Azure Data Factory Contracts in England

Microsoft Azure Data Factory
UK > England

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for Azure Data Factory skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Azure Data Factory over the 6 months to 27 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 277 269 282
Rank change year-on-year -8 +13 +45
Contract jobs citing Azure Data Factory 289 516 691
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.78% 1.02% 0.97%
As % of the Cloud Services category 2.45% 2.79% 2.53%
Number of daily rates quoted 235 384 499
10th Percentile £413 £413 £406
25th Percentile £475 £483 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year - - +7.84%
75th Percentile £638 £666 £650
90th Percentile £688 £750 £714
UK median daily rate £550 £550 £550
% change year-on-year - - +7.84%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 4
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £35.00
Median hourly rate - £35.00 £56.88
Median % change year-on-year - -38.46% -14.47%
75th Percentile - - £81.79
90th Percentile - - £87.26
UK median hourly rate - £35.00 £56.88
% change year-on-year - -38.46% +15.48%

All Cloud Skills
England

Azure Data Factory is in the Cloud Services category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for cloud computing skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 11,773 18,509 27,357
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 31.85% 36.62% 38.46%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,477 13,536 20,079
10th Percentile £290 £325 £340
25th Percentile £413 £450 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - +10.00%
75th Percentile £638 £669 £650
90th Percentile £738 £750 £738
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -4.55% - +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 321 316 348
10th Percentile £14.00 £15.25 £13.88
25th Percentile £15.85 £18.25 £15.25
Median hourly rate £20.77 £32.30 £21.00
Median % change year-on-year -35.70% +53.81% -4.55%
75th Percentile £32.50 £65.75 £42.00
90th Percentile £61.60 £78.00 £64.83
UK median hourly rate £20.99 £35.00 £21.50
% change year-on-year -40.04% +62.79% -5.54%

Azure Data Factory
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings citing Azure Data Factory as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for Azure Data Factory in England

Azure Data Factory
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Azure Data Factory in England.

Daily rate trend for Azure Data Factory in England

Azure Data Factory
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Azure Data Factory in England over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Azure Data Factory in England

Azure Data Factory
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Azure Data Factory in England.

Hourly rate trend for Azure Data Factory in England

Azure Data Factory
Contract Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Azure Data Factory within the England region over the 6 months to 27 April 2024. 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
London -12 160 £550 - 68
South East -7 45 £620 +3.33% 22
North of England +14 26 £500 -16.67% 16
Midlands +14 22 £525 +10.53% 11
South West +15 18 £538 +4.88% 11
West Midlands +29 15 £550 -4.35% 5
North West +11 15 £525 -12.50% 10
Yorkshire +11 11 £475 -20.83% 6
East of England +14 7 £410 -18.00% 10
East Midlands +11 7 £463 +2.78% 6
Azure Data Factory
UK

Azure Data Factory
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 23 (7.96%) Apache Spark
2 10 (3.46%) Apache
3 7 (2.42%) Confluence
4 4 (1.38%) Luigi
5 1 (0.35%) Apache Airflow
5 1 (0.35%) CMS
5 1 (0.35%) Jupyter
5 1 (0.35%) SharePoint
5 1 (0.35%) Sitecore CMS
Applications
1 1 (0.35%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (0.35%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 6 (2.08%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.35%) Dynamics AX
2 1 (0.35%) Oracle ERP
2 1 (0.35%) Oracle General Ledger
2 1 (0.35%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 289 (100.00%) Azure
2 110 (38.06%) Power Platform
3 80 (27.68%) Azure Synapse Analytics
4 53 (18.34%) Azure DevOps
5 51 (17.65%) Serverless
6 46 (15.92%) Azure Functions
7 43 (14.88%) Azure Cosmos DB
8 41 (14.19%) Azure Monitor
9 29 (10.03%) Azure Logic Apps
10 21 (7.27%) Azure Service Bus
11 20 (6.92%) Azure Key Vault
11 20 (6.92%) Entra ID
12 19 (6.57%) PaaS
12 19 (6.57%) PowerApps
13 18 (6.23%) Azure API Management
14 10 (3.46%) Power Automate
15 8 (2.77%) AWS
15 8 (2.77%) IaaS
15 8 (2.77%) NuGet
15 8 (2.77%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 3 (1.04%) Firewall
2 2 (0.69%) DNS
2 2 (0.69%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 104 (35.99%) Power BI
2 88 (30.45%) Data Lake
3 70 (24.22%) Data Warehouse
3 70 (24.22%) SQL Server
4 62 (21.45%) Azure SQL Database
5 40 (13.84%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 36 (12.46%) NoSQL
7 29 (10.03%) Relational Database
8 26 (9.00%) Big Data
9 20 (6.92%) SQL Server Analysis Services
10 18 (6.23%) Tableau
11 17 (5.88%) PostgreSQL
12 16 (5.54%) Microsoft Analysis Services
13 15 (5.19%) Delta Lake
14 10 (3.46%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
14 10 (3.46%) Spark SQL
15 9 (3.11%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
15 9 (3.11%) SQL Server Reporting Services
16 8 (2.77%) Power Query
17 6 (2.08%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 33 (11.42%) Git
2 11 (3.81%) JIRA
3 8 (2.77%) GitLab
4 6 (2.08%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
4 6 (2.08%) Visual Studio
5 4 (1.38%) Selenium
6 3 (1.04%) Deequ
6 3 (1.04%) SonarQube
7 2 (0.69%) Jenkins
7 2 (0.69%) Postman
7 2 (0.69%) Visual Studio Code
8 1 (0.35%) Bitbucket
8 1 (0.35%) Maven
8 1 (0.35%) MLflow
8 1 (0.35%) NUnit
8 1 (0.35%) TeamCity
8 1 (0.35%) Visual Studio Team System
General
1 65 (22.49%) Social Skills
2 51 (17.65%) Finance
3 47 (16.26%) Analytical Skills
4 21 (7.27%) Public Sector
5 15 (5.19%) Marketing
6 13 (4.50%) Presentation Skills
7 8 (2.77%) Telecoms
8 6 (2.08%) Banking
8 6 (2.08%) Manufacturing
8 6 (2.08%) Pharmaceutical
9 3 (1.04%) Electronics
9 3 (1.04%) Legal
10 2 (0.69%) Back Office
10 2 (0.69%) Financial Institution
10 2 (0.69%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 2 (0.69%) Law
11 1 (0.35%) Documentation Skills
11 1 (0.35%) Front Office
11 1 (0.35%) Organisational Skills
11 1 (0.35%) Retail
Job Titles
1 134 (46.37%) Data Engineer
2 92 (31.83%) Azure Engineer
3 77 (26.64%) Azure Data Engineer
4 56 (19.38%) Developer
5 34 (11.76%) Architect
6 27 (9.34%) Azure Developer
7 21 (7.27%) Azure Architect
7 21 (7.27%) Data Architect
7 21 (7.27%) Lead
8 20 (6.92%) Full Stack Developer
9 16 (5.54%) Analyst
9 16 (5.54%) Senior
10 14 (4.84%) Data Analyst
11 12 (4.15%) Azure Data Architect
11 12 (4.15%) Consultant
12 11 (3.81%) Business Intelligence Developer
12 11 (3.81%) Lead Data Engineer
13 9 (3.11%) SQL Developer
14 8 (2.77%) Python Developer
15 7 (2.42%) Power BI Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 44 (15.22%) PySpark
2 26 (9.00%) .NET
3 22 (7.61%) React
4 13 (4.50%) ARM Templates
4 13 (4.50%) XML
5 10 (3.46%) .NET Core
6 9 (3.11%) JSON
6 9 (3.11%) REST
7 8 (2.77%) SOAP
8 7 (2.42%) Kafka
9 6 (2.08%) GraphQL
9 6 (2.08%) YAML
10 5 (1.73%) .NET Framework
10 5 (1.73%) Pandas
11 4 (1.38%) Apache Avro
11 4 (1.38%) JSON Schema
11 4 (1.38%) Microsoft Graph
12 3 (1.04%) AngularJS
12 3 (1.04%) OpenID
12 3 (1.04%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 28 (9.69%) Product Ownership
2 12 (4.15%) Onboarding
3 8 (2.77%) Cloud Native
4 7 (2.42%) Self-Motivation
5 6 (2.08%) Distributed Computing
5 6 (2.08%) Legacy Systems
5 6 (2.08%) Smart Meter
6 5 (1.73%) Data Structures
6 5 (1.73%) Distributed Systems
7 4 (1.38%) Wiki
8 3 (1.04%) Grid Computing
8 3 (1.04%) Tandem
9 2 (0.69%) Greenfield Project
9 2 (0.69%) Management Information System
9 2 (0.69%) Market Risk
9 2 (0.69%) NHS
9 2 (0.69%) Renewable Energy
10 1 (0.35%) Algorithms
10 1 (0.35%) Enterprise Software
10 1 (0.35%) IoT
Operating Systems
1 11 (3.81%) Linux
2 6 (2.08%) Windows
3 5 (1.73%) Unix
4 1 (0.35%) VMS
4 1 (0.35%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 105 (36.33%) Analytics
2 104 (35.99%) ETL
3 103 (35.64%) Data Modelling
4 101 (34.95%) Business Intelligence
5 98 (33.91%) DevOps
6 74 (25.61%) Agile
7 60 (20.76%) Data Pipeline
8 58 (20.07%) CI/CD
9 54 (18.69%) Data Engineering
10 40 (13.84%) Data Integration
11 31 (10.73%) Scrum
12 30 (10.38%) Full Stack Development
12 30 (10.38%) SDLC
13 29 (10.03%) Problem-Solving
14 26 (9.00%) Microservices
14 26 (9.00%) Migration
15 22 (7.61%) Unit Testing
16 21 (7.27%) Visualisation
17 20 (6.92%) Infrastructure as Code
18 19 (6.57%) API Management
Programming Languages
1 185 (64.01%) SQL
2 118 (40.83%) Python
3 37 (12.80%) C#
3 37 (12.80%) T-SQL
4 30 (10.38%) PowerShell
5 17 (5.88%) Scala
6 13 (4.50%) Java
7 12 (4.15%) Bicep
8 7 (2.42%) Data Analysis Expressions
9 2 (0.69%) Bash
9 2 (0.69%) C
9 2 (0.69%) PL/SQL
10 1 (0.35%) Gremlin
10 1 (0.35%) JavaScript
10 1 (0.35%) Kusto Query Language
10 1 (0.35%) PHP
10 1 (0.35%) R
10 1 (0.35%) X++
Qualifications
1 27 (9.34%) Security Cleared
2 17 (5.88%) SC Cleared
3 14 (4.84%) Azure Certification
4 13 (4.50%) Degree
5 8 (2.77%) DV Cleared
6 6 (2.08%) BPSS Clearance
6 6 (2.08%) Computer Science Degree
7 5 (1.73%) Microsoft Certification
8 4 (1.38%) Master's Degree
9 1 (0.35%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 26 (9.00%) Data Quality
2 21 (7.27%) QA
3 4 (1.38%) GDPR
4 1 (0.35%) Accessibility
4 1 (0.35%) GxP
4 1 (0.35%) IFRS
4 1 (0.35%) NIST
System Software
1 20 (6.92%) Active Directory
2 14 (4.84%) Docker
3 8 (2.77%) Virtual Machines
4 1 (0.35%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 21 (7.27%) Terraform
2 9 (3.11%) Kubernetes
3 1 (0.35%) Ansible
3 1 (0.35%) Ganglia
3 1 (0.35%) Kibana
3 1 (0.35%) Kubeflow
Vendors
1 115 (39.79%) Databricks
2 85 (29.41%) Microsoft
3 9 (3.11%) Oracle
4 7 (2.42%) Adobe
4 7 (2.42%) Splunk
5 6 (2.08%) Ab Initio
6 5 (1.73%) SAP
7 3 (1.04%) Informatica
7 3 (1.04%) Salesforce
7 3 (1.04%) Talend
8 2 (0.69%) Cloudera
8 2 (0.69%) JD Edwards
8 2 (0.69%) QAD
8 2 (0.69%) ServiceNow
9 1 (0.35%) BMC
9 1 (0.35%) Dataiku
9 1 (0.35%) Remedy
9 1 (0.35%) Sitecore
9 1 (0.35%) Sybase
9 1 (0.35%) VMware