Azure Data Factory Job Trends in the West Midlands

Microsoft Azure Data Factory
England > West Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the West Midlands requiring Azure Data Factory skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 14 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 141 175 147
Rank change year-on-year +34 -28 +85
Permanent jobs citing Azure Data Factory 37 24 32
As % of all permanent jobs in the West Midlands 0.70% 0.58% 0.85%
As % of the Cloud Services category 1.81% 1.72% 2.34%
Number of salaries quoted 32 20 27
10th Percentile £50,250 £42,500 £45,015
25th Percentile £55,000 £52,500 £47,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £65,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -7.69% +18.18% -13.73%
75th Percentile £67,500 £79,625 £68,750
90th Percentile £77,500 £81,250 £77,500
England median annual salary £72,500 £65,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +11.54% +8.33% -13.60%

All Cloud Computing Skills
West Midlands

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 in the West Midlands.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 2,044 1,395 1,370
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 38.67% 33.68% 36.32%
Number of salaries quoted 879 789 1,223
10th Percentile £29,250 £32,500 £29,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £41,250 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year - +10.00% -9.09%
75th Percentile £70,000 £72,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £86,502 £80,000 £77,500
England median annual salary £60,000 £65,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -7.69% +8.33% -7.69%

Azure Data Factory
Job Vacancy Trend in the West Midlands

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Azure Data Factory relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands.

Azure Data Factory job vacancy trend in the West Midlands

Azure Data Factory
Salary Trend in the West Midlands

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the West Midlands citing Azure Data Factory.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the West Midlands citing Azure Data Factory

Azure Data Factory
Salary Histogram in the West Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing Azure Data Factory in the West Midlands over the 6 months to 14 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Azure Data Factory in the West Midlands

Azure Data Factory
Job Locations in the West Midlands

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 West Midlands region over the 6 months to 14 January 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
Birmingham +39 29 £60,000 -14.29% 13
Solihull +7 8 £60,000 +9.09% 2
Warwickshire +26 3 £63,096 -18.59% 3
Staffordshire - 2 £64,500 -
Azure Data Factory
England

Azure Data Factory
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the West Midlands 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 1 (2.70%) Apache Airflow
1 1 (2.70%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (5.41%) Microsoft Excel
1 2 (5.41%) Spreadsheet
2 1 (2.70%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 37 (100.00%) Azure
2 17 (45.95%) Power Platform
3 11 (29.73%) Azure Synapse Analytics
4 2 (5.41%) Azure DevOps
4 2 (5.41%) Dynamics 365
4 2 (5.41%) Microsoft 365
5 1 (2.70%) Azure Machine Learning
5 1 (2.70%) Dataform
5 1 (2.70%) dbt
5 1 (2.70%) Microsoft Purview
5 1 (2.70%) Power Automate
5 1 (2.70%) PowerApps
5 1 (2.70%) Snowflake
Database & Business Intelligence
1 20 (54.05%) Data Warehouse
1 20 (54.05%) SQL Server
2 17 (45.95%) Power BI
3 11 (29.73%) Data Lake
4 8 (21.62%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
4 8 (21.62%) Delta Lake
5 6 (16.22%) Azure SQL Database
6 5 (13.51%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 4 (10.81%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 3 (8.11%) Parquet
9 2 (5.41%) Metadata
9 2 (5.41%) SQL Server Analysis Services
10 1 (2.70%) Power Query
10 1 (2.70%) Relational Database
10 1 (2.70%) Snowflake Schema
General
1 14 (37.84%) Social Skills
2 9 (24.32%) Automotive
3 8 (21.62%) Analytical Skills
4 7 (18.92%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 6 (16.22%) Documentation Skills
6 3 (8.11%) Finance
6 3 (8.11%) Retail
7 1 (2.70%) Billing
7 1 (2.70%) Presentation Skills
7 1 (2.70%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 24 (64.86%) Data Engineer
2 12 (32.43%) Senior
3 11 (29.73%) Azure Data Engineer
3 11 (29.73%) Azure Engineer
4 10 (27.03%) Senior Data Engineer
5 3 (8.11%) Business Intelligence Manager
5 3 (8.11%) Developer
5 3 (8.11%) Head of Business Intelligence
5 3 (8.11%) Python Data Engineer
5 3 (8.11%) Python Engineer
6 2 (5.41%) Architect
6 2 (5.41%) Business Intelligence Developer
7 1 (2.70%) Analyst
7 1 (2.70%) Business Manager
7 1 (2.70%) Data Architect
7 1 (2.70%) Data Migration Specialist
7 1 (2.70%) Microsoft Developer
7 1 (2.70%) Senior Developer
7 1 (2.70%) Senior Manager
7 1 (2.70%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 15 (40.54%) PySpark
2 2 (5.41%) .NET
3 1 (2.70%) ARM Templates
3 1 (2.70%) HTML5 Canvas
3 1 (2.70%) JSON
3 1 (2.70%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 4 (10.81%) Analytical Mindset
2 1 (2.70%) Cloud Native
2 1 (2.70%) Data Structures
2 1 (2.70%) Distributed Computing
2 1 (2.70%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
2 1 (2.70%) Legacy Systems
2 1 (2.70%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 23 (62.16%) Data Engineering
2 21 (56.76%) ETL
3 20 (54.05%) Business Intelligence
4 14 (37.84%) Data Pipeline
5 12 (32.43%) Analytics
5 12 (32.43%) Visualisation
6 11 (29.73%) CI/CD
7 9 (24.32%) Agile
7 9 (24.32%) Data Modelling
7 9 (24.32%) Data Visualisation
8 7 (18.92%) Decision-Making
8 7 (18.92%) DevOps
8 7 (18.92%) Machine Learning
9 6 (16.22%) AI
9 6 (16.22%) Waterfall
10 5 (13.51%) Business Strategy
10 5 (13.51%) Data Governance
11 4 (10.81%) Actionable Insight
11 4 (10.81%) Data Transformation
11 4 (10.81%) Problem-Solving
Programming Languages
1 27 (72.97%) SQL
2 18 (48.65%) Python
3 4 (10.81%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 3 (8.11%) T-SQL
5 2 (5.41%) Bicep
5 2 (5.41%) C#
5 2 (5.41%) Scala
6 1 (2.70%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 2 (5.41%) Azure Certification
1 2 (5.41%) Microsoft Certification
1 2 (5.41%) SC Cleared
1 2 (5.41%) Security Cleared
2 1 (2.70%) Degree
2 1 (2.70%) Six Sigma Green Belt
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (10.81%) Data Quality
2 3 (8.11%) GDPR
3 1 (2.70%) Accessibility
3 1 (2.70%) Actionable Recommendations
3 1 (2.70%) ISO/IEC 27001
Systems Management
1 2 (5.41%) Terraform
Vendors
1 24 (64.86%) Databricks
2 21 (56.76%) Microsoft