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 citing Azure Data Factory skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 29 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

	6 months to 29 Oct 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Rank	316	267	234
Rank change year-on-year	-49	-33	-18
Permanent jobs citing Azure Data Factory	55	35	77
As % of all permanent jobs in the North of England	0.23%	0.38%	0.62%
As % of the Cloud Services category	1.15%	1.37%	2.16%
Number of salaries quoted	42	21	49
10^th Percentile	£46,625	£50,250	£43,350
25^th Percentile	£52,500	£51,250	£50,000
Median annual salary (50^th Percentile)	£60,000	£55,000	£55,000
Median % change year-on-year	+9.09%	-	+10.00%
75^th Percentile	£83,750	£62,500	£65,000
90^th Percentile	£95,000	£83,500	£71,250
England median annual salary	£70,000	£70,000	£65,000
% change year-on-year	-	+7.69%	+4.00%

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 citing cloud computing skills in the North of England.

	6 months to 29 Oct 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Permanent vacancies citing cloud computing skills	4,771	2,564	3,566
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England	19.63%	27.67%	28.54%
Number of salaries quoted	3,607	1,772	2,027
10^th Percentile	£31,125	£27,500	£31,500
25^th Percentile	£41,250	£32,500	£42,500
Median annual salary (50^th Percentile)	£60,000	£52,500	£55,000
Median % change year-on-year	+14.29%	-4.55%	-
75^th Percentile	£77,500	£70,063	£69,500
90^th Percentile	£92,500	£82,500	£83,750
England median annual salary	£62,500	£57,500	£65,000
% change year-on-year	+8.70%	-11.54%	+4.00%

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 Salary Trend in the North of England

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 29 October 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 29 October 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	Job Ads Past 6 Months	Median Salary Past 6 Months	Median Salary % Change on Same Period Last Year	Live Jobs
North West	-24	27	£55,000	-	6
Yorkshire	-22	22	£80,000	+11.11%	3
North East	-71	12	£60,000	+14.29%	4
Azure Data Factory England

Azure Data Factory Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North of England

For the 6 months to 29 October 2026, job vacancies citing Azure Data Factory also mentioned 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 North of England region citing Azure Data Factory.

Rank	Skill	Share	Job Ads
1	Azure	100.0%	55
2	SQL	76.4%	42
3	Analytics	60.0%	33
4	CI/CD	58.2%	32
4	Data Engineering	58.2%	32
6	Data Pipeline	52.7%	29
6	ETL	52.7%	29
8	Python	50.9%	28
9	Data Quality	45.5%	25
9	DevOps	45.5%	25
11	Data Modelling	43.6%	24
12	Agile	41.8%	23
12	Data Lake	41.8%	23
12	Databricks	41.8%	23
15	Business Intelligence	40.0%	22
16	Azure Synapse Analytics	38.2%	21
16	Power BI	38.2%	21
16	Power Platform	38.2%	21
16	Problem-Solving	38.2%	21
20	Microsoft	36.4%	20
21	Data Warehouse	32.7%	18
22	Data Transformation	29.1%	16
22	Infrastructure as Code	29.1%	16
24	Data Integration	27.3%	15
24	Mentoring	27.3%	15
26	Java	25.5%	14
26	SC Cleared	25.5%	14
26	Security Cleared	25.5%	14
26	Software Engineering	25.5%	14
26	Technical Leadership	25.5%	14

Azure Data Factory Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North of England by Category

The table below expands on the one above by listing co-occurrences one category at a time. It covers the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences in each category.

Cloud Services

Rank	Skill	Share	Job Ads
1	Azure	100.0%	55
2	Azure Synapse Analytics	38.2%	21
2	Power Platform	38.2%	21
4	AWS	21.8%	12
5	Azure DevOps	18.2%	10
6	GCP	14.5%	8
7	Azure Functions	12.7%	7
7	Azure Logic Apps	12.7%	7
7	Azure Monitor	12.7%	7
7	Serverless	12.7%	7
11	Azure Databricks	10.9%	6
12	Microsoft Purview	9.1%	5
13	Amazon S3	7.3%	4
13	AWS Lambda	7.3%	4
13	AWS Step Functions	7.3%	4
16	Azure Storage	5.5%	3
16	dbt	5.5%	3
16	IaaS	5.5%	3
16	PaaS	5.5%	3
16	Snowflake	5.5%	3