Azure Data Engineer Job Trends

Data Engineer - Microsoft Azure
UK

The median Data Engineer - Microsoft Azure salary in the UK is £67,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 8 June 2026.

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

6 months to
8 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 654 611 745
Rank change year-on-year -43 +134 +35
Permanent jobs requiring an Azure Data Engineer 82 60 141
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.089% 0.14% 0.13%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.094% 0.15% 0.14%
Number of salaries quoted 78 46 135
10th Percentile £50,000 £55,625 £56,250
25th Percentile £52,500 £60,625 £61,875
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,500 £75,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% +7.14% +7.69%
75th Percentile £80,000 £87,000 £82,500
90th Percentile £86,500 £99,375 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £60,000 £67,500 £65,000
% change year-on-year -11.11% +3.85% +18.18%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
UK

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies. 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 UK with a recognized job title 86,875 39,687 99,829
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.88% 89.56% 94.86%
Number of salaries quoted 58,739 22,427 72,303
10th Percentile £30,000 £29,000 £28,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £40,000 £38,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £57,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% +9.52% -12.50%
75th Percentile £75,000 £77,500 £70,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £98,750 £90,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £50,055 £50,000
% change year-on-year -0.11% +0.11% -6.54%

Azure Data Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend

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.

Azure Data Engineer job vacancy trend in the UK

Azure Data Engineer
Salary Trend

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

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

Azure Data Engineer
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Azure Data Engineer over the 6 months to 8 June 2026.

Salary histogram for Azure Data Engineer in the UK

Azure Data Engineer
Top 11 Job Locations

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 UK over the 6 months to 8 June 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
England -40 77 £63,000 -16.00% 4
UK excluding London -21 61 £60,000 -11.11% 2
West Midlands -8 25 £67,500 +17.39% 2
Midlands -11 25 £67,500 -3.57% 2
South East -12 20 £50,000 -28.57%
London -40 19 £85,000 +13.33% 2
Work from Home +4 15 £77,500 +18.32% 7
North of England -37 12 £60,000 +9.09%
Yorkshire -32 9 £60,000 +20.00%
Scotland - 4 £80,000 -
North West -6 3 £80,000 +45.45%

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

For the 6 months to 8 June 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 featuring Azure Data Engineer in the job title.

1 82 (100.00%) Azure
2 48 (58.54%) Data Pipeline
3 44 (53.66%) SQL
4 42 (51.22%) Python
5 35 (42.68%) Microsoft
6 34 (41.46%) Azure Data Factory
6 34 (41.46%) ETL
7 30 (36.59%) Business Intelligence
8 24 (29.27%) Data Modelling
9 23 (28.05%) Analytics
9 23 (28.05%) CI/CD
10 22 (26.83%) Databricks
10 22 (26.83%) DevOps
10 22 (26.83%) Power BI
10 22 (26.83%) Power Platform
11 21 (25.61%) Data Engineering
12 20 (24.39%) Data Warehouse
13 17 (20.73%) Data Quality
14 16 (19.51%) Data Governance
15 15 (18.29%) Azure Synapse Analytics
16 14 (17.07%) Snowflake
17 13 (15.85%) Problem-Solving
18 12 (14.63%) Data Lake
19 10 (12.20%) AI
19 10 (12.20%) Data Architecture
19 10 (12.20%) Data Science
19 10 (12.20%) Decision-Making
19 10 (12.20%) Innovative Thinking
19 10 (12.20%) PySpark
19 10 (12.20%) SQL Server

Azure Data Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities 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 7 (8.54%) Apache Spark
2 2 (2.44%) Apache
Applications
1 1 (1.22%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 82 (100.00%) Azure
2 34 (41.46%) Azure Data Factory
3 22 (26.83%) Power Platform
4 15 (18.29%) Azure Synapse Analytics
5 14 (17.07%) Snowflake
6 9 (10.98%) Azure DevOps
7 7 (8.54%) AWS
7 7 (8.54%) Azure Stack
8 3 (3.66%) Azure Storage
8 3 (3.66%) Microsoft Purview
9 2 (2.44%) Azure AI
9 2 (2.44%) Cloud Computing
9 2 (2.44%) Serverless
10 1 (1.22%) Azure Monitor
10 1 (1.22%) Microsoft 365
Database & Business Intelligence
1 22 (26.83%) Power BI
2 20 (24.39%) Data Warehouse
3 12 (14.63%) Data Lake
4 10 (12.20%) SQL Server
4 10 (12.20%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 8 (9.76%) Azure SQL Database
6 7 (8.54%) Delta Lake
6 7 (8.54%) Metadata
7 4 (4.88%) Relational Database
8 3 (3.66%) NoSQL
8 3 (3.66%) Spark SQL
8 3 (3.66%) Star Schema
8 3 (3.66%) Tableau
9 1 (1.22%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
9 1 (1.22%) Big Data
9 1 (1.22%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 3 (3.66%) Git
1 3 (3.66%) Jenkins
General
1 17 (20.73%) Finance
2 14 (17.07%) Social Skills
3 4 (4.88%) Manufacturing
4 2 (2.44%) Advertising
4 2 (2.44%) Banking
4 2 (2.44%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 2 (2.44%) Public Sector
4 2 (2.44%) Retail
5 1 (1.22%) Analytical Skills
5 1 (1.22%) Influencing Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (12.20%) PySpark
2 3 (3.66%) Kafka
3 2 (2.44%) ARM Templates
4 1 (1.22%) .NET
4 1 (1.22%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 2 (2.44%) Cloud Native
1 2 (2.44%) Product Ownership
2 1 (1.22%) Distributed Computing
2 1 (1.22%) Greenfield Project
2 1 (1.22%) Legacy Systems
Processes & Methodologies
1 48 (58.54%) Data Pipeline
2 34 (41.46%) ETL
3 30 (36.59%) Business Intelligence
4 24 (29.27%) Data Modelling
5 23 (28.05%) Analytics
5 23 (28.05%) CI/CD
6 22 (26.83%) DevOps
7 21 (25.61%) Data Engineering
8 16 (19.51%) Data Governance
9 13 (15.85%) Problem-Solving
10 10 (12.20%) AI
10 10 (12.20%) Data Architecture
10 10 (12.20%) Data Science
10 10 (12.20%) Decision-Making
10 10 (12.20%) Innovative Thinking
11 8 (9.76%) Machine Learning
12 6 (7.32%) Agile
12 6 (7.32%) Data Strategy
13 5 (6.10%) Data Integration
13 5 (6.10%) Metadata Management
Programming Languages
1 44 (53.66%) SQL
2 42 (51.22%) Python
3 5 (6.10%) Scala
4 4 (4.88%) T-SQL
5 3 (3.66%) Bicep
5 3 (3.66%) C#
5 3 (3.66%) R
6 1 (1.22%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 3 (3.66%) Azure Certification
1 3 (3.66%) Computer Science Degree
1 3 (3.66%) Degree
2 2 (2.44%) SC Cleared
2 2 (2.44%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 17 (20.73%) Data Quality
2 3 (3.66%) GDPR
3 2 (2.44%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 3 (3.66%) Docker
Systems Management
1 3 (3.66%) Kubernetes
1 3 (3.66%) Terraform
Vendors
1 35 (42.68%) Microsoft
2 22 (26.83%) Databricks
3 2 (2.44%) Salesforce
3 2 (2.44%) SAP
4 1 (1.22%) Foundry
4 1 (1.22%) ServiceNow