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

6 months to
27 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 234 294 297
Rank change year-on-year +60 +3 +132
Permanent jobs citing Azure Data Factory 140 187 188
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.91% 0.94% 0.90%
As % of the Cloud Services category 2.50% 2.10% 1.90%
Number of salaries quoted 75 150 165
10th Percentile £42,500 £42,500 £42,069
25th Percentile £51,875 £51,500 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £65,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year - +8.33% -14.29%
75th Percentile £83,750 £79,875 £77,500
90th Percentile £91,800 £100,000 £97,000
UK median annual salary £70,000 £65,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +7.69% +8.33% -11.11%

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 5,597 8,900 9,913
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 36.57% 44.70% 47.59%
Number of salaries quoted 4,182 5,819 8,489
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 £98,750
UK median annual salary £59,186 £64,600 £62,500
% change year-on-year -8.38% +3.36% -0.79%

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 27 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 (5.71%) SharePoint
2 7 (5.00%) Apache Spark
3 5 (3.57%) SAS
4 4 (2.86%) Apache
5 1 (0.71%) Apache Airflow
5 1 (0.71%) Jupyter
5 1 (0.71%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 30 (21.43%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (1.43%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (1.43%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 5 (3.57%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.71%) NetSuite
2 1 (0.71%) Raiser’s Edge
Cloud Services
1 140 (100.00%) Azure
2 86 (61.43%) Power Platform
3 48 (34.29%) Azure Synapse Analytics
4 41 (29.29%) Azure DevOps
5 28 (20.00%) GitHub
6 16 (11.43%) Azure Logic Apps
7 12 (8.57%) Snowflake
8 11 (7.86%) GitHub Actions
8 11 (7.86%) Power Automate
9 10 (7.14%) Azure Service Bus
9 10 (7.14%) dbt
9 10 (7.14%) GitHub Copilot
10 9 (6.43%) Azure Event Grid
10 9 (6.43%) Azure Monitor
10 9 (6.43%) Microsoft Purview
10 9 (6.43%) PowerApps
11 6 (4.29%) Microsoft 365
12 5 (3.57%) Azure Functions
12 5 (3.57%) Dynamics 365
12 5 (3.57%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 5 (3.57%) Firewall
2 4 (2.86%) DNS
2 4 (2.86%) VPN
3 1 (0.71%) HTTPS
3 1 (0.71%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 78 (55.71%) Power BI
2 53 (37.86%) SQL Server
3 43 (30.71%) Azure SQL Database
4 40 (28.57%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 38 (27.14%) Data Warehouse
6 35 (25.00%) Data Lake
7 22 (15.71%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 13 (9.29%) Metadata
9 9 (6.43%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
10 7 (5.00%) MySQL
11 6 (4.29%) PostgreSQL
12 5 (3.57%) SAS EBI
13 4 (2.86%) Relational Database
13 4 (2.86%) SQL Server Analysis Services
14 3 (2.14%) Delta Lake
14 3 (2.14%) MongoDB
14 3 (2.14%) RDBMS
14 3 (2.14%) Snowflake Schema
14 3 (2.14%) Tableau
15 2 (1.43%) Data Vault
Development Applications
1 8 (5.71%) Git
2 4 (2.86%) JIRA
3 3 (2.14%) Bitbucket
4 2 (1.43%) Jenkins
5 1 (0.71%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 80 (57.14%) Finance
2 73 (52.14%) Social Skills
3 50 (35.71%) Analytical Skills
4 12 (8.57%) Billing
4 12 (8.57%) Presentation Skills
5 9 (6.43%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 8 (5.71%) Public Sector
7 6 (4.29%) Marketing
8 5 (3.57%) Banking
9 4 (2.86%) Advertising
10 3 (2.14%) Automotive
10 3 (2.14%) Documentation Skills
10 3 (2.14%) Manufacturing
11 2 (1.43%) Financial Institution
11 2 (1.43%) Law
11 2 (1.43%) Local Government
12 1 (0.71%) Front Office
12 1 (0.71%) International Banking
12 1 (0.71%) Organisational Skills
12 1 (0.71%) Retail
Job Titles
1 30 (21.43%) Data Engineer
2 26 (18.57%) Senior
3 19 (13.57%) Analyst
4 14 (10.00%) Senior Data Engineer
5 13 (9.29%) Azure Engineer
5 13 (9.29%) Developer
5 13 (9.29%) Insight Analyst
6 12 (8.57%) Business Manager
6 12 (8.57%) Commercial Analyst
6 12 (8.57%) Insight Manager
7 9 (6.43%) Lead
8 8 (5.71%) Data Manager
9 6 (4.29%) Applications Engineer
9 6 (4.29%) Architect
9 6 (4.29%) Service Manager
10 5 (3.57%) Azure Data Engineer
10 5 (3.57%) Business Intelligence Developer
10 5 (3.57%) Cloud Engineer
10 5 (3.57%) Data Architect
10 5 (3.57%) Integration Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 15 (10.71%) JSON
2 12 (8.57%) PySpark
3 11 (7.86%) RESTful
4 10 (7.14%) OAuth
5 9 (6.43%) OAuth2
6 8 (5.71%) .NET
7 7 (5.00%) REST
8 6 (4.29%) XML
9 5 (3.57%) .NET Core
10 4 (2.86%) Kafka
11 3 (2.14%) YAML
12 2 (1.43%) .NET Framework
12 2 (1.43%) CSS
12 2 (1.43%) D3.js
12 2 (1.43%) HTML
12 2 (1.43%) Node.js
12 2 (1.43%) RabbitMQ
12 2 (1.43%) Smarty
12 2 (1.43%) SOAP
12 2 (1.43%) Symfony
Miscellaneous
1 32 (22.86%) Analytical Mindset
2 18 (12.86%) Self-Motivation
3 10 (7.14%) Cloud Native
4 7 (5.00%) Low-Code
5 5 (3.57%) Algorithms
5 5 (3.57%) Data Structures
6 4 (2.86%) Distributed Systems
6 4 (2.86%) Legacy Systems
6 4 (2.86%) Reference Data
7 3 (2.14%) Clustering
7 3 (2.14%) Credit Risk
7 3 (2.14%) Management Information System
7 3 (2.14%) Market Risk
8 2 (1.43%) Derivative
8 2 (1.43%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
9 1 (0.71%) Enterprise Software
9 1 (0.71%) EPoS
9 1 (0.71%) Hybrid Cloud
9 1 (0.71%) IoT
9 1 (0.71%) Reinsurance
Operating Systems
1 4 (2.86%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 82 (58.57%) Business Intelligence
2 79 (56.43%) Analytics
3 54 (38.57%) Problem-Solving
4 52 (37.14%) CI/CD
4 52 (37.14%) DevOps
5 51 (36.43%) Data Modelling
5 51 (36.43%) ETL
5 51 (36.43%) Visualisation
6 44 (31.43%) Data Pipeline
7 43 (30.71%) Data Engineering
7 43 (30.71%) Decision-Making
8 42 (30.00%) Agile
9 35 (25.00%) AI
10 34 (24.29%) Data Analysis
11 32 (22.86%) Coaching
12 30 (21.43%) Asset Management
12 30 (21.43%) Continuous Improvement
13 28 (20.00%) Actionable Insight
13 28 (20.00%) Data Integration
14 26 (18.57%) Visual Analytics
Programming Languages
1 95 (67.86%) SQL
2 49 (35.00%) Python
3 33 (23.57%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 16 (11.43%) Bicep
5 15 (10.71%) PowerShell
6 12 (8.57%) C#
6 12 (8.57%) T-SQL
7 9 (6.43%) JavaScript
8 7 (5.00%) Scala
9 3 (2.14%) R
10 2 (1.43%) Bash
10 2 (1.43%) Java
10 2 (1.43%) PHP
11 1 (0.71%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 22 (15.71%) Degree
2 13 (9.29%) Microsoft Certification
3 12 (8.57%) Six Sigma Green Belt
4 9 (6.43%) Azure Certification
5 7 (5.00%) DBS Check
6 5 (3.57%) SC Cleared
6 5 (3.57%) Security Cleared
7 4 (2.86%) ISTQB
8 3 (2.14%) Master's Degree
9 2 (1.43%) Computer Science Degree
10 1 (0.71%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 42 (30.00%) Data Quality
2 18 (12.86%) GDPR
3 12 (8.57%) Actionable Recommendations
4 3 (2.14%) Accessibility
4 3 (2.14%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 7 (5.00%) Docker
2 2 (1.43%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.71%) Virtual Machines
3 1 (0.71%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 21 (15.00%) Terraform
2 7 (5.00%) Kubernetes
3 1 (0.71%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 47 (33.57%) Microsoft
2 43 (30.71%) Databricks
3 9 (6.43%) Ab Initio
4 4 (2.86%) Oracle
4 4 (2.86%) SAP
4 4 (2.86%) Talend
5 3 (2.14%) Informatica
5 3 (2.14%) RedGate
5 3 (2.14%) Salesforce
6 2 (1.43%) HubSpot
6 2 (1.43%) ServiceNow
7 1 (0.71%) Alteryx
7 1 (0.71%) eFront
7 1 (0.71%) Google
7 1 (0.71%) JD Edwards
7 1 (0.71%) OpenAI
7 1 (0.71%) VMware