Data Modelling Job Trends

Data Modelling
UK

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

6 months to
17 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 95 123 90
Rank change year-on-year +28 -33 +16
Permanent jobs citing Data Modelling 1,373 1,252 1,864
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 2.25% 2.35% 3.15%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.79% 2.59% 3.52%
Number of salaries quoted 724 639 1,218
10th Percentile £45,750 £38,750 £41,886
25th Percentile £57,500 £51,250 £50,125
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,250 £65,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +8.08% - -
75th Percentile £87,500 £82,500 £85,000
90th Percentile £107,500 £100,000 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £65,000 £59,563 £55,000
% change year-on-year +9.13% +8.30% -

All Process & Methodology Skills
UK

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.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 49,261 48,421 52,980
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 80.81% 90.77% 89.63%
Number of salaries quoted 29,011 23,517 40,505
10th Percentile £28,500 £35,000 £31,250
25th Percentile £37,500 £45,000 £42,439
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £58,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +3.45% -7.20%
75th Percentile £75,000 £80,000 £77,500
90th Percentile £95,000 £100,000 £97,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% +10.00% -9.09%

Data Modelling
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Data Modelling job vacancy trend in the UK

Data Modelling
Salary Trend

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

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Data Modelling

Data Modelling
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Data Modelling over the 6 months to 17 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Data Modelling in the UK

Data Modelling
Top 17 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Data Modelling within the UK over the 6 months to 17 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
England +27 1,205 £70,000 +7.69% 719
UK excluding London +22 714 £65,000 +9.13% 597
London +45 578 £82,500 +13.79% 263
Work from Home +33 498 £70,932 +9.13% 419
South East +28 243 £63,500 -2.31% 242
North of England +3 172 £67,500 +28.57% 115
Midlands +21 114 £60,000 - 78
Yorkshire +14 101 £70,716 +34.70% 37
Scotland +31 92 £87,500 +52.17% 30
West Midlands +24 80 £60,000 +4.35% 45
North West -33 59 £65,000 +13.04% 64
South West -6 47 £64,350 +17.00% 46
East of England +20 38 £50,000 -15.04% 74
East Midlands -2 32 £60,000 -7.51% 33
North East +2 12 £61,250 +0.07% 15
Wales +3 6 £52,543 +28.44% 24
Northern Ireland -5 6 £40,500 - 6

Data Modelling
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 69 (5.03%) Apache Spark
2 67 (4.88%) Apache Airflow
3 44 (3.20%) Apache
4 24 (1.75%) Confluence
5 16 (1.17%) Appian
6 14 (1.02%) SharePoint
7 9 (0.66%) SAS
8 6 (0.44%) CMS
9 5 (0.36%) Oracle Workflow
10 4 (0.29%) Apache Superset
11 3 (0.22%) IIS
12 2 (0.15%) Mendix
13 1 (0.073%) Apache Synapse
13 1 (0.073%) Camunda
13 1 (0.073%) Jupyter
13 1 (0.073%) Luigi
13 1 (0.073%) OpenStack
Applications
1 162 (11.80%) Microsoft Excel
2 19 (1.38%) Microsoft Office
3 7 (0.51%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 6 (0.44%) Chatbot
5 4 (0.29%) PlantUML
6 3 (0.22%) MS Visio
6 3 (0.22%) Sketch
6 3 (0.22%) Spreadsheet
7 2 (0.15%) Windchill
8 1 (0.073%) Microsoft Project
8 1 (0.073%) Notion
8 1 (0.073%) Oracle Smart View
8 1 (0.073%) Siemens NX
8 1 (0.073%) SPSS
Business Applications
1 32 (2.33%) SAP S/4HANA
2 19 (1.38%) Dynamics CRM
3 11 (0.80%) NetSuite
4 7 (0.51%) SAP CO
4 7 (0.51%) SAP FI
4 7 (0.51%) SAP FI/CO
5 6 (0.44%) Markit EDM
6 3 (0.22%) Aladdin
7 2 (0.15%) iTrent
7 2 (0.15%) Salesforce CRM
7 2 (0.15%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
7 2 (0.15%) Teamcenter
8 1 (0.073%) Endur
8 1 (0.073%) SAP ERP
8 1 (0.073%) SAP EWM
8 1 (0.073%) SAP IBP
8 1 (0.073%) SAP MM
8 1 (0.073%) SimCorp Dimension
8 1 (0.073%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 704 (51.27%) Azure
2 424 (30.88%) Power Platform
3 291 (21.19%) AWS
4 198 (14.42%) Snowflake
5 160 (11.65%) Azure Data Factory
6 157 (11.43%) GCP
7 144 (10.49%) Azure Synapse Analytics
8 125 (9.10%) Azure DevOps
9 105 (7.65%) dbt
10 89 (6.48%) GitHub
11 80 (5.83%) Serverless
12 60 (4.37%) Amazon S3
12 60 (4.37%) SaaS
13 48 (3.50%) GitHub Copilot
14 44 (3.20%) AWS Lambda
15 40 (2.91%) Power Automate
16 31 (2.26%) Collibra
16 31 (2.26%) PowerApps
17 28 (2.04%) Dynamics 365
18 25 (1.82%) Salesforce Service Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 5 (0.36%) HTTP
2 3 (0.22%) Remote Desktop
2 3 (0.22%) VPN
3 2 (0.15%) Broadband
3 2 (0.15%) Tactical Data Link
4 1 (0.073%) ADSL
4 1 (0.073%) DHCP
4 1 (0.073%) DNS
4 1 (0.073%) Internet
4 1 (0.073%) Kerberos
4 1 (0.073%) Modbus
4 1 (0.073%) MQTT
4 1 (0.073%) TCAP
4 1 (0.073%) X.21
Database & Business Intelligence
1 398 (28.99%) Power BI
2 396 (28.84%) Data Warehouse
3 246 (17.92%) Data Lake
4 182 (13.26%) Metadata
5 121 (8.81%) SQL Server
6 91 (6.63%) Tableau
7 76 (5.54%) SAP BW
8 70 (5.10%) Amazon Redshift
9 65 (4.73%) NoSQL
10 62 (4.52%) Azure SQL Database
11 57 (4.15%) Power Query
12 55 (4.01%) Relational Database
13 53 (3.86%) MySQL
14 52 (3.79%) SQL Server Integration Services
15 48 (3.50%) Big Data
15 48 (3.50%) PostgreSQL
16 44 (3.20%) Snowflake Schema
17 43 (3.13%) SQL Server Reporting Services
18 39 (2.84%) BigQuery
19 36 (2.62%) Hadoop
Development Applications
1 83 (6.05%) Git
2 61 (4.44%) JIRA
3 35 (2.55%) ERwin
4 21 (1.53%) ER Studio
5 15 (1.09%) Jenkins
5 15 (1.09%) MLflow
6 13 (0.95%) GitLab
7 12 (0.87%) Postman
8 8 (0.58%) PowerDesigner
9 7 (0.51%) JUnit
10 6 (0.44%) Selenium
11 5 (0.36%) git-flow
12 3 (0.22%) CircleCI
12 3 (0.22%) Gradle
12 3 (0.22%) Maven
12 3 (0.22%) Robot Framework
12 3 (0.22%) Snyk
12 3 (0.22%) SonarQube
12 3 (0.22%) TestNG
13 2 (0.15%) Checkstyle
General
1 554 (40.35%) Social Skills
2 491 (35.76%) Finance
3 353 (25.71%) Analytical Skills
4 96 (6.99%) Marketing
5 93 (6.77%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 81 (5.90%) Public Sector
7 75 (5.46%) Law
8 69 (5.03%) Banking
9 56 (4.08%) Retail
10 53 (3.86%) Financial Institution
11 32 (2.33%) Manufacturing
12 31 (2.26%) Retail Banking
13 27 (1.97%) Legal
14 23 (1.68%) Influencing Skills
15 21 (1.53%) Telecoms
16 20 (1.46%) Advertising
17 19 (1.38%) Documentation Skills
17 19 (1.38%) Organisational Skills
18 13 (0.95%) Electronics
18 13 (0.95%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 325 (23.67%) Architect
2 277 (20.17%) Senior
3 260 (18.94%) Data Engineer
4 227 (16.53%) Data Architect
5 184 (13.40%) Analyst
6 182 (13.26%) Lead
7 135 (9.83%) Developer
8 101 (7.36%) Senior Data Engineer
9 79 (5.75%) Data Analyst
10 48 (3.50%) Azure Engineer
11 43 (3.13%) Consultant
12 42 (3.06%) Business Intelligence Developer
13 41 (2.99%) Report Analyst
14 38 (2.77%) Azure Data Engineer
15 37 (2.69%) Lead Data Engineer
16 36 (2.62%) Senior Analyst
17 35 (2.55%) Business Intelligence Lead
17 35 (2.55%) Solutions Architect
18 33 (2.40%) Business Analyst
19 30 (2.18%) Data Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 94 (6.85%) REST
2 69 (5.03%) Kafka
3 48 (3.50%) SOAP
4 43 (3.13%) PySpark
5 39 (2.84%) .NET
6 35 (2.55%) RESTful
7 32 (2.33%) Lightning Web Components
8 28 (2.04%) CSS
8 28 (2.04%) JSON
9 26 (1.89%) React
10 24 (1.75%) HTML
10 24 (1.75%) OpenAPI
10 24 (1.75%) Swagger
11 23 (1.68%) XML
12 20 (1.46%) Middleware
12 20 (1.46%) Web Services
13 19 (1.38%) Pandas
14 18 (1.31%) Django
15 17 (1.24%) PyTorch
15 17 (1.24%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 110 (8.01%) Product Ownership
2 81 (5.90%) Cloud Native
3 75 (5.46%) Data Structures
4 59 (4.30%) Management Information System
5 53 (3.86%) Legacy Systems
6 45 (3.28%) Distributed Systems
7 30 (2.18%) Analytical Mindset
8 29 (2.11%) Enterprise Software
8 29 (2.11%) Greenfield Project
9 26 (1.89%) Low-Code
10 25 (1.82%) Self-Motivation
11 18 (1.31%) Reinsurance
12 17 (1.24%) Onboarding
13 16 (1.17%) e-Learning
13 16 (1.17%) FMCG
14 13 (0.95%) Hybrid Cloud
15 12 (0.87%) Fixed Income
16 10 (0.73%) Distributed Computing
17 9 (0.66%) Biopharmaceutical
17 9 (0.66%) IoT
Operating Systems
1 11 (0.80%) Unix
2 10 (0.73%) Linux
3 9 (0.66%) Windows
4 7 (0.51%) Android
5 4 (0.29%) Apple iOS
6 3 (0.22%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 607 (44.21%) Analytics
2 512 (37.29%) Business Intelligence
3 442 (32.19%) ETL
4 414 (30.15%) Data Governance
5 395 (28.77%) Agile
6 361 (26.29%) Problem-Solving
7 354 (25.78%) Data Architecture
8 338 (24.62%) Data Engineering
9 318 (23.16%) Data Pipeline
10 314 (22.87%) CI/CD
11 290 (21.12%) Decision-Making
12 278 (20.25%) DevOps
13 261 (19.01%) AI
14 229 (16.68%) Data Integration
15 211 (15.37%) Mentoring
16 197 (14.35%) Data Strategy
17 187 (13.62%) Continuous Improvement
17 187 (13.62%) Data Management
18 168 (12.24%) Data Science
19 160 (11.65%) Actionable Insight
Programming Languages
1 638 (46.47%) SQL
2 527 (38.38%) Python
3 101 (7.36%) Java
4 84 (6.12%) Data Analysis Expressions
5 80 (5.83%) C#
6 75 (5.46%) JavaScript
7 61 (4.44%) TypeScript
8 53 (3.86%) Scala
9 39 (2.84%) T-SQL
10 33 (2.40%) Apex Code
11 29 (2.11%) PowerShell
12 27 (1.97%) R
13 16 (1.17%) Bash
14 12 (0.87%) C++
14 12 (0.87%) PL/SQL
15 11 (0.80%) ANSI SQL
15 11 (0.80%) VBA
16 6 (0.44%) Kotlin
16 6 (0.44%) Shell Script
17 5 (0.36%) Perl
Qualifications
1 289 (21.05%) Degree
2 91 (6.63%) Security Cleared
3 84 (6.12%) Computer Science Degree
4 68 (4.95%) Azure Certification
5 64 (4.66%) SC Cleared
6 61 (4.44%) AWS Certification
7 48 (3.50%) Microsoft Certification
8 35 (2.55%) TOGAF Certification
9 32 (2.33%) Master's Degree
10 27 (1.97%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
11 19 (1.38%) DV Cleared
12 12 (0.87%) Six Sigma Green Belt
13 10 (0.73%) DBS Check
13 10 (0.73%) Oracle Certification
14 9 (0.66%) OCP
14 9 (0.66%) PMI Certification
14 9 (0.66%) PMP
14 9 (0.66%) SnowPro
15 8 (0.58%) ACCA
15 8 (0.58%) CIMA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 409 (29.79%) Data Quality
2 81 (5.90%) GDPR
3 75 (5.46%) Accessibility
4 39 (2.84%) QA
5 23 (1.68%) Actionable Recommendations
6 14 (1.02%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 7 (0.51%) SLA
8 6 (0.44%) COBIT
8 6 (0.44%) GRC
8 6 (0.44%) ITGC
8 6 (0.44%) MiFID
8 6 (0.44%) NIST
9 5 (0.36%) PCI DSS
10 3 (0.22%) California Consumer Privacy Act
11 2 (0.15%) PMO
11 2 (0.15%) PSD2
11 2 (0.15%) Sarbanes-Oxley
12 1 (0.073%) IFRS
12 1 (0.073%) P3O
12 1 (0.073%) Solvency II
System Software
1 45 (3.28%) Docker
2 8 (0.58%) HDFS
2 8 (0.58%) Oracle RAC
3 6 (0.44%) Active Directory
4 3 (0.22%) Firmware
5 1 (0.073%) iptables
5 1 (0.073%) KVM
5 1 (0.073%) QEMU
Systems Management
1 56 (4.08%) Terraform
2 38 (2.77%) Kubernetes
3 8 (0.58%) Data Guard
3 8 (0.58%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
3 8 (0.58%) Oracle RMAN
4 7 (0.51%) Ansible
4 7 (0.51%) Control-M
5 5 (0.36%) Grafana
5 5 (0.36%) RSA Archer
5 5 (0.36%) Single Sign-On
6 3 (0.22%) Prometheus
7 1 (0.073%) Argo
7 1 (0.073%) Progress Chef
7 1 (0.073%) Puppet
Vendors
1 315 (22.94%) Microsoft
2 212 (15.44%) Databricks
3 166 (12.09%) SAP
4 76 (5.54%) Oracle
5 75 (5.46%) Salesforce
6 50 (3.64%) Informatica
7 45 (3.28%) Google
8 31 (2.26%) Talend
9 25 (1.82%) Palantir
10 20 (1.46%) Foundry
11 19 (1.38%) OpenAI
12 17 (1.24%) ServiceNow
13 16 (1.17%) MuleSoft
14 14 (1.02%) IBM
15 13 (0.95%) UiPath
16 12 (0.87%) Sparx
17 10 (0.73%) Automation Anywhere
17 10 (0.73%) Dataiku
18 9 (0.66%) Siemens
19 8 (0.58%) Delphix