Azure Data Factory Job Trends in England

Microsoft Azure Data Factory
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in England requiring Azure Data Factory skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 28 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 433 378 384
Rank change year-on-year -55 +6 -47
Permanent jobs citing Azure Data Factory 364 277 436
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.35% 0.64% 0.65%
As % of the Cloud Services category 1.50% 1.99% 2.00%
Number of salaries quoted 260 229 345
10th Percentile £48,750 £44,000 £43,000
25th Percentile £56,250 £52,500 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £65,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +7.69% - -
75th Percentile £90,000 £85,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £107,500 £93,000 £100,000
UK median annual salary £70,000 £65,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year +7.69% - +3.17%

All Cloud Computing Skills
England

Azure Data Factory falls under the Cloud Services category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring cloud computing skills in England.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 24,190 13,892 21,798
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 23.39% 32.27% 32.25%
Number of salaries quoted 16,903 9,685 13,594
10th Percentile £31,500 £29,500 £35,000
25th Percentile £45,000 £38,750 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £64,000 £60,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +6.67% -7.69% +1.56%
75th Percentile £85,000 £80,000 £83,750
90th Percentile £100,000 £102,500 £105,000
UK median annual salary £62,500 £60,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year +4.17% -4.00% -

Azure Data Factory
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Azure Data Factory job vacancy trend in England

Azure Data Factory
Salary Trend in England

Salary distribution trend for jobs in England citing Azure Data Factory.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in England citing Azure Data Factory

Azure Data Factory
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Azure Data Factory in England over the 6 months to 28 September 2026.

Salary histogram for Azure Data Factory in England

Azure Data Factory
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Azure Data Factory within the England region over the 6 months to 28 September 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
London -10 189 £80,000 - 101
North of England -18 66 £60,000 +9.09% 33
South East -62 36 £62,500 +13.64% 30
Yorkshire 0 35 £81,250 +35.42% 8
Midlands -52 34 £85,000 +41.67% 31
West Midlands -41 27 £85,000 +41.67% 20
North West -19 26 £55,000 - 20
South West -65 23 £85,000 +17.24% 8
East of England -21 20 £90,000 +80.00% 8
North East -61 9 £53,750 +2.38% 5
East Midlands -35 7 - - 11
Azure Data Factory
UK

Azure Data Factory
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England 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 42 (11.54%) Apache Spark
2 20 (5.49%) Apache
3 17 (4.67%) SharePoint
4 13 (3.57%) Apache Airflow
5 2 (0.55%) Jupyter
5 2 (0.55%) Luigi
Applications
1 4 (1.10%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (0.82%) Chatbot
3 1 (0.27%) Spreadsheet
3 1 (0.27%) Trello
Business Applications
1 9 (2.47%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (0.55%) Dynamics NAV
3 1 (0.27%) Infor M3
Cloud Services
1 364 (100.00%) Azure
2 169 (46.43%) Power Platform
3 132 (36.26%) Azure Synapse Analytics
4 87 (23.90%) Azure DevOps
5 63 (17.31%) Azure Databricks
6 49 (13.46%) Microsoft Purview
7 42 (11.54%) Azure Logic Apps
8 28 (7.69%) Snowflake
9 27 (7.42%) Azure Cosmos DB
10 25 (6.87%) Serverless
11 23 (6.32%) AWS
12 20 (5.49%) Azure Functions
12 20 (5.49%) PowerApps
13 18 (4.95%) dbt
13 18 (4.95%) Power Automate
14 16 (4.40%) Microsoft 365
15 15 (4.12%) Azure Machine Learning
15 15 (4.12%) GCP
16 13 (3.57%) Dynamics 365
17 12 (3.30%) Adobe Creative Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 5 (1.37%) Firewall
2 4 (1.10%) DNS
3 1 (0.27%) Remote Desktop
3 1 (0.27%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 167 (45.88%) Power BI
2 124 (34.07%) Data Warehouse
3 96 (26.37%) Data Lake
4 91 (25.00%) Azure SQL Database
5 69 (18.96%) Metadata
6 49 (13.46%) SQL Server
7 47 (12.91%) Delta Lake
8 32 (8.79%) Star Schema
9 27 (7.42%) Tableau
10 23 (6.32%) Spark SQL
11 22 (6.04%) NoSQL
12 21 (5.77%) SQL Server Integration Services
13 20 (5.49%) Data Vault
13 20 (5.49%) PostgreSQL
14 19 (5.22%) Big Data
15 18 (4.95%) Semantic Layer
16 16 (4.40%) Relational Database
17 15 (4.12%) Elasticsearch
18 14 (3.85%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
19 13 (3.57%) Amazon Redshift
Development Applications
1 43 (11.81%) Git
2 11 (3.02%) Jenkins
3 8 (2.20%) GitLab
4 7 (1.92%) MLflow
5 3 (0.82%) Visual Studio Code
6 2 (0.55%) JIRA
6 2 (0.55%) Visual Studio
7 1 (0.27%) ERwin
7 1 (0.27%) kappa
7 1 (0.27%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
7 1 (0.27%) VSS/SourceSafe
General
1 120 (32.97%) Social Skills
2 106 (29.12%) Finance
3 64 (17.58%) Analytical Skills
4 21 (5.77%) Legal
5 16 (4.40%) Retail
6 14 (3.85%) Law
7 11 (3.02%) Influencing Skills
8 9 (2.47%) Documentation Skills
9 8 (2.20%) Banking
10 6 (1.65%) Public Sector
11 5 (1.37%) Billing
11 5 (1.37%) Investment Banking
11 5 (1.37%) Marketing
12 4 (1.10%) Advertising
12 4 (1.10%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 4 (1.10%) Manufacturing
12 4 (1.10%) Organisational Skills
12 4 (1.10%) Telecoms
13 3 (0.82%) Games
14 2 (0.55%) Back Office
Job Titles
1 176 (48.35%) Data Engineer
2 103 (28.30%) Senior
3 66 (18.13%) Azure Engineer
3 66 (18.13%) Senior Data Engineer
4 61 (16.76%) Lead
5 53 (14.56%) Architect
6 47 (12.91%) Azure Data Engineer
6 47 (12.91%) Data Architect
7 39 (10.71%) Developer
8 27 (7.42%) Lead Data Engineer
9 22 (6.04%) Platform Engineer
10 18 (4.95%) Databricks Engineer
11 17 (4.67%) Business Intelligence Developer
11 17 (4.67%) Databricks Data Engineer
12 16 (4.40%) Consultant
13 13 (3.57%) Analyst
13 13 (3.57%) Python Data Engineer
13 13 (3.57%) Python Engineer
14 12 (3.30%) Cloud Platform Engineer
14 12 (3.30%) Kafka Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 78 (21.43%) PySpark
2 57 (15.66%) Terraform
3 36 (9.89%) Kafka
4 23 (6.32%) JSON
4 23 (6.32%) REST
5 13 (3.57%) .NET
6 12 (3.30%) .NET Core
6 12 (3.30%) CSS
6 12 (3.30%) HTML
6 12 (3.30%) HTML5 Canvas
6 12 (3.30%) Keycloak
6 12 (3.30%) Microsoft Graph
6 12 (3.30%) SPFx
7 9 (2.47%) ARM Templates
8 6 (1.65%) XML
9 5 (1.37%) SOAP
9 5 (1.37%) YAML
10 4 (1.10%) Apache Avro
11 3 (0.82%) LangChain
11 3 (0.82%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 37 (10.16%) Cloud Native
2 27 (7.42%) Product Ownership
3 17 (4.67%) Hybrid Cloud
4 14 (3.85%) Legacy Systems
5 11 (3.02%) Enterprise Software
6 8 (2.20%) Analytical Mindset
6 8 (2.20%) Greenfield Project
7 6 (1.65%) Data Structures
8 5 (1.37%) Onboarding
8 5 (1.37%) Self-Motivation
9 4 (1.10%) AI Agents
9 4 (1.10%) Algorithms
9 4 (1.10%) Distributed Computing
9 4 (1.10%) Management Information System
9 4 (1.10%) PKI
10 3 (0.82%) Enterprise Cloud
10 3 (0.82%) Virtual Team
11 2 (0.55%) Data Protection Act
11 2 (0.55%) Public Cloud
11 2 (0.55%) Reference Data
Operating Systems
1 14 (3.85%) Windows
2 5 (1.37%) Windows Server
3 4 (1.10%) Linux
4 2 (0.55%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 2 (0.55%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 204 (56.04%) Business Intelligence
2 203 (55.77%) Analytics
3 188 (51.65%) Data Modelling
4 179 (49.18%) CI/CD
5 172 (47.25%) Data Engineering
6 168 (46.15%) ETL
7 162 (44.51%) Data Pipeline
8 161 (44.23%) DevOps
9 93 (25.55%) AI
10 88 (24.18%) Data Architecture
10 88 (24.18%) Data Governance
11 87 (23.90%) Lakehouse
12 82 (22.53%) Agile
12 82 (22.53%) Problem-Solving
13 79 (21.70%) Decision-Making
14 78 (21.43%) Machine Learning
15 74 (20.33%) Data Science
16 69 (18.96%) Data Integration
17 63 (17.31%) Technical Leadership
18 56 (15.38%) Data Strategy
Programming Languages
1 277 (76.10%) SQL
2 202 (55.49%) Python
3 45 (12.36%) Scala
4 33 (9.07%) PowerShell
5 31 (8.52%) Data Analysis Expressions
6 27 (7.42%) Bicep
7 24 (6.59%) C#
8 17 (4.67%) JavaScript
9 14 (3.85%) T-SQL
10 12 (3.30%) Go
10 12 (3.30%) Java
10 12 (3.30%) TypeScript
11 8 (2.20%) R
12 3 (0.82%) Bash
13 2 (0.55%) Kusto Query Language
13 2 (0.55%) VBA
14 1 (0.27%) PL/SQL
14 1 (0.27%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 57 (15.66%) Azure Certification
2 43 (11.81%) Security Cleared
3 41 (11.26%) SC Cleared
4 38 (10.44%) Degree
5 25 (6.87%) Microsoft Certification
6 16 (4.40%) SnowPro
7 15 (4.12%) Computer Science Degree
8 12 (3.30%) DV Cleared
9 7 (1.92%) TOGAF Certification
10 4 (1.10%) CISSP
10 4 (1.10%) ITIL Certification
11 3 (0.82%) DBS Check
12 2 (0.55%) AWS Certification
12 2 (0.55%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
12 2 (0.55%) Master's Degree
13 1 (0.27%) BPSS Clearance
13 1 (0.27%) ICAEW
13 1 (0.27%) ISTQB
13 1 (0.27%) Microsoft Certified Professional
13 1 (0.27%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 142 (39.01%) Data Quality
2 33 (9.07%) GDPR
3 17 (4.67%) QA
4 9 (2.47%) California Consumer Privacy Act
5 8 (2.20%) Accessibility
6 2 (0.55%) IFRS
6 2 (0.55%) IFRS 17
6 2 (0.55%) Solvency II
7 1 (0.27%) ISO 22301
7 1 (0.27%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 1 (0.27%) SLA
System Software
1 21 (5.77%) Docker
2 4 (1.10%) Active Directory
3 2 (0.55%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 23 (6.32%) Kubernetes
2 3 (0.82%) Ansible
2 3 (0.82%) Grafana
2 3 (0.82%) Prometheus
3 1 (0.27%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 176 (48.35%) Microsoft
2 157 (43.13%) Databricks
3 12 (3.30%) Adobe
3 12 (3.30%) SAP
4 11 (3.02%) Informatica
5 9 (2.47%) Talend
6 7 (1.92%) Google
7 6 (1.65%) Salesforce
8 4 (1.10%) Foundry
8 4 (1.10%) OpenAI
9 2 (0.55%) Oracle
10 1 (0.27%) Alteryx
10 1 (0.27%) Bloomberg
10 1 (0.27%) Cognizant
10 1 (0.27%) Confluent
10 1 (0.27%) Infor
10 1 (0.27%) Meraki
10 1 (0.27%) Refinitiv
10 1 (0.27%) ServiceNow
10 1 (0.27%) Teradata