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

6 months to
29 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 324 304 308
Rank change year-on-year -20 +4 -14
Permanent jobs citing Azure Data Factory 128 115 230
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.58% 0.70% 0.86%
As % of the Cloud Services category 1.51% 1.90% 2.10%
Number of salaries quoted 108 100 190
10th Percentile £50,468 £44,000 £42,500
25th Percentile £57,500 £51,250 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £82,500 £61,250 £67,000
Median % change year-on-year +34.69% -8.58% +8.06%
75th Percentile £95,000 £77,188 £80,000
90th Percentile £107,500 £90,750 £93,875
UK median annual salary £80,000 £65,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year +23.08% - -

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 8,503 6,039 10,969
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 38.85% 36.69% 41.13%
Number of salaries quoted 6,118 4,456 8,816
10th Percentile £35,000 £31,549 £36,250
25th Percentile £45,000 £43,750 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £60,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.17% -4.00% -3.85%
75th Percentile £85,000 £82,500 £83,750
90th Percentile £100,000 £110,000 £107,500
UK median annual salary £62,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +4.17% - -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 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 27 (21.09%) SharePoint
2 11 (8.59%) Apache Spark
3 4 (3.13%) Apache
4 2 (1.56%) Apache Airflow
4 2 (1.56%) Jupyter
Applications
1 4 (3.13%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (1.56%) Chatbot
3 1 (0.78%) Trello
Business Applications
1 1 (0.78%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 128 (100.00%) Azure
2 61 (47.66%) Power Platform
3 38 (29.69%) Azure Synapse Analytics
4 24 (18.75%) Azure DevOps
4 24 (18.75%) Azure Logic Apps
5 23 (17.97%) Microsoft 365
5 23 (17.97%) Power Automate
5 23 (17.97%) PowerApps
6 19 (14.84%) Adobe Creative Cloud
6 19 (14.84%) Microsoft Purview
6 19 (14.84%) OneDrive
7 14 (10.94%) Snowflake
8 8 (6.25%) Azure Cosmos DB
9 7 (5.47%) Dynamics 365
10 6 (4.69%) GitHub
11 4 (3.13%) AWS
11 4 (3.13%) Cloud Computing
12 3 (2.34%) GCP
12 3 (2.34%) PaaS
12 3 (2.34%) Serverless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 59 (46.09%) Power BI
2 38 (29.69%) Azure SQL Database
3 30 (23.44%) Data Warehouse
4 25 (19.53%) Data Lake
5 22 (17.19%) Metadata
6 19 (14.84%) Delta Lake
7 11 (8.59%) Data Vault
7 11 (8.59%) SQL Server
8 9 (7.03%) Big Data
8 9 (7.03%) Spark SQL
9 8 (6.25%) Star Schema
10 7 (5.47%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 7 (5.47%) Tableau
11 6 (4.69%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
12 4 (3.13%) NoSQL
12 4 (3.13%) Relational Database
12 4 (3.13%) SQL Server Reporting Services
13 3 (2.34%) PostgreSQL
13 3 (2.34%) Semantic Layer
14 2 (1.56%) Power Query
Development Applications
1 14 (10.94%) Git
2 3 (2.34%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
3 2 (1.56%) Jenkins
3 2 (1.56%) MLflow
3 2 (1.56%) Visual Studio Code
4 1 (0.78%) Bitbucket
4 1 (0.78%) GitLab
4 1 (0.78%) JIRA
4 1 (0.78%) Visual Studio
General
1 37 (28.91%) Social Skills
2 29 (22.66%) Finance
3 8 (6.25%) Analytical Skills
3 8 (6.25%) Influencing Skills
4 4 (3.13%) Public Sector
4 4 (3.13%) Retail
5 3 (2.34%) Law
6 2 (1.56%) Banking
6 2 (1.56%) Documentation Skills
6 2 (1.56%) Legal
7 1 (0.78%) Billing
7 1 (0.78%) Organisational Skills
7 1 (0.78%) Social Housing
7 1 (0.78%) Tech for Good
Job Titles
1 53 (41.41%) Data Engineer
2 34 (26.56%) Senior
3 24 (18.75%) Lead
4 23 (17.97%) Developer
5 21 (16.41%) Architect
5 21 (16.41%) Data Architect
6 16 (12.50%) Platform Engineer
7 15 (11.72%) Senior Developer
8 14 (10.94%) Lead Data Engineer
9 13 (10.16%) Senior Data Engineer
10 7 (5.47%) Microsoft 365 Developer
10 7 (5.47%) Microsoft Developer
10 7 (5.47%) Senior Microsoft Developer
11 6 (4.69%) Azure Data Engineer
11 6 (4.69%) Azure Engineer
11 6 (4.69%) Consultant
12 5 (3.91%) Data Manager
12 5 (3.91%) Data Migration Specialist
12 5 (3.91%) Dynamics 365 Specialist
12 5 (3.91%) Migration Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 31 (24.22%) PySpark
2 22 (17.19%) .NET
2 22 (17.19%) JSON
3 20 (15.63%) .NET Core
3 20 (15.63%) CSS
3 20 (15.63%) HTML
4 19 (14.84%) HTML5 Canvas
4 19 (14.84%) Microsoft Graph
4 19 (14.84%) SPFx
5 7 (5.47%) Kafka
6 2 (1.56%) ARM Templates
6 2 (1.56%) REST
6 2 (1.56%) YAML
7 1 (0.78%) FastAPI
7 1 (0.78%) LangChain
7 1 (0.78%) Pandas
7 1 (0.78%) PyTorch
7 1 (0.78%) RESTful
7 1 (0.78%) scikit-learn
7 1 (0.78%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 19 (14.84%) Cloud Native
2 8 (6.25%) Greenfield Project
3 6 (4.69%) Legacy Systems
4 4 (3.13%) Distributed Computing
4 4 (3.13%) Management Information System
5 3 (2.34%) Algorithms
6 2 (1.56%) Data Protection Act
6 2 (1.56%) Product Ownership
6 2 (1.56%) Self-Motivation
7 1 (0.78%) AI Agents
7 1 (0.78%) Analytical Mindset
7 1 (0.78%) Clustering
7 1 (0.78%) Data Structures
7 1 (0.78%) Enterprise Software
7 1 (0.78%) FMCG
7 1 (0.78%) Housing Association
7 1 (0.78%) Life Science
7 1 (0.78%) Low-Code
7 1 (0.78%) Replication
7 1 (0.78%) Virtual Team
Processes & Methodologies
1 78 (60.94%) Business Intelligence
2 63 (49.22%) Analytics
3 59 (46.09%) Data Modelling
4 58 (45.31%) Data Engineering
5 52 (40.63%) CI/CD
6 47 (36.72%) Data Pipeline
7 45 (35.16%) Machine Learning
8 43 (33.59%) AI
9 41 (32.03%) ETL
10 39 (30.47%) DevOps
11 35 (27.34%) Technical Leadership
12 31 (24.22%) Decision-Making
13 29 (22.66%) Data Architecture
14 25 (19.53%) Data Strategy
15 23 (17.97%) Data Science
15 23 (17.97%) Problem-Solving
16 20 (15.63%) Infrastructure as Code
17 19 (14.84%) Data Integration
17 19 (14.84%) Mentoring
17 19 (14.84%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 90 (70.31%) SQL
2 56 (43.75%) Python
3 29 (22.66%) PowerShell
4 23 (17.97%) C#
5 22 (17.19%) JavaScript
6 19 (14.84%) TypeScript
7 14 (10.94%) Bicep
7 14 (10.94%) Scala
8 4 (3.13%) Data Analysis Expressions
8 4 (3.13%) T-SQL
9 2 (1.56%) VBA
10 1 (0.78%) Kusto Query Language
10 1 (0.78%) PHP
10 1 (0.78%) R
Qualifications
1 16 (12.50%) Azure Certification
1 16 (12.50%) Security Cleared
2 12 (9.38%) Microsoft Certification
3 11 (8.59%) SC Cleared
3 11 (8.59%) SnowPro
4 9 (7.03%) Degree
5 2 (1.56%) Computer Science Degree
6 1 (0.78%) ICAEW
6 1 (0.78%) Master's Degree
6 1 (0.78%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 45 (35.16%) Data Quality
2 7 (5.47%) GDPR
3 3 (2.34%) QA
4 2 (1.56%) IFRS
4 2 (1.56%) IFRS 17
4 2 (1.56%) Solvency II
5 1 (0.78%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 2 (1.56%) Docker
Systems Management
1 25 (19.53%) Terraform
2 3 (2.34%) Kubernetes
3 1 (0.78%) Ansible
3 1 (0.78%) SQL Sentry
Vendors
1 65 (50.78%) Microsoft
2 62 (48.44%) Databricks
3 19 (14.84%) Adobe
4 3 (2.34%) Foundry
4 3 (2.34%) Google
5 2 (1.56%) Salesforce
5 2 (1.56%) Talend
6 1 (0.78%) Alteryx
6 1 (0.78%) Cognizant
6 1 (0.78%) Informatica
6 1 (0.78%) OpenAI
6 1 (0.78%) SolarWinds