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 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 103 127 104
Rank change year-on-year +24 -23 +5
Permanent jobs citing Data Modelling 1,431 1,041 2,302
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 1.91% 2.42% 2.71%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.46% 2.59% 3.11%
Number of salaries quoted 860 570 1,496
10th Percentile £43,500 £38,750 £41,250
25th Percentile £55,938 £50,000 £51,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £62,500 £66,500
Median % change year-on-year +12.00% -6.02% +1.24%
75th Percentile £87,500 £80,000 £87,500
90th Percentile £100,125 £100,000 £101,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £65,000 £58,648 £57,500
% change year-on-year +10.83% +2.00% -

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 58,222 40,192 73,990
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 77.86% 93.47% 87.20%
Number of salaries quoted 35,232 22,295 56,140
10th Percentile £29,750 £31,750 £29,035
25th Percentile £40,000 £44,188 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -11.41%
75th Percentile £77,424 £80,000 £73,750
90th Percentile £97,500 £102,500 £93,750
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 March 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 March 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 +20 1,233 £70,000 +12.00% 757
UK excluding London -5 677 £65,000 +10.83% 538
London +65 623 £77,500 +5.08% 354
Work from Home +37 551 £70,000 +12.00% 366
South East +3 180 £61,500 +2.50% 199
North of England -2 176 £70,000 +33.33% 135
Midlands -7 119 £60,000 - 96
West Midlands +13 94 £60,000 +4.35% 68
Yorkshire +5 94 £72,500 +38.10% 51
Scotland +2 87 £78,750 +29.64% 28
North West -24 70 £67,500 +35.00% 68
East of England +8 50 £61,250 -5.77% 37
South West -55 50 £62,600 +11.35% 37
East Midlands -32 23 £49,500 -23.55% 28
North East -19 12 £52,500 +5.00% 19
Wales -9 9 £67,586 +80.23% 11
Northern Ireland -30 6 £40,500 - 3

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
1 113 (7.90%) Apache Airflow
2 71 (4.96%) Apache Spark
3 55 (3.84%) Apache
4 24 (1.68%) SharePoint
5 20 (1.40%) Palantir Foundry
6 16 (1.12%) Appian
6 16 (1.12%) Confluence
6 16 (1.12%) SAS
7 9 (0.63%) CMS
8 8 (0.56%) Microsoft Exchange
9 4 (0.28%) Camunda
9 4 (0.28%) Oracle Workflow
10 3 (0.21%) Apache Superset
10 3 (0.21%) IIS
10 3 (0.21%) Oracle Application Server
11 2 (0.14%) CICS
11 2 (0.14%) Jupyter
11 2 (0.14%) Mendix
12 1 (0.070%) Apache Synapse
12 1 (0.070%) OpenStack
Applications
1 80 (5.59%) Microsoft Excel
2 19 (1.33%) Microsoft Office
3 10 (0.70%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 6 (0.42%) Chatbot
5 4 (0.28%) MS Visio
6 3 (0.21%) Sketch
7 2 (0.14%) Spreadsheet
7 2 (0.14%) Windchill
8 1 (0.070%) Microsoft Project
8 1 (0.070%) Notion
8 1 (0.070%) Oracle Smart View
8 1 (0.070%) Siemens NX
8 1 (0.070%) SPSS
Business Applications
1 17 (1.19%) SAP S/4HANA
2 16 (1.12%) Dynamics CRM
3 13 (0.91%) NetSuite
4 8 (0.56%) Workday HCM
5 6 (0.42%) Markit EDM
6 5 (0.35%) Oracle ERP
6 5 (0.35%) Salesforce CRM
7 3 (0.21%) FLEXCUBE
7 3 (0.21%) Misys Opics
8 2 (0.14%) Aladdin
8 2 (0.14%) SAP MDG
8 2 (0.14%) Teamcenter
8 2 (0.14%) Unit4 Business World
9 1 (0.070%) FIS Private Capital Suite
9 1 (0.070%) Integrated Workplace Management System
9 1 (0.070%) Oracle SCM
9 1 (0.070%) Primavera
9 1 (0.070%) SimCorp Dimension
9 1 (0.070%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 690 (48.22%) Azure
2 405 (28.30%) Power Platform
3 305 (21.31%) AWS
4 205 (14.33%) Snowflake
5 196 (13.70%) Azure Data Factory
6 179 (12.51%) GCP
7 158 (11.04%) Azure Synapse Analytics
8 138 (9.64%) Azure DevOps
9 133 (9.29%) dbt
10 85 (5.94%) GitHub
10 85 (5.94%) Serverless
11 68 (4.75%) Amazon S3
12 62 (4.33%) SaaS
13 56 (3.91%) Power Automate
14 43 (3.00%) AWS Lambda
14 43 (3.00%) PowerApps
15 42 (2.94%) GitHub Copilot
16 40 (2.80%) Salesforce Service Cloud
17 36 (2.52%) Microsoft 365
17 36 (2.52%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 14 (0.98%) Broadband
2 4 (0.28%) HTTP
3 3 (0.21%) Remote Desktop
3 3 (0.21%) VPN
4 2 (0.14%) NGN
4 2 (0.14%) Tactical Data Link
5 1 (0.070%) 4G
5 1 (0.070%) 5G
5 1 (0.070%) ADSL
5 1 (0.070%) CTI
5 1 (0.070%) DHCP
5 1 (0.070%) DNS
5 1 (0.070%) Internet
5 1 (0.070%) Kerberos
5 1 (0.070%) Modbus
5 1 (0.070%) MQTT
5 1 (0.070%) Network Security
5 1 (0.070%) Radio Access Network
5 1 (0.070%) SMS
5 1 (0.070%) TCAP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 390 (27.25%) Data Warehouse
2 372 (26.00%) Power BI
3 198 (13.84%) Metadata
4 190 (13.28%) Data Lake
5 127 (8.87%) SQL Server
6 100 (6.99%) Tableau
7 79 (5.52%) Relational Database
8 74 (5.17%) Amazon Redshift
9 70 (4.89%) Azure SQL Database
10 65 (4.54%) PostgreSQL
11 61 (4.26%) NoSQL
12 60 (4.19%) Power Query
13 58 (4.05%) BigQuery
14 54 (3.77%) MySQL
15 53 (3.70%) SQL Server Integration Services
16 49 (3.42%) SQL Server Reporting Services
17 42 (2.94%) Snowflake Schema
18 32 (2.24%) Big Data
18 32 (2.24%) MongoDB
19 29 (2.03%) Looker
Development Applications
1 106 (7.41%) Git
2 50 (3.49%) JIRA
3 26 (1.82%) MLflow
4 25 (1.75%) ERwin
5 19 (1.33%) Postman
6 14 (0.98%) Jenkins
7 12 (0.84%) ER Studio
7 12 (0.84%) GitLab
8 8 (0.56%) PowerDesigner
9 6 (0.42%) JUnit
10 5 (0.35%) git-flow
10 5 (0.35%) Selenium
11 3 (0.21%) Eclipse
11 3 (0.21%) Gradle
11 3 (0.21%) IntelliJ
11 3 (0.21%) Maven
11 3 (0.21%) NUnit
11 3 (0.21%) SonarQube
11 3 (0.21%) TestNG
11 3 (0.21%) Visual Studio
General
1 518 (36.20%) Social Skills
2 488 (34.10%) Finance
3 377 (26.35%) Analytical Skills
4 110 (7.69%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 110 (7.69%) Public Sector
5 85 (5.94%) Marketing
6 70 (4.89%) Law
7 64 (4.47%) Banking
8 55 (3.84%) Financial Institution
9 35 (2.45%) Influencing Skills
9 35 (2.45%) Retail
10 33 (2.31%) Manufacturing
11 30 (2.10%) Organisational Skills
12 27 (1.89%) Retail Banking
13 23 (1.61%) Documentation Skills
13 23 (1.61%) Legal
14 22 (1.54%) Advertising
15 19 (1.33%) Telecoms
16 15 (1.05%) Presentation Skills
16 15 (1.05%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 334 (23.34%) Architect
2 306 (21.38%) Data Engineer
3 287 (20.06%) Senior
4 226 (15.79%) Data Architect
5 187 (13.07%) Analyst
6 164 (11.46%) Developer
7 145 (10.13%) Lead
8 112 (7.83%) Data Analyst
9 96 (6.71%) Senior Data Engineer
10 66 (4.61%) Consultant
11 44 (3.07%) Lead Data Engineer
12 42 (2.94%) Business Intelligence Developer
13 40 (2.80%) Business Analyst
13 40 (2.80%) Senior Analyst
14 38 (2.66%) Senior Architect
15 37 (2.59%) Azure Engineer
15 37 (2.59%) Business Intelligence Analyst
16 33 (2.31%) Azure Architect
17 32 (2.24%) Data Manager
18 31 (2.17%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 132 (9.22%) REST
2 87 (6.08%) Kafka
3 69 (4.82%) SOAP
4 62 (4.33%) PySpark
5 54 (3.77%) .NET
5 54 (3.77%) Lightning Web Components
6 49 (3.42%) RESTful
7 47 (3.28%) JSON
8 42 (2.94%) Middleware
9 37 (2.59%) React
10 36 (2.52%) CSS
11 35 (2.45%) XML
12 33 (2.31%) OpenAPI
12 33 (2.31%) Swagger
13 30 (2.10%) HTML
14 29 (2.03%) PyTorch
14 29 (2.03%) TensorFlow
14 29 (2.03%) Visualforce
15 27 (1.89%) scikit-learn
16 26 (1.82%) Pandas
Miscellaneous
1 112 (7.83%) Product Ownership
2 106 (7.41%) Cloud Native
2 106 (7.41%) Data Structures
3 63 (4.40%) Management Information System
4 49 (3.42%) Legacy Systems
5 40 (2.80%) Low-Code
6 36 (2.52%) Distributed Systems
6 36 (2.52%) Self-Motivation
7 35 (2.45%) Greenfield Project
7 35 (2.45%) Onboarding
8 32 (2.24%) Analytical Mindset
9 28 (1.96%) Enterprise Software
10 21 (1.47%) e-Learning
10 21 (1.47%) Reinsurance
11 18 (1.26%) Fixed Income
11 18 (1.26%) Public Cloud
12 12 (0.84%) Distributed Computing
12 12 (0.84%) FMCG
13 11 (0.77%) SCADA
13 11 (0.77%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 13 (0.91%) Linux
2 11 (0.77%) Windows
3 7 (0.49%) Android
4 5 (0.35%) Unix
5 4 (0.28%) Apple iOS
6 3 (0.21%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 666 (46.54%) Analytics
2 496 (34.66%) Business Intelligence
3 475 (33.19%) ETL
4 432 (30.19%) Data Governance
5 413 (28.86%) Agile
6 411 (28.72%) Data Engineering
7 356 (24.88%) Data Pipeline
8 346 (24.18%) CI/CD
9 345 (24.11%) Data Architecture
10 334 (23.34%) Decision-Making
11 317 (22.15%) AI
11 317 (22.15%) Problem-Solving
12 293 (20.48%) DevOps
13 239 (16.70%) Mentoring
14 221 (15.44%) Data Integration
15 220 (15.37%) Continuous Improvement
16 188 (13.14%) Data Management
17 176 (12.30%) Machine Learning
18 174 (12.16%) Data Science
19 164 (11.46%) Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 733 (51.22%) SQL
2 612 (42.77%) Python
3 116 (8.11%) Java
4 93 (6.50%) Data Analysis Expressions
5 92 (6.43%) JavaScript
6 82 (5.73%) C#
7 65 (4.54%) TypeScript
8 53 (3.70%) Apex Code
9 41 (2.87%) T-SQL
10 37 (2.59%) Scala
11 32 (2.24%) PowerShell
11 32 (2.24%) R
12 19 (1.33%) Bash
12 19 (1.33%) C++
12 19 (1.33%) PL/SQL
13 11 (0.77%) VBA
14 9 (0.63%) ANSI SQL
15 8 (0.56%) SOQL
15 8 (0.56%) SOSL
16 7 (0.49%) Perl
Qualifications
1 210 (14.68%) Degree
2 129 (9.01%) Security Cleared
3 95 (6.64%) SC Cleared
4 91 (6.36%) Computer Science Degree
5 71 (4.96%) Azure Certification
6 59 (4.12%) AWS Certification
7 44 (3.07%) Microsoft Certification
8 35 (2.45%) Master's Degree
9 32 (2.24%) TOGAF Certification
10 28 (1.96%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
11 26 (1.82%) DV Cleared
12 24 (1.68%) DBS Check
13 13 (0.91%) ACCA
13 13 (0.91%) CIMA
14 12 (0.84%) Six Sigma Green Belt
15 10 (0.70%) PMI Certification
15 10 (0.70%) PMP
16 8 (0.56%) SAP Certification
17 7 (0.49%) SnowPro
18 5 (0.35%) OCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 406 (28.37%) Data Quality
2 81 (5.66%) Accessibility
3 73 (5.10%) GDPR
4 44 (3.07%) QA
5 26 (1.82%) Actionable Recommendations
6 14 (0.98%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 13 (0.91%) California Consumer Privacy Act
8 10 (0.70%) SLA
9 9 (0.63%) MiFID
10 4 (0.28%) GRC
11 3 (0.21%) PCI DSS
12 2 (0.14%) PERC
12 2 (0.14%) PMO
12 2 (0.14%) PSD2
12 2 (0.14%) Sarbanes-Oxley
12 2 (0.14%) Solvency II
12 2 (0.14%) WCAG
13 1 (0.070%) IFRS
13 1 (0.070%) IFRS 17
13 1 (0.070%) SOC 2
System Software
1 60 (4.19%) Docker
2 14 (0.98%) Active Directory
3 4 (0.28%) Oracle RAC
4 3 (0.21%) HDFS
5 1 (0.070%) Firmware
5 1 (0.070%) iptables
5 1 (0.070%) KVM
5 1 (0.070%) QEMU
Systems Management
1 72 (5.03%) Terraform
2 51 (3.56%) Kubernetes
3 13 (0.91%) Grafana
4 10 (0.70%) Single Sign-On
5 9 (0.63%) Prometheus
6 7 (0.49%) Control-M
7 5 (0.35%) Ansible
8 4 (0.28%) Data Guard
8 4 (0.28%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
8 4 (0.28%) Oracle RMAN
9 1 (0.070%) Argo
Vendors
1 349 (24.39%) Microsoft
2 243 (16.98%) Databricks
3 98 (6.85%) Salesforce
4 82 (5.73%) Oracle
5 58 (4.05%) SAP
6 52 (3.63%) Informatica
7 44 (3.07%) Google
8 37 (2.59%) Palantir
9 31 (2.17%) Foundry
9 31 (2.17%) Talend
10 24 (1.68%) MuleSoft
11 21 (1.47%) OpenAI
12 17 (1.19%) IBM
12 17 (1.19%) Sparx
13 15 (1.05%) Cloudera
13 15 (1.05%) UiPath
14 14 (0.98%) ServiceNow
15 13 (0.91%) Automation Anywhere
15 13 (0.91%) Workday
16 12 (0.84%) Dell