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 25 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
25 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 246 314 327
Rank change year-on-year +68 +13 -9
Permanent jobs citing Azure Data Factory 152 103 266
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.81% 0.71% 0.81%
As % of the Cloud Services category 2.12% 1.78% 1.89%
Number of salaries quoted 112 89 227
10th Percentile £46,104 £44,000 £41,250
25th Percentile £57,500 £51,750 £45,026
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £80,000 £62,500 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +28.00% -3.85% +4.00%
75th Percentile £95,000 £80,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £115,000 £90,150 £93,500
UK median annual salary £75,000 £65,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year +15.38% +4.00% -7.41%

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 7,174 5,780 14,070
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 38.03% 39.57% 42.91%
Number of salaries quoted 4,919 4,169 11,966
10th Percentile £35,000 £32,000 £35,750
25th Percentile £46,250 £45,750 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.00% +4.17% -7.69%
75th Percentile £85,000 £83,750 £80,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £110,000 £98,750
UK median annual salary £62,500 £60,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year +4.17% +4.35% -11.54%

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 25 May 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 29 (19.08%) SharePoint
2 9 (5.92%) Apache Spark
3 4 (2.63%) Apache
4 1 (0.66%) Apache Airflow
4 1 (0.66%) Jupyter
Applications
1 3 (1.97%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (1.32%) Chatbot
3 1 (0.66%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.66%) Spreadsheet
3 1 (0.66%) Trello
Business Applications
1 4 (2.63%) Markit EDM
2 1 (0.66%) NetSuite
Cloud Services
1 152 (100.00%) Azure
2 62 (40.79%) Power Platform
3 52 (34.21%) Azure Synapse Analytics
4 34 (22.37%) Azure DevOps
5 30 (19.74%) Azure Logic Apps
6 25 (16.45%) Power Automate
7 24 (15.79%) GitHub
7 24 (15.79%) PowerApps
8 22 (14.47%) Microsoft 365
9 19 (12.50%) Adobe Creative Cloud
9 19 (12.50%) OneDrive
10 15 (9.87%) Azure Monitor
10 15 (9.87%) Snowflake
11 11 (7.24%) dbt
12 9 (5.92%) GitHub Actions
13 6 (3.95%) Dynamics 365
14 5 (3.29%) Azure Event Grid
14 5 (3.29%) Azure Key Vault
14 5 (3.29%) Azure Service Bus
14 5 (3.29%) GitHub Copilot
Database & Business Intelligence
1 59 (38.82%) Power BI
2 48 (31.58%) Data Warehouse
3 47 (30.92%) Azure SQL Database
4 37 (24.34%) Data Lake
5 15 (9.87%) Delta Lake
6 13 (8.55%) SQL Server
7 12 (7.89%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
8 10 (6.58%) Metadata
8 10 (6.58%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 7 (4.61%) Big Data
10 6 (3.95%) Spark SQL
10 6 (3.95%) Star Schema
11 5 (3.29%) Data Mining
12 4 (2.63%) Power Query
12 4 (2.63%) Relational Database
12 4 (2.63%) SQL Server Reporting Services
13 3 (1.97%) MySQL
13 3 (1.97%) PostgreSQL
13 3 (1.97%) Tableau
14 2 (1.32%) Snowflake Schema
Development Applications
1 18 (11.84%) Git
2 3 (1.97%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
3 2 (1.32%) MLflow
4 1 (0.66%) Bitbucket
4 1 (0.66%) GitLab
4 1 (0.66%) Jenkins
4 1 (0.66%) JIRA
4 1 (0.66%) Visual Studio
4 1 (0.66%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 65 (42.76%) Finance
2 44 (28.95%) Social Skills
3 18 (11.84%) Analytical Skills
4 9 (5.92%) Influencing Skills
5 6 (3.95%) Public Sector
6 4 (2.63%) Documentation Skills
6 4 (2.63%) Retail
7 3 (1.97%) Automotive
7 3 (1.97%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 3 (1.97%) Law
8 2 (1.32%) Legal
8 2 (1.32%) Local Government
8 2 (1.32%) Manufacturing
9 1 (0.66%) Organisational Skills
9 1 (0.66%) Social Housing
9 1 (0.66%) Tech for Good
Job Titles
1 59 (38.82%) Data Engineer
2 38 (25.00%) Senior
3 32 (21.05%) Lead
4 29 (19.08%) Developer
5 24 (15.79%) Platform Engineer
6 18 (11.84%) Lead Data Engineer
7 16 (10.53%) Senior Developer
8 13 (8.55%) Senior Data Engineer
9 12 (7.89%) Azure Engineer
10 11 (7.24%) Business Intelligence Developer
11 10 (6.58%) Consultant
12 8 (5.26%) Business Developer
13 7 (4.61%) Azure Data Engineer
13 7 (4.61%) Microsoft 365 Developer
13 7 (4.61%) Microsoft Developer
13 7 (4.61%) Senior Microsoft Developer
14 6 (3.95%) Architect
14 6 (3.95%) Data Architect
15 5 (3.29%) Data Migration Specialist
15 5 (3.29%) Integration Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 29 (19.08%) PySpark
2 27 (17.76%) JSON
3 23 (15.13%) .NET
4 21 (13.82%) .NET Core
4 21 (13.82%) CSS
4 21 (13.82%) HTML
5 19 (12.50%) HTML5 Canvas
5 19 (12.50%) Microsoft Graph
5 19 (12.50%) SPFx
6 7 (4.61%) RESTful
7 6 (3.95%) YAML
8 5 (3.29%) OAuth
8 5 (3.29%) OAuth2
9 4 (2.63%) Kafka
10 3 (1.97%) ARM Templates
10 3 (1.97%) REST
11 2 (1.32%) Middleware
11 2 (1.32%) Node.js
11 2 (1.32%) Smarty
11 2 (1.32%) Symfony
Miscellaneous
1 15 (9.87%) Cloud Native
2 7 (4.61%) Greenfield Project
3 6 (3.95%) Management Information System
4 5 (3.29%) Legacy Systems
5 4 (2.63%) Distributed Computing
6 3 (1.97%) Distributed Systems
7 2 (1.32%) Algorithms
7 2 (1.32%) Data Protection Act
7 2 (1.32%) Low-Code
7 2 (1.32%) Product Ownership
7 2 (1.32%) Self-Motivation
8 1 (0.66%) AI Agents
8 1 (0.66%) Analytical Mindset
8 1 (0.66%) Clustering
8 1 (0.66%) Data Structures
8 1 (0.66%) Housing Association
8 1 (0.66%) Life Science
8 1 (0.66%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 4 (2.63%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 86 (56.58%) Data Modelling
2 80 (52.63%) Analytics
3 71 (46.71%) CI/CD
4 70 (46.05%) ETL
5 69 (45.39%) Data Pipeline
6 64 (42.11%) Business Intelligence
7 63 (41.45%) Data Engineering
8 58 (38.16%) DevOps
9 42 (27.63%) Decision-Making
10 34 (22.37%) Problem-Solving
11 31 (20.39%) Machine Learning
11 31 (20.39%) Platform Engineering
12 30 (19.74%) AI
13 27 (17.76%) Agile
13 27 (17.76%) Asset Management
13 27 (17.76%) Infrastructure as Code
14 24 (15.79%) Data Governance
15 23 (15.13%) Coaching
16 22 (14.47%) Data Integration
16 22 (14.47%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 107 (70.39%) SQL
2 66 (43.42%) Python
3 33 (21.71%) PowerShell
4 24 (15.79%) C#
5 21 (13.82%) JavaScript
6 19 (12.50%) TypeScript
7 13 (8.55%) Scala
8 11 (7.24%) T-SQL
9 9 (5.92%) Bicep
10 5 (3.29%) Data Analysis Expressions
11 4 (2.63%) R
12 2 (1.32%) PHP
13 1 (0.66%) Java
13 1 (0.66%) Kusto Query Language
13 1 (0.66%) VBA
Qualifications
1 13 (8.55%) Degree
2 11 (7.24%) Security Cleared
3 7 (4.61%) SC Cleared
4 5 (3.29%) Computer Science Degree
5 4 (2.63%) Azure Certification
6 2 (1.32%) Master's Degree
7 1 (0.66%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 49 (32.24%) Data Quality
2 14 (9.21%) GDPR
3 5 (3.29%) Accessibility
4 4 (2.63%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 3 (1.97%) QA
6 2 (1.32%) IFRS
6 2 (1.32%) IFRS 17
6 2 (1.32%) Solvency II
System Software
1 4 (2.63%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.66%) Docker
Systems Management
1 26 (17.11%) Terraform
2 1 (0.66%) Kubernetes
2 1 (0.66%) SQL Sentry
Vendors
1 73 (48.03%) Databricks
2 62 (40.79%) Microsoft
3 19 (12.50%) Adobe
4 9 (5.92%) Ab Initio
5 4 (2.63%) IBM
6 3 (1.97%) OpenAI
7 2 (1.32%) Foundry
7 2 (1.32%) Google
7 2 (1.32%) Salesforce
8 1 (0.66%) Cognizant
8 1 (0.66%) SolarWinds
8 1 (0.66%) Talend