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 19 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 214 290 330
Rank change year-on-year +76 +40 +17
Permanent jobs citing Azure Data Factory 181 109 235
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 1.07% 0.81% 0.78%
As % of the Cloud Services category 2.87% 1.71% 1.73%
Number of salaries quoted 98 85 200
10th Percentile £45,000 £45,000 £41,925
25th Percentile £60,000 £53,750 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £67,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +11.11% +12.50% -7.69%
75th Percentile £87,500 £87,500 £75,000
90th Percentile £115,000 £100,000 £92,500
UK median annual salary £75,000 £69,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +7.91% +15.83% -11.11%

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 6,303 6,363 13,611
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 37.39% 47.45% 45.33%
Number of salaries quoted 4,250 4,706 11,850
10th Percentile £32,500 £35,000 £35,000
25th Percentile £45,000 £47,231 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £61,500 £64,750 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.02% +7.92% -7.69%
75th Percentile £82,500 £83,750 £77,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £105,000 £97,500
UK median annual salary £60,000 £62,500 £57,500
% change year-on-year -4.00% +8.70% -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 19 March 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 (6.08%) SharePoint
2 9 (4.97%) Apache Spark
3 4 (2.21%) Apache
4 3 (1.66%) SAS
5 1 (0.55%) Apache Airflow
Applications
1 28 (15.47%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.55%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.55%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 4 (2.21%) Markit EDM
2 1 (0.55%) NetSuite
Cloud Services
1 181 (100.00%) Azure
2 86 (47.51%) Power Platform
3 81 (44.75%) Azure Synapse Analytics
4 49 (27.07%) Azure DevOps
5 38 (20.99%) GitHub
6 24 (13.26%) Snowflake
7 22 (12.15%) Azure Logic Apps
7 22 (12.15%) Azure Monitor
8 17 (9.39%) dbt
9 15 (8.29%) Power Automate
10 14 (7.73%) GitHub Actions
10 14 (7.73%) GitHub Copilot
11 12 (6.63%) Azure Event Grid
11 12 (6.63%) Azure Service Bus
12 9 (4.97%) PowerApps
13 8 (4.42%) Azure Key Vault
14 6 (3.31%) Microsoft 365
15 5 (2.76%) PaaS
16 4 (2.21%) Adobe Creative Cloud
16 4 (2.21%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 1 (0.55%) HTTPS
1 1 (0.55%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 84 (46.41%) Power BI
2 61 (33.70%) Azure SQL Database
3 58 (32.04%) Data Warehouse
4 50 (27.62%) Data Lake
5 46 (25.41%) SQL Server
6 34 (18.78%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 17 (9.39%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
7 17 (9.39%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 14 (7.73%) Delta Lake
8 14 (7.73%) Metadata
9 6 (3.31%) Data Mining
10 5 (2.76%) MySQL
10 5 (2.76%) SQL Server Analysis Services
11 4 (2.21%) Spark SQL
11 4 (2.21%) Star Schema
11 4 (2.21%) Tableau
12 3 (1.66%) PostgreSQL
12 3 (1.66%) Relational Database
12 3 (1.66%) SAS EBI
12 3 (1.66%) Snowflake Schema
Development Applications
1 19 (10.50%) Git
2 3 (1.66%) Jenkins
3 2 (1.10%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
4 1 (0.55%) Bitbucket
4 1 (0.55%) GitLab
General
1 110 (60.77%) Finance
2 62 (34.25%) Social Skills
3 48 (26.52%) Analytical Skills
4 12 (6.63%) Billing
4 12 (6.63%) Presentation Skills
5 7 (3.87%) Documentation Skills
5 7 (3.87%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 7 (3.87%) Influencing Skills
6 6 (3.31%) Automotive
6 6 (3.31%) Public Sector
7 5 (2.76%) Manufacturing
8 3 (1.66%) Law
9 2 (1.10%) Legal
9 2 (1.10%) Local Government
9 2 (1.10%) Retail
10 1 (0.55%) Banking
10 1 (0.55%) International Banking
10 1 (0.55%) Marketing
10 1 (0.55%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 57 (31.49%) Data Engineer
2 32 (17.68%) Senior
3 30 (16.57%) Lead
4 19 (10.50%) Platform Engineer
5 18 (9.94%) Developer
6 17 (9.39%) Senior Data Engineer
7 16 (8.84%) Azure Engineer
8 14 (7.73%) Lead Data Engineer
9 13 (7.18%) Analyst
10 12 (6.63%) Business Manager
10 12 (6.63%) Commercial Analyst
10 12 (6.63%) Insight Analyst
10 12 (6.63%) Insight Manager
11 11 (6.08%) Applications Engineer
11 11 (6.08%) Business Intelligence Developer
12 10 (5.52%) Integration Engineer
13 8 (4.42%) Azure Data Engineer
14 7 (3.87%) Business Developer
14 7 (3.87%) Consultant
15 5 (2.76%) Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 29 (16.02%) PySpark
2 20 (11.05%) JSON
3 14 (7.73%) RESTful
4 13 (7.18%) OAuth
5 12 (6.63%) OAuth2
6 10 (5.52%) .NET
7 9 (4.97%) YAML
8 8 (4.42%) .NET Core
9 6 (3.31%) CSS
9 6 (3.31%) HTML
10 5 (2.76%) Kafka
11 4 (2.21%) HTML5 Canvas
11 4 (2.21%) Microsoft Graph
11 4 (2.21%) REST
11 4 (2.21%) SPFx
12 2 (1.10%) ARM Templates
12 2 (1.10%) Middleware
12 2 (1.10%) Node.js
12 2 (1.10%) Smarty
12 2 (1.10%) Symfony
Miscellaneous
1 26 (14.36%) Analytical Mindset
2 19 (10.50%) Self-Motivation
3 18 (9.94%) Cloud Native
4 8 (4.42%) Low-Code
5 7 (3.87%) Greenfield Project
6 6 (3.31%) Legacy Systems
6 6 (3.31%) Management Information System
7 3 (1.66%) Distributed Systems
8 2 (1.10%) Credit Risk
8 2 (1.10%) Data Structures
8 2 (1.10%) Market Risk
9 1 (0.55%) Clustering
9 1 (0.55%) Derivative
9 1 (0.55%) Distributed Computing
9 1 (0.55%) Enterprise Software
9 1 (0.55%) EPoS
9 1 (0.55%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
9 1 (0.55%) Hybrid Cloud
9 1 (0.55%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 4 (2.21%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 116 (64.09%) Analytics
2 105 (58.01%) Data Modelling
3 90 (49.72%) Business Intelligence
4 85 (46.96%) CI/CD
5 83 (45.86%) Data Pipeline
6 77 (42.54%) ETL
7 73 (40.33%) DevOps
8 71 (39.23%) Data Engineering
9 66 (36.46%) Decision-Making
10 57 (31.49%) Problem-Solving
11 53 (29.28%) Visualisation
12 51 (28.18%) Asset Management
13 50 (27.62%) Agile
14 46 (25.41%) AI
15 44 (24.31%) Coaching
16 40 (22.10%) Continuous Improvement
17 38 (20.99%) Data Analysis
18 37 (20.44%) Data Integration
19 35 (19.34%) Infrastructure as Code
20 34 (18.78%) Data Governance
Programming Languages
1 133 (73.48%) SQL
2 78 (43.09%) Python
3 29 (16.02%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 20 (11.05%) PowerShell
5 15 (8.29%) Bicep
5 15 (8.29%) Scala
6 12 (6.63%) T-SQL
7 10 (5.52%) C#
8 6 (3.31%) JavaScript
9 4 (2.21%) R
9 4 (2.21%) TypeScript
10 2 (1.10%) PHP
11 1 (0.55%) Java
Qualifications
1 23 (12.71%) Degree
2 12 (6.63%) Six Sigma Green Belt
3 10 (5.52%) Security Cleared
4 7 (3.87%) SC Cleared
5 6 (3.31%) Azure Certification
6 5 (2.76%) Computer Science Degree
7 3 (1.66%) Master's Degree
7 3 (1.66%) Microsoft Certification
8 2 (1.10%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 68 (37.57%) Data Quality
2 18 (9.94%) GDPR
3 12 (6.63%) Actionable Recommendations
4 8 (4.42%) Accessibility
5 4 (2.21%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 3 (1.66%) QA
System Software
1 4 (2.21%) Active Directory
2 3 (1.66%) Docker
Systems Management
1 34 (18.78%) Terraform
2 3 (1.66%) Kubernetes
3 1 (0.55%) SQL Sentry
Vendors
1 83 (45.86%) Databricks
2 52 (28.73%) Microsoft
3 16 (8.84%) Ab Initio
4 4 (2.21%) Adobe
4 4 (2.21%) IBM
5 3 (1.66%) OpenAI
6 2 (1.10%) Salesforce
7 1 (0.55%) Foundry
7 1 (0.55%) Oracle
7 1 (0.55%) SolarWinds