Azure Data Factory Contract Job Trends in the UK excluding London

Microsoft Azure Data Factory
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the UK excluding London requiring Azure Data Factory skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 19 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 277 241 284
Rank change year-on-year -36 +43 -10
Contract jobs citing Azure Data Factory 139 93 121
As % of all contract jobs in the UK excluding London 0.64% 0.73% 0.58%
As % of the Cloud Services category 2.06% 2.20% 2.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 114 61 98
10th Percentile £400 £358 £405
25th Percentile £414 £413 £438
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £509 £500 £550
Median % change year-on-year +1.85% -9.09% +1.85%
75th Percentile £600 £588 £638
90th Percentile £650 £638 £688
UK median daily rate £513 £506 £550
% change year-on-year +1.33% -8.05% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Median hourly rate - £27.35 -
UK median hourly rate - £65.00 -

All Cloud Computing Skills
UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 6,758 4,228 5,733
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 31.07% 33.31% 27.25%
Number of daily rates quoted 4,668 2,985 4,055
10th Percentile £263 £231 £213
25th Percentile £395 £375 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £488 £488
Median % change year-on-year -2.56% - -3.47%
75th Percentile £575 £588 £588
90th Percentile £666 £663 £675
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 317 144 263
10th Percentile £14.00 £15.03 £14.00
25th Percentile £19.00 £16.95 £15.46
Median hourly rate £42.69 £24.09 £17.80
Median % change year-on-year +77.19% +35.34% -20.13%
75th Percentile £62.00 £34.47 £30.25
90th Percentile £81.00 £74.25 £61.92
UK median hourly rate £37.00 £26.00 £21.37
% change year-on-year +42.31% +21.67% -16.88%

Azure Data Factory
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Azure Data Factory job vacancy trend in the UK excluding London

Azure Data Factory
Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing Azure Data Factory.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing Azure Data Factory

Azure Data Factory
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Azure Data Factory in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 19 March 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Azure Data Factory in the UK excluding London

Azure Data Factory
Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing Azure Data Factory.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing Azure Data Factory

Azure Data Factory
Contract Job Locations in the UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 19 March 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
Midlands -21 58 £550 +41.48% 23
West Midlands -19 48 £550 +27.17% 17
North of England -57 37 £480 +23.08% 26
South West -4 24 £550 +10.00% 7
South East -69 23 £575 -7.26% 32
North West -26 17 £425 -15.00% 14
Yorkshire -53 11 £500 +29.03% 11
East Midlands -28 10 £450 +18.42% 6
North East -4 9 £500 +39.66% 1
Scotland +8 7 £575 +33.41% 1
East of England -19 4 £650 +62.50% 6
Wales -10 2 £410 -22.64% 4
Azure Data Factory
UK

Azure Data Factory
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding London by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 11 (7.91%) Apache Spark
2 7 (5.04%) Apache
3 5 (3.60%) Apache Airflow
4 3 (2.16%) Confluence
5 1 (0.72%) Apache Synapse
Applications
1 1 (0.72%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (0.72%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 2 (1.44%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.72%) MIS ActiveH
2 1 (0.72%) NetSuite
Cloud Services
1 139 (100.00%) Azure
2 58 (41.73%) Power Platform
3 53 (38.13%) Azure Synapse Analytics
4 38 (27.34%) Azure DevOps
5 26 (18.71%) GitHub
6 22 (15.83%) Serverless
7 18 (12.95%) Azure Functions
8 13 (9.35%) AWS
8 13 (9.35%) GCP
9 12 (8.63%) Microsoft Purview
9 12 (8.63%) Snowflake
10 9 (6.47%) Dynamics 365
11 8 (5.76%) Azure Logic Apps
11 8 (5.76%) Azure Storage
11 8 (5.76%) Power Automate
12 7 (5.04%) Azure API Management
13 6 (4.32%) Azure Cosmos DB
13 6 (4.32%) GitHub Actions
14 5 (3.60%) Azure AKS
14 5 (3.60%) Azure Key Vault
Communications & Networking
1 3 (2.16%) Firewall
2 2 (1.44%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 45 (32.37%) Data Warehouse
1 45 (32.37%) Power BI
2 28 (20.14%) Azure SQL Database
3 26 (18.71%) Data Lake
4 19 (13.67%) Delta Lake
5 18 (12.95%) SQL Server
6 15 (10.79%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 12 (8.63%) Elasticsearch
7 12 (8.63%) Metadata
7 12 (8.63%) PostgreSQL
8 6 (4.32%) Spark SQL
9 5 (3.60%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
9 5 (3.60%) NoSQL
9 5 (3.60%) Snowflake Schema
9 5 (3.60%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 4 (2.88%) Big Data
10 4 (2.88%) Oracle Database
11 3 (2.16%) Relational Database
11 3 (2.16%) SQL Server Analysis Services
11 3 (2.16%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 16 (11.51%) Git
2 4 (2.88%) JIRA
3 1 (0.72%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
3 1 (0.72%) Visual Studio
General
1 38 (27.34%) Social Skills
2 15 (10.79%) Analytical Skills
3 13 (9.35%) Finance
3 13 (9.35%) Public Sector
4 7 (5.04%) Law
5 5 (3.60%) Retail
6 4 (2.88%) Documentation Skills
7 2 (1.44%) Banking
7 2 (1.44%) Legal
8 1 (0.72%) Health Technology
8 1 (0.72%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 1 (0.72%) Manufacturing
8 1 (0.72%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 70 (50.36%) Data Engineer
2 27 (19.42%) Azure Engineer
3 23 (16.55%) Architect
3 23 (16.55%) Senior
4 20 (14.39%) Azure Data Engineer
5 19 (13.67%) Senior Data Engineer
6 15 (10.79%) Lead
7 14 (10.07%) Data Architect
8 11 (7.91%) Developer
9 9 (6.47%) Azure Architect
9 9 (6.47%) Solutions Architect
10 8 (5.76%) Analyst
10 8 (5.76%) Data Analyst
11 5 (3.60%) Azure Software Engineer
11 5 (3.60%) Software Engineer
12 4 (2.88%) Azure Developer
12 4 (2.88%) Enterprise Architect
12 4 (2.88%) Lead Data Engineer
13 3 (2.16%) Dynamics 365 Architect
13 3 (2.16%) SQL Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 23 (16.55%) Kafka
2 19 (13.67%) PySpark
3 15 (10.79%) REST
4 12 (8.63%) Keycloak
5 10 (7.19%) .NET
6 8 (5.76%) Pandas
7 7 (5.04%) ARM Templates
8 5 (3.60%) JSON
8 5 (3.60%) SOAP
9 4 (2.88%) NumPy
9 4 (2.88%) YAML
10 3 (2.16%) FastAPI
10 3 (2.16%) Flask
10 3 (2.16%) RabbitMQ
10 3 (2.16%) XML
11 2 (1.44%) ASP.NET Core
11 2 (1.44%) Jest
11 2 (1.44%) Next.js
11 2 (1.44%) Playwright
11 2 (1.44%) Streamlit
Miscellaneous
1 17 (12.23%) Cloud Native
2 14 (10.07%) Product Ownership
3 11 (7.91%) Data Structures
3 11 (7.91%) Hybrid Cloud
4 10 (7.19%) Legacy Systems
5 5 (3.60%) IoT
5 5 (3.60%) Onboarding
6 3 (2.16%) Management Information System
6 3 (2.16%) SCADA
7 2 (1.44%) Data Fabric
7 2 (1.44%) Distributed Computing
7 2 (1.44%) NHS
7 2 (1.44%) Wiki
8 1 (0.72%) Analytical Mindset
8 1 (0.72%) Data Protection Act
8 1 (0.72%) Freedom of Information
8 1 (0.72%) Grid Computing
8 1 (0.72%) Replication
Processes & Methodologies
1 87 (62.59%) ETL
2 69 (49.64%) DevOps
3 68 (48.92%) Analytics
4 65 (46.76%) Data Pipeline
5 64 (46.04%) Data Modelling
6 55 (39.57%) Business Intelligence
6 55 (39.57%) Data Engineering
7 49 (35.25%) CI/CD
8 40 (28.78%) Data Governance
9 30 (21.58%) Agile
10 29 (20.86%) Data Architecture
10 29 (20.86%) Problem-Solving
11 24 (17.27%) Migration
12 20 (14.39%) Data Integration
13 19 (13.67%) AI
14 17 (12.23%) Batch Processing
14 17 (12.23%) Data Transformation
15 16 (11.51%) Performance Tuning
16 15 (10.79%) Data Migration
17 14 (10.07%) Mentoring
Programming Languages
1 98 (70.50%) SQL
2 81 (58.27%) Python
3 17 (12.23%) C#
4 14 (10.07%) T-SQL
5 12 (8.63%) Go
6 11 (7.91%) Bicep
7 10 (7.19%) Data Analysis Expressions
8 8 (5.76%) JavaScript
9 6 (4.32%) PowerShell
10 3 (2.16%) PL/SQL
11 1 (0.72%) Kusto Query Language
Qualifications
1 30 (21.58%) Security Cleared
2 23 (16.55%) SC Cleared
3 17 (12.23%) Azure Certification
4 5 (3.60%) Microsoft Certification
5 4 (2.88%) Degree
6 2 (1.44%) BPSS Clearance
6 2 (1.44%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 46 (33.09%) Data Quality
2 14 (10.07%) GDPR
3 10 (7.19%) QA
4 4 (2.88%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 2 (1.44%) Accessibility
6 1 (0.72%) Basel II
6 1 (0.72%) Basel III
6 1 (0.72%) California Consumer Privacy Act
6 1 (0.72%) HIPAA
6 1 (0.72%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 15 (10.79%) Docker
2 4 (2.88%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 19 (13.67%) Terraform
2 13 (9.35%) Kubernetes
3 3 (2.16%) Prometheus
4 1 (0.72%) Control-M
4 1 (0.72%) Grafana
Vendors
1 62 (44.60%) Databricks
2 57 (41.01%) Microsoft
3 10 (7.19%) Informatica
4 6 (4.32%) Oracle
5 4 (2.88%) SAP
5 4 (2.88%) Talend
6 2 (1.44%) Ab Initio
6 2 (1.44%) Foundry
6 2 (1.44%) OpenAI
7 1 (0.72%) Brio
7 1 (0.72%) Google
7 1 (0.72%) RedGate
7 1 (0.72%) Splunk
7 1 (0.72%) Virgin Media