Azure Data Factory Contracts with Hybrid/Remote/WFH Options

Microsoft Azure Data Factory
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for remote or hybrid contract work requiring Azure Data Factory skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Azure Data Factory over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 213 210 227
Rank change year-on-year -3 +17 -9
Contract jobs citing Azure Data Factory 91 137 280
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 0.92% 0.89% 1.08%
As % of the Cloud Services category 2.31% 2.47% 2.74%
Number of daily rates quoted 75 109 230
10th Percentile £357 £413 £400
25th Percentile £409 £475 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% -4.55% -
75th Percentile £588 £638 £654
90th Percentile £645 £688 £730
UK median daily rate £500 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -9.09% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 0
Median hourly rate £65.00 - -
UK median hourly rate £65.00 - £35.00
% change year-on-year - - -38.46%

All Cloud Skills
Work from Home

Azure Data Factory falls under the Cloud Services category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies with remote or hybrid options requiring cloud computing skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 3,940 5,557 10,236
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 39.78% 36.21% 39.59%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,887 3,982 7,514
10th Percentile £351 £350 £373
25th Percentile £425 £430 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £523 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year -0.38% -4.55% -
75th Percentile £630 £638 £650
90th Percentile £750 £738 £743
UK median daily rate £520 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -0.95% -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 42 89 125
10th Percentile £16.00 £15.50 £16.43
25th Percentile £25.25 £17.00 £21.31
Median hourly rate £35.00 £26.00 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year +34.62% -52.73% +83.33%
75th Percentile £70.63 £50.25 £70.00
90th Percentile £92.50 £64.37 £78.40
UK median hourly rate £27.35 £21.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year +30.24% -40.00% +62.79%

Azure Data Factory
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with remote working options citing Azure Data Factory as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Azure Data Factory trend for jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH options

Azure Data Factory
Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in job vacancies with remote working options citing Azure Data Factory.

Azure Data Factory daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

Azure Data Factory
Daily Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Daily rate distribution for jobs with remote working options citing Azure Data Factory over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Azure Data Factory daily rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Azure Data Factory
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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 5 (5.49%) Apache Spark
Business Applications
1 2 (2.20%) Dynamics CRM
1 2 (2.20%) SAP ERP
2 1 (1.10%) Aladdin
2 1 (1.10%) Dynamics AX
2 1 (1.10%) Endur
Cloud Services
1 91 (100.00%) Azure
2 40 (43.96%) Power Platform
3 23 (25.27%) AWS
3 23 (25.27%) Azure Synapse Analytics
4 22 (24.18%) Azure Machine Learning
5 21 (23.08%) Azure DevOps
6 12 (13.19%) Azure API Management
7 10 (10.99%) Azure Service Bus
8 7 (7.69%) Azure Functions
8 7 (7.69%) Azure Logic Apps
8 7 (7.69%) Serverless
8 7 (7.69%) Snowflake
9 6 (6.59%) Azure Cosmos DB
9 6 (6.59%) GitHub
10 5 (5.49%) Power Automate
11 4 (4.40%) Azure Monitor
11 4 (4.40%) Azure Storage
11 4 (4.40%) Dynamics 365
11 4 (4.40%) PowerApps
12 3 (3.30%) Azure AKS
Communications & Networking
1 2 (2.20%) DNS
1 2 (2.20%) FTP
1 2 (2.20%) HTTP
1 2 (2.20%) Network Security
1 2 (2.20%) SMTP
1 2 (2.20%) SSL
1 2 (2.20%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 39 (42.86%) Power BI
2 36 (39.56%) Data Lake
3 19 (20.88%) Neo4j
4 12 (13.19%) Azure SQL Database
5 11 (12.09%) Data Warehouse
5 11 (12.09%) SQL Server
5 11 (12.09%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 7 (7.69%) Metadata
7 5 (5.49%) Big Data
8 4 (4.40%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 3 (3.30%) Tableau
10 2 (2.20%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
10 2 (2.20%) Dremio
10 2 (2.20%) Metadata Repository
10 2 (2.20%) Relational Database
10 2 (2.20%) Snowflake Schema
11 1 (1.10%) PostgreSQL
11 1 (1.10%) Power Query
11 1 (1.10%) QlikView
11 1 (1.10%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 5 (5.49%) Selenium
2 3 (3.30%) Git
3 2 (2.20%) JIRA
3 2 (2.20%) Postman
3 2 (2.20%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
3 2 (2.20%) Visual Studio
General
1 22 (24.18%) Public Sector
2 15 (16.48%) Analytical Skills
2 15 (16.48%) Social Skills
3 6 (6.59%) Manufacturing
4 4 (4.40%) Finance
5 2 (2.20%) Banking
5 2 (2.20%) Documentation Skills
5 2 (2.20%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 2 (2.20%) Local Government
5 2 (2.20%) Retail
6 1 (1.10%) Games
Job Titles
1 42 (46.15%) Data Engineer
2 19 (20.88%) Azure Engineer
3 14 (15.38%) Senior
4 13 (14.29%) Architect
4 13 (14.29%) Azure Data Engineer
4 13 (14.29%) Developer
5 11 (12.09%) Data Architect
6 10 (10.99%) Senior Data Engineer
7 8 (8.79%) Azure Developer
8 7 (7.69%) Analyst
8 7 (7.69%) Lead
9 6 (6.59%) Data Analyst
10 5 (5.49%) Full-Stack Developer
11 4 (4.40%) Azure Architect
11 4 (4.40%) Business Analyst
12 3 (3.30%) Azure Data Architect
12 3 (3.30%) Data Business Analyst
12 3 (3.30%) Data Scientist
12 3 (3.30%) DevOps Engineer
12 3 (3.30%) Lead Data Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 19 (20.88%) Plotly
1 19 (20.88%) React
2 14 (15.38%) PySpark
3 8 (8.79%) .NET
4 5 (5.49%) ADO
5 3 (3.30%) JSON
5 3 (3.30%) REST
5 3 (3.30%) TensorFlow
5 3 (3.30%) YAML
6 2 (2.20%) .NET Core
6 2 (2.20%) .NET Framework
6 2 (2.20%) Entity Framework
6 2 (2.20%) Hugging Face
6 2 (2.20%) OpenTelemetry
6 2 (2.20%) PyTorch
6 2 (2.20%) SpaCy
6 2 (2.20%) WCF
6 2 (2.20%) Web Services
7 1 (1.10%) ASP.NET
7 1 (1.10%) CSS
Miscellaneous
1 6 (6.59%) Renewable Energy
2 3 (3.30%) Distributed Systems
3 2 (2.20%) Algorithms
4 1 (1.10%) Clustering
4 1 (1.10%) Data Structures
4 1 (1.10%) Distributed Computing
4 1 (1.10%) Legacy Systems
4 1 (1.10%) N-Tier
4 1 (1.10%) Product Ownership
4 1 (1.10%) Replication
4 1 (1.10%) Self-Motivation
4 1 (1.10%) Smart City
4 1 (1.10%) Team-Oriented Environment
4 1 (1.10%) Virtual Team
Processes & Methodologies
1 31 (34.07%) DevOps
2 30 (32.97%) Data Modelling
2 30 (32.97%) Machine Learning
3 27 (29.67%) Visualisation
4 26 (28.57%) Data Integration
5 25 (27.47%) Analytics
6 24 (26.37%) Business Intelligence
6 24 (26.37%) ETL
7 23 (25.27%) Data Visualisation
8 22 (24.18%) Data Engineering
9 21 (23.08%) Data Pipeline
10 18 (19.78%) Storage Management
11 17 (18.68%) Agile
12 15 (16.48%) CI/CD
13 11 (12.09%) Data Transformation
14 10 (10.99%) Data Architecture
14 10 (10.99%) Migration
15 9 (9.89%) Validation
16 8 (8.79%) Artificial Intelligence
16 8 (8.79%) ERP
Programming Languages
1 42 (46.15%) SQL
2 31 (34.07%) Python
3 19 (20.88%) JavaScript
4 12 (13.19%) C#
5 11 (12.09%) T-SQL
6 7 (7.69%) Java
7 5 (5.49%) PowerShell
8 3 (3.30%) Bicep
8 3 (3.30%) Data Analysis Expressions
8 3 (3.30%) Kusto Query Language
9 2 (2.20%) PL/SQL
10 1 (1.10%) Formula Language
10 1 (1.10%) Scala
Qualifications
1 33 (36.26%) Security Cleared
2 31 (34.07%) SC Cleared
3 2 (2.20%) Azure Certification
3 2 (2.20%) Degree
3 2 (2.20%) Microsoft Certification
4 1 (1.10%) MCPD
4 1 (1.10%) MCSD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (10.99%) Data Quality
2 4 (4.40%) Accessibility
3 1 (1.10%) GDPR
3 1 (1.10%) QA
System Software
1 3 (3.30%) Docker
2 1 (1.10%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 8 (8.79%) Terraform
2 4 (4.40%) Kubernetes
3 2 (2.20%) Grafana
Vendors
1 49 (53.85%) Databricks
2 28 (30.77%) Microsoft
3 3 (3.30%) Informatica
4 2 (2.20%) Liquidlogic
4 2 (2.20%) OpenAI
4 2 (2.20%) Salesforce
4 2 (2.20%) SAP
5 1 (1.10%) Facebook
5 1 (1.10%) IBM
5 1 (1.10%) Instagram
5 1 (1.10%) ServiceNow
5 1 (1.10%) Snow
5 1 (1.10%) Splunk