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 15 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 394 327 457
Rank change year-on-year -67 +130 -79
Permanent jobs citing Azure Data Factory 371 374 496
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.41% 0.86% 0.51%
As % of the Cloud Services category 1.39% 2.48% 1.44%
Number of salaries quoted 271 298 441
10th Percentile £46,250 £44,000 £41,250
25th Percentile £57,500 £52,500 £48,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £66,375 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year +12.99% +6.20% -6.02%
75th Percentile £90,000 £84,375 £80,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £93,775 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £62,500 £63,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -0.79% +20.00% -8.70%

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 26,671 15,071 34,354
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 29.33% 34.63% 35.63%
Number of salaries quoted 14,912 10,556 26,678
10th Percentile £31,250 £31,250 £30,000
25th Percentile £42,687 £43,750 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £60,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.17% +4.35% -11.54%
75th Percentile £83,750 £82,500 £77,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £103,750 £96,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year - +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 15 May 2026.

Salary histogram for Azure Data Factory in the UK

Azure Data Factory
Top 16 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 15 May 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 -48 327 £75,000 +11.11% 88
UK excluding London -35 200 £62,500 -0.79% 66
Work from Home +76 154 £80,000 +30.61% 53
London -48 141 £83,500 +4.38% 38
North of England -22 48 £80,000 +28.00% 17
Midlands -33 47 £60,000 -7.69% 9
West Midlands -28 42 £60,000 - 5
Yorkshire -40 35 £80,000 +33.33% 10
East of England +6 34 £90,000 +75.61% 3
South East -53 30 £50,000 -23.08% 25
Scotland +17 26 £71,500 +0.35% 4
South West -50 15 £56,250 -11.76% 8
North West -7 12 £62,500 - 7
East Midlands -22 5 £57,500 -11.54% 4
Wales -30 2 £46,585 -9.98% 2
North East -36 1 - -

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 37 (9.97%) SharePoint
2 21 (5.66%) Apache Spark
3 12 (3.23%) Apache Airflow
4 11 (2.96%) Appian
5 10 (2.70%) Apache
6 4 (1.08%) Microsoft Exchange
7 2 (0.54%) Jupyter
7 2 (0.54%) Luigi
8 1 (0.27%) Palantir Foundry
Applications
1 8 (2.16%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (0.54%) Spreadsheet
3 1 (0.27%) Chatbot
3 1 (0.27%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.27%) Trello
Business Applications
1 4 (1.08%) Dynamics CRM
1 4 (1.08%) Markit EDM
2 2 (0.54%) Unit4 Business World
3 1 (0.27%) Endur
3 1 (0.27%) FIS Private Capital Suite
3 1 (0.27%) Infor M3
3 1 (0.27%) NetSuite
Cloud Services
1 371 (100.00%) Azure
2 156 (42.05%) Power Platform
3 115 (31.00%) Azure Synapse Analytics
4 81 (21.83%) Azure DevOps
5 47 (12.67%) Azure Logic Apps
6 45 (12.13%) Power Automate
7 34 (9.16%) Microsoft 365
7 34 (9.16%) PowerApps
8 31 (8.36%) GitHub
9 29 (7.82%) Snowflake
10 25 (6.74%) Azure Monitor
11 24 (6.47%) dbt
12 22 (5.93%) AWS
12 22 (5.93%) Serverless
13 20 (5.39%) Azure Functions
13 20 (5.39%) GCP
14 19 (5.12%) Adobe Creative Cloud
14 19 (5.12%) OneDrive
15 17 (4.58%) Microsoft Purview
15 17 (4.58%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 1 (0.27%) DNS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 146 (39.35%) Power BI
2 106 (28.57%) Data Warehouse
3 102 (27.49%) Data Lake
4 90 (24.26%) Azure SQL Database
5 59 (15.90%) SQL Server
6 37 (9.97%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 32 (8.63%) Spark SQL
8 31 (8.36%) Delta Lake
9 19 (5.12%) Metadata
10 17 (4.58%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
11 15 (4.04%) Relational Database
12 13 (3.50%) Tableau
13 12 (3.23%) Star Schema
14 11 (2.96%) Pinecone
15 10 (2.70%) BigQuery
16 9 (2.43%) Big Data
16 9 (2.43%) Power Query
16 9 (2.43%) SQL Server Reporting Services
17 7 (1.89%) PostgreSQL
18 6 (1.62%) SQL Server Analysis Services
Development Applications
1 36 (9.70%) Git
2 13 (3.50%) MLflow
3 4 (1.08%) Visual Studio
4 3 (0.81%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
5 2 (0.54%) Jenkins
5 2 (0.54%) Visual Studio Code
6 1 (0.27%) Bitbucket
6 1 (0.27%) GitLab
6 1 (0.27%) JIRA
6 1 (0.27%) Oracle Forms
General
1 146 (39.35%) Finance
2 123 (33.15%) Social Skills
3 53 (14.29%) Analytical Skills
4 14 (3.77%) Documentation Skills
5 10 (2.70%) Public Sector
6 9 (2.43%) Influencing Skills
7 7 (1.89%) Law
7 7 (1.89%) Retail
8 6 (1.62%) Automotive
9 4 (1.08%) Advertising
9 4 (1.08%) Manufacturing
10 3 (0.81%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 3 (0.81%) Legal
10 3 (0.81%) Organisational Skills
10 3 (0.81%) Telecoms
11 2 (0.54%) Banking
11 2 (0.54%) Financial Institution
11 2 (0.54%) Local Government
11 2 (0.54%) Marketing
12 1 (0.27%) Social Housing
Job Titles
1 173 (46.63%) Data Engineer
2 81 (21.83%) Senior
3 63 (16.98%) Lead
4 54 (14.56%) Azure Engineer
5 47 (12.67%) Senior Data Engineer
6 44 (11.86%) Developer
7 37 (9.97%) Platform Engineer
8 36 (9.70%) Lead Data Engineer
9 32 (8.63%) Azure Data Engineer
10 22 (5.93%) Architect
11 20 (5.39%) Consultant
12 18 (4.85%) Business Intelligence Developer
12 18 (4.85%) Data Architect
13 17 (4.58%) Senior Developer
14 14 (3.77%) Automation Engineer
15 13 (3.50%) Azure Platform Engineer
15 13 (3.50%) Cloud Platform Engineer
16 11 (2.96%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
16 11 (2.96%) Microsoft Engineer
17 8 (2.16%) Senior Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 70 (18.87%) PySpark
2 33 (8.89%) REST
3 31 (8.36%) .NET
3 31 (8.36%) JSON
4 22 (5.93%) .NET Core
4 22 (5.93%) CSS
4 22 (5.93%) HTML
5 20 (5.39%) HTML5 Canvas
5 20 (5.39%) RESTful
6 19 (5.12%) Microsoft Graph
6 19 (5.12%) SPFx
7 17 (4.58%) OAuth
8 13 (3.50%) ARM Templates
9 12 (3.23%) NumPy
9 12 (3.23%) Pandas
9 12 (3.23%) PyTorch
9 12 (3.23%) scikit-learn
9 12 (3.23%) TensorFlow
10 11 (2.96%) pytest
10 11 (2.96%) Swagger
Miscellaneous
1 30 (8.09%) Cloud Native
2 17 (4.58%) Legacy Systems
3 16 (4.31%) Low-Code
4 15 (4.04%) Product Ownership
5 9 (2.43%) Analytical Mindset
5 9 (2.43%) Data Structures
6 8 (2.16%) AI Agents
6 8 (2.16%) Distributed Computing
6 8 (2.16%) Enterprise Cloud
6 8 (2.16%) Greenfield Project
7 7 (1.89%) Management Information System
8 5 (1.35%) Replication
9 3 (0.81%) Data Protection Act
9 3 (0.81%) Distributed Systems
9 3 (0.81%) Onboarding
9 3 (0.81%) Reinsurance
9 3 (0.81%) Self-Motivation
10 2 (0.54%) Enterprise Software
10 2 (0.54%) Hybrid Cloud
11 1 (0.27%) Clustering
Operating Systems
1 4 (1.08%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 191 (51.48%) Data Modelling
2 188 (50.67%) Analytics
3 181 (48.79%) ETL
4 175 (47.17%) CI/CD
5 168 (45.28%) Data Pipeline
6 164 (44.20%) Data Engineering
7 158 (42.59%) Business Intelligence
8 141 (38.01%) DevOps
9 89 (23.99%) AI
10 87 (23.45%) Agile
11 81 (21.83%) Decision-Making
12 78 (21.02%) Data Governance
13 73 (19.68%) Problem-Solving
14 63 (16.98%) Machine Learning
15 62 (16.71%) Data Architecture
15 62 (16.71%) Infrastructure as Code
16 60 (16.17%) Data Integration
17 50 (13.48%) Test Automation
18 47 (12.67%) Continuous Improvement
19 46 (12.40%) Platform Engineering
Programming Languages
1 284 (76.55%) SQL
2 190 (51.21%) Python
3 45 (12.13%) PowerShell
4 30 (8.09%) C#
5 26 (7.01%) JavaScript
6 21 (5.66%) Scala
7 19 (5.12%) T-SQL
7 19 (5.12%) TypeScript
8 18 (4.85%) Data Analysis Expressions
9 13 (3.50%) Bicep
10 11 (2.96%) Java
11 10 (2.70%) R
12 2 (0.54%) C++
12 2 (0.54%) Kusto Query Language
12 2 (0.54%) PHP
12 2 (0.54%) VBA
13 1 (0.27%) ANSI SQL
Qualifications
1 42 (11.32%) Degree
2 22 (5.93%) Computer Science Degree
2 22 (5.93%) Security Cleared
3 17 (4.58%) Azure Certification
4 15 (4.04%) SC Cleared
5 8 (2.16%) Microsoft Certification
6 7 (1.89%) IIBA
6 7 (1.89%) PMI Certification
6 7 (1.89%) PMP
7 3 (0.81%) ITIL Certification
8 2 (0.54%) Master's Degree
9 1 (0.27%) CISM
9 1 (0.27%) CISSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 113 (30.46%) Data Quality
2 30 (8.09%) GDPR
3 10 (2.70%) Accessibility
4 7 (1.89%) QA
5 5 (1.35%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 5 (1.35%) Solvency II
6 2 (0.54%) GRC
6 2 (0.54%) IFRS
6 2 (0.54%) IFRS 17
6 2 (0.54%) SLA
7 1 (0.27%) COBIT
7 1 (0.27%) ISO 22301
System Software
1 16 (4.31%) Docker
2 8 (2.16%) Active Directory
3 2 (0.54%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 52 (14.02%) Terraform
2 19 (5.12%) Kubernetes
3 3 (0.81%) Single Sign-On
4 1 (0.27%) SQL Sentry
Vendors
1 164 (44.20%) Databricks
2 147 (39.62%) Microsoft
3 19 (5.12%) Adobe
3 19 (5.12%) OpenAI
4 11 (2.96%) Automation Anywhere
4 11 (2.96%) UiPath
5 10 (2.70%) Ab Initio
6 9 (2.43%) Alteryx
7 7 (1.89%) Anaplan
8 6 (1.62%) Foundry
8 6 (1.62%) Salesforce
8 6 (1.62%) SAP
9 5 (1.35%) Google
10 4 (1.08%) IBM
11 3 (0.81%) Informatica
11 3 (0.81%) Talend
12 2 (0.54%) Oracle
12 2 (0.54%) Trapeze
13 1 (0.27%) Bloomberg
13 1 (0.27%) Cognizant