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 28 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 352 371 313
Rank change year-on-year +19 -58 +135
Permanent jobs citing Azure Data Factory 319 448 509
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.59% 0.67% 1.00%
As % of the Cloud Services category 1.78% 1.99% 2.33%
Number of salaries quoted 220 348 439
10th Percentile £47,500 £45,309 £42,750
25th Percentile £55,000 £52,500 £48,750
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 £97,500 £100,000 £92,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £57,750 £60,000 £53,500
% change year-on-year -3.75% +12.15% -10.83%

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 17,955 22,560 21,855
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 33.27% 33.76% 42.90%
Number of salaries quoted 11,352 13,685 18,308
10th Percentile £28,750 £35,000 £32,750
25th Percentile £38,000 £46,250 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £64,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -6.25% +2.40% -0.79%
75th Percentile £80,000 £82,500 £82,500
90th Percentile £98,750 £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 28 November 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 28 November 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 -7 270 £70,000 +7.69% 150
UK excluding London +51 158 £57,750 -3.75% 114
London -2 143 £82,500 +13.79% 86
Work from Home +54 137 £67,500 +3.85% 87
Midlands +72 35 £60,000 +9.09% 18
West Midlands +71 34 £60,000 - 16
South East -11 34 £55,000 -15.38% 61
Scotland +35 33 £52,500 - 11
North of England -8 32 £55,117 +0.21% 13
North West +18 13 £57,500 +4.55% 10
North East +17 10 £51,000 -15.00% 1
Yorkshire +7 9 £79,000 +22.01% 2
South West +14 8 £77,500 +31.91% 6
East of England +39 7 £50,500 - 5
Northern Ireland - 6 £50,000 -
Wales +12 3 £55,000 +28.65%
East Midlands +18 1 £82,500 +65.00% 2

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 (4.39%) SharePoint
2 13 (4.08%) Apache Spark
3 8 (2.51%) Apache
4 5 (1.57%) SAS
5 4 (1.25%) Apache Airflow
6 3 (0.94%) Appian
7 1 (0.31%) Confluence
7 1 (0.31%) Jupyter
7 1 (0.31%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 33 (10.34%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (0.94%) Spreadsheet
3 2 (0.63%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 5 (1.57%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (0.63%) Oracle EBS
3 1 (0.31%) NetSuite
3 1 (0.31%) Raiser’s Edge
Cloud Services
1 319 (100.00%) Azure
2 184 (57.68%) Power Platform
3 119 (37.30%) Azure Synapse Analytics
4 78 (24.45%) Azure DevOps
5 35 (10.97%) GitHub
6 31 (9.72%) Azure Logic Apps
7 27 (8.46%) Microsoft Purview
8 25 (7.84%) Snowflake
9 20 (6.27%) Power Automate
10 17 (5.33%) dbt
10 17 (5.33%) GitHub Actions
11 16 (5.02%) Azure Monitor
11 16 (5.02%) SaaS
12 14 (4.39%) AWS
12 14 (4.39%) Azure Cosmos DB
13 12 (3.76%) Dynamics 365
13 12 (3.76%) GCP
14 11 (3.45%) Azure Functions
14 11 (3.45%) Azure Service Bus
14 11 (3.45%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 8 (2.51%) Firewall
2 5 (1.57%) DNS
3 4 (1.25%) VPN
4 1 (0.31%) HTTPS
4 1 (0.31%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 165 (51.72%) Power BI
2 102 (31.97%) SQL Server
3 86 (26.96%) Data Lake
3 86 (26.96%) Data Warehouse
4 78 (24.45%) Azure SQL Database
5 56 (17.55%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 52 (16.30%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 24 (7.52%) Metadata
8 18 (5.64%) SQL Server Analysis Services
9 15 (4.70%) Tableau
10 14 (4.39%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
11 12 (3.76%) Delta Lake
11 12 (3.76%) MySQL
12 10 (3.13%) PostgreSQL
13 7 (2.19%) Snowflake Schema
14 6 (1.88%) Big Data
14 6 (1.88%) Power Query
14 6 (1.88%) Qlik Sense
14 6 (1.88%) Relational Database
15 5 (1.57%) SAS EBI
Development Applications
1 29 (9.09%) Git
2 5 (1.57%) JIRA
3 4 (1.25%) Bitbucket
4 3 (0.94%) MLflow
5 2 (0.63%) Jenkins
5 2 (0.63%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
6 1 (0.31%) JUnit
6 1 (0.31%) Selenium
6 1 (0.31%) TestComplete
General
1 136 (42.63%) Finance
2 134 (42.01%) Social Skills
3 68 (21.32%) Analytical Skills
4 17 (5.33%) Presentation Skills
5 16 (5.02%) Public Sector
6 13 (4.08%) Billing
6 13 (4.08%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 12 (3.76%) Documentation Skills
7 12 (3.76%) Law
8 10 (3.13%) Automotive
8 10 (3.13%) Retail
9 9 (2.82%) Influencing Skills
9 9 (2.82%) Marketing
10 8 (2.51%) Organisational Skills
11 5 (1.57%) Banking
12 4 (1.25%) Legal
13 3 (0.94%) Advertising
13 3 (0.94%) Manufacturing
14 2 (0.63%) Financial Institution
14 2 (0.63%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 122 (38.24%) Data Engineer
2 57 (17.87%) Senior
3 37 (11.60%) Senior Data Engineer
4 34 (10.66%) Azure Engineer
5 33 (10.34%) Developer
6 27 (8.46%) Analyst
7 25 (7.84%) Architect
7 25 (7.84%) Lead
8 22 (6.90%) Azure Data Engineer
8 22 (6.90%) Data Architect
9 16 (5.02%) Business Intelligence Developer
10 12 (3.76%) Business Manager
10 12 (3.76%) Commercial Analyst
10 12 (3.76%) Insight Analyst
10 12 (3.76%) Insight Manager
11 11 (3.45%) Data Manager
12 10 (3.13%) Azure Architect
13 9 (2.82%) Azure Data Architect
14 8 (2.51%) Lead Developer
15 7 (2.19%) Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 43 (13.48%) PySpark
2 21 (6.58%) JSON
3 20 (6.27%) .NET
4 17 (5.33%) REST
5 14 (4.39%) RESTful
6 13 (4.08%) OAuth
7 10 (3.13%) XML
8 9 (2.82%) OAuth2
9 7 (2.19%) .NET Framework
9 7 (2.19%) Pandas
10 6 (1.88%) .NET Core
10 6 (1.88%) Kafka
11 5 (1.57%) Entity Framework
12 4 (1.25%) Polars
12 4 (1.25%) SOAP
13 3 (0.94%) ARM Templates
13 3 (0.94%) Faiss
13 3 (0.94%) JWT
13 3 (0.94%) PyTorch
13 3 (0.94%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 31 (9.72%) Analytical Mindset
2 18 (5.64%) Self-Motivation
3 15 (4.70%) Cloud Native
3 15 (4.70%) Low-Code
4 12 (3.76%) Legacy Systems
5 7 (2.19%) Data Structures
5 7 (2.19%) Product Ownership
6 6 (1.88%) Algorithms
7 5 (1.57%) Enterprise Software
7 5 (1.57%) Hybrid Cloud
8 4 (1.25%) Clustering
8 4 (1.25%) Distributed Systems
8 4 (1.25%) Reference Data
9 3 (0.94%) AI Agents
9 3 (0.94%) Credit Risk
9 3 (0.94%) Distributed Architecture
9 3 (0.94%) Enterprise Cloud
9 3 (0.94%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
9 3 (0.94%) Management Information System
9 3 (0.94%) Market Risk
Operating Systems
1 6 (1.88%) VMS
2 3 (0.94%) Windows
2 3 (0.94%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 170 (53.29%) Business Intelligence
2 169 (52.98%) Analytics
3 145 (45.45%) ETL
4 117 (36.68%) Data Pipeline
5 115 (36.05%) Data Engineering
5 115 (36.05%) Data Modelling
6 108 (33.86%) CI/CD
7 106 (33.23%) DevOps
8 92 (28.84%) Problem-Solving
9 91 (28.53%) Agile
10 89 (27.90%) Decision-Making
11 82 (25.71%) AI
12 68 (21.32%) Visualisation
13 62 (19.44%) Data Governance
14 50 (15.67%) Continuous Improvement
15 46 (14.42%) Data Architecture
15 46 (14.42%) Data Integration
16 43 (13.48%) Coaching
17 42 (13.17%) Machine Learning
17 42 (13.17%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 232 (72.73%) SQL
2 144 (45.14%) Python
3 47 (14.73%) T-SQL
4 45 (14.11%) Data Analysis Expressions
5 23 (7.21%) C#
6 20 (6.27%) Bicep
6 20 (6.27%) PowerShell
7 13 (4.08%) Scala
8 10 (3.13%) JavaScript
9 6 (1.88%) R
10 5 (1.57%) Java
11 3 (0.94%) PHP
12 2 (0.63%) Bash
13 1 (0.31%) C++
13 1 (0.31%) PL/SQL
13 1 (0.31%) TypeScript
13 1 (0.31%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 36 (11.29%) Degree
2 20 (6.27%) Azure Certification
3 17 (5.33%) Microsoft Certification
4 12 (3.76%) SC Cleared
4 12 (3.76%) Security Cleared
4 12 (3.76%) Six Sigma Green Belt
5 10 (3.13%) Computer Science Degree
6 8 (2.51%) TOGAF Certification
7 6 (1.88%) DBS Check
7 6 (1.88%) Master's Degree
8 4 (1.25%) ISTQB
8 4 (1.25%) PMI Certification
8 4 (1.25%) PMP
9 3 (0.94%) IIBA
10 2 (0.63%) MCSE
11 1 (0.31%) AWS Certification
11 1 (0.31%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 75 (23.51%) Data Quality
2 33 (10.34%) GDPR
3 12 (3.76%) Actionable Recommendations
4 7 (2.19%) Accessibility
4 7 (2.19%) QA
5 5 (1.57%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 2 (0.63%) SLA
7 1 (0.31%) California Consumer Privacy Act
7 1 (0.31%) HIPAA
System Software
1 16 (5.02%) Docker
2 4 (1.25%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.31%) Virtual Machines
3 1 (0.31%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 33 (10.34%) Terraform
2 20 (6.27%) Kubernetes
3 4 (1.25%) Single Sign-On
4 3 (0.94%) Grafana
4 3 (0.94%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 141 (44.20%) Microsoft
2 127 (39.81%) Databricks
3 9 (2.82%) Ab Initio
4 7 (2.19%) Informatica
4 7 (2.19%) SAP
4 7 (2.19%) Talend
5 6 (1.88%) Alteryx
5 6 (1.88%) Oracle
6 5 (1.57%) OpenAI
6 5 (1.57%) RedGate
7 4 (1.25%) CrowdStrike
7 4 (1.25%) Fortinet
7 4 (1.25%) Palo Alto
7 4 (1.25%) Salesforce
8 3 (0.94%) Anaplan
8 3 (0.94%) Automation Anywhere
8 3 (0.94%) Google
8 3 (0.94%) SolarWinds
8 3 (0.94%) UiPath
9 2 (0.63%) ServiceNow