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

6 months to
19 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 322 323 296
Rank change year-on-year +1 -27 -4
Permanent jobs citing Azure Data Factory 133 111 226
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.58% 0.67% 0.91%
As % of the Cloud Services category 1.54% 1.87% 2.24%
Number of salaries quoted 113 95 186
10th Percentile £50,468 £44,000 £42,500
25th Percentile £57,500 £51,250 £52,125
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 £80,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £107,500 £90,750 £95,000
UK median annual salary £80,000 £65,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year +23.08% - -

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 8,659 5,930 10,106
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 37.82% 35.96% 40.82%
Number of salaries quoted 6,293 4,346 7,812
10th Percentile £35,000 £31,250 £37,000
25th Percentile £45,750 £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 £81,250 £85,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £110,000 £110,000
UK median annual salary £62,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +4.17% - -6.25%

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 August 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 25 (18.80%) SharePoint
2 11 (8.27%) Apache Spark
3 5 (3.76%) Apache
4 2 (1.50%) Apache Airflow
4 2 (1.50%) Jupyter
Applications
1 3 (2.26%) Chatbot
1 3 (2.26%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.75%) Trello
Business Applications
1 1 (0.75%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 133 (100.00%) Azure
2 63 (47.37%) Power Platform
3 47 (35.34%) Azure Synapse Analytics
4 29 (21.80%) Azure DevOps
5 23 (17.29%) Azure Logic Apps
5 23 (17.29%) Microsoft 365
6 22 (16.54%) Microsoft Purview
7 21 (15.79%) Power Automate
7 21 (15.79%) PowerApps
8 19 (14.29%) Adobe Creative Cloud
8 19 (14.29%) OneDrive
9 16 (12.03%) Snowflake
10 11 (8.27%) Azure Cosmos DB
11 7 (5.26%) Dynamics 365
12 6 (4.51%) GitHub
13 4 (3.01%) AWS
14 3 (2.26%) Azure Functions
14 3 (2.26%) Cloud Computing
14 3 (2.26%) GCP
14 3 (2.26%) Serverless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 61 (45.86%) Power BI
2 36 (27.07%) Azure SQL Database
3 30 (22.56%) Data Warehouse
4 27 (20.30%) Data Lake
4 27 (20.30%) Metadata
5 25 (18.80%) Delta Lake
6 14 (10.53%) Data Vault
6 14 (10.53%) SQL Server
7 10 (7.52%) Star Schema
8 9 (6.77%) Big Data
9 8 (6.02%) Spark SQL
10 7 (5.26%) Tableau
11 6 (4.51%) NoSQL
12 5 (3.76%) SQL Server Integration Services
13 4 (3.01%) Relational Database
14 3 (2.26%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
14 3 (2.26%) PostgreSQL
14 3 (2.26%) Semantic Layer
14 3 (2.26%) Snowflake Schema
15 2 (1.50%) Amazon QuickSight
Development Applications
1 17 (12.78%) Git
2 2 (1.50%) Jenkins
2 2 (1.50%) MLflow
2 2 (1.50%) Visual Studio Code
3 1 (0.75%) Bitbucket
3 1 (0.75%) GitLab
3 1 (0.75%) JIRA
3 1 (0.75%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
3 1 (0.75%) Visual Studio
General
1 33 (24.81%) Social Skills
2 24 (18.05%) Finance
3 12 (9.02%) Analytical Skills
4 5 (3.76%) Influencing Skills
4 5 (3.76%) Retail
5 4 (3.01%) Public Sector
6 2 (1.50%) Banking
6 2 (1.50%) Documentation Skills
6 2 (1.50%) Law
7 1 (0.75%) Billing
7 1 (0.75%) Organisational Skills
7 1 (0.75%) Social Housing
7 1 (0.75%) Tech for Good
Job Titles
1 56 (42.11%) Data Engineer
2 37 (27.82%) Senior
3 24 (18.05%) Architect
3 24 (18.05%) Data Architect
4 22 (16.54%) Developer
5 18 (13.53%) Lead
6 15 (11.28%) Senior Developer
7 14 (10.53%) Senior Data Engineer
8 12 (9.02%) Platform Engineer
9 10 (7.52%) Lead Data Engineer
10 8 (6.02%) Azure Engineer
11 7 (5.26%) Microsoft 365 Developer
11 7 (5.26%) Microsoft Developer
11 7 (5.26%) Senior Microsoft Developer
12 6 (4.51%) Azure Data Engineer
12 6 (4.51%) Consultant
13 5 (3.76%) Data Migration Specialist
13 5 (3.76%) Dynamics 365 Specialist
13 5 (3.76%) Migration Specialist
14 4 (3.01%) Artificial Intelligence Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 35 (26.32%) PySpark
2 22 (16.54%) JSON
3 21 (15.79%) .NET
4 20 (15.04%) .NET Core
4 20 (15.04%) CSS
4 20 (15.04%) HTML
5 19 (14.29%) HTML5 Canvas
5 19 (14.29%) Microsoft Graph
5 19 (14.29%) SPFx
6 7 (5.26%) Kafka
7 2 (1.50%) FastAPI
7 2 (1.50%) LangChain
7 2 (1.50%) REST
7 2 (1.50%) YAML
8 1 (0.75%) ARM Templates
8 1 (0.75%) Middleware
8 1 (0.75%) Node.js
8 1 (0.75%) NumPy
8 1 (0.75%) PyTorch
8 1 (0.75%) Symfony
Miscellaneous
1 21 (15.79%) Cloud Native
2 5 (3.76%) Greenfield Project
2 5 (3.76%) Legacy Systems
3 4 (3.01%) Algorithms
3 4 (3.01%) Distributed Computing
3 4 (3.01%) Product Ownership
4 3 (2.26%) Enterprise Software
5 2 (1.50%) Data Protection Act
5 2 (1.50%) Data Structures
5 2 (1.50%) Management Information System
5 2 (1.50%) Self-Motivation
6 1 (0.75%) AI Agents
6 1 (0.75%) Analytical Mindset
6 1 (0.75%) Clustering
6 1 (0.75%) Distributed Systems
6 1 (0.75%) FMCG
6 1 (0.75%) Housing Association
6 1 (0.75%) Life Science
6 1 (0.75%) Replication
6 1 (0.75%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 2 (1.50%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 87 (65.41%) Business Intelligence
2 67 (50.38%) Analytics
3 62 (46.62%) Data Modelling
4 56 (42.11%) CI/CD
5 54 (40.60%) Data Engineering
6 51 (38.35%) Data Pipeline
7 48 (36.09%) Machine Learning
8 46 (34.59%) ETL
9 44 (33.08%) AI
10 41 (30.83%) DevOps
11 39 (29.32%) Technical Leadership
12 35 (26.32%) Data Architecture
13 30 (22.56%) Data Strategy
14 28 (21.05%) Decision-Making
15 27 (20.30%) Data Science
16 25 (18.80%) Problem-Solving
17 23 (17.29%) Infrastructure as Code
18 20 (15.04%) Roadmaps
19 19 (14.29%) Agile
19 19 (14.29%) Document Management
Programming Languages
1 98 (73.68%) SQL
2 65 (48.87%) Python
3 28 (21.05%) PowerShell
4 25 (18.80%) C#
5 22 (16.54%) JavaScript
6 19 (14.29%) TypeScript
7 18 (13.53%) Bicep
8 17 (12.78%) Scala
9 5 (3.76%) T-SQL
10 4 (3.01%) Data Analysis Expressions
11 2 (1.50%) VBA
12 1 (0.75%) Kusto Query Language
12 1 (0.75%) PHP
12 1 (0.75%) R
Qualifications
1 19 (14.29%) Azure Certification
2 16 (12.03%) Security Cleared
3 15 (11.28%) Microsoft Certification
4 14 (10.53%) SnowPro
5 11 (8.27%) Degree
5 11 (8.27%) SC Cleared
6 2 (1.50%) Computer Science Degree
7 1 (0.75%) ICAEW
7 1 (0.75%) ISTQB
7 1 (0.75%) Master's Degree
7 1 (0.75%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 46 (34.59%) Data Quality
2 9 (6.77%) GDPR
3 4 (3.01%) QA
4 2 (1.50%) California Consumer Privacy Act
4 2 (1.50%) IFRS
4 2 (1.50%) IFRS 17
4 2 (1.50%) Solvency II
5 1 (0.75%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 2 (1.50%) Docker
Systems Management
1 29 (21.80%) Terraform
2 3 (2.26%) Kubernetes
3 1 (0.75%) Ansible
3 1 (0.75%) SQL Sentry
Vendors
1 74 (55.64%) Microsoft
2 62 (46.62%) Databricks
3 19 (14.29%) Adobe
4 4 (3.01%) Talend
5 3 (2.26%) Foundry
5 3 (2.26%) Google
5 3 (2.26%) Informatica
6 2 (1.50%) Salesforce
7 1 (0.75%) Alteryx
7 1 (0.75%) Cognizant
7 1 (0.75%) OpenAI
7 1 (0.75%) SolarWinds