Azure Data Factory Contracts

Microsoft Azure Data Factory
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies requiring Azure Data Factory skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Azure Data Factory over the 6 months leading up to 3 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 261 286 267
Rank change year-on-year +25 -19 +2
Contract jobs citing Azure Data Factory 287 344 587
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.98% 0.79% 0.99%
As % of the Cloud Services category 2.61% 2.45% 2.68%
Number of daily rates quoted 186 271 433
10th Percentile £359 £412 £412
25th Percentile £413 £463 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £538 £550
Median % change year-on-year -6.98% -2.27% -
75th Percentile £575 £638 £655
90th Percentile £650 £688 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £538 £550
% change year-on-year -11.63% -2.27% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 0 1
10th Percentile £34.06 - -
25th Percentile £45.66 - -
Median hourly rate £65.00 - £35.00
75th Percentile - - -
90th Percentile - - -
UK excluding London median hourly rate £27.35 - £35.00

All Cloud Skills
UK

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.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 11,009 14,039 21,902
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 37.57% 32.34% 36.89%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,641 9,976 15,834
10th Percentile £313 £300 £325
25th Percentile £413 £413 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £520 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year -0.95% -4.55% -
75th Percentile £625 £630 £650
90th Percentile £738 £738 £745
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £488 £500
% change year-on-year -2.56% -2.50% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 250 343 346
10th Percentile £15.25 £14.00 £15.25
25th Percentile £18.51 £16.00 £18.50
Median hourly rate £27.43 £20.97 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year +30.78% -40.09% +62.79%
75th Percentile £46.30 £33.75 £66.00
90th Percentile £73.75 £61.60 £77.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £21.46 £17.69 £24.62
% change year-on-year +21.31% -28.15% +31.31%

Azure Data Factory
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Azure Data Factory in the UK

Azure Data Factory
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for Azure Data Factory in the UK

Azure Data Factory
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Azure Data Factory over the 6 months to 3 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Azure Data Factory in the UK

Azure Data Factory
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for Azure Data Factory in the UK

Azure Data Factory
Hourly Rate Histogram

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Azure Data Factory over the 6 months to 3 May 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Azure Data Factory in the UK

Azure Data Factory
Top 15 Contract Locations

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 over the 6 months to 3 May 2025. 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
England +35 266 £500 -6.98% 215
London +41 164 £500 -9.09% 100
UK excluding London +12 92 £475 -11.63% 146
Work from Home -5 88 £495 -5.71% 133
South East +24 34 £550 -11.29% 46
North of England +13 30 £475 -3.06% 28
North West +11 18 £500 - 13
Midlands +8 13 £440 -15.99% 31
West Midlands +8 10 £475 -13.64% 21
South West +19 9 £475 -11.63% 9
Yorkshire +4 7 £388 -18.42% 15
Scotland +8 6 £431 -9.26% 10
North East - 5 £358 -
East of England +34 3 £400 -2.44% 16
East Midlands +9 3 £380 -14.37% 7

Azure Data Factory
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 (9.06%) Apache Spark
2 10 (3.48%) SharePoint
3 4 (1.39%) Apache
4 2 (0.70%) Apache Airflow
4 2 (0.70%) Confluence
5 1 (0.35%) BizTalk Server
5 1 (0.35%) Jupyter
5 1 (0.35%) Oracle Application Server
5 1 (0.35%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 4 (1.39%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.35%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 5 (1.74%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (0.70%) Endur
2 2 (0.70%) Markit EDM
2 2 (0.70%) SAP ERP
3 1 (0.35%) Aladdin
3 1 (0.35%) Dynamics AX
3 1 (0.35%) Sage 200
3 1 (0.35%) SAP BPC
3 1 (0.35%) SAP HCM
Cloud Services
1 287 (100.00%) Azure
2 86 (29.97%) Power Platform
3 79 (27.53%) Azure Synapse Analytics
4 70 (24.39%) Azure DevOps
5 31 (10.80%) AWS
6 29 (10.10%) Azure Machine Learning
7 25 (8.71%) Azure Functions
7 25 (8.71%) Serverless
8 24 (8.36%) Azure Service Bus
9 22 (7.67%) Azure AKS
10 21 (7.32%) Azure Cosmos DB
11 20 (6.97%) PaaS
12 19 (6.62%) Azure Logic Apps
13 18 (6.27%) Azure Monitor
14 17 (5.92%) Azure API Management
15 15 (5.23%) GitHub
16 12 (4.18%) Snowflake
17 11 (3.83%) Azure Storage
18 10 (3.48%) Azure Key Vault
18 10 (3.48%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 5 (1.74%) DNS
2 3 (1.05%) FTP
2 3 (1.05%) HTTP
2 3 (1.05%) Network Security
2 3 (1.05%) SMTP
2 3 (1.05%) SSL
2 3 (1.05%) TCP/IP
3 2 (0.70%) WAN
4 1 (0.35%) Firewall
4 1 (0.35%) LAN
4 1 (0.35%) NAS
4 1 (0.35%) SAN
4 1 (0.35%) SD-WAN
4 1 (0.35%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 82 (28.57%) Power BI
2 70 (24.39%) Data Lake
3 50 (17.42%) SQL Server
4 47 (16.38%) Azure SQL Database
5 44 (15.33%) Data Warehouse
6 21 (7.32%) Neo4j
7 20 (6.97%) Big Data
7 20 (6.97%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 17 (5.92%) Metadata
9 15 (5.23%) Delta Lake
9 15 (5.23%) NoSQL
10 13 (4.53%) Tableau
11 10 (3.48%) Relational Database
12 7 (2.44%) PostgreSQL
12 7 (2.44%) SQL Server Reporting Services
13 6 (2.09%) Apache Hive
13 6 (2.09%) BusinessObjects
13 6 (2.09%) Crystal Reports
13 6 (2.09%) Snowflake Schema
14 5 (1.74%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
Development Applications
1 18 (6.27%) Git
2 12 (4.18%) Selenium
3 10 (3.48%) GitLab
4 7 (2.44%) Jenkins
5 6 (2.09%) JIRA
5 6 (2.09%) Visual Studio
6 5 (1.74%) Postman
6 5 (1.74%) TeamCity
7 4 (1.39%) ERwin
7 4 (1.39%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
8 3 (1.05%) ER Studio
8 3 (1.05%) SpecFlow
9 1 (0.35%) JMeter
9 1 (0.35%) Locust
9 1 (0.35%) MLflow
9 1 (0.35%) Robot Framework
9 1 (0.35%) SonarQube
General
1 62 (21.60%) Social Skills
2 47 (16.38%) Finance
3 40 (13.94%) Analytical Skills
4 37 (12.89%) Public Sector
5 14 (4.88%) Banking
6 10 (3.48%) Manufacturing
7 7 (2.44%) Documentation Skills
7 7 (2.44%) Financial Institution
8 6 (2.09%) Front Office
8 6 (2.09%) Investment Banking
8 6 (2.09%) Retail
9 5 (1.74%) Marketing
10 4 (1.39%) Influencing Skills
10 4 (1.39%) Local Government
10 4 (1.39%) Presentation Skills
10 4 (1.39%) Telecoms
11 3 (1.05%) Electronics
11 3 (1.05%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 3 (1.05%) Organisational Skills
11 3 (1.05%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 123 (42.86%) Data Engineer
2 73 (25.44%) Azure Engineer
3 45 (15.68%) Developer
4 42 (14.63%) Azure Data Engineer
5 28 (9.76%) Architect
6 27 (9.41%) Senior
7 22 (7.67%) Analyst
7 22 (7.67%) Azure Developer
7 22 (7.67%) DevOps Engineer
7 22 (7.67%) Senior Data Engineer
8 17 (5.92%) Azure DevOps Engineer
8 17 (5.92%) Data Architect
9 12 (4.18%) Azure Architect
9 12 (4.18%) Full-Stack Developer
10 11 (3.83%) Data Analyst
10 11 (3.83%) Lead
11 8 (2.79%) Business Analyst
11 8 (2.79%) Consultant
12 7 (2.44%) Power BI Developer
12 7 (2.44%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 44 (15.33%) PySpark
2 28 (9.76%) React
3 23 (8.01%) .NET
4 20 (6.97%) Plotly
5 12 (4.18%) ADO
6 9 (3.14%) Web Services
7 8 (2.79%) .NET Core
7 8 (2.79%) REST
8 7 (2.44%) .NET Framework
8 7 (2.44%) JSON
8 7 (2.44%) YAML
9 6 (2.09%) ASP.NET
9 6 (2.09%) Entity Framework
9 6 (2.09%) Middleware
9 6 (2.09%) WCF
10 5 (1.74%) ASP.NET MVC
10 5 (1.74%) ASP.NET Web API
10 5 (1.74%) Autofac
10 5 (1.74%) Dapper ORM
10 5 (1.74%) StructureMap
Miscellaneous
1 8 (2.79%) Product Ownership
1 8 (2.79%) Renewable Energy
2 5 (1.74%) Cloud Native
2 5 (1.74%) Data Fabric
2 5 (1.74%) Data Structures
2 5 (1.74%) Legacy Systems
2 5 (1.74%) N-Tier
3 4 (1.39%) Clustering
3 4 (1.39%) Distributed Systems
3 4 (1.39%) Management Information System
4 3 (1.05%) IoT
4 3 (1.05%) NHS
4 3 (1.05%) Team-Oriented Environment
5 2 (0.70%) Algorithms
5 2 (0.70%) Public Cloud
6 1 (0.35%) Data Centre
6 1 (0.35%) Hybrid Cloud
6 1 (0.35%) Reinsurance
6 1 (0.35%) Smart City
6 1 (0.35%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 5 (1.74%) Windows
2 4 (1.39%) Unix
3 3 (1.05%) Windows Server
4 2 (0.70%) Linux
4 2 (0.70%) VMS
4 2 (0.70%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 101 (35.19%) DevOps
2 84 (29.27%) Analytics
3 83 (28.92%) ETL
4 81 (28.22%) Data Pipeline
5 80 (27.87%) CI/CD
6 74 (25.78%) Data Modelling
7 69 (24.04%) Agile
8 63 (21.95%) Data Engineering
9 60 (20.91%) Business Intelligence
9 60 (20.91%) Data Integration
10 58 (20.21%) Machine Learning
10 58 (20.21%) Visualisation
11 44 (15.33%) Problem-Solving
12 36 (12.54%) Data Visualisation
13 33 (11.50%) Data Transformation
13 33 (11.50%) Infrastructure as Code
14 32 (11.15%) Data Science
15 28 (9.76%) Data Governance
16 27 (9.41%) Artificial Intelligence
17 26 (9.06%) Migration
Programming Languages
1 154 (53.66%) SQL
2 106 (36.93%) Python
3 37 (12.89%) C#
4 33 (11.50%) JavaScript
5 30 (10.45%) PowerShell
6 29 (10.10%) Java
7 23 (8.01%) T-SQL
8 8 (2.79%) Bicep
8 8 (2.79%) Data Analysis Expressions
9 5 (1.74%) Kusto Query Language
10 4 (1.39%) Bash
11 3 (1.05%) Scala
12 2 (0.70%) PL/SQL
12 2 (0.70%) R
12 2 (0.70%) Shell Script
13 1 (0.35%) ABAP
13 1 (0.35%) Formula Language
13 1 (0.35%) Perl
13 1 (0.35%) PHP
13 1 (0.35%) XMLA
Qualifications
1 55 (19.16%) Security Cleared
2 42 (14.63%) SC Cleared
3 18 (6.27%) Azure Certification
3 18 (6.27%) Degree
4 8 (2.79%) Microsoft Certification
5 5 (1.74%) DV Cleared
5 5 (1.74%) MCPD
5 5 (1.74%) MCSD
6 4 (1.39%) Computer Science Degree
7 2 (0.70%) BPSS Clearance
8 1 (0.35%) ISTQB
8 1 (0.35%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 48 (16.72%) Data Quality
2 14 (4.88%) Accessibility
2 14 (4.88%) QA
3 6 (2.09%) GDPR
4 3 (1.05%) HIPAA
5 2 (0.70%) Disclosure Scotland
5 2 (0.70%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 1 (0.35%) Actionable Recommendations
6 1 (0.35%) Cyber Essentials
6 1 (0.35%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 1 (0.35%) GxP
6 1 (0.35%) NIST
System Software
1 15 (5.23%) Docker
2 12 (4.18%) Active Directory
3 3 (1.05%) Virtual Machines
4 2 (0.70%) VMware Infrastructure
5 1 (0.35%) Apache Flume
5 1 (0.35%) Hyper-V
5 1 (0.35%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 38 (13.24%) Terraform
2 18 (6.27%) Kubernetes
3 3 (1.05%) Ansible
3 3 (1.05%) Grafana
4 1 (0.35%) Kubeflow
4 1 (0.35%) Microsoft Intune
4 1 (0.35%) Perfmon
4 1 (0.35%) Puppet
4 1 (0.35%) SCOM
4 1 (0.35%) VxRail
Vendors
1 146 (50.87%) Databricks
2 80 (27.87%) Microsoft
3 11 (3.83%) Cloudera
4 9 (3.14%) SAP
5 7 (2.44%) Salesforce
6 6 (2.09%) Informatica
6 6 (2.09%) ServiceNow
7 4 (1.39%) Palantir
8 3 (1.05%) IDERA
8 3 (1.05%) OpenAI
9 2 (0.70%) Brio
9 2 (0.70%) Google
9 2 (0.70%) IBM
9 2 (0.70%) Liquidlogic
9 2 (0.70%) Splunk
9 2 (0.70%) VMware
10 1 (0.35%) Facebook
10 1 (0.35%) Qualys
10 1 (0.35%) SonicWALL
10 1 (0.35%) Talend