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

6 months to
8 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 305 312 337
Rank change year-on-year +7 +25 -42
Permanent jobs citing Azure Data Factory 133 121 252
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.63% 0.74% 0.77%
As % of the Cloud Services category 1.61% 1.98% 1.82%
Number of salaries quoted 113 107 207
10th Percentile £50,875 £44,000 £42,500
25th Percentile £57,500 £51,500 £50,375
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £80,000 £65,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +23.08% - +4.00%
75th Percentile £95,000 £80,000 £81,250
90th Percentile £111,500 £90,750 £95,000
UK median annual salary £80,000 £67,500 £65,000
% change year-on-year +18.52% +3.85% -

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 8,243 6,108 13,844
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 39.01% 37.57% 42.32%
Number of salaries quoted 5,866 4,498 11,452
10th Percentile £35,000 £31,500 £36,000
25th Percentile £45,000 £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 £84,500 £82,500 £81,250
90th Percentile £100,000 £110,000 £102,500
UK median annual salary £62,500 £60,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year +4.17% +4.35% -8.00%

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 8 July 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 (22.56%) SharePoint
2 10 (7.52%) Apache Spark
3 3 (2.26%) Apache
4 2 (1.50%) Jupyter
5 1 (0.75%) Apache Airflow
Applications
1 4 (3.01%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (1.50%) Chatbot
3 1 (0.75%) Spreadsheet
3 1 (0.75%) Trello
Business Applications
1 1 (0.75%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 133 (100.00%) Azure
2 64 (48.12%) Power Platform
3 39 (29.32%) Azure Synapse Analytics
4 27 (20.30%) Azure Logic Apps
5 24 (18.05%) Microsoft 365
5 24 (18.05%) Power Automate
5 24 (18.05%) PowerApps
6 23 (17.29%) Azure DevOps
7 19 (14.29%) Adobe Creative Cloud
7 19 (14.29%) OneDrive
8 13 (9.77%) Microsoft Purview
9 9 (6.77%) GitHub
9 9 (6.77%) Snowflake
10 7 (5.26%) Azure Cosmos DB
10 7 (5.26%) Dynamics 365
11 5 (3.76%) Serverless
12 4 (3.01%) Azure Functions
12 4 (3.01%) Azure Monitor
12 4 (3.01%) GitHub Actions
12 4 (3.01%) PaaS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 61 (45.86%) Power BI
2 41 (30.83%) Azure SQL Database
3 33 (24.81%) Data Warehouse
4 25 (18.80%) Data Lake
5 16 (12.03%) Delta Lake
5 16 (12.03%) SQL Server
6 15 (11.28%) Metadata
7 11 (8.27%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 9 (6.77%) Big Data
9 8 (6.02%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
9 8 (6.02%) Spark SQL
10 7 (5.26%) Data Vault
10 7 (5.26%) Star Schema
11 5 (3.76%) Tableau
12 4 (3.01%) PostgreSQL
12 4 (3.01%) SQL Server Reporting Services
13 3 (2.26%) NoSQL
13 3 (2.26%) Power Query
13 3 (2.26%) Relational Database
14 2 (1.50%) Semantic Layer
Development Applications
1 13 (9.77%) Git
2 3 (2.26%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
3 2 (1.50%) MLflow
3 2 (1.50%) Visual Studio Code
4 1 (0.75%) Bitbucket
4 1 (0.75%) GitLab
4 1 (0.75%) Jenkins
4 1 (0.75%) JIRA
4 1 (0.75%) Visual Studio
General
1 40 (30.08%) Social Skills
2 35 (26.32%) Finance
3 9 (6.77%) Analytical Skills
3 9 (6.77%) Influencing Skills
4 7 (5.26%) Public Sector
5 4 (3.01%) Documentation Skills
5 4 (3.01%) Retail
6 3 (2.26%) Law
7 2 (1.50%) Automotive
7 2 (1.50%) Legal
7 2 (1.50%) Local Government
8 1 (0.75%) Banking
8 1 (0.75%) Manufacturing
8 1 (0.75%) Organisational Skills
8 1 (0.75%) Social Housing
8 1 (0.75%) Tech for Good
Job Titles
1 55 (41.35%) Data Engineer
2 35 (26.32%) Senior
3 30 (22.56%) Lead
4 29 (21.80%) Developer
5 20 (15.04%) Platform Engineer
6 16 (12.03%) Architect
6 16 (12.03%) Data Architect
6 16 (12.03%) Lead Data Engineer
6 16 (12.03%) Senior Developer
7 13 (9.77%) Senior Data Engineer
8 10 (7.52%) Business Intelligence Developer
9 8 (6.02%) Azure Data Engineer
9 8 (6.02%) Azure Engineer
9 8 (6.02%) Business Developer
10 7 (5.26%) Microsoft 365 Developer
10 7 (5.26%) Microsoft Developer
10 7 (5.26%) Senior Microsoft Developer
11 6 (4.51%) Consultant
12 5 (3.76%) Data Manager
12 5 (3.76%) Data Migration Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 30 (22.56%) PySpark
2 23 (17.29%) .NET
2 23 (17.29%) JSON
3 21 (15.79%) .NET Core
3 21 (15.79%) CSS
3 21 (15.79%) HTML
4 19 (14.29%) HTML5 Canvas
4 19 (14.29%) Microsoft Graph
4 19 (14.29%) SPFx
5 5 (3.76%) Kafka
6 3 (2.26%) REST
7 2 (1.50%) ARM Templates
7 2 (1.50%) Middleware
7 2 (1.50%) Node.js
7 2 (1.50%) RESTful
7 2 (1.50%) Smarty
7 2 (1.50%) Symfony
8 1 (0.75%) FastAPI
8 1 (0.75%) LangChain
8 1 (0.75%) PyTorch
Miscellaneous
1 14 (10.53%) Cloud Native
2 8 (6.02%) Greenfield Project
3 6 (4.51%) Legacy Systems
3 6 (4.51%) Management Information System
4 4 (3.01%) Distributed Computing
5 3 (2.26%) Algorithms
6 2 (1.50%) Data Protection Act
6 2 (1.50%) Distributed Systems
6 2 (1.50%) Product Ownership
7 1 (0.75%) AI Agents
7 1 (0.75%) Analytical Mindset
7 1 (0.75%) Clustering
7 1 (0.75%) Data Structures
7 1 (0.75%) FMCG
7 1 (0.75%) Housing Association
7 1 (0.75%) Life Science
7 1 (0.75%) Low-Code
7 1 (0.75%) Replication
7 1 (0.75%) Self-Motivation
7 1 (0.75%) Virtual Team
Processes & Methodologies
1 74 (55.64%) Business Intelligence
2 69 (51.88%) Analytics
3 63 (47.37%) Data Modelling
4 59 (44.36%) Data Engineering
5 53 (39.85%) CI/CD
6 49 (36.84%) Data Pipeline
7 46 (34.59%) ETL
8 41 (30.83%) AI
9 40 (30.08%) Machine Learning
10 39 (29.32%) Decision-Making
11 38 (28.57%) DevOps
12 30 (22.56%) Technical Leadership
13 24 (18.05%) Data Architecture
13 24 (18.05%) Problem-Solving
14 21 (15.79%) Data Strategy
15 20 (15.04%) Data Science
15 20 (15.04%) Platform Engineering
15 20 (15.04%) User Experience
16 19 (14.29%) Data Governance
16 19 (14.29%) Mentoring
Programming Languages
1 92 (69.17%) SQL
2 55 (41.35%) Python
3 29 (21.80%) PowerShell
4 24 (18.05%) C#
5 22 (16.54%) JavaScript
6 19 (14.29%) TypeScript
7 11 (8.27%) Scala
8 10 (7.52%) Bicep
9 5 (3.76%) Data Analysis Expressions
9 5 (3.76%) T-SQL
10 3 (2.26%) R
11 2 (1.50%) PHP
11 2 (1.50%) VBA
12 1 (0.75%) Kusto Query Language
Qualifications
1 14 (10.53%) Security Cleared
2 12 (9.02%) Azure Certification
2 12 (9.02%) Degree
3 9 (6.77%) SC Cleared
4 8 (6.02%) Microsoft Certification
5 7 (5.26%) SnowPro
6 4 (3.01%) Computer Science Degree
7 2 (1.50%) Master's Degree
8 1 (0.75%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 46 (34.59%) Data Quality
2 8 (6.02%) GDPR
3 3 (2.26%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 3 (2.26%) QA
4 2 (1.50%) IFRS
4 2 (1.50%) IFRS 17
4 2 (1.50%) Solvency II
System Software
1 1 (0.75%) Docker
Systems Management
1 21 (15.79%) Terraform
2 2 (1.50%) Kubernetes
3 1 (0.75%) Ansible
3 1 (0.75%) SQL Sentry
Vendors
1 62 (46.62%) Databricks
2 61 (45.86%) Microsoft
3 19 (14.29%) Adobe
4 4 (3.01%) OpenAI
5 3 (2.26%) Foundry
5 3 (2.26%) Salesforce
6 2 (1.50%) Google
6 2 (1.50%) Talend
7 1 (0.75%) Alteryx
7 1 (0.75%) Cognizant
7 1 (0.75%) Informatica
7 1 (0.75%) SolarWinds