Hybrid/Remote Data Modeller Contract Job Trends

Data Modeller
UK > Work from Home

The median Data Modeller daily rate for remote/hybrid work is £600, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 14 December 2025.

The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.

 6 months to
14 Dec 2025		 Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 282 304 342
Rank change year-on-year +22 +38 +155
Contract jobs requiring a Data Modeller 26 21 31
As % of all contract jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.26% 0.18% 0.18%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.27% 0.19% 0.19%
Number of daily rates quoted 17 15 25
10th Percentile £443 £485 £435
25th Percentile £525 £500 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £625 £575
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% +8.70% -2.54%
75th Percentile £650 £638 £625
90th Percentile £833 £648 £656
UK median daily rate £563 £590 £563
% change year-on-year -4.66% +4.89% +2.27%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Work from Home

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies with remote/hybrid work options. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in Work from Home with a recognized job title 9,476 10,969 16,322
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.22% 93.14% 94.29%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,182 6,942 11,190
10th Percentile £326 £325 £325
25th Percentile £413 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.38% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £619 £638 £638
90th Percentile £719 £750 £738
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 340 202 362
10th Percentile £15.18 £18.50 £17.19
25th Percentile £20.62 £23.50 £26.24
Median hourly rate £45.46 £37.75 £52.50
Median % change year-on-year +20.42% -28.10% -4.55%
75th Percentile £65.00 £65.00 £70.00
90th Percentile £70.00 £75.00 £87.38
UK median hourly rate £25.47 £35.00 £44.50
% change year-on-year -27.23% -21.35% +48.33%

Data Modeller
Job Vacancy Trend for Remote/Hybrid Roles

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'Data Modeller' in the job title and offering remote or hybrid work options relative to all contract IT jobs advertised.

Data Modeller job vacancy trend for remote/hybrid roles

Data Modeller
Daily Rate Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for remote/hybrid Data Modeller job vacancies.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for remote/hybrid Data Modeller job vacancies

Data Modeller
Daily Rate Histogram for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Daily rate distribution for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Data Modeller over the 6 months to 14 December 2025.

Data Modeller daily rate histogram for jobs with remote/hybrid work options

Data Modeller Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Remote/Hybrid Jobs

For the 6 months to 14 December 2025, Data Modeller contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract jobs with hybrid/remote work options featuring Data Modeller in the job title.

1 26 (100.00%) Data Modelling
2 17 (65.38%) SQL
3 14 (53.85%) ERwin
4 11 (42.31%) Physical Data Model
5 10 (38.46%) Logical Data Model
6 8 (30.77%) Data Architecture
6 8 (30.77%) Data Governance
6 8 (30.77%) ER Studio
6 8 (30.77%) Metadata
7 7 (26.92%) Agile
7 7 (26.92%) Data Quality
7 7 (26.92%) Data Warehouse
8 6 (23.08%) AWS
8 6 (23.08%) Azure
8 6 (23.08%) Data Strategy
8 6 (23.08%) Metadata Management
8 6 (23.08%) Python
9 5 (19.23%) Business Intelligence
9 5 (19.23%) Power BI
9 5 (19.23%) Power Platform
9 5 (19.23%) Relational Database
9 5 (19.23%) Snowflake
10 4 (15.38%) Analytics
10 4 (15.38%) Asset Management
10 4 (15.38%) Big Data
10 4 (15.38%) Coaching
10 4 (15.38%) Data Lake
10 4 (15.38%) Data Transformation
10 4 (15.38%) Data Vault
10 4 (15.38%) ETL

Data Modeller Skill Set
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 1 (3.85%) SAS
Applications
1 1 (3.85%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 2 (7.69%) SAP R/3
2 1 (3.85%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 6 (23.08%) AWS
1 6 (23.08%) Azure
2 5 (19.23%) Power Platform
2 5 (19.23%) Snowflake
3 1 (3.85%) dbt
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (30.77%) Metadata
2 7 (26.92%) Data Warehouse
3 5 (19.23%) Power BI
3 5 (19.23%) Relational Database
4 4 (15.38%) Big Data
4 4 (15.38%) Data Lake
4 4 (15.38%) Data Vault
4 4 (15.38%) NoSQL
4 4 (15.38%) RDBMS
5 3 (11.54%) DataStage
5 3 (11.54%) SQL Server
5 3 (11.54%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 1 (3.85%) IBM InfoSphere
6 1 (3.85%) PostgreSQL
6 1 (3.85%) Power Query
6 1 (3.85%) Snowflake Schema
Development Applications
1 14 (53.85%) ERwin
2 8 (30.77%) ER Studio
3 1 (3.85%) PowerDesigner
General
1 8 (30.77%) Finance
1 8 (30.77%) Social Skills
2 6 (23.08%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (3.85%) Banking
3 1 (3.85%) Pharmaceutical
3 1 (3.85%) Retail
Miscellaneous
1 3 (11.54%) Data Centre
1 3 (11.54%) NHS
2 2 (7.69%) Reference Data
3 1 (3.85%) Data Structures
3 1 (3.85%) Reinsurance
Processes & Methodologies
1 26 (100.00%) Data Modelling
2 11 (42.31%) Physical Data Model
3 10 (38.46%) Logical Data Model
4 8 (30.77%) Data Architecture
4 8 (30.77%) Data Governance
5 7 (26.92%) Agile
6 6 (23.08%) Data Strategy
6 6 (23.08%) Metadata Management
7 5 (19.23%) Business Intelligence
8 4 (15.38%) Analytics
8 4 (15.38%) Asset Management
8 4 (15.38%) Coaching
8 4 (15.38%) Data Transformation
8 4 (15.38%) ETL
8 4 (15.38%) Kimball Methodology
8 4 (15.38%) UML
9 3 (11.54%) Data Lineage
9 3 (11.54%) Data Mapping
9 3 (11.54%) Scrum
9 3 (11.54%) TDD
Programming Languages
1 17 (65.38%) SQL
2 6 (23.08%) Python
3 1 (3.85%) VBA
Qualifications
1 1 (3.85%) AWS Certification
1 1 (3.85%) SC Cleared
1 1 (3.85%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (26.92%) Data Quality
2 2 (7.69%) QA
Vendors
1 3 (11.54%) Databricks
1 3 (11.54%) Oracle
2 2 (7.69%) Microsoft
2 2 (7.69%) SAP
3 1 (3.85%) IBM
3 1 (3.85%) Sparx
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