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

6 months to
11 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 205 309 299
Rank change year-on-year +104 -10 +76
Permanent jobs citing Azure Data Factory 159 137 203
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 1.06% 0.83% 0.94%
As % of the Cloud Services category 2.91% 1.80% 2.00%
Number of salaries quoted 74 113 179
10th Percentile £43,250 £47,500 £41,600
25th Percentile £54,250 £52,500 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £65,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +15.38% +18.18% -18.52%
75th Percentile £86,875 £80,000 £76,250
90th Percentile £100,000 £100,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £73,000 £65,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +12.31% +8.33% -11.11%

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 5,466 7,627 10,146
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 36.45% 46.23% 46.76%
Number of salaries quoted 3,898 4,873 8,757
10th Percentile £31,500 £36,000 £36,250
25th Percentile £43,000 £47,500 £46,955
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £61,500 £65,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.38% +8.33% -7.69%
75th Percentile £82,500 £83,750 £80,070
90th Percentile £100,000 £105,000 £100,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £64,600 £60,000
% change year-on-year -7.12% +7.67% -7.69%

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 11 January 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 9 (5.66%) Apache Spark
2 5 (3.14%) Apache
2 5 (3.14%) SAS
3 1 (0.63%) Apache Airflow
3 1 (0.63%) SharePoint
Applications
1 27 (16.98%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (1.26%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (1.26%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 4 (2.52%) Markit EDM
2 1 (0.63%) NetSuite
Cloud Services
1 159 (100.00%) Azure
2 75 (47.17%) Power Platform
3 71 (44.65%) Azure Synapse Analytics
4 49 (30.82%) Azure DevOps
5 41 (25.79%) GitHub
6 23 (14.47%) Snowflake
7 21 (13.21%) Azure Monitor
8 19 (11.95%) dbt
9 17 (10.69%) Azure Logic Apps
10 15 (9.43%) GitHub Actions
11 14 (8.81%) Azure Event Grid
11 14 (8.81%) Azure Service Bus
11 14 (8.81%) GitHub Copilot
12 10 (6.29%) Power Automate
13 8 (5.03%) Azure Key Vault
14 7 (4.40%) Microsoft Purview
15 4 (2.52%) Azure App Service
15 4 (2.52%) Serverless
16 3 (1.89%) AWS
16 3 (1.89%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 4 (2.52%) DNS
1 4 (2.52%) Firewall
1 4 (2.52%) VPN
2 1 (0.63%) HTTPS
2 1 (0.63%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 74 (46.54%) Power BI
2 52 (32.70%) Data Lake
3 49 (30.82%) Azure SQL Database
4 48 (30.19%) Data Warehouse
5 45 (28.30%) SQL Server
6 35 (22.01%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 18 (11.32%) Metadata
8 14 (8.81%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 13 (8.18%) Delta Lake
10 11 (6.92%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
11 6 (3.77%) Data Mining
12 5 (3.14%) MySQL
12 5 (3.14%) SAS EBI
13 4 (2.52%) SQL Server Analysis Services
14 3 (1.89%) Power Query
14 3 (1.89%) Snowflake Schema
14 3 (1.89%) Tableau
15 2 (1.26%) Data Vault
15 2 (1.26%) PostgreSQL
15 2 (1.26%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 14 (8.81%) Git
2 4 (2.52%) JIRA
3 3 (1.89%) Jenkins
4 1 (0.63%) Bitbucket
General
1 102 (64.15%) Finance
2 64 (40.25%) Social Skills
3 52 (32.70%) Analytical Skills
4 12 (7.55%) Billing
4 12 (7.55%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 12 (7.55%) Presentation Skills
5 6 (3.77%) Public Sector
6 5 (3.14%) Banking
6 5 (3.14%) Manufacturing
7 4 (2.52%) Automotive
7 4 (2.52%) Documentation Skills
8 2 (1.26%) Advertising
8 2 (1.26%) Law
8 2 (1.26%) Local Government
8 2 (1.26%) Marketing
8 2 (1.26%) Retail
9 1 (0.63%) Financial Institution
9 1 (0.63%) Front Office
9 1 (0.63%) International Banking
9 1 (0.63%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 43 (27.04%) Data Engineer
2 29 (18.24%) Senior
3 18 (11.32%) Azure Engineer
4 13 (8.18%) Analyst
4 13 (8.18%) Senior Data Engineer
5 12 (7.55%) Business Manager
5 12 (7.55%) Commercial Analyst
5 12 (7.55%) Insight Analyst
5 12 (7.55%) Insight Manager
6 11 (6.92%) Applications Engineer
6 11 (6.92%) Lead
7 10 (6.29%) Integration Engineer
8 9 (5.66%) Data Manager
8 9 (5.66%) Developer
9 8 (5.03%) Platform Engineer
10 6 (3.77%) Azure Data Engineer
10 6 (3.77%) Consultant
10 6 (3.77%) Service Manager
11 5 (3.14%) Architect
12 4 (2.52%) Data Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 22 (13.84%) PySpark
2 18 (11.32%) JSON
3 15 (9.43%) OAuth
3 15 (9.43%) RESTful
4 14 (8.81%) OAuth2
5 8 (5.03%) YAML
6 6 (3.77%) .NET
6 6 (3.77%) Kafka
7 5 (3.14%) XML
8 4 (2.52%) .NET Core
9 3 (1.89%) REST
10 1 (0.63%) .NET Framework
10 1 (0.63%) CSS
10 1 (0.63%) D3.js
10 1 (0.63%) Middleware
10 1 (0.63%) Node.js
10 1 (0.63%) RabbitMQ
10 1 (0.63%) Smarty
10 1 (0.63%) Symfony
10 1 (0.63%) XSLT
Miscellaneous
1 27 (16.98%) Analytical Mindset
2 19 (11.95%) Self-Motivation
3 18 (11.32%) Cloud Native
4 7 (4.40%) Low-Code
5 4 (2.52%) Algorithms
5 4 (2.52%) Distributed Systems
5 4 (2.52%) Reference Data
6 3 (1.89%) Credit Risk
6 3 (1.89%) Legacy Systems
6 3 (1.89%) Market Risk
7 2 (1.26%) Derivative
7 2 (1.26%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
8 1 (0.63%) Clustering
8 1 (0.63%) Data Structures
8 1 (0.63%) Distributed Computing
8 1 (0.63%) Enterprise Software
8 1 (0.63%) EPoS
8 1 (0.63%) Hybrid Cloud
8 1 (0.63%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 4 (2.52%) VMS
1 4 (2.52%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 95 (59.75%) Analytics
2 81 (50.94%) Data Modelling
3 79 (49.69%) Business Intelligence
4 77 (48.43%) CI/CD
5 73 (45.91%) Data Pipeline
6 71 (44.65%) DevOps
6 71 (44.65%) ETL
7 55 (34.59%) Problem-Solving
8 54 (33.96%) Agile
8 54 (33.96%) Data Engineering
9 51 (32.08%) Coaching
10 49 (30.82%) Asset Management
11 46 (28.93%) Visualisation
12 44 (27.67%) Decision-Making
13 38 (23.90%) Data Integration
14 37 (23.27%) AI
14 37 (23.27%) Data Governance
14 37 (23.27%) Infrastructure as Code
15 35 (22.01%) Continuous Improvement
16 34 (21.38%) Data Analysis
Programming Languages
1 115 (72.33%) SQL
2 70 (44.03%) Python
3 30 (18.87%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 20 (12.58%) Bicep
5 19 (11.95%) PowerShell
6 16 (10.06%) Scala
7 11 (6.92%) T-SQL
8 6 (3.77%) C#
9 3 (1.89%) Java
10 2 (1.26%) JavaScript
10 2 (1.26%) R
11 1 (0.63%) PHP
Qualifications
1 18 (11.32%) Degree
2 12 (7.55%) Six Sigma Green Belt
3 8 (5.03%) Azure Certification
4 6 (3.77%) Microsoft Certification
5 5 (3.14%) SC Cleared
5 5 (3.14%) Security Cleared
6 4 (2.52%) ISTQB
7 3 (1.89%) Computer Science Degree
7 3 (1.89%) DBS Check
8 2 (1.26%) Master's Degree
9 1 (0.63%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 58 (36.48%) Data Quality
2 20 (12.58%) GDPR
3 12 (7.55%) Actionable Recommendations
4 8 (5.03%) Accessibility
5 3 (1.89%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 1 (0.63%) QA
System Software
1 8 (5.03%) Docker
2 5 (3.14%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 37 (23.27%) Terraform
2 8 (5.03%) Kubernetes
3 1 (0.63%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 63 (39.62%) Databricks
2 49 (30.82%) Microsoft
3 18 (11.32%) Ab Initio
4 4 (2.52%) IBM
5 2 (1.26%) SAP
5 2 (1.26%) Talend
6 1 (0.63%) Informatica
6 1 (0.63%) Oracle
6 1 (0.63%) RedGate
6 1 (0.63%) Salesforce