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 29 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
29 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 432 340 402
Rank change year-on-year -92 +62 -50
Permanent jobs citing Azure Data Factory 327 352 445
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.36% 0.81% 0.59%
As % of the Cloud Services category 1.34% 2.45% 1.81%
Number of salaries quoted 247 266 376
10th Percentile £48,750 £44,000 £43,750
25th Percentile £57,500 £52,500 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £80,000 £67,500 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +18.52% +3.85% -0.76%
75th Percentile £95,000 £85,000 £82,500
90th Percentile £107,500 £90,750 £96,250
UK median annual salary £80,000 £65,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year +23.08% - -

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 24,487 14,390 24,557
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 27.14% 33.13% 32.34%
Number of salaries quoted 16,417 10,271 18,708
10th Percentile £31,250 £30,000 £31,250
25th Percentile £44,750 £41,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.17% - -7.69%
75th Percentile £85,000 £81,250 £80,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £102,500 £100,000
UK median annual salary £62,500 £60,000 £60,000
% 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 29 July 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 29 July 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 -54 148 £80,000 - 36
North of England +5 68 £73,750 +22.92% 13
Yorkshire +3 43 £80,000 +33.33% 6
Midlands -45 34 £58,750 -6.00% 15
East of England -14 31 £90,000 +66.67% 2
West Midlands -36 29 £58,750 +2.17% 13
South East -78 21 £50,000 -23.08% 19
North West -7 20 £55,000 -4.35% 5
South West -47 18 £84,000 +8.39% 1
East Midlands -29 5 - - 2
North East -50 5 £47,500 -9.52% 3
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 33 (10.09%) Apache Spark
2 29 (8.87%) SharePoint
3 14 (4.28%) Apache
4 12 (3.67%) Apache Airflow
5 3 (0.92%) Jupyter
6 2 (0.61%) Luigi
7 1 (0.31%) Appian
Applications
1 5 (1.53%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (0.61%) Chatbot
3 1 (0.31%) Spreadsheet
3 1 (0.31%) Trello
Business Applications
1 5 (1.53%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (0.61%) Unit4 Business World
3 1 (0.31%) Infor M3
Cloud Services
1 327 (100.00%) Azure
2 152 (46.48%) Power Platform
3 98 (29.97%) Azure Synapse Analytics
4 60 (18.35%) Azure DevOps
5 45 (13.76%) Azure Logic Apps
6 38 (11.62%) Microsoft Purview
7 31 (9.48%) PowerApps
8 30 (9.17%) Power Automate
9 23 (7.03%) Microsoft 365
10 22 (6.73%) Snowflake
11 21 (6.42%) Azure Functions
11 21 (6.42%) Serverless
12 19 (5.81%) Adobe Creative Cloud
12 19 (5.81%) OneDrive
13 17 (5.20%) AWS
14 16 (4.89%) Azure Cosmos DB
14 16 (4.89%) GCP
15 13 (3.98%) dbt
15 13 (3.98%) Dynamics 365
16 12 (3.67%) Azure Monitor
Database & Business Intelligence
1 147 (44.95%) Power BI
2 100 (30.58%) Data Warehouse
3 88 (26.91%) Data Lake
4 73 (22.32%) Azure SQL Database
5 45 (13.76%) SQL Server
6 44 (13.46%) Metadata
7 40 (12.23%) Delta Lake
8 32 (9.79%) Spark SQL
9 30 (9.17%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 23 (7.03%) Tableau
11 20 (6.12%) Relational Database
11 20 (6.12%) Star Schema
12 17 (5.20%) Big Data
13 15 (4.59%) Data Vault
14 14 (4.28%) Semantic Layer
15 13 (3.98%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
15 13 (3.98%) BigQuery
16 12 (3.67%) PostgreSQL
17 11 (3.36%) Power Query
18 10 (3.06%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 27 (8.26%) Git
2 8 (2.45%) MLflow
3 5 (1.53%) GitLab
3 5 (1.53%) Jenkins
4 4 (1.22%) Visual Studio
5 3 (0.92%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
6 2 (0.61%) JIRA
6 2 (0.61%) Visual Studio Code
7 1 (0.31%) ERwin
7 1 (0.31%) VSS/SourceSafe
General
1 111 (33.94%) Social Skills
2 90 (27.52%) Finance
3 54 (16.51%) Analytical Skills
4 14 (4.28%) Legal
5 13 (3.98%) Retail
6 12 (3.67%) Influencing Skills
7 11 (3.36%) Law
8 5 (1.53%) Public Sector
9 4 (1.22%) Advertising
9 4 (1.22%) Marketing
9 4 (1.22%) Organisational Skills
10 3 (0.92%) Documentation Skills
10 3 (0.92%) Games
10 3 (0.92%) Manufacturing
10 3 (0.92%) Telecoms
11 2 (0.61%) Banking
11 2 (0.61%) Billing
11 2 (0.61%) Financial Institution
12 1 (0.31%) Automotive
12 1 (0.31%) Social Housing
Job Titles
1 158 (48.32%) Data Engineer
2 80 (24.46%) Senior
3 61 (18.65%) Lead
4 46 (14.07%) Architect
5 44 (13.46%) Data Architect
5 44 (13.46%) Senior Data Engineer
6 43 (13.15%) Azure Engineer
7 39 (11.93%) Developer
8 32 (9.79%) Azure Data Engineer
9 29 (8.87%) Lead Data Engineer
10 23 (7.03%) Platform Engineer
11 18 (5.50%) Senior Developer
12 16 (4.89%) Consultant
13 12 (3.67%) Business Intelligence Developer
14 9 (2.75%) Azure Platform Engineer
14 9 (2.75%) Cloud Platform Engineer
15 8 (2.45%) Data Manager
15 8 (2.45%) Microsoft Engineer
15 8 (2.45%) Senior Consultant
16 7 (2.14%) Microsoft 365 Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 73 (22.32%) PySpark
2 22 (6.73%) .NET
2 22 (6.73%) JSON
3 20 (6.12%) .NET Core
3 20 (6.12%) CSS
3 20 (6.12%) HTML
3 20 (6.12%) Kafka
3 20 (6.12%) REST
4 19 (5.81%) HTML5 Canvas
4 19 (5.81%) Microsoft Graph
4 19 (5.81%) SPFx
5 12 (3.67%) ARM Templates
6 6 (1.83%) SOAP
7 5 (1.53%) Keycloak
8 2 (0.61%) FastAPI
8 2 (0.61%) LangChain
8 2 (0.61%) NumPy
8 2 (0.61%) PyTorch
8 2 (0.61%) RESTful
8 2 (0.61%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 32 (9.79%) Cloud Native
2 17 (5.20%) Product Ownership
3 12 (3.67%) Greenfield Project
4 11 (3.36%) Analytical Mindset
5 7 (2.14%) Distributed Computing
5 7 (2.14%) Legacy Systems
6 6 (1.83%) Hybrid Cloud
7 5 (1.53%) Management Information System
7 5 (1.53%) Replication
8 4 (1.22%) AI Agents
8 4 (1.22%) Onboarding
8 4 (1.22%) Reinsurance
9 3 (0.92%) Algorithms
9 3 (0.92%) Data Structures
9 3 (0.92%) Low-Code
10 2 (0.61%) Clustering
10 2 (0.61%) Data Protection Act
10 2 (0.61%) Distributed Systems
10 2 (0.61%) Enterprise Software
10 2 (0.61%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 179 (54.74%) Analytics
2 176 (53.82%) Business Intelligence
3 169 (51.68%) Data Modelling
4 150 (45.87%) Data Engineering
5 146 (44.65%) ETL
6 144 (44.04%) CI/CD
7 140 (42.81%) Data Pipeline
8 123 (37.61%) DevOps
9 101 (30.89%) AI
10 92 (28.13%) Data Governance
11 83 (25.38%) Machine Learning
12 73 (22.32%) Decision-Making
13 72 (22.02%) Problem-Solving
14 68 (20.80%) Agile
15 67 (20.49%) Data Architecture
16 61 (18.65%) Data Integration
17 59 (18.04%) Data Science
17 59 (18.04%) Technical Leadership
18 51 (15.60%) Mentoring
19 50 (15.29%) Continuous Improvement
Programming Languages
1 245 (74.92%) SQL
2 165 (50.46%) Python
3 34 (10.40%) PowerShell
4 29 (8.87%) Scala
5 23 (7.03%) C#
6 22 (6.73%) JavaScript
7 19 (5.81%) TypeScript
8 17 (5.20%) Data Analysis Expressions
9 16 (4.89%) Bicep
10 12 (3.67%) T-SQL
11 10 (3.06%) Java
12 7 (2.14%) R
13 5 (1.53%) Go
14 2 (0.61%) Kusto Query Language
14 2 (0.61%) VBA
15 1 (0.31%) C++
15 1 (0.31%) PHP
Qualifications
1 40 (12.23%) Azure Certification
2 31 (9.48%) Security Cleared
3 30 (9.17%) Degree
4 26 (7.95%) SC Cleared
5 19 (5.81%) Microsoft Certification
6 16 (4.89%) Computer Science Degree
7 11 (3.36%) SnowPro
8 6 (1.83%) TOGAF Certification
9 5 (1.53%) DV Cleared
10 4 (1.22%) ITIL Certification
11 3 (0.92%) DBS Check
12 1 (0.31%) ICAEW
12 1 (0.31%) Master's Degree
12 1 (0.31%) Microsoft Certified Professional
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 104 (31.80%) Data Quality
2 31 (9.48%) GDPR
3 15 (4.59%) QA
4 5 (1.53%) Accessibility
4 5 (1.53%) Solvency II
5 2 (0.61%) GRC
5 2 (0.61%) IFRS
5 2 (0.61%) IFRS 17
5 2 (0.61%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 2 (0.61%) SLA
6 1 (0.31%) ISO 22301
System Software
1 9 (2.75%) Docker
2 1 (0.31%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 46 (14.07%) Terraform
2 10 (3.06%) Kubernetes
3 1 (0.31%) SQL Sentry
Vendors
1 158 (48.32%) Databricks
2 144 (44.04%) Microsoft
3 19 (5.81%) Adobe
4 9 (2.75%) OpenAI
5 8 (2.45%) SAP
6 7 (2.14%) Foundry
6 7 (2.14%) Google
6 7 (2.14%) Salesforce
7 3 (0.92%) Informatica
8 2 (0.61%) Trapeze
9 1 (0.31%) Alteryx
9 1 (0.31%) Bloomberg
9 1 (0.31%) Cognizant
9 1 (0.31%) Infor
9 1 (0.31%) Nintex
9 1 (0.31%) Oracle
9 1 (0.31%) ServiceNow
9 1 (0.31%) SolarWinds
9 1 (0.31%) Talend
9 1 (0.31%) Teradata