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 29 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
29 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 292 291 308
Rank change year-on-year -1 +17 +135
Permanent jobs citing Azure Data Factory 129 195 213
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.79% 0.97% 0.95%
As % of the Cloud Services category 2.22% 2.21% 1.98%
Number of salaries quoted 76 158 183
10th Percentile £45,750 £42,500 £42,550
25th Percentile £52,500 £51,438 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £65,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year - +8.33% -14.29%
75th Percentile £83,750 £80,000 £77,500
90th Percentile £92,500 £100,000 £97,500
UK median annual salary £70,000 £65,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year +7.69% +4.00% -10.71%

All Cloud 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 5,821 8,808 10,760
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 35.71% 43.99% 48.10%
Number of salaries quoted 4,092 5,743 9,185
10th Percentile £31,250 £36,500 £37,500
25th Percentile £42,500 £47,522 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £65,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -7.69% - -
75th Percentile £82,243 £85,000 £82,500
90th Percentile £107,500 £112,500 £97,500
UK median annual salary £57,500 £65,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year -11.54% +4.00% -

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 29 October 2025.

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 8 (6.20%) SharePoint
2 5 (3.88%) SAS
3 3 (2.33%) Apache Spark
4 2 (1.55%) Apache
4 2 (1.55%) Apache Airflow
5 1 (0.78%) Jupyter
5 1 (0.78%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 31 (24.03%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (1.55%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (1.55%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 5 (3.88%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.78%) NetSuite
2 1 (0.78%) Raiser’s Edge
Cloud Services
1 129 (100.00%) Azure
2 85 (65.89%) Power Platform
3 49 (37.98%) Azure Synapse Analytics
4 35 (27.13%) Azure DevOps
5 22 (17.05%) GitHub
6 12 (9.30%) Azure Logic Apps
7 10 (7.75%) Snowflake
8 9 (6.98%) dbt
8 9 (6.98%) Microsoft Purview
8 9 (6.98%) PowerApps
9 8 (6.20%) GitHub Actions
9 8 (6.20%) Microsoft 365
9 8 (6.20%) Power Automate
10 7 (5.43%) Azure Service Bus
11 6 (4.65%) Azure Event Grid
11 6 (4.65%) Azure Monitor
11 6 (4.65%) GitHub Copilot
12 5 (3.88%) Azure Functions
12 5 (3.88%) Dynamics 365
12 5 (3.88%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 5 (3.88%) Firewall
2 4 (3.10%) DNS
2 4 (3.10%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 77 (59.69%) Power BI
2 54 (41.86%) SQL Server
3 40 (31.01%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 39 (30.23%) Azure SQL Database
5 30 (23.26%) Data Warehouse
6 26 (20.16%) Data Lake
7 23 (17.83%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 13 (10.08%) Metadata
9 7 (5.43%) PostgreSQL
10 6 (4.65%) MySQL
11 5 (3.88%) Relational Database
11 5 (3.88%) SAS EBI
12 4 (3.10%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
12 4 (3.10%) MongoDB
12 4 (3.10%) RDBMS
12 4 (3.10%) SQL Server Analysis Services
13 3 (2.33%) Delta Lake
13 3 (2.33%) Snowflake Schema
14 2 (1.55%) Data Vault
14 2 (1.55%) Power Query
Development Applications
1 6 (4.65%) Git
2 5 (3.88%) JIRA
3 4 (3.10%) Bitbucket
4 1 (0.78%) Jenkins
4 1 (0.78%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 72 (55.81%) Social Skills
2 70 (54.26%) Finance
3 45 (34.88%) Analytical Skills
4 12 (9.30%) Billing
4 12 (9.30%) Presentation Skills
5 11 (8.53%) Public Sector
6 6 (4.65%) Advertising
6 6 (4.65%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 6 (4.65%) Marketing
7 5 (3.88%) Banking
8 2 (1.55%) Financial Institution
8 2 (1.55%) Local Government
8 2 (1.55%) Manufacturing
9 1 (0.78%) Automotive
9 1 (0.78%) Documentation Skills
9 1 (0.78%) Front Office
9 1 (0.78%) International Banking
9 1 (0.78%) Law
9 1 (0.78%) Organisational Skills
9 1 (0.78%) Retail
Job Titles
1 31 (24.03%) Data Engineer
2 22 (17.05%) Senior
3 21 (16.28%) Analyst
4 14 (10.85%) Insight Analyst
5 13 (10.08%) Azure Engineer
5 13 (10.08%) Developer
6 12 (9.30%) Business Manager
6 12 (9.30%) Commercial Analyst
6 12 (9.30%) Insight Manager
7 11 (8.53%) Senior Data Engineer
8 9 (6.98%) Lead
9 8 (6.20%) Azure Data Engineer
9 8 (6.20%) Data Manager
10 7 (5.43%) Business Intelligence Developer
11 6 (4.65%) Architect
11 6 (4.65%) Data Architect
11 6 (4.65%) Service Manager
12 5 (3.88%) Cloud Engineer
12 5 (3.88%) Power BI Developer
13 4 (3.10%) Cloud Infrastructure Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (10.08%) PySpark
2 11 (8.53%) JSON
3 9 (6.98%) .NET
4 8 (6.20%) RESTful
5 6 (4.65%) OAuth
5 6 (4.65%) OAuth2
5 6 (4.65%) REST
6 5 (3.88%) XML
7 4 (3.10%) .NET Core
7 4 (3.10%) .NET Framework
8 2 (1.55%) Blazor
8 2 (1.55%) CSS
8 2 (1.55%) D3.js
8 2 (1.55%) HTML
8 2 (1.55%) Kafka
8 2 (1.55%) Microsoft Graph
8 2 (1.55%) Middleware
8 2 (1.55%) ML.NET
8 2 (1.55%) RabbitMQ
8 2 (1.55%) Symfony
Miscellaneous
1 31 (24.03%) Analytical Mindset
2 15 (11.63%) Self-Motivation
3 8 (6.20%) Cloud Native
4 5 (3.88%) Algorithms
4 5 (3.88%) Data Structures
5 4 (3.10%) Clustering
5 4 (3.10%) Distributed Systems
5 4 (3.10%) Legacy Systems
5 4 (3.10%) Low-Code
5 4 (3.10%) Reference Data
6 3 (2.33%) Credit Risk
6 3 (2.33%) Management Information System
6 3 (2.33%) Market Risk
7 2 (1.55%) Derivative
7 2 (1.55%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
8 1 (0.78%) Distributed Computing
8 1 (0.78%) EPoS
8 1 (0.78%) Hybrid Cloud
8 1 (0.78%) IoT
8 1 (0.78%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 4 (3.10%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 81 (62.79%) Business Intelligence
2 76 (58.91%) Analytics
3 48 (37.21%) Problem-Solving
4 47 (36.43%) Visualisation
5 46 (35.66%) ETL
6 43 (33.33%) Data Modelling
6 43 (33.33%) DevOps
7 40 (31.01%) Decision-Making
8 39 (30.23%) CI/CD
9 35 (27.13%) Data Engineering
10 31 (24.03%) AI
11 30 (23.26%) Agile
11 30 (23.26%) Data Analysis
11 30 (23.26%) Data Pipeline
12 29 (22.48%) Actionable Insight
13 26 (20.16%) Visual Analytics
14 24 (18.60%) Process Improvement
14 24 (18.60%) WFM
15 22 (17.05%) Coaching
15 22 (17.05%) Continuous Improvement
Programming Languages
1 88 (68.22%) SQL
2 44 (34.11%) Python
3 34 (26.36%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 13 (10.08%) PowerShell
5 12 (9.30%) Bicep
5 12 (9.30%) T-SQL
6 11 (8.53%) C#
7 9 (6.98%) JavaScript
8 5 (3.88%) Scala
9 4 (3.10%) R
10 3 (2.33%) Bash
10 3 (2.33%) Java
11 2 (1.55%) PHP
12 1 (0.78%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 22 (17.05%) Degree
2 14 (10.85%) Microsoft Certification
3 12 (9.30%) Six Sigma Green Belt
4 9 (6.98%) SC Cleared
4 9 (6.98%) Security Cleared
5 7 (5.43%) Azure Certification
6 6 (4.65%) DBS Check
7 4 (3.10%) ISTQB
8 3 (2.33%) Computer Science Degree
8 3 (2.33%) Master's Degree
9 1 (0.78%) AWS Certification
9 1 (0.78%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 39 (30.23%) Data Quality
2 17 (13.18%) GDPR
3 12 (9.30%) Actionable Recommendations
4 3 (2.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 1 (0.78%) Accessibility
System Software
1 5 (3.88%) Docker
2 2 (1.55%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.78%) Virtual Machines
3 1 (0.78%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 18 (13.95%) Terraform
2 5 (3.88%) Kubernetes
3 1 (0.78%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 38 (29.46%) Microsoft
2 31 (24.03%) Databricks
3 6 (4.65%) Ab Initio
4 5 (3.88%) Talend
5 4 (3.10%) Informatica
5 4 (3.10%) RedGate
5 4 (3.10%) SAP
6 3 (2.33%) OpenAI
6 3 (2.33%) Oracle
6 3 (2.33%) Salesforce
7 2 (1.55%) HubSpot
7 2 (1.55%) ServiceNow
8 1 (0.78%) Alteryx
8 1 (0.78%) eFront
8 1 (0.78%) Google
8 1 (0.78%) JD Edwards
8 1 (0.78%) VMware