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

6 months to
11 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 304 299 337
Rank change year-on-year -5 +38 -39
Permanent jobs citing Azure Data Factory 136 125 247
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.64% 0.76% 0.77%
As % of the Cloud Services category 1.64% 2.03% 1.84%
Number of salaries quoted 115 111 201
10th Percentile £51,281 £44,000 £42,500
25th Percentile £57,500 £51,250 £50,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £80,000 £62,500 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +28.00% -3.85% +4.00%
75th Percentile £95,000 £80,000 £82,500
90th Percentile £110,500 £90,750 £95,000
UK median annual salary £80,000 £65,625 £65,000
% change year-on-year +21.90% +0.96% -

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 8,312 6,156 13,428
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 39.00% 37.37% 41.87%
Number of salaries quoted 5,935 4,532 11,063
10th Percentile £35,000 £31,500 £36,000
25th Percentile £45,000 £44,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £61,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +2.46% +1.67% -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 11 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 (22.06%) SharePoint
2 10 (7.35%) Apache Spark
3 4 (2.94%) Apache
4 2 (1.47%) Apache Airflow
4 2 (1.47%) Jupyter
Applications
1 4 (2.94%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (1.47%) Chatbot
3 1 (0.74%) Spreadsheet
3 1 (0.74%) Trello
Business Applications
1 1 (0.74%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 136 (100.00%) Azure
2 66 (48.53%) Power Platform
3 41 (30.15%) Azure Synapse Analytics
4 27 (19.85%) Azure Logic Apps
5 24 (17.65%) Azure DevOps
5 24 (17.65%) Microsoft 365
5 24 (17.65%) Power Automate
5 24 (17.65%) PowerApps
6 19 (13.97%) Adobe Creative Cloud
6 19 (13.97%) OneDrive
7 14 (10.29%) Microsoft Purview
8 11 (8.09%) Snowflake
9 9 (6.62%) GitHub
10 8 (5.88%) Azure Cosmos DB
11 7 (5.15%) Dynamics 365
12 4 (2.94%) AWS
12 4 (2.94%) Azure Functions
12 4 (2.94%) Azure Monitor
12 4 (2.94%) GitHub Actions
12 4 (2.94%) Serverless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 63 (46.32%) Power BI
2 42 (30.88%) Azure SQL Database
3 33 (24.26%) Data Warehouse
4 27 (19.85%) Data Lake
5 17 (12.50%) Delta Lake
6 16 (11.76%) Metadata
6 16 (11.76%) SQL Server
7 11 (8.09%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 9 (6.62%) Big Data
9 8 (5.88%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
9 8 (5.88%) Data Vault
9 8 (5.88%) Spark SQL
10 7 (5.15%) Star Schema
11 5 (3.68%) Tableau
12 4 (2.94%) PostgreSQL
12 4 (2.94%) SQL Server Reporting Services
13 3 (2.21%) NoSQL
13 3 (2.21%) Power Query
13 3 (2.21%) Relational Database
14 2 (1.47%) Semantic Layer
Development Applications
1 15 (11.03%) Git
2 3 (2.21%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
3 2 (1.47%) MLflow
3 2 (1.47%) Visual Studio Code
4 1 (0.74%) Bitbucket
4 1 (0.74%) GitLab
4 1 (0.74%) Jenkins
4 1 (0.74%) JIRA
4 1 (0.74%) Visual Studio
General
1 41 (30.15%) Social Skills
2 34 (25.00%) Finance
3 10 (7.35%) Analytical Skills
4 9 (6.62%) Influencing Skills
5 8 (5.88%) Public Sector
6 4 (2.94%) Documentation Skills
7 3 (2.21%) Law
7 3 (2.21%) Retail
8 2 (1.47%) Automotive
8 2 (1.47%) Legal
8 2 (1.47%) Local Government
9 1 (0.74%) Banking
9 1 (0.74%) Billing
9 1 (0.74%) Organisational Skills
9 1 (0.74%) Social Housing
9 1 (0.74%) Tech for Good
Job Titles
1 56 (41.18%) Data Engineer
2 35 (25.74%) Senior
3 30 (22.06%) Lead
4 29 (21.32%) Developer
5 20 (14.71%) Platform Engineer
6 17 (12.50%) Architect
6 17 (12.50%) Data Architect
7 16 (11.76%) Lead Data Engineer
7 16 (11.76%) Senior Developer
8 13 (9.56%) Senior Data Engineer
9 10 (7.35%) Business Intelligence Developer
10 8 (5.88%) Business Developer
11 7 (5.15%) Azure Data Engineer
11 7 (5.15%) Azure Engineer
11 7 (5.15%) Microsoft 365 Developer
11 7 (5.15%) Microsoft Developer
11 7 (5.15%) Senior Microsoft Developer
12 6 (4.41%) Consultant
13 5 (3.68%) Data Manager
13 5 (3.68%) Data Migration Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 31 (22.79%) PySpark
2 23 (16.91%) .NET
2 23 (16.91%) JSON
3 21 (15.44%) .NET Core
3 21 (15.44%) CSS
3 21 (15.44%) HTML
4 19 (13.97%) HTML5 Canvas
4 19 (13.97%) Microsoft Graph
4 19 (13.97%) SPFx
5 6 (4.41%) Kafka
6 3 (2.21%) REST
7 2 (1.47%) ARM Templates
7 2 (1.47%) Middleware
7 2 (1.47%) Node.js
7 2 (1.47%) RESTful
7 2 (1.47%) Smarty
7 2 (1.47%) Symfony
8 1 (0.74%) FastAPI
8 1 (0.74%) LangChain
8 1 (0.74%) PyTorch
Miscellaneous
1 15 (11.03%) Cloud Native
2 9 (6.62%) Greenfield Project
3 6 (4.41%) Legacy Systems
3 6 (4.41%) Management Information System
4 4 (2.94%) Distributed Computing
5 3 (2.21%) Algorithms
6 2 (1.47%) Analytical Mindset
6 2 (1.47%) Data Protection Act
6 2 (1.47%) Distributed Systems
6 2 (1.47%) Product Ownership
6 2 (1.47%) Self-Motivation
7 1 (0.74%) AI Agents
7 1 (0.74%) Clustering
7 1 (0.74%) Data Structures
7 1 (0.74%) FMCG
7 1 (0.74%) Housing Association
7 1 (0.74%) Life Science
7 1 (0.74%) Low-Code
7 1 (0.74%) Replication
7 1 (0.74%) Virtual Team
Processes & Methodologies
1 78 (57.35%) Business Intelligence
2 72 (52.94%) Analytics
3 66 (48.53%) Data Modelling
4 60 (44.12%) Data Engineering
5 56 (41.18%) CI/CD
6 50 (36.76%) Data Pipeline
7 47 (34.56%) ETL
8 43 (31.62%) AI
9 42 (30.88%) Machine Learning
10 40 (29.41%) Decision-Making
11 39 (28.68%) DevOps
12 32 (23.53%) Technical Leadership
13 26 (19.12%) Data Architecture
14 24 (17.65%) Problem-Solving
15 23 (16.91%) Data Strategy
16 21 (15.44%) Data Science
16 21 (15.44%) Platform Engineering
17 20 (14.71%) Data Governance
17 20 (14.71%) Infrastructure as Code
17 20 (14.71%) Mentoring
Programming Languages
1 95 (69.85%) SQL
2 57 (41.91%) Python
3 30 (22.06%) PowerShell
4 24 (17.65%) C#
5 22 (16.18%) JavaScript
6 19 (13.97%) TypeScript
7 12 (8.82%) Scala
8 11 (8.09%) Bicep
9 5 (3.68%) Data Analysis Expressions
9 5 (3.68%) T-SQL
10 2 (1.47%) PHP
10 2 (1.47%) R
10 2 (1.47%) VBA
11 1 (0.74%) Kusto Query Language
Qualifications
1 14 (10.29%) Security Cleared
2 13 (9.56%) Azure Certification
3 12 (8.82%) Degree
4 9 (6.62%) Microsoft Certification
4 9 (6.62%) SC Cleared
5 8 (5.88%) SnowPro
6 3 (2.21%) Computer Science Degree
7 2 (1.47%) Master's Degree
8 1 (0.74%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 48 (35.29%) Data Quality
2 9 (6.62%) GDPR
3 3 (2.21%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 3 (2.21%) QA
4 2 (1.47%) IFRS
4 2 (1.47%) IFRS 17
4 2 (1.47%) Solvency II
System Software
1 1 (0.74%) Docker
Systems Management
1 24 (17.65%) Terraform
2 2 (1.47%) Kubernetes
3 1 (0.74%) Ansible
3 1 (0.74%) SQL Sentry
Vendors
1 63 (46.32%) Databricks
1 63 (46.32%) Microsoft
2 19 (13.97%) Adobe
3 4 (2.94%) OpenAI
4 3 (2.21%) Foundry
4 3 (2.21%) Google
4 3 (2.21%) Salesforce
5 2 (1.47%) Talend
6 1 (0.74%) Alteryx
6 1 (0.74%) Cognizant
6 1 (0.74%) Informatica
6 1 (0.74%) SolarWinds