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 30 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 217 307 299
Rank change year-on-year +90 -8 +107
Permanent jobs citing Azure Data Factory 163 147 184
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 1.07% 0.86% 0.90%
As % of the Cloud Services category 2.93% 1.87% 1.93%
Number of salaries quoted 78 122 159
10th Percentile £44,250 £47,500 £44,708
25th Percentile £52,500 £52,500 £51,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,596 £65,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +8.61% +8.33% -13.60%
75th Percentile £83,438 £79,875 £78,125
90th Percentile £98,250 £100,000 £95,250
UK median annual salary £70,000 £65,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +7.69% +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 5,563 7,847 9,550
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 36.61% 45.92% 46.57%
Number of salaries quoted 3,994 5,075 8,189
10th Percentile £31,250 £35,750 £36,250
25th Percentile £42,500 £47,500 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £65,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -7.69% +4.00% -3.85%
75th Percentile £82,500 £83,750 £81,750
90th Percentile £101,250 £105,000 £100,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £63,000 £60,249
% change year-on-year -4.76% +4.57% -7.31%

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 30 December 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 9 (5.52%) Apache Spark
2 5 (3.07%) Apache
2 5 (3.07%) SAS
3 1 (0.61%) Apache Airflow
3 1 (0.61%) SharePoint
Applications
1 28 (17.18%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (1.84%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (1.23%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 4 (2.45%) Markit EDM
2 1 (0.61%) NetSuite
Cloud Services
1 163 (100.00%) Azure
2 80 (49.08%) Power Platform
3 70 (42.94%) Azure Synapse Analytics
4 50 (30.67%) Azure DevOps
5 40 (24.54%) GitHub
6 24 (14.72%) Snowflake
7 20 (12.27%) Azure Logic Apps
7 20 (12.27%) dbt
8 19 (11.66%) Azure Monitor
9 15 (9.20%) Azure Service Bus
9 15 (9.20%) GitHub Actions
10 14 (8.59%) Azure Event Grid
10 14 (8.59%) GitHub Copilot
11 10 (6.13%) Power Automate
12 9 (5.52%) Azure Key Vault
13 7 (4.29%) Microsoft Purview
14 5 (3.07%) Serverless
15 4 (2.45%) Azure App Service
15 4 (2.45%) Azure Functions
16 3 (1.84%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 5 (3.07%) Firewall
2 4 (2.45%) DNS
2 4 (2.45%) VPN
3 1 (0.61%) HTTPS
3 1 (0.61%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 78 (47.85%) Power BI
2 53 (32.52%) Data Lake
3 50 (30.67%) Azure SQL Database
4 49 (30.06%) Data Warehouse
5 47 (28.83%) SQL Server
6 37 (22.70%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 18 (11.04%) Metadata
7 18 (11.04%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 12 (7.36%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
9 10 (6.13%) Delta Lake
10 6 (3.68%) Data Mining
10 6 (3.68%) MySQL
11 5 (3.07%) SAS EBI
12 4 (2.45%) Relational Database
12 4 (2.45%) Snowflake Schema
12 4 (2.45%) SQL Server Analysis Services
13 3 (1.84%) PostgreSQL
13 3 (1.84%) Power Query
13 3 (1.84%) Tableau
14 2 (1.23%) Data Vault
Development Applications
1 13 (7.98%) Git
2 4 (2.45%) JIRA
3 3 (1.84%) Jenkins
4 2 (1.23%) Bitbucket
General
1 98 (60.12%) Finance
2 67 (41.10%) Social Skills
3 52 (31.90%) Analytical Skills
4 12 (7.36%) Billing
4 12 (7.36%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 12 (7.36%) Presentation Skills
5 8 (4.91%) Public Sector
6 5 (3.07%) Banking
7 4 (2.45%) Automotive
7 4 (2.45%) Documentation Skills
7 4 (2.45%) Manufacturing
8 3 (1.84%) Advertising
9 2 (1.23%) Law
9 2 (1.23%) Local Government
9 2 (1.23%) Marketing
10 1 (0.61%) Financial Institution
10 1 (0.61%) Front Office
10 1 (0.61%) International Banking
10 1 (0.61%) Organisational Skills
10 1 (0.61%) Retail
Job Titles
1 43 (26.38%) Data Engineer
2 30 (18.40%) Senior
3 20 (12.27%) Azure Engineer
4 14 (8.59%) Analyst
4 14 (8.59%) Senior Data Engineer
5 12 (7.36%) Business Manager
5 12 (7.36%) Commercial Analyst
5 12 (7.36%) Insight Analyst
5 12 (7.36%) Insight Manager
6 11 (6.75%) Applications Engineer
7 10 (6.13%) Developer
7 10 (6.13%) Integration Engineer
7 10 (6.13%) Lead
8 9 (5.52%) Data Manager
9 7 (4.29%) Azure Data Engineer
10 6 (3.68%) Consultant
10 6 (3.68%) Service Manager
11 5 (3.07%) Architect
11 5 (3.07%) Cloud Engineer
11 5 (3.07%) Platform Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 19 (11.66%) PySpark
2 18 (11.04%) JSON
3 15 (9.20%) OAuth
3 15 (9.20%) RESTful
4 14 (8.59%) OAuth2
5 8 (4.91%) .NET
5 8 (4.91%) YAML
6 6 (3.68%) Kafka
7 5 (3.07%) REST
7 5 (3.07%) XML
8 4 (2.45%) .NET Core
9 2 (1.23%) .NET Framework
9 2 (1.23%) ARM Templates
9 2 (1.23%) Blazor
9 2 (1.23%) D3.js
9 2 (1.23%) Microsoft Graph
9 2 (1.23%) RabbitMQ
10 1 (0.61%) Node.js
10 1 (0.61%) Smarty
10 1 (0.61%) Symfony
Miscellaneous
1 27 (16.56%) Analytical Mindset
2 19 (11.66%) Cloud Native
2 19 (11.66%) Self-Motivation
3 7 (4.29%) Low-Code
4 4 (2.45%) Algorithms
4 4 (2.45%) Distributed Systems
4 4 (2.45%) Reference Data
5 3 (1.84%) Credit Risk
5 3 (1.84%) Legacy Systems
5 3 (1.84%) Market Risk
6 2 (1.23%) Clustering
6 2 (1.23%) Derivative
6 2 (1.23%) Distributed Computing
6 2 (1.23%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
7 1 (0.61%) Data Structures
7 1 (0.61%) Enterprise Software
7 1 (0.61%) EPoS
7 1 (0.61%) Hybrid Cloud
7 1 (0.61%) IoT
7 1 (0.61%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 4 (2.45%) VMS
1 4 (2.45%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 97 (59.51%) Analytics
2 84 (51.53%) Business Intelligence
3 82 (50.31%) Data Modelling
4 76 (46.63%) CI/CD
5 73 (44.79%) ETL
6 71 (43.56%) Data Pipeline
6 71 (43.56%) DevOps
7 56 (34.36%) Problem-Solving
8 55 (33.74%) Agile
9 53 (32.52%) Data Engineering
10 51 (31.29%) Coaching
11 49 (30.06%) Asset Management
11 49 (30.06%) Visualisation
12 44 (26.99%) Decision-Making
13 38 (23.31%) Data Integration
14 37 (22.70%) AI
15 36 (22.09%) Continuous Improvement
15 36 (22.09%) Infrastructure as Code
16 34 (20.86%) Data Analysis
16 34 (20.86%) Data Governance
Programming Languages
1 117 (71.78%) SQL
2 69 (42.33%) Python
3 31 (19.02%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 22 (13.50%) Bicep
5 21 (12.88%) PowerShell
6 15 (9.20%) Scala
7 14 (8.59%) T-SQL
8 8 (4.91%) C#
9 3 (1.84%) Java
9 3 (1.84%) JavaScript
10 1 (0.61%) Bash
10 1 (0.61%) PHP
10 1 (0.61%) R
Qualifications
1 17 (10.43%) Degree
2 12 (7.36%) Six Sigma Green Belt
3 8 (4.91%) Azure Certification
4 7 (4.29%) Microsoft Certification
5 5 (3.07%) SC Cleared
5 5 (3.07%) Security Cleared
6 4 (2.45%) DBS Check
6 4 (2.45%) ISTQB
7 2 (1.23%) Computer Science Degree
7 2 (1.23%) Master's Degree
8 1 (0.61%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 55 (33.74%) Data Quality
2 22 (13.50%) GDPR
3 12 (7.36%) Actionable Recommendations
4 8 (4.91%) Accessibility
5 3 (1.84%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 1 (0.61%) QA
System Software
1 8 (4.91%) Docker
2 6 (3.68%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.61%) Virtual Machines
3 1 (0.61%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 36 (22.09%) Terraform
2 8 (4.91%) Kubernetes
3 1 (0.61%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 60 (36.81%) Databricks
2 54 (33.13%) Microsoft
3 18 (11.04%) Ab Initio
4 4 (2.45%) IBM
5 3 (1.84%) Talend
6 2 (1.23%) Informatica
6 2 (1.23%) RedGate
6 2 (1.23%) SAP
7 1 (0.61%) Alteryx
7 1 (0.61%) Oracle
7 1 (0.61%) Salesforce
7 1 (0.61%) VMware