Hybrid/Remote Azure Data Factory Job Trends

Microsoft Azure Data Factory
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for remote or hybrid work requiring Azure Data Factory skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 1 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 331 320 299
Rank change year-on-year -11 -21 -3
Permanent jobs citing Azure Data Factory 126 118 228
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.57% 0.71% 0.88%
As % of the Cloud Services category 1.46% 1.95% 2.15%
Number of salaries quoted 106 101 189
10th Percentile £51,484 £44,000 £42,500
25th Percentile £57,500 £51,250 £52,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £82,500 £60,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +37.50% -7.69% +8.33%
75th Percentile £95,000 £76,250 £80,000
90th Percentile £107,500 £90,750 £95,000
UK median annual salary £80,000 £65,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year +23.08% - -

All Cloud Computing 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 permanent job vacancies with remote or hybrid options requiring cloud computing skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 8,612 6,059 10,606
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 38.77% 36.64% 40.76%
Number of salaries quoted 6,204 4,468 8,477
10th Percentile £35,000 £31,705 £36,250
25th Percentile £45,000 £43,750 £46,581
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £60,000 £62,783
Median % change year-on-year +4.17% -4.43% -3.41%
75th Percentile £85,000 £82,500 £83,759
90th Percentile £100,000 £110,000 £108,750
UK median annual salary £62,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +4.17% - -4.37%

Azure Data Factory
Job Vacancy Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Azure Data Factory and offering remote or hybrid work options relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised.

Azure Data Factory job vacancy trend for remote/hybrid jobs

Azure Data Factory
Salary Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Salary distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Azure Data Factory.

Salary distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Azure Data Factory

Azure Data Factory
Salary Histogram for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Salary distribution for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Azure Data Factory over the 6 months to 1 August 2026.

Azure Data Factory salary histogram for jobs with remote/hybrid work options

Azure Data Factory
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Remote/Hybrid Jobs 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 25 (19.84%) SharePoint
2 11 (8.73%) Apache Spark
3 4 (3.17%) Apache
4 2 (1.59%) Apache Airflow
4 2 (1.59%) Jupyter
Applications
1 2 (1.59%) Chatbot
1 2 (1.59%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.79%) Trello
Business Applications
1 1 (0.79%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 126 (100.00%) Azure
2 59 (46.83%) Power Platform
3 38 (30.16%) Azure Synapse Analytics
4 24 (19.05%) Azure DevOps
4 24 (19.05%) Azure Logic Apps
5 23 (18.25%) Microsoft 365
6 21 (16.67%) Power Automate
6 21 (16.67%) PowerApps
7 19 (15.08%) Adobe Creative Cloud
7 19 (15.08%) Microsoft Purview
7 19 (15.08%) OneDrive
8 14 (11.11%) Snowflake
9 8 (6.35%) Azure Cosmos DB
10 7 (5.56%) Dynamics 365
11 6 (4.76%) GitHub
12 4 (3.17%) AWS
12 4 (3.17%) Cloud Computing
13 3 (2.38%) Azure Functions
13 3 (2.38%) GCP
13 3 (2.38%) Serverless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 57 (45.24%) Power BI
2 37 (29.37%) Azure SQL Database
3 29 (23.02%) Data Warehouse
4 25 (19.84%) Data Lake
5 22 (17.46%) Metadata
6 19 (15.08%) Delta Lake
7 11 (8.73%) Data Vault
7 11 (8.73%) SQL Server
8 9 (7.14%) Big Data
8 9 (7.14%) Spark SQL
9 7 (5.56%) Tableau
10 6 (4.76%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
10 6 (4.76%) Star Schema
11 5 (3.97%) SQL Server Integration Services
12 4 (3.17%) NoSQL
12 4 (3.17%) Relational Database
13 3 (2.38%) PostgreSQL
13 3 (2.38%) Semantic Layer
14 2 (1.59%) Power Query
14 2 (1.59%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 14 (11.11%) Git
2 2 (1.59%) Jenkins
2 2 (1.59%) MLflow
2 2 (1.59%) Visual Studio Code
3 1 (0.79%) Bitbucket
3 1 (0.79%) GitLab
3 1 (0.79%) JIRA
3 1 (0.79%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
3 1 (0.79%) Visual Studio
General
1 35 (27.78%) Social Skills
2 26 (20.63%) Finance
3 9 (7.14%) Analytical Skills
4 8 (6.35%) Influencing Skills
5 4 (3.17%) Public Sector
5 4 (3.17%) Retail
6 3 (2.38%) Law
7 2 (1.59%) Banking
7 2 (1.59%) Documentation Skills
8 1 (0.79%) Billing
8 1 (0.79%) Organisational Skills
8 1 (0.79%) Social Housing
8 1 (0.79%) Tech for Good
Job Titles
1 53 (42.06%) Data Engineer
2 34 (26.98%) Senior
3 23 (18.25%) Lead
4 21 (16.67%) Architect
4 21 (16.67%) Data Architect
4 21 (16.67%) Developer
5 15 (11.90%) Platform Engineer
5 15 (11.90%) Senior Developer
6 13 (10.32%) Lead Data Engineer
6 13 (10.32%) Senior Data Engineer
7 7 (5.56%) Microsoft 365 Developer
7 7 (5.56%) Microsoft Developer
7 7 (5.56%) Senior Microsoft Developer
8 6 (4.76%) Azure Data Engineer
8 6 (4.76%) Azure Engineer
8 6 (4.76%) Consultant
9 5 (3.97%) Data Manager
9 5 (3.97%) Data Migration Specialist
9 5 (3.97%) Dynamics 365 Specialist
9 5 (3.97%) Migration Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 31 (24.60%) PySpark
2 22 (17.46%) .NET
2 22 (17.46%) JSON
3 20 (15.87%) .NET Core
3 20 (15.87%) CSS
3 20 (15.87%) HTML
4 19 (15.08%) HTML5 Canvas
4 19 (15.08%) Microsoft Graph
4 19 (15.08%) SPFx
5 7 (5.56%) Kafka
6 2 (1.59%) ARM Templates
6 2 (1.59%) REST
6 2 (1.59%) YAML
7 1 (0.79%) FastAPI
7 1 (0.79%) LangChain
7 1 (0.79%) Middleware
7 1 (0.79%) Node.js
7 1 (0.79%) PyTorch
7 1 (0.79%) RESTful
7 1 (0.79%) Symfony
Miscellaneous
1 19 (15.08%) Cloud Native
2 8 (6.35%) Greenfield Project
3 4 (3.17%) Distributed Computing
3 4 (3.17%) Legacy Systems
4 3 (2.38%) Algorithms
5 2 (1.59%) Data Protection Act
5 2 (1.59%) Management Information System
5 2 (1.59%) Product Ownership
5 2 (1.59%) Self-Motivation
6 1 (0.79%) AI Agents
6 1 (0.79%) Analytical Mindset
6 1 (0.79%) Clustering
6 1 (0.79%) Data Structures
6 1 (0.79%) Distributed Systems
6 1 (0.79%) FMCG
6 1 (0.79%) Housing Association
6 1 (0.79%) Life Science
6 1 (0.79%) Low-Code
6 1 (0.79%) Replication
6 1 (0.79%) Virtual Team
Processes & Methodologies
1 77 (61.11%) Business Intelligence
2 63 (50.00%) Analytics
3 59 (46.83%) Data Modelling
4 58 (46.03%) Data Engineering
5 51 (40.48%) CI/CD
6 47 (37.30%) Data Pipeline
7 45 (35.71%) Machine Learning
8 43 (34.13%) AI
9 40 (31.75%) ETL
10 39 (30.95%) DevOps
11 35 (27.78%) Technical Leadership
12 29 (23.02%) Data Architecture
12 29 (23.02%) Decision-Making
13 26 (20.63%) Data Strategy
14 23 (18.25%) Data Science
15 22 (17.46%) Problem-Solving
16 20 (15.87%) Infrastructure as Code
17 19 (15.08%) Data Integration
17 19 (15.08%) Document Management
17 19 (15.08%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 88 (69.84%) SQL
2 56 (44.44%) Python
3 29 (23.02%) PowerShell
4 23 (18.25%) C#
5 22 (17.46%) JavaScript
6 19 (15.08%) TypeScript
7 14 (11.11%) Bicep
7 14 (11.11%) Scala
8 4 (3.17%) Data Analysis Expressions
8 4 (3.17%) T-SQL
9 2 (1.59%) VBA
10 1 (0.79%) Kusto Query Language
10 1 (0.79%) PHP
10 1 (0.79%) R
Qualifications
1 16 (12.70%) Azure Certification
1 16 (12.70%) Security Cleared
2 12 (9.52%) Microsoft Certification
3 11 (8.73%) SC Cleared
3 11 (8.73%) SnowPro
4 9 (7.14%) Degree
5 2 (1.59%) Computer Science Degree
6 1 (0.79%) ICAEW
6 1 (0.79%) Master's Degree
6 1 (0.79%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 42 (33.33%) Data Quality
2 7 (5.56%) GDPR
3 3 (2.38%) QA
4 2 (1.59%) IFRS
4 2 (1.59%) IFRS 17
4 2 (1.59%) Solvency II
5 1 (0.79%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 2 (1.59%) Docker
Systems Management
1 25 (19.84%) Terraform
2 3 (2.38%) Kubernetes
3 1 (0.79%) Ansible
3 1 (0.79%) SQL Sentry
Vendors
1 66 (52.38%) Microsoft
2 61 (48.41%) Databricks
3 19 (15.08%) Adobe
4 3 (2.38%) Foundry
4 3 (2.38%) Google
5 2 (1.59%) Salesforce
5 2 (1.59%) Talend
6 1 (0.79%) Alteryx
6 1 (0.79%) Cognizant
6 1 (0.79%) Informatica
6 1 (0.79%) OpenAI
6 1 (0.79%) SolarWinds