Microsoft Azure Data Factory
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for Azure Data Factory skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Azure Data Factory over the 6 months to 25 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
25 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 458 377 418
Rank change year-on-year -81 +41 +18
Permanent jobs citing Azure Data Factory 510 927 1,291
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.52% 0.88% 0.84%
As % of the Cloud Services category 1.44% 2.04% 1.74%
Number of salaries quoted 452 734 801
10th Percentile £41,250 £46,250 £43,750
25th Percentile £48,563 £52,500 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £67,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -6.72% +3.08% +4.00%
75th Percentile £78,750 £82,500 £82,500
90th Percentile £93,750 £100,000 £92,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,750 £58,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -9.05% +5.45% -4.35%

All Cloud Skills
UK

Azure Data Factory is in the Cloud Services category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 35,322 45,386 74,012
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 35.98% 43.16% 48.09%
Number of salaries quoted 26,781 29,602 41,844
10th Percentile £30,000 £35,000 £33,750
25th Percentile £41,250 £46,250 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £65,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -11.54% +4.00% +8.70%
75th Percentile £77,500 £85,000 £82,500
90th Percentile £96,250 £102,500 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +5.00%

Azure Data Factory
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Azure Data Factory as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Azure Data Factory in the UK

Azure Data Factory
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Azure Data Factory.

Salary trend for Azure Data Factory in the UK

Azure Data Factory
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Azure Data Factory over the 6 months to 25 April 2024.

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 25 April 2024. 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 -29 476 £62,500 -7.41% 165
UK excluding London -98 254 £52,750 -9.05% 84
Work from Home -51 252 £64,000 +2.40% 86
London -16 221 £73,750 -4.84% 80
North of England +15 91 £47,500 -13.64% 16
Midlands -6 65 £50,000 -13.04% 14
North West +3 61 £45,000 -25.00% 10
West Midlands +11 48 £50,000 -13.04% 7
South East -37 43 £65,000 - 30
South West -39 23 £67,500 +31.71% 7
North East +9 17 £47,500 -25.20%
East Midlands -20 17 £47,500 -13.64% 7
Yorkshire +62 13 £57,500 +15.00% 6
East of England +27 13 £55,000 -4.35% 8
Scotland -70 13 £66,500 +20.91% 7
Wales -14 4 £46,131 -19.77% 1
Isle of Man - 2 £82,500 -

Azure Data Factory
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 35 (6.86%) Apache Spark
2 29 (5.69%) Apache
3 10 (1.96%) SharePoint
4 6 (1.18%) Apache Airflow
5 3 (0.59%) Microsoft Exchange
6 2 (0.39%) BizTalk Server
6 2 (0.39%) nginx
7 1 (0.20%) Apache Pig
7 1 (0.20%) Apache Synapse
7 1 (0.20%) Confluence
7 1 (0.20%) SAS
Applications
1 10 (1.96%) Microsoft Excel
2 5 (0.98%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.20%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (0.20%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 8 (1.57%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.20%) Unit4 Business World
Cloud Services
1 508 (99.61%) Azure
2 280 (54.90%) Power Platform
3 189 (37.06%) Azure Synapse Analytics
4 119 (23.33%) Azure DevOps
5 58 (11.37%) Serverless
6 52 (10.20%) Azure Logic Apps
7 44 (8.63%) Azure Functions
8 32 (6.27%) Azure Service Bus
9 31 (6.08%) AWS
10 25 (4.90%) Snowflake
11 23 (4.51%) Microsoft Purview
11 23 (4.51%) PowerApps
12 22 (4.31%) Azure API Management
12 22 (4.31%) Azure Cosmos DB
13 20 (3.92%) GCP
14 18 (3.53%) Dynamics 365
14 18 (3.53%) Matillion
15 17 (3.33%) Azure App Service
15 17 (3.33%) Microsoft 365
16 16 (3.14%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 23 (4.51%) DNS
2 17 (3.33%) HTTP
3 11 (2.16%) Network Security
4 5 (0.98%) Firewall
5 2 (0.39%) LAN
5 2 (0.39%) VPN
5 2 (0.39%) WAN
6 1 (0.20%) 3GPP
6 1 (0.20%) 5G
6 1 (0.20%) SMS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 259 (50.78%) Power BI
2 220 (43.14%) Data Warehouse
3 186 (36.47%) Data Lake
4 166 (32.55%) SQL Server
5 114 (22.35%) Azure SQL Database
6 104 (20.39%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 42 (8.24%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
8 38 (7.45%) Big Data
8 38 (7.45%) Tableau
9 37 (7.25%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 34 (6.67%) SQL Server Analysis Services
11 27 (5.29%) Relational Database
12 26 (5.10%) Delta Lake
13 24 (4.71%) Microsoft Analysis Services
14 23 (4.51%) NoSQL
15 21 (4.12%) Metadata
16 18 (3.53%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
17 16 (3.14%) Data Vault
17 16 (3.14%) Hadoop
18 13 (2.55%) Spark SQL
Development Applications
1 29 (5.69%) Git
2 16 (3.14%) Postman
3 8 (1.57%) Visual Studio
4 6 (1.18%) RStudio
5 4 (0.78%) Jenkins
5 4 (0.78%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
5 4 (0.78%) TeamCity
6 3 (0.59%) JIRA
6 3 (0.59%) Octopus Deploy
7 2 (0.39%) JMeter
7 2 (0.39%) Team Foundation Server
8 1 (0.20%) Bitbucket
8 1 (0.20%) Oracle Forms
8 1 (0.20%) Selenium
8 1 (0.20%) SoapUI
8 1 (0.20%) SpecFlow
8 1 (0.20%) Subversion
General
1 138 (27.06%) Social Skills
2 96 (18.82%) Finance
3 64 (12.55%) Analytical Skills
4 43 (8.43%) Public Sector
5 23 (4.51%) Retail
6 19 (3.73%) Presentation Skills
7 18 (3.53%) Legal
8 16 (3.14%) Law
9 13 (2.55%) Manufacturing
10 11 (2.16%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 9 (1.76%) Marketing
12 8 (1.57%) Influencing Skills
13 7 (1.37%) Games
13 7 (1.37%) Telecoms
14 6 (1.18%) Banking
15 5 (0.98%) Electronics
15 5 (0.98%) Pharmaceutical
15 5 (0.98%) Tech for Good
16 4 (0.78%) Financial Institution
17 3 (0.59%) Investment Banking
Job Titles
1 196 (38.43%) Data Engineer
2 105 (20.59%) Developer
3 87 (17.06%) Senior
4 78 (15.29%) Azure Engineer
5 62 (12.16%) Azure Data Engineer
6 59 (11.57%) Senior Data Engineer
7 55 (10.78%) Architect
8 46 (9.02%) Lead
9 40 (7.84%) Business Intelligence Developer
10 39 (7.65%) Data Manager
11 33 (6.47%) Data Architect
12 31 (6.08%) Azure Architect
13 28 (5.49%) Analyst
13 28 (5.49%) Solutions Architect
14 27 (5.29%) Engineering Manager
15 26 (5.10%) Consultant
16 25 (4.90%) Azure Developer
16 25 (4.90%) Data Consultant
16 25 (4.90%) DevOps Engineer
17 21 (4.12%) Azure Data Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 49 (9.61%) PySpark
2 30 (5.88%) .NET
3 27 (5.29%) RESTful
4 17 (3.33%) JWT
4 17 (3.33%) Swagger
5 15 (2.94%) OpenAPI
5 15 (2.94%) XML
6 8 (1.57%) JSON
6 8 (1.57%) REST
7 6 (1.18%) ARM Templates
8 5 (0.98%) GraphQL
8 5 (0.98%) Kafka
8 5 (0.98%) Pandas
8 5 (0.98%) React
9 4 (0.78%) .NET Core
9 4 (0.78%) HTML
9 4 (0.78%) SOAP
9 4 (0.78%) Web Services
9 4 (0.78%) YAML
10 3 (0.59%) MDX
Miscellaneous
1 19 (3.73%) Product Ownership
2 16 (3.14%) Data Structures
2 16 (3.14%) Management Information System
3 12 (2.35%) Data Centre
3 12 (2.35%) IoT
4 11 (2.16%) Algorithms
5 10 (1.96%) Enterprise Software
6 8 (1.57%) Cloud Native
7 7 (1.37%) Data Protection Act
7 7 (1.37%) NHS
8 6 (1.18%) Greenfield Project
8 6 (1.18%) Public Cloud
8 6 (1.18%) Self-Motivation
9 4 (0.78%) Hybrid Cloud
9 4 (0.78%) Smart Meter
10 3 (0.59%) Driving Licence
10 3 (0.59%) Replication
11 2 (0.39%) Analytical Mindset
11 2 (0.39%) Housing Association
11 2 (0.39%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 31 (6.08%) Windows
2 12 (2.35%) Linux
3 11 (2.16%) Windows Server
4 8 (1.57%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 261 (51.18%) Business Intelligence
1 261 (51.18%) ETL
2 207 (40.59%) Analytics
3 175 (34.31%) DevOps
4 174 (34.12%) Data Engineering
5 160 (31.37%) Data Pipeline
6 156 (30.59%) Agile
7 146 (28.63%) Data Modelling
8 129 (25.29%) CI/CD
9 119 (23.33%) Visualisation
10 100 (19.61%) Data Science
11 83 (16.27%) Machine Learning
12 80 (15.69%) Data Visualisation
13 76 (14.90%) Artificial Intelligence
14 71 (13.92%) Migration
15 63 (12.35%) Data Architecture
15 63 (12.35%) Data Integration
16 62 (12.16%) Stakeholder Management
17 60 (11.76%) Roadmaps
18 55 (10.78%) Data Analytics
Programming Languages
1 404 (79.22%) SQL
2 173 (33.92%) Python
3 79 (15.49%) T-SQL
4 51 (10.00%) C#
5 27 (5.29%) Data Analysis Expressions
6 22 (4.31%) PowerShell
7 18 (3.53%) R
8 15 (2.94%) Scala
9 9 (1.76%) Java
9 9 (1.76%) U-SQL
10 8 (1.57%) JavaScript
11 5 (0.98%) Kusto Query Language
12 2 (0.39%) Bash
12 2 (0.39%) Bicep
12 2 (0.39%) Korn
12 2 (0.39%) PHP
12 2 (0.39%) PL/SQL
12 2 (0.39%) VBA
13 1 (0.20%) Perl
Qualifications
1 44 (8.63%) Microsoft Certification
2 37 (7.25%) Azure Certification
2 37 (7.25%) Degree
3 36 (7.06%) DBS Check
4 15 (2.94%) Computer Science Degree
4 15 (2.94%) Security Cleared
5 14 (2.75%) SC Cleared
6 7 (1.37%) DV Cleared
7 3 (0.59%) AWS Certification
8 2 (0.39%) Master's Degree
8 2 (0.39%) MCSA
8 2 (0.39%) MCSE
8 2 (0.39%) TOGAF Certification
9 1 (0.20%) BPSS Clearance
9 1 (0.20%) MCP
9 1 (0.20%) PMI Certification
9 1 (0.20%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 66 (12.94%) Data Quality
2 22 (4.31%) GDPR
3 16 (3.14%) QA
4 4 (0.78%) Accessibility
4 4 (0.78%) California Consumer Privacy Act
4 4 (0.78%) Solvency II
5 1 (0.20%) NCSC
System Software
1 23 (4.51%) Virtual Machines
2 7 (1.37%) Docker
3 5 (0.98%) Active Directory
4 2 (0.39%) Firmware
4 2 (0.39%) Hyper-V
4 2 (0.39%) Virtual Desktop
5 1 (0.20%) Apache Flume
Systems Management
1 30 (5.88%) Terraform
2 10 (1.96%) Kubernetes
3 2 (0.39%) Oracle Identity Management
Vendors
1 242 (47.45%) Databricks
2 224 (43.92%) Microsoft
3 18 (3.53%) Oracle
4 12 (2.35%) Alteryx
5 8 (1.57%) SAP
6 7 (1.37%) Google
7 6 (1.18%) Adobe
7 6 (1.18%) Apple
8 4 (0.78%) Informatica
8 4 (0.78%) MuleSoft
8 4 (0.78%) SnapLogic
9 2 (0.39%) Cognos
9 2 (0.39%) IBM
9 2 (0.39%) MicroStrategy
9 2 (0.39%) Snow
9 2 (0.39%) Talend
10 1 (0.20%) Ab Initio
10 1 (0.20%) Atlassian
10 1 (0.20%) Salesforce
10 1 (0.20%) Sitecore