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

6 months to
9 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 108 132 104
Rank change year-on-year +24 -28 +7
Permanent jobs citing Data Modelling 1,374 1,046 2,258
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 1.90% 2.37% 2.70%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.44% 2.53% 3.09%
Number of salaries quoted 818 578 1,488
10th Percentile £42,500 £38,750 £41,250
25th Percentile £56,500 £50,000 £50,875
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £62,500 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +12.00% -3.85% -
75th Percentile £87,500 £80,000 £87,500
90th Percentile £105,000 £100,000 £101,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £64,350 £57,501 £57,046
% change year-on-year +11.91% +0.80% -0.79%

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 56,331 41,289 73,115
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 78.05% 93.69% 87.56%
Number of salaries quoted 33,961 22,320 55,807
10th Percentile £29,750 £32,500 £29,000
25th Percentile £39,750 £45,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -11.78%
75th Percentile £76,299 £80,000 £73,750
90th Percentile £97,500 £102,500 £94,500
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 9 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 9 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 +28 1,181 £70,000 +12.00% 765
UK excluding London -4 646 £64,350 +11.91% 598
London +68 612 £80,000 +10.34% 310
Work from Home +37 545 £70,000 +11.11% 421
South East +7 169 £60,000 - 225
North of England -10 165 £70,000 +33.33% 131
Midlands -3 113 £60,000 - 102
West Midlands +5 89 £60,000 +4.35% 77
Scotland +9 88 £87,500 +41.42% 26
Yorkshire -3 86 £75,000 +42.86% 42
North West -29 68 £67,500 +35.00% 70
South West -53 50 £64,350 +17.00% 57
East of England +17 46 £56,250 -12.11% 47
East Midlands -25 22 £49,500 -23.55% 25
North East -15 11 £53,750 -3.33% 21
Wales -2 9 £67,586 +80.23% 11
Northern Ireland -27 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
1 104 (7.57%) Apache Airflow
2 70 (5.09%) Apache Spark
3 52 (3.78%) Apache
4 20 (1.46%) SharePoint
5 18 (1.31%) Palantir Foundry
6 17 (1.24%) Appian
6 17 (1.24%) Confluence
7 16 (1.16%) SAS
8 8 (0.58%) Microsoft Exchange
9 7 (0.51%) CMS
10 4 (0.29%) Camunda
10 4 (0.29%) Oracle Workflow
11 3 (0.22%) Apache Superset
11 3 (0.22%) IIS
12 2 (0.15%) CICS
12 2 (0.15%) Jupyter
12 2 (0.15%) Mendix
12 2 (0.15%) Oracle Application Server
13 1 (0.073%) OpenStack
13 1 (0.073%) PegaRULES
Applications
1 81 (5.90%) Microsoft Excel
2 20 (1.46%) Microsoft Office
3 10 (0.73%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 6 (0.44%) Chatbot
5 4 (0.29%) MS Visio
6 3 (0.22%) Sketch
7 2 (0.15%) 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 16 (1.16%) Dynamics CRM
1 16 (1.16%) SAP S/4HANA
2 13 (0.95%) NetSuite
3 8 (0.58%) Workday HCM
4 6 (0.44%) Markit EDM
5 4 (0.29%) Oracle ERP
6 3 (0.22%) Salesforce CRM
7 2 (0.15%) Aladdin
7 2 (0.15%) FLEXCUBE
7 2 (0.15%) Misys Opics
7 2 (0.15%) SAP MDG
7 2 (0.15%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
7 2 (0.15%) Teamcenter
7 2 (0.15%) Unit4 Business World
8 1 (0.073%) FIS Private Capital Suite
8 1 (0.073%) Integrated Workplace Management System
8 1 (0.073%) Oracle SCM
8 1 (0.073%) Primavera
8 1 (0.073%) SimCorp Dimension
Cloud Services
1 666 (48.47%) Azure
2 399 (29.04%) Power Platform
3 293 (21.32%) AWS
4 205 (14.92%) Snowflake
5 187 (13.61%) Azure Data Factory
6 170 (12.37%) GCP
7 154 (11.21%) Azure Synapse Analytics
8 137 (9.97%) Azure DevOps
9 130 (9.46%) dbt
10 84 (6.11%) GitHub
11 83 (6.04%) Serverless
12 68 (4.95%) Amazon S3
13 63 (4.59%) SaaS
14 58 (4.22%) Power Automate
15 45 (3.28%) PowerApps
16 44 (3.20%) AWS Lambda
16 44 (3.20%) GitHub Copilot
17 37 (2.69%) Microsoft 365
18 36 (2.62%) Salesforce Service Cloud
19 33 (2.40%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 7 (0.51%) Broadband
2 4 (0.29%) HTTP
3 3 (0.22%) Remote Desktop
3 3 (0.22%) VPN
4 2 (0.15%) Tactical Data Link
5 1 (0.073%) 4G
5 1 (0.073%) 5G
5 1 (0.073%) ADSL
5 1 (0.073%) CTI
5 1 (0.073%) DHCP
5 1 (0.073%) DNS
5 1 (0.073%) Internet
5 1 (0.073%) Kerberos
5 1 (0.073%) Modbus
5 1 (0.073%) MQTT
5 1 (0.073%) Network Security
5 1 (0.073%) Radio Access Network
5 1 (0.073%) TCAP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 377 (27.44%) Data Warehouse
2 364 (26.49%) Power BI
3 192 (13.97%) Metadata
4 183 (13.32%) Data Lake
5 125 (9.10%) SQL Server
6 94 (6.84%) Tableau
7 75 (5.46%) Amazon Redshift
8 74 (5.39%) Relational Database
9 70 (5.09%) Azure SQL Database
10 63 (4.59%) Power Query
11 60 (4.37%) NoSQL
12 58 (4.22%) PostgreSQL
13 54 (3.93%) BigQuery
13 54 (3.93%) MySQL
14 51 (3.71%) SQL Server Integration Services
15 47 (3.42%) SQL Server Reporting Services
16 43 (3.13%) Snowflake Schema
17 30 (2.18%) Data Vault
18 29 (2.11%) Big Data
19 27 (1.97%) MongoDB
Development Applications
1 103 (7.50%) Git
2 50 (3.64%) JIRA
3 25 (1.82%) ERwin
3 25 (1.82%) MLflow
4 19 (1.38%) Postman
5 14 (1.02%) ER Studio
6 13 (0.95%) Jenkins
7 12 (0.87%) GitLab
8 8 (0.58%) PowerDesigner
9 6 (0.44%) JUnit
9 6 (0.44%) Selenium
10 5 (0.36%) git-flow
11 3 (0.22%) Gradle
11 3 (0.22%) Maven
11 3 (0.22%) NUnit
11 3 (0.22%) Robot Framework
11 3 (0.22%) Snyk
11 3 (0.22%) SonarQube
11 3 (0.22%) TestNG
11 3 (0.22%) Visual Studio
General
1 506 (36.83%) Social Skills
2 474 (34.50%) Finance
3 368 (26.78%) Analytical Skills
4 106 (7.71%) Public Sector
5 104 (7.57%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 82 (5.97%) Marketing
7 67 (4.88%) Law
8 63 (4.59%) Banking
9 51 (3.71%) Financial Institution
10 34 (2.47%) Retail
11 33 (2.40%) Influencing Skills
12 32 (2.33%) Manufacturing
13 31 (2.26%) Organisational Skills
14 27 (1.97%) Retail Banking
15 23 (1.67%) Legal
16 22 (1.60%) Documentation Skills
17 20 (1.46%) Advertising
18 19 (1.38%) Telecoms
19 15 (1.09%) Publishing
20 14 (1.02%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 324 (23.58%) Architect
2 288 (20.96%) Data Engineer
3 276 (20.09%) Senior
4 216 (15.72%) Data Architect
5 182 (13.25%) Analyst
6 156 (11.35%) Developer
7 135 (9.83%) Lead
8 111 (8.08%) Data Analyst
9 96 (6.99%) Senior Data Engineer
10 58 (4.22%) Consultant
11 42 (3.06%) Lead Data Engineer
12 38 (2.77%) Business Intelligence Analyst
12 38 (2.77%) Business Intelligence Developer
13 36 (2.62%) Senior Analyst
14 34 (2.47%) Azure Engineer
14 34 (2.47%) Business Analyst
14 34 (2.47%) Senior Architect
15 32 (2.33%) Solutions Architect
16 31 (2.26%) Azure Architect
16 31 (2.26%) Data Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 123 (8.95%) REST
2 86 (6.26%) Kafka
3 67 (4.88%) SOAP
4 55 (4.00%) PySpark
5 50 (3.64%) .NET
6 48 (3.49%) Lightning Web Components
7 47 (3.42%) RESTful
8 44 (3.20%) JSON
9 38 (2.77%) Middleware
10 36 (2.62%) React
11 35 (2.55%) CSS
12 33 (2.40%) OpenAPI
12 33 (2.40%) Swagger
12 33 (2.40%) XML
13 29 (2.11%) HTML
14 28 (2.04%) PyTorch
14 28 (2.04%) TensorFlow
15 26 (1.89%) scikit-learn
16 25 (1.82%) Visualforce
17 24 (1.75%) Pandas
Miscellaneous
1 107 (7.79%) Product Ownership
2 101 (7.35%) Data Structures
3 98 (7.13%) Cloud Native
4 62 (4.51%) Management Information System
5 50 (3.64%) Legacy Systems
6 36 (2.62%) Greenfield Project
6 36 (2.62%) Low-Code
7 34 (2.47%) Onboarding
7 34 (2.47%) Self-Motivation
8 33 (2.40%) Distributed Systems
9 30 (2.18%) Analytical Mindset
10 28 (2.04%) Enterprise Software
11 20 (1.46%) Reinsurance
12 18 (1.31%) e-Learning
12 18 (1.31%) Fixed Income
13 17 (1.24%) Public Cloud
14 12 (0.87%) FMCG
15 10 (0.73%) Life Science
15 10 (0.73%) SCADA
15 10 (0.73%) Taxonomies
Operating Systems
1 13 (0.95%) Linux
2 11 (0.80%) Windows
3 7 (0.51%) Android
4 5 (0.36%) Unix
5 4 (0.29%) Apple iOS
6 3 (0.22%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 623 (45.34%) Analytics
2 480 (34.93%) Business Intelligence
3 460 (33.48%) ETL
4 409 (29.77%) Data Governance
5 403 (29.33%) Agile
6 385 (28.02%) Data Engineering
7 343 (24.96%) Data Pipeline
8 340 (24.75%) Data Architecture
9 332 (24.16%) CI/CD
10 321 (23.36%) Decision-Making
11 302 (21.98%) Problem-Solving
12 301 (21.91%) AI
13 286 (20.82%) DevOps
14 227 (16.52%) Mentoring
15 214 (15.57%) Data Integration
16 207 (15.07%) Continuous Improvement
17 186 (13.54%) Data Management
18 166 (12.08%) Data Science
19 160 (11.64%) Machine Learning
20 157 (11.43%) Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 699 (50.87%) SQL
2 577 (41.99%) Python
3 118 (8.59%) Java
4 94 (6.84%) Data Analysis Expressions
5 90 (6.55%) JavaScript
6 81 (5.90%) C#
7 63 (4.59%) TypeScript
8 49 (3.57%) Apex Code
9 42 (3.06%) T-SQL
10 40 (2.91%) Scala
11 32 (2.33%) PowerShell
12 29 (2.11%) R
13 19 (1.38%) Bash
13 19 (1.38%) C++
14 18 (1.31%) PL/SQL
15 11 (0.80%) VBA
16 9 (0.66%) ANSI SQL
17 6 (0.44%) Kotlin
17 6 (0.44%) SOQL
17 6 (0.44%) SOSL
Qualifications
1 206 (14.99%) Degree
2 120 (8.73%) Security Cleared
3 93 (6.77%) SC Cleared
4 89 (6.48%) Computer Science Degree
5 70 (5.09%) Azure Certification
6 56 (4.08%) AWS Certification
7 46 (3.35%) Microsoft Certification
8 33 (2.40%) Master's Degree
9 31 (2.26%) TOGAF Certification
10 27 (1.97%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
11 22 (1.60%) DV Cleared
12 19 (1.38%) DBS Check
13 12 (0.87%) ACCA
13 12 (0.87%) CIMA
13 12 (0.87%) Six Sigma Green Belt
14 10 (0.73%) PMI Certification
14 10 (0.73%) PMP
15 8 (0.58%) SAP Certification
16 7 (0.51%) SnowPro
17 5 (0.36%) OCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 381 (27.73%) Data Quality
2 79 (5.75%) Accessibility
3 69 (5.02%) GDPR
4 35 (2.55%) QA
5 26 (1.89%) Actionable Recommendations
6 15 (1.09%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 12 (0.87%) California Consumer Privacy Act
8 10 (0.73%) SLA
9 9 (0.66%) MiFID
10 5 (0.36%) GRC
10 5 (0.36%) PCI DSS
11 2 (0.15%) PMO
11 2 (0.15%) PSD2
11 2 (0.15%) Sarbanes-Oxley
11 2 (0.15%) WCAG
12 1 (0.073%) COBIT
12 1 (0.073%) HL7
12 1 (0.073%) P3O
12 1 (0.073%) SNOMED CT
12 1 (0.073%) Solvency II
System Software
1 58 (4.22%) Docker
2 14 (1.02%) Active Directory
3 4 (0.29%) HDFS
3 4 (0.29%) Oracle RAC
4 1 (0.073%) Firmware
4 1 (0.073%) iptables
4 1 (0.073%) KVM
4 1 (0.073%) QEMU
Systems Management
1 66 (4.80%) Terraform
2 49 (3.57%) Kubernetes
3 12 (0.87%) Grafana
4 10 (0.73%) Single Sign-On
5 9 (0.66%) Prometheus
6 7 (0.51%) Control-M
7 6 (0.44%) Ansible
8 4 (0.29%) Data Guard
8 4 (0.29%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
8 4 (0.29%) Oracle RMAN
9 1 (0.073%) Argo
9 1 (0.073%) RSA Archer
Vendors
1 343 (24.96%) Microsoft
2 226 (16.45%) Databricks
3 89 (6.48%) Salesforce
4 80 (5.82%) Oracle
5 57 (4.15%) SAP
6 52 (3.78%) Informatica
7 40 (2.91%) Google
8 32 (2.33%) Palantir
9 30 (2.18%) Talend
10 28 (2.04%) Foundry
11 23 (1.67%) MuleSoft
12 21 (1.53%) OpenAI
13 16 (1.16%) IBM
13 16 (1.16%) Sparx
13 16 (1.16%) UiPath
14 15 (1.09%) ServiceNow
15 14 (1.02%) Cloudera
16 13 (0.95%) Automation Anywhere
16 13 (0.95%) Workday
17 11 (0.80%) Dell