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

6 months to
19 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 432 364 385
Rank change year-on-year -68 +21 -53
Permanent jobs citing Azure Data Factory 370 299 445
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.36% 0.69% 0.64%
As % of the Cloud Services category 1.50% 2.12% 2.02%
Number of salaries quoted 265 246 355
10th Percentile £48,750 £43,875 £43,750
25th Percentile £56,250 £51,375 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £72,500 £65,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +11.54% - -
75th Percentile £91,250 £84,688 £80,000
90th Percentile £107,500 £90,750 £100,000
UK median annual salary £70,000 £65,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year +7.69% - -

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 24,698 14,096 22,021
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 24.12% 32.62% 31.86%
Number of salaries quoted 17,116 9,863 14,254
10th Percentile £31,500 £29,750 £35,000
25th Percentile £45,000 £39,375 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £64,000 £60,000 £63,500
Median % change year-on-year +6.67% -5.51% -2.31%
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 19 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 19 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 -42 186 £80,000 - 142
North of England -25 66 £62,500 +13.64% 38
South East -55 40 £62,500 +13.64% 52
Yorkshire -13 36 £82,500 +37.50% 11
Midlands -51 36 £85,000 +38.78% 25
West Midlands -50 28 £85,000 +41.67% 15
North West -4 24 £55,000 - 22
East of England -20 23 £90,000 +80.00% 9
South West -58 22 £85,000 +20.14% 12
East Midlands -35 8 - - 10
North East -65 8 £52,500 - 5
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 (11.35%) Apache Spark
2 21 (5.68%) SharePoint
3 20 (5.41%) Apache
4 13 (3.51%) Apache Airflow
5 2 (0.54%) Jupyter
5 2 (0.54%) Luigi
Applications
1 4 (1.08%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (0.81%) Chatbot
3 1 (0.27%) Spreadsheet
3 1 (0.27%) Trello
Business Applications
1 8 (2.16%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (0.54%) Dynamics NAV
3 1 (0.27%) Infor M3
Cloud Services
1 370 (100.00%) Azure
2 173 (46.76%) Power Platform
3 132 (35.68%) Azure Synapse Analytics
4 86 (23.24%) Azure DevOps
5 64 (17.30%) Azure Databricks
6 49 (13.24%) Microsoft Purview
7 46 (12.43%) Azure Logic Apps
8 27 (7.30%) Azure Cosmos DB
9 26 (7.03%) Serverless
9 26 (7.03%) Snowflake
10 23 (6.22%) PowerApps
11 22 (5.95%) Azure Functions
11 22 (5.95%) Power Automate
12 20 (5.41%) AWS
13 19 (5.14%) Microsoft 365
14 18 (4.86%) dbt
15 15 (4.05%) Adobe Creative Cloud
15 15 (4.05%) GCP
15 15 (4.05%) OneDrive
16 14 (3.78%) Azure Machine Learning
Communications & Networking
1 3 (0.81%) Firewall
2 2 (0.54%) DNS
3 1 (0.27%) Remote Desktop
3 1 (0.27%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 170 (45.95%) Power BI
2 125 (33.78%) Data Warehouse
3 99 (26.76%) Data Lake
4 91 (24.59%) Azure SQL Database
5 69 (18.65%) Metadata
6 48 (12.97%) Delta Lake
6 48 (12.97%) SQL Server
7 32 (8.65%) Star Schema
8 27 (7.30%) Tableau
9 26 (7.03%) Spark SQL
10 22 (5.95%) NoSQL
11 21 (5.68%) SQL Server Integration Services
12 20 (5.41%) Data Vault
13 19 (5.14%) Big Data
13 19 (5.14%) PostgreSQL
14 18 (4.86%) Relational Database
14 18 (4.86%) Semantic Layer
15 14 (3.78%) Elasticsearch
16 13 (3.51%) Amazon Redshift
16 13 (3.51%) BigQuery
Development Applications
1 46 (12.43%) Git
2 11 (2.97%) Jenkins
3 7 (1.89%) GitLab
3 7 (1.89%) MLflow
4 3 (0.81%) Visual Studio Code
5 2 (0.54%) JIRA
5 2 (0.54%) Visual Studio
6 1 (0.27%) ERwin
6 1 (0.27%) kappa
6 1 (0.27%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
6 1 (0.27%) VSS/SourceSafe
General
1 126 (34.05%) Social Skills
2 103 (27.84%) Finance
3 65 (17.57%) Analytical Skills
4 20 (5.41%) Legal
5 15 (4.05%) Retail
6 13 (3.51%) Law
7 11 (2.97%) Influencing Skills
8 7 (1.89%) Banking
8 7 (1.89%) Documentation Skills
9 6 (1.62%) Marketing
10 5 (1.35%) Billing
10 5 (1.35%) Public Sector
11 4 (1.08%) Advertising
11 4 (1.08%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 4 (1.08%) Investment Banking
11 4 (1.08%) Manufacturing
11 4 (1.08%) Organisational Skills
11 4 (1.08%) Telecoms
12 3 (0.81%) Games
13 2 (0.54%) Back Office
Job Titles
1 177 (47.84%) Data Engineer
2 103 (27.84%) Senior
3 66 (17.84%) Azure Engineer
4 63 (17.03%) Lead
4 63 (17.03%) Senior Data Engineer
5 53 (14.32%) Architect
6 48 (12.97%) Data Architect
7 46 (12.43%) Azure Data Engineer
8 43 (11.62%) Developer
9 29 (7.84%) Lead Data Engineer
10 23 (6.22%) Platform Engineer
11 20 (5.41%) Databricks Engineer
12 18 (4.86%) Databricks Data Engineer
13 17 (4.59%) Business Intelligence Developer
14 15 (4.05%) Consultant
14 15 (4.05%) Senior Developer
15 13 (3.51%) Analyst
15 13 (3.51%) Azure Platform Engineer
15 13 (3.51%) Cloud Platform Engineer
16 12 (3.24%) Python Data Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 81 (21.89%) PySpark
2 54 (14.59%) Terraform
3 34 (9.19%) Kafka
4 25 (6.76%) JSON
5 23 (6.22%) REST
6 16 (4.32%) .NET
7 15 (4.05%) .NET Core
7 15 (4.05%) CSS
7 15 (4.05%) HTML
7 15 (4.05%) HTML5 Canvas
7 15 (4.05%) Microsoft Graph
7 15 (4.05%) SPFx
8 11 (2.97%) Keycloak
9 10 (2.70%) ARM Templates
10 5 (1.35%) SOAP
10 5 (1.35%) XML
10 5 (1.35%) YAML
11 4 (1.08%) Apache Avro
12 3 (0.81%) LangChain
12 3 (0.81%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 37 (10.00%) Cloud Native
2 30 (8.11%) Product Ownership
3 16 (4.32%) Hybrid Cloud
4 14 (3.78%) Legacy Systems
5 11 (2.97%) Enterprise Software
6 9 (2.43%) Analytical Mindset
7 8 (2.16%) Greenfield Project
8 6 (1.62%) Data Structures
9 5 (1.35%) Distributed Computing
9 5 (1.35%) Onboarding
10 4 (1.08%) AI Agents
10 4 (1.08%) Algorithms
10 4 (1.08%) Management Information System
10 4 (1.08%) Self-Motivation
11 3 (0.81%) Enterprise Cloud
11 3 (0.81%) Virtual Team
12 2 (0.54%) Data Protection Act
12 2 (0.54%) PKI
12 2 (0.54%) Reinsurance
12 2 (0.54%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 12 (3.24%) Windows
2 3 (0.81%) Windows Server
3 2 (0.54%) Linux
4 1 (0.27%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 1 (0.27%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 207 (55.95%) Business Intelligence
2 206 (55.68%) Analytics
3 195 (52.70%) Data Modelling
4 181 (48.92%) CI/CD
5 175 (47.30%) Data Engineering
6 173 (46.76%) ETL
7 166 (44.86%) Data Pipeline
8 163 (44.05%) DevOps
9 97 (26.22%) AI
10 95 (25.68%) Data Governance
11 93 (25.14%) Lakehouse
12 89 (24.05%) Data Architecture
13 85 (22.97%) Problem-Solving
14 83 (22.43%) Agile
15 82 (22.16%) Machine Learning
16 80 (21.62%) Decision-Making
17 74 (20.00%) Data Science
18 70 (18.92%) Data Integration
19 68 (18.38%) Technical Leadership
20 57 (15.41%) Data Strategy
Programming Languages
1 285 (77.03%) SQL
2 208 (56.22%) Python
3 44 (11.89%) Scala
4 34 (9.19%) PowerShell
5 31 (8.38%) Data Analysis Expressions
6 27 (7.30%) C#
7 25 (6.76%) Bicep
8 20 (5.41%) JavaScript
9 15 (4.05%) TypeScript
10 14 (3.78%) T-SQL
11 12 (3.24%) Java
12 11 (2.97%) Go
13 8 (2.16%) R
14 3 (0.81%) Bash
15 2 (0.54%) Kusto Query Language
15 2 (0.54%) VBA
16 1 (0.27%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 57 (15.41%) Azure Certification
2 40 (10.81%) Security Cleared
3 39 (10.54%) Degree
4 38 (10.27%) SC Cleared
5 26 (7.03%) Microsoft Certification
6 16 (4.32%) Computer Science Degree
6 16 (4.32%) SnowPro
7 11 (2.97%) DV Cleared
8 7 (1.89%) TOGAF Certification
9 4 (1.08%) ITIL Certification
10 3 (0.81%) DBS Check
11 2 (0.54%) CISSP
11 2 (0.54%) Master's Degree
12 1 (0.27%) AWS Certification
12 1 (0.27%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
12 1 (0.27%) BPSS Clearance
12 1 (0.27%) ICAEW
12 1 (0.27%) ISTQB
12 1 (0.27%) Microsoft Certified Professional
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 143 (38.65%) Data Quality
2 34 (9.19%) GDPR
3 17 (4.59%) QA
4 9 (2.43%) California Consumer Privacy Act
5 8 (2.16%) Accessibility
6 3 (0.81%) Solvency II
7 2 (0.54%) IFRS
7 2 (0.54%) IFRS 17
8 1 (0.27%) ISO 22301
8 1 (0.27%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 1 (0.27%) SLA
System Software
1 19 (5.14%) Docker
2 2 (0.54%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.27%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 21 (5.68%) Kubernetes
2 3 (0.81%) Ansible
2 3 (0.81%) Grafana
2 3 (0.81%) Prometheus
3 1 (0.27%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 179 (48.38%) Microsoft
2 162 (43.78%) Databricks
3 15 (4.05%) Adobe
4 11 (2.97%) Informatica
4 11 (2.97%) SAP
5 10 (2.70%) Talend
6 7 (1.89%) Google
7 6 (1.62%) Salesforce
8 5 (1.35%) Foundry
8 5 (1.35%) OpenAI
9 1 (0.27%) Alteryx
9 1 (0.27%) Bloomberg
9 1 (0.27%) Cognizant
9 1 (0.27%) Confluent
9 1 (0.27%) Infor
9 1 (0.27%) Meraki
9 1 (0.27%) Oracle
9 1 (0.27%) Refinitiv
9 1 (0.27%) ServiceNow
9 1 (0.27%) Teradata