Azure Data Engineer Job Trends in the Midlands

Data Engineer - Microsoft Azure
England > Midlands

The median Data Engineer - Microsoft Azure salary in the Midlands is £65,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 13 January 2026.

The table below compares current salary benchmarking and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 184 232 225
Rank change year-on-year +48 -7 +86
Permanent jobs requiring an Azure Data Engineer 30 8 4
As % of all permanent jobs in the Midlands 0.39% 0.13% 0.070%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.43% 0.13% 0.074%
Number of salaries quoted 30 8 4
10th Percentile - - £46,625
25th Percentile £55,000 £41,250 £47,188
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £46,250 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +40.54% -7.50% -16.67%
75th Percentile £68,750 £58,438 £52,500
90th Percentile £70,000 £71,375 -
England median annual salary £67,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +12.50% - -14.29%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
Midlands

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in the Midlands. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of permanent jobs in our overall sample.

Permanent vacancies in the Midlands with a recognized job title 7,050 5,997 5,409
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.61% 94.17% 94.38%
Number of salaries quoted 4,293 2,784 4,470
10th Percentile £28,000 £31,250 £26,500
25th Percentile £35,000 £38,750 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £48,500 £52,500 £49,990
Median % change year-on-year -7.62% +5.02% -4.78%
75th Percentile £65,000 £65,338 £62,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £78,000 £75,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £57,800
% change year-on-year -8.33% +3.81% -6.02%

Azure Data Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring 'Azure Data Engineer' in the job title relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the Midlands.

Azure Data Engineer job vacancy trend in the Midlands

Azure Data Engineer
Salary Trend in the Midlands

Salary distribution trend for Azure Data Engineer job vacancies in the Midlands.

Salary distribution trend for Azure Data Engineer job vacancies in the Midlands

Azure Data Engineer
Salary Histogram in the Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing Azure Data Engineer in the Midlands over the 6 months to 13 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Azure Data Engineer in the Midlands

Azure Data Engineer
Job Locations in the Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Azure Data Engineer within the Midlands region over the 6 months to 13 January 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
West Midlands +41 23 £60,000 +41.18% 3
East Midlands -3 7 £67,500 +20.00%
Azure Data Engineer
England

Azure Data Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the Midlands

For the 6 months to 13 January 2026, Azure Data Engineer job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the Midlands region featuring Azure Data Engineer in the job title.

1 30 (100.00%) Azure
1 30 (100.00%) SQL
2 25 (83.33%) Python
3 22 (73.33%) Data Warehouse
4 19 (63.33%) ETL
5 17 (56.67%) Databricks
6 12 (40.00%) Data Engineering
6 12 (40.00%) Delta Lake
7 11 (36.67%) Azure Data Factory
8 10 (33.33%) CI/CD
8 10 (33.33%) Data Modelling
8 10 (33.33%) Microsoft
9 9 (30.00%) Requirements Gathering
9 9 (30.00%) SQL Server
10 8 (26.67%) PySpark
11 7 (23.33%) Business Intelligence
12 6 (20.00%) Machine Learning
13 5 (16.67%) AI
13 5 (16.67%) Azure SQL Database
13 5 (16.67%) Power BI
13 5 (16.67%) Power Platform
14 4 (13.33%) Snowflake
14 4 (13.33%) SQL Server Reporting Services
15 3 (10.00%) Analytics
15 3 (10.00%) Big Data
15 3 (10.00%) Change Data Capture
15 3 (10.00%) Data Pipeline
15 3 (10.00%) Parquet
15 3 (10.00%) SaaS
16 2 (6.67%) Azure Synapse Analytics

Azure Data Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the Midlands 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:

Applications
1 1 (3.33%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (3.33%) Spreadsheet
Cloud Services
1 30 (100.00%) Azure
2 11 (36.67%) Azure Data Factory
3 5 (16.67%) Power Platform
4 4 (13.33%) Snowflake
5 3 (10.00%) SaaS
6 2 (6.67%) Azure Synapse Analytics
7 1 (3.33%) Azure DevOps
7 1 (3.33%) Azure Machine Learning
7 1 (3.33%) Microsoft 365
Database & Business Intelligence
1 22 (73.33%) Data Warehouse
2 12 (40.00%) Delta Lake
3 9 (30.00%) SQL Server
4 5 (16.67%) Azure SQL Database
4 5 (16.67%) Power BI
5 4 (13.33%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 3 (10.00%) Big Data
6 3 (10.00%) Parquet
7 1 (3.33%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
7 1 (3.33%) Data Lake
7 1 (3.33%) Metadata
7 1 (3.33%) Relational Database
General
1 11 (36.67%) Retail
2 3 (10.00%) Automotive
3 1 (3.33%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (3.33%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (26.67%) PySpark
2 1 (3.33%) .NET
2 1 (3.33%) ARM Templates
Miscellaneous
1 1 (3.33%) Analytical Mindset
1 1 (3.33%) Cloud Native
1 1 (3.33%) Distributed Computing
Processes & Methodologies
1 19 (63.33%) ETL
2 12 (40.00%) Data Engineering
3 10 (33.33%) CI/CD
3 10 (33.33%) Data Modelling
4 9 (30.00%) Requirements Gathering
5 7 (23.33%) Business Intelligence
6 6 (20.00%) Machine Learning
7 5 (16.67%) AI
8 3 (10.00%) Analytics
8 3 (10.00%) Change Data Capture
8 3 (10.00%) Data Pipeline
9 2 (6.67%) Data Governance
9 2 (6.67%) DevOps
10 1 (3.33%) Data Strategy
10 1 (3.33%) Data-Driven Decision Making
10 1 (3.33%) Decision-Making
10 1 (3.33%) Innovative Thinking
10 1 (3.33%) Kimball Methodology
10 1 (3.33%) Proactive Monitoring
10 1 (3.33%) Project Delivery
Programming Languages
1 30 (100.00%) SQL
2 25 (83.33%) Python
3 2 (6.67%) T-SQL
4 1 (3.33%) Bicep
4 1 (3.33%) C#
4 1 (3.33%) Scala
Qualifications
1 1 (3.33%) Azure Certification
1 1 (3.33%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (6.67%) GDPR
2 1 (3.33%) Data Quality
2 1 (3.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
Systems Management
1 1 (3.33%) Terraform
Vendors
1 17 (56.67%) Databricks
2 10 (33.33%) Microsoft