.28%) MLflow
4 1 (0.43%) JIRA
4 1 (0.43%) kappa
General
1 66 (28.09%) Finance
2 59 (25.11%) Social Skills
3 47 (20.00%) Analytical Skills
4 10 (4.26%) Influencing Skills
5 8 (3.40%) Public Sector
6 7 (2.98%) Legal
7 6 (2.55%) Retail
8 5 (2.13%) Banking
8 5 (2.13%) Law
9 3 (1.28%) Documentation Skills
10 2 (0.85%) Police
10 2 (0.85%) Presentation Skills
11 1 (0.43%) Billing
11 1 (0.43%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 1 (0.43%) Manufacturing
11 1 (0.43%) Organisational Skills
11 1 (0.43%) Publishing
11 1 (0.43%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 94 (40.00%) Data Engineer
2 60 (25.53%) Senior
3 55 (23.40%) Architect
4 50 (21.28%) Data Architect
5 37 (15.74%) Azure Engineer
6 33 (14.04%) Senior Data Engineer
7 25 (10.64%) Lead
8 24 (10.21%) Data Manager
9 23 (9.79%) Azure Data Engineer
10 15 (6.38%) Lead Data Engineer
11 14 (5.96%) Azure Architect
12 13 (5.53%) Analyst
13 12 (5.11%) Azure Data Architect
13 12 (5.11%) Developer
14 11 (4.68%) Engineering Manager
14 11 (4.68%) Finance Manager
15 10 (4.26%) Platform Engineer
16 8 (3.40%) Business Intelligence Developer
16 8 (3.40%) Consultant
17 7 (2.98%) Data Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 52 (22.13%) PySpark
2 40 (17.02%) Terraform
3 18 (7.66%) Kafka
4 8 (3.40%) JSON
5 6 (2.55%) Apache Avro
6 4 (1.70%) MDX
7 3 (1.28%) LangChain
7 3 (1.28%) Pulumi
7 3 (1.28%) REST
7 3 (1.28%) SAML
8 2 (0.85%) ARM Templates
8 2 (0.85%) FastAPI
8 2 (0.85%) SOAP
8 2 (0.85%) XML
9 1 (0.43%) .NET
9 1 (0.43%) BAPI
9 1 (0.43%) Middleware
9 1 (0.43%) Semantic Kernel
Miscellaneous
1 44 (18.72%) Cloud Native
2 25 (10.64%) Product Ownership
3 11 (4.68%) Enterprise Software
4 10 (4.26%) Legacy Systems
5 7 (2.98%) Analytical Mindset
6 4 (1.70%) Reference Data
6 4 (1.70%) Replication
6 4 (1.70%) Self-Motivation
7 3 (1.28%) Data Fabric
7 3 (1.28%) Data Protection Act
7 3 (1.28%) Hybrid Cloud
7 3 (1.28%) Onboarding
7 3 (1.28%) Virtual Team
8 2 (0.85%) AI Agents
8 2 (0.85%) Algorithms
8 2 (0.85%) Data Structures
8 2 (0.85%) Distributed Computing
8 2 (0.85%) Reinsurance
9 1 (0.43%) Credit Risk
9 1 (0.43%) Enterprise Cloud
Operating Systems
1 13 (5.53%) Windows
2 1 (0.43%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 149 (63.40%) Analytics
2 127 (54.04%) Data Modelling
3 125 (53.19%) Business Intelligence
4 122 (51.91%) CI/CD
5 106 (45.11%) ETL
6 104 (44.26%) Data Pipeline
7 102 (43.40%) Data Engineering
8 95 (40.43%) AI
9 85 (36.17%) DevOps
10 81 (34.47%) Agile
11 79 (33.62%) Data Architecture
12 72 (30.64%) Data Governance
13 64 (27.23%) Machine Learning
14 62 (26.38%) Lakehouse
15 58 (24.68%) Roadmaps
16 53 (22.55%) Problem-Solving
17 50 (21.28%) Technical Leadership
18 47 (20.00%) Infrastructure as Code
19 43 (18.30%) Data Science
20 42 (17.87%) Data Strategy
Programming Languages
1 177 (75.32%) SQL
2 138 (58.72%) Python
3 32 (13.62%) Scala
4 28 (11.91%) Bicep
5 20 (8.51%) Data Analysis Expressions
6 15 (6.38%) Java
6 15 (6.38%) PowerShell
7 12 (5.11%) C#
8 5 (2.13%) T-SQL
9 4 (1.70%) Bash
10 3 (1.28%) Kusto Query Language
10 3 (1.28%) VBA
11 1 (0.43%) R
Qualifications
1 29 (12.34%) Azure Certification
2 25 (10.64%) Microsoft Certification
2 25 (10.64%) Security Cleared
3 19 (8.09%) SC Cleared
4 16 (6.81%) SnowPro
5 14 (5.96%) Degree
6 7 (2.98%) TOGAF Certification
7 5 (2.13%) DV Cleared
8 3 (1.28%) BPSS Clearance
8 3 (1.28%) Computer Science Degree
9 1 (0.43%) CREST Certified
9 1 (0.43%) DBS Check
9 1 (0.43%) Master's Degree
9 1 (0.43%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 98 (41.70%) Data Quality
2 23 (9.79%) GDPR
3 14 (5.96%) SLA
4 9 (3.83%) Accessibility
4 9 (3.83%) California Consumer Privacy Act
5 6 (2.55%) QA
6 2 (0.85%) Cyber Essentials
6 2 (0.85%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 2 (0.85%) IFRS
6 2 (0.85%) IFRS 17
6 2 (0.85%) Solvency II
7 1 (0.43%) IASME
7 1 (0.43%) ISO 9001
7 1 (0.43%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 20 (8.51%) Virtual Machines
2 6 (2.55%) Docker
3 1 (0.43%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 6 (2.55%) Kubernetes
2 4 (1.70%) Ansible
3 3 (1.28%) Grafana
3 3 (1.28%) Prometheus
4 1 (0.43%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 152 (64.68%) Databricks
2 148 (62.98%) Microsoft
3 13 (5.53%) Informatica
4 9 (3.83%) Talend
5 8 (3.40%) SAP
6 7 (2.98%) Google
7 4 (1.70%) OpenAI
8 3 (1.28%) Foundry
9 1 (0.43%) Bloomberg
9 1 (0.43%) Confluent
9 1 (0.43%) Refinitiv
9 1 (0.43%) ServiceNow