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 20 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 246 279 322
Rank change year-on-year +33 +43 +106
Permanent jobs citing Azure Data Factory 137 186 189
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.90% 0.95% 0.89%
As % of the Cloud Services category 2.45% 2.13% 1.86%
Number of salaries quoted 76 150 165
10th Percentile £42,500 £42,500 £42,069
25th Percentile £52,188 £51,500 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £65,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year - +13.04% -17.86%
75th Percentile £83,750 £80,000 £77,500
90th Percentile £91,625 £100,000 £97,000
UK median annual salary £70,000 £65,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +7.69% +8.33% -14.29%

All Cloud 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 5,600 8,730 10,174
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 36.62% 44.43% 47.78%
Number of salaries quoted 4,199 5,654 8,700
10th Percentile £31,250 £36,250 £36,750
25th Percentile £42,500 £47,500 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £65,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -7.69% - -
75th Percentile £82,500 £85,000 £82,500
90th Percentile £107,500 £110,000 £97,500
UK median annual salary £57,500 £65,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year -11.54% +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 20 November 2025.

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 8 (5.84%) SharePoint
2 6 (4.38%) Apache Spark
3 5 (3.65%) SAS
4 4 (2.92%) Apache
5 1 (0.73%) Apache Airflow
5 1 (0.73%) Jupyter
5 1 (0.73%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 30 (21.90%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (1.46%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (1.46%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 5 (3.65%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.73%) NetSuite
2 1 (0.73%) Raiser’s Edge
Cloud Services
1 137 (100.00%) Azure
2 85 (62.04%) Power Platform
3 49 (35.77%) Azure Synapse Analytics
4 38 (27.74%) Azure DevOps
5 26 (18.98%) GitHub
6 15 (10.95%) Azure Logic Apps
7 11 (8.03%) Snowflake
8 10 (7.30%) GitHub Actions
8 10 (7.30%) Power Automate
9 9 (6.57%) Azure Service Bus
9 9 (6.57%) dbt
9 9 (6.57%) GitHub Copilot
9 9 (6.57%) Microsoft Purview
9 9 (6.57%) PowerApps
10 8 (5.84%) Azure Event Grid
10 8 (5.84%) Azure Monitor
11 6 (4.38%) Microsoft 365
12 5 (3.65%) Azure Functions
12 5 (3.65%) Dynamics 365
12 5 (3.65%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 5 (3.65%) Firewall
2 4 (2.92%) DNS
2 4 (2.92%) VPN
3 1 (0.73%) HTTPS
3 1 (0.73%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 77 (56.20%) Power BI
2 53 (38.69%) SQL Server
3 42 (30.66%) Azure SQL Database
4 40 (29.20%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 36 (26.28%) Data Warehouse
6 35 (25.55%) Data Lake
7 22 (16.06%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 13 (9.49%) Metadata
9 9 (6.57%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
10 6 (4.38%) MySQL
10 6 (4.38%) PostgreSQL
11 5 (3.65%) SAS EBI
12 4 (2.92%) Relational Database
12 4 (2.92%) SQL Server Analysis Services
13 3 (2.19%) Delta Lake
13 3 (2.19%) MongoDB
13 3 (2.19%) RDBMS
13 3 (2.19%) Snowflake Schema
14 2 (1.46%) Data Vault
14 2 (1.46%) MariaDB
Development Applications
1 7 (5.11%) Git
2 4 (2.92%) JIRA
3 3 (2.19%) Bitbucket
4 1 (0.73%) Jenkins
4 1 (0.73%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 77 (56.20%) Finance
2 72 (52.55%) Social Skills
3 49 (35.77%) Analytical Skills
4 12 (8.76%) Billing
4 12 (8.76%) Presentation Skills
5 9 (6.57%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 9 (6.57%) Public Sector
6 6 (4.38%) Marketing
7 5 (3.65%) Banking
8 4 (2.92%) Advertising
9 3 (2.19%) Automotive
9 3 (2.19%) Documentation Skills
9 3 (2.19%) Manufacturing
10 2 (1.46%) Financial Institution
10 2 (1.46%) Law
10 2 (1.46%) Local Government
11 1 (0.73%) Front Office
11 1 (0.73%) International Banking
11 1 (0.73%) Organisational Skills
11 1 (0.73%) Retail
Job Titles
1 31 (22.63%) Data Engineer
2 25 (18.25%) Senior
3 19 (13.87%) Analyst
4 14 (10.22%) Senior Data Engineer
5 13 (9.49%) Azure Engineer
5 13 (9.49%) Developer
5 13 (9.49%) Insight Analyst
6 12 (8.76%) Business Manager
6 12 (8.76%) Commercial Analyst
6 12 (8.76%) Insight Manager
7 9 (6.57%) Lead
8 8 (5.84%) Data Manager
9 6 (4.38%) Architect
9 6 (4.38%) Azure Data Engineer
9 6 (4.38%) Service Manager
10 5 (3.65%) Applications Engineer
10 5 (3.65%) Business Intelligence Developer
10 5 (3.65%) Cloud Engineer
10 5 (3.65%) Data Architect
11 4 (2.92%) Lead Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 14 (10.22%) JSON
2 12 (8.76%) PySpark
3 10 (7.30%) RESTful
4 9 (6.57%) OAuth
5 8 (5.84%) .NET
5 8 (5.84%) OAuth2
6 7 (5.11%) REST
7 6 (4.38%) XML
8 5 (3.65%) .NET Core
9 3 (2.19%) Kafka
10 2 (1.46%) .NET Framework
10 2 (1.46%) Blazor
10 2 (1.46%) D3.js
10 2 (1.46%) Microsoft Graph
10 2 (1.46%) Middleware
10 2 (1.46%) Node.js
10 2 (1.46%) RabbitMQ
10 2 (1.46%) Smarty
10 2 (1.46%) Symfony
10 2 (1.46%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 32 (23.36%) Analytical Mindset
2 17 (12.41%) Self-Motivation
3 10 (7.30%) Cloud Native
4 6 (4.38%) Low-Code
5 5 (3.65%) Algorithms
5 5 (3.65%) Data Structures
6 4 (2.92%) Distributed Systems
6 4 (2.92%) Legacy Systems
6 4 (2.92%) Reference Data
7 3 (2.19%) Clustering
7 3 (2.19%) Credit Risk
7 3 (2.19%) Management Information System
7 3 (2.19%) Market Risk
8 2 (1.46%) Derivative
8 2 (1.46%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
9 1 (0.73%) Distributed Computing
9 1 (0.73%) Enterprise Software
9 1 (0.73%) EPoS
9 1 (0.73%) Hybrid Cloud
9 1 (0.73%) IoT
Operating Systems
1 4 (2.92%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 81 (59.12%) Business Intelligence
2 78 (56.93%) Analytics
3 53 (38.69%) Problem-Solving
4 50 (36.50%) ETL
4 50 (36.50%) Visualisation
5 49 (35.77%) CI/CD
5 49 (35.77%) Data Modelling
5 49 (35.77%) DevOps
6 43 (31.39%) Data Engineering
6 43 (31.39%) Decision-Making
7 41 (29.93%) Data Pipeline
8 39 (28.47%) Agile
9 34 (24.82%) AI
10 33 (24.09%) Data Analysis
11 29 (21.17%) Coaching
12 28 (20.44%) Actionable Insight
12 28 (20.44%) Continuous Improvement
13 27 (19.71%) Asset Management
14 26 (18.98%) Visual Analytics
15 25 (18.25%) Data Integration
Programming Languages
1 93 (67.88%) SQL
2 48 (35.04%) Python
3 33 (24.09%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 15 (10.95%) Bicep
5 14 (10.22%) PowerShell
6 12 (8.76%) C#
6 12 (8.76%) T-SQL
7 9 (6.57%) JavaScript
8 6 (4.38%) Scala
9 3 (2.19%) R
10 2 (1.46%) Bash
10 2 (1.46%) Java
10 2 (1.46%) PHP
11 1 (0.73%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 22 (16.06%) Degree
2 13 (9.49%) Microsoft Certification
3 12 (8.76%) Six Sigma Green Belt
4 8 (5.84%) Azure Certification
5 7 (5.11%) DBS Check
6 5 (3.65%) SC Cleared
6 5 (3.65%) Security Cleared
7 4 (2.92%) ISTQB
8 3 (2.19%) Master's Degree
9 2 (1.46%) Computer Science Degree
10 1 (0.73%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 41 (29.93%) Data Quality
2 17 (12.41%) GDPR
3 12 (8.76%) Actionable Recommendations
4 3 (2.19%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 2 (1.46%) Accessibility
System Software
1 6 (4.38%) Docker
2 2 (1.46%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.73%) Virtual Machines
3 1 (0.73%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 20 (14.60%) Terraform
2 6 (4.38%) Kubernetes
3 1 (0.73%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 46 (33.58%) Microsoft
2 42 (30.66%) Databricks
3 8 (5.84%) Ab Initio
4 4 (2.92%) Oracle
4 4 (2.92%) SAP
4 4 (2.92%) Talend
5 3 (2.19%) Informatica
5 3 (2.19%) RedGate
5 3 (2.19%) Salesforce
6 2 (1.46%) HubSpot
6 2 (1.46%) ServiceNow
7 1 (0.73%) Alteryx
7 1 (0.73%) eFront
7 1 (0.73%) Google
7 1 (0.73%) JD Edwards
7 1 (0.73%) OpenAI
7 1 (0.73%) VMware