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 25 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
25 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 364 362 301
Rank change year-on-year -2 -61 +127
Permanent jobs citing Azure Data Factory 273 419 472
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.59% 0.70% 1.02%
As % of the Cloud Services category 1.71% 2.05% 2.36%
Number of salaries quoted 215 325 416
10th Percentile £47,600 £47,500 £43,375
25th Percentile £55,000 £52,989 £49,688
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £65,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +7.69% +8.33% -14.29%
75th Percentile £85,000 £80,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £97,500 £100,000 £92,000
UK median annual salary £70,000 £65,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +7.69% +8.33% -11.11%

All Cloud 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 15,949 20,435 19,984
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 34.39% 33.96% 43.35%
Number of salaries quoted 10,357 12,427 16,767
10th Percentile £28,750 £35,000 £32,750
25th Percentile £37,500 £47,500 £45,653
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £59,000 £65,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -9.23% +4.00% -3.85%
75th Percentile £80,000 £83,750 £82,548
90th Percentile £100,000 £102,500 £101,250
UK median annual salary £57,500 £65,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year -11.54% +4.00% -0.79%

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 25 November 2025.

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 25 November 2025. 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 +1 143 £82,500 +10.00% 71
South East -9 35 £55,000 -15.38% 55
Midlands +65 34 £60,000 +9.09% 23
North of England +8 34 £55,000 - 12
West Midlands +64 32 £60,000 - 21
North West +20 14 £56,250 +2.27% 10
North East +24 11 £51,750 -13.75%
Yorkshire +11 9 £79,000 +21.54% 2
South West +31 8 £77,500 +31.91% 4
East of England +29 8 £52,250 - 4
East Midlands +28 2 £61,250 +22.50% 2
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 16 (5.86%) SharePoint
2 12 (4.40%) Apache Spark
3 8 (2.93%) Apache
4 5 (1.83%) SAS
5 4 (1.47%) Apache Airflow
6 2 (0.73%) Appian
7 1 (0.37%) Jupyter
7 1 (0.37%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 21 (7.69%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (0.73%) Spreadsheet
3 1 (0.37%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 6 (2.20%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (0.73%) Oracle EBS
3 1 (0.37%) Dynamics NAV
3 1 (0.37%) NetSuite
3 1 (0.37%) Raiser’s Edge
Cloud Services
1 273 (100.00%) Azure
2 159 (58.24%) Power Platform
3 106 (38.83%) Azure Synapse Analytics
4 53 (19.41%) Azure DevOps
5 26 (9.52%) Microsoft Purview
6 23 (8.42%) Azure Logic Apps
7 16 (5.86%) Snowflake
8 15 (5.49%) SaaS
9 14 (5.13%) Azure Cosmos DB
10 13 (4.76%) GitHub
10 13 (4.76%) Power Automate
11 12 (4.40%) AWS
11 12 (4.40%) dbt
11 12 (4.40%) Dynamics 365
11 12 (4.40%) Entra ID
11 12 (4.40%) PowerApps
12 11 (4.03%) GCP
12 11 (4.03%) Matillion
13 10 (3.66%) Azure Functions
13 10 (3.66%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 4 (1.47%) Firewall
2 1 (0.37%) DNS
2 1 (0.37%) HTTPS
2 1 (0.37%) Network Security
2 1 (0.37%) SSL
2 1 (0.37%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 139 (50.92%) Power BI
2 90 (32.97%) SQL Server
3 79 (28.94%) Data Lake
3 79 (28.94%) Data Warehouse
4 67 (24.54%) Azure SQL Database
5 48 (17.58%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 42 (15.38%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 19 (6.96%) Metadata
8 16 (5.86%) SQL Server Analysis Services
9 14 (5.13%) Tableau
10 13 (4.76%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
11 12 (4.40%) MySQL
12 11 (4.03%) Delta Lake
12 11 (4.03%) PostgreSQL
13 7 (2.56%) Relational Database
14 6 (2.20%) Qlik Sense
15 5 (1.83%) Big Data
15 5 (1.83%) MongoDB
15 5 (1.83%) Power Query
15 5 (1.83%) SAS EBI
Development Applications
1 27 (9.89%) Git
2 5 (1.83%) Bitbucket
3 4 (1.47%) JIRA
4 2 (0.73%) Jenkins
4 2 (0.73%) MLflow
4 2 (0.73%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
5 1 (0.37%) JUnit
5 1 (0.37%) Selenium
5 1 (0.37%) TestComplete
General
1 113 (41.39%) Social Skills
2 94 (34.43%) Finance
3 52 (19.05%) Analytical Skills
4 14 (5.13%) Documentation Skills
4 14 (5.13%) Presentation Skills
4 14 (5.13%) Public Sector
5 12 (4.40%) Law
6 10 (3.66%) Automotive
6 10 (3.66%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 10 (3.66%) Marketing
6 10 (3.66%) Organisational Skills
6 10 (3.66%) Retail
7 9 (3.30%) Influencing Skills
8 8 (2.93%) Billing
9 5 (1.83%) Banking
10 4 (1.47%) Advertising
10 4 (1.47%) Legal
10 4 (1.47%) Manufacturing
11 2 (0.73%) Financial Institution
11 2 (0.73%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 116 (42.49%) Data Engineer
2 48 (17.58%) Senior
3 36 (13.19%) Senior Data Engineer
4 30 (10.99%) Developer
5 25 (9.16%) Architect
5 25 (9.16%) Azure Engineer
6 23 (8.42%) Analyst
6 23 (8.42%) Lead
7 22 (8.06%) Data Architect
8 21 (7.69%) Azure Data Engineer
9 15 (5.49%) Business Intelligence Developer
10 11 (4.03%) Data Manager
11 10 (3.66%) Azure Architect
12 9 (3.30%) Azure Data Architect
13 8 (2.93%) Lead Developer
14 7 (2.56%) Business Manager
14 7 (2.56%) Commercial Analyst
14 7 (2.56%) Insight Analyst
14 7 (2.56%) Insight Manager
14 7 (2.56%) Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 42 (15.38%) PySpark
2 19 (6.96%) .NET
3 13 (4.76%) REST
4 7 (2.56%) .NET Framework
4 7 (2.56%) JSON
4 7 (2.56%) XML
5 6 (2.20%) .NET Core
5 6 (2.20%) Pandas
6 5 (1.83%) Entity Framework
6 5 (1.83%) Kafka
7 4 (1.47%) Polars
7 4 (1.47%) RESTful
8 3 (1.10%) ARM Templates
8 3 (1.10%) OAuth
8 3 (1.10%) SOAP
9 2 (0.73%) Django
9 2 (0.73%) Middleware
9 2 (0.73%) Node.js
9 2 (0.73%) Symfony
9 2 (0.73%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 22 (8.06%) Analytical Mindset
2 11 (4.03%) Cloud Native
2 11 (4.03%) Legacy Systems
3 9 (3.30%) Product Ownership
4 8 (2.93%) Low-Code
5 7 (2.56%) Self-Motivation
6 6 (2.20%) Algorithms
6 6 (2.20%) Data Structures
7 5 (1.83%) Clustering
7 5 (1.83%) Enterprise Software
7 5 (1.83%) Hybrid Cloud
8 4 (1.47%) Distributed Architecture
8 4 (1.47%) Distributed Systems
8 4 (1.47%) Reference Data
9 3 (1.10%) Credit Risk
9 3 (1.10%) Management Information System
9 3 (1.10%) Market Risk
10 2 (0.73%) Enterprise Cloud
10 2 (0.73%) Public Cloud
10 2 (0.73%) Reinsurance
Operating Systems
1 4 (1.47%) Windows
1 4 (1.47%) Windows Server
2 2 (0.73%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 144 (52.75%) Business Intelligence
2 134 (49.08%) Analytics
3 128 (46.89%) ETL
4 106 (38.83%) Data Engineering
5 96 (35.16%) Data Modelling
6 95 (34.80%) Data Pipeline
7 80 (29.30%) CI/CD
8 78 (28.57%) DevOps
9 75 (27.47%) Agile
10 73 (26.74%) Problem-Solving
11 72 (26.37%) Decision-Making
12 61 (22.34%) AI
13 58 (21.25%) Data Governance
14 48 (17.58%) Visualisation
15 42 (15.38%) Stakeholder Management
16 39 (14.29%) Data Architecture
16 39 (14.29%) Machine Learning
17 32 (11.72%) Migration
18 31 (11.36%) Mentoring
18 31 (11.36%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 195 (71.43%) SQL
2 119 (43.59%) Python
3 42 (15.38%) T-SQL
4 33 (12.09%) Data Analysis Expressions
5 23 (8.42%) C#
6 12 (4.40%) PowerShell
6 12 (4.40%) Scala
7 10 (3.66%) JavaScript
8 6 (2.20%) Bicep
9 5 (1.83%) R
10 4 (1.47%) Java
11 3 (1.10%) Bash
12 2 (0.73%) PHP
13 1 (0.37%) C++
13 1 (0.37%) PL/SQL
13 1 (0.37%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 31 (11.36%) Degree
2 22 (8.06%) Azure Certification
3 17 (6.23%) Microsoft Certification
4 12 (4.40%) SC Cleared
4 12 (4.40%) Security Cleared
5 11 (4.03%) Computer Science Degree
6 8 (2.93%) TOGAF Certification
7 7 (2.56%) DBS Check
7 7 (2.56%) Master's Degree
7 7 (2.56%) Six Sigma Green Belt
8 4 (1.47%) ISTQB
9 3 (1.10%) PMI Certification
9 3 (1.10%) PMP
10 2 (0.73%) IIBA
10 2 (0.73%) MCSE
11 1 (0.37%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 63 (23.08%) Data Quality
2 24 (8.79%) GDPR
3 8 (2.93%) QA
4 7 (2.56%) Actionable Recommendations
5 5 (1.83%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 3 (1.10%) Accessibility
7 2 (0.73%) SLA
8 1 (0.37%) California Consumer Privacy Act
8 1 (0.37%) HIPAA
8 1 (0.37%) PCI DSS
8 1 (0.37%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 11 (4.03%) Docker
2 4 (1.47%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 17 (6.23%) Terraform
2 15 (5.49%) Kubernetes
3 4 (1.47%) Grafana
3 4 (1.47%) Prometheus
4 3 (1.10%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 132 (48.35%) Microsoft
2 121 (44.32%) Databricks
3 8 (2.93%) Informatica
4 7 (2.56%) Talend
5 6 (2.20%) Oracle
6 5 (1.83%) RedGate
6 5 (1.83%) SAP
7 4 (1.47%) Alteryx
7 4 (1.47%) CrowdStrike
7 4 (1.47%) Fortinet
7 4 (1.47%) Palo Alto
7 4 (1.47%) Salesforce
7 4 (1.47%) SolarWinds
8 3 (1.10%) Google
8 3 (1.10%) OpenAI
9 2 (0.73%) Anaplan
9 2 (0.73%) Automation Anywhere
9 2 (0.73%) HubSpot
9 2 (0.73%) ServiceNow
9 2 (0.73%) UiPath