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

6 months to
7 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 217 308 329
Rank change year-on-year +91 +21 +32
Permanent jobs citing Azure Data Factory 174 116 231
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 1.04% 0.79% 0.79%
As % of the Cloud Services category 2.78% 1.66% 1.73%
Number of salaries quoted 89 90 200
10th Percentile £45,000 £46,250 £41,925
25th Percentile £57,500 £52,813 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £66,375 £57,250
Median % change year-on-year +12.99% +15.94% -11.92%
75th Percentile £87,500 £81,250 £71,563
90th Percentile £115,000 £100,000 £90,000
UK median annual salary £75,000 £67,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +11.11% +12.50% -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 6,266 6,978 13,329
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 37.39% 47.30% 45.58%
Number of salaries quoted 4,284 4,822 11,615
10th Percentile £32,500 £35,000 £35,000
25th Percentile £43,750 £47,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,100 £65,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -7.54% +8.33% -7.69%
75th Percentile £82,500 £83,750 £77,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £103,750 £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 7 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 10 (5.75%) Apache Spark
2 6 (3.45%) SharePoint
3 5 (2.87%) Apache
3 5 (2.87%) SAS
4 1 (0.57%) Apache Airflow
Applications
1 29 (16.67%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (1.15%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (1.15%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 4 (2.30%) Markit EDM
2 1 (0.57%) NetSuite
Cloud Services
1 174 (100.00%) Azure
2 81 (46.55%) Azure Synapse Analytics
3 80 (45.98%) Power Platform
4 48 (27.59%) Azure DevOps
5 38 (21.84%) GitHub
6 24 (13.79%) Snowflake
7 23 (13.22%) Azure Monitor
8 20 (11.49%) Azure Logic Apps
9 18 (10.34%) dbt
10 15 (8.62%) GitHub Actions
11 14 (8.05%) Azure Event Grid
11 14 (8.05%) Azure Service Bus
11 14 (8.05%) GitHub Copilot
12 12 (6.90%) Power Automate
13 8 (4.60%) Azure Key Vault
14 5 (2.87%) PowerApps
15 4 (2.30%) PaaS
16 3 (1.72%) Dynamics 365
16 3 (1.72%) IaaS
16 3 (1.72%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 1 (0.57%) HTTPS
1 1 (0.57%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 79 (45.40%) Power BI
2 59 (33.91%) Azure SQL Database
3 58 (33.33%) Data Warehouse
4 52 (29.89%) Data Lake
5 44 (25.29%) SQL Server
6 36 (20.69%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 18 (10.34%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
7 18 (10.34%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 15 (8.62%) Delta Lake
9 13 (7.47%) Metadata
10 6 (3.45%) Data Mining
11 5 (2.87%) SAS EBI
11 5 (2.87%) SQL Server Analysis Services
12 4 (2.30%) MySQL
12 4 (2.30%) Power Query
12 4 (2.30%) Star Schema
13 3 (1.72%) Relational Database
13 3 (1.72%) Snowflake Schema
13 3 (1.72%) Tableau
14 2 (1.15%) Spark SQL
Development Applications
1 17 (9.77%) Git
2 3 (1.72%) Jenkins
3 2 (1.15%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 113 (64.94%) Finance
2 61 (35.06%) Social Skills
3 47 (27.01%) Analytical Skills
4 12 (6.90%) Billing
4 12 (6.90%) Presentation Skills
5 9 (5.17%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 7 (4.02%) Documentation Skills
6 7 (4.02%) Influencing Skills
7 6 (3.45%) Automotive
8 5 (2.87%) Manufacturing
8 5 (2.87%) Public Sector
9 2 (1.15%) Law
9 2 (1.15%) Legal
9 2 (1.15%) Local Government
9 2 (1.15%) Retail
10 1 (0.57%) Banking
10 1 (0.57%) International Banking
10 1 (0.57%) Marketing
10 1 (0.57%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 54 (31.03%) Data Engineer
2 28 (16.09%) Senior
3 24 (13.79%) Lead
4 17 (9.77%) Azure Engineer
4 17 (9.77%) Platform Engineer
5 16 (9.20%) Senior Data Engineer
6 14 (8.05%) Developer
7 13 (7.47%) Analyst
8 12 (6.90%) Business Manager
8 12 (6.90%) Commercial Analyst
8 12 (6.90%) Insight Analyst
8 12 (6.90%) Insight Manager
9 11 (6.32%) Applications Engineer
9 11 (6.32%) Lead Data Engineer
10 10 (5.75%) Business Intelligence Developer
10 10 (5.75%) Integration Engineer
11 9 (5.17%) Azure Data Engineer
11 9 (5.17%) Data Manager
12 6 (3.45%) Business Developer
12 6 (3.45%) Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 27 (15.52%) PySpark
2 17 (9.77%) JSON
3 15 (8.62%) OAuth
3 15 (8.62%) RESTful
4 14 (8.05%) OAuth2
5 8 (4.60%) YAML
6 6 (3.45%) .NET
6 6 (3.45%) Kafka
7 4 (2.30%) .NET Core
8 3 (1.72%) REST
9 2 (1.15%) ARM Templates
9 2 (1.15%) CSS
9 2 (1.15%) HTML
9 2 (1.15%) XML
10 1 (0.57%) HTML5 Canvas
10 1 (0.57%) Microsoft Graph
10 1 (0.57%) Middleware
10 1 (0.57%) SOAP
10 1 (0.57%) SPFx
10 1 (0.57%) XSLT
Miscellaneous
1 27 (15.52%) Analytical Mindset
2 19 (10.92%) Self-Motivation
3 18 (10.34%) Cloud Native
4 8 (4.60%) Low-Code
5 7 (4.02%) Greenfield Project
6 6 (3.45%) Legacy Systems
7 5 (2.87%) Management Information System
8 3 (1.72%) Distributed Systems
9 2 (1.15%) Credit Risk
9 2 (1.15%) Market Risk
10 1 (0.57%) Data Structures
10 1 (0.57%) Derivative
10 1 (0.57%) Distributed Computing
10 1 (0.57%) Enterprise Software
10 1 (0.57%) EPoS
10 1 (0.57%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
10 1 (0.57%) Hybrid Cloud
Operating Systems
1 4 (2.30%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 113 (64.94%) Analytics
2 101 (58.05%) Data Modelling
3 84 (48.28%) Business Intelligence
4 83 (47.70%) CI/CD
5 82 (47.13%) Data Pipeline
6 75 (43.10%) ETL
7 72 (41.38%) DevOps
8 69 (39.66%) Data Engineering
9 63 (36.21%) Decision-Making
10 55 (31.61%) Problem-Solving
11 54 (31.03%) Agile
12 53 (30.46%) Asset Management
13 51 (29.31%) Visualisation
14 47 (27.01%) Coaching
15 45 (25.86%) AI
16 38 (21.84%) Data Governance
17 37 (21.26%) Continuous Improvement
17 37 (21.26%) Data Analysis
17 37 (21.26%) Data Integration
18 36 (20.69%) Infrastructure as Code
Programming Languages
1 124 (71.26%) SQL
2 75 (43.10%) Python
3 30 (17.24%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 17 (9.77%) Bicep
4 17 (9.77%) Scala
5 15 (8.62%) PowerShell
6 11 (6.32%) T-SQL
7 6 (3.45%) C#
8 4 (2.30%) R
9 2 (1.15%) Java
9 2 (1.15%) JavaScript
10 1 (0.57%) PHP
10 1 (0.57%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 21 (12.07%) Degree
2 12 (6.90%) Six Sigma Green Belt
3 8 (4.60%) Azure Certification
3 8 (4.60%) Security Cleared
4 7 (4.02%) SC Cleared
5 5 (2.87%) Microsoft Certification
6 4 (2.30%) Computer Science Degree
7 2 (1.15%) DBS Check
7 2 (1.15%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 68 (39.08%) Data Quality
2 19 (10.92%) GDPR
3 12 (6.90%) Actionable Recommendations
4 8 (4.60%) Accessibility
5 4 (2.30%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 1 (0.57%) QA
System Software
1 4 (2.30%) Active Directory
2 3 (1.72%) Docker
Systems Management
1 36 (20.69%) Terraform
2 3 (1.72%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 80 (45.98%) Databricks
2 45 (25.86%) Microsoft
3 18 (10.34%) Ab Initio
4 4 (2.30%) IBM
5 3 (1.72%) OpenAI
6 1 (0.57%) Adobe
6 1 (0.57%) Foundry
6 1 (0.57%) Oracle
6 1 (0.57%) Salesforce