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

6 months to
22 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 361 334 379
Rank change year-on-year -27 +45 +11
Permanent jobs citing Azure Data Factory 316 332 490
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.47% 0.87% 0.64%
As % of the Cloud Services category 1.43% 2.31% 1.73%
Number of salaries quoted 238 270 432
10th Percentile £46,250 £48,625 £41,250
25th Percentile £60,000 £56,250 £49,375
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £67,500 £61,084
Median % change year-on-year +11.11% +10.50% -12.04%
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 22,143 14,392 28,305
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 32.70% 37.92% 37.22%
Number of salaries quoted 12,071 10,166 23,613
10th Percentile £29,500 £32,500 £30,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £45,500 £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 £81,250 £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 22 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 22 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 +3 157 £84,250 +8.71% 54
Midlands -16 51 £60,000 -4.00% 25
West Midlands +17 49 £60,000 -4.00% 19
North of England -56 35 £67,500 +3.85% 24
South East -73 29 £50,000 -28.57% 31
East of England -5 17 £75,000 +5.26% 5
Yorkshire -46 16 £79,000 +31.67% 11
South West -27 13 £80,000 +25.49% 7
North West -28 12 £62,500 -3.85% 13
North East -22 7 £51,000 -34.19%
East Midlands -41 2 £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 18 (5.70%) SharePoint
2 17 (5.38%) Apache Spark
3 12 (3.80%) Appian
4 8 (2.53%) Apache
5 7 (2.22%) Apache Airflow
6 4 (1.27%) Microsoft Exchange
7 3 (0.95%) SAS
8 1 (0.32%) Jupyter
8 1 (0.32%) Palantir Foundry
Applications
1 23 (7.28%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.32%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.32%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 2 (0.63%) Oracle EBS
1 2 (0.63%) Unit4 Business World
2 1 (0.32%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.32%) Endur
2 1 (0.32%) NetSuite
Cloud Services
1 316 (100.00%) Azure
2 162 (51.27%) Power Platform
3 117 (37.03%) Azure Synapse Analytics
4 59 (18.67%) Azure DevOps
5 27 (8.54%) Power Automate
6 22 (6.96%) Microsoft Purview
7 20 (6.33%) Microsoft 365
7 20 (6.33%) PaaS
8 17 (5.38%) Snowflake
9 16 (5.06%) Anthropic Claude
9 16 (5.06%) Azure AI
9 16 (5.06%) PowerApps
10 15 (4.75%) AWS
10 15 (4.75%) GitHub
11 14 (4.43%) Azure Storage
11 14 (4.43%) Microsoft Copilot
11 14 (4.43%) SaaS
12 13 (4.11%) GCP
12 13 (4.11%) Matillion
12 13 (4.11%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 2 (0.63%) DNS
2 1 (0.32%) HTTPS
2 1 (0.32%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 150 (47.47%) Power BI
2 107 (33.86%) Data Lake
3 93 (29.43%) Data Warehouse
4 91 (28.80%) SQL Server
5 83 (26.27%) Azure SQL Database
6 41 (12.97%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 29 (9.18%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 24 (7.59%) Delta Lake
9 20 (6.33%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
10 15 (4.75%) Metadata
10 15 (4.75%) Spark SQL
11 14 (4.43%) Tableau
12 13 (4.11%) SQL Server Analysis Services
13 12 (3.80%) Pinecone
14 11 (3.48%) Star Schema
15 9 (2.85%) Relational Database
16 8 (2.53%) MySQL
17 7 (2.22%) Big Data
17 7 (2.22%) PostgreSQL
18 6 (1.90%) Qlik Sense
Development Applications
1 33 (10.44%) Git
2 12 (3.80%) MLflow
3 3 (0.95%) Jenkins
3 3 (0.95%) Visual Studio
4 2 (0.63%) Bitbucket
4 2 (0.63%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 124 (39.24%) Finance
2 115 (36.39%) Social Skills
3 47 (14.87%) Analytical Skills
4 15 (4.75%) Documentation Skills
5 13 (4.11%) Public Sector
6 10 (3.16%) Influencing Skills
7 9 (2.85%) Law
8 8 (2.53%) Automotive
9 7 (2.22%) Billing
9 7 (2.22%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 7 (2.22%) Presentation Skills
10 5 (1.58%) Manufacturing
11 4 (1.27%) Retail
12 3 (0.95%) Banking
12 3 (0.95%) Legal
13 2 (0.63%) Advertising
13 2 (0.63%) Financial Institution
13 2 (0.63%) Marketing
14 1 (0.32%) International Banking
14 1 (0.32%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 146 (46.20%) Data Engineer
2 55 (17.41%) Senior
3 40 (12.66%) Senior Data Engineer
4 38 (12.03%) Azure Engineer
5 35 (11.08%) Lead
6 32 (10.13%) Developer
7 30 (9.49%) Azure Data Engineer
8 19 (6.01%) Architect
9 16 (5.06%) Analyst
9 16 (5.06%) Business Intelligence Developer
9 16 (5.06%) Platform Engineer
10 14 (4.43%) Automation Engineer
10 14 (4.43%) Data Architect
11 13 (4.11%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
11 13 (4.11%) Consultant
11 13 (4.11%) Lead Data Engineer
12 11 (3.48%) Microsoft Engineer
13 8 (2.53%) Project Manager
14 7 (2.22%) Business Manager
14 7 (2.22%) Data Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 56 (17.72%) PySpark
2 24 (7.59%) REST
3 20 (6.33%) .NET
4 15 (4.75%) RESTful
5 13 (4.11%) OAuth
6 12 (3.80%) Django
6 12 (3.80%) Faiss
6 12 (3.80%) FastAPI
6 12 (3.80%) Flask
6 12 (3.80%) Hugging Face
6 12 (3.80%) JWT
6 12 (3.80%) NumPy
6 12 (3.80%) OpenAPI
6 12 (3.80%) Pandas
6 12 (3.80%) pytest
6 12 (3.80%) PyTorch
6 12 (3.80%) scikit-learn
6 12 (3.80%) Swagger
6 12 (3.80%) TensorFlow
6 12 (3.80%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 18 (5.70%) Analytical Mindset
1 18 (5.70%) Legacy Systems
2 17 (5.38%) Low-Code
3 15 (4.75%) Cloud Native
4 9 (2.85%) Enterprise Cloud
5 8 (2.53%) AI Agents
5 8 (2.53%) Greenfield Project
6 7 (2.22%) Product Ownership
6 7 (2.22%) Self-Motivation
7 6 (1.90%) Management Information System
8 5 (1.58%) Distributed Computing
9 4 (1.27%) Data Structures
9 4 (1.27%) Replication
10 3 (0.95%) Clustering
10 3 (0.95%) Distributed Systems
10 3 (0.95%) Hybrid Cloud
10 3 (0.95%) Reinsurance
11 2 (0.63%) Credit Risk
11 2 (0.63%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
11 2 (0.63%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 2 (0.63%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 179 (56.65%) Analytics
2 161 (50.95%) ETL
3 160 (50.63%) Business Intelligence
4 155 (49.05%) Data Modelling
5 143 (45.25%) Data Pipeline
6 141 (44.62%) Data Engineering
7 118 (37.34%) CI/CD
8 96 (30.38%) DevOps
9 92 (29.11%) AI
10 79 (25.00%) Decision-Making
11 74 (23.42%) Problem-Solving
12 73 (23.10%) Agile
13 60 (18.99%) Data Governance
14 58 (18.35%) Visualisation
15 50 (15.82%) Machine Learning
16 43 (13.61%) Data Architecture
17 40 (12.66%) Stakeholder Management
18 38 (12.03%) Migration
19 35 (11.08%) Infrastructure as Code
20 34 (10.76%) Data Integration
Programming Languages
1 237 (75.00%) SQL
2 155 (49.05%) Python
3 29 (9.18%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 20 (6.33%) T-SQL
5 19 (6.01%) C#
6 18 (5.70%) PowerShell
6 18 (5.70%) Scala
7 12 (3.80%) JavaScript
8 8 (2.53%) Java
9 7 (2.22%) R
10 5 (1.58%) Bicep
10 5 (1.58%) TypeScript
11 3 (0.95%) C++
12 2 (0.63%) PHP
13 1 (0.32%) ANSI SQL
13 1 (0.32%) VBA
Qualifications
1 31 (9.81%) Degree
2 19 (6.01%) Security Cleared
3 15 (4.75%) Azure Certification
4 14 (4.43%) SC Cleared
5 8 (2.53%) Computer Science Degree
5 8 (2.53%) IIBA
5 8 (2.53%) Microsoft Certification
5 8 (2.53%) PMI Certification
5 8 (2.53%) PMP
6 7 (2.22%) Six Sigma Green Belt
7 3 (0.95%) Master's Degree
8 2 (0.63%) DBS Check
8 2 (0.63%) TOGAF Certification
9 1 (0.32%) ITIL Certification
9 1 (0.32%) MCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 98 (31.01%) Data Quality
2 19 (6.01%) GDPR
3 7 (2.22%) Actionable Recommendations
4 4 (1.27%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 4 (1.27%) QA
5 3 (0.95%) Accessibility
5 3 (0.95%) Solvency II
6 2 (0.63%) GRC
7 1 (0.32%) California Consumer Privacy Act
7 1 (0.32%) COBIT
7 1 (0.32%) SLA
System Software
1 19 (6.01%) Docker
2 5 (1.58%) Active Directory
3 2 (0.63%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 28 (8.86%) Terraform
2 25 (7.91%) Kubernetes
3 4 (1.27%) Single Sign-On
4 1 (0.32%) SQL Sentry
Vendors
1 140 (44.30%) Databricks
2 124 (39.24%) Microsoft
3 17 (5.38%) OpenAI
4 12 (3.80%) Automation Anywhere
4 12 (3.80%) UiPath
5 10 (3.16%) Alteryx
6 8 (2.53%) Anaplan
7 6 (1.90%) Talend
8 5 (1.58%) Adobe
9 4 (1.27%) Foundry
9 4 (1.27%) Informatica
10 3 (0.95%) Google
10 3 (0.95%) Oracle
11 2 (0.63%) RedGate
11 2 (0.63%) Salesforce
11 2 (0.63%) SAP
11 2 (0.63%) Trapeze
12 1 (0.32%) Nintex
12 1 (0.32%) Palantir
12 1 (0.32%) SolarWinds