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

6 months to
26 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 293 312 332
Rank change year-on-year +19 +20 -22
Permanent jobs citing Azure Data Factory 131 116 269
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.64% 0.74% 0.80%
As % of the Cloud Services category 1.69% 1.95% 1.88%
Number of salaries quoted 112 100 224
10th Percentile £50,671 £44,000 £41,250
25th Percentile £60,000 £51,250 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £82,500 £61,250 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +34.69% -5.77% +4.84%
75th Percentile £95,000 £80,000 £80,625
90th Percentile £115,000 £90,750 £95,000
UK median annual salary £80,000 £66,250 £63,750
% change year-on-year +20.75% +3.92% -2.67%

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 7,761 5,947 14,326
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 38.09% 38.02% 42.35%
Number of salaries quoted 5,508 4,349 11,902
10th Percentile £35,000 £31,750 £36,250
25th Percentile £45,438 £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 £85,000 £82,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £110,000 £100,000
UK median annual salary £62,500 £60,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year +4.17% +4.35% -8.95%

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 June 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 (22.90%) SharePoint
2 10 (7.63%) Apache Spark
3 3 (2.29%) Apache
4 2 (1.53%) Jupyter
5 1 (0.76%) Apache Airflow
Applications
1 4 (3.05%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (1.53%) Chatbot
3 1 (0.76%) Spreadsheet
3 1 (0.76%) Trello
Cloud Services
1 131 (100.00%) Azure
2 61 (46.56%) Power Platform
3 40 (30.53%) Azure Synapse Analytics
4 27 (20.61%) Azure Logic Apps
5 24 (18.32%) Azure DevOps
5 24 (18.32%) Microsoft 365
5 24 (18.32%) Power Automate
5 24 (18.32%) PowerApps
6 19 (14.50%) Adobe Creative Cloud
6 19 (14.50%) OneDrive
7 12 (9.16%) Microsoft Purview
8 11 (8.40%) GitHub
9 8 (6.11%) Snowflake
10 7 (5.34%) Azure Cosmos DB
11 6 (4.58%) Dynamics 365
12 5 (3.82%) Azure Monitor
13 4 (3.05%) Cloud Computing
13 4 (3.05%) GitHub Actions
13 4 (3.05%) PaaS
13 4 (3.05%) Serverless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 58 (44.27%) Power BI
2 45 (34.35%) Azure SQL Database
3 33 (25.19%) Data Warehouse
4 24 (18.32%) Data Lake
5 16 (12.21%) Delta Lake
5 16 (12.21%) SQL Server
6 14 (10.69%) Metadata
7 10 (7.63%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 9 (6.87%) Big Data
9 8 (6.11%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
9 8 (6.11%) Spark SQL
10 7 (5.34%) Star Schema
11 6 (4.58%) Data Vault
12 5 (3.82%) Tableau
13 4 (3.05%) PostgreSQL
13 4 (3.05%) SQL Server Reporting Services
14 3 (2.29%) NoSQL
14 3 (2.29%) Power Query
14 3 (2.29%) Relational Database
15 2 (1.53%) QlikView
Development Applications
1 14 (10.69%) Git
2 3 (2.29%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
3 2 (1.53%) MLflow
3 2 (1.53%) Visual Studio Code
4 1 (0.76%) Bitbucket
4 1 (0.76%) GitLab
4 1 (0.76%) Jenkins
4 1 (0.76%) JIRA
4 1 (0.76%) Visual Studio
General
1 39 (29.77%) Finance
1 39 (29.77%) Social Skills
2 9 (6.87%) Analytical Skills
2 9 (6.87%) Influencing Skills
3 6 (4.58%) Public Sector
4 4 (3.05%) Documentation Skills
4 4 (3.05%) Retail
5 3 (2.29%) Law
6 2 (1.53%) Automotive
6 2 (1.53%) Legal
6 2 (1.53%) Local Government
7 1 (0.76%) Banking
7 1 (0.76%) Manufacturing
7 1 (0.76%) Organisational Skills
7 1 (0.76%) Social Housing
7 1 (0.76%) Tech for Good
Job Titles
1 55 (41.98%) Data Engineer
2 34 (25.95%) Senior
3 31 (23.66%) Lead
4 28 (21.37%) Developer
5 24 (18.32%) Platform Engineer
6 18 (13.74%) Lead Data Engineer
7 16 (12.21%) Senior Developer
8 15 (11.45%) Architect
8 15 (11.45%) Data Architect
9 12 (9.16%) Senior Data Engineer
10 10 (7.63%) Business Intelligence Developer
11 8 (6.11%) Business Developer
12 7 (5.34%) Microsoft 365 Developer
12 7 (5.34%) Microsoft Developer
12 7 (5.34%) Senior Microsoft Developer
13 6 (4.58%) Azure Data Engineer
13 6 (4.58%) Azure Engineer
13 6 (4.58%) Consultant
14 5 (3.82%) Data Manager
14 5 (3.82%) Migration Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 28 (21.37%) PySpark
2 23 (17.56%) JSON
3 22 (16.79%) .NET
4 21 (16.03%) .NET Core
4 21 (16.03%) CSS
4 21 (16.03%) HTML
5 19 (14.50%) HTML5 Canvas
5 19 (14.50%) Microsoft Graph
5 19 (14.50%) SPFx
6 5 (3.82%) Kafka
7 3 (2.29%) REST
8 2 (1.53%) ARM Templates
8 2 (1.53%) Middleware
8 2 (1.53%) Node.js
8 2 (1.53%) RESTful
8 2 (1.53%) Smarty
8 2 (1.53%) Symfony
9 1 (0.76%) FastAPI
9 1 (0.76%) LangChain
9 1 (0.76%) PyTorch
Miscellaneous
1 13 (9.92%) Cloud Native
2 7 (5.34%) Greenfield Project
3 6 (4.58%) Legacy Systems
3 6 (4.58%) Management Information System
4 4 (3.05%) Distributed Computing
5 3 (2.29%) Algorithms
6 2 (1.53%) Data Protection Act
6 2 (1.53%) Distributed Systems
6 2 (1.53%) Product Ownership
7 1 (0.76%) AI Agents
7 1 (0.76%) Analytical Mindset
7 1 (0.76%) Clustering
7 1 (0.76%) Data Structures
7 1 (0.76%) FMCG
7 1 (0.76%) Housing Association
7 1 (0.76%) Life Science
7 1 (0.76%) Low-Code
7 1 (0.76%) Replication
7 1 (0.76%) Self-Motivation
7 1 (0.76%) Virtual Team
Processes & Methodologies
1 70 (53.44%) Business Intelligence
2 69 (52.67%) Analytics
3 65 (49.62%) Data Modelling
4 61 (46.56%) Data Engineering
5 55 (41.98%) CI/CD
6 51 (38.93%) Data Pipeline
7 45 (34.35%) ETL
8 41 (31.30%) Decision-Making
9 39 (29.77%) DevOps
10 38 (29.01%) Machine Learning
11 37 (28.24%) AI
12 27 (20.61%) Technical Leadership
13 24 (18.32%) Platform Engineering
13 24 (18.32%) Problem-Solving
14 22 (16.79%) Data Architecture
15 21 (16.03%) Data Science
15 21 (16.03%) Dimensional Modelling
16 20 (15.27%) Data Governance
16 20 (15.27%) User Experience
17 19 (14.50%) Web Design
Programming Languages
1 92 (70.23%) SQL
2 55 (41.98%) Python
3 29 (22.14%) PowerShell
4 23 (17.56%) C#
5 22 (16.79%) JavaScript
6 19 (14.50%) TypeScript
7 12 (9.16%) Scala
8 9 (6.87%) Bicep
9 5 (3.82%) Data Analysis Expressions
9 5 (3.82%) T-SQL
10 3 (2.29%) R
11 2 (1.53%) PHP
11 2 (1.53%) VBA
12 1 (0.76%) Kusto Query Language
Qualifications
1 14 (10.69%) Security Cleared
2 12 (9.16%) Degree
3 11 (8.40%) Azure Certification
4 9 (6.87%) SC Cleared
5 7 (5.34%) Microsoft Certification
6 6 (4.58%) SnowPro
7 4 (3.05%) Computer Science Degree
8 2 (1.53%) Master's Degree
9 1 (0.76%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 46 (35.11%) Data Quality
2 8 (6.11%) GDPR
3 3 (2.29%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 3 (2.29%) QA
4 2 (1.53%) IFRS
4 2 (1.53%) IFRS 17
4 2 (1.53%) Solvency II
System Software
1 1 (0.76%) Docker
Systems Management
1 22 (16.79%) Terraform
2 2 (1.53%) Kubernetes
3 1 (0.76%) Ansible
3 1 (0.76%) SQL Sentry
Vendors
1 64 (48.85%) Databricks
2 60 (45.80%) Microsoft
3 19 (14.50%) Adobe
4 4 (3.05%) OpenAI
5 3 (2.29%) Foundry
5 3 (2.29%) Salesforce
6 2 (1.53%) Google
6 2 (1.53%) Talend
7 1 (0.76%) Alteryx
7 1 (0.76%) Cognizant
7 1 (0.76%) Informatica
7 1 (0.76%) SolarWinds