Data Design Job Trends in the UK excluding London

Data Design
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the UK excluding London requiring Data Design skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 5 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 448 524 501
Rank change year-on-year +76 -23 +198
Permanent jobs citing Data Design 66 40 61
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 0.16% 0.11% 0.19%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.20% 0.12% 0.21%
Number of salaries quoted 13 20 43
10th Percentile £50,825 £55,803 £56,362
25th Percentile £59,125 £56,809 £57,405
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £64,350 £70,000 £70,576
Median % change year-on-year -8.07% -0.82% +8.58%
75th Percentile £70,000 £78,458 £82,500
90th Percentile £75,000 £82,500 £86,750
UK median annual salary £75,000 £75,000 £70,576
% change year-on-year - +6.27% -5.90%

All Process & Methodology Skills
UK excluding London

Data Design 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 UK excluding London.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 33,182 32,357 28,969
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 79.09% 88.47% 89.85%
Number of salaries quoted 18,966 14,690 21,477
10th Percentile £27,750 £31,250 £28,329
25th Percentile £33,250 £41,250 £38,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% -4.55%
75th Percentile £65,000 £70,000 £66,778
90th Percentile £80,000 £83,750 £80,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -4.00%

Data Design
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Data Design relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Data Design job vacancy trend in the UK excluding London

Data Design
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing Data Design.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing Data Design

Data Design
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Data Design in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 5 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Data Design in the UK excluding London

Data Design
Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Data Design within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 5 January 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
South East +51 42 - - 7
North of England +29 17 £65,000 +6.20% 12
Yorkshire +4 13 £72,500 +18.45% 8
South West +5 6 £64,350 +8.15% 2
North West +15 4 £58,750 -4.01% 3
West Midlands +22 1 £75,000 +22.54% 1
Midlands +20 1 £75,000 +22.54% 1
Data Design
UK

Data Design
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 27 (40.91%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 15 (22.73%) SAP S/4HANA
2 6 (9.09%) SAP CO
2 6 (9.09%) SAP FI
2 6 (9.09%) SAP FI/CO
Cloud Services
1 15 (22.73%) Collibra
2 13 (19.70%) AWS
3 5 (7.58%) Azure
4 2 (3.03%) GCP
4 2 (3.03%) SaaS
5 1 (1.52%) OCI
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (19.70%) Metadata
2 9 (13.64%) NoSQL
3 8 (12.12%) Data Warehouse
4 7 (10.61%) DynamoDB
5 5 (7.58%) Geospatial Data
5 5 (7.58%) Metadata Repository
6 3 (4.55%) Data Lake
7 2 (3.03%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 2 (3.03%) Git
General
1 51 (77.27%) Social Skills
2 24 (36.36%) Finance
3 18 (27.27%) Analytical Skills
4 7 (10.61%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 29 (43.94%) Lead
2 24 (36.36%) Senior
3 15 (22.73%) Data Model Manager
3 15 (22.73%) Senior Manager
4 14 (21.21%) Architect
4 14 (21.21%) Data Architect
5 8 (12.12%) Developer
6 6 (9.09%) Senior Developer
7 4 (6.06%) Java Developer
8 3 (4.55%) .NET Developer
8 3 (4.55%) Senior .NET Developer
9 2 (3.03%) .NET Web Developer
9 2 (3.03%) AWS Architect
9 2 (3.03%) Lead Developer
9 2 (3.03%) Lead Java Developer
9 2 (3.03%) Principal Developer
9 2 (3.03%) Senior .NET Web Developer
9 2 (3.03%) Senior Java Developer
9 2 (3.03%) Senior Web Developer
9 2 (3.03%) Web Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (9.09%) React
2 5 (7.58%) Flutter
3 3 (4.55%) .NET
4 2 (3.03%) .NET Core
4 2 (3.03%) ASP.NET
4 2 (3.03%) ASP.NET Core
4 2 (3.03%) ASP.NET Web API
4 2 (3.03%) CSS
4 2 (3.03%) HTML
4 2 (3.03%) Razor View Engine
4 2 (3.03%) RESTful
4 2 (3.03%) Sass
5 1 (1.52%) MACH
5 1 (1.52%) Node.js
Miscellaneous
1 7 (10.61%) Data Structures
2 5 (7.58%) Legacy Systems
2 5 (7.58%) Reference Data
3 3 (4.55%) Management Information System
4 2 (3.03%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 58 (87.88%) Data Modelling
2 54 (81.82%) Problem-Solving
3 47 (71.21%) Master Data Management
4 42 (63.64%) CRUD
4 42 (63.64%) ERP
4 42 (63.64%) SAP Implementation
5 32 (48.48%) Data Analysis
6 29 (43.94%) Data Architecture
7 27 (40.91%) Data Cleansing
7 27 (40.91%) Data Conversion
7 27 (40.91%) Data-Driven Decision Making
8 15 (22.73%) Data Strategy
9 13 (19.70%) Data Governance
10 11 (16.67%) Agile
11 10 (15.15%) Roadmaps
12 9 (13.64%) Data Integration
12 9 (13.64%) Logical Data Model
12 9 (13.64%) Physical Data Model
13 8 (12.12%) Mentoring
14 7 (10.61%) SDLC
Programming Languages
1 4 (6.06%) Go
1 4 (6.06%) Java
1 4 (6.06%) Kotlin
1 4 (6.06%) Scala
2 3 (4.55%) C#
2 3 (4.55%) JavaScript
3 2 (3.03%) SQL
Qualifications
1 44 (66.67%) Degree
2 3 (4.55%) Security Cleared
3 2 (3.03%) AWS Certification
3 2 (3.03%) Computer Science Degree
3 2 (3.03%) Master's Degree
3 2 (3.03%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 34 (51.52%) Data Quality
2 1 (1.52%) GDPR
2 1 (1.52%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (1.52%) NCSC
2 1 (1.52%) NIST
System Software
1 2 (3.03%) Docker
Vendors
1 42 (63.64%) SAP
2 2 (3.03%) Databricks