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

6 months to
1 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 216 284 328
Rank change year-on-year +68 +44 +12
Permanent jobs citing Azure Data Factory 187 107 237
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 1.12% 0.84% 0.76%
As % of the Cloud Services category 2.88% 1.78% 1.71%
Number of salaries quoted 104 85 207
10th Percentile £45,000 £44,000 £42,000
25th Percentile £59,375 £52,500 £45,013
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £66,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +12.78% +10.83% -7.69%
75th Percentile £88,750 £81,250 £75,000
90th Percentile £115,000 £100,000 £93,500
UK median annual salary £75,000 £67,500 £62,500
% change year-on-year +11.11% +8.00% -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 6,492 6,007 13,837
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 38.77% 46.89% 44.55%
Number of salaries quoted 4,386 4,673 11,985
10th Percentile £32,500 £33,875 £35,000
25th Percentile £45,000 £47,231 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £63,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -1.57% +5.83% -7.69%
75th Percentile £83,750 £83,750 £77,715
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 1 April 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 16 (8.56%) SharePoint
2 9 (4.81%) Apache Spark
3 4 (2.14%) Apache
4 2 (1.07%) SAS
5 1 (0.53%) Apache Airflow
Applications
1 28 (14.97%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.53%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.53%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 4 (2.14%) Markit EDM
2 1 (0.53%) NetSuite
Cloud Services
1 187 (100.00%) Azure
2 91 (48.66%) Power Platform
3 82 (43.85%) Azure Synapse Analytics
4 47 (25.13%) Azure DevOps
5 36 (19.25%) GitHub
6 24 (12.83%) Azure Logic Apps
6 24 (12.83%) Snowflake
7 20 (10.70%) Azure Monitor
7 20 (10.70%) Power Automate
8 17 (9.09%) dbt
9 14 (7.49%) GitHub Copilot
10 13 (6.95%) PowerApps
11 12 (6.42%) GitHub Actions
12 10 (5.35%) Azure Event Grid
12 10 (5.35%) Azure Service Bus
12 10 (5.35%) Microsoft 365
13 8 (4.28%) Adobe Creative Cloud
13 8 (4.28%) Azure Key Vault
13 8 (4.28%) OneDrive
14 5 (2.67%) Dynamics 365
Communications & Networking
1 1 (0.53%) HTTPS
1 1 (0.53%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 89 (47.59%) Power BI
2 66 (35.29%) Azure SQL Database
3 58 (31.02%) Data Warehouse
4 50 (26.74%) Data Lake
5 45 (24.06%) SQL Server
6 34 (18.18%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 17 (9.09%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
7 17 (9.09%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 14 (7.49%) Delta Lake
8 14 (7.49%) Metadata
9 6 (3.21%) Data Mining
10 5 (2.67%) MySQL
10 5 (2.67%) Spark SQL
10 5 (2.67%) SQL Server Analysis Services
10 5 (2.67%) Star Schema
11 4 (2.14%) Relational Database
11 4 (2.14%) Tableau
12 3 (1.60%) PostgreSQL
12 3 (1.60%) Power Query
12 3 (1.60%) Snowflake Schema
Development Applications
1 19 (10.16%) Git
2 3 (1.60%) Jenkins
3 2 (1.07%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
4 1 (0.53%) Bitbucket
4 1 (0.53%) GitLab
General
1 107 (57.22%) Finance
2 67 (35.83%) Social Skills
3 50 (26.74%) Analytical Skills
4 12 (6.42%) Billing
4 12 (6.42%) Presentation Skills
5 7 (3.74%) Documentation Skills
5 7 (3.74%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 7 (3.74%) Influencing Skills
6 6 (3.21%) Automotive
6 6 (3.21%) Public Sector
7 5 (2.67%) Manufacturing
8 3 (1.60%) Law
9 2 (1.07%) Legal
9 2 (1.07%) Local Government
9 2 (1.07%) Organisational Skills
9 2 (1.07%) Retail
10 1 (0.53%) Banking
10 1 (0.53%) International Banking
10 1 (0.53%) Social Housing
10 1 (0.53%) Tech for Good
Job Titles
1 59 (31.55%) Data Engineer
2 36 (19.25%) Senior
3 29 (15.51%) Lead
4 22 (11.76%) Developer
5 20 (10.70%) Platform Engineer
6 17 (9.09%) Senior Data Engineer
7 16 (8.56%) Azure Engineer
8 15 (8.02%) Lead Data Engineer
9 13 (6.95%) Analyst
10 12 (6.42%) Business Manager
10 12 (6.42%) Commercial Analyst
10 12 (6.42%) Insight Analyst
10 12 (6.42%) Insight Manager
11 11 (5.88%) Applications Engineer
11 11 (5.88%) Business Intelligence Developer
12 10 (5.35%) Integration Engineer
13 9 (4.81%) Senior Developer
14 8 (4.28%) Azure Data Engineer
15 7 (3.74%) Business Developer
15 7 (3.74%) Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 30 (16.04%) PySpark
2 22 (11.76%) JSON
3 13 (6.95%) .NET
4 12 (6.42%) RESTful
5 11 (5.88%) .NET Core
5 11 (5.88%) OAuth
6 10 (5.35%) CSS
6 10 (5.35%) HTML
6 10 (5.35%) OAuth2
7 9 (4.81%) YAML
8 8 (4.28%) HTML5 Canvas
8 8 (4.28%) Microsoft Graph
8 8 (4.28%) SPFx
9 5 (2.67%) Kafka
10 4 (2.14%) REST
11 2 (1.07%) ARM Templates
11 2 (1.07%) Middleware
11 2 (1.07%) Node.js
11 2 (1.07%) Smarty
11 2 (1.07%) Symfony
Miscellaneous
1 26 (13.90%) Analytical Mindset
2 20 (10.70%) Self-Motivation
3 18 (9.63%) Cloud Native
4 8 (4.28%) Low-Code
5 7 (3.74%) Greenfield Project
6 6 (3.21%) Legacy Systems
6 6 (3.21%) Management Information System
7 3 (1.60%) Distributed Systems
8 2 (1.07%) Data Structures
9 1 (0.53%) Clustering
9 1 (0.53%) Credit Risk
9 1 (0.53%) Distributed Computing
9 1 (0.53%) Enterprise Software
9 1 (0.53%) EPoS
9 1 (0.53%) Hybrid Cloud
9 1 (0.53%) Market Risk
9 1 (0.53%) Product Ownership
9 1 (0.53%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 4 (2.14%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 115 (61.50%) Analytics
2 107 (57.22%) Data Modelling
3 95 (50.80%) Business Intelligence
4 85 (45.45%) CI/CD
5 83 (44.39%) Data Pipeline
6 78 (41.71%) ETL
7 73 (39.04%) Data Engineering
8 72 (38.50%) DevOps
9 66 (35.29%) Decision-Making
10 59 (31.55%) Problem-Solving
11 53 (28.34%) Visualisation
12 49 (26.20%) Agile
12 49 (26.20%) Asset Management
13 47 (25.13%) AI
14 43 (22.99%) Coaching
15 41 (21.93%) Continuous Improvement
16 37 (19.79%) Data Analysis
17 35 (18.72%) Data Governance
17 35 (18.72%) Data Integration
18 33 (17.65%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 139 (74.33%) SQL
2 78 (41.71%) Python
3 29 (15.51%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 24 (12.83%) PowerShell
5 15 (8.02%) Scala
6 13 (6.95%) Bicep
6 13 (6.95%) C#
6 13 (6.95%) T-SQL
7 10 (5.35%) JavaScript
8 8 (4.28%) TypeScript
9 4 (2.14%) R
10 2 (1.07%) PHP
11 1 (0.53%) Java
Qualifications
1 24 (12.83%) Degree
2 12 (6.42%) Six Sigma Green Belt
3 11 (5.88%) Security Cleared
4 8 (4.28%) SC Cleared
5 6 (3.21%) Azure Certification
6 5 (2.67%) Computer Science Degree
7 3 (1.60%) Master's Degree
7 3 (1.60%) Microsoft Certification
8 2 (1.07%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 69 (36.90%) Data Quality
2 17 (9.09%) GDPR
3 12 (6.42%) Actionable Recommendations
4 8 (4.28%) Accessibility
5 4 (2.14%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 3 (1.60%) QA
System Software
1 4 (2.14%) Active Directory
2 3 (1.60%) Docker
Systems Management
1 32 (17.11%) Terraform
2 3 (1.60%) Kubernetes
3 1 (0.53%) SQL Sentry
Vendors
1 83 (44.39%) Databricks
2 57 (30.48%) Microsoft
3 14 (7.49%) Ab Initio
4 8 (4.28%) Adobe
5 4 (2.14%) IBM
6 3 (1.60%) OpenAI
7 2 (1.07%) Salesforce
8 1 (0.53%) Foundry
8 1 (0.53%) Oracle
8 1 (0.53%) SolarWinds
8 1 (0.53%) Talend