Data Design
UK

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs requiring Data Design skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 14 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 745 568 700
Rank change year-on-year -177 +132 -29
Permanent jobs citing Data Design 59 98 45
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.050% 0.20% 0.063%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.068% 0.22% 0.077%
Number of salaries quoted 37 29 21
10th Percentile £47,500 £60,525 £65,906
25th Percentile £57,875 £65,000 £67,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £85,000 £80,000 £75,778
Median % change year-on-year +6.25% +5.57% -1.19%
75th Percentile £98,750 £107,500 £82,500
90th Percentile £112,500 £110,000 £97,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £59,250 £64,350 £75,778
% change year-on-year -7.93% -15.08% +5.12%

All Process & Methodology Skills
UK

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.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 87,115 43,732 58,410
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 73.39% 88.90% 82.19%
Number of salaries quoted 59,537 24,546 31,188
10th Percentile £31,250 £28,250 £32,750
25th Percentile £41,250 £36,250 £43,997
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% -8.33% -
75th Percentile £78,750 £75,000 £78,750
90th Percentile £100,000 £95,000 £97,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £47,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year +15.79% -9.52% -2.78%

Data Design
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Data Design job vacancy trend in the UK

Data Design
Salary Trend

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

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Data Design

Data Design
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Data Design over the 6 months to 14 October 2026.

Salary histogram for Data Design in the UK

Data Design
Top 12 Job Locations

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 over the 6 months to 14 October 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
England -165 49 £82,500 +3.13% 63
UK excluding London -177 28 £59,250 -7.93% 43
Work from Home -41 27 £95,000 +18.75% 42
London -63 19 £100,000 -4.76% 32
North of England -56 12 £80,000 +6.67% 14
South East -71 11 £59,500 -8.46% 6
North West - 6 £80,000 - 6
Midlands -47 5 £59,250 -1.25% 4
North East -67 5 £64,621 -28.20% 1
West Midlands -33 4 £59,250 -1.25% 4
Yorkshire -40 1 £44,241 -36.80% 7
East Midlands - 1 £44,241 -

Data Design
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities 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 (1.69%) Confluence
Applications
1 1 (1.69%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 7 (11.86%) SAP S/4HANA
2 4 (6.78%) Workday HCM
3 3 (5.08%) SAP PP
4 2 (3.39%) SAP GTS
4 2 (3.39%) SAP SD
4 2 (3.39%) SAP Travel Management
5 1 (1.69%) Infor CloudSuite
5 1 (1.69%) Infor LN
5 1 (1.69%) SAP MDG
Cloud Services
1 17 (28.81%) Azure
2 16 (27.12%) AWS
3 12 (20.34%) Power Platform
4 8 (13.56%) Snowflake
5 5 (8.47%) GCP
6 4 (6.78%) Azure Service Bus
6 4 (6.78%) dbt
7 3 (5.08%) Amazon SageMaker
8 2 (3.39%) Azure Data Factory
8 2 (3.39%) Azure Logic Apps
8 2 (3.39%) Azure Synapse Analytics
8 2 (3.39%) Collibra
8 2 (3.39%) Microsoft Copilot
9 1 (1.69%) Anthropic Claude
9 1 (1.69%) Dynamics 365
9 1 (1.69%) Entra ID
9 1 (1.69%) GitHub
9 1 (1.69%) GitHub Copilot
9 1 (1.69%) SaaS
9 1 (1.69%) SuccessFactors
Database & Business Intelligence
1 23 (38.98%) Metadata
2 12 (20.34%) Power BI
3 9 (15.25%) Tableau
4 8 (13.56%) NoSQL
5 7 (11.86%) PostgreSQL
6 6 (10.17%) MongoDB
6 6 (10.17%) MySQL
7 5 (8.47%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 4 (6.78%) Data Warehouse
9 3 (5.08%) Data Lake
9 3 (5.08%) SQL Server
9 3 (5.08%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 2 (3.39%) Azure SQL Database
10 2 (3.39%) Big Data
10 2 (3.39%) Data Vault
10 2 (3.39%) Delta Lake
10 2 (3.39%) Relational Database
11 1 (1.69%) Amazon Redshift
11 1 (1.69%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
11 1 (1.69%) SAP Data Services
Development Applications
1 2 (3.39%) ERwin
1 2 (3.39%) Git
2 1 (1.69%) JIRA
General
1 26 (44.07%) Finance
2 25 (42.37%) Social Skills
3 20 (33.90%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 19 (32.20%) Analytical Skills
5 15 (25.42%) Public Sector
6 10 (16.95%) Legal
7 7 (11.86%) Influencing Skills
8 5 (8.47%) Marketing
9 3 (5.08%) Law
9 3 (5.08%) Manufacturing
9 3 (5.08%) Retail
10 2 (3.39%) Documentation Skills
10 2 (3.39%) General Ledger
10 2 (3.39%) Presentation Skills
11 1 (1.69%) Automotive
11 1 (1.69%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 28 (47.46%) Architect
2 22 (37.29%) Data Architect
3 16 (27.12%) Senior
4 10 (16.95%) Lead
5 8 (13.56%) Enterprise Architect
6 6 (10.17%) Consultant
7 5 (8.47%) Analyst
7 5 (8.47%) Enterprise Data Architect
8 4 (6.78%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
8 4 (6.78%) Data Modeller
8 4 (6.78%) Lead Architect
8 4 (6.78%) Lead Data Architect
8 4 (6.78%) Lead Enterprise Architect
8 4 (6.78%) SAP Manager
8 4 (6.78%) Senior Manager
9 3 (5.08%) Data Analyst
9 3 (5.08%) Senior Analyst
9 3 (5.08%) Senior Data Analyst
9 3 (5.08%) Senior Production Manager
9 3 (5.08%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (3.39%) JSON
1 2 (3.39%) Middleware
1 2 (3.39%) SAP Fiori
1 2 (3.39%) SAP TM
2 1 (1.69%) Node.js
2 1 (1.69%) React Native
Miscellaneous
1 7 (11.86%) Onboarding
2 6 (10.17%) Data Structures
3 4 (6.78%) Cloud Native
3 4 (6.78%) Educational Technology
3 4 (6.78%) Reference Data
4 3 (5.08%) Life Science
4 3 (5.08%) Self-Motivation
5 2 (3.39%) Legacy Systems
6 1 (1.69%) Distributed Systems
6 1 (1.69%) Management Information System
6 1 (1.69%) NHS
6 1 (1.69%) Public Cloud
6 1 (1.69%) Taxonomies
Processes & Methodologies
1 33 (55.93%) Analytics
2 31 (52.54%) Data Modelling
3 30 (50.85%) Data Architecture
4 26 (44.07%) Data Governance
5 25 (42.37%) AI
6 17 (28.81%) Problem-Solving
6 17 (28.81%) Roadmaps
7 16 (27.12%) Agile
7 16 (27.12%) Business Intelligence
7 16 (27.12%) Data Strategy
8 13 (22.03%) Data Integration
8 13 (22.03%) Stakeholder Management
9 12 (20.34%) Integration Patterns
10 11 (18.64%) Continuous Improvement
10 11 (18.64%) Machine Learning
10 11 (18.64%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 10 (16.95%) Enterprise Architecture
11 10 (16.95%) Event-Driven
12 9 (15.25%) Translating Business Requirements
13 8 (13.56%) Business Strategy
Programming Languages
1 13 (22.03%) SQL
2 9 (15.25%) Python
3 4 (6.78%) T-SQL
4 1 (1.69%) SPARQL
4 1 (1.69%) XPath
Qualifications
1 9 (15.25%) SC Cleared
1 9 (15.25%) Security Cleared
2 5 (8.47%) ACCA
2 5 (8.47%) CIMA
3 3 (5.08%) TOGAF Certification
4 2 (3.39%) Azure Certification
5 1 (1.69%) CCA
5 1 (1.69%) Computer Science Degree
5 1 (1.69%) Degree
5 1 (1.69%) SnowPro
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (27.12%) Data Quality
2 11 (18.64%) GDPR
3 4 (6.78%) COPPA
4 2 (3.39%) QA
5 1 (1.69%) Accessibility
5 1 (1.69%) IFRS
5 1 (1.69%) IFRS 17
5 1 (1.69%) NIST
5 1 (1.69%) Solvency II
System Software
1 1 (1.69%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 9 (15.25%) SAP
2 7 (11.86%) Microsoft
2 7 (11.86%) Oracle
3 4 (6.78%) Adaptive Insights
3 4 (6.78%) Informatica
3 4 (6.78%) Workday
4 3 (5.08%) Databricks
5 2 (3.39%) Adobe
6 1 (1.69%) Infor