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

6 months to
18 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 314 314 298
Rank change year-on-year 0 -16 +2
Permanent jobs citing Azure Data Factory 137 111 215
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.56% 0.68% 0.92%
As % of the Cloud Services category 1.57% 1.90% 2.25%
Number of salaries quoted 116 95 177
10th Percentile £50,468 £44,000 £42,500
25th Percentile £56,250 £51,250 £50,875
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £80,000 £60,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +33.33% -7.69% +8.33%
75th Percentile £95,000 £80,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £107,500 £90,750 £93,750
UK median annual salary £70,000 £65,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year +7.69% - -

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 8,734 5,830 9,573
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 35.88% 35.74% 40.82%
Number of salaries quoted 6,411 4,200 6,586
10th Percentile £35,000 £31,500 £37,500
25th Percentile £45,000 £42,500 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £60,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.17% -7.69% -
75th Percentile £85,000 £82,500 £86,250
90th Percentile £100,000 £110,000 £115,000
UK median annual salary £62,500 £60,000 £62,500
% 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 18 September 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 20 (14.60%) SharePoint
2 11 (8.03%) Apache Spark
3 4 (2.92%) Apache
4 2 (1.46%) Apache Airflow
4 2 (1.46%) Jupyter
Applications
1 4 (2.92%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (2.19%) Chatbot
3 1 (0.73%) Trello
Business Applications
1 1 (0.73%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 137 (100.00%) Azure
2 67 (48.91%) Power Platform
3 64 (46.72%) Azure Synapse Analytics
4 41 (29.93%) Azure DevOps
5 29 (21.17%) Azure Databricks
6 26 (18.98%) Microsoft Purview
7 24 (17.52%) Azure Logic Apps
8 19 (13.87%) Microsoft 365
9 18 (13.14%) Azure Cosmos DB
9 18 (13.14%) Snowflake
10 17 (12.41%) Power Automate
10 17 (12.41%) PowerApps
11 15 (10.95%) Adobe Creative Cloud
11 15 (10.95%) OneDrive
12 11 (8.03%) AWS
13 8 (5.84%) Azure Functions
13 8 (5.84%) Serverless
14 6 (4.38%) Amazon S3
14 6 (4.38%) AWS Lambda
14 6 (4.38%) AWS Step Functions
Database & Business Intelligence
1 66 (48.18%) Power BI
2 42 (30.66%) Data Warehouse
3 39 (28.47%) Azure SQL Database
4 36 (26.28%) Metadata
5 30 (21.90%) Data Lake
6 29 (21.17%) Delta Lake
7 18 (13.14%) SQL Server
7 18 (13.14%) Star Schema
8 16 (11.68%) Data Vault
9 14 (10.22%) NoSQL
10 10 (7.30%) Snowflake Schema
11 9 (6.57%) Amazon QuickSight
11 9 (6.57%) Big Data
11 9 (6.57%) DynamoDB
11 9 (6.57%) MongoDB
12 7 (5.11%) Amazon Redshift
12 7 (5.11%) Parquet
12 7 (5.11%) Spark SQL
12 7 (5.11%) Tableau
13 6 (4.38%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 27 (19.71%) Git
2 3 (2.19%) Jenkins
3 2 (1.46%) MLflow
3 2 (1.46%) Visual Studio Code
4 1 (0.73%) JIRA
4 1 (0.73%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
4 1 (0.73%) Visual Studio
General
1 34 (24.82%) Social Skills
2 22 (16.06%) Finance
3 17 (12.41%) Analytical Skills
4 5 (3.65%) Retail
5 3 (2.19%) Legal
5 3 (2.19%) Public Sector
6 2 (1.46%) Banking
6 2 (1.46%) Influencing Skills
7 1 (0.73%) Billing
7 1 (0.73%) Documentation Skills
7 1 (0.73%) Law
7 1 (0.73%) Marketing
7 1 (0.73%) Organisational Skills
7 1 (0.73%) Social Housing
7 1 (0.73%) Tech for Good
Job Titles
1 64 (46.72%) Data Engineer
2 45 (32.85%) Senior
3 25 (18.25%) Architect
3 25 (18.25%) Data Architect
4 20 (14.60%) Senior Data Engineer
5 17 (12.41%) Azure Engineer
5 17 (12.41%) Developer
6 12 (8.76%) Lead
7 11 (8.03%) Platform Engineer
7 11 (8.03%) Senior Developer
8 9 (6.57%) Azure Data Engineer
8 9 (6.57%) Consultant
8 9 (6.57%) Lead Data Engineer
9 5 (3.65%) Databricks Data Engineer
9 5 (3.65%) Databricks Engineer
9 5 (3.65%) Microsoft 365 Developer
9 5 (3.65%) Microsoft Developer
9 5 (3.65%) Senior Consultant
9 5 (3.65%) Senior Microsoft Developer
10 4 (2.92%) Artificial Intelligence Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 46 (33.58%) PySpark
2 31 (22.63%) Terraform
3 22 (16.06%) JSON
4 16 (11.68%) .NET
5 15 (10.95%) .NET Core
5 15 (10.95%) CSS
5 15 (10.95%) HTML
5 15 (10.95%) HTML5 Canvas
5 15 (10.95%) Microsoft Graph
5 15 (10.95%) SPFx
6 7 (5.11%) Kafka
7 6 (4.38%) Apache Avro
8 4 (2.92%) REST
9 3 (2.19%) MDX
10 2 (1.46%) FastAPI
10 2 (1.46%) LangChain
11 1 (0.73%) ARM Templates
11 1 (0.73%) NumPy
11 1 (0.73%) PyTorch
11 1 (0.73%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 27 (19.71%) Cloud Native
2 12 (8.76%) Legacy Systems
3 11 (8.03%) Product Ownership
4 10 (7.30%) Enterprise Software
5 4 (2.92%) Algorithms
5 4 (2.92%) Distributed Computing
6 2 (1.46%) Data Protection Act
6 2 (1.46%) Greenfield Project
6 2 (1.46%) Self-Motivation
7 1 (0.73%) AI Agents
7 1 (0.73%) Analytical Mindset
7 1 (0.73%) Data Structures
7 1 (0.73%) FMCG
7 1 (0.73%) Housing Association
7 1 (0.73%) Hybrid Cloud
7 1 (0.73%) Life Science
7 1 (0.73%) Low-Code
7 1 (0.73%) Management Information System
7 1 (0.73%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 9 (6.57%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 93 (67.88%) Business Intelligence
2 75 (54.74%) Analytics
2 75 (54.74%) CI/CD
3 68 (49.64%) Data Modelling
4 60 (43.80%) DevOps
5 57 (41.61%) ETL
6 55 (40.15%) Data Pipeline
7 49 (35.77%) Data Engineering
8 44 (32.12%) AI
8 44 (32.12%) Data Architecture
8 44 (32.12%) Machine Learning
9 40 (29.20%) Technical Leadership
10 35 (25.55%) Data Strategy
10 35 (25.55%) Lakehouse
11 33 (24.09%) Agile
12 30 (21.90%) Problem-Solving
13 27 (19.71%) Data Science
14 26 (18.98%) Mentoring
14 26 (18.98%) Roadmaps
15 25 (18.25%) Infrastructure as Code
Programming Languages
1 108 (78.83%) SQL
2 79 (57.66%) Python
3 27 (19.71%) C#
4 25 (18.25%) PowerShell
5 21 (15.33%) Bicep
6 19 (13.87%) Scala
7 18 (13.14%) JavaScript
8 15 (10.95%) TypeScript
9 11 (8.03%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 6 (4.38%) Java
11 5 (3.65%) T-SQL
12 2 (1.46%) VBA
13 1 (0.73%) Kusto Query Language
13 1 (0.73%) R
Qualifications
1 20 (14.60%) Azure Certification
2 17 (12.41%) Microsoft Certification
2 17 (12.41%) Security Cleared
3 16 (11.68%) SnowPro
4 15 (10.95%) Degree
5 13 (9.49%) SC Cleared
6 1 (0.73%) ICAEW
6 1 (0.73%) ISTQB
6 1 (0.73%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 58 (42.34%) Data Quality
2 14 (10.22%) GDPR
3 9 (6.57%) California Consumer Privacy Act
4 6 (4.38%) Accessibility
5 2 (1.46%) IFRS
5 2 (1.46%) IFRS 17
5 2 (1.46%) QA
5 2 (1.46%) Solvency II
System Software
1 2 (1.46%) Docker
Systems Management
1 4 (2.92%) Kubernetes
2 2 (1.46%) Ansible
Vendors
1 85 (62.04%) Microsoft
2 58 (42.34%) Databricks
3 15 (10.95%) Adobe
4 12 (8.76%) Talend
5 11 (8.03%) Informatica
6 4 (2.92%) Google
7 3 (2.19%) Foundry
8 1 (0.73%) Alteryx
8 1 (0.73%) Cognizant
8 1 (0.73%) OpenAI
8 1 (0.73%) Salesforce