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 28 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 324 319 290
Rank change year-on-year -5 -29 +3
Permanent jobs citing Azure Data Factory 131 105 215
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.53% 0.63% 0.95%
As % of the Cloud Services category 1.51% 1.83% 2.27%
Number of salaries quoted 111 88 175
10th Percentile £50,468 £44,000 £42,500
25th Percentile £56,250 £51,250 £50,688
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £80,000 £60,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +33.33% -7.69% +8.33%
75th Percentile £95,000 £80,625 £80,000
90th Percentile £107,500 £91,275 £93,750
UK median annual salary £70,000 £65,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year +7.69% - +3.17%

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 8,687 5,747 9,454
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 35.11% 34.70% 41.62%
Number of salaries quoted 6,368 4,092 6,294
10th Percentile £35,000 £31,250 £37,276
25th Percentile £45,000 £42,500 £47,500
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 £60,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year +4.17% -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 28 September 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 16 (12.21%) SharePoint
2 11 (8.40%) Apache Spark
3 4 (3.05%) Apache
4 2 (1.53%) Apache Airflow
4 2 (1.53%) Jupyter
Applications
1 4 (3.05%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (2.29%) Chatbot
3 1 (0.76%) Trello
Business Applications
1 1 (0.76%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 131 (100.00%) Azure
2 64 (48.85%) Azure Synapse Analytics
3 63 (48.09%) Power Platform
4 41 (31.30%) Azure DevOps
5 28 (21.37%) Azure Databricks
6 26 (19.85%) Microsoft Purview
7 21 (16.03%) Azure Logic Apps
8 18 (13.74%) Azure Cosmos DB
8 18 (13.74%) Snowflake
9 16 (12.21%) Microsoft 365
10 14 (10.69%) PowerApps
11 13 (9.92%) Power Automate
12 12 (9.16%) Adobe Creative Cloud
12 12 (9.16%) OneDrive
13 11 (8.40%) AWS
14 8 (6.11%) Azure Functions
14 8 (6.11%) Serverless
15 6 (4.58%) Amazon S3
15 6 (4.58%) AWS Lambda
15 6 (4.58%) AWS Step Functions
Database & Business Intelligence
1 62 (47.33%) Power BI
2 42 (32.06%) Data Warehouse
3 36 (27.48%) Azure SQL Database
3 36 (27.48%) Metadata
4 29 (22.14%) Data Lake
4 29 (22.14%) Delta Lake
5 18 (13.74%) SQL Server
5 18 (13.74%) Star Schema
6 16 (12.21%) Data Vault
7 14 (10.69%) NoSQL
8 10 (7.63%) Snowflake Schema
9 9 (6.87%) Amazon QuickSight
9 9 (6.87%) Big Data
9 9 (6.87%) DynamoDB
9 9 (6.87%) MongoDB
10 7 (5.34%) Amazon Redshift
10 7 (5.34%) Parquet
10 7 (5.34%) Tableau
11 6 (4.58%) Spark SQL
11 6 (4.58%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 27 (20.61%) Git
2 3 (2.29%) Jenkins
3 2 (1.53%) MLflow
3 2 (1.53%) Visual Studio Code
4 1 (0.76%) JIRA
4 1 (0.76%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
4 1 (0.76%) Visual Studio
General
1 30 (22.90%) Social Skills
2 22 (16.79%) Finance
3 16 (12.21%) Analytical Skills
4 5 (3.82%) Retail
5 3 (2.29%) Legal
5 3 (2.29%) Public Sector
6 2 (1.53%) Banking
6 2 (1.53%) Influencing Skills
7 1 (0.76%) Billing
7 1 (0.76%) Documentation Skills
7 1 (0.76%) Law
7 1 (0.76%) Marketing
7 1 (0.76%) Organisational Skills
7 1 (0.76%) Social Housing
Job Titles
1 63 (48.09%) Data Engineer
2 42 (32.06%) Senior
3 25 (19.08%) Architect
3 25 (19.08%) Data Architect
4 20 (15.27%) Senior Data Engineer
5 17 (12.98%) Azure Engineer
6 13 (9.92%) Developer
7 11 (8.40%) Lead
8 10 (7.63%) Platform Engineer
9 9 (6.87%) Azure Data Engineer
9 9 (6.87%) Consultant
10 8 (6.11%) Lead Data Engineer
10 8 (6.11%) Senior Developer
11 5 (3.82%) Databricks Data Engineer
11 5 (3.82%) Databricks Engineer
11 5 (3.82%) Senior Consultant
12 4 (3.05%) Data Consultant
12 4 (3.05%) Data Manager
12 4 (3.05%) Microsoft Developer
12 4 (3.05%) Senior Microsoft Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 45 (34.35%) PySpark
2 31 (23.66%) Terraform
3 19 (14.50%) JSON
4 13 (9.92%) .NET
5 12 (9.16%) .NET Core
5 12 (9.16%) CSS
5 12 (9.16%) HTML
5 12 (9.16%) HTML5 Canvas
5 12 (9.16%) Microsoft Graph
5 12 (9.16%) SPFx
6 7 (5.34%) Kafka
7 6 (4.58%) Apache Avro
8 4 (3.05%) REST
9 3 (2.29%) MDX
10 2 (1.53%) FastAPI
10 2 (1.53%) LangChain
11 1 (0.76%) ARM Templates
11 1 (0.76%) NumPy
11 1 (0.76%) PyTorch
11 1 (0.76%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 27 (20.61%) Cloud Native
2 12 (9.16%) Legacy Systems
3 10 (7.63%) Enterprise Software
3 10 (7.63%) Product Ownership
4 4 (3.05%) Algorithms
4 4 (3.05%) Distributed Computing
5 2 (1.53%) Data Protection Act
5 2 (1.53%) Greenfield Project
5 2 (1.53%) Self-Motivation
6 1 (0.76%) AI Agents
6 1 (0.76%) Analytical Mindset
6 1 (0.76%) Data Structures
6 1 (0.76%) FMCG
6 1 (0.76%) Housing Association
6 1 (0.76%) Hybrid Cloud
6 1 (0.76%) Life Science
6 1 (0.76%) Low-Code
6 1 (0.76%) Management Information System
6 1 (0.76%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 9 (6.87%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 89 (67.94%) Business Intelligence
2 75 (57.25%) Analytics
3 74 (56.49%) CI/CD
4 67 (51.15%) Data Modelling
5 59 (45.04%) DevOps
6 55 (41.98%) ETL
7 52 (39.69%) Data Pipeline
8 47 (35.88%) Data Engineering
9 44 (33.59%) AI
9 44 (33.59%) Data Architecture
10 41 (31.30%) Machine Learning
11 37 (28.24%) Technical Leadership
12 35 (26.72%) Data Strategy
13 34 (25.95%) Lakehouse
14 32 (24.43%) Agile
15 29 (22.14%) Problem-Solving
16 27 (20.61%) Data Science
17 26 (19.85%) Roadmaps
18 25 (19.08%) Infrastructure as Code
18 25 (19.08%) Mentoring
Programming Languages
1 103 (78.63%) SQL
2 79 (60.31%) Python
3 24 (18.32%) C#
4 22 (16.79%) PowerShell
5 21 (16.03%) Bicep
6 19 (14.50%) Scala
7 15 (11.45%) JavaScript
8 12 (9.16%) TypeScript
9 11 (8.40%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 6 (4.58%) Java
11 5 (3.82%) T-SQL
12 2 (1.53%) VBA
13 1 (0.76%) Kusto Query Language
13 1 (0.76%) R
Qualifications
1 20 (15.27%) Azure Certification
2 17 (12.98%) Microsoft Certification
2 17 (12.98%) Security Cleared
3 16 (12.21%) SnowPro
4 15 (11.45%) Degree
5 13 (9.92%) SC Cleared
6 1 (0.76%) ICAEW
6 1 (0.76%) ISTQB
6 1 (0.76%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 57 (43.51%) Data Quality
2 14 (10.69%) GDPR
3 9 (6.87%) California Consumer Privacy Act
4 6 (4.58%) Accessibility
5 2 (1.53%) IFRS
5 2 (1.53%) IFRS 17
5 2 (1.53%) QA
5 2 (1.53%) Solvency II
System Software
1 2 (1.53%) Docker
Systems Management
1 4 (3.05%) Kubernetes
2 2 (1.53%) Ansible
Vendors
1 82 (62.60%) Microsoft
2 56 (42.75%) Databricks
3 12 (9.16%) Adobe
4 11 (8.40%) Informatica
4 11 (8.40%) Talend
5 4 (3.05%) Google
6 3 (2.29%) Foundry
7 1 (0.76%) Alteryx
7 1 (0.76%) Cognizant
7 1 (0.76%) OpenAI
7 1 (0.76%) Salesforce