Azure Data Factory Job Trends

Microsoft Azure Data Factory
UK

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs requiring Azure Data Factory skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 9 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
9 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 358 360 313
Rank change year-on-year +2 -47 +124
Permanent jobs citing Azure Data Factory 323 445 504
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.57% 0.72% 1.00%
As % of the Cloud Services category 1.67% 2.06% 2.33%
Number of salaries quoted 213 352 432
10th Percentile £47,500 £45,490 £42,525
25th Percentile £55,000 £52,500 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £65,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +7.69% +8.33% -11.11%
75th Percentile £85,000 £80,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £98,500 £100,000 £92,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £60,000 £61,250 £53,000
% change year-on-year -2.04% +15.57% -11.67%

All Cloud Skills
UK

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.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 19,352 21,649 21,597
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 34.31% 34.85% 42.79%
Number of salaries quoted 11,203 13,206 18,135
10th Percentile £28,750 £35,000 £32,750
25th Percentile £38,500 £46,250 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £62,500 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% - -3.85%
75th Percentile £80,000 £82,500 £82,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £100,000 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £53,500
% change year-on-year -9.09% +2.80% -2.73%

Azure Data Factory
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Azure Data Factory job vacancy trend in the UK

Azure Data Factory
Salary Trend

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Azure Data Factory.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Azure Data Factory

Azure Data Factory
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Azure Data Factory over the 6 months to 9 December 2025.

Salary histogram for Azure Data Factory in the UK

Azure Data Factory
Top 17 Job Locations

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 UK over the 6 months to 9 December 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
England -16 263 £70,000 +7.69% 177
UK excluding London +42 162 £60,000 -2.04% 143
London +11 144 £85,000 +17.24% 82
Work from Home +51 143 £70,596 +8.61% 127
Scotland +38 44 £52,500 - 10
Midlands +41 33 £60,000 +2.13% 25
South East -16 33 £55,000 -12.70% 66
West Midlands +44 32 £60,000 -4.00% 17
North of England -4 30 £56,367 +2.48% 24
North West +14 12 £57,500 +4.55% 17
North East +12 9 £51,750 -13.75% 1
Yorkshire -14 9 £79,000 +22.01% 6
South West +21 7 £75,000 +27.66% 8
East of England +30 6 £52,250 - 9
Northern Ireland - 6 £50,000 - 2
Wales +4 3 £55,000 +28.65% 1
East Midlands +10 1 £82,500 +65.00% 8

Azure Data Factory
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 14 (4.33%) Apache Spark
2 8 (2.48%) Apache
2 8 (2.48%) SharePoint
3 5 (1.55%) SAS
4 4 (1.24%) Apache Airflow
4 4 (1.24%) Appian
5 1 (0.31%) Confluence
5 1 (0.31%) Jupyter
Applications
1 33 (10.22%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (0.93%) Spreadsheet
3 2 (0.62%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 4 (1.24%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (0.62%) Markit EDM
2 2 (0.62%) Oracle EBS
3 1 (0.31%) Endur
3 1 (0.31%) Raiser’s Edge
Cloud Services
1 323 (100.00%) Azure
2 175 (54.18%) Power Platform
3 125 (38.70%) Azure Synapse Analytics
4 82 (25.39%) Azure DevOps
5 42 (13.00%) GitHub
6 34 (10.53%) Snowflake
7 28 (8.67%) Azure Logic Apps
7 28 (8.67%) Microsoft Purview
8 22 (6.81%) dbt
9 20 (6.19%) Azure Monitor
9 20 (6.19%) GitHub Actions
10 19 (5.88%) Power Automate
11 14 (4.33%) AWS
11 14 (4.33%) Azure Cosmos DB
11 14 (4.33%) Azure Service Bus
11 14 (4.33%) SaaS
12 12 (3.72%) Azure Event Grid
12 12 (3.72%) GitHub Copilot
13 11 (3.41%) Matillion
14 10 (3.10%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 7 (2.17%) Firewall
2 5 (1.55%) DNS
3 4 (1.24%) VPN
4 1 (0.31%) HTTPS
4 1 (0.31%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 159 (49.23%) Power BI
2 104 (32.20%) SQL Server
3 93 (28.79%) Data Lake
4 89 (27.55%) Data Warehouse
5 77 (23.84%) Azure SQL Database
6 52 (16.10%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 49 (15.17%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 25 (7.74%) Metadata
9 17 (5.26%) SQL Server Analysis Services
10 15 (4.64%) Delta Lake
11 13 (4.02%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
12 12 (3.72%) Tableau
13 11 (3.41%) MySQL
14 9 (2.79%) PostgreSQL
15 6 (1.86%) Big Data
15 6 (1.86%) Qlik Sense
15 6 (1.86%) Relational Database
16 5 (1.55%) SAS EBI
16 5 (1.55%) Snowflake Schema
17 4 (1.24%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 30 (9.29%) Git
2 5 (1.55%) JIRA
3 4 (1.24%) Bitbucket
3 4 (1.24%) MLflow
4 2 (0.62%) Jenkins
General
1 149 (46.13%) Finance
2 131 (40.56%) Social Skills
3 68 (21.05%) Analytical Skills
4 17 (5.26%) Public Sector
5 15 (4.64%) Presentation Skills
6 13 (4.02%) Billing
7 12 (3.72%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 12 (3.72%) Law
8 11 (3.41%) Documentation Skills
9 10 (3.10%) Retail
10 9 (2.79%) Automotive
10 9 (2.79%) Influencing Skills
11 6 (1.86%) Marketing
11 6 (1.86%) Organisational Skills
12 5 (1.55%) Banking
13 4 (1.24%) Advertising
13 4 (1.24%) Legal
14 3 (0.93%) Manufacturing
15 2 (0.62%) Financial Institution
15 2 (0.62%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 124 (38.39%) Data Engineer
2 56 (17.34%) Senior
3 36 (11.15%) Senior Data Engineer
4 35 (10.84%) Azure Engineer
5 29 (8.98%) Developer
6 26 (8.05%) Architect
6 26 (8.05%) Lead
7 24 (7.43%) Analyst
8 23 (7.12%) Data Architect
9 20 (6.19%) Azure Data Engineer
10 13 (4.02%) Business Intelligence Developer
11 12 (3.72%) Business Manager
11 12 (3.72%) Commercial Analyst
11 12 (3.72%) Data Manager
11 12 (3.72%) Insight Analyst
11 12 (3.72%) Insight Manager
12 10 (3.10%) Azure Architect
13 9 (2.79%) Applications Engineer
13 9 (2.79%) Azure Data Architect
14 8 (2.48%) Integration Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 43 (13.31%) PySpark
2 22 (6.81%) JSON
3 19 (5.88%) .NET
4 17 (5.26%) OAuth
4 17 (5.26%) RESTful
5 16 (4.95%) REST
6 12 (3.72%) OAuth2
7 9 (2.79%) XML
8 8 (2.48%) Pandas
9 7 (2.17%) Kafka
10 6 (1.86%) .NET Framework
10 6 (1.86%) YAML
11 5 (1.55%) .NET Core
12 4 (1.24%) Flask
12 4 (1.24%) JWT
12 4 (1.24%) pytest
12 4 (1.24%) PyTorch
12 4 (1.24%) scikit-learn
12 4 (1.24%) Swagger
12 4 (1.24%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 29 (8.98%) Analytical Mindset
2 19 (5.88%) Self-Motivation
3 17 (5.26%) Cloud Native
4 16 (4.95%) Low-Code
5 9 (2.79%) Legacy Systems
6 7 (2.17%) Data Structures
7 5 (1.55%) Algorithms
7 5 (1.55%) Enterprise Software
7 5 (1.55%) Hybrid Cloud
7 5 (1.55%) Product Ownership
8 4 (1.24%) AI Agents
8 4 (1.24%) Clustering
8 4 (1.24%) Enterprise Cloud
8 4 (1.24%) Reference Data
9 3 (0.93%) Credit Risk
9 3 (0.93%) Distributed Systems
9 3 (0.93%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
9 3 (0.93%) Market Risk
9 3 (0.93%) Renewable Energy
10 2 (0.62%) Distributed Architecture
Operating Systems
1 6 (1.86%) VMS
2 4 (1.24%) Windows
3 2 (0.62%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 173 (53.56%) Analytics
2 164 (50.77%) Business Intelligence
3 149 (46.13%) ETL
4 125 (38.70%) Data Pipeline
5 124 (38.39%) Data Modelling
6 118 (36.53%) Data Engineering
7 116 (35.91%) CI/CD
8 114 (35.29%) DevOps
9 102 (31.58%) Agile
10 90 (27.86%) Problem-Solving
11 88 (27.24%) AI
12 85 (26.32%) Decision-Making
13 67 (20.74%) Visualisation
14 64 (19.81%) Data Governance
15 54 (16.72%) Coaching
16 53 (16.41%) Continuous Improvement
17 51 (15.79%) Data Integration
18 49 (15.17%) Data Architecture
19 44 (13.62%) Infrastructure as Code
20 41 (12.69%) Machine Learning
Programming Languages
1 239 (73.99%) SQL
2 154 (47.68%) Python
3 45 (13.93%) T-SQL
4 40 (12.38%) Data Analysis Expressions
5 23 (7.12%) Bicep
5 23 (7.12%) PowerShell
6 21 (6.50%) C#
7 16 (4.95%) Scala
8 7 (2.17%) Java
8 7 (2.17%) JavaScript
9 5 (1.55%) R
10 2 (0.62%) C++
10 2 (0.62%) PHP
11 1 (0.31%) ANSI SQL
11 1 (0.31%) Bash
11 1 (0.31%) PL/SQL
11 1 (0.31%) TypeScript
11 1 (0.31%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 31 (9.60%) Degree
2 17 (5.26%) Azure Certification
3 13 (4.02%) Microsoft Certification
3 13 (4.02%) SC Cleared
3 13 (4.02%) Security Cleared
4 12 (3.72%) Six Sigma Green Belt
5 8 (2.48%) TOGAF Certification
6 6 (1.86%) Computer Science Degree
7 5 (1.55%) DBS Check
7 5 (1.55%) PMI Certification
7 5 (1.55%) PMP
8 4 (1.24%) IIBA
8 4 (1.24%) ISTQB
8 4 (1.24%) Master's Degree
9 1 (0.31%) AWS Certification
9 1 (0.31%) ITIL Certification
9 1 (0.31%) MCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 77 (23.84%) Data Quality
2 32 (9.91%) GDPR
3 12 (3.72%) Actionable Recommendations
4 10 (3.10%) Accessibility
5 6 (1.86%) QA
6 4 (1.24%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 2 (0.62%) SLA
8 1 (0.31%) California Consumer Privacy Act
8 1 (0.31%) HIPAA
System Software
1 17 (5.26%) Docker
2 5 (1.55%) Active Directory
3 2 (0.62%) Virtual Machines
4 1 (0.31%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 39 (12.07%) Terraform
2 21 (6.50%) Kubernetes
3 5 (1.55%) Single Sign-On
4 2 (0.62%) Grafana
4 2 (0.62%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 140 (43.34%) Microsoft
2 129 (39.94%) Databricks
3 14 (4.33%) Ab Initio
4 7 (2.17%) Alteryx
4 7 (2.17%) Informatica
4 7 (2.17%) Talend
5 6 (1.86%) OpenAI
6 5 (1.55%) RedGate
6 5 (1.55%) SAP
7 4 (1.24%) Anaplan
7 4 (1.24%) Automation Anywhere
7 4 (1.24%) CrowdStrike
7 4 (1.24%) Fortinet
7 4 (1.24%) Oracle
7 4 (1.24%) Palo Alto
7 4 (1.24%) UiPath
8 2 (0.62%) IBM
8 2 (0.62%) Salesforce
8 2 (0.62%) SolarWinds
9 1 (0.31%) JD Edwards