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

6 months to
27 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 218 311 315
Rank change year-on-year +93 +4 +42
Permanent jobs citing Azure Data Factory 173 113 223
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 1.05% 0.75% 0.80%
As % of the Cloud Services category 2.80% 1.61% 1.75%
Number of salaries quoted 92 88 196
10th Percentile £45,000 £47,200 £41,625
25th Percentile £53,625 £52,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £65,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +15.38% +18.18% -15.38%
75th Percentile £87,500 £80,313 £71,250
90th Percentile £115,000 £100,000 £90,000
UK median annual salary £75,000 £66,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +12.78% +10.83% -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 6,184 7,017 12,739
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 37.61% 46.79% 45.94%
Number of salaries quoted 4,209 4,682 11,146
10th Percentile £32,500 £35,000 £35,000
25th Percentile £43,750 £47,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £65,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -7.69% +8.33% -7.69%
75th Percentile £82,500 £83,750 £78,750
90th Percentile £100,000 £105,000 £97,500
UK median annual salary £60,000 £64,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year -6.25% +11.30% -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 27 February 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 (5.20%) Apache Spark
2 5 (2.89%) SAS
2 5 (2.89%) SharePoint
3 4 (2.31%) Apache
4 1 (0.58%) Apache Airflow
Applications
1 29 (16.76%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (1.73%) Spreadsheet
3 2 (1.16%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 4 (2.31%) Markit EDM
2 1 (0.58%) NetSuite
Cloud Services
1 173 (100.00%) Azure
2 80 (46.24%) Azure Synapse Analytics
3 79 (45.66%) Power Platform
4 49 (28.32%) Azure DevOps
5 41 (23.70%) GitHub
6 24 (13.87%) Snowflake
7 23 (13.29%) Azure Monitor
8 20 (11.56%) Azure Logic Apps
9 18 (10.40%) dbt
10 15 (8.67%) GitHub Actions
11 14 (8.09%) Azure Event Grid
11 14 (8.09%) Azure Service Bus
11 14 (8.09%) GitHub Copilot
12 11 (6.36%) Power Automate
13 8 (4.62%) Azure Key Vault
14 4 (2.31%) PaaS
14 4 (2.31%) PowerApps
14 4 (2.31%) Serverless
15 3 (1.73%) IaaS
16 2 (1.16%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 2 (1.16%) DNS
1 2 (1.16%) Firewall
1 2 (1.16%) VPN
2 1 (0.58%) HTTPS
2 1 (0.58%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 78 (45.09%) Power BI
2 58 (33.53%) Azure SQL Database
2 58 (33.53%) Data Warehouse
3 50 (28.90%) Data Lake
4 48 (27.75%) SQL Server
5 37 (21.39%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 19 (10.98%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 18 (10.40%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
8 14 (8.09%) Delta Lake
9 13 (7.51%) Metadata
10 6 (3.47%) Data Mining
11 5 (2.89%) MySQL
11 5 (2.89%) SAS EBI
12 4 (2.31%) SQL Server Analysis Services
13 3 (1.73%) Power Query
13 3 (1.73%) Snowflake Schema
13 3 (1.73%) Tableau
14 2 (1.16%) Data Vault
14 2 (1.16%) Relational Database
14 2 (1.16%) Spark SQL
Development Applications
1 16 (9.25%) Git
2 3 (1.73%) Jenkins
3 2 (1.16%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
4 1 (0.58%) Bitbucket
General
1 114 (65.90%) Finance
2 64 (36.99%) Social Skills
3 48 (27.75%) Analytical Skills
4 12 (6.94%) Billing
4 12 (6.94%) Presentation Skills
5 10 (5.78%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 7 (4.05%) Public Sector
7 6 (3.47%) Automotive
7 6 (3.47%) Documentation Skills
7 6 (3.47%) Influencing Skills
8 5 (2.89%) Manufacturing
9 2 (1.16%) Law
9 2 (1.16%) Legal
9 2 (1.16%) Local Government
9 2 (1.16%) Retail
10 1 (0.58%) Advertising
10 1 (0.58%) Banking
10 1 (0.58%) International Banking
10 1 (0.58%) Marketing
10 1 (0.58%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 52 (30.06%) Data Engineer
2 31 (17.92%) Senior
3 24 (13.87%) Lead
4 19 (10.98%) Azure Engineer
5 17 (9.83%) Platform Engineer
6 16 (9.25%) Senior Data Engineer
7 15 (8.67%) Developer
8 13 (7.51%) Analyst
9 12 (6.94%) Business Manager
9 12 (6.94%) Commercial Analyst
9 12 (6.94%) Insight Analyst
9 12 (6.94%) Insight Manager
10 11 (6.36%) Applications Engineer
10 11 (6.36%) Business Intelligence Developer
10 11 (6.36%) Lead Data Engineer
11 10 (5.78%) Integration Engineer
12 9 (5.20%) Azure Data Engineer
12 9 (5.20%) Data Manager
13 6 (3.47%) Business Developer
13 6 (3.47%) Service Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 27 (15.61%) PySpark
2 17 (9.83%) JSON
3 15 (8.67%) OAuth
3 15 (8.67%) RESTful
4 14 (8.09%) OAuth2
5 8 (4.62%) YAML
6 6 (3.47%) .NET
7 5 (2.89%) Kafka
8 3 (1.73%) .NET Core
8 3 (1.73%) REST
8 3 (1.73%) XML
9 2 (1.16%) ARM Templates
10 1 (0.58%) .NET Framework
10 1 (0.58%) Blazor
10 1 (0.58%) CSS
10 1 (0.58%) HTML
10 1 (0.58%) Microsoft Graph
10 1 (0.58%) Middleware
10 1 (0.58%) SOAP
10 1 (0.58%) XSLT
Miscellaneous
1 28 (16.18%) Analytical Mindset
2 19 (10.98%) Self-Motivation
3 17 (9.83%) Cloud Native
4 8 (4.62%) Low-Code
5 6 (3.47%) Greenfield Project
5 6 (3.47%) Legacy Systems
6 5 (2.89%) Management Information System
7 3 (1.73%) Distributed Systems
8 2 (1.16%) Credit Risk
8 2 (1.16%) Market Risk
9 1 (0.58%) Clustering
9 1 (0.58%) Data Structures
9 1 (0.58%) Derivative
9 1 (0.58%) Distributed Computing
9 1 (0.58%) Enterprise Software
9 1 (0.58%) EPoS
9 1 (0.58%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
9 1 (0.58%) Hybrid Cloud
Operating Systems
1 4 (2.31%) Windows
2 2 (1.16%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 112 (64.74%) Analytics
2 99 (57.23%) Data Modelling
3 84 (48.55%) CI/CD
4 82 (47.40%) Business Intelligence
5 81 (46.82%) Data Pipeline
6 76 (43.93%) ETL
7 74 (42.77%) DevOps
8 68 (39.31%) Data Engineering
9 63 (36.42%) Decision-Making
10 56 (32.37%) Problem-Solving
11 55 (31.79%) Agile
12 54 (31.21%) Asset Management
13 53 (30.64%) Visualisation
14 50 (28.90%) Coaching
15 43 (24.86%) AI
16 39 (22.54%) Data Governance
16 39 (22.54%) Data Integration
17 37 (21.39%) Continuous Improvement
17 37 (21.39%) Data Analysis
17 37 (21.39%) Infrastructure as Code
Programming Languages
1 127 (73.41%) SQL
2 78 (45.09%) Python
3 29 (16.76%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 18 (10.40%) Bicep
5 17 (9.83%) PowerShell
6 16 (9.25%) Scala
7 12 (6.94%) T-SQL
8 6 (3.47%) C#
9 4 (2.31%) R
10 2 (1.16%) Java
10 2 (1.16%) JavaScript
11 1 (0.58%) PHP
Qualifications
1 20 (11.56%) Degree
2 12 (6.94%) Six Sigma Green Belt
3 8 (4.62%) Azure Certification
4 6 (3.47%) Microsoft Certification
5 4 (2.31%) Security Cleared
6 3 (1.73%) Computer Science Degree
6 3 (1.73%) DBS Check
6 3 (1.73%) SC Cleared
7 2 (1.16%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 67 (38.73%) Data Quality
2 19 (10.98%) GDPR
3 12 (6.94%) Actionable Recommendations
4 8 (4.62%) Accessibility
5 4 (2.31%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 1 (0.58%) QA
System Software
1 5 (2.89%) Active Directory
1 5 (2.89%) Docker
Systems Management
1 37 (21.39%) Terraform
2 5 (2.89%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 79 (45.66%) Databricks
2 45 (26.01%) Microsoft
3 18 (10.40%) Ab Initio
4 4 (2.31%) IBM
5 3 (1.73%) OpenAI
6 1 (0.58%) Foundry
6 1 (0.58%) Informatica
6 1 (0.58%) Oracle
6 1 (0.58%) RedGate
6 1 (0.58%) Salesforce
6 1 (0.58%) SAP
6 1 (0.58%) Talend