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

6 months to
26 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 217 289 345
Rank change year-on-year +72 +56 -17
Permanent jobs citing Azure Data Factory 188 114 252
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 1.04% 0.84% 0.77%
As % of the Cloud Services category 2.76% 1.92% 1.80%
Number of salaries quoted 110 94 217
10th Percentile £46,104 £44,000 £40,750
25th Percentile £60,000 £51,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £78,750 £65,000 £64,000
Median % change year-on-year +21.15% +1.56% +2.40%
75th Percentile £95,000 £80,938 £80,000
90th Percentile £115,000 £91,625 £92,500
UK median annual salary £75,000 £67,500 £62,500
% change year-on-year +11.11% +8.00% -6.72%

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 6,802 5,931 14,026
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 37.66% 43.96% 43.10%
Number of salaries quoted 4,592 4,644 12,045
10th Percentile £33,750 £32,575 £35,251
25th Percentile £46,078 £46,250 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £63,076 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +0.92% +4.17% -7.69%
75th Percentile £85,000 £83,750 £78,750
90th Percentile £100,000 £108,750 £97,500
UK median annual salary £60,100 £62,500 £57,500
% change year-on-year -3.84% +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 26 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 25 (13.30%) SharePoint
2 10 (5.32%) Apache Spark
3 5 (2.66%) Apache
4 1 (0.53%) Apache Airflow
Applications
1 26 (13.83%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.53%) Chatbot
2 1 (0.53%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.53%) Spreadsheet
2 1 (0.53%) Trello
Business Applications
1 4 (2.13%) Markit EDM
2 1 (0.53%) NetSuite
Cloud Services
1 188 (100.00%) Azure
2 92 (48.94%) Power Platform
3 78 (41.49%) Azure Synapse Analytics
4 45 (23.94%) Azure DevOps
5 33 (17.55%) GitHub
6 31 (16.49%) Azure Logic Apps
7 26 (13.83%) Power Automate
8 20 (10.64%) PowerApps
8 20 (10.64%) Snowflake
9 19 (10.11%) Azure Monitor
10 18 (9.57%) Microsoft 365
11 16 (8.51%) Adobe Creative Cloud
11 16 (8.51%) OneDrive
12 15 (7.98%) dbt
13 12 (6.38%) GitHub Actions
14 11 (5.85%) GitHub Copilot
15 9 (4.79%) Azure Event Grid
15 9 (4.79%) Azure Service Bus
16 8 (4.26%) Azure Key Vault
17 6 (3.19%) Dynamics 365
Communications & Networking
1 1 (0.53%) HTTPS
1 1 (0.53%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 89 (47.34%) Power BI
2 71 (37.77%) Azure SQL Database
3 54 (28.72%) Data Warehouse
4 44 (23.40%) Data Lake
5 40 (21.28%) SQL Server
6 28 (14.89%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 17 (9.04%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
8 14 (7.45%) Delta Lake
9 12 (6.38%) Metadata
9 12 (6.38%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 5 (2.66%) Data Mining
10 5 (2.66%) MySQL
10 5 (2.66%) Spark SQL
10 5 (2.66%) Star Schema
11 4 (2.13%) Big Data
11 4 (2.13%) Relational Database
11 4 (2.13%) Tableau
12 3 (1.60%) PostgreSQL
12 3 (1.60%) Power Query
13 2 (1.06%) Snowflake Schema
Development Applications
1 20 (10.64%) Git
2 3 (1.60%) Jenkins
3 2 (1.06%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
4 1 (0.53%) Bitbucket
4 1 (0.53%) GitLab
4 1 (0.53%) JIRA
4 1 (0.53%) MLflow
General
1 103 (54.79%) Finance
2 70 (37.23%) Social Skills
3 49 (26.06%) Analytical Skills
4 12 (6.38%) Billing
4 12 (6.38%) Presentation Skills
5 8 (4.26%) Influencing Skills
6 7 (3.72%) Public Sector
7 6 (3.19%) Documentation Skills
7 6 (3.19%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 5 (2.66%) Automotive
9 3 (1.60%) Law
9 3 (1.60%) Manufacturing
10 2 (1.06%) Legal
10 2 (1.06%) Local Government
10 2 (1.06%) Retail
11 1 (0.53%) Organisational Skills
11 1 (0.53%) Social Housing
11 1 (0.53%) Tech for Good
Job Titles
1 57 (30.32%) Data Engineer
2 42 (22.34%) Senior
3 31 (16.49%) Lead
4 28 (14.89%) Developer
5 21 (11.17%) Platform Engineer
6 17 (9.04%) Lead Data Engineer
7 16 (8.51%) Azure Engineer
8 15 (7.98%) Senior Data Engineer
8 15 (7.98%) Senior Developer
9 12 (6.38%) Analyst
9 12 (6.38%) Business Manager
9 12 (6.38%) Commercial Analyst
9 12 (6.38%) Insight Analyst
9 12 (6.38%) Insight Manager
10 11 (5.85%) Business Intelligence Developer
11 9 (4.79%) Applications Engineer
11 9 (4.79%) Consultant
11 9 (4.79%) Integration Engineer
12 8 (4.26%) Azure Data Engineer
12 8 (4.26%) Business Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 30 (15.96%) PySpark
2 29 (15.43%) JSON
3 21 (11.17%) .NET
4 19 (10.11%) .NET Core
5 18 (9.57%) CSS
5 18 (9.57%) HTML
6 16 (8.51%) HTML5 Canvas
6 16 (8.51%) Microsoft Graph
6 16 (8.51%) SPFx
7 11 (5.85%) RESTful
8 10 (5.32%) OAuth
9 9 (4.79%) OAuth2
9 9 (4.79%) YAML
10 5 (2.66%) Kafka
11 4 (2.13%) REST
12 2 (1.06%) ARM Templates
12 2 (1.06%) Middleware
12 2 (1.06%) Node.js
12 2 (1.06%) Smarty
12 2 (1.06%) Symfony
Miscellaneous
1 26 (13.83%) Analytical Mindset
2 18 (9.57%) Cloud Native
2 18 (9.57%) Self-Motivation
3 7 (3.72%) Greenfield Project
4 6 (3.19%) Low-Code
4 6 (3.19%) Management Information System
5 5 (2.66%) Legacy Systems
6 3 (1.60%) Distributed Systems
7 2 (1.06%) Distributed Computing
7 2 (1.06%) Product Ownership
8 1 (0.53%) AI Agents
8 1 (0.53%) Clustering
8 1 (0.53%) Data Protection Act
8 1 (0.53%) Data Structures
8 1 (0.53%) Enterprise Software
8 1 (0.53%) Life Science
8 1 (0.53%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 4 (2.13%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 109 (57.98%) Analytics
2 103 (54.79%) Data Modelling
3 94 (50.00%) Business Intelligence
4 82 (43.62%) Data Pipeline
5 80 (42.55%) CI/CD
6 74 (39.36%) ETL
7 69 (36.70%) DevOps
8 68 (36.17%) Data Engineering
9 65 (34.57%) Decision-Making
10 59 (31.38%) Problem-Solving
11 51 (27.13%) Visualisation
12 46 (24.47%) AI
13 43 (22.87%) Agile
14 42 (22.34%) Asset Management
15 39 (20.74%) Continuous Improvement
16 37 (19.68%) Data Analysis
17 36 (19.15%) Coaching
18 33 (17.55%) Infrastructure as Code
19 32 (17.02%) Data Integration
20 31 (16.49%) Platform Engineering
Programming Languages
1 138 (73.40%) SQL
2 73 (38.83%) Python
3 32 (17.02%) PowerShell
4 27 (14.36%) Data Analysis Expressions
5 21 (11.17%) C#
6 18 (9.57%) JavaScript
7 16 (8.51%) TypeScript
8 15 (7.98%) Scala
9 13 (6.91%) Bicep
10 12 (6.38%) T-SQL
11 4 (2.13%) R
12 2 (1.06%) PHP
13 1 (0.53%) Java
Qualifications
1 23 (12.23%) Degree
2 12 (6.38%) Security Cleared
2 12 (6.38%) Six Sigma Green Belt
3 9 (4.79%) SC Cleared
4 6 (3.19%) Azure Certification
5 5 (2.66%) Computer Science Degree
6 3 (1.60%) Microsoft Certification
7 2 (1.06%) DBS Check
7 2 (1.06%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 66 (35.11%) Data Quality
2 17 (9.04%) GDPR
3 12 (6.38%) Actionable Recommendations
4 8 (4.26%) Accessibility
5 4 (2.13%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 3 (1.60%) QA
7 1 (0.53%) IFRS
7 1 (0.53%) IFRS 17
7 1 (0.53%) Solvency II
System Software
1 4 (2.13%) Active Directory
2 3 (1.60%) Docker
Systems Management
1 31 (16.49%) Terraform
2 3 (1.60%) Kubernetes
3 1 (0.53%) SQL Sentry
Vendors
1 80 (42.55%) Databricks
2 64 (34.04%) Microsoft
3 16 (8.51%) Adobe
4 13 (6.91%) Ab Initio
5 4 (2.13%) IBM
6 3 (1.60%) OpenAI
7 2 (1.06%) Salesforce
8 1 (0.53%) Cognizant
8 1 (0.53%) Foundry
8 1 (0.53%) Google
8 1 (0.53%) Oracle
8 1 (0.53%) SolarWinds
8 1 (0.53%) Talend