Data Modelling Job Trends in Cardiff

Data Modelling
South Wales > Cardiff

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Cardiff requiring Data Modelling skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 17 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 31 41 51
Rank change year-on-year +10 +10 +9
Permanent jobs citing Data Modelling 7 1 12
As % of all permanent jobs in Cardiff 1.87% 0.37% 2.20%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.61% 0.43% 2.58%
Number of salaries quoted 5 1 11
10th Percentile - - £43,750
25th Percentile £65,596 £40,268 £56,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,586 £44,315 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year +52.51% -29.10% +24.83%
75th Percentile £69,576 £48,363 £68,750
90th Percentile - - £77,500
South Wales median annual salary £67,586 £44,315 £62,500
% change year-on-year +52.51% -29.10% +38.89%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Cardiff

Data Modelling falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in Cardiff.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 268 234 465
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Cardiff 71.66% 86.67% 85.32%
Number of salaries quoted 183 136 420
10th Percentile £30,850 £31,250 £31,250
25th Percentile £45,000 £33,031 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £50,000 £51,250
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% -2.44% +2.50%
75th Percentile £62,500 £67,217 £67,500
90th Percentile £78,790 £82,500 £77,500
South Wales median annual salary £50,000 £50,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year - +5.26% +1.50%

Data Modelling
Job Vacancy Trend in Cardiff

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Data Modelling relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Cardiff.

Data Modelling job vacancy trend in Cardiff

Data Modelling
Salary Trend in Cardiff

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Cardiff citing Data Modelling.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Cardiff citing Data Modelling

Data Modelling
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Cardiff 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:

Applications
1 2 (28.57%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (14.29%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 1 (14.29%) NetSuite
Cloud Services
1 2 (28.57%) Power Platform
2 1 (14.29%) Azure
2 1 (14.29%) Azure Data Factory
2 1 (14.29%) Azure Synapse Analytics
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (28.57%) Power BI
2 1 (14.29%) Azure SQL Database
2 1 (14.29%) Data Warehouse
2 1 (14.29%) Oracle Database
2 1 (14.29%) Oracle Reports
2 1 (14.29%) Power Query
2 1 (14.29%) SQL Server
2 1 (14.29%) SQL Server Reporting Services
General
1 6 (85.71%) Social Skills
2 5 (71.43%) Local Government
3 2 (28.57%) Finance
4 1 (14.29%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (14.29%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 5 (71.43%) Architect
1 5 (71.43%) Lead
1 5 (71.43%) Lead Architect
1 5 (71.43%) Technical Architect
1 5 (71.43%) Technical Leader
2 1 (14.29%) Business Intelligence Consultant
2 1 (14.29%) Business Manager
2 1 (14.29%) Consultant
2 1 (14.29%) Insight Manager
Miscellaneous
1 1 (14.29%) Analytical Mindset
1 1 (14.29%) Data Structures
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (85.71%) Problem-Solving
2 5 (71.43%) Architectural Design
2 5 (71.43%) Data Protection
2 5 (71.43%) IT Strategy
2 5 (71.43%) Migration
2 5 (71.43%) SDLC
2 5 (71.43%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 5 (71.43%) Technical Architecture
2 5 (71.43%) Workshop Facilitation
3 2 (28.57%) Business Intelligence
4 1 (14.29%) AI
4 1 (14.29%) Continuous Improvement
4 1 (14.29%) Data Analysis
4 1 (14.29%) ERP
4 1 (14.29%) ETL
4 1 (14.29%) Process Improvement
4 1 (14.29%) Six Sigma
4 1 (14.29%) Visual Analytics
4 1 (14.29%) Visualisation
4 1 (14.29%) WFM
Programming Languages
1 2 (28.57%) Data Analysis Expressions
1 2 (28.57%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (14.29%) Six Sigma Green Belt
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (14.29%) Actionable Recommendations
Vendors
1 1 (14.29%) Oracle