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

6 months to
26 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 315 304 314
Rank change year-on-year -11 +10 -16
Permanent jobs citing Azure Data Factory 130 118 235
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.60% 0.72% 0.86%
As % of the Cloud Services category 1.53% 1.94% 2.08%
Number of salaries quoted 110 102 194
10th Percentile £50,468 £44,000 £42,875
25th Percentile £57,500 £51,250 £52,125
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £81,250 £61,250 £67,500
Median % change year-on-year +32.65% -9.26% +8.43%
75th Percentile £95,000 £76,250 £80,000
90th Percentile £107,500 £90,750 £93,750
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 8,499 6,068 11,299
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 38.93% 36.81% 41.27%
Number of salaries quoted 6,079 4,478 9,142
10th Percentile £35,000 £31,750 £36,250
25th Percentile £45,000 £43,762 £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 £82,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £110,000 £105,000
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 26 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 29 (22.31%) SharePoint
2 11 (8.46%) Apache Spark
3 4 (3.08%) Apache
4 2 (1.54%) Apache Airflow
4 2 (1.54%) Jupyter
Applications
1 4 (3.08%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (1.54%) Chatbot
3 1 (0.77%) Trello
Business Applications
1 1 (0.77%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 130 (100.00%) Azure
2 63 (48.46%) Power Platform
3 36 (27.69%) Azure Synapse Analytics
4 25 (19.23%) Azure DevOps
4 25 (19.23%) Azure Logic Apps
5 24 (18.46%) Microsoft 365
5 24 (18.46%) Power Automate
5 24 (18.46%) PowerApps
6 19 (14.62%) Adobe Creative Cloud
6 19 (14.62%) OneDrive
7 18 (13.85%) Microsoft Purview
8 13 (10.00%) Snowflake
9 8 (6.15%) Azure Cosmos DB
10 7 (5.38%) Dynamics 365
10 7 (5.38%) GitHub
11 4 (3.08%) AWS
11 4 (3.08%) Azure Functions
11 4 (3.08%) Cloud Computing
11 4 (3.08%) PaaS
11 4 (3.08%) Serverless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 60 (46.15%) Power BI
2 38 (29.23%) Azure SQL Database
3 31 (23.85%) Data Warehouse
4 25 (19.23%) Data Lake
5 20 (15.38%) Metadata
6 18 (13.85%) Delta Lake
7 13 (10.00%) SQL Server
8 10 (7.69%) Data Vault
9 9 (6.92%) Big Data
9 9 (6.92%) Spark SQL
10 8 (6.15%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 8 (6.15%) Star Schema
11 7 (5.38%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
12 6 (4.62%) Tableau
13 4 (3.08%) NoSQL
13 4 (3.08%) PostgreSQL
13 4 (3.08%) Relational Database
13 4 (3.08%) SQL Server Reporting Services
14 3 (2.31%) Power Query
15 2 (1.54%) Semantic Layer
Development Applications
1 14 (10.77%) Git
2 3 (2.31%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
3 2 (1.54%) Jenkins
3 2 (1.54%) MLflow
3 2 (1.54%) Visual Studio Code
4 1 (0.77%) Bitbucket
4 1 (0.77%) GitLab
4 1 (0.77%) JIRA
4 1 (0.77%) Visual Studio
General
1 38 (29.23%) Social Skills
2 30 (23.08%) Finance
3 9 (6.92%) Analytical Skills
3 9 (6.92%) Influencing Skills
4 5 (3.85%) Public Sector
5 4 (3.08%) Retail
6 3 (2.31%) Law
7 2 (1.54%) Banking
7 2 (1.54%) Documentation Skills
7 2 (1.54%) Legal
8 1 (0.77%) Billing
8 1 (0.77%) Organisational Skills
8 1 (0.77%) Social Housing
8 1 (0.77%) Tech for Good
Job Titles
1 53 (40.77%) Data Engineer
2 34 (26.15%) Senior
3 25 (19.23%) Developer
3 25 (19.23%) Lead
4 19 (14.62%) Architect
4 19 (14.62%) Data Architect
5 16 (12.31%) Platform Engineer
6 15 (11.54%) Senior Developer
7 14 (10.77%) Lead Data Engineer
8 13 (10.00%) Senior Data Engineer
9 7 (5.38%) Microsoft 365 Developer
9 7 (5.38%) Microsoft Developer
9 7 (5.38%) Senior Microsoft Developer
10 6 (4.62%) Azure Data Engineer
10 6 (4.62%) Azure Engineer
10 6 (4.62%) Business Intelligence Developer
10 6 (4.62%) Consultant
11 5 (3.85%) Business Developer
11 5 (3.85%) Dynamics 365 Specialist
11 5 (3.85%) Migration Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 30 (23.08%) PySpark
2 23 (17.69%) .NET
2 23 (17.69%) JSON
3 21 (16.15%) .NET Core
3 21 (16.15%) CSS
3 21 (16.15%) HTML
4 19 (14.62%) HTML5 Canvas
4 19 (14.62%) Microsoft Graph
4 19 (14.62%) SPFx
5 7 (5.38%) Kafka
6 3 (2.31%) REST
7 2 (1.54%) ARM Templates
7 2 (1.54%) Middleware
7 2 (1.54%) Node.js
7 2 (1.54%) RESTful
7 2 (1.54%) Smarty
7 2 (1.54%) Symfony
7 2 (1.54%) YAML
8 1 (0.77%) FastAPI
8 1 (0.77%) PyTorch
Miscellaneous
1 18 (13.85%) Cloud Native
2 9 (6.92%) Greenfield Project
3 6 (4.62%) Legacy Systems
4 5 (3.85%) Management Information System
5 4 (3.08%) Distributed Computing
6 3 (2.31%) Algorithms
7 2 (1.54%) Data Protection Act
7 2 (1.54%) Distributed Systems
7 2 (1.54%) Product Ownership
7 2 (1.54%) Self-Motivation
8 1 (0.77%) AI Agents
8 1 (0.77%) Analytical Mindset
8 1 (0.77%) Clustering
8 1 (0.77%) Data Structures
8 1 (0.77%) FMCG
8 1 (0.77%) Housing Association
8 1 (0.77%) Life Science
8 1 (0.77%) Low-Code
8 1 (0.77%) Replication
8 1 (0.77%) Virtual Team
Processes & Methodologies
1 78 (60.00%) Business Intelligence
2 65 (50.00%) Analytics
3 61 (46.92%) Data Modelling
4 59 (45.38%) Data Engineering
5 52 (40.00%) CI/CD
6 47 (36.15%) Data Pipeline
7 44 (33.85%) Machine Learning
8 43 (33.08%) AI
8 43 (33.08%) ETL
9 39 (30.00%) DevOps
10 35 (26.92%) Decision-Making
11 34 (26.15%) Technical Leadership
12 28 (21.54%) Data Architecture
13 25 (19.23%) Problem-Solving
14 23 (17.69%) Data Strategy
15 22 (16.92%) Data Science
16 20 (15.38%) Infrastructure as Code
16 20 (15.38%) Mentoring
16 20 (15.38%) User Experience
17 19 (14.62%) Data Integration
Programming Languages
1 90 (69.23%) SQL
2 55 (42.31%) Python
3 30 (23.08%) PowerShell
4 24 (18.46%) C#
5 23 (17.69%) JavaScript
6 19 (14.62%) TypeScript
7 13 (10.00%) Bicep
7 13 (10.00%) Scala
8 5 (3.85%) Data Analysis Expressions
9 4 (3.08%) T-SQL
10 2 (1.54%) PHP
10 2 (1.54%) VBA
11 1 (0.77%) Kusto Query Language
11 1 (0.77%) R
Qualifications
1 15 (11.54%) Azure Certification
1 15 (11.54%) Security Cleared
2 11 (8.46%) Degree
2 11 (8.46%) Microsoft Certification
3 10 (7.69%) SC Cleared
3 10 (7.69%) SnowPro
4 3 (2.31%) Computer Science Degree
5 2 (1.54%) Master's Degree
6 1 (0.77%) ICAEW
6 1 (0.77%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 44 (33.85%) Data Quality
2 8 (6.15%) GDPR
3 3 (2.31%) QA
4 2 (1.54%) IFRS
4 2 (1.54%) IFRS 17
4 2 (1.54%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 2 (1.54%) Solvency II
System Software
1 2 (1.54%) Docker
Systems Management
1 24 (18.46%) Terraform
2 3 (2.31%) Kubernetes
3 1 (0.77%) Ansible
3 1 (0.77%) SQL Sentry
Vendors
1 65 (50.00%) Microsoft
2 61 (46.92%) Databricks
3 19 (14.62%) Adobe
4 3 (2.31%) Foundry
4 3 (2.31%) Google
4 3 (2.31%) Salesforce
5 2 (1.54%) OpenAI
5 2 (1.54%) Talend
6 1 (0.77%) Alteryx
6 1 (0.77%) Cognizant
6 1 (0.77%) Informatica
6 1 (0.77%) SolarWinds