Azure Data Factory Job Trends in the North of England

Microsoft Azure Data Factory
England > North of England

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the North of England requiring Azure Data Factory skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 4 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
4 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 276 224 294
Rank change year-on-year -52 +70 +28
Permanent jobs citing Azure Data Factory 42 36 89
As % of all permanent jobs in the North of England 0.23% 0.50% 0.53%
As % of the Cloud Services category 0.69% 1.56% 1.51%
Number of salaries quoted 37 35 84
10th Percentile £46,104 £42,500 £37,000
25th Percentile £57,500 £53,750 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £80,000 £65,000 £48,750
Median % change year-on-year +23.08% +33.33% -11.36%
75th Percentile £83,750 £71,250 £58,750
90th Percentile - £81,250 £67,125
England median annual salary £75,000 £67,500 £62,500
% change year-on-year +11.11% +8.00% -7.41%

All Cloud Computing Skills
North of 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 the North of England.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 6,046 2,311 5,889
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 32.86% 32.13% 35.37%
Number of salaries quoted 2,761 1,711 4,931
10th Percentile £28,250 £30,000 £28,500
25th Percentile £38,772 £40,000 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,239 £55,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +3.13% +5.71% -4.55%
75th Percentile £77,424 £75,000 £69,775
90th Percentile £95,000 £90,000 £82,548
England median annual salary £62,500 £62,500 £57,500
% change year-on-year - +8.70% -11.54%

Azure Data Factory
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Azure Data Factory relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the North of England.

Azure Data Factory job vacancy trend in the North of England

Azure Data Factory
Salary Trend in the North of England

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the North of England citing Azure Data Factory.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the North of England citing Azure Data Factory

Azure Data Factory
Salary Histogram in the North of England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Azure Data Factory in the North of England over the 6 months to 4 May 2026.

Salary histogram for Azure Data Factory in the North of England

Azure Data Factory
Job Locations in the North of 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 North of England region over the 6 months to 4 May 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
Yorkshire -46 31 £80,000 +33.33% 12
North West -35 10 £62,500 -7.41% 11
North East -36 1 - -
Azure Data Factory
England

Azure Data Factory
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North of 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 5 (11.90%) Apache Airflow
2 4 (9.52%) Apache Spark
3 3 (7.14%) SharePoint
4 2 (4.76%) Apache
Applications
1 2 (4.76%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 1 (2.38%) NetSuite
Cloud Services
1 42 (100.00%) Azure
2 14 (33.33%) Power Platform
3 9 (21.43%) Azure DevOps
3 9 (21.43%) Azure Synapse Analytics
4 8 (19.05%) Azure Functions
4 8 (19.05%) Azure Logic Apps
4 8 (19.05%) Serverless
5 7 (16.67%) AWS
5 7 (16.67%) Azure Monitor
6 6 (14.29%) GCP
7 5 (11.90%) dbt
8 3 (7.14%) IaaS
8 3 (7.14%) PaaS
8 3 (7.14%) PowerApps
8 3 (7.14%) Snowflake
9 2 (4.76%) Microsoft Purview
9 2 (4.76%) Power Automate
10 1 (2.38%) Azure AI
10 1 (2.38%) Azure Cosmos DB
10 1 (2.38%) Collibra
Database & Business Intelligence
1 20 (47.62%) Data Warehouse
2 13 (30.95%) Data Lake
2 13 (30.95%) Power BI
2 13 (30.95%) Spark SQL
3 7 (16.67%) Azure SQL Database
4 6 (14.29%) BigQuery
5 4 (9.52%) Metadata
5 4 (9.52%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 4 (9.52%) Star Schema
6 3 (7.14%) Amazon Redshift
6 3 (7.14%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
6 3 (7.14%) Data Vault
6 3 (7.14%) Semantic Layer
6 3 (7.14%) SQL Server
6 3 (7.14%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 2 (4.76%) Amazon QuickSight
7 2 (4.76%) Tableau
8 1 (2.38%) DataStage
8 1 (2.38%) PowerCenter
8 1 (2.38%) SAP Data Services
Development Applications
1 2 (4.76%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 13 (30.95%) Social Skills
2 7 (16.67%) Finance
3 5 (11.90%) Analytical Skills
4 3 (7.14%) Manufacturing
4 3 (7.14%) Retail
4 3 (7.14%) Telecoms
5 2 (4.76%) Advertising
5 2 (4.76%) Legal
6 1 (2.38%) Financial Institution
6 1 (2.38%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 31 (73.81%) Data Engineer
2 18 (42.86%) Lead
3 17 (40.48%) Lead Data Engineer
4 15 (35.71%) Azure Engineer
5 11 (26.19%) Platform Engineer
6 8 (19.05%) Azure Data Engineer
6 8 (19.05%) Senior
6 8 (19.05%) Senior Data Engineer
7 7 (16.67%) Azure Platform Engineer
7 7 (16.67%) Cloud Platform Engineer
8 5 (11.90%) Architect
8 5 (11.90%) Data Architect
9 4 (9.52%) Consultant
9 4 (9.52%) Data Consultant
9 4 (9.52%) Developer
10 3 (7.14%) Principal Architect
10 3 (7.14%) Principal Consultant
10 3 (7.14%) Principal Data Architect
11 2 (4.76%) Business Developer
11 2 (4.76%) C# Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 15 (35.71%) PySpark
2 8 (19.05%) REST
3 7 (16.67%) ARM Templates
4 2 (4.76%) .NET
5 1 (2.38%) .NET Core
5 1 (2.38%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 5 (11.90%) Cloud Native
2 2 (4.76%) Data Structures
2 2 (4.76%) Legacy Systems
2 2 (4.76%) Management Information System
3 1 (2.38%) Analytical Mindset
3 1 (2.38%) Onboarding
Processes & Methodologies
1 22 (52.38%) ETL
2 20 (47.62%) CI/CD
2 20 (47.62%) Data Engineering
2 20 (47.62%) Data Modelling
3 19 (45.24%) DevOps
4 18 (42.86%) Business Intelligence
5 17 (40.48%) Data Governance
5 17 (40.48%) Data Pipeline
6 16 (38.10%) Analytics
7 13 (30.95%) Test Automation
8 12 (28.57%) Cost Optimisation
8 12 (28.57%) Data Integration
8 12 (28.57%) Infrastructure as Code
9 11 (26.19%) Data Strategy
9 11 (26.19%) Platform Engineering
10 9 (21.43%) Agile
10 9 (21.43%) Problem-Solving
11 8 (19.05%) Computer Science
11 8 (19.05%) Data Architecture
11 8 (19.05%) Mentoring
Programming Languages
1 31 (73.81%) SQL
2 18 (42.86%) Python
3 3 (7.14%) Java
4 2 (4.76%) C#
4 2 (4.76%) PowerShell
4 2 (4.76%) T-SQL
5 1 (2.38%) Scala
Qualifications
1 11 (26.19%) Degree
2 8 (19.05%) Computer Science Degree
3 4 (9.52%) Azure Certification
4 1 (2.38%) DBS Check
4 1 (2.38%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (26.19%) Data Quality
2 7 (16.67%) GDPR
3 1 (2.38%) QA
Systems Management
1 10 (23.81%) Terraform
2 1 (2.38%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 23 (54.76%) Databricks
2 5 (11.90%) Microsoft
3 2 (4.76%) Google
3 2 (4.76%) Salesforce
3 2 (4.76%) SAP
4 1 (2.38%) Informatica
4 1 (2.38%) Nintex