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 12 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
12 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 272 254 289
Rank change year-on-year -18 +35 +27
Contract jobs citing Azure Data Factory 308 504 669
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.84% 1.02% 0.95%
As % of the Cloud Services category 2.62% 2.80% 2.48%
Number of daily rates quoted 253 378 481
10th Percentile £413 £417 £403
25th Percentile £475 £500 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £566
Median % change year-on-year - -2.83% +10.98%
75th Percentile £638 £675 £663
90th Percentile £688 £750 £725
UK median daily rate £538 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -2.27% - +7.32%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 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 11,742 17,981 26,997
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 31.93% 36.55% 38.37%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,473 13,174 19,938
10th Percentile £300 £325 £332
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 321 304 346
10th Percentile £14.00 £15.25 £13.88
25th Percentile £15.85 £18.25 £15.28
Median hourly rate £21.00 £32.30 £21.50
Median % change year-on-year -34.98% +50.23% -
75th Percentile £33.25 £65.81 £51.00
90th Percentile £65.75 £78.00 £74.75
UK median hourly rate £21.37 £35.00 £22.40
% change year-on-year -38.94% +56.25% -0.44%

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 12 May 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 12 May 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 -7 166 £550 - 87
South East -7 49 £625 +4.17% 15
North of England +13 32 £490 -18.33% 23
South West +11 22 £538 +7.50% 12
Midlands +21 21 £524 +10.26% 21
North West +24 20 £500 -21.57% 12
West Midlands +15 14 £550 -4.35% 17
Yorkshire +14 12 £475 -20.83% 7
East Midlands +16 7 £425 -5.56% 4
East of England +7 7 £410 -3.53% 9
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 26 (8.44%) Apache Spark
2 12 (3.90%) Apache
3 8 (2.60%) Confluence
4 4 (1.30%) Luigi
5 2 (0.65%) Apache Airflow
6 1 (0.32%) CMS
6 1 (0.32%) Jupyter
6 1 (0.32%) SharePoint
6 1 (0.32%) Sitecore CMS
Applications
1 2 (0.65%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.32%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 6 (1.95%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.32%) Maximo
2 1 (0.32%) Oracle ERP
2 1 (0.32%) Oracle General Ledger
2 1 (0.32%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 308 (100.00%) Azure
2 115 (37.34%) Power Platform
3 90 (29.22%) Azure Synapse Analytics
4 59 (19.16%) Serverless
5 53 (17.21%) Azure DevOps
5 53 (17.21%) Azure Functions
6 50 (16.23%) Azure Cosmos DB
7 46 (14.94%) Azure Monitor
8 29 (9.42%) Azure Logic Apps
9 25 (8.12%) Entra ID
10 21 (6.82%) Azure Key Vault
10 21 (6.82%) Azure Service Bus
11 20 (6.49%) Azure API Management
12 19 (6.17%) PowerApps
13 18 (5.84%) PaaS
14 10 (3.25%) Power Automate
15 9 (2.92%) Dynamics 365
15 9 (2.92%) Snowflake
16 8 (2.60%) AWS
16 8 (2.60%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 3 (0.97%) Firewall
2 2 (0.65%) DNS
2 2 (0.65%) VPN
3 1 (0.32%) Network Security
3 1 (0.32%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 109 (35.39%) Power BI
2 99 (32.14%) Data Lake
3 77 (25.00%) SQL Server
4 73 (23.70%) Data Warehouse
5 67 (21.75%) Azure SQL Database
6 45 (14.61%) NoSQL
7 41 (13.31%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 32 (10.39%) Relational Database
9 29 (9.42%) Big Data
10 21 (6.82%) SQL Server Analysis Services
11 20 (6.49%) Tableau
12 18 (5.84%) Microsoft Analysis Services
13 16 (5.19%) PostgreSQL
14 15 (4.87%) Delta Lake
15 11 (3.57%) Spark SQL
16 10 (3.25%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
17 9 (2.92%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
17 9 (2.92%) Parquet
18 8 (2.60%) Power Query
18 8 (2.60%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 36 (11.69%) Git
2 13 (4.22%) JIRA
3 8 (2.60%) GitLab
4 7 (2.27%) Selenium
5 6 (1.95%) Visual Studio
6 5 (1.62%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
7 4 (1.30%) Deequ
8 3 (0.97%) SonarQube
9 2 (0.65%) Bitbucket
9 2 (0.65%) Jenkins
9 2 (0.65%) Postman
9 2 (0.65%) Visual Studio Code
10 1 (0.32%) Maven
10 1 (0.32%) MLflow
10 1 (0.32%) NUnit
10 1 (0.32%) TeamCity
10 1 (0.32%) Visual Studio Team System
General
1 71 (23.05%) Social Skills
2 50 (16.23%) Analytical Skills
3 48 (15.58%) Finance
4 22 (7.14%) Public Sector
5 15 (4.87%) Marketing
6 12 (3.90%) Presentation Skills
7 8 (2.60%) Telecoms
8 7 (2.27%) Pharmaceutical
9 6 (1.95%) Banking
10 5 (1.62%) Manufacturing
11 4 (1.30%) Legal
12 3 (0.97%) Electronics
12 3 (0.97%) Law
13 2 (0.65%) Back Office
13 2 (0.65%) Documentation Skills
13 2 (0.65%) Financial Institution
13 2 (0.65%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 1 (0.32%) Front Office
14 1 (0.32%) Organisational Skills
14 1 (0.32%) Retail
Job Titles
1 145 (47.08%) Data Engineer
2 94 (30.52%) Azure Engineer
3 79 (25.65%) Azure Data Engineer
4 65 (21.10%) Developer
5 33 (10.71%) Architect
6 32 (10.39%) Azure Developer
7 23 (7.47%) Full Stack Developer
8 21 (6.82%) Lead
9 20 (6.49%) Azure Architect
10 19 (6.17%) Data Architect
11 17 (5.52%) Analyst
12 16 (5.19%) Data Analyst
12 16 (5.19%) Senior
13 14 (4.55%) Business Intelligence Developer
14 11 (3.57%) Consultant
14 11 (3.57%) Lead Data Engineer
14 11 (3.57%) Python Developer
15 10 (3.25%) Azure Data Architect
16 9 (2.92%) Power BI Developer
17 8 (2.60%) Integration Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 51 (16.56%) PySpark
2 27 (8.77%) .NET
3 26 (8.44%) React
4 16 (5.19%) ARM Templates
5 13 (4.22%) XML
6 10 (3.25%) .NET Core
6 10 (3.25%) JSON
7 9 (2.92%) Kafka
8 8 (2.60%) REST
9 7 (2.27%) Apache Avro
9 7 (2.27%) SOAP
10 5 (1.62%) .NET Framework
10 5 (1.62%) GraphQL
10 5 (1.62%) JSON Schema
10 5 (1.62%) Pandas
10 5 (1.62%) YAML
11 4 (1.30%) Great Expectations
11 4 (1.30%) Microsoft Graph
11 4 (1.30%) Web Services
12 3 (0.97%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 28 (9.09%) Product Ownership
2 12 (3.90%) Onboarding
3 8 (2.60%) Cloud Native
4 6 (1.95%) Distributed Computing
4 6 (1.95%) Legacy Systems
4 6 (1.95%) Self-Motivation
4 6 (1.95%) Smart Meter
5 5 (1.62%) Data Structures
6 4 (1.30%) Distributed Systems
7 3 (0.97%) Grid Computing
7 3 (0.97%) Tandem
7 3 (0.97%) Wiki
8 2 (0.65%) Greenfield Project
8 2 (0.65%) Management Information System
8 2 (0.65%) Market Risk
8 2 (0.65%) NHS
8 2 (0.65%) Renewable Energy
9 1 (0.32%) Algorithms
9 1 (0.32%) Enterprise Software
9 1 (0.32%) IoT
Operating Systems
1 11 (3.57%) Linux
2 6 (1.95%) Unix
2 6 (1.95%) Windows
3 1 (0.32%) VMS
3 1 (0.32%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 111 (36.04%) Analytics
2 107 (34.74%) ETL
3 106 (34.42%) Business Intelligence
4 105 (34.09%) Data Modelling
5 103 (33.44%) DevOps
6 79 (25.65%) Agile
7 67 (21.75%) Data Pipeline
8 66 (21.43%) CI/CD
9 62 (20.13%) Data Engineering
10 43 (13.96%) Data Integration
11 35 (11.36%) SDLC
12 33 (10.71%) Problem-Solving
13 32 (10.39%) Microservices
14 31 (10.06%) Scrum
15 30 (9.74%) Full Stack Development
16 28 (9.09%) Migration
17 24 (7.79%) Test Automation
17 24 (7.79%) Visualisation
18 23 (7.47%) Unit Testing
19 22 (7.14%) Infrastructure as Code
Programming Languages
1 193 (62.66%) SQL
2 130 (42.21%) Python
3 37 (12.01%) T-SQL
4 35 (11.36%) C#
5 30 (9.74%) PowerShell
6 22 (7.14%) Scala
7 17 (5.52%) Java
8 12 (3.90%) Bicep
9 9 (2.92%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 3 (0.97%) Bash
10 3 (0.97%) C
11 2 (0.65%) PL/SQL
12 1 (0.32%) Gremlin
12 1 (0.32%) JavaScript
12 1 (0.32%) Kusto Query Language
12 1 (0.32%) PHP
12 1 (0.32%) Shell Script
12 1 (0.32%) VBA
Qualifications
1 30 (9.74%) Security Cleared
2 19 (6.17%) SC Cleared
3 15 (4.87%) Degree
4 14 (4.55%) Azure Certification
5 8 (2.60%) Computer Science Degree
5 8 (2.60%) DV Cleared
6 6 (1.95%) BPSS Clearance
6 6 (1.95%) Microsoft Certification
7 5 (1.62%) Master's Degree
8 1 (0.32%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 32 (10.39%) Data Quality
2 21 (6.82%) QA
3 5 (1.62%) GDPR
4 1 (0.32%) Accessibility
4 1 (0.32%) GxP
4 1 (0.32%) NIST
System Software
1 25 (8.12%) Active Directory
2 14 (4.55%) Docker
3 8 (2.60%) Virtual Machines
4 1 (0.32%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 23 (7.47%) Terraform
2 11 (3.57%) Kubernetes
3 1 (0.32%) Ansible
3 1 (0.32%) Ganglia
3 1 (0.32%) Kibana
3 1 (0.32%) Kubeflow
Vendors
1 125 (40.58%) Databricks
2 83 (26.95%) Microsoft
3 9 (2.92%) Oracle
4 6 (1.95%) Ab Initio
4 6 (1.95%) Adobe
4 6 (1.95%) Splunk
5 5 (1.62%) SAP
6 4 (1.30%) Informatica
7 3 (0.97%) Salesforce
7 3 (0.97%) Talend
8 2 (0.65%) Cloudera
8 2 (0.65%) JD Edwards
8 2 (0.65%) QAD
9 1 (0.32%) BMC
9 1 (0.32%) IBM
9 1 (0.32%) Remedy
9 1 (0.32%) ServiceNow
9 1 (0.32%) Sitecore
9 1 (0.32%) Sybase
9 1 (0.32%) VMware