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

6 months to
12 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 377 302 407
Rank change year-on-year -75 +105 -7
Permanent jobs citing Azure Data Factory 341 354 476
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.46% 0.96% 0.59%
As % of the Cloud Services category 1.42% 2.58% 1.63%
Number of salaries quoted 255 285 425
10th Percentile £46,250 £44,400 £41,250
25th Percentile £60,000 £53,000 £49,375
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £74,000 £67,500 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year +9.63% +8.00% -10.00%
75th Percentile £90,000 £82,500 £78,750
90th Percentile £100,000 £100,000 £92,500
UK median annual salary £75,000 £67,500 £62,500
% 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 24,092 13,695 29,140
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 32.16% 37.31% 36.17%
Number of salaries quoted 12,909 10,205 24,135
10th Percentile £30,250 £32,000 £30,000
25th Percentile £41,439 £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 £83,125 £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 12 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 12 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 -13 155 £81,750 +5.48% 51
Midlands -23 59 £60,000 - 20
West Midlands +5 54 £60,000 +4.35% 14
North of England -61 42 £75,000 +15.38% 27
South East -79 33 £50,000 -28.57% 31
East of England -19 23 £86,250 +64.29% 6
Yorkshire -53 22 £80,000 +33.33% 11
South West -40 15 £57,500 -9.80% 6
North West -41 13 £70,000 +5.66% 14
North East -25 7 £51,000 -34.19% 2
East Midlands -46 5 £57,500 -11.54% 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 25 (7.33%) SharePoint
2 18 (5.28%) Apache Spark
3 12 (3.52%) Appian
4 8 (2.35%) Apache
5 7 (2.05%) Apache Airflow
6 4 (1.17%) Microsoft Exchange
7 1 (0.29%) Jupyter
7 1 (0.29%) Palantir Foundry
7 1 (0.29%) SAS
Applications
1 22 (6.45%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.29%) Chatbot
2 1 (0.29%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.29%) Spreadsheet
2 1 (0.29%) Trello
Business Applications
1 2 (0.59%) Dynamics CRM
1 2 (0.59%) Oracle EBS
1 2 (0.59%) Unit4 Business World
2 1 (0.29%) Endur
2 1 (0.29%) Infor M3
2 1 (0.29%) NetSuite
Cloud Services
1 341 (100.00%) Azure
2 170 (49.85%) Power Platform
3 120 (35.19%) Azure Synapse Analytics
4 59 (17.30%) Azure DevOps
5 33 (9.68%) Power Automate
6 25 (7.33%) Microsoft 365
7 24 (7.04%) Azure Logic Apps
8 22 (6.45%) Microsoft Purview
8 22 (6.45%) PowerApps
9 20 (5.87%) PaaS
10 16 (4.69%) Anthropic Claude
10 16 (4.69%) AWS
10 16 (4.69%) Azure AI
10 16 (4.69%) GitHub
10 16 (4.69%) Serverless
10 16 (4.69%) Snowflake
11 15 (4.40%) Microsoft Copilot
12 14 (4.11%) Azure Monitor
12 14 (4.11%) Azure Storage
12 14 (4.11%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 2 (0.59%) DNS
2 1 (0.29%) HTTPS
2 1 (0.29%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 157 (46.04%) Power BI
2 108 (31.67%) Data Lake
3 94 (27.57%) Data Warehouse
4 87 (25.51%) Azure SQL Database
5 85 (24.93%) SQL Server
6 43 (12.61%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 27 (7.92%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 26 (7.62%) Delta Lake
9 20 (5.87%) Spark SQL
10 19 (5.57%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
11 14 (4.11%) Metadata
11 14 (4.11%) Relational Database
11 14 (4.11%) Tableau
12 12 (3.52%) Pinecone
13 10 (2.93%) Star Schema
14 9 (2.64%) SQL Server Analysis Services
15 8 (2.35%) Big Data
15 8 (2.35%) MySQL
15 8 (2.35%) PostgreSQL
16 6 (1.76%) Qlik Sense
Development Applications
1 36 (10.56%) Git
2 12 (3.52%) MLflow
3 3 (0.88%) Jenkins
3 3 (0.88%) Visual Studio
4 2 (0.59%) Bitbucket
4 2 (0.59%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
5 1 (0.29%) JIRA
General
1 124 (36.36%) Social Skills
2 123 (36.07%) Finance
3 55 (16.13%) Analytical Skills
4 15 (4.40%) Documentation Skills
4 15 (4.40%) Public Sector
5 8 (2.35%) Automotive
5 8 (2.35%) Influencing Skills
5 8 (2.35%) Law
6 7 (2.05%) Billing
6 7 (2.05%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 7 (2.05%) Presentation Skills
7 5 (1.47%) Manufacturing
8 4 (1.17%) Organisational Skills
8 4 (1.17%) Retail
9 2 (0.59%) Advertising
9 2 (0.59%) Banking
9 2 (0.59%) Financial Institution
9 2 (0.59%) Legal
9 2 (0.59%) Marketing
10 1 (0.29%) Back Office
Job Titles
1 157 (46.04%) Data Engineer
2 63 (18.48%) Senior
3 41 (12.02%) Azure Engineer
3 41 (12.02%) Senior Data Engineer
4 38 (11.14%) Lead
5 37 (10.85%) Developer
6 30 (8.80%) Azure Data Engineer
7 21 (6.16%) Architect
8 20 (5.87%) Platform Engineer
9 18 (5.28%) Lead Data Engineer
10 16 (4.69%) Analyst
10 16 (4.69%) Business Intelligence Developer
10 16 (4.69%) Data Architect
11 15 (4.40%) Automation Engineer
12 14 (4.11%) Consultant
13 12 (3.52%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
13 12 (3.52%) Senior Developer
14 11 (3.23%) Microsoft Engineer
15 8 (2.35%) Data Manager
15 8 (2.35%) Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 61 (17.89%) PySpark
2 29 (8.50%) REST
3 23 (6.74%) .NET
4 16 (4.69%) JSON
5 15 (4.40%) RESTful
6 14 (4.11%) .NET Core
7 13 (3.81%) NumPy
7 13 (3.81%) OAuth
7 13 (3.81%) Pandas
7 13 (3.81%) PyTorch
7 13 (3.81%) scikit-learn
7 13 (3.81%) TensorFlow
8 12 (3.52%) CSS
8 12 (3.52%) Django
8 12 (3.52%) Flask
8 12 (3.52%) HTML
8 12 (3.52%) Hugging Face
8 12 (3.52%) pytest
8 12 (3.52%) Swagger
8 12 (3.52%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 20 (5.87%) Analytical Mindset
2 17 (4.99%) Cloud Native
2 17 (4.99%) Legacy Systems
2 17 (4.99%) Low-Code
3 13 (3.81%) Product Ownership
4 9 (2.64%) AI Agents
4 9 (2.64%) Enterprise Cloud
5 8 (2.35%) Management Information System
5 8 (2.35%) Self-Motivation
6 7 (2.05%) Greenfield Project
7 5 (1.47%) Distributed Computing
8 4 (1.17%) Replication
9 3 (0.88%) Clustering
9 3 (0.88%) Data Structures
9 3 (0.88%) Distributed Systems
9 3 (0.88%) Hybrid Cloud
9 3 (0.88%) Onboarding
9 3 (0.88%) Reinsurance
10 2 (0.59%) Enterprise Software
10 2 (0.59%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 2 (0.59%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 190 (55.72%) Analytics
2 169 (49.56%) Business Intelligence
2 169 (49.56%) ETL
3 166 (48.68%) Data Modelling
4 153 (44.87%) Data Engineering
5 149 (43.70%) Data Pipeline
6 123 (36.07%) CI/CD
7 100 (29.33%) DevOps
8 98 (28.74%) AI
9 85 (24.93%) Decision-Making
10 81 (23.75%) Problem-Solving
11 74 (21.70%) Agile
12 65 (19.06%) Data Governance
13 62 (18.18%) Visualisation
14 58 (17.01%) Machine Learning
15 52 (15.25%) Data Architecture
16 42 (12.32%) Data Integration
17 40 (11.73%) Stakeholder Management
18 39 (11.44%) Migration
19 38 (11.14%) Continuous Improvement
Programming Languages
1 256 (75.07%) SQL
2 162 (47.51%) Python
3 30 (8.80%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 24 (7.04%) PowerShell
5 22 (6.45%) C#
6 21 (6.16%) T-SQL
7 18 (5.28%) Scala
8 17 (4.99%) JavaScript
9 10 (2.93%) TypeScript
10 8 (2.35%) Java
11 7 (2.05%) R
12 5 (1.47%) Bicep
13 3 (0.88%) C++
14 2 (0.59%) PHP
15 1 (0.29%) ANSI SQL
15 1 (0.29%) VBA
Qualifications
1 38 (11.14%) Degree
2 21 (6.16%) Security Cleared
3 16 (4.69%) SC Cleared
4 15 (4.40%) Azure Certification
5 12 (3.52%) Computer Science Degree
6 8 (2.35%) IIBA
6 8 (2.35%) Microsoft Certification
6 8 (2.35%) PMI Certification
6 8 (2.35%) PMP
7 7 (2.05%) Six Sigma Green Belt
8 3 (0.88%) Master's Degree
9 2 (0.59%) DBS Check
9 2 (0.59%) ITIL Certification
9 2 (0.59%) TOGAF Certification
10 1 (0.29%) MCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 103 (30.21%) Data Quality
2 22 (6.45%) GDPR
3 7 (2.05%) Actionable Recommendations
4 5 (1.47%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 5 (1.47%) QA
5 4 (1.17%) Accessibility
6 3 (0.88%) Solvency II
7 2 (0.59%) 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 (5.28%) Docker
2 5 (1.47%) Active Directory
3 2 (0.59%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 31 (9.09%) Terraform
2 24 (7.04%) Kubernetes
3 4 (1.17%) Single Sign-On
4 1 (0.29%) SQL Sentry
Vendors
1 149 (43.70%) Databricks
2 133 (39.00%) Microsoft
3 18 (5.28%) OpenAI
4 12 (3.52%) Automation Anywhere
4 12 (3.52%) UiPath
5 10 (2.93%) Adobe
5 10 (2.93%) Alteryx
6 8 (2.35%) Anaplan
7 6 (1.76%) Talend
8 5 (1.47%) Foundry
9 4 (1.17%) Google
9 4 (1.17%) Informatica
9 4 (1.17%) Oracle
10 3 (0.88%) Salesforce
10 3 (0.88%) SAP
11 2 (0.59%) RedGate
11 2 (0.59%) Trapeze
12 1 (0.29%) Cognizant
12 1 (0.29%) Infor
12 1 (0.29%) SolarWinds