Data Modelling Job Trends in the Thames Valley

Data Modelling
South East > Thames Valley

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the Thames Valley requiring Data Modelling skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 8 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
8 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 95 69 103
Rank change year-on-year -26 +34 +57
Permanent jobs citing Data Modelling 78 137 164
As % of all permanent jobs in the Thames Valley 1.37% 4.04% 2.30%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.91% 4.35% 2.79%
Number of salaries quoted 66 16 65
10th Percentile £45,625 £44,375 £45,000
25th Percentile £49,168 £48,438 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £63,750 £63,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.88% +1.19% -3.08%
75th Percentile £71,250 £76,009 £85,000
90th Percentile £79,375 - £95,000
South East median annual salary £63,000 £65,000 £67,500
% change year-on-year -3.08% -3.70% +12.50%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Thames Valley

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 the Thames Valley.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 4,078 3,151 5,874
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 71.78% 92.98% 82.56%
Number of salaries quoted 2,814 1,208 4,012
10th Percentile £30,000 £27,350 £29,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £36,250 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £54,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +1.85% +8.00% -9.09%
75th Percentile £70,000 £70,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £85,000 £80,000
South East median annual salary £55,000 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year +4.76% +5.00% -9.09%

Data Modelling
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

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

Data Modelling job vacancy trend in the Thames Valley

Data Modelling
Salary Trend in the Thames Valley

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing Data Modelling.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing Data Modelling

Data Modelling
Salary Histogram in the Thames Valley

Salary distribution for jobs citing Data Modelling in the Thames Valley over the 6 months to 8 June 2026.

Salary histogram for Data Modelling in the Thames Valley

Data Modelling
Job Locations in the Thames Valley

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Data Modelling within the Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 8 June 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
Buckinghamshire +21 46 £60,000 -18.08% 15
Berkshire -60 22 £55,000 -2.65% 16
Oxfordshire -1 10 £63,750 +18.60% 12
Data Modelling
South East

Data Modelling
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the Thames Valley 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 2 (2.56%) Apache Airflow
2 1 (1.28%) Apache Spark
2 1 (1.28%) Camunda
2 1 (1.28%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (2.56%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (1.28%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 2 (2.56%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (1.28%) SAP MDG
2 1 (1.28%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 42 (53.85%) Azure
2 19 (24.36%) Azure Data Factory
3 16 (20.51%) Power Platform
4 14 (17.95%) AWS
5 10 (12.82%) Azure Synapse Analytics
6 6 (7.69%) dbt
7 5 (6.41%) Fivetran
7 5 (6.41%) iPaaS
7 5 (6.41%) Snowflake
8 4 (5.13%) Azure DevOps
8 4 (5.13%) GitHub
8 4 (5.13%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
8 4 (5.13%) Salesforce Service Cloud
9 3 (3.85%) Power Automate
10 2 (2.56%) Dynamics 365
10 2 (2.56%) GCP
10 2 (2.56%) PowerApps
11 1 (1.28%) Azure Stack
11 1 (1.28%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 1 (1.28%) Broadband
1 1 (1.28%) Radio Access Network
Database & Business Intelligence
1 14 (17.95%) Data Lake
2 12 (15.38%) Power BI
3 9 (11.54%) Data Warehouse
3 9 (11.54%) Metadata
4 8 (10.26%) SQL Server
5 5 (6.41%) Airbyte
5 5 (6.41%) Relational Database
6 4 (5.13%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 3 (3.85%) Data Mining
8 2 (2.56%) Oracle Database
8 2 (2.56%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 1 (1.28%) Azure SQL Database
9 1 (1.28%) MongoDB
9 1 (1.28%) PostgreSQL
9 1 (1.28%) PowerPivot
9 1 (1.28%) Snowflake Schema
Development Applications
1 11 (14.10%) Git
2 1 (1.28%) JIRA
General
1 30 (38.46%) Analytical Skills
2 25 (32.05%) Social Skills
3 12 (15.38%) Law
4 11 (14.10%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 11 (14.10%) Public Sector
5 7 (8.97%) Finance
6 5 (6.41%) Organisational Skills
7 3 (3.85%) Telecoms
8 2 (2.56%) Documentation Skills
8 2 (2.56%) Manufacturing
8 2 (2.56%) Retail
9 1 (1.28%) Games
9 1 (1.28%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 24 (30.77%) Data Engineer
2 23 (29.49%) Architect
3 10 (12.82%) Developer
3 10 (12.82%) Integration Architect
3 10 (12.82%) Senior
4 9 (11.54%) Applications Architect
4 9 (11.54%) Lead
5 7 (8.97%) Data Architect
6 6 (7.69%) Azure Data Engineer
6 6 (7.69%) Azure Engineer
6 6 (7.69%) Microsoft Engineer
7 5 (6.41%) Analyst
8 4 (5.13%) Salesforce Developer
8 4 (5.13%) Senior Data Engineer
9 3 (3.85%) Automation Engineer
9 3 (3.85%) Software Developer
9 3 (3.85%) Software Engineer
10 2 (2.56%) Business Analyst
10 2 (2.56%) Consultant
10 2 (2.56%) Senior Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 20 (25.64%) REST
2 17 (21.79%) SOAP
3 16 (20.51%) Middleware
4 12 (15.38%) JSON
4 12 (15.38%) XML
5 7 (8.97%) .NET
6 6 (7.69%) Kafka
7 5 (6.41%) JWT
7 5 (6.41%) Lightning Web Components
7 5 (6.41%) OAuth
7 5 (6.41%) OAuth2
7 5 (6.41%) RabbitMQ
8 4 (5.13%) RESTful
8 4 (5.13%) Visualforce
8 4 (5.13%) XML Messaging
9 2 (2.56%) React
10 1 (1.28%) MACH
10 1 (1.28%) PySpark
10 1 (1.28%) WebSockets
10 1 (1.28%) WinForms
Miscellaneous
1 9 (11.54%) Cloud Native
2 8 (10.26%) Product Ownership
3 6 (7.69%) Distributed Systems
3 6 (7.69%) Self-Motivation
4 4 (5.13%) Onboarding
5 2 (2.56%) Analytical Mindset
5 2 (2.56%) AS400
5 2 (2.56%) Greenfield Project
5 2 (2.56%) Low-Code
6 1 (1.28%) Algorithms
6 1 (1.28%) Clustering
6 1 (1.28%) CMDB
6 1 (1.28%) Embedded Systems
6 1 (1.28%) FMCG
6 1 (1.28%) Sports Betting
6 1 (1.28%) Video\Live Streaming
Operating Systems
1 1 (1.28%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 37 (47.44%) Agile
2 34 (43.59%) Problem-Solving
3 31 (39.74%) Analytics
4 27 (34.62%) CI/CD
4 27 (34.62%) DevOps
4 27 (34.62%) ETL
5 21 (26.92%) Data Governance
5 21 (26.92%) Data Pipeline
6 20 (25.64%) Business Intelligence
7 17 (21.79%) AI
7 17 (21.79%) Data Engineering
8 16 (20.51%) Computer Science
9 15 (19.23%) ERP
9 15 (19.23%) Translating Business Requirements
10 14 (17.95%) CRM
10 14 (17.95%) Data Architecture
11 13 (16.67%) Decision-Making
11 13 (16.67%) Integration Patterns
11 13 (16.67%) Machine Learning
12 12 (15.38%) Data Strategy
Programming Languages
1 46 (58.97%) SQL
2 33 (42.31%) Python
3 16 (20.51%) Java
4 9 (11.54%) JavaScript
5 5 (6.41%) Apex Code
6 4 (5.13%) TypeScript
7 2 (2.56%) R
7 2 (2.56%) T-SQL
8 1 (1.28%) ABAP
8 1 (1.28%) C#
8 1 (1.28%) C++
8 1 (1.28%) Data Analysis Expressions
8 1 (1.28%) Go
8 1 (1.28%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 24 (30.77%) Degree
2 15 (19.23%) Computer Science Degree
3 7 (8.97%) Security Cleared
4 6 (7.69%) SC Cleared
5 2 (2.56%) ICAEW
6 1 (1.28%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
6 1 (1.28%) Azure Certification
6 1 (1.28%) DV Cleared
6 1 (1.28%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 20 (25.64%) Data Quality
2 12 (15.38%) QA
3 2 (2.56%) GDPR
System Software
1 5 (6.41%) Docker
Systems Management
1 5 (6.41%) Kubernetes
2 2 (2.56%) Terraform
Vendors
1 23 (29.49%) Microsoft
2 11 (14.10%) Databricks
3 7 (8.97%) Oracle
4 5 (6.41%) Salesforce
5 4 (5.13%) MuleSoft
6 3 (3.85%) ServiceNow
7 1 (1.28%) Alteryx
7 1 (1.28%) Automation Anywhere
7 1 (1.28%) Pega
7 1 (1.28%) SAP
7 1 (1.28%) UiPath