Azure Data Factory Contract Job Trends in the North West
Microsoft Azure Data Factory
England > North West
The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the North West requiring Azure Data Factory skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 16 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 16 Oct 2026 |
Same period 2025 | Same period 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 169 | 128 | 105 |
| Rank change year-on-year | -41 | -23 | +18 |
| Contract jobs citing Azure Data Factory | 12 | 8 | 15 |
| As % of all contract jobs in the North West | 0.30% | 0.36% | 0.62% |
| As % of the Cloud Services category | 0.95% | 1.04% | 2.04% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 3 | 7 | 14 |
| 10th Percentile | £445 | £420 | £413 |
| 25th Percentile | £451 | £453 | £419 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £475 | £475 | £448 |
| Median % change year-on-year | - | +6.15% | -28.40% |
| 75th Percentile | £544 | £525 | £494 |
| 90th Percentile | £578 | £530 | £664 |
| England median daily rate | £500 | £525 | £550 |
| % change year-on-year | -4.76% | -4.55% | -1.79% |
All Cloud Computing Skills
North West
Azure Data Factory falls under the Cloud Services category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring cloud computing skills in the North West.
| 6 months to 16 Oct 2026 |
Same period 2025 | Same period 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Contract vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills | 1,265 | 767 | 734 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North West | 31.26% | 34.24% | 30.42% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 803 | 584 | 455 |
| 10th Percentile | £250 | £307 | £305 |
| 25th Percentile | £401 | £375 | £388 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £500 | £450 | £475 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +11.11% | -5.26% | -2.06% |
| 75th Percentile | £600 | £538 | £575 |
| 90th Percentile | £688 | £638 | £650 |
| England median daily rate | £525 | £503 | £525 |
| % change year-on-year | +4.48% | -4.29% | -2.78% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 83 | 29 | 16 |
| 10th Percentile | £21.08 | £12.82 | £17.44 |
| 25th Percentile | £29.96 | £15.50 | £21.05 |
| Median hourly rate | £60.00 | £18.87 | £33.50 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +217.97% | -43.67% | +1.52% |
| 75th Percentile | £76.00 | £50.75 | £60.94 |
| 90th Percentile | £77.00 | £68.09 | £73.00 |
| England median hourly rate | £32.50 | £25.15 | £35.00 |
| % change year-on-year | +29.22% | -28.14% | +8.36% |
Azure Data Factory Job Vacancy Trend in the North West
Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Azure Data Factory relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the North West.
Azure Data Factory Daily Rate Trend in the North West
Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the North West citing Azure Data Factory.
Azure Data Factory Daily Rate Histogram in the North West
Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Azure Data Factory in the North West over the 6 months to 16 October 2026.
Azure Data Factory Contract Job Locations in the North West
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 North West region over the 6 months to 16 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 Contract IT Job Ads |
Median Daily Rate Past 6 Months |
Median Daily Rate % Change on Same Period Last Year |
Live Jobs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Manchester | -34 | 11 | £475 | +0.53% | 12 |
| Cumbria | - | 1 | - | - | |
| Azure Data Factory England |
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Azure Data Factory Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North West by Category
The table below expands on the one above by listing co-occurrences one category at a time. It covers the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences in each category.
Cloud Services
| Rank | Skill | Share | Job Ads |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Azure | 100.0% | 12 |
| 2 | Azure Synapse Analytics | 58.3% | 7 |
| 3 | Power Platform | 41.7% | 5 |
| 4 | Azure DevOps | 33.3% | 4 |
| 5 | Azure Databricks | 25.0% | 3 |
| 5 | Snowflake | 25.0% | 3 |
| 7 | dbt | 16.7% | 2 |
| 7 | Fivetran | 16.7% | 2 |
| 7 | SaaS | 16.7% | 2 |
| 10 | Copilot Studio | 8.3% | 1 |
| 10 | Microsoft 365 | 8.3% | 1 |
| 10 | Microsoft Copilot | 8.3% | 1 |
| 10 | Power Automate | 8.3% | 1 |