Azure Data Factory Contract Job Trends in the South East

Microsoft Azure Data Factory
England > South East

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the South East citing Azure Data Factory skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 29 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

	6 months to 29 Oct 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Rank	201	156	107
Rank change year-on-year	-45	-49	+48
Contract jobs citing Azure Data Factory	33	20	73
As % of all contract jobs in the South East	0.50%	0.54%	1.73%
As % of the Cloud Services category	1.79%	1.66%	6.08%
Number of daily rates quoted	22	18	51
10^th Percentile	£421	£401	£500
25^th Percentile	£500	£413	£509
Median daily rate (50^th Percentile)	£567	£438	£625
Median % change year-on-year	+29.60%	-30.00%	+8.70%
75^th Percentile	£644	£522	£650
90^th Percentile	£695	£604	£653
England median daily rate	£500	£525	£550
% change year-on-year	-4.76%	-4.55%	-

All Cloud Computing Skills
South East

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 citing cloud computing skills in the South East.

	6 months to 29 Oct 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Contract vacancies citing cloud computing skills	1,840	1,208	1,201
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South East	27.75%	32.34%	28.51%
Number of daily rates quoted	1,161	800	810
10^th Percentile	£263	£204	£262
25^th Percentile	£413	£363	£400
Median daily rate (50^th Percentile)	£500	£485	£513
Median % change year-on-year	+3.09%	-5.37%	-2.38%
75^th Percentile	£609	£575	£625
90^th Percentile	£675	£650	£663
England median daily rate	£525	£500	£530
% change year-on-year	+5.00%	-5.66%	-0.93%
Number of hourly rates quoted	171	54	22
10^th Percentile	£15.50	£12.50	£19.45
25^th Percentile	£24.63	£14.75	£23.44
Median hourly rate	£52.50	£18.16	£47.50
Median % change year-on-year	+189.10%	-61.77%	+98.33%
75^th Percentile	£77.50	£27.50	£60.95
90^th Percentile	£100.85	£40.16	£64.73
England median hourly rate	£33.99	£25.15	£36.00
% change year-on-year	+35.15%	-30.14%	+30.91%

Azure Data Factory Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Azure Data Factory relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East.

Azure Data Factory Daily Rate Trend in the South East

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing Azure Data Factory.

Azure Data Factory Daily Rate Histogram in the South East

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Azure Data Factory in the South East over the 6 months to 29 October 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Azure Data Factory in the South East

Azure Data Factory Hourly Rate Trend in the South East

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing Azure Data Factory.

Azure Data Factory Contract Job Locations in the South East

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 South East region over the 6 months to 29 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	Job Ads Past 6 Months	Median Daily Rate Past 6 Months	Median Daily Rate % Change on Same Period Last Year	Live Jobs
Thames Valley	-38	15	£500	+14.29%	4
Buckinghamshire	-	8	£500	-	2
Berkshire	-30	7	£613	+40.00%	2
Surrey	-13	6	£567	+3.09%	2
Hampshire	-26	6	£650	+73.33%
West Sussex	-	6	-	-
Azure Data Factory England

Azure Data Factory Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South East

For the 6 months to 29 October 2026, contractor job vacancies citing Azure Data Factory also mentioned the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the South East region citing Azure Data Factory.

Rank	Skill	Share	Job Ads
1	Azure	100.0%	33
2	Databricks	75.8%	25
3	SQL	60.6%	20
4	Data Modelling	54.5%	18
5	Analytics	51.5%	17
5	Data Governance	51.5%	17
7	Data Pipeline	48.5%	16
7	ETL	48.5%	16
9	Microsoft	45.5%	15
9	Power Platform	45.5%	15
11	Agile	42.4%	14
11	Python	42.4%	14
13	Data Integration	39.4%	13
14	AI	36.4%	12
14	Business Intelligence	36.4%	12
14	Data Engineering	36.4%	12
14	DevOps	36.4%	12
14	Power BI	36.4%	12
19	Data Quality	33.3%	11
20	CI/CD	30.3%	10
21	Data Lake	27.3%	9
22	Stakeholder Management	24.2%	8
22	Test Automation	24.2%	8
24	Azure DevOps	21.2%	7
24	Data Warehouse	21.2%	7
24	Problem-Solving	21.2%	7
24	Scrum	21.2%	7
28	Continuous Improvement	18.2%	6
28	Data Architecture	18.2%	6
28	Migration	18.2%	6

Azure Data Factory Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South East 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%	33
2	Power Platform	45.5%	15
3	Azure DevOps	21.2%	7
4	AWS	12.1%	4
4	Azure Functions	12.1%	4
4	Entra ID	12.1%	4
4	GitHub	12.1%	4
4	Serverless	12.1%	4
9	Azure API Management	9.1%	3
9	Azure Storage	9.1%	3
9	Azure Synapse Analytics	9.1%	3
9	GCP	9.1%	3
9	Microsoft 365	9.1%	3
9	Microsoft Purview	9.1%	3
9	PowerApps	9.1%	3
16	Azure Batch	6.1%	2
16	Azure Databricks	6.1%	2
16	Snowflake	6.1%	2
19	AuraDB	3.0%	1
19	Azure AI	3.0%	1