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

6 months to
19 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 287 312 337
Rank change year-on-year +25 +25 -28
Permanent jobs citing Azure Data Factory 134 114 275
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.67% 0.74% 0.79%
As % of the Cloud Services category 1.76% 1.94% 1.88%
Number of salaries quoted 112 98 235
10th Percentile £50,671 £44,000 £41,750
25th Percentile £60,000 £51,250 £45,638
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £82,500 £61,250 £62,168
Median % change year-on-year +34.69% -1.48% -0.13%
75th Percentile £95,000 £80,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £115,000 £90,750 £94,500
UK median annual salary £80,000 £65,625 £62,500
% change year-on-year +21.90% +5.00% -4.58%

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 7,606 5,887 14,639
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 37.86% 38.15% 42.20%
Number of salaries quoted 5,338 4,281 12,182
10th Percentile £35,000 £31,500 £36,250
25th Percentile £45,750 £45,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £61,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +1.63% +2.50% -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% -9.75%

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 19 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 29 (21.64%) SharePoint
2 10 (7.46%) Apache Spark
3 4 (2.99%) Apache
4 2 (1.49%) Jupyter
5 1 (0.75%) Apache Airflow
Applications
1 4 (2.99%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (1.49%) Chatbot
3 1 (0.75%) Spreadsheet
3 1 (0.75%) Trello
Business Applications
1 1 (0.75%) Markit EDM
Cloud Services
1 134 (100.00%) Azure
2 59 (44.03%) Power Platform
3 41 (30.60%) Azure Synapse Analytics
4 28 (20.90%) Azure Logic Apps
5 25 (18.66%) Azure DevOps
6 24 (17.91%) Power Automate
6 24 (17.91%) PowerApps
7 23 (17.16%) Microsoft 365
8 19 (14.18%) Adobe Creative Cloud
8 19 (14.18%) OneDrive
9 12 (8.96%) GitHub
10 9 (6.72%) Microsoft Purview
10 9 (6.72%) Snowflake
11 7 (5.22%) Azure Monitor
12 6 (4.48%) Azure Cosmos DB
12 6 (4.48%) Dynamics 365
13 5 (3.73%) GitHub Actions
14 4 (2.99%) Cloud Computing
14 4 (2.99%) dbt
14 4 (2.99%) PaaS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 56 (41.79%) Power BI
2 45 (33.58%) Azure SQL Database
3 35 (26.12%) Data Warehouse
4 26 (19.40%) Data Lake
5 16 (11.94%) SQL Server
6 14 (10.45%) Delta Lake
7 12 (8.96%) Metadata
8 10 (7.46%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 9 (6.72%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
10 8 (5.97%) Big Data
11 7 (5.22%) Spark SQL
11 7 (5.22%) Star Schema
12 4 (2.99%) Data Vault
12 4 (2.99%) SQL Server Reporting Services
12 4 (2.99%) Tableau
13 3 (2.24%) PostgreSQL
13 3 (2.24%) Power Query
13 3 (2.24%) Relational Database
14 2 (1.49%) MySQL
14 2 (1.49%) QlikView
Development Applications
1 15 (11.19%) Git
2 3 (2.24%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
3 2 (1.49%) MLflow
3 2 (1.49%) Visual Studio Code
4 1 (0.75%) Bitbucket
4 1 (0.75%) GitLab
4 1 (0.75%) JIRA
4 1 (0.75%) Visual Studio
General
1 43 (32.09%) Finance
2 41 (30.60%) Social Skills
3 10 (7.46%) Analytical Skills
4 9 (6.72%) Influencing Skills
5 6 (4.48%) Public Sector
6 4 (2.99%) Documentation Skills
6 4 (2.99%) Retail
7 3 (2.24%) Automotive
7 3 (2.24%) Law
8 2 (1.49%) Legal
8 2 (1.49%) Local Government
9 1 (0.75%) Banking
9 1 (0.75%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 1 (0.75%) Manufacturing
9 1 (0.75%) Organisational Skills
9 1 (0.75%) Social Housing
9 1 (0.75%) Tech for Good
Job Titles
1 55 (41.04%) Data Engineer
2 36 (26.87%) Senior
3 32 (23.88%) Lead
4 28 (20.90%) Developer
5 25 (18.66%) Platform Engineer
6 19 (14.18%) Lead Data Engineer
7 16 (11.94%) Senior Developer
8 13 (9.70%) Architect
8 13 (9.70%) Data Architect
8 13 (9.70%) Senior Data Engineer
9 10 (7.46%) Business Intelligence Developer
10 8 (5.97%) Business Developer
11 7 (5.22%) Microsoft 365 Developer
11 7 (5.22%) Microsoft Developer
11 7 (5.22%) Senior Microsoft Developer
12 6 (4.48%) Azure Engineer
12 6 (4.48%) Consultant
13 5 (3.73%) Data Manager
13 5 (3.73%) Data Migration Specialist
13 5 (3.73%) Migration Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 28 (20.90%) PySpark
2 23 (17.16%) JSON
3 22 (16.42%) .NET
4 21 (15.67%) .NET Core
4 21 (15.67%) CSS
4 21 (15.67%) HTML
5 19 (14.18%) HTML5 Canvas
5 19 (14.18%) Microsoft Graph
5 19 (14.18%) SPFx
6 5 (3.73%) Kafka
7 3 (2.24%) REST
7 3 (2.24%) RESTful
8 2 (1.49%) ARM Templates
8 2 (1.49%) Middleware
8 2 (1.49%) Node.js
8 2 (1.49%) Smarty
8 2 (1.49%) Symfony
8 2 (1.49%) YAML
9 1 (0.75%) FastAPI
9 1 (0.75%) PyTorch
Miscellaneous
1 14 (10.45%) Cloud Native
2 7 (5.22%) Greenfield Project
3 6 (4.48%) Legacy Systems
3 6 (4.48%) Management Information System
4 4 (2.99%) Distributed Computing
5 3 (2.24%) Algorithms
5 3 (2.24%) Distributed Systems
6 2 (1.49%) Data Protection Act
6 2 (1.49%) Product Ownership
7 1 (0.75%) AI Agents
7 1 (0.75%) Analytical Mindset
7 1 (0.75%) Clustering
7 1 (0.75%) Data Structures
7 1 (0.75%) FMCG
7 1 (0.75%) Housing Association
7 1 (0.75%) Life Science
7 1 (0.75%) Low-Code
7 1 (0.75%) Replication
7 1 (0.75%) Self-Motivation
7 1 (0.75%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 1 (0.75%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 71 (52.99%) Analytics
2 67 (50.00%) Data Modelling
3 66 (49.25%) Business Intelligence
4 63 (47.01%) Data Engineering
5 57 (42.54%) CI/CD
6 54 (40.30%) Data Pipeline
7 49 (36.57%) ETL
8 43 (32.09%) Decision-Making
9 42 (31.34%) DevOps
10 36 (26.87%) Machine Learning
11 34 (25.37%) AI
12 26 (19.40%) Platform Engineering
12 26 (19.40%) Problem-Solving
13 25 (18.66%) Technical Leadership
14 22 (16.42%) Dimensional Modelling
15 21 (15.67%) Data Architecture
15 21 (15.67%) Data Science
16 20 (14.93%) Data Governance
16 20 (14.93%) User Experience
17 19 (14.18%) Document Management
Programming Languages
1 93 (69.40%) SQL
2 56 (41.79%) Python
3 29 (21.64%) PowerShell
4 23 (17.16%) C#
5 21 (15.67%) JavaScript
6 19 (14.18%) TypeScript
7 11 (8.21%) Scala
8 8 (5.97%) Bicep
9 6 (4.48%) T-SQL
10 4 (2.99%) Data Analysis Expressions
11 3 (2.24%) R
12 2 (1.49%) PHP
12 2 (1.49%) VBA
13 1 (0.75%) Java
13 1 (0.75%) Kusto Query Language
Qualifications
1 13 (9.70%) Security Cleared
2 12 (8.96%) Degree
3 9 (6.72%) Azure Certification
3 9 (6.72%) SC Cleared
4 5 (3.73%) Microsoft Certification
5 4 (2.99%) Computer Science Degree
5 4 (2.99%) SnowPro
6 2 (1.49%) Master's Degree
7 1 (0.75%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 47 (35.07%) Data Quality
2 9 (6.72%) GDPR
3 3 (2.24%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 3 (2.24%) QA
4 2 (1.49%) IFRS
4 2 (1.49%) IFRS 17
4 2 (1.49%) Solvency II
5 1 (0.75%) Accessibility
System Software
1 1 (0.75%) Active Directory
1 1 (0.75%) Docker
Systems Management
1 21 (15.67%) Terraform
2 1 (0.75%) Kubernetes
2 1 (0.75%) SQL Sentry
Vendors
1 66 (49.25%) Databricks
2 59 (44.03%) Microsoft
3 19 (14.18%) Adobe
4 3 (2.24%) OpenAI
5 2 (1.49%) Ab Initio
5 2 (1.49%) Foundry
5 2 (1.49%) Google
5 2 (1.49%) Salesforce
6 1 (0.75%) Alteryx
6 1 (0.75%) Cognizant
6 1 (0.75%) IBM
6 1 (0.75%) SolarWinds
6 1 (0.75%) Talend