Data Modelling Job Trends in England

Data Modelling
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in England requiring Data Modelling skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 15 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 113 130 109
Rank change year-on-year +17 -21 -3
Permanent jobs citing Data Modelling 1,364 1,003 2,090
As % of all permanent jobs in England 1.68% 2.57% 2.49%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.28% 2.76% 2.92%
Number of salaries quoted 936 553 1,397
10th Percentile £42,500 £42,500 £41,250
25th Percentile £52,500 £52,500 £51,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £68,510 £65,000 £67,500
Median % change year-on-year +5.40% -3.70% -
75th Percentile £87,500 £83,750 £87,500
90th Percentile £97,500 £105,000 £100,000
UK median annual salary £69,000 £65,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year +6.15% - -2.99%

All Process & Methodology Skills
England

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 England.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 59,806 36,392 71,544
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 73.87% 93.41% 85.15%
Number of salaries quoted 39,236 20,177 53,681
10th Percentile £30,000 £30,000 £29,000
25th Percentile £41,250 £41,750 £39,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - +9.09% -12.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £80,000 £73,750
90th Percentile £100,000 £102,500 £93,750
UK median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year - +9.09% -10.10%

Data Modelling
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Data Modelling job vacancy trend in England

Data Modelling
Salary Trend in England

Salary distribution trend for jobs in England citing Data Modelling.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in England citing Data Modelling

Data Modelling
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Data Modelling in England over the 6 months to 15 May 2026.

Salary histogram for Data Modelling in England

Data Modelling
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Data Modelling within the England region over the 6 months to 15 May 2026. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
London +33 639 £80,000 +6.67% 364
North of England +55 231 £70,000 +21.74% 135
South East -31 188 £60,000 -7.69% 156
Midlands -1 145 £60,000 -4.00% 75
Yorkshire +26 118 £71,750 +19.58% 47
West Midlands +2 105 £60,000 - 51
North West +18 95 £65,000 +23.81% 66
East of England +13 58 £70,000 - 32
South West -76 56 £54,150 -9.75% 32
East Midlands -14 38 £49,500 -23.55% 24
North East -23 18 £65,000 +6.20% 25
Data Modelling
UK

Data Modelling
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England 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
1 115 (8.43%) Apache Airflow
2 81 (5.94%) Apache Spark
3 54 (3.96%) Apache
4 30 (2.20%) SharePoint
5 15 (1.10%) Confluence
5 15 (1.10%) SAS
6 13 (0.95%) Palantir Foundry
7 11 (0.81%) Appian
8 10 (0.73%) CMS
9 8 (0.59%) Microsoft Exchange
10 4 (0.29%) Camunda
10 4 (0.29%) IIS
10 4 (0.29%) Jupyter
11 3 (0.22%) Apache Superset
11 3 (0.22%) Oracle Application Server
11 3 (0.22%) Oracle Workflow
12 2 (0.15%) CICS
12 2 (0.15%) Luigi
12 2 (0.15%) WordPress
13 1 (0.073%) ArcGIS
Applications
1 69 (5.06%) Microsoft Excel
2 19 (1.39%) Microsoft Office
3 5 (0.37%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 5 (0.37%) Spreadsheet
4 2 (0.15%) Chatbot
4 2 (0.15%) MS Visio
4 2 (0.15%) Sketch
4 2 (0.15%) Windchill
5 1 (0.073%) Microsoft Project
5 1 (0.073%) PTC Creo
5 1 (0.073%) Siemens NX
Business Applications
1 34 (2.49%) SAP S/4HANA
2 16 (1.17%) SAP MDG
3 12 (0.88%) NetSuite
3 12 (0.88%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
4 8 (0.59%) SAP MDG-BP
4 8 (0.59%) Workday HCM
5 7 (0.51%) Dynamics CRM
6 6 (0.44%) Oracle ERP
7 5 (0.37%) Salesforce CRM
7 5 (0.37%) SAP MDG-F
8 4 (0.29%) SAP ERP
9 3 (0.22%) FLEXCUBE
9 3 (0.22%) Misys Opics
10 2 (0.15%) Aladdin
10 2 (0.15%) Infor M3
10 2 (0.15%) Oracle EBS
10 2 (0.15%) Unit4 Business World
11 1 (0.073%) Integrated Workplace Management System
11 1 (0.073%) SAP MDG-M
11 1 (0.073%) SAP MDG-S
Cloud Services
1 605 (44.35%) Azure
2 409 (29.99%) Power Platform
3 326 (23.90%) AWS
4 182 (13.34%) GCP
5 162 (11.88%) Azure Data Factory
6 136 (9.97%) Snowflake
7 127 (9.31%) Azure Synapse Analytics
8 121 (8.87%) dbt
9 103 (7.55%) Azure DevOps
10 70 (5.13%) Serverless
11 57 (4.18%) Power Automate
12 54 (3.96%) Amazon S3
13 44 (3.23%) PowerApps
14 37 (2.71%) GitHub
15 36 (2.64%) SaaS
16 33 (2.42%) Microsoft 365
17 31 (2.27%) AWS Lambda
18 26 (1.91%) Salesforce Service Cloud
19 24 (1.76%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
20 23 (1.69%) Azure Logic Apps
Communications & Networking
1 32 (2.35%) Broadband
2 3 (0.22%) HTTP
2 3 (0.22%) NGN
2 3 (0.22%) Remote Desktop
2 3 (0.22%) VPN
3 2 (0.15%) 4G
3 2 (0.15%) 5G
3 2 (0.15%) LTE
3 2 (0.15%) Tactical Data Link
4 1 (0.073%) CTI
4 1 (0.073%) DHCP
4 1 (0.073%) DNS
4 1 (0.073%) Internet
4 1 (0.073%) Network Security
4 1 (0.073%) Radio Access Network
4 1 (0.073%) SMS
4 1 (0.073%) TCAP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 383 (28.08%) Power BI
2 280 (20.53%) Data Warehouse
3 180 (13.20%) Data Lake
4 167 (12.24%) Metadata
5 112 (8.21%) Tableau
6 108 (7.92%) SQL Server
7 90 (6.60%) Relational Database
8 84 (6.16%) Amazon Redshift
9 63 (4.62%) BigQuery
10 58 (4.25%) NoSQL
11 51 (3.74%) SQL Server Integration Services
12 49 (3.59%) Power Query
13 48 (3.52%) PostgreSQL
14 46 (3.37%) Azure SQL Database
15 45 (3.30%) Looker
16 43 (3.15%) Star Schema
17 37 (2.71%) Delta Lake
17 37 (2.71%) Snowflake Schema
18 36 (2.64%) MySQL
19 34 (2.49%) MongoDB
Development Applications
1 102 (7.48%) Git
2 40 (2.93%) MLflow
3 38 (2.79%) JIRA
4 16 (1.17%) Jenkins
4 16 (1.17%) Postman
5 10 (0.73%) Claude Code
5 10 (0.73%) ERwin
5 10 (0.73%) GitLab
6 6 (0.44%) JUnit
7 4 (0.29%) Toad
8 3 (0.22%) Eclipse
8 3 (0.22%) Gradle
8 3 (0.22%) IntelliJ
8 3 (0.22%) Maven
8 3 (0.22%) Oracle APEX
8 3 (0.22%) TestNG
8 3 (0.22%) Visual Studio
9 2 (0.15%) Cypress.io
9 2 (0.15%) Mockito
9 2 (0.15%) SonarQube
General
1 447 (32.77%) Social Skills
2 431 (31.60%) Finance
3 392 (28.74%) Analytical Skills
4 107 (7.84%) Public Sector
5 101 (7.40%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 69 (5.06%) Law
7 67 (4.91%) Marketing
8 51 (3.74%) Retail
9 50 (3.67%) Banking
10 46 (3.37%) Financial Institution
11 44 (3.23%) Influencing Skills
12 28 (2.05%) Manufacturing
13 25 (1.83%) Organisational Skills
14 23 (1.69%) Legal
15 22 (1.61%) Documentation Skills
16 19 (1.39%) Advertising
17 17 (1.25%) Telecoms
18 15 (1.10%) Billing
19 14 (1.03%) Retail Banking
20 13 (0.95%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 311 (22.80%) Data Engineer
2 298 (21.85%) Architect
3 263 (19.28%) Senior
4 194 (14.22%) Data Architect
5 193 (14.15%) Analyst
6 169 (12.39%) Developer
7 145 (10.63%) Lead
8 113 (8.28%) Data Analyst
9 84 (6.16%) Senior Data Engineer
10 57 (4.18%) Business Intelligence Developer
11 55 (4.03%) Consultant
12 45 (3.30%) Business Analyst
13 42 (3.08%) Data Modeller
14 40 (2.93%) Senior Analyst
15 37 (2.71%) Senior Architect
16 35 (2.57%) Data Manager
17 34 (2.49%) Azure Engineer
17 34 (2.49%) Solutions Architect
18 33 (2.42%) Business Intelligence Analyst
19 32 (2.35%) Lead Data Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 113 (8.28%) REST
2 99 (7.26%) Kafka
3 96 (7.04%) PySpark
4 56 (4.11%) .NET
5 51 (3.74%) SOAP
6 49 (3.59%) JSON
6 49 (3.59%) Middleware
7 48 (3.52%) React
7 48 (3.52%) RESTful
8 43 (3.15%) CSS
9 39 (2.86%) PyTorch
9 39 (2.86%) scikit-learn
9 39 (2.86%) TensorFlow
10 38 (2.79%) LangChain
11 36 (2.64%) XML
12 34 (2.49%) Lightning Web Components
13 33 (2.42%) HTML
13 33 (2.42%) Node.js
14 30 (2.20%) Pandas
15 28 (2.05%) Swagger
Miscellaneous
1 109 (7.99%) Data Structures
2 100 (7.33%) Cloud Native
3 87 (6.38%) Product Ownership
4 45 (3.30%) Legacy Systems
4 45 (3.30%) Management Information System
5 38 (2.79%) Greenfield Project
6 37 (2.71%) Low-Code
7 36 (2.64%) Distributed Systems
7 36 (2.64%) Onboarding
8 33 (2.42%) Public Cloud
9 31 (2.27%) Self-Motivation
10 28 (2.05%) Analytical Mindset
11 26 (1.91%) Reinsurance
12 23 (1.69%) Clustering
13 21 (1.54%) Social Media
14 17 (1.25%) AI Agents
14 17 (1.25%) Enterprise Software
15 16 (1.17%) Replication
16 15 (1.10%) FMCG
17 14 (1.03%) e-Learning
Operating Systems
1 11 (0.81%) Windows
2 6 (0.44%) Linux
3 3 (0.22%) Android
3 3 (0.22%) Windows Server
4 1 (0.073%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 648 (47.51%) Analytics
2 509 (37.32%) Business Intelligence
3 446 (32.70%) ETL
4 431 (31.60%) Data Governance
5 379 (27.79%) Data Engineering
6 351 (25.73%) Data Pipeline
7 325 (23.83%) AI
8 322 (23.61%) Decision-Making
9 315 (23.09%) Problem-Solving
10 312 (22.87%) Agile
11 304 (22.29%) Data Architecture
12 287 (21.04%) CI/CD
13 250 (18.33%) DevOps
14 209 (15.32%) Machine Learning
15 179 (13.12%) Mentoring
16 160 (11.73%) Continuous Improvement
17 158 (11.58%) Data Science
18 155 (11.36%) Data Strategy
18 155 (11.36%) Roadmaps
19 154 (11.29%) Data Integration
Programming Languages
1 721 (52.86%) SQL
2 585 (42.89%) Python
3 109 (7.99%) Java
4 95 (6.96%) Data Analysis Expressions
5 81 (5.94%) JavaScript
6 61 (4.47%) TypeScript
7 57 (4.18%) C#
8 44 (3.23%) Scala
9 37 (2.71%) T-SQL
10 32 (2.35%) Apex Code
11 26 (1.91%) R
12 24 (1.76%) PowerShell
13 19 (1.39%) Bash
14 12 (0.88%) SOQL
14 12 (0.88%) SOSL
15 11 (0.81%) PL/SQL
16 10 (0.73%) C++
16 10 (0.73%) VBA
17 8 (0.59%) Go
18 7 (0.51%) Bicep
Qualifications
1 179 (13.12%) Degree
2 129 (9.46%) Security Cleared
3 88 (6.45%) SC Cleared
4 72 (5.28%) Computer Science Degree
5 53 (3.89%) Azure Certification
6 38 (2.79%) AWS Certification
7 32 (2.35%) Master's Degree
8 29 (2.13%) Microsoft Certification
9 24 (1.76%) DV Cleared
10 19 (1.39%) TOGAF Certification
11 17 (1.25%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
12 13 (0.95%) ACCA
12 13 (0.95%) CIMA
13 12 (0.88%) DBS Check
14 6 (0.44%) BPSS Clearance
14 6 (0.44%) SAP Certification
15 4 (0.29%) CBAP
15 4 (0.29%) IIBA
15 4 (0.29%) MBA
16 3 (0.22%) Tableau Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 423 (31.01%) Data Quality
2 98 (7.18%) GDPR
3 46 (3.37%) QA
4 37 (2.71%) Accessibility
5 25 (1.83%) California Consumer Privacy Act
6 14 (1.03%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 7 (0.51%) Actionable Recommendations
7 7 (0.51%) Solvency II
8 5 (0.37%) GRC
8 5 (0.37%) IFRS
8 5 (0.37%) IFRS 17
8 5 (0.37%) MiFID
9 3 (0.22%) PERC
9 3 (0.22%) PMO
10 2 (0.15%) WCAG
11 1 (0.073%) HL7
11 1 (0.073%) ISO 22301
11 1 (0.073%) NIST
11 1 (0.073%) PCI DSS
11 1 (0.073%) SLA
System Software
1 64 (4.69%) Docker
2 9 (0.66%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.073%) iptables
Systems Management
1 71 (5.21%) Terraform
2 59 (4.33%) Kubernetes
3 10 (0.73%) Grafana
4 9 (0.66%) Prometheus
5 3 (0.22%) Control-M
6 2 (0.15%) Single Sign-On
7 1 (0.073%) Ansible
7 1 (0.073%) Argo
7 1 (0.073%) Kibana
7 1 (0.073%) QRadar
7 1 (0.073%) RSA Archer
7 1 (0.073%) SCCM
Vendors
1 293 (21.48%) Databricks
2 291 (21.33%) Microsoft
3 89 (6.52%) Salesforce
4 83 (6.09%) Oracle
5 79 (5.79%) SAP
6 42 (3.08%) Informatica
7 29 (2.13%) Cloudera
8 28 (2.05%) Google
9 26 (1.91%) Talend
10 25 (1.83%) Palantir
11 23 (1.69%) Dell
12 22 (1.61%) Foundry
13 20 (1.47%) OpenAI
13 20 (1.47%) ServiceNow
14 19 (1.39%) MuleSoft
15 17 (1.25%) Sparx
16 12 (0.88%) Automation Anywhere
16 12 (0.88%) UiPath
17 11 (0.81%) Workday
18 8 (0.59%) Cisco