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Snowflake Data Modeller
Posted 2 days ago by Sanderson Recruitment
We're looking for a highly experienced Snowflake Data Modeller to join a major data transformation programme.This is a h...
- Rate £750 per day
- Category Outside
- Work type Remote
- Location South East; Milton Keynes; Southampton; Dartford; Reading; Maidstone; Sutton; Croydon; Slough; Portsmouth; Brighton
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100% Remote role for EDI Business Analyst with ServiceNow and Snowflake exp
Posted 5 days ago by Galactic Minds Inc.
Job DescriptionThe EDI Senior Business Analyst is a hands-on contract position supporting customer's Enterprise Data &am...
- Rate Not specified
- Category Outside
- Work type Remote
- Location Remote
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Only w2 - Data Engineer ( Snowflake , DBT , Data Vault & Microsoft Data Factory...
Posted 1 week ago by Nachway Consulting
Data Engineer• Location: Remote with maximum of one trip per quarter to Indianapolis, Indiana. Client will pay for trave...
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Data Engineer- AWS/ Snowflake/ DBT- Outside IR35 - London
Posted 2 weeks ago by Sanderson Recruitment
Key ResponsibilitiesDesign, develop and maintain scalable data pipelines and ETL/ELT processes.Build and optimise data m...
- Rate £600 per day
- Category Outside
- Work type Hybrid
- Location London; City of London; East London; Central London; South East London; West London; Canary Wharf; South West London; North London; Greenwich; Stratford
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About Our Outside IR35 Snowflake Contract Roles
What does a snowflake contractor do?
Organisations bring in Snowflake contractors to design, build, and optimise data platforms on the Snowflake cloud data platform, which has become one of the most widely adopted cloud data warehousing solutions across UK enterprises in financial services, retail, media, and technology. Contract engagements involve designing Snowflake database and schema architecture, building and optimising ELT pipelines that load and transform data within Snowflake, implementing Snowflake security and access controls including row-level and column-level security, tuning virtual warehouse configurations for cost and performance, and integrating Snowflake with adjacent data engineering and BI tooling including dbt, Airflow, and Tableau or Power BI.
Snowflake contractors are expected to have deep practical expertise in the platform's distinctive architecture. Strong SQL proficiency is the foundation, alongside deep knowledge of Snowflake-specific features including virtual warehouse sizing and auto-suspend configuration, clustering keys and automatic clustering, Snowpipe for continuous data ingestion, Streams and Tasks for change data capture and scheduled processing, and Time Travel and Fail-safe for data recovery. Experience with Snowflake's data sharing and marketplace capabilities is increasingly expected for organisations using Snowflake to share data externally or consume third-party datasets. Proficiency with dbt (data build tool) for managing SQL-based transformation logic within Snowflake is now widely expected across data engineering contractor roles on this platform. Knowledge of Snowflake cost management, including credit consumption monitoring and optimisation practices, is expected at senior level.
What is the market like for snowflake contractors?
Contract Snowflake work sits within one of the fastest-growing specialist segments within the cloud data engineering contractor market. The platform's rapid adoption across UK enterprises as a replacement for legacy on-premise data warehouses and as the foundation of modern cloud data platform architectures has created a large and growing pool of contract demand. Financial services, retail, and technology companies have been the earliest and most active adopters. The combination of Snowflake with dbt for transformation and Airflow for orchestration has become a standard data platform pattern, and contractors who bring proficiency across all three components are in particularly strong demand. Rates are at the premium end of the data engineering contracting market, reflecting the platform's commercial importance and the strong supply-demand imbalance for experienced Snowflake specialists.
What does Outside IR35 mean?
IR35 is UK tax legislation that determines whether a contractor is genuinely self-employed or working in a manner that resembles employment. When a contract is classified as outside IR35, the engagement is treated as a business-to-business arrangement. The contractor operates through their own limited company, invoices for services, and manages their own tax affairs including corporation tax, self-assessment, and VAT where applicable.
Outside IR35 engagements are assessed against three key factors: the degree of control the client exercises over how the work is delivered, whether the contractor has a genuine right to provide a substitute, and whether there is a mutuality of obligation between the parties. Contracts that demonstrate contractor autonomy, project-based delivery, and the absence of ongoing employment obligations are more likely to sit outside IR35. Since April 2021, responsibility for making this determination sits with the end client for medium and large private sector organisations.
On QualityContracts.co.uk, approximately 28% of roles with a stated IR35 status are classified as outside IR35. The proportion varies by sector and role type, with some disciplines seeing a significantly higher or lower share of outside IR35 opportunities. Each listing on this page displays its IR35 status where provided by the hiring organisation.
What snowflake roles are usually Outside IR35?
Snowflake contracts lean outside IR35, with around 65% sitting outside among those specifying status. Deploying Snowflake as a new data warehouse, migrating from legacy platforms, or building a data sharing architecture creates engagements with defined implementation phases. Data consultancies and organisations adopting Snowflake as part of a cloud data strategy generate the strongest demand. SnowPro certifications and experience with Snowflake's data sharing and Snowpark capabilities are the key differentiators.
How much do snowflake contractors usually earn when working Outside IR35?
Contract rates for snowflake roles typically range from £500 to £900 per day, depending on the scope of the role, required expertise, and the delivery expectations of the engagement. Rates shown are for outside IR35 engagements and reflect the gross day rate paid to the contractor's limited company before any personal tax obligations.
How many Outside IR35 snowflake vacancies are there on Quality Contracts?
Over the past twelve months, we have tracked over 200 snowflake contract roles across the site. Of the roles currently listed on our site, around one in four are Outside IR35. Data reviewed up to July 2026.