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 4 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
4 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 445 384 383
Rank change year-on-year -61 -1 -56
Permanent jobs citing Azure Data Factory 356 272 435
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.34% 0.63% 0.66%
As % of the Cloud Services category 1.48% 1.95% 2.03%
Number of salaries quoted 257 225 344
10th Percentile £48,750 £44,000 £42,875
25th Percentile £56,250 £55,000 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £67,500 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.70% +3.85% +4.00%
75th Percentile £90,000 £85,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £107,500 £92,500 £100,000
UK median annual salary £70,000 £65,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year +7.69% - +4.00%

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 23,975 13,970 21,471
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 23.04% 32.20% 32.36%
Number of salaries quoted 16,800 9,704 13,297
10th Percentile £31,500 £29,250 £35,000
25th Percentile £44,447 £38,750 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £63,076 £60,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +5.13% -7.69% +2.93%
75th Percentile £85,000 £80,000 £83,750
90th Percentile £100,000 £101,250 £105,000
UK median annual salary £62,500 £60,000 £63,000
% change year-on-year +4.17% -4.76% +0.80%

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 4 October 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 4 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
London -31 186 £80,000 - 140
North of England -19 65 £60,000 +9.09% 35
South East -54 36 £62,500 +13.64% 51
Yorkshire -15 35 £80,000 +33.33% 11
Midlands -47 33 £85,000 +38.78% 35
West Midlands -41 28 £85,000 +41.67% 22
North West -5 25 £55,000 - 20
South West -54 22 £85,000 +17.24% 9
East of England -27 19 £90,000 +80.00% 9
North East -54 11 £57,500 +9.52% 4
East Midlands -46 5 - - 13
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 (11.80%) Apache Spark
2 20 (5.62%) Apache
3 16 (4.49%) SharePoint
4 13 (3.65%) Apache Airflow
5 2 (0.56%) Jupyter
5 2 (0.56%) Luigi
Applications
1 6 (1.69%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (0.84%) Chatbot
3 1 (0.28%) Spreadsheet
3 1 (0.28%) Trello
Business Applications
1 10 (2.81%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (0.56%) Dynamics NAV
Cloud Services
1 356 (100.00%) Azure
2 167 (46.91%) Power Platform
3 130 (36.52%) Azure Synapse Analytics
4 91 (25.56%) Azure DevOps
5 63 (17.70%) Azure Databricks
6 49 (13.76%) Microsoft Purview
7 38 (10.67%) Azure Logic Apps
8 29 (8.15%) Snowflake
9 27 (7.58%) Azure Cosmos DB
10 25 (7.02%) Serverless
11 23 (6.46%) AWS
12 20 (5.62%) PowerApps
13 19 (5.34%) Azure Functions
13 19 (5.34%) dbt
14 18 (5.06%) Power Automate
15 16 (4.49%) Azure Machine Learning
16 15 (4.21%) GCP
16 15 (4.21%) Microsoft 365
17 12 (3.37%) SaaS
18 11 (3.09%) Adobe Creative Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 5 (1.40%) Firewall
2 4 (1.12%) DNS
3 1 (0.28%) Remote Desktop
3 1 (0.28%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 164 (46.07%) Power BI
2 129 (36.24%) Data Warehouse
3 92 (25.84%) Data Lake
4 91 (25.56%) Azure SQL Database
5 69 (19.38%) Metadata
6 50 (14.04%) SQL Server
7 45 (12.64%) Delta Lake
8 30 (8.43%) Star Schema
9 27 (7.58%) Tableau
10 22 (6.18%) NoSQL
10 22 (6.18%) PostgreSQL
11 21 (5.90%) Spark SQL
12 20 (5.62%) Data Vault
13 19 (5.34%) Big Data
14 18 (5.06%) Semantic Layer
15 16 (4.49%) Elasticsearch
15 16 (4.49%) SQL Server Integration Services
16 15 (4.21%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
16 15 (4.21%) Relational Database
17 13 (3.65%) Power Query
Development Applications
1 42 (11.80%) Git
2 11 (3.09%) Jenkins
3 9 (2.53%) GitLab
4 7 (1.97%) MLflow
5 3 (0.84%) Visual Studio Code
6 2 (0.56%) JIRA
6 2 (0.56%) Visual Studio
7 1 (0.28%) ERwin
7 1 (0.28%) kappa
7 1 (0.28%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
7 1 (0.28%) VSS/SourceSafe
General
1 118 (33.15%) Social Skills
2 101 (28.37%) Finance
3 62 (17.42%) Analytical Skills
4 22 (6.18%) Legal
5 17 (4.78%) Retail
6 14 (3.93%) Law
7 11 (3.09%) Influencing Skills
8 9 (2.53%) Documentation Skills
9 8 (2.25%) Banking
10 6 (1.69%) Public Sector
11 5 (1.40%) Billing
11 5 (1.40%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 5 (1.40%) Investment Banking
11 5 (1.40%) Marketing
12 4 (1.12%) Advertising
12 4 (1.12%) Manufacturing
12 4 (1.12%) Telecoms
13 3 (0.84%) Games
14 2 (0.56%) Back Office
14 2 (0.56%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 173 (48.60%) Data Engineer
2 103 (28.93%) Senior
3 68 (19.10%) Senior Data Engineer
4 67 (18.82%) Azure Engineer
5 60 (16.85%) Lead
6 51 (14.33%) Architect
7 49 (13.76%) Azure Data Engineer
8 45 (12.64%) Data Architect
9 34 (9.55%) Developer
10 27 (7.58%) Lead Data Engineer
11 21 (5.90%) Platform Engineer
12 17 (4.78%) Consultant
12 17 (4.78%) Databricks Engineer
13 16 (4.49%) Databricks Data Engineer
14 15 (4.21%) Business Intelligence Developer
15 14 (3.93%) Python Data Engineer
15 14 (3.93%) Python Engineer
16 13 (3.65%) Elasticsearch Engineer
16 13 (3.65%) Kafka Engineer
16 13 (3.65%) Operations Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 75 (21.07%) PySpark
2 58 (16.29%) Terraform
3 38 (10.67%) Kafka
4 22 (6.18%) REST
5 21 (5.90%) JSON
6 13 (3.65%) Keycloak
7 12 (3.37%) .NET
8 11 (3.09%) .NET Core
8 11 (3.09%) CSS
8 11 (3.09%) HTML
8 11 (3.09%) HTML5 Canvas
8 11 (3.09%) Microsoft Graph
8 11 (3.09%) SPFx
9 9 (2.53%) ARM Templates
10 6 (1.69%) YAML
11 5 (1.40%) XML
12 4 (1.12%) Apache Avro
13 3 (0.84%) LangChain
13 3 (0.84%) SAML
13 3 (0.84%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 37 (10.39%) Cloud Native
2 25 (7.02%) Product Ownership
3 18 (5.06%) Hybrid Cloud
4 14 (3.93%) Legacy Systems
5 10 (2.81%) Enterprise Software
6 8 (2.25%) Greenfield Project
7 7 (1.97%) Analytical Mindset
7 7 (1.97%) Data Structures
8 5 (1.40%) Self-Motivation
9 4 (1.12%) AI Agents
9 4 (1.12%) Algorithms
9 4 (1.12%) Distributed Computing
9 4 (1.12%) Onboarding
9 4 (1.12%) PKI
10 3 (0.84%) Enterprise Cloud
10 3 (0.84%) Virtual Team
11 2 (0.56%) Data Protection Act
11 2 (0.56%) Low-Code
11 2 (0.56%) Public Cloud
11 2 (0.56%) Reference Data
Operating Systems
1 14 (3.93%) Windows
2 5 (1.40%) Windows Server
3 4 (1.12%) Linux
4 2 (0.56%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 2 (0.56%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 201 (56.46%) Business Intelligence
2 200 (56.18%) Analytics
3 184 (51.69%) Data Modelling
4 179 (50.28%) CI/CD
5 167 (46.91%) Data Engineering
6 165 (46.35%) DevOps
7 162 (45.51%) Data Pipeline
7 162 (45.51%) ETL
8 92 (25.84%) AI
9 86 (24.16%) Data Governance
10 84 (23.60%) Lakehouse
11 82 (23.03%) Agile
12 81 (22.75%) Problem-Solving
13 80 (22.47%) Data Architecture
14 79 (22.19%) Decision-Making
15 77 (21.63%) Machine Learning
16 74 (20.79%) Data Science
17 66 (18.54%) Data Integration
18 63 (17.70%) Technical Leadership
19 56 (15.73%) Infrastructure as Code
Programming Languages
1 271 (76.12%) SQL
2 199 (55.90%) Python
3 45 (12.64%) Scala
4 34 (9.55%) PowerShell
5 31 (8.71%) Data Analysis Expressions
6 27 (7.58%) Bicep
7 23 (6.46%) C#
8 16 (4.49%) JavaScript
9 13 (3.65%) Go
9 13 (3.65%) Java
9 13 (3.65%) T-SQL
10 11 (3.09%) TypeScript
11 8 (2.25%) R
12 3 (0.84%) Bash
13 2 (0.56%) Kusto Query Language
13 2 (0.56%) VBA
14 1 (0.28%) PL/SQL
14 1 (0.28%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 59 (16.57%) Azure Certification
2 45 (12.64%) Security Cleared
3 43 (12.08%) SC Cleared
4 33 (9.27%) Degree
5 25 (7.02%) Microsoft Certification
6 16 (4.49%) SnowPro
7 13 (3.65%) Computer Science Degree
7 13 (3.65%) DV Cleared
8 7 (1.97%) TOGAF Certification
9 4 (1.12%) CISSP
10 3 (0.84%) DBS Check
10 3 (0.84%) ITIL Certification
11 2 (0.56%) AWS Certification
11 2 (0.56%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
11 2 (0.56%) Master's Degree
12 1 (0.28%) BPSS Clearance
12 1 (0.28%) ICAEW
12 1 (0.28%) ISTQB
12 1 (0.28%) Microsoft Certified Professional
12 1 (0.28%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 140 (39.33%) Data Quality
2 32 (8.99%) GDPR
3 16 (4.49%) QA
4 9 (2.53%) California Consumer Privacy Act
5 7 (1.97%) Accessibility
6 2 (0.56%) IFRS
6 2 (0.56%) IFRS 17
6 2 (0.56%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 2 (0.56%) Solvency II
7 1 (0.28%) Cyber Essentials
7 1 (0.28%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 1 (0.28%) ISO 22301
7 1 (0.28%) SLA
System Software
1 21 (5.90%) Docker
2 4 (1.12%) Active Directory
3 2 (0.56%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 23 (6.46%) Kubernetes
2 3 (0.84%) Ansible
2 3 (0.84%) Grafana
2 3 (0.84%) Prometheus
3 1 (0.28%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 177 (49.72%) Microsoft
2 153 (42.98%) Databricks
3 12 (3.37%) SAP
4 11 (3.09%) Adobe
4 11 (3.09%) Informatica
5 9 (2.53%) Talend
6 7 (1.97%) Google
7 5 (1.40%) Salesforce
8 4 (1.12%) Foundry
8 4 (1.12%) OpenAI
9 2 (0.56%) Oracle
10 1 (0.28%) Actian
10 1 (0.28%) Alteryx
10 1 (0.28%) Bloomberg
10 1 (0.28%) Cognizant
10 1 (0.28%) Confluent
10 1 (0.28%) Meraki
10 1 (0.28%) Refinitiv
10 1 (0.28%) ServiceNow
10 1 (0.28%) Teradata