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 16 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 339 325 281
Rank change year-on-year -14 -44 +11
Permanent jobs citing Azure Data Factory 126 96 200
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.50% 0.58% 0.97%
As % of the Cloud Services category 1.44% 1.67% 2.22%
Number of salaries quoted 107 78 160
10th Percentile £50,468 £46,050 £42,500
25th Percentile £56,250 £52,500 £51,813
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £77,500 £61,250 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +26.53% -5.77% +8.33%
75th Percentile £95,000 £82,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £107,500 £91,275 £93,750
UK median annual salary £70,000 £68,250 £65,000
% change year-on-year +2.56% +5.00% +4.00%

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 8,739 5,737 9,004
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 34.71% 34.93% 43.57%
Number of salaries quoted 6,378 4,063 5,897
10th Percentile £35,000 £31,250 £36,738
25th Percentile £45,000 £42,500 £48,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £60,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.17% -7.69% -
75th Percentile £85,000 £82,500 £86,250
90th Percentile £100,000 £110,000 £115,000
UK median annual salary £62,500 £58,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year +7.76% -10.77% +4.00%

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 16 October 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 11 (8.73%) SharePoint
2 9 (7.14%) Apache Spark
3 3 (2.38%) Apache
4 2 (1.59%) Apache Airflow
4 2 (1.59%) Jupyter
Applications
1 6 (4.76%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (2.38%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 3 (2.38%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.79%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 126 (100.00%) Azure
2 64 (50.79%) Azure Synapse Analytics
3 60 (47.62%) Power Platform
4 42 (33.33%) Azure DevOps
5 30 (23.81%) Azure Databricks
6 26 (20.63%) Microsoft Purview
7 19 (15.08%) Azure Cosmos DB
8 18 (14.29%) Snowflake
9 16 (12.70%) Azure Logic Apps
10 12 (9.52%) Microsoft 365
10 12 (9.52%) PowerApps
11 11 (8.73%) AWS
11 11 (8.73%) Power Automate
12 8 (6.35%) Azure Functions
12 8 (6.35%) Serverless
13 7 (5.56%) Adobe Creative Cloud
13 7 (5.56%) OneDrive
14 6 (4.76%) Amazon S3
14 6 (4.76%) AWS Lambda
14 6 (4.76%) AWS Step Functions
Database & Business Intelligence
1 58 (46.03%) Power BI
2 45 (35.71%) Data Warehouse
3 35 (27.78%) Metadata
4 32 (25.40%) Azure SQL Database
5 29 (23.02%) Data Lake
6 28 (22.22%) Delta Lake
7 21 (16.67%) SQL Server
8 18 (14.29%) Star Schema
9 16 (12.70%) Data Vault
10 15 (11.90%) NoSQL
11 10 (7.94%) Snowflake Schema
12 9 (7.14%) Amazon QuickSight
12 9 (7.14%) DynamoDB
12 9 (7.14%) MongoDB
13 8 (6.35%) Tableau
14 7 (5.56%) Amazon Redshift
14 7 (5.56%) Big Data
14 7 (5.56%) Parquet
15 6 (4.76%) Amazon Athena
15 6 (4.76%) Spark SQL
Development Applications
1 27 (21.43%) Git
2 3 (2.38%) Jenkins
3 2 (1.59%) Visual Studio Code
4 1 (0.79%) MLflow
4 1 (0.79%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
4 1 (0.79%) Visual Studio
General
1 26 (20.63%) Social Skills
2 22 (17.46%) Finance
3 15 (11.90%) Analytical Skills
4 6 (4.76%) Retail
5 4 (3.17%) Legal
6 2 (1.59%) Banking
6 2 (1.59%) Influencing Skills
6 2 (1.59%) Law
6 2 (1.59%) Public Sector
7 1 (0.79%) Billing
7 1 (0.79%) Documentation Skills
7 1 (0.79%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 1 (0.79%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 62 (49.21%) Data Engineer
2 35 (27.78%) Senior
3 25 (19.84%) Architect
4 24 (19.05%) Data Architect
5 19 (15.08%) Senior Data Engineer
6 17 (13.49%) Azure Engineer
7 13 (10.32%) Lead
8 11 (8.73%) Consultant
9 10 (7.94%) Platform Engineer
10 9 (7.14%) Azure Data Engineer
10 9 (7.14%) Developer
11 8 (6.35%) Lead Data Engineer
12 5 (3.97%) Artificial Intelligence Developer
12 5 (3.97%) Databricks Data Engineer
12 5 (3.97%) Databricks Engineer
12 5 (3.97%) Senior Consultant
13 4 (3.17%) Data Consultant
13 4 (3.17%) Microsoft Consultant
14 3 (2.38%) IT Consultant
14 3 (2.38%) Senior Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 46 (36.51%) PySpark
2 30 (23.81%) Terraform
3 14 (11.11%) JSON
4 8 (6.35%) .NET
5 7 (5.56%) .NET Core
5 7 (5.56%) CSS
5 7 (5.56%) HTML
5 7 (5.56%) HTML5 Canvas
5 7 (5.56%) Kafka
5 7 (5.56%) Microsoft Graph
5 7 (5.56%) SPFx
6 6 (4.76%) Apache Avro
6 6 (4.76%) REST
7 3 (2.38%) FastAPI
7 3 (2.38%) LangChain
7 3 (2.38%) MDX
8 1 (0.79%) ARM Templates
8 1 (0.79%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 26 (20.63%) Cloud Native
2 12 (9.52%) Legacy Systems
3 10 (7.94%) Enterprise Software
4 9 (7.14%) Product Ownership
5 5 (3.97%) Algorithms
6 3 (2.38%) Distributed Computing
7 2 (1.59%) Greenfield Project
7 2 (1.59%) Low-Code
8 1 (0.79%) Analytical Mindset
8 1 (0.79%) Data Protection Act
8 1 (0.79%) Data Structures
8 1 (0.79%) FMCG
8 1 (0.79%) Housing Association
8 1 (0.79%) Hybrid Cloud
8 1 (0.79%) Self-Motivation
8 1 (0.79%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 9 (7.14%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 85 (67.46%) Business Intelligence
2 73 (57.94%) Analytics
2 73 (57.94%) CI/CD
3 69 (54.76%) Data Modelling
4 61 (48.41%) DevOps
5 55 (43.65%) ETL
6 50 (39.68%) Data Pipeline
7 46 (36.51%) Data Engineering
8 45 (35.71%) AI
9 43 (34.13%) Data Architecture
10 37 (29.37%) Data Strategy
11 35 (27.78%) Lakehouse
12 34 (26.98%) Machine Learning
13 32 (25.40%) Technical Leadership
14 31 (24.60%) Agile
15 29 (23.02%) Problem-Solving
16 27 (21.43%) Decision-Making
16 27 (21.43%) Roadmaps
17 26 (20.63%) Mentoring
18 25 (19.84%) Data Science
Programming Languages
1 101 (80.16%) SQL
2 79 (62.70%) Python
3 20 (15.87%) Bicep
3 20 (15.87%) C#
4 19 (15.08%) Scala
5 17 (13.49%) PowerShell
6 12 (9.52%) Data Analysis Expressions
7 10 (7.94%) JavaScript
8 7 (5.56%) TypeScript
9 6 (4.76%) Java
9 6 (4.76%) T-SQL
10 2 (1.59%) VBA
11 1 (0.79%) Kusto Query Language
11 1 (0.79%) R
Qualifications
1 20 (15.87%) Azure Certification
2 17 (13.49%) Microsoft Certification
3 16 (12.70%) SnowPro
4 15 (11.90%) Security Cleared
5 13 (10.32%) Degree
6 11 (8.73%) SC Cleared
7 1 (0.79%) ICAEW
7 1 (0.79%) ISTQB
7 1 (0.79%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 55 (43.65%) Data Quality
2 12 (9.52%) GDPR
3 9 (7.14%) California Consumer Privacy Act
4 7 (5.56%) Accessibility
5 2 (1.59%) QA
6 1 (0.79%) IFRS
6 1 (0.79%) IFRS 17
6 1 (0.79%) Solvency II
System Software
1 2 (1.59%) Docker
Systems Management
1 4 (3.17%) Kubernetes
2 2 (1.59%) Ansible
Vendors
1 83 (65.87%) Microsoft
2 58 (46.03%) Databricks
3 12 (9.52%) Informatica
4 11 (8.73%) Talend
5 7 (5.56%) Adobe
6 4 (3.17%) Foundry
7 3 (2.38%) Google
8 1 (0.79%) Alteryx
8 1 (0.79%) OpenAI
8 1 (0.79%) Salesforce
8 1 (0.79%) Sparx