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

6 months to
17 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 322 311 322
Rank change year-on-year -11 +11 -19
Permanent jobs citing Azure Data Factory 129 120 250
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.60% 0.73% 0.81%
As % of the Cloud Services category 1.54% 1.96% 1.95%
Number of salaries quoted 108 106 204
10th Percentile £50,468 £44,000 £42,500
25th Percentile £57,500 £51,250 £51,156
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £82,500 £61,250 £67,000
Median % change year-on-year +34.69% -8.58% +7.20%
75th Percentile £95,000 £76,250 £80,625
90th Percentile £109,000 £90,750 £94,625
UK median annual salary £80,000 £65,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year +23.08% - -0.76%

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 8,355 6,124 12,814
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 39.01% 37.14% 41.63%
Number of salaries quoted 5,935 4,518 10,509
10th Percentile £35,000 £31,750 £36,250
25th Percentile £45,000 £44,000 £45,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.17% - -7.69%
75th Percentile £85,000 £82,500 £81,786
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 17 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 (23.26%) SharePoint
2 10 (7.75%) Apache Spark
3 4 (3.10%) Apache
4 2 (1.55%) Apache Airflow
4 2 (1.55%) Jupyter
Applications
1 4 (3.10%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (1.55%) Chatbot
3 1 (0.78%) Trello
Business Applications
1 1 (0.78%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 129 (100.00%) Azure
2 63 (48.84%) Power Platform
3 36 (27.91%) Azure Synapse Analytics
4 25 (19.38%) Azure Logic Apps
5 24 (18.60%) Azure DevOps
5 24 (18.60%) Microsoft 365
5 24 (18.60%) Power Automate
5 24 (18.60%) PowerApps
6 19 (14.73%) Adobe Creative Cloud
6 19 (14.73%) OneDrive
7 14 (10.85%) Microsoft Purview
8 11 (8.53%) Snowflake
9 8 (6.20%) Azure Cosmos DB
9 8 (6.20%) GitHub
10 7 (5.43%) Dynamics 365
11 4 (3.10%) AWS
11 4 (3.10%) Azure Functions
11 4 (3.10%) GitHub Actions
11 4 (3.10%) PaaS
11 4 (3.10%) Serverless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 60 (46.51%) Power BI
2 39 (30.23%) Azure SQL Database
3 31 (24.03%) Data Warehouse
4 26 (20.16%) Data Lake
5 16 (12.40%) Delta Lake
5 16 (12.40%) Metadata
6 13 (10.08%) SQL Server
7 9 (6.98%) Big Data
7 9 (6.98%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 8 (6.20%) Data Vault
8 8 (6.20%) Spark SQL
9 7 (5.43%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
9 7 (5.43%) Star Schema
10 5 (3.88%) Tableau
11 4 (3.10%) PostgreSQL
11 4 (3.10%) SQL Server Reporting Services
12 3 (2.33%) NoSQL
12 3 (2.33%) Power Query
12 3 (2.33%) Relational Database
13 2 (1.55%) Semantic Layer
Development Applications
1 14 (10.85%) Git
2 3 (2.33%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
3 2 (1.55%) MLflow
3 2 (1.55%) Visual Studio Code
4 1 (0.78%) Bitbucket
4 1 (0.78%) GitLab
4 1 (0.78%) Jenkins
4 1 (0.78%) JIRA
4 1 (0.78%) Visual Studio
General
1 38 (29.46%) Social Skills
2 32 (24.81%) Finance
3 9 (6.98%) Analytical Skills
3 9 (6.98%) Influencing Skills
4 6 (4.65%) Public Sector
5 3 (2.33%) Law
5 3 (2.33%) Retail
6 2 (1.55%) Documentation Skills
6 2 (1.55%) Legal
7 1 (0.78%) Banking
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 52 (40.31%) Data Engineer
2 33 (25.58%) Senior
3 27 (20.93%) Lead
4 26 (20.16%) Developer
5 18 (13.95%) Platform Engineer
6 17 (13.18%) Architect
6 17 (13.18%) Data Architect
7 15 (11.63%) Lead Data Engineer
7 15 (11.63%) Senior Developer
8 12 (9.30%) Senior Data Engineer
9 7 (5.43%) Business Intelligence Developer
9 7 (5.43%) Microsoft 365 Developer
9 7 (5.43%) Microsoft Developer
9 7 (5.43%) Senior Microsoft Developer
10 6 (4.65%) Azure Data Engineer
10 6 (4.65%) Azure Engineer
10 6 (4.65%) Business Developer
10 6 (4.65%) Consultant
11 5 (3.88%) Dynamics 365 Specialist
11 5 (3.88%) Migration Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 28 (21.71%) PySpark
2 23 (17.83%) .NET
2 23 (17.83%) JSON
3 21 (16.28%) .NET Core
3 21 (16.28%) CSS
3 21 (16.28%) HTML
4 19 (14.73%) HTML5 Canvas
4 19 (14.73%) Microsoft Graph
4 19 (14.73%) SPFx
5 6 (4.65%) Kafka
6 3 (2.33%) REST
7 2 (1.55%) ARM Templates
7 2 (1.55%) Middleware
7 2 (1.55%) Node.js
7 2 (1.55%) RESTful
7 2 (1.55%) Smarty
7 2 (1.55%) Symfony
8 1 (0.78%) FastAPI
8 1 (0.78%) LangChain
8 1 (0.78%) PyTorch
Miscellaneous
1 15 (11.63%) Cloud Native
2 9 (6.98%) Greenfield Project
3 6 (4.65%) Legacy Systems
3 6 (4.65%) Management Information System
4 4 (3.10%) Distributed Computing
5 3 (2.33%) Algorithms
6 2 (1.55%) Data Protection Act
6 2 (1.55%) Distributed Systems
6 2 (1.55%) Product Ownership
6 2 (1.55%) 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%) 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 75 (58.14%) Business Intelligence
2 66 (51.16%) Analytics
3 61 (47.29%) Data Modelling
4 58 (44.96%) Data Engineering
5 51 (39.53%) CI/CD
6 46 (35.66%) Data Pipeline
7 42 (32.56%) AI
7 42 (32.56%) ETL
7 42 (32.56%) Machine Learning
8 38 (29.46%) DevOps
9 36 (27.91%) Decision-Making
10 32 (24.81%) Technical Leadership
11 25 (19.38%) Data Architecture
12 24 (18.60%) Problem-Solving
13 22 (17.05%) Data Strategy
14 20 (15.50%) Data Science
14 20 (15.50%) Mentoring
14 20 (15.50%) User Experience
15 19 (14.73%) Document Management
15 19 (14.73%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 89 (68.99%) SQL
2 52 (40.31%) Python
3 30 (23.26%) PowerShell
4 24 (18.60%) C#
5 22 (17.05%) JavaScript
6 19 (14.73%) TypeScript
7 11 (8.53%) Bicep
7 11 (8.53%) Scala
8 5 (3.88%) Data Analysis Expressions
9 4 (3.10%) T-SQL
10 2 (1.55%) PHP
10 2 (1.55%) VBA
11 1 (0.78%) Kusto Query Language
Qualifications
1 14 (10.85%) Security Cleared
2 12 (9.30%) Azure Certification
2 12 (9.30%) Degree
3 9 (6.98%) SC Cleared
4 8 (6.20%) Microsoft Certification
4 8 (6.20%) SnowPro
5 3 (2.33%) Computer Science Degree
6 2 (1.55%) Master's Degree
7 1 (0.78%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 44 (34.11%) Data Quality
2 8 (6.20%) GDPR
3 3 (2.33%) QA
4 2 (1.55%) IFRS
4 2 (1.55%) IFRS 17
4 2 (1.55%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 2 (1.55%) Solvency II
System Software
1 1 (0.78%) Docker
Systems Management
1 23 (17.83%) Terraform
2 2 (1.55%) Kubernetes
3 1 (0.78%) Ansible
3 1 (0.78%) SQL Sentry
Vendors
1 62 (48.06%) Microsoft
2 59 (45.74%) Databricks
3 19 (14.73%) Adobe
4 3 (2.33%) Foundry
4 3 (2.33%) Google
4 3 (2.33%) Salesforce
5 2 (1.55%) OpenAI
5 2 (1.55%) Talend
6 1 (0.78%) Alteryx
6 1 (0.78%) Cognizant
6 1 (0.78%) Informatica
6 1 (0.78%) SolarWinds