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

6 months to
29 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 352 314 394
Rank change year-on-year -38 +80 -2
Permanent jobs citing Azure Data Factory 327 344 487
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.47% 0.94% 0.63%
As % of the Cloud Services category 1.44% 2.48% 1.70%
Number of salaries quoted 244 279 431
10th Percentile £46,250 £44,800 £41,250
25th Percentile £60,000 £53,750 £49,375
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £67,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +11.11% +12.50% -13.60%
75th Percentile £90,000 £82,500 £78,750
90th Percentile £100,000 £100,000 £92,500
UK median annual salary £75,000 £67,500 £62,168
% change year-on-year +11.11% +8.58% -7.90%

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 22,666 13,892 28,695
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 32.62% 37.78% 36.83%
Number of salaries quoted 12,341 10,216 23,877
10th Percentile £29,750 £32,500 £30,000
25th Percentile £41,250 £45,000 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £62,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% +8.70% -11.54%
75th Percentile £82,500 £83,750 £77,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £105,000 £97,500
UK median annual salary £60,000 £62,500 £57,500
% change year-on-year -4.00% +8.70% -11.54%

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 March 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 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
London -5 157 £85,000 +13.33% 51
Midlands -8 54 £60,000 +4.35% 20
West Midlands +5 51 £60,000 +4.35% 14
North of England -49 37 £75,000 +15.38% 27
South East -75 33 £50,000 -28.57% 31
East of England -18 19 £78,750 +26.00% 6
Yorkshire -54 18 £80,000 +33.33% 11
South West -39 13 £80,000 +25.49% 6
North West -31 12 £62,500 -5.66% 14
North East -17 7 £51,000 -34.19% 2
East Midlands -40 3 £57,500 +11.65% 6
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 21 (6.42%) SharePoint
2 17 (5.20%) Apache Spark
3 12 (3.67%) Appian
4 8 (2.45%) Apache
5 7 (2.14%) Apache Airflow
6 4 (1.22%) Microsoft Exchange
7 2 (0.61%) SAS
8 1 (0.31%) Jupyter
8 1 (0.31%) Palantir Foundry
Applications
1 23 (7.03%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.31%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.31%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 2 (0.61%) Oracle EBS
1 2 (0.61%) Unit4 Business World
2 1 (0.31%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.31%) Endur
2 1 (0.31%) NetSuite
Cloud Services
1 327 (100.00%) Azure
2 166 (50.76%) Power Platform
3 118 (36.09%) Azure Synapse Analytics
4 59 (18.04%) Azure DevOps
5 30 (9.17%) Power Automate
6 22 (6.73%) Microsoft 365
6 22 (6.73%) Microsoft Purview
7 20 (6.12%) PaaS
8 18 (5.50%) PowerApps
9 17 (5.20%) Azure AI
9 17 (5.20%) Snowflake
10 16 (4.89%) Anthropic Claude
11 15 (4.59%) AWS
11 15 (4.59%) Azure Logic Apps
11 15 (4.59%) GitHub
12 14 (4.28%) Azure Storage
12 14 (4.28%) Microsoft Copilot
12 14 (4.28%) SaaS
12 14 (4.28%) Serverless
13 13 (3.98%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 2 (0.61%) DNS
2 1 (0.31%) HTTPS
2 1 (0.31%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 154 (47.09%) Power BI
2 107 (32.72%) Data Lake
3 95 (29.05%) Data Warehouse
4 91 (27.83%) SQL Server
5 84 (25.69%) Azure SQL Database
6 40 (12.23%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 28 (8.56%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 24 (7.34%) Delta Lake
9 20 (6.12%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
10 17 (5.20%) Spark SQL
11 15 (4.59%) Metadata
12 14 (4.28%) Tableau
13 12 (3.67%) Pinecone
13 12 (3.67%) SQL Server Analysis Services
14 11 (3.36%) Relational Database
15 10 (3.06%) Star Schema
16 8 (2.45%) MySQL
17 7 (2.14%) Big Data
17 7 (2.14%) PostgreSQL
18 6 (1.83%) Qlik Sense
Development Applications
1 34 (10.40%) Git
2 12 (3.67%) MLflow
3 3 (0.92%) Jenkins
3 3 (0.92%) Visual Studio
4 2 (0.61%) Bitbucket
4 2 (0.61%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 123 (37.61%) Finance
2 120 (36.70%) Social Skills
3 51 (15.60%) Analytical Skills
4 15 (4.59%) Documentation Skills
5 13 (3.98%) Public Sector
6 10 (3.06%) Influencing Skills
7 9 (2.75%) Law
8 8 (2.45%) Automotive
9 7 (2.14%) Billing
9 7 (2.14%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 7 (2.14%) Presentation Skills
10 5 (1.53%) Manufacturing
11 4 (1.22%) Retail
12 3 (0.92%) Banking
12 3 (0.92%) Legal
12 3 (0.92%) Marketing
13 2 (0.61%) Advertising
13 2 (0.61%) Financial Institution
14 1 (0.31%) Back Office
14 1 (0.31%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 151 (46.18%) Data Engineer
2 58 (17.74%) Senior
3 41 (12.54%) Senior Data Engineer
4 39 (11.93%) Azure Engineer
5 35 (10.70%) Lead
6 34 (10.40%) Developer
7 30 (9.17%) Azure Data Engineer
8 20 (6.12%) Architect
9 18 (5.50%) Platform Engineer
10 16 (4.89%) Analyst
10 16 (4.89%) Business Intelligence Developer
11 15 (4.59%) Automation Engineer
11 15 (4.59%) Data Architect
11 15 (4.59%) Lead Data Engineer
12 14 (4.28%) Consultant
13 13 (3.98%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
14 11 (3.36%) Microsoft Engineer
15 8 (2.45%) Project Manager
15 8 (2.45%) Senior Developer
16 7 (2.14%) Insight Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 58 (17.74%) PySpark
2 25 (7.65%) REST
3 21 (6.42%) .NET
4 15 (4.59%) RESTful
5 13 (3.98%) OAuth
6 12 (3.67%) .NET Core
6 12 (3.67%) Django
6 12 (3.67%) Faiss
6 12 (3.67%) FastAPI
6 12 (3.67%) Flask
6 12 (3.67%) Hugging Face
6 12 (3.67%) JWT
6 12 (3.67%) NumPy
6 12 (3.67%) OpenAPI
6 12 (3.67%) Pandas
6 12 (3.67%) pytest
6 12 (3.67%) PyTorch
6 12 (3.67%) scikit-learn
6 12 (3.67%) Swagger
6 12 (3.67%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 19 (5.81%) Analytical Mindset
2 18 (5.50%) Legacy Systems
3 17 (5.20%) Low-Code
4 16 (4.89%) Cloud Native
5 9 (2.75%) Enterprise Cloud
5 9 (2.75%) Product Ownership
6 8 (2.45%) AI Agents
6 8 (2.45%) Greenfield Project
7 7 (2.14%) Self-Motivation
8 6 (1.83%) Management Information System
9 5 (1.53%) Distributed Computing
10 4 (1.22%) Data Structures
10 4 (1.22%) Replication
11 3 (0.92%) Clustering
11 3 (0.92%) Distributed Systems
11 3 (0.92%) Hybrid Cloud
11 3 (0.92%) Reinsurance
12 2 (0.61%) Credit Risk
12 2 (0.61%) Market Risk
12 2 (0.61%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 2 (0.61%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 185 (56.57%) Analytics
2 165 (50.46%) ETL
3 164 (50.15%) Business Intelligence
4 161 (49.24%) Data Modelling
5 148 (45.26%) Data Pipeline
6 147 (44.95%) Data Engineering
7 119 (36.39%) CI/CD
8 98 (29.97%) DevOps
9 96 (29.36%) AI
10 82 (25.08%) Decision-Making
11 77 (23.55%) Problem-Solving
12 75 (22.94%) Agile
13 64 (19.57%) Data Governance
14 60 (18.35%) Visualisation
15 54 (16.51%) Machine Learning
16 45 (13.76%) Data Architecture
17 42 (12.84%) Stakeholder Management
18 38 (11.62%) Migration
19 37 (11.31%) Data Integration
20 36 (11.01%) Continuous Improvement
Programming Languages
1 248 (75.84%) SQL
2 160 (48.93%) Python
3 30 (9.17%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 21 (6.42%) PowerShell
4 21 (6.42%) T-SQL
5 20 (6.12%) C#
6 18 (5.50%) Scala
7 14 (4.28%) JavaScript
8 8 (2.45%) Java
9 7 (2.14%) R
9 7 (2.14%) TypeScript
10 5 (1.53%) Bicep
11 3 (0.92%) C++
12 2 (0.61%) PHP
13 1 (0.31%) ANSI SQL
13 1 (0.31%) VBA
Qualifications
1 32 (9.79%) Degree
2 20 (6.12%) Security Cleared
3 16 (4.89%) Azure Certification
4 15 (4.59%) SC Cleared
5 9 (2.75%) Computer Science Degree
5 9 (2.75%) Microsoft Certification
6 8 (2.45%) IIBA
6 8 (2.45%) PMI Certification
6 8 (2.45%) PMP
7 7 (2.14%) Six Sigma Green Belt
8 3 (0.92%) Master's Degree
9 2 (0.61%) DBS Check
9 2 (0.61%) TOGAF Certification
10 1 (0.31%) ITIL Certification
10 1 (0.31%) MCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 99 (30.28%) Data Quality
2 20 (6.12%) GDPR
3 7 (2.14%) Actionable Recommendations
4 4 (1.22%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 4 (1.22%) QA
5 3 (0.92%) Accessibility
5 3 (0.92%) Solvency II
6 2 (0.61%) GRC
7 1 (0.31%) California Consumer Privacy Act
7 1 (0.31%) COBIT
7 1 (0.31%) SLA
System Software
1 18 (5.50%) Docker
2 5 (1.53%) Active Directory
3 2 (0.61%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 29 (8.87%) Terraform
2 24 (7.34%) Kubernetes
3 4 (1.22%) Single Sign-On
4 1 (0.31%) SQL Sentry
Vendors
1 146 (44.65%) Databricks
2 131 (40.06%) Microsoft
3 18 (5.50%) OpenAI
4 12 (3.67%) Automation Anywhere
4 12 (3.67%) UiPath
5 10 (3.06%) Alteryx
6 8 (2.45%) Anaplan
7 7 (2.14%) Adobe
8 6 (1.83%) Talend
9 5 (1.53%) Foundry
10 4 (1.22%) Informatica
11 3 (0.92%) Google
11 3 (0.92%) Oracle
12 2 (0.61%) RedGate
12 2 (0.61%) Salesforce
12 2 (0.61%) SAP
12 2 (0.61%) Trapeze
13 1 (0.31%) Nintex
13 1 (0.31%) Palantir
13 1 (0.31%) SolarWinds