Azure Data Engineer Jobs

Data Engineer - Microsoft Azure
UK

The median Data Engineer - Microsoft Azure salary in the UK is £61,250 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 31 January 2025.

The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 Jan 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 693 683 822
Rank change year-on-year -10 +139 +102
Permanent jobs requiring an Azure Data Engineer 68 108 191
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.11% 0.15% 0.18%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.11% 0.16% 0.19%
Number of salaries quoted 66 102 176
10th Percentile £42,500 £47,250 £51,250
25th Percentile £50,313 £52,500 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £61,250 £65,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.77% -7.14% +7.69%
75th Percentile £74,688 £75,000 £87,500
90th Percentile £93,750 £82,500 £93,125
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £65,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -15.38% +8.33% +15.15%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of permanent jobs in our overall sample.

Permanent vacancies in the UK with a recognized job title 59,447 69,211 103,224
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 92.50% 95.24% 94.88%
Number of salaries quoted 27,416 52,088 66,220
10th Percentile £35,000 £29,000 £33,244
25th Percentile £45,000 £40,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £58,033 £55,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +5.51% -8.33% -
75th Percentile £77,500 £75,000 £82,500
90th Percentile £97,500 £95,000 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £54,000 £50,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year +8.00% -4.76% +5.00%

Azure Data Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings that featured Azure Data Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Azure Data Engineer in the UK

Azure Data Engineer
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for Azure Data Engineer in the UK

Azure Data Engineer
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Azure Data Engineer over the 6 months to 31 January 2025.

Salary histogram for Azure Data Engineer in the UK

Azure Data Engineer
Top 13 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Azure Data Engineer within the UK over the 6 months to 31 January 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 +6 64 £61,250 +2.08% 20
London +13 34 £70,000 +16.67% 9
UK excluding London +27 32 £55,000 -15.38% 11
Work from Home +49 27 £65,000 - 13
North of England +11 13 £55,000 -15.38% 6
South East +18 9 £70,000 +16.67%
North West -15 9 £55,000 +7.32% 5
Midlands +24 8 £46,250 -7.50% 3
Yorkshire +42 7 £55,000 -31.25% 1
West Midlands - 6 £42,500 - 2
Scotland +30 2 £55,000 -15.38% 1
East Midlands +5 2 £56,250 +12.50% 1
North East +3 1 £100,000 +33.33%

Azure Data Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 31 January 2025, Azure Data Engineer job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads featuring Azure Data Engineer in the job title.

1 68 (100.00%) Azure
2 58 (85.29%) SQL
3 46 (67.65%) Azure Data Factory
4 45 (66.18%) Databricks
5 42 (61.76%) Python
6 35 (51.47%) Analytics
7 32 (47.06%) Microsoft
7 32 (47.06%) Business Intelligence
8 31 (45.59%) DevOps
9 30 (44.12%) Data Engineering
10 29 (42.65%) Data Lake
10 29 (42.65%) Data Warehouse
11 28 (41.18%) ETL
11 28 (41.18%) Power Platform
12 27 (39.71%) Power BI
13 24 (35.29%) Data Pipeline
14 23 (33.82%) Azure Synapse Analytics
14 23 (33.82%) Data Modelling
15 21 (30.88%) Social Skills
16 20 (29.41%) Degree
17 19 (27.94%) Finance
17 19 (27.94%) CI/CD
18 18 (26.47%) Agile
19 14 (20.59%) Problem-Solving
19 14 (20.59%) Azure DevOps
20 13 (19.12%) Azure SQL Database
20 13 (19.12%) Visualisation
20 13 (19.12%) T-SQL
20 13 (19.12%) SQL Server
20 13 (19.12%) Decision-Making

Azure Data Engineer Skill Set
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 3 (4.41%) Apache
1 3 (4.41%) Apache Spark
Business Applications
1 2 (2.94%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 68 (100.00%) Azure
2 46 (67.65%) Azure Data Factory
3 28 (41.18%) Power Platform
4 23 (33.82%) Azure Synapse Analytics
5 14 (20.59%) Azure DevOps
6 8 (11.76%) Serverless
7 7 (10.29%) Azure Functions
8 5 (7.35%) GitHub
8 5 (7.35%) PaaS
9 4 (5.88%) Azure Cosmos DB
10 3 (4.41%) Dynamics 365
10 3 (4.41%) Fivetran
11 2 (2.94%) AWS
11 2 (2.94%) Azure Logic Apps
11 2 (2.94%) Power Automate
12 1 (1.47%) Azure App Service
12 1 (1.47%) Azure Cognitive Services
12 1 (1.47%) Azure Stack
12 1 (1.47%) Azure Storage
12 1 (1.47%) Microsoft Purview
Database & Business Intelligence
1 29 (42.65%) Data Lake
1 29 (42.65%) Data Warehouse
2 27 (39.71%) Power BI
3 13 (19.12%) Azure SQL Database
3 13 (19.12%) SQL Server
4 11 (16.18%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 9 (13.24%) Delta Lake
6 7 (10.29%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 6 (8.82%) SQL Server Analysis Services
8 5 (7.35%) Power Query
9 4 (5.88%) Relational Database
9 4 (5.88%) Spark SQL
10 2 (2.94%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
10 2 (2.94%) Big Data
11 1 (1.47%) GIS
11 1 (1.47%) HDInsight
11 1 (1.47%) Metadata
11 1 (1.47%) MySQL
11 1 (1.47%) NoSQL
11 1 (1.47%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 5 (7.35%) Git
2 4 (5.88%) MLflow
3 2 (2.94%) git-flow
3 2 (2.94%) JIRA
4 1 (1.47%) Visual Studio
General
1 21 (30.88%) Social Skills
2 19 (27.94%) Finance
3 8 (11.76%) Analytical Skills
4 3 (4.41%) Manufacturing
4 3 (4.41%) Marketing
4 3 (4.41%) Organisational Skills
5 1 (1.47%) Banking
5 1 (1.47%) Financial Institution
5 1 (1.47%) Law
5 1 (1.47%) Public Sector
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (17.65%) PySpark
2 1 (1.47%) .NET
2 1 (1.47%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 3 (4.41%) Analytical Mindset
1 3 (4.41%) Greenfield Project
1 3 (4.41%) Management Information System
2 2 (2.94%) Self-Motivation
2 2 (2.94%) Virtual Team
3 1 (1.47%) Hedge funds
3 1 (1.47%) IoT
3 1 (1.47%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 35 (51.47%) Analytics
2 32 (47.06%) Business Intelligence
3 31 (45.59%) DevOps
4 30 (44.12%) Data Engineering
5 28 (41.18%) ETL
6 24 (35.29%) Data Pipeline
7 23 (33.82%) Data Modelling
8 19 (27.94%) CI/CD
9 18 (26.47%) Agile
10 14 (20.59%) Problem-Solving
11 13 (19.12%) Decision-Making
11 13 (19.12%) Visualisation
12 12 (17.65%) Data Architecture
13 11 (16.18%) Data Governance
13 11 (16.18%) Mentoring
14 10 (14.71%) Computer Science
14 10 (14.71%) Data Integration
15 9 (13.24%) Continuous Improvement
15 9 (13.24%) Data Analysis
15 9 (13.24%) Data Strategy
Programming Languages
1 58 (85.29%) SQL
2 42 (61.76%) Python
3 13 (19.12%) T-SQL
4 11 (16.18%) Data Analysis Expressions
5 5 (7.35%) Java
5 5 (7.35%) Scala
6 4 (5.88%) R
7 1 (1.47%) Bicep
7 1 (1.47%) C#
7 1 (1.47%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 20 (29.41%) Degree
2 5 (7.35%) DBS Check
3 3 (4.41%) Computer Science Degree
3 3 (4.41%) Numerate Degree
4 2 (2.94%) Azure Certification
5 1 (1.47%) Microsoft Certification
5 1 (1.47%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (14.71%) Data Quality
Systems Management
1 4 (5.88%) Kubernetes
2 2 (2.94%) Terraform
Vendors
1 45 (66.18%) Databricks
2 32 (47.06%) Microsoft
3 1 (1.47%) OpenAI