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

6 months to
18 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 207 316 305
Rank change year-on-year +109 -11 +74
Permanent jobs citing Azure Data Factory 168 133 203
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 1.10% 0.81% 0.89%
As % of the Cloud Services category 3.01% 1.74% 1.91%
Number of salaries quoted 82 110 178
10th Percentile £45,000 £47,400 £39,100
25th Percentile £54,250 £52,500 £45,644
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £65,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +15.38% +18.18% -18.52%
75th Percentile £86,875 £80,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £100,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £73,000 £65,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +12.31% +8.33% -11.11%

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 5,584 7,655 10,645
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 36.47% 46.57% 46.53%
Number of salaries quoted 3,960 4,871 9,216
10th Percentile £31,635 £36,000 £36,250
25th Percentile £43,000 £47,500 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £61,500 £65,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.38% +8.33% -7.69%
75th Percentile £82,500 £83,750 £80,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £105,000 £98,750
UK median annual salary £60,000 £65,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -7.69% +8.33% -7.69%

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 January 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 9 (5.36%) Apache Spark
2 5 (2.98%) Apache
2 5 (2.98%) SAS
3 1 (0.60%) Apache Airflow
3 1 (0.60%) SharePoint
Applications
1 27 (16.07%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (1.79%) Spreadsheet
3 2 (1.19%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 4 (2.38%) Markit EDM
2 1 (0.60%) NetSuite
Cloud Services
1 168 (100.00%) Azure
2 78 (46.43%) Power Platform
3 77 (45.83%) Azure Synapse Analytics
4 51 (30.36%) Azure DevOps
5 42 (25.00%) GitHub
6 23 (13.69%) Snowflake
7 22 (13.10%) Azure Monitor
8 19 (11.31%) Azure Logic Apps
8 19 (11.31%) dbt
9 15 (8.93%) GitHub Actions
10 14 (8.33%) Azure Event Grid
10 14 (8.33%) Azure Service Bus
10 14 (8.33%) GitHub Copilot
11 10 (5.95%) Power Automate
12 8 (4.76%) Azure Key Vault
13 7 (4.17%) Microsoft Purview
14 4 (2.38%) Azure App Service
14 4 (2.38%) Serverless
15 3 (1.79%) AWS
15 3 (1.79%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 4 (2.38%) DNS
1 4 (2.38%) Firewall
1 4 (2.38%) VPN
2 1 (0.60%) HTTPS
2 1 (0.60%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 77 (45.83%) Power BI
2 53 (31.55%) Data Lake
3 52 (30.95%) Azure SQL Database
4 50 (29.76%) Data Warehouse
5 48 (28.57%) SQL Server
6 35 (20.83%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 18 (10.71%) Metadata
8 16 (9.52%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 14 (8.33%) Delta Lake
10 12 (7.14%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
11 6 (3.57%) Data Mining
12 5 (2.98%) MySQL
12 5 (2.98%) SAS EBI
13 4 (2.38%) SQL Server Analysis Services
14 3 (1.79%) Power Query
14 3 (1.79%) Snowflake Schema
14 3 (1.79%) Tableau
15 2 (1.19%) Data Vault
15 2 (1.19%) PostgreSQL
15 2 (1.19%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 16 (9.52%) Git
2 4 (2.38%) JIRA
3 3 (1.79%) Jenkins
4 1 (0.60%) Bitbucket
General
1 105 (62.50%) Finance
2 68 (40.48%) Social Skills
3 53 (31.55%) Analytical Skills
4 12 (7.14%) Billing
4 12 (7.14%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 12 (7.14%) Presentation Skills
5 8 (4.76%) Public Sector
6 6 (3.57%) Automotive
6 6 (3.57%) Documentation Skills
7 5 (2.98%) Banking
7 5 (2.98%) Manufacturing
8 4 (2.38%) Local Government
9 2 (1.19%) Advertising
9 2 (1.19%) Law
9 2 (1.19%) Marketing
9 2 (1.19%) Retail
10 1 (0.60%) Financial Institution
10 1 (0.60%) Front Office
10 1 (0.60%) International Banking
10 1 (0.60%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 49 (29.17%) Data Engineer
2 33 (19.64%) Senior
3 19 (11.31%) Azure Engineer
4 16 (9.52%) Senior Data Engineer
5 14 (8.33%) Lead
6 13 (7.74%) Analyst
7 12 (7.14%) Business Manager
7 12 (7.14%) Commercial Analyst
7 12 (7.14%) Developer
7 12 (7.14%) Insight Analyst
7 12 (7.14%) Insight Manager
8 11 (6.55%) Applications Engineer
9 10 (5.95%) Integration Engineer
9 10 (5.95%) Platform Engineer
10 9 (5.36%) Data Manager
11 7 (4.17%) Azure Data Engineer
12 6 (3.57%) Business Intelligence Developer
12 6 (3.57%) Consultant
12 6 (3.57%) Service Manager
13 5 (2.98%) Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 25 (14.88%) PySpark
2 18 (10.71%) JSON
3 15 (8.93%) OAuth
3 15 (8.93%) RESTful
4 14 (8.33%) OAuth2
5 8 (4.76%) YAML
6 6 (3.57%) .NET
6 6 (3.57%) Kafka
7 5 (2.98%) XML
8 4 (2.38%) .NET Core
9 3 (1.79%) REST
10 1 (0.60%) .NET Framework
10 1 (0.60%) ARM Templates
10 1 (0.60%) Blazor
10 1 (0.60%) CSS
10 1 (0.60%) D3.js
10 1 (0.60%) HTML
10 1 (0.60%) Microsoft Graph
10 1 (0.60%) Middleware
10 1 (0.60%) XSLT
Miscellaneous
1 28 (16.67%) Analytical Mindset
2 19 (11.31%) Self-Motivation
3 18 (10.71%) Cloud Native
4 7 (4.17%) Low-Code
5 4 (2.38%) Algorithms
5 4 (2.38%) Distributed Systems
5 4 (2.38%) Reference Data
6 3 (1.79%) Credit Risk
6 3 (1.79%) Legacy Systems
6 3 (1.79%) Market Risk
7 2 (1.19%) Derivative
7 2 (1.19%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
8 1 (0.60%) Clustering
8 1 (0.60%) Data Structures
8 1 (0.60%) Distributed Computing
8 1 (0.60%) Enterprise Software
8 1 (0.60%) EPoS
8 1 (0.60%) Hybrid Cloud
8 1 (0.60%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 4 (2.38%) VMS
1 4 (2.38%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 101 (60.12%) Analytics
2 87 (51.79%) Data Modelling
3 83 (49.40%) Business Intelligence
3 83 (49.40%) CI/CD
4 79 (47.02%) Data Pipeline
5 77 (45.83%) ETL
6 74 (44.05%) DevOps
7 58 (34.52%) Data Engineering
8 56 (33.33%) Agile
8 56 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
9 51 (30.36%) Coaching
9 51 (30.36%) Visualisation
10 49 (29.17%) Asset Management
11 48 (28.57%) Decision-Making
12 40 (23.81%) Data Governance
13 39 (23.21%) AI
14 38 (22.62%) Data Integration
14 38 (22.62%) Infrastructure as Code
15 36 (21.43%) Continuous Improvement
16 34 (20.24%) Data Analysis
Programming Languages
1 122 (72.62%) SQL
2 77 (45.83%) Python
3 30 (17.86%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 20 (11.90%) Bicep
5 19 (11.31%) PowerShell
6 17 (10.12%) Scala
7 12 (7.14%) T-SQL
8 6 (3.57%) C#
9 4 (2.38%) R
10 3 (1.79%) Java
11 2 (1.19%) JavaScript
12 1 (0.60%) PHP
Qualifications
1 18 (10.71%) Degree
2 12 (7.14%) Six Sigma Green Belt
3 9 (5.36%) Azure Certification
4 7 (4.17%) Microsoft Certification
5 6 (3.57%) Security Cleared
6 5 (2.98%) SC Cleared
7 4 (2.38%) ISTQB
8 3 (1.79%) Computer Science Degree
8 3 (1.79%) DBS Check
9 2 (1.19%) Master's Degree
10 1 (0.60%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 63 (37.50%) Data Quality
2 21 (12.50%) GDPR
3 12 (7.14%) Actionable Recommendations
4 8 (4.76%) Accessibility
5 4 (2.38%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 1 (0.60%) QA
System Software
1 8 (4.76%) Docker
2 5 (2.98%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 38 (22.62%) Terraform
2 8 (4.76%) Kubernetes
3 1 (0.60%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 69 (41.07%) Databricks
2 50 (29.76%) Microsoft
3 18 (10.71%) Ab Initio
4 4 (2.38%) IBM
5 2 (1.19%) OpenAI
5 2 (1.19%) SAP
5 2 (1.19%) Talend
6 1 (0.60%) Informatica
6 1 (0.60%) Oracle
6 1 (0.60%) RedGate
6 1 (0.60%) Salesforce