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

6 months to
5 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 349 311 396
Rank change year-on-year -38 +85 -7
Permanent jobs citing Azure Data Factory 342 348 484
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.48% 0.95% 0.61%
As % of the Cloud Services category 1.47% 2.52% 1.67%
Number of salaries quoted 256 278 430
10th Percentile £46,250 £45,525 £41,250
25th Percentile £60,000 £54,063 £49,531
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £74,500 £67,500 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year +10.37% +8.00% -10.00%
75th Percentile £90,000 £82,500 £78,750
90th Percentile £100,000 £100,000 £92,625
UK median annual salary £75,000 £67,500 £62,500
% change year-on-year +11.11% +8.00% -7.41%

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 23,280 13,786 28,988
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 32.34% 37.69% 36.55%
Number of salaries quoted 12,654 10,201 24,064
10th Percentile £30,000 £32,250 £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 5 April 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 5 April 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 -6 161 £81,750 +5.48% 51
Midlands -18 59 £60,000 +4.35% 20
West Midlands +4 54 £60,000 +4.35% 14
North of England -54 39 £77,000 +18.46% 27
South East -75 33 £50,000 -28.57% 31
East of England -16 21 £78,750 +26.00% 6
Yorkshire -55 19 £80,000 +33.33% 11
South West -36 15 £57,500 -9.80% 6
North West -33 13 £70,000 +5.66% 14
North East -16 7 £51,000 -34.19% 2
East Midlands -42 5 £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 23 (6.73%) SharePoint
2 17 (4.97%) Apache Spark
3 12 (3.51%) Appian
4 8 (2.34%) Apache
5 7 (2.05%) Apache Airflow
6 4 (1.17%) Microsoft Exchange
7 2 (0.58%) SAS
8 1 (0.29%) Jupyter
8 1 (0.29%) Palantir Foundry
Applications
1 23 (6.73%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.29%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.29%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 2 (0.58%) Dynamics CRM
1 2 (0.58%) Oracle EBS
1 2 (0.58%) Unit4 Business World
2 1 (0.29%) Endur
2 1 (0.29%) Infor M3
2 1 (0.29%) NetSuite
Cloud Services
1 342 (100.00%) Azure
2 171 (50.00%) Power Platform
3 121 (35.38%) Azure Synapse Analytics
4 60 (17.54%) Azure DevOps
5 31 (9.06%) Power Automate
6 23 (6.73%) Microsoft 365
7 22 (6.43%) Microsoft Purview
8 21 (6.14%) Azure Logic Apps
9 20 (5.85%) PaaS
9 20 (5.85%) PowerApps
10 18 (5.26%) Snowflake
11 17 (4.97%) Azure AI
12 16 (4.68%) Anthropic Claude
12 16 (4.68%) GitHub
12 16 (4.68%) Serverless
13 15 (4.39%) AWS
13 15 (4.39%) Microsoft Copilot
14 14 (4.09%) Azure Functions
14 14 (4.09%) Azure Storage
14 14 (4.09%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 2 (0.58%) DNS
2 1 (0.29%) HTTPS
2 1 (0.29%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 158 (46.20%) Power BI
2 111 (32.46%) Data Lake
3 95 (27.78%) Data Warehouse
4 89 (26.02%) SQL Server
5 87 (25.44%) Azure SQL Database
6 45 (13.16%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 29 (8.48%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 26 (7.60%) Delta Lake
9 19 (5.56%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
9 19 (5.56%) Spark SQL
10 15 (4.39%) Metadata
11 14 (4.09%) Relational Database
11 14 (4.09%) Tableau
12 12 (3.51%) Pinecone
13 11 (3.22%) Star Schema
14 10 (2.92%) SQL Server Analysis Services
15 8 (2.34%) MySQL
15 8 (2.34%) PostgreSQL
16 7 (2.05%) Big Data
17 6 (1.75%) Qlik Sense
Development Applications
1 36 (10.53%) Git
2 12 (3.51%) MLflow
3 3 (0.88%) Jenkins
3 3 (0.88%) Visual Studio
4 2 (0.58%) Bitbucket
4 2 (0.58%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 127 (37.13%) Finance
2 124 (36.26%) Social Skills
3 56 (16.37%) Analytical Skills
4 15 (4.39%) Documentation Skills
4 15 (4.39%) Public Sector
5 9 (2.63%) Influencing Skills
6 8 (2.34%) Automotive
6 8 (2.34%) Law
7 7 (2.05%) Billing
7 7 (2.05%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 7 (2.05%) Presentation Skills
8 5 (1.46%) Manufacturing
9 4 (1.17%) Organisational Skills
9 4 (1.17%) Retail
10 3 (0.88%) Banking
11 2 (0.58%) Advertising
11 2 (0.58%) Financial Institution
11 2 (0.58%) Legal
11 2 (0.58%) Marketing
12 1 (0.29%) International Banking
Job Titles
1 158 (46.20%) Data Engineer
2 60 (17.54%) Senior
3 41 (11.99%) Senior Data Engineer
4 39 (11.40%) Azure Engineer
5 37 (10.82%) Lead
6 36 (10.53%) Developer
7 29 (8.48%) Azure Data Engineer
8 22 (6.43%) Architect
9 19 (5.56%) Platform Engineer
10 17 (4.97%) Business Intelligence Developer
10 17 (4.97%) Data Architect
10 17 (4.97%) Lead Data Engineer
11 16 (4.68%) Analyst
12 15 (4.39%) Automation Engineer
13 14 (4.09%) Consultant
14 13 (3.80%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
15 11 (3.22%) Microsoft Engineer
16 10 (2.92%) Senior Developer
17 8 (2.34%) Data Manager
17 8 (2.34%) Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 60 (17.54%) PySpark
2 28 (8.19%) REST
3 21 (6.14%) .NET
4 15 (4.39%) RESTful
5 14 (4.09%) JSON
6 13 (3.80%) OAuth
7 12 (3.51%) .NET Core
7 12 (3.51%) Django
7 12 (3.51%) Faiss
7 12 (3.51%) Flask
7 12 (3.51%) Hugging Face
7 12 (3.51%) JWT
7 12 (3.51%) NumPy
7 12 (3.51%) Pandas
7 12 (3.51%) pytest
7 12 (3.51%) PyTorch
7 12 (3.51%) scikit-learn
7 12 (3.51%) Swagger
7 12 (3.51%) TensorFlow
7 12 (3.51%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 20 (5.85%) Analytical Mindset
2 18 (5.26%) Legacy Systems
3 17 (4.97%) Low-Code
4 16 (4.68%) Cloud Native
5 12 (3.51%) Product Ownership
6 9 (2.63%) Enterprise Cloud
7 8 (2.34%) AI Agents
7 8 (2.34%) Greenfield Project
7 8 (2.34%) Management Information System
7 8 (2.34%) Self-Motivation
8 5 (1.46%) Distributed Computing
9 4 (1.17%) Data Structures
9 4 (1.17%) Replication
10 3 (0.88%) Clustering
10 3 (0.88%) Distributed Systems
10 3 (0.88%) Hybrid Cloud
10 3 (0.88%) Onboarding
10 3 (0.88%) Reinsurance
11 2 (0.58%) Enterprise Software
11 2 (0.58%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 2 (0.58%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 191 (55.85%) Analytics
2 173 (50.58%) ETL
3 169 (49.42%) Data Modelling
4 168 (49.12%) Business Intelligence
5 154 (45.03%) Data Engineering
6 152 (44.44%) Data Pipeline
7 123 (35.96%) CI/CD
8 101 (29.53%) DevOps
9 99 (28.95%) AI
10 85 (24.85%) Decision-Making
11 82 (23.98%) Problem-Solving
12 77 (22.51%) Agile
13 67 (19.59%) Data Governance
14 62 (18.13%) Visualisation
15 56 (16.37%) Machine Learning
16 53 (15.50%) Data Architecture
17 42 (12.28%) Data Integration
18 41 (11.99%) Stakeholder Management
19 40 (11.70%) Migration
20 38 (11.11%) Continuous Improvement
Programming Languages
1 260 (76.02%) SQL
2 165 (48.25%) Python
3 31 (9.06%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 22 (6.43%) PowerShell
4 22 (6.43%) T-SQL
5 20 (5.85%) C#
6 18 (5.26%) Scala
7 15 (4.39%) JavaScript
8 8 (2.34%) Java
8 8 (2.34%) TypeScript
9 7 (2.05%) R
10 5 (1.46%) Bicep
11 3 (0.88%) C++
12 2 (0.58%) PHP
13 1 (0.29%) ANSI SQL
13 1 (0.29%) VBA
Qualifications
1 37 (10.82%) Degree
2 21 (6.14%) Security Cleared
3 16 (4.68%) SC Cleared
4 15 (4.39%) Azure Certification
5 11 (3.22%) Computer Science Degree
6 8 (2.34%) IIBA
6 8 (2.34%) Microsoft Certification
6 8 (2.34%) PMI Certification
6 8 (2.34%) PMP
7 7 (2.05%) Six Sigma Green Belt
8 3 (0.88%) Master's Degree
9 2 (0.58%) DBS Check
9 2 (0.58%) ITIL Certification
9 2 (0.58%) TOGAF Certification
10 1 (0.29%) MCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 105 (30.70%) Data Quality
2 22 (6.43%) GDPR
3 7 (2.05%) Actionable Recommendations
4 5 (1.46%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 5 (1.46%) QA
5 4 (1.17%) Accessibility
6 3 (0.88%) Solvency II
7 2 (0.58%) GRC
8 1 (0.29%) California Consumer Privacy Act
8 1 (0.29%) COBIT
8 1 (0.29%) ISO 22301
8 1 (0.29%) SLA
System Software
1 18 (5.26%) Docker
2 5 (1.46%) Active Directory
3 2 (0.58%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 30 (8.77%) Terraform
2 24 (7.02%) Kubernetes
3 4 (1.17%) Single Sign-On
4 1 (0.29%) SQL Sentry
Vendors
1 152 (44.44%) Databricks
2 134 (39.18%) Microsoft
3 18 (5.26%) OpenAI
4 12 (3.51%) Automation Anywhere
4 12 (3.51%) UiPath
5 10 (2.92%) Alteryx
6 8 (2.34%) Adobe
6 8 (2.34%) Anaplan
7 6 (1.75%) Talend
8 5 (1.46%) Foundry
9 4 (1.17%) Informatica
9 4 (1.17%) Oracle
10 3 (0.88%) Google
10 3 (0.88%) Salesforce
10 3 (0.88%) SAP
11 2 (0.58%) RedGate
11 2 (0.58%) Trapeze
12 1 (0.29%) Infor
12 1 (0.29%) Palantir
12 1 (0.29%) SolarWinds