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 22 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
22 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 293 311 339
Rank change year-on-year +18 +28 -32
Permanent jobs citing Azure Data Factory 132 116 265
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.65% 0.75% 0.76%
As % of the Cloud Services category 1.71% 1.96% 1.81%
Number of salaries quoted 113 100 222
10th Percentile £50,875 £44,000 £41,250
25th Percentile £60,000 £51,250 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £82,500 £61,250 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +34.69% -5.77% +4.84%
75th Percentile £95,000 £80,000 £84,375
90th Percentile £115,000 £90,750 £95,000
UK median annual salary £80,000 £65,625 £62,500
% change year-on-year +21.90% +5.00% -4.21%

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 7,709 5,926 14,617
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 38.01% 38.11% 42.12%
Number of salaries quoted 5,442 4,317 12,145
10th Percentile £35,000 £31,690 £36,250
25th Percentile £45,750 £45,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year - +4.17% -7.69%
75th Percentile £85,000 £82,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £110,000 £100,000
UK median annual salary £62,500 £60,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year +4.17% +4.35% -8.73%

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 22 June 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 30 (22.73%) SharePoint
2 10 (7.58%) Apache Spark
3 3 (2.27%) Apache
4 2 (1.52%) Jupyter
5 1 (0.76%) Apache Airflow
Applications
1 4 (3.03%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (1.52%) Chatbot
3 1 (0.76%) Spreadsheet
3 1 (0.76%) Trello
Cloud Services
1 132 (100.00%) Azure
2 61 (46.21%) Power Platform
3 41 (31.06%) Azure Synapse Analytics
4 27 (20.45%) Azure Logic Apps
5 24 (18.18%) Azure DevOps
5 24 (18.18%) Microsoft 365
5 24 (18.18%) Power Automate
5 24 (18.18%) PowerApps
6 19 (14.39%) Adobe Creative Cloud
6 19 (14.39%) OneDrive
7 12 (9.09%) GitHub
8 11 (8.33%) Microsoft Purview
9 7 (5.30%) Snowflake
10 6 (4.55%) Azure Cosmos DB
10 6 (4.55%) Azure Monitor
10 6 (4.55%) Dynamics 365
11 4 (3.03%) Cloud Computing
11 4 (3.03%) GitHub Actions
11 4 (3.03%) PaaS
11 4 (3.03%) Serverless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 58 (43.94%) Power BI
2 46 (34.85%) Azure SQL Database
3 34 (25.76%) Data Warehouse
4 26 (19.70%) Data Lake
5 16 (12.12%) Delta Lake
6 15 (11.36%) SQL Server
7 13 (9.85%) Metadata
8 10 (7.58%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 9 (6.82%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
9 9 (6.82%) Big Data
10 8 (6.06%) Spark SQL
11 7 (5.30%) Star Schema
12 5 (3.79%) Data Vault
12 5 (3.79%) Tableau
13 4 (3.03%) PostgreSQL
13 4 (3.03%) SQL Server Reporting Services
14 3 (2.27%) NoSQL
14 3 (2.27%) Power Query
14 3 (2.27%) Relational Database
15 2 (1.52%) Semantic Layer
Development Applications
1 15 (11.36%) Git
2 3 (2.27%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
3 2 (1.52%) MLflow
3 2 (1.52%) Visual Studio Code
4 1 (0.76%) Bitbucket
4 1 (0.76%) GitLab
4 1 (0.76%) Jenkins
4 1 (0.76%) JIRA
4 1 (0.76%) Visual Studio
General
1 41 (31.06%) Finance
2 39 (29.55%) Social Skills
3 9 (6.82%) Analytical Skills
3 9 (6.82%) Influencing Skills
4 6 (4.55%) Public Sector
5 4 (3.03%) Documentation Skills
5 4 (3.03%) Retail
6 3 (2.27%) Law
7 2 (1.52%) Automotive
7 2 (1.52%) Legal
7 2 (1.52%) Local Government
8 1 (0.76%) Banking
8 1 (0.76%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 1 (0.76%) Manufacturing
8 1 (0.76%) Organisational Skills
8 1 (0.76%) Social Housing
8 1 (0.76%) Tech for Good
Job Titles
1 56 (42.42%) Data Engineer
2 34 (25.76%) Senior
3 32 (24.24%) Lead
4 28 (21.21%) Developer
5 25 (18.94%) Platform Engineer
6 19 (14.39%) Lead Data Engineer
7 16 (12.12%) Senior Developer
8 14 (10.61%) Architect
8 14 (10.61%) Data Architect
9 12 (9.09%) Senior Data Engineer
10 10 (7.58%) Business Intelligence Developer
11 8 (6.06%) Business Developer
12 7 (5.30%) Microsoft 365 Developer
12 7 (5.30%) Microsoft Developer
12 7 (5.30%) Senior Microsoft Developer
13 6 (4.55%) Azure Data Engineer
13 6 (4.55%) Azure Engineer
13 6 (4.55%) Consultant
14 5 (3.79%) Data Migration Specialist
14 5 (3.79%) Dynamics 365 Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 28 (21.21%) PySpark
2 23 (17.42%) JSON
3 22 (16.67%) .NET
4 21 (15.91%) .NET Core
4 21 (15.91%) CSS
4 21 (15.91%) HTML
5 19 (14.39%) HTML5 Canvas
5 19 (14.39%) Microsoft Graph
5 19 (14.39%) SPFx
6 5 (3.79%) Kafka
7 3 (2.27%) REST
8 2 (1.52%) ARM Templates
8 2 (1.52%) Middleware
8 2 (1.52%) Node.js
8 2 (1.52%) RESTful
8 2 (1.52%) Smarty
8 2 (1.52%) Symfony
9 1 (0.76%) FastAPI
9 1 (0.76%) LangChain
9 1 (0.76%) PyTorch
Miscellaneous
1 12 (9.09%) Cloud Native
2 7 (5.30%) Greenfield Project
3 6 (4.55%) Legacy Systems
3 6 (4.55%) Management Information System
4 4 (3.03%) Distributed Computing
5 3 (2.27%) Algorithms
6 2 (1.52%) Data Protection Act
6 2 (1.52%) Distributed Systems
6 2 (1.52%) Product Ownership
7 1 (0.76%) AI Agents
7 1 (0.76%) Analytical Mindset
7 1 (0.76%) Clustering
7 1 (0.76%) Data Structures
7 1 (0.76%) FMCG
7 1 (0.76%) Housing Association
7 1 (0.76%) Life Science
7 1 (0.76%) Low-Code
7 1 (0.76%) Replication
7 1 (0.76%) Self-Motivation
7 1 (0.76%) Virtual Team
Processes & Methodologies
1 70 (53.03%) Analytics
2 69 (52.27%) Business Intelligence
3 66 (50.00%) Data Modelling
4 62 (46.97%) Data Engineering
5 55 (41.67%) CI/CD
6 52 (39.39%) Data Pipeline
7 46 (34.85%) ETL
8 42 (31.82%) Decision-Making
9 39 (29.55%) DevOps
10 37 (28.03%) Machine Learning
11 36 (27.27%) AI
12 26 (19.70%) Technical Leadership
13 25 (18.94%) Platform Engineering
14 24 (18.18%) Problem-Solving
15 22 (16.67%) Dimensional Modelling
16 21 (15.91%) Data Architecture
16 21 (15.91%) Data Governance
16 21 (15.91%) Data Science
17 20 (15.15%) User Experience
18 19 (14.39%) Document Management
Programming Languages
1 93 (70.45%) SQL
2 56 (42.42%) Python
3 28 (21.21%) PowerShell
4 23 (17.42%) C#
5 22 (16.67%) JavaScript
6 19 (14.39%) TypeScript
7 12 (9.09%) Scala
8 8 (6.06%) Bicep
9 5 (3.79%) Data Analysis Expressions
9 5 (3.79%) T-SQL
10 3 (2.27%) R
11 2 (1.52%) PHP
11 2 (1.52%) VBA
12 1 (0.76%) Kusto Query Language
Qualifications
1 14 (10.61%) Security Cleared
2 12 (9.09%) Degree
3 10 (7.58%) Azure Certification
4 9 (6.82%) SC Cleared
5 6 (4.55%) Microsoft Certification
6 5 (3.79%) SnowPro
7 4 (3.03%) Computer Science Degree
8 2 (1.52%) Master's Degree
9 1 (0.76%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 47 (35.61%) Data Quality
2 8 (6.06%) GDPR
3 3 (2.27%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 3 (2.27%) QA
4 2 (1.52%) IFRS
4 2 (1.52%) IFRS 17
4 2 (1.52%) Solvency II
System Software
1 1 (0.76%) Docker
Systems Management
1 21 (15.91%) Terraform
2 2 (1.52%) Kubernetes
3 1 (0.76%) Ansible
3 1 (0.76%) SQL Sentry
Vendors
1 66 (50.00%) Databricks
2 60 (45.45%) Microsoft
3 19 (14.39%) Adobe
4 4 (3.03%) OpenAI
5 3 (2.27%) Foundry
5 3 (2.27%) Salesforce
6 2 (1.52%) Google
6 2 (1.52%) Talend
7 1 (0.76%) Alteryx
7 1 (0.76%) Cognizant
7 1 (0.76%) Informatica
7 1 (0.76%) SolarWinds