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

6 months to
16 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 288 309 340
Rank change year-on-year +21 +31 -45
Permanent jobs citing Azure Data Factory 136 114 273
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.68% 0.74% 0.79%
As % of the Cloud Services category 1.81% 1.94% 1.87%
Number of salaries quoted 112 98 236
10th Percentile £50,468 £44,000 £41,875
25th Percentile £60,000 £51,250 £45,944
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £82,500 £61,250 £62,334
Median % change year-on-year +34.69% -1.74% -0.27%
75th Percentile £95,000 £80,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £115,000 £90,750 £95,000
UK median annual salary £80,000 £66,375 £62,500
% change year-on-year +20.53% +6.20% -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 7,512 5,864 14,576
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 37.73% 38.25% 42.21%
Number of salaries quoted 5,246 4,262 12,119
10th Percentile £35,000 £31,500 £36,221
25th Percentile £45,750 £45,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £61,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +2.46% +1.67% -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% -10.16%

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 16 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 (21.32%) SharePoint
2 10 (7.35%) Apache Spark
3 4 (2.94%) Apache
4 2 (1.47%) Apache Airflow
4 2 (1.47%) Jupyter
Applications
1 4 (2.94%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (1.47%) Chatbot
3 1 (0.74%) Spreadsheet
3 1 (0.74%) Trello
Business Applications
1 1 (0.74%) Markit EDM
1 1 (0.74%) NetSuite
Cloud Services
1 136 (100.00%) Azure
2 60 (44.12%) Power Platform
3 43 (31.62%) Azure Synapse Analytics
4 27 (19.85%) Azure Logic Apps
5 25 (18.38%) Azure DevOps
6 24 (17.65%) Power Automate
6 24 (17.65%) PowerApps
7 22 (16.18%) Microsoft 365
8 19 (13.97%) Adobe Creative Cloud
8 19 (13.97%) OneDrive
9 13 (9.56%) GitHub
10 9 (6.62%) Microsoft Purview
10 9 (6.62%) Snowflake
11 8 (5.88%) Azure Monitor
12 6 (4.41%) Dynamics 365
13 5 (3.68%) Azure Cosmos DB
13 5 (3.68%) dbt
13 5 (3.68%) GitHub Actions
14 4 (2.94%) Cloud Computing
14 4 (2.94%) PaaS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 57 (41.91%) Power BI
2 45 (33.09%) Azure SQL Database
3 36 (26.47%) Data Warehouse
4 29 (21.32%) Data Lake
5 15 (11.03%) Delta Lake
5 15 (11.03%) SQL Server
6 12 (8.82%) Metadata
7 10 (7.35%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
7 10 (7.35%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 8 (5.88%) Big Data
9 7 (5.15%) Spark SQL
9 7 (5.15%) Star Schema
10 4 (2.94%) Data Vault
10 4 (2.94%) Power Query
10 4 (2.94%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 4 (2.94%) Tableau
11 3 (2.21%) PostgreSQL
11 3 (2.21%) Relational Database
12 2 (1.47%) MySQL
12 2 (1.47%) Snowflake Schema
Development Applications
1 16 (11.76%) Git
2 3 (2.21%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
3 2 (1.47%) MLflow
3 2 (1.47%) Visual Studio Code
4 1 (0.74%) Bitbucket
4 1 (0.74%) GitLab
4 1 (0.74%) JIRA
4 1 (0.74%) Visual Studio
General
1 44 (32.35%) Finance
2 41 (30.15%) Social Skills
3 10 (7.35%) Analytical Skills
4 9 (6.62%) Influencing Skills
5 6 (4.41%) Public Sector
6 4 (2.94%) Documentation Skills
6 4 (2.94%) Retail
7 3 (2.21%) Automotive
7 3 (2.21%) Law
8 2 (1.47%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 2 (1.47%) Legal
8 2 (1.47%) Local Government
9 1 (0.74%) Banking
9 1 (0.74%) Manufacturing
9 1 (0.74%) Organisational Skills
9 1 (0.74%) Social Housing
9 1 (0.74%) Tech for Good
Job Titles
1 56 (41.18%) Data Engineer
2 35 (25.74%) Senior
3 32 (23.53%) Lead
4 29 (21.32%) Developer
5 25 (18.38%) Platform Engineer
6 19 (13.97%) Lead Data Engineer
7 16 (11.76%) Senior Developer
8 13 (9.56%) Architect
8 13 (9.56%) Data Architect
8 13 (9.56%) Senior Data Engineer
9 11 (8.09%) Business Intelligence Developer
10 8 (5.88%) Business Developer
11 7 (5.15%) Microsoft 365 Developer
11 7 (5.15%) Microsoft Developer
11 7 (5.15%) Senior Microsoft Developer
12 6 (4.41%) Azure Engineer
12 6 (4.41%) Consultant
13 5 (3.68%) Data Manager
13 5 (3.68%) Data Migration Specialist
13 5 (3.68%) Migration Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 29 (21.32%) PySpark
2 23 (16.91%) JSON
3 22 (16.18%) .NET
4 21 (15.44%) .NET Core
4 21 (15.44%) CSS
4 21 (15.44%) HTML
5 19 (13.97%) HTML5 Canvas
5 19 (13.97%) Microsoft Graph
5 19 (13.97%) SPFx
6 5 (3.68%) Kafka
7 3 (2.21%) REST
7 3 (2.21%) RESTful
8 2 (1.47%) ARM Templates
8 2 (1.47%) Middleware
8 2 (1.47%) Node.js
8 2 (1.47%) Smarty
8 2 (1.47%) Symfony
8 2 (1.47%) YAML
9 1 (0.74%) FastAPI
9 1 (0.74%) PyTorch
Miscellaneous
1 14 (10.29%) Cloud Native
2 7 (5.15%) Greenfield Project
3 6 (4.41%) Legacy Systems
3 6 (4.41%) Management Information System
4 4 (2.94%) Distributed Computing
5 3 (2.21%) Algorithms
5 3 (2.21%) Distributed Systems
6 2 (1.47%) Data Protection Act
6 2 (1.47%) Product Ownership
7 1 (0.74%) AI Agents
7 1 (0.74%) Analytical Mindset
7 1 (0.74%) Clustering
7 1 (0.74%) Data Structures
7 1 (0.74%) FMCG
7 1 (0.74%) Housing Association
7 1 (0.74%) Life Science
7 1 (0.74%) Low-Code
7 1 (0.74%) Replication
7 1 (0.74%) Self-Motivation
7 1 (0.74%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 1 (0.74%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 73 (53.68%) Analytics
2 69 (50.74%) Data Modelling
3 67 (49.26%) Business Intelligence
4 63 (46.32%) Data Engineering
5 58 (42.65%) CI/CD
6 55 (40.44%) Data Pipeline
7 52 (38.24%) ETL
8 43 (31.62%) Decision-Making
8 43 (31.62%) DevOps
9 36 (26.47%) Machine Learning
10 34 (25.00%) AI
11 26 (19.12%) Platform Engineering
11 26 (19.12%) Problem-Solving
12 25 (18.38%) Technical Leadership
13 22 (16.18%) Data Science
13 22 (16.18%) Dimensional Modelling
14 21 (15.44%) Data Architecture
14 21 (15.44%) Data Governance
15 20 (14.71%) Infrastructure as Code
15 20 (14.71%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 95 (69.85%) SQL
2 58 (42.65%) Python
3 28 (20.59%) PowerShell
4 23 (16.91%) C#
5 21 (15.44%) JavaScript
6 19 (13.97%) TypeScript
7 12 (8.82%) Scala
8 8 (5.88%) Bicep
9 6 (4.41%) T-SQL
10 5 (3.68%) Data Analysis Expressions
11 3 (2.21%) R
12 2 (1.47%) PHP
12 2 (1.47%) VBA
13 1 (0.74%) Java
13 1 (0.74%) Kusto Query Language
Qualifications
1 13 (9.56%) Security Cleared
2 12 (8.82%) Degree
3 9 (6.62%) Azure Certification
3 9 (6.62%) SC Cleared
4 5 (3.68%) Microsoft Certification
5 4 (2.94%) Computer Science Degree
5 4 (2.94%) SnowPro
6 2 (1.47%) Master's Degree
7 1 (0.74%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 48 (35.29%) Data Quality
2 9 (6.62%) GDPR
3 4 (2.94%) QA
4 3 (2.21%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 2 (1.47%) IFRS
5 2 (1.47%) IFRS 17
5 2 (1.47%) Solvency II
6 1 (0.74%) Accessibility
System Software
1 1 (0.74%) Active Directory
1 1 (0.74%) Docker
Systems Management
1 21 (15.44%) Terraform
2 1 (0.74%) Kubernetes
2 1 (0.74%) SQL Sentry
Vendors
1 68 (50.00%) Databricks
2 59 (43.38%) Microsoft
3 19 (13.97%) Adobe
4 3 (2.21%) OpenAI
5 2 (1.47%) Ab Initio
5 2 (1.47%) Foundry
5 2 (1.47%) Google
5 2 (1.47%) Salesforce
6 1 (0.74%) Alteryx
6 1 (0.74%) Cognizant
6 1 (0.74%) IBM
6 1 (0.74%) SolarWinds
6 1 (0.74%) Talend