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

6 months to
2 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 234 284 344
Rank change year-on-year +50 +60 -18
Permanent jobs citing Azure Data Factory 167 114 255
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.92% 0.85% 0.78%
As % of the Cloud Services category 2.44% 1.94% 1.82%
Number of salaries quoted 116 94 221
10th Percentile £46,104 £44,000 £41,250
25th Percentile £60,000 £51,563 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £80,000 £65,000 £64,000
Median % change year-on-year +23.08% +1.56% +2.40%
75th Percentile £95,000 £80,000 £82,500
90th Percentile £115,000 £90,750 £92,500
UK median annual salary £75,000 £67,500 £62,500
% change year-on-year +11.11% +8.00% -6.72%

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 6,833 5,865 13,999
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 37.67% 43.55% 43.03%
Number of salaries quoted 4,628 4,635 12,011
10th Percentile £33,750 £32,500 £35,640
25th Percentile £46,250 £46,250 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £64,000 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +2.40% +4.17% -7.69%
75th Percentile £85,000 £83,750 £78,750
90th Percentile £100,000 £108,750 £97,500
UK median annual salary £62,500 £61,182 £57,500
% change year-on-year +2.16% +6.40% -11.54%

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 2 May 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 (17.37%) SharePoint
2 12 (7.19%) Apache Spark
3 6 (3.59%) Apache
4 1 (0.60%) Apache Airflow
4 1 (0.60%) Jupyter
Applications
1 3 (1.80%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.60%) Chatbot
2 1 (0.60%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.60%) Spreadsheet
2 1 (0.60%) Trello
Business Applications
1 4 (2.40%) Markit EDM
2 1 (0.60%) NetSuite
Cloud Services
1 167 (100.00%) Azure
2 71 (42.51%) Power Platform
3 55 (32.93%) Azure Synapse Analytics
4 45 (26.95%) Azure DevOps
5 33 (19.76%) Azure Logic Apps
6 31 (18.56%) GitHub
7 28 (16.77%) Power Automate
8 24 (14.37%) PowerApps
9 21 (12.57%) Microsoft 365
10 19 (11.38%) Adobe Creative Cloud
10 19 (11.38%) OneDrive
10 19 (11.38%) Snowflake
11 18 (10.78%) Azure Monitor
12 14 (8.38%) dbt
13 12 (7.19%) GitHub Actions
14 9 (5.39%) GitHub Copilot
15 8 (4.79%) Azure Event Grid
15 8 (4.79%) Azure Key Vault
15 8 (4.79%) Azure Service Bus
16 6 (3.59%) Dynamics 365
Communications & Networking
1 1 (0.60%) HTTPS
1 1 (0.60%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 68 (40.72%) Power BI
2 56 (33.53%) Data Warehouse
3 51 (30.54%) Azure SQL Database
4 45 (26.95%) Data Lake
5 17 (10.18%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
6 16 (9.58%) SQL Server
7 15 (8.98%) Delta Lake
8 12 (7.19%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 11 (6.59%) Metadata
10 6 (3.59%) Big Data
11 5 (2.99%) Data Mining
11 5 (2.99%) MySQL
11 5 (2.99%) Spark SQL
11 5 (2.99%) Star Schema
12 4 (2.40%) Power Query
12 4 (2.40%) Relational Database
12 4 (2.40%) SQL Server Reporting Services
12 4 (2.40%) Tableau
13 3 (1.80%) PostgreSQL
14 2 (1.20%) Snowflake Schema
Development Applications
1 21 (12.57%) Git
2 3 (1.80%) Jenkins
3 2 (1.20%) MLflow
3 2 (1.20%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
4 1 (0.60%) Bitbucket
4 1 (0.60%) GitLab
4 1 (0.60%) JIRA
4 1 (0.60%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 76 (45.51%) Finance
2 49 (29.34%) Social Skills
3 24 (14.37%) Analytical Skills
4 9 (5.39%) Influencing Skills
5 7 (4.19%) Public Sector
6 6 (3.59%) Documentation Skills
6 6 (3.59%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 5 (2.99%) Automotive
8 3 (1.80%) Law
8 3 (1.80%) Manufacturing
9 2 (1.20%) Legal
9 2 (1.20%) Local Government
9 2 (1.20%) Retail
10 1 (0.60%) Organisational Skills
10 1 (0.60%) Social Housing
10 1 (0.60%) Tech for Good
Job Titles
1 58 (34.73%) Data Engineer
2 44 (26.35%) Senior
3 31 (18.56%) Lead
4 29 (17.37%) Developer
5 22 (13.17%) Platform Engineer
6 17 (10.18%) Lead Data Engineer
7 16 (9.58%) Azure Engineer
7 16 (9.58%) Senior Developer
8 15 (8.98%) Senior Data Engineer
9 11 (6.59%) Business Intelligence Developer
9 11 (6.59%) Consultant
10 8 (4.79%) Applications Engineer
10 8 (4.79%) Azure Data Engineer
10 8 (4.79%) Business Developer
10 8 (4.79%) Integration Engineer
11 7 (4.19%) Architect
11 7 (4.19%) Microsoft 365 Developer
11 7 (4.19%) Microsoft Developer
11 7 (4.19%) Senior Microsoft Developer
12 6 (3.59%) Data Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 31 (18.56%) JSON
1 31 (18.56%) PySpark
2 24 (14.37%) .NET
3 22 (13.17%) .NET Core
4 21 (12.57%) CSS
4 21 (12.57%) HTML
5 19 (11.38%) HTML5 Canvas
5 19 (11.38%) Microsoft Graph
5 19 (11.38%) SPFx
6 10 (5.99%) RESTful
7 9 (5.39%) OAuth
7 9 (5.39%) YAML
8 8 (4.79%) OAuth2
9 5 (2.99%) Kafka
10 4 (2.40%) REST
11 2 (1.20%) ARM Templates
11 2 (1.20%) Middleware
11 2 (1.20%) Node.js
11 2 (1.20%) Smarty
11 2 (1.20%) Symfony
Miscellaneous
1 17 (10.18%) Cloud Native
2 7 (4.19%) Greenfield Project
3 6 (3.59%) Legacy Systems
3 6 (3.59%) Management Information System
4 5 (2.99%) Low-Code
4 5 (2.99%) Self-Motivation
5 4 (2.40%) Distributed Computing
6 3 (1.80%) Distributed Systems
7 2 (1.20%) Analytical Mindset
7 2 (1.20%) Data Protection Act
7 2 (1.20%) Product Ownership
8 1 (0.60%) AI Agents
8 1 (0.60%) Algorithms
8 1 (0.60%) Clustering
8 1 (0.60%) Data Structures
8 1 (0.60%) Enterprise Software
8 1 (0.60%) Housing Association
8 1 (0.60%) Life Science
8 1 (0.60%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 4 (2.40%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 92 (55.09%) Data Modelling
2 85 (50.90%) Analytics
3 82 (49.10%) Data Pipeline
4 80 (47.90%) CI/CD
5 74 (44.31%) ETL
6 73 (43.71%) Business Intelligence
7 68 (40.72%) DevOps
8 67 (40.12%) Data Engineering
9 43 (25.75%) Agile
10 41 (24.55%) Decision-Making
11 38 (22.75%) Asset Management
12 36 (21.56%) Problem-Solving
13 34 (20.36%) AI
14 33 (19.76%) Infrastructure as Code
15 32 (19.16%) Coaching
15 32 (19.16%) Platform Engineering
16 31 (18.56%) Data Integration
17 30 (17.96%) Machine Learning
18 28 (16.77%) Data Governance
19 26 (15.57%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 117 (70.06%) SQL
2 72 (43.11%) Python
3 35 (20.96%) PowerShell
4 24 (14.37%) C#
5 21 (12.57%) JavaScript
6 19 (11.38%) TypeScript
7 15 (8.98%) Scala
8 13 (7.78%) Bicep
9 11 (6.59%) T-SQL
10 4 (2.40%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 4 (2.40%) R
11 2 (1.20%) PHP
12 1 (0.60%) Java
12 1 (0.60%) Kusto Query Language
12 1 (0.60%) VBA
Qualifications
1 12 (7.19%) Security Cleared
2 11 (6.59%) Degree
3 9 (5.39%) SC Cleared
4 6 (3.59%) Azure Certification
5 5 (2.99%) Computer Science Degree
6 3 (1.80%) Microsoft Certification
7 2 (1.20%) DBS Check
7 2 (1.20%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 54 (32.34%) Data Quality
2 17 (10.18%) GDPR
3 8 (4.79%) Accessibility
4 4 (2.40%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 3 (1.80%) QA
6 2 (1.20%) IFRS
6 2 (1.20%) IFRS 17
6 2 (1.20%) Solvency II
System Software
1 4 (2.40%) Active Directory
2 3 (1.80%) Docker
Systems Management
1 31 (18.56%) Terraform
2 3 (1.80%) Kubernetes
3 1 (0.60%) SQL Sentry
Vendors
1 81 (48.50%) Databricks
2 68 (40.72%) Microsoft
3 19 (11.38%) Adobe
4 12 (7.19%) Ab Initio
5 4 (2.40%) IBM
6 3 (1.80%) OpenAI
7 2 (1.20%) Salesforce
8 1 (0.60%) Cognizant
8 1 (0.60%) Foundry
8 1 (0.60%) Google
8 1 (0.60%) Oracle
8 1 (0.60%) SolarWinds
8 1 (0.60%) Talend