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

6 months to
6 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 348 318 417
Rank change year-on-year -30 +99 -24
Permanent jobs citing Azure Data Factory 417 368 515
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.51% 0.90% 0.57%
As % of the Cloud Services category 1.60% 2.43% 1.54%
Number of salaries quoted 276 290 455
10th Percentile £46,250 £44,000 £41,250
25th Percentile £60,000 £53,750 £49,688
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £67,500 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year +11.11% +8.00% -7.41%
75th Percentile £87,813 £85,000 £78,750
90th Percentile £100,000 £100,000 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £62,500 £65,000 £52,750
% change year-on-year -3.85% +23.22% -10.21%

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 26,131 15,127 33,471
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 31.99% 36.91% 36.85%
Number of salaries quoted 13,767 11,085 26,441
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 £102,650 £96,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -4.55% +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 6 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 6 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 -44 343 £74,000 +9.63% 121
UK excluding London -26 221 £62,500 -3.85% 91
Work from Home +70 192 £75,000 +13.21% 71
London +10 161 £81,750 +5.48% 51
Midlands -12 59 £60,000 +4.35% 20
West Midlands +8 54 £60,000 +4.35% 14
Scotland +13 45 £79,500 +2.58%
North of England -59 40 £75,000 +15.38% 27
South East -80 33 £50,000 -28.57% 31
East of England -23 21 £78,750 +26.00% 6
Yorkshire -52 20 £80,000 +33.33% 11
South West -43 15 £57,500 -9.80% 6
North West -34 13 £70,000 +5.66% 14
North East -21 7 £51,000 -34.19% 2
Northern Ireland - 6 £50,000 -
East Midlands -45 5 £57,500 +11.65% 6
Wales -24 4 £46,585 -3.95% 6

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 24 (5.76%) SharePoint
2 17 (4.08%) Apache Spark
3 12 (2.88%) Appian
4 8 (1.92%) Apache
5 7 (1.68%) Apache Airflow
6 4 (0.96%) Microsoft Exchange
7 2 (0.48%) SAS
8 1 (0.24%) Confluence
8 1 (0.24%) Jupyter
8 1 (0.24%) Palantir Foundry
Applications
1 35 (8.39%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (0.48%) Spreadsheet
3 1 (0.24%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 4 (0.96%) Markit EDM
2 3 (0.72%) Dynamics CRM
3 2 (0.48%) Oracle EBS
3 2 (0.48%) 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
1 417 (100.00%) Azure
2 198 (47.48%) Power Platform
3 152 (36.45%) Azure Synapse Analytics
4 90 (21.58%) Azure DevOps
5 42 (10.07%) Snowflake
6 41 (9.83%) GitHub
7 39 (9.35%) Power Automate
8 34 (8.15%) Azure Logic Apps
9 27 (6.47%) dbt
10 24 (5.76%) Microsoft 365
11 23 (5.52%) Azure Monitor
12 22 (5.28%) Microsoft Purview
13 21 (5.04%) PowerApps
14 20 (4.80%) PaaS
15 17 (4.08%) Anthropic Claude
15 17 (4.08%) AWS
15 17 (4.08%) Azure AI
16 16 (3.84%) SaaS
16 16 (3.84%) Serverless
17 15 (3.60%) Microsoft Copilot
Communications & Networking
1 2 (0.48%) DNS
2 1 (0.24%) HTTPS
2 1 (0.24%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 184 (44.12%) Power BI
2 118 (28.30%) Data Lake
3 110 (26.38%) Data Warehouse
4 109 (26.14%) Azure SQL Database
5 101 (24.22%) SQL Server
6 47 (11.27%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 40 (9.59%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 27 (6.47%) Delta Lake
9 24 (5.76%) Metadata
10 19 (4.56%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
10 19 (4.56%) Spark SQL
11 15 (3.60%) Tableau
12 14 (3.36%) Relational Database
13 12 (2.88%) Pinecone
14 11 (2.64%) SQL Server Analysis Services
14 11 (2.64%) Star Schema
15 9 (2.16%) MySQL
16 8 (1.92%) PostgreSQL
17 7 (1.68%) Big Data
18 6 (1.44%) Qlik Sense
Development Applications
1 40 (9.59%) Git
2 12 (2.88%) MLflow
3 3 (0.72%) Bitbucket
3 3 (0.72%) Jenkins
3 3 (0.72%) Visual Studio
4 2 (0.48%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
5 1 (0.24%) GitLab
5 1 (0.24%) JIRA
5 1 (0.24%) Oracle Forms
5 1 (0.24%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 189 (45.32%) Finance
2 146 (35.01%) Social Skills
3 78 (18.71%) Analytical Skills
4 16 (3.84%) Public Sector
5 15 (3.60%) Documentation Skills
6 13 (3.12%) Presentation Skills
7 12 (2.88%) Billing
8 9 (2.16%) Influencing Skills
9 8 (1.92%) Automotive
9 8 (1.92%) Law
10 7 (1.68%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 5 (1.20%) Manufacturing
12 4 (0.96%) Organisational Skills
12 4 (0.96%) Retail
13 3 (0.72%) Banking
13 3 (0.72%) Marketing
14 2 (0.48%) Advertising
14 2 (0.48%) Financial Institution
14 2 (0.48%) Legal
14 2 (0.48%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 178 (42.69%) Data Engineer
2 75 (17.99%) Senior
3 50 (11.99%) Lead
4 49 (11.75%) Azure Engineer
5 47 (11.27%) Senior Data Engineer
6 38 (9.11%) Developer
7 31 (7.43%) Azure Data Engineer
8 28 (6.71%) Lead Data Engineer
8 28 (6.71%) Platform Engineer
9 24 (5.76%) Architect
10 21 (5.04%) Analyst
11 18 (4.32%) Business Intelligence Developer
11 18 (4.32%) Data Architect
12 15 (3.60%) Automation Engineer
13 14 (3.36%) Consultant
14 13 (3.12%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
15 12 (2.88%) Business Manager
15 12 (2.88%) Commercial Analyst
15 12 (2.88%) Insight Analyst
15 12 (2.88%) Insight Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 62 (14.87%) PySpark
2 29 (6.95%) REST
3 26 (6.24%) JSON
4 25 (6.00%) RESTful
5 23 (5.52%) .NET
5 23 (5.52%) OAuth
6 12 (2.88%) Django
6 12 (2.88%) FastAPI
6 12 (2.88%) Flask
6 12 (2.88%) Hugging Face
6 12 (2.88%) JWT
6 12 (2.88%) NumPy
6 12 (2.88%) OpenAPI
6 12 (2.88%) Pandas
6 12 (2.88%) pytest
6 12 (2.88%) PyTorch
6 12 (2.88%) scikit-learn
6 12 (2.88%) Swagger
6 12 (2.88%) TensorFlow
6 12 (2.88%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 30 (7.19%) Analytical Mindset
1 30 (7.19%) Cloud Native
2 25 (6.00%) Low-Code
3 20 (4.80%) Self-Motivation
4 19 (4.56%) Legacy Systems
5 12 (2.88%) Product Ownership
6 9 (2.16%) Data Structures
6 9 (2.16%) Enterprise Cloud
7 8 (1.92%) AI Agents
7 8 (1.92%) Greenfield Project
7 8 (1.92%) Management Information System
8 5 (1.20%) Distributed Computing
9 4 (0.96%) Replication
10 3 (0.72%) Clustering
10 3 (0.72%) Distributed Systems
10 3 (0.72%) Enterprise Software
10 3 (0.72%) Hybrid Cloud
10 3 (0.72%) Onboarding
10 3 (0.72%) Reinsurance
11 2 (0.48%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 4 (0.96%) Windows
2 2 (0.48%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 238 (57.07%) Analytics
2 212 (50.84%) Data Modelling
3 195 (46.76%) Business Intelligence
4 194 (46.52%) ETL
5 190 (45.56%) Data Pipeline
6 179 (42.93%) Data Engineering
7 173 (41.49%) CI/CD
8 146 (35.01%) DevOps
9 123 (29.50%) AI
10 112 (26.86%) Decision-Making
11 109 (26.14%) Agile
12 106 (25.42%) Problem-Solving
13 82 (19.66%) Visualisation
14 79 (18.94%) Data Governance
15 68 (16.31%) Continuous Improvement
15 68 (16.31%) Data Architecture
15 68 (16.31%) Data Integration
16 57 (13.67%) Infrastructure as Code
16 57 (13.67%) Machine Learning
17 55 (13.19%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 319 (76.50%) SQL
2 209 (50.12%) Python
3 41 (9.83%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 35 (8.39%) PowerShell
5 31 (7.43%) T-SQL
6 22 (5.28%) C#
7 18 (4.32%) Scala
8 15 (3.60%) Bicep
8 15 (3.60%) JavaScript
9 8 (1.92%) Java
9 8 (1.92%) R
9 8 (1.92%) TypeScript
10 3 (0.72%) C++
10 3 (0.72%) PHP
11 1 (0.24%) ANSI SQL
11 1 (0.24%) VB.NET
11 1 (0.24%) VBA
Qualifications
1 45 (10.79%) Degree
2 22 (5.28%) Security Cleared
3 16 (3.84%) Azure Certification
3 16 (3.84%) SC Cleared
4 13 (3.12%) Computer Science Degree
5 12 (2.88%) Six Sigma Green Belt
6 9 (2.16%) Microsoft Certification
7 8 (1.92%) IIBA
7 8 (1.92%) PMI Certification
7 8 (1.92%) PMP
8 3 (0.72%) Master's Degree
9 2 (0.48%) DBS Check
9 2 (0.48%) ITIL Certification
9 2 (0.48%) TOGAF Certification
10 1 (0.24%) AWS Certification
10 1 (0.24%) CISM
10 1 (0.24%) CISSP
10 1 (0.24%) MCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 134 (32.13%) Data Quality
2 32 (7.67%) GDPR
3 12 (2.88%) Accessibility
3 12 (2.88%) Actionable Recommendations
4 6 (1.44%) QA
5 5 (1.20%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 3 (0.72%) Solvency II
7 2 (0.48%) 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 (4.32%) Docker
2 9 (2.16%) Active Directory
3 2 (0.48%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 48 (11.51%) Terraform
2 24 (5.76%) Kubernetes
3 4 (0.96%) Single Sign-On
4 1 (0.24%) SQL Sentry
Vendors
1 172 (41.25%) Databricks
2 161 (38.61%) Microsoft
3 20 (4.80%) OpenAI
4 14 (3.36%) Ab Initio
5 12 (2.88%) Automation Anywhere
5 12 (2.88%) UiPath
6 10 (2.40%) Alteryx
7 8 (1.92%) Adobe
7 8 (1.92%) Anaplan
8 6 (1.44%) Foundry
8 6 (1.44%) Talend
9 5 (1.20%) Oracle
10 4 (0.96%) IBM
10 4 (0.96%) Informatica
11 3 (0.72%) Google
11 3 (0.72%) RedGate
11 3 (0.72%) Salesforce
11 3 (0.72%) SAP
12 2 (0.48%) Trapeze
13 1 (0.24%) Infor