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 14 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 362 322 434
Rank change year-on-year -40 +112 -40
Permanent jobs citing Azure Data Factory 412 377 507
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.49% 0.92% 0.55%
As % of the Cloud Services category 1.54% 2.50% 1.50%
Number of salaries quoted 272 298 450
10th Percentile £46,250 £44,000 £41,250
25th Percentile £60,000 £52,500 £49,375
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £67,500 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year +11.11% +8.00% -7.41%
75th Percentile £88,750 £84,375 £78,750
90th Percentile £100,000 £100,000 £92,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £62,500 £65,000 £52,750
% change year-on-year -3.85% +23.22% -8.26%

All Cloud Computing 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 26,789 15,099 33,803
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 31.59% 36.66% 36.34%
Number of salaries quoted 14,030 11,109 26,621
10th Percentile £30,000 £32,000 £30,000
25th Percentile £41,250 £45,000 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £62,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% +8.70% -11.54%
75th Percentile £82,500 £83,750 £77,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £102,950 £96,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £53,171 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -3.33% +10.00% -9.09%

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 14 April 2026.

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 14 April 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 -65 339 £74,000 +9.63% 128
UK excluding London -49 223 £62,500 -3.85% 106
Work from Home +79 192 £75,000 +15.38% 70
London -20 154 £83,500 +7.74% 37
Midlands -20 58 £60,000 +4.35% 26
West Midlands +1 53 £60,000 +4.35% 19
Scotland +24 45 £79,500 -18.46% 4
North of England -49 42 £75,000 +15.38% 40
South East -85 33 £50,000 -28.57% 23
East of England -22 23 £86,250 +64.29% 7
Yorkshire -60 22 £80,000 +33.33% 15
South West -45 15 £57,500 -9.80% 5
North West -35 13 £70,000 +5.66% 23
North East -27 7 £51,000 -34.19% 4
East Midlands -52 5 £57,500 -11.54% 7
Northern Ireland - 5 £50,000 - 1
Wales -23 4 £46,585 -3.95% 3

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 26 (6.31%) SharePoint
2 18 (4.37%) Apache Spark
3 12 (2.91%) Appian
4 8 (1.94%) Apache
5 7 (1.70%) Apache Airflow
6 4 (0.97%) Microsoft Exchange
7 1 (0.24%) Confluence
7 1 (0.24%) Jupyter
7 1 (0.24%) Palantir Foundry
7 1 (0.24%) SAS
Applications
1 34 (8.25%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.24%) Chatbot
2 1 (0.24%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.24%) Spreadsheet
2 1 (0.24%) Trello
Business Applications
1 4 (0.97%) Markit EDM
2 3 (0.73%) Dynamics CRM
3 2 (0.49%) Oracle EBS
3 2 (0.49%) Unit4 Business World
4 1 (0.24%) Endur
4 1 (0.24%) FIS Private Capital Suite
4 1 (0.24%) Infor M3
4 1 (0.24%) NetSuite
Cloud Services
1 412 (100.00%) Azure
2 196 (47.57%) Power Platform
3 151 (36.65%) Azure Synapse Analytics
4 89 (21.60%) Azure DevOps
5 41 (9.95%) GitHub
5 41 (9.95%) Power Automate
6 38 (9.22%) Snowflake
7 37 (8.98%) Azure Logic Apps
8 26 (6.31%) Microsoft 365
9 25 (6.07%) dbt
10 24 (5.83%) Azure Monitor
11 23 (5.58%) PowerApps
12 21 (5.10%) Microsoft Purview
13 20 (4.85%) PaaS
14 17 (4.13%) AWS
15 16 (3.88%) Anthropic Claude
15 16 (3.88%) Azure AI
15 16 (3.88%) SaaS
15 16 (3.88%) Serverless
16 15 (3.64%) Microsoft Copilot
Communications & Networking
1 2 (0.49%) DNS
2 1 (0.24%) HTTPS
2 1 (0.24%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 182 (44.17%) Power BI
2 116 (28.16%) Data Lake
3 109 (26.46%) Azure SQL Database
3 109 (26.46%) Data Warehouse
4 96 (23.30%) SQL Server
5 45 (10.92%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 38 (9.22%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 27 (6.55%) Delta Lake
8 22 (5.34%) Metadata
9 20 (4.85%) Spark SQL
10 19 (4.61%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
11 14 (3.40%) Relational Database
11 14 (3.40%) Tableau
12 12 (2.91%) Pinecone
13 10 (2.43%) SQL Server Analysis Services
13 10 (2.43%) Star Schema
14 9 (2.18%) MySQL
15 8 (1.94%) Big Data
15 8 (1.94%) PostgreSQL
16 6 (1.46%) Snowflake Schema
Development Applications
1 39 (9.47%) Git
2 12 (2.91%) MLflow
3 3 (0.73%) Bitbucket
3 3 (0.73%) Jenkins
3 3 (0.73%) Visual Studio
4 2 (0.49%) JIRA
4 2 (0.49%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
5 1 (0.24%) GitLab
5 1 (0.24%) Oracle Forms
5 1 (0.24%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 184 (44.66%) Finance
2 145 (35.19%) Social Skills
3 77 (18.69%) Analytical Skills
4 15 (3.64%) Documentation Skills
4 15 (3.64%) Public Sector
5 13 (3.16%) Presentation Skills
6 12 (2.91%) Billing
7 8 (1.94%) Automotive
7 8 (1.94%) Influencing Skills
7 8 (1.94%) Law
8 6 (1.46%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 6 (1.46%) Manufacturing
9 4 (0.97%) Organisational Skills
9 4 (0.97%) Retail
10 3 (0.73%) Advertising
10 3 (0.73%) Marketing
11 2 (0.49%) Banking
11 2 (0.49%) Financial Institution
11 2 (0.49%) Legal
11 2 (0.49%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 174 (42.23%) Data Engineer
2 78 (18.93%) Senior
3 51 (12.38%) Azure Engineer
3 51 (12.38%) Lead
4 47 (11.41%) Senior Data Engineer
5 39 (9.47%) Developer
6 32 (7.77%) Azure Data Engineer
7 29 (7.04%) Lead Data Engineer
7 29 (7.04%) Platform Engineer
8 22 (5.34%) Architect
9 21 (5.10%) Analyst
10 17 (4.13%) Business Intelligence Developer
11 16 (3.88%) Data Architect
12 15 (3.64%) Automation Engineer
13 14 (3.40%) Consultant
14 12 (2.91%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
14 12 (2.91%) Business Manager
14 12 (2.91%) Commercial Analyst
14 12 (2.91%) Insight Manager
14 12 (2.91%) Senior Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 62 (15.05%) PySpark
2 29 (7.04%) REST
3 27 (6.55%) JSON
4 25 (6.07%) .NET
4 25 (6.07%) RESTful
5 23 (5.58%) OAuth
6 14 (3.40%) .NET Core
7 13 (3.16%) CSS
7 13 (3.16%) HTML
7 13 (3.16%) NumPy
7 13 (3.16%) Pandas
7 13 (3.16%) PyTorch
7 13 (3.16%) scikit-learn
7 13 (3.16%) TensorFlow
8 12 (2.91%) Django
8 12 (2.91%) FastAPI
8 12 (2.91%) JWT
8 12 (2.91%) pytest
8 12 (2.91%) Swagger
8 12 (2.91%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 30 (7.28%) Analytical Mindset
1 30 (7.28%) Cloud Native
2 25 (6.07%) Low-Code
3 20 (4.85%) Self-Motivation
4 18 (4.37%) Legacy Systems
5 13 (3.16%) Product Ownership
6 9 (2.18%) AI Agents
6 9 (2.18%) Enterprise Cloud
7 8 (1.94%) Data Structures
7 8 (1.94%) Management Information System
8 7 (1.70%) Greenfield Project
9 5 (1.21%) Distributed Computing
10 4 (0.97%) Replication
11 3 (0.73%) Clustering
11 3 (0.73%) Distributed Systems
11 3 (0.73%) Enterprise Software
11 3 (0.73%) Hybrid Cloud
11 3 (0.73%) Onboarding
11 3 (0.73%) Reinsurance
12 2 (0.49%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 4 (0.97%) Windows
2 2 (0.49%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 235 (57.04%) Analytics
2 207 (50.24%) Data Modelling
3 193 (46.84%) Business Intelligence
4 189 (45.87%) ETL
5 184 (44.66%) Data Pipeline
6 175 (42.48%) Data Engineering
7 171 (41.50%) CI/CD
8 145 (35.19%) DevOps
9 120 (29.13%) AI
10 113 (27.43%) Decision-Making
11 105 (25.49%) Agile
11 105 (25.49%) Problem-Solving
12 82 (19.90%) Visualisation
13 75 (18.20%) Data Governance
14 68 (16.50%) Continuous Improvement
14 68 (16.50%) Data Architecture
14 68 (16.50%) Data Integration
15 58 (14.08%) Machine Learning
16 57 (13.83%) Infrastructure as Code
17 55 (13.35%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 313 (75.97%) SQL
2 203 (49.27%) Python
3 40 (9.71%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 37 (8.98%) PowerShell
5 28 (6.80%) T-SQL
6 24 (5.83%) C#
7 18 (4.37%) Scala
8 17 (4.13%) JavaScript
9 15 (3.64%) Bicep
10 10 (2.43%) TypeScript
11 8 (1.94%) Java
11 8 (1.94%) R
12 3 (0.73%) C++
12 3 (0.73%) PHP
13 1 (0.24%) ANSI SQL
13 1 (0.24%) VB.NET
13 1 (0.24%) VBA
Qualifications
1 46 (11.17%) Degree
2 22 (5.34%) Security Cleared
3 16 (3.88%) Azure Certification
3 16 (3.88%) SC Cleared
4 14 (3.40%) Computer Science Degree
5 12 (2.91%) Six Sigma Green Belt
6 8 (1.94%) IIBA
6 8 (1.94%) Microsoft Certification
6 8 (1.94%) PMI Certification
6 8 (1.94%) PMP
7 3 (0.73%) Master's Degree
8 2 (0.49%) DBS Check
8 2 (0.49%) ITIL Certification
8 2 (0.49%) TOGAF Certification
9 1 (0.24%) CISM
9 1 (0.24%) CISSP
9 1 (0.24%) MCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 131 (31.80%) Data Quality
2 32 (7.77%) GDPR
3 12 (2.91%) Accessibility
3 12 (2.91%) Actionable Recommendations
4 6 (1.46%) QA
5 5 (1.21%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 3 (0.73%) Solvency II
7 2 (0.49%) GRC
8 1 (0.24%) California Consumer Privacy Act
8 1 (0.24%) COBIT
8 1 (0.24%) ISO 22301
8 1 (0.24%) SLA
System Software
1 18 (4.37%) Docker
2 9 (2.18%) Active Directory
3 2 (0.49%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 49 (11.89%) Terraform
2 23 (5.58%) Kubernetes
3 4 (0.97%) Single Sign-On
4 1 (0.24%) SQL Sentry
Vendors
1 167 (40.53%) Databricks
2 158 (38.35%) Microsoft
3 19 (4.61%) OpenAI
4 14 (3.40%) Ab Initio
5 12 (2.91%) Automation Anywhere
5 12 (2.91%) UiPath
6 10 (2.43%) Adobe
6 10 (2.43%) Alteryx
7 8 (1.94%) Anaplan
8 6 (1.46%) Foundry
8 6 (1.46%) Talend
9 5 (1.21%) Oracle
10 4 (0.97%) Google
10 4 (0.97%) IBM
10 4 (0.97%) Informatica
10 4 (0.97%) Salesforce
10 4 (0.97%) SAP
11 3 (0.73%) RedGate
12 2 (0.49%) Trapeze
13 1 (0.24%) Infor