Hybrid/Remote Azure Synapse Analytics Job Trends

Azure Synapse Analytics
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for remote or hybrid work requiring Azure Synapse Analytics skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 21 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 254 363 415
Rank change year-on-year +109 +52 +57
Permanent jobs citing Azure Synapse Analytics 148 65 158
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.79% 0.43% 0.49%
As % of the Cloud Services category 2.08% 1.08% 1.13%
Number of salaries quoted 135 55 128
10th Percentile £62,500 £52,500 £43,750
25th Percentile £82,500 £58,000 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £90,000 £70,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +28.57% +7.69% -
75th Percentile £118,750 £88,125 £73,750
90th Percentile £143,750 £113,550 £85,000
UK median annual salary £90,000 £70,000 £67,500
% change year-on-year +28.57% +3.70% -3.57%

All Cloud Computing Skills
Work from Home

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 with remote or hybrid options requiring cloud computing skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 7,129 6,036 13,994
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 37.97% 40.27% 43.00%
Number of salaries quoted 4,872 4,401 11,914
10th Percentile £35,000 £32,000 £35,750
25th Percentile £46,250 £45,272 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.00% +4.17% -7.69%
75th Percentile £85,000 £82,500 £79,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £108,750 £97,500
UK median annual salary £62,500 £60,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year +4.17% +4.35% -11.54%

Azure Synapse Analytics
Job Vacancy Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Azure Synapse Analytics and offering remote or hybrid work options relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised.

Azure Synapse Analytics job vacancy trend for remote/hybrid jobs

Azure Synapse Analytics
Salary Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Salary distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Azure Synapse Analytics.

Salary distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Azure Synapse Analytics

Azure Synapse Analytics
Salary Histogram for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Salary distribution for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Azure Synapse Analytics over the 6 months to 21 May 2026.

Azure Synapse Analytics salary histogram for jobs with remote/hybrid work options

Azure Synapse Analytics
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Remote/Hybrid Jobs 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 6 (4.05%) Apache Spark
2 3 (2.03%) Apache
2 3 (2.03%) SAS
3 2 (1.35%) Apache Airflow
4 1 (0.68%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (1.35%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.68%) Chatbot
2 1 (0.68%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 148 (100.00%) Azure
2 64 (43.24%) Snowflake
3 55 (37.16%) Azure AI
3 55 (37.16%) Azure Machine Learning
4 52 (35.14%) Azure Data Factory
5 47 (31.76%) Power Platform
6 15 (10.14%) GitHub
7 14 (9.46%) Azure DevOps
8 9 (6.08%) Azure Monitor
9 5 (3.38%) GCP
10 4 (2.70%) GitHub Copilot
11 3 (2.03%) Azure Cognitive Services
11 3 (2.03%) dbt
12 2 (1.35%) AWS
12 2 (1.35%) Azure Logic Apps
12 2 (1.35%) GitHub Actions
12 2 (1.35%) Microsoft Purview
13 1 (0.68%) Cloud Computing
13 1 (0.68%) Dataform
13 1 (0.68%) Microsoft 365
Database & Business Intelligence
1 56 (37.84%) SQL Server
2 46 (31.08%) Power BI
3 35 (23.65%) Big Data
4 33 (22.30%) Data Lake
5 31 (20.95%) Azure SQL Database
6 19 (12.84%) Data Warehouse
7 12 (8.11%) Delta Lake
8 11 (7.43%) Metadata
9 5 (3.38%) Data Mining
10 4 (2.70%) Amazon Redshift
10 4 (2.70%) BigQuery
11 3 (2.03%) Power Query
12 2 (1.35%) Semantic Layer
12 2 (1.35%) SQL Server Integration Services
13 1 (0.68%) Relational Database
13 1 (0.68%) Snowflake Schema
13 1 (0.68%) Spark SQL
13 1 (0.68%) SQL Server Analysis Services
13 1 (0.68%) Star Schema
13 1 (0.68%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 14 (9.46%) Git
2 2 (1.35%) MLflow
General
1 88 (59.46%) Finance
2 13 (8.78%) Social Skills
3 10 (6.76%) Banking
4 7 (4.73%) Analytical Skills
5 5 (3.38%) Public Sector
6 2 (1.35%) Influencing Skills
6 2 (1.35%) Local Government
7 1 (0.68%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 50 (33.78%) Data Engineer
2 46 (31.08%) Lead
3 34 (22.97%) Data Manager
4 33 (22.30%) Engineering Manager
4 33 (22.30%) Finance Manager
5 30 (20.27%) Big Data Engineer
5 30 (20.27%) DataOps Engineer
5 30 (20.27%) DataOps Leader
5 30 (20.27%) Lead Big Data Engineer
6 22 (14.86%) Lead Data Engineer
7 19 (12.84%) Architect
8 16 (10.81%) Data Architect
8 16 (10.81%) Platform Engineer
9 13 (8.78%) Azure Architect
9 13 (8.78%) Azure Data Architect
10 12 (8.11%) Operations Engineer
11 10 (6.76%) Head of AI
11 10 (6.76%) Head of Finance
11 10 (6.76%) Senior
12 5 (3.38%) Senior Data Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 16 (10.81%) PySpark
2 2 (1.35%) Kafka
3 1 (0.68%) .NET
3 1 (0.68%) ARM Templates
3 1 (0.68%) FastAPI
3 1 (0.68%) LangChain
Miscellaneous
1 7 (4.73%) Cloud Native
2 3 (2.03%) Distributed Computing
2 3 (2.03%) Product Ownership
3 2 (1.35%) Data Protection Act
3 2 (1.35%) Legacy Systems
4 1 (0.68%) Algorithms
4 1 (0.68%) Distributed Systems
4 1 (0.68%) Housing Association
Processes & Methodologies
1 79 (53.38%) Data Engineering
2 72 (48.65%) Data Governance
3 70 (47.30%) Data Architecture
4 69 (46.62%) AI
5 64 (43.24%) Agile
5 64 (43.24%) CI/CD
6 61 (41.22%) Machine Learning
7 57 (38.51%) Migration
7 57 (38.51%) Roadmaps
8 55 (37.16%) Data Development
8 55 (37.16%) Data Modelling
8 55 (37.16%) Line Management
8 55 (37.16%) Regulatory Compliance
9 53 (35.81%) Analytics
9 53 (35.81%) Business Intelligence
10 44 (29.73%) Data Pipeline
11 35 (23.65%) ETL
11 35 (23.65%) Observability
12 34 (22.97%) DataOps
13 30 (20.27%) Cost Optimisation
Programming Languages
1 104 (70.27%) SQL
2 47 (31.76%) Python
3 12 (8.11%) Scala
4 7 (4.73%) T-SQL
5 4 (2.70%) Data Analysis Expressions
6 3 (2.03%) Bicep
7 2 (1.35%) C#
7 2 (1.35%) R
7 2 (1.35%) VBA
8 1 (0.68%) Java
8 1 (0.68%) Kusto Query Language
Qualifications
1 2 (1.35%) Security Cleared
2 1 (0.68%) Azure Certification
2 1 (0.68%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 37 (25.00%) Data Quality
2 30 (20.27%) SLA
3 6 (4.05%) GDPR
4 2 (1.35%) IFRS
4 2 (1.35%) IFRS 17
4 2 (1.35%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 2 (1.35%) Solvency II
System Software
1 55 (37.16%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 12 (8.11%) Terraform
Vendors
1 129 (87.16%) Databricks
2 75 (50.68%) Microsoft
3 2 (1.35%) Foundry
3 2 (1.35%) OpenAI
4 1 (0.68%) Google