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 19 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 112 117 112
Rank change year-on-year +5 -5 +10
Permanent jobs citing Data Modelling 1,270 1,467 1,566
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 2.40% 2.19% 3.00%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.80% 2.62% 3.20%
Number of salaries quoted 681 797 1,130
10th Percentile £46,250 £40,000 £42,500
25th Percentile £57,500 £52,500 £51,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £67,500 £67,500
Median % change year-on-year +3.70% - +3.85%
75th Percentile £87,500 £87,270 £85,000
90th Percentile £107,500 £100,000 £101,375
UK excluding London median annual salary £62,500 £62,500 £57,000
% change year-on-year - +9.65% -0.87%

All Process and 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 45,394 56,021 48,891
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 85.81% 83.52% 93.81%
Number of salaries quoted 27,423 29,005 37,472
10th Percentile £28,250 £34,404 £32,500
25th Percentile £36,128 £45,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% - -
75th Percentile £75,000 £80,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £97,500 £98,475
UK excluding London median annual salary £47,500 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -13.64% +4.76% -

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 19 November 2025.

Salary histogram for Data Modelling in the UK

Data Modelling
Top 18 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 19 November 2025. 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 +11 1,158 £70,000 +3.70% 1,181
UK excluding London +18 670 £62,500 - 576
London +9 549 £83,672 +11.56% 711
Work from Home +27 431 £66,250 -5.36% 602
South East +15 237 £63,500 -2.31% 201
North of England -11 143 £67,500 +8.00% 142
Midlands +61 123 £62,500 +11.61% 94
West Midlands +37 82 £60,000 +9.09% 71
Yorkshire -1 72 £67,750 +26.05% 37
Scotland +4 65 £75,084 +43.02% 38
North West -33 57 £62,500 -3.47% 93
South West +3 51 £69,000 -1.43% 48
East of England +40 50 £57,500 -8.26% 44
East Midlands +44 41 £67,500 +3.85% 23
North East +3 14 £50,500 +1.00% 13
Northern Ireland +8 6 £40,500 - 7
Wales +4 5 £37,500 -12.28% 8
Isle of Man +10 1 - -

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 80 (6.30%) Apache Spark
2 39 (3.07%) Apache
2 39 (3.07%) Apache Airflow
3 25 (1.97%) Confluence
4 18 (1.42%) SAS
5 15 (1.18%) SharePoint
6 12 (0.94%) Appian
7 4 (0.31%) Apache Synapse
7 4 (0.31%) Oracle Workflow
8 2 (0.16%) CMS
8 2 (0.16%) Luigi
8 2 (0.16%) Mendix
9 1 (0.079%) Apache Superset
9 1 (0.079%) ArcGIS
9 1 (0.079%) OpenStack
Applications
1 162 (12.76%) Microsoft Excel
2 18 (1.42%) Microsoft Office
3 9 (0.71%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 6 (0.47%) MS Visio
5 5 (0.39%) Chatbot
6 4 (0.31%) PlantUML
7 3 (0.24%) Spreadsheet
8 2 (0.16%) Simulink
8 2 (0.16%) Trello
9 1 (0.079%) Microsoft Project
9 1 (0.079%) Notion
9 1 (0.079%) Oracle Smart View
9 1 (0.079%) Sketch
9 1 (0.079%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 44 (3.46%) SAP S/4HANA
2 19 (1.50%) Dynamics CRM
3 8 (0.63%) SAP CO
3 8 (0.63%) SAP FI
3 8 (0.63%) SAP FI/CO
4 6 (0.47%) SAP MDG
5 5 (0.39%) Salesforce CRM
6 4 (0.31%) NetSuite
6 4 (0.31%) Oracle EBS
6 4 (0.31%) Oracle ERP
6 4 (0.31%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
7 2 (0.16%) Dynamics AX
7 2 (0.16%) iTrent
7 2 (0.16%) Markit EDM
7 2 (0.16%) SAP MDG-S
7 2 (0.16%) Shopify
8 1 (0.079%) Aladdin
8 1 (0.079%) Elite 3E
8 1 (0.079%) Payment Gateway
8 1 (0.079%) SAP IBP
Cloud Services
1 661 (52.05%) Azure
2 415 (32.68%) Power Platform
3 310 (24.41%) AWS
4 166 (13.07%) Snowflake
5 160 (12.60%) GCP
6 108 (8.50%) Azure Data Factory
7 107 (8.43%) Azure Synapse Analytics
8 86 (6.77%) Azure DevOps
9 81 (6.38%) dbt
10 77 (6.06%) Serverless
11 71 (5.59%) GitHub
12 57 (4.49%) SaaS
13 51 (4.02%) Amazon S3
14 46 (3.62%) AWS Lambda
15 36 (2.83%) Power Automate
16 33 (2.60%) PowerApps
17 31 (2.44%) Dynamics 365
18 30 (2.36%) Collibra
19 28 (2.20%) GitHub Copilot
20 26 (2.05%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 4 (0.31%) Broadband
2 3 (0.24%) HTTP
3 2 (0.16%) PuTTY
4 1 (0.079%) ADSL
4 1 (0.079%) Internet
4 1 (0.079%) Kerberos
4 1 (0.079%) Modbus
4 1 (0.079%) MQTT
4 1 (0.079%) SAN
4 1 (0.079%) SMS
4 1 (0.079%) X.21
Database & Business Intelligence
1 408 (32.13%) Data Warehouse
2 394 (31.02%) Power BI
3 219 (17.24%) Data Lake
4 145 (11.42%) Metadata
5 119 (9.37%) SQL Server
6 82 (6.46%) Tableau
7 74 (5.83%) SAP BW
8 73 (5.75%) Big Data
9 69 (5.43%) NoSQL
10 63 (4.96%) Amazon Redshift
11 61 (4.80%) Power Query
12 48 (3.78%) Azure SQL Database
12 48 (3.78%) Hadoop
13 46 (3.62%) MySQL
14 45 (3.54%) PostgreSQL
15 43 (3.39%) Relational Database
15 43 (3.39%) Snowflake Schema
16 40 (3.15%) SQL Server Reporting Services
17 37 (2.91%) Data Vault
18 35 (2.76%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 58 (4.57%) JIRA
2 50 (3.94%) Git
3 33 (2.60%) ERwin
4 25 (1.97%) ER Studio
5 18 (1.42%) Jenkins
6 8 (0.63%) Selenium
7 7 (0.55%) GitLab
7 7 (0.55%) PowerDesigner
8 6 (0.47%) Robot Framework
8 6 (0.47%) Snyk
9 5 (0.39%) git-flow
9 5 (0.39%) Subversion
10 4 (0.31%) Maven
10 4 (0.31%) Postman
11 3 (0.24%) CircleCI
11 3 (0.24%) MLflow
11 3 (0.24%) Storybook
12 2 (0.16%) LSMW
13 1 (0.079%) Mercurial
13 1 (0.079%) SonarQube
General
1 507 (39.92%) Social Skills
2 444 (34.96%) Finance
3 314 (24.72%) Analytical Skills
4 129 (10.16%) Law
5 108 (8.50%) Marketing
6 99 (7.80%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 80 (6.30%) Banking
8 69 (5.43%) Retail
9 61 (4.80%) Public Sector
10 47 (3.70%) Financial Institution
11 42 (3.31%) Manufacturing
12 31 (2.44%) Legal
13 29 (2.28%) Retail Banking
14 24 (1.89%) Presentation Skills
15 19 (1.50%) Telecoms
16 18 (1.42%) Influencing Skills
17 15 (1.18%) Advertising
18 14 (1.10%) Electronics
19 13 (1.02%) Investment Banking
20 11 (0.87%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 298 (23.46%) Architect
2 251 (19.76%) Senior
3 236 (18.58%) Data Engineer
4 218 (17.17%) Data Architect
5 203 (15.98%) Lead
6 180 (14.17%) Analyst
7 136 (10.71%) Developer
8 104 (8.19%) Senior Data Engineer
9 62 (4.88%) Data Analyst
10 49 (3.86%) Azure Engineer
11 45 (3.54%) Azure Data Engineer
12 43 (3.39%) Business Intelligence Lead
13 42 (3.31%) Business Intelligence Analyst
14 41 (3.23%) Report Analyst
15 39 (3.07%) Business Intelligence Developer
15 39 (3.07%) Solutions Architect
16 37 (2.91%) Business Analyst
17 32 (2.52%) Senior Architect
18 31 (2.44%) Consultant
19 29 (2.28%) Data Modeller
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 89 (7.01%) Kafka
2 62 (4.88%) REST
3 38 (2.99%) .NET
4 31 (2.44%) PySpark
5 29 (2.28%) JSON
6 27 (2.13%) HTML
7 26 (2.05%) CSS
8 24 (1.89%) React
8 24 (1.89%) SOAP
9 23 (1.81%) RESTful
10 20 (1.57%) XML
11 19 (1.50%) Lightning Web Components
12 14 (1.10%) Middleware
12 14 (1.10%) Oracle Fusion
12 14 (1.10%) Spark Streaming
13 13 (1.02%) Django
14 10 (0.79%) Apache NiFi
14 10 (0.79%) Vue
15 9 (0.71%) EDI
15 9 (0.71%) GraphQL
Miscellaneous
1 91 (7.17%) Product Ownership
2 77 (6.06%) Cloud Native
3 55 (4.33%) Data Structures
4 47 (3.70%) Management Information System
5 42 (3.31%) Legacy Systems
6 35 (2.76%) Distributed Systems
7 28 (2.20%) Analytical Mindset
8 23 (1.81%) Greenfield Project
9 21 (1.65%) Enterprise Software
10 18 (1.42%) FMCG
11 16 (1.26%) e-Learning
12 15 (1.18%) Reinsurance
13 14 (1.10%) Low-Code
14 11 (0.87%) Data Protection Act
14 11 (0.87%) Hybrid Cloud
15 10 (0.79%) Fixed Income
15 10 (0.79%) Virtual Team
16 9 (0.71%) IoT
17 7 (0.55%) Market Risk
17 7 (0.55%) Reference Data
Operating Systems
1 11 (0.87%) Linux
2 10 (0.79%) Unix
3 5 (0.39%) Windows
4 4 (0.31%) Android
5 3 (0.24%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 578 (45.51%) Analytics
2 487 (38.35%) Business Intelligence
3 436 (34.33%) ETL
4 359 (28.27%) Data Governance
5 344 (27.09%) Agile
6 331 (26.06%) Data Architecture
6 331 (26.06%) Problem-Solving
7 316 (24.88%) Data Engineering
8 299 (23.54%) Data Pipeline
9 275 (21.65%) Decision-Making
10 247 (19.45%) CI/CD
11 242 (19.06%) AI
12 238 (18.74%) DevOps
13 217 (17.09%) Data Integration
14 204 (16.06%) Data Strategy
15 191 (15.04%) Mentoring
16 188 (14.80%) Data Management
17 176 (13.86%) Data Science
18 165 (12.99%) Continuous Improvement
19 163 (12.83%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 597 (47.01%) SQL
2 452 (35.59%) Python
3 90 (7.09%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 81 (6.38%) Java
5 64 (5.04%) C#
6 61 (4.80%) JavaScript
7 44 (3.46%) Scala
7 44 (3.46%) TypeScript
8 36 (2.83%) T-SQL
9 35 (2.76%) R
10 20 (1.57%) Apex Code
11 17 (1.34%) PowerShell
12 15 (1.18%) PL/SQL
13 10 (0.79%) Bash
13 10 (0.79%) C++
14 7 (0.55%) ANSI SQL
15 6 (0.47%) Go
15 6 (0.47%) PHP
16 5 (0.39%) Fortran
16 5 (0.39%) VBA
Qualifications
1 271 (21.34%) Degree
2 74 (5.83%) Computer Science Degree
3 62 (4.88%) Security Cleared
4 60 (4.72%) Azure Certification
5 58 (4.57%) AWS Certification
6 45 (3.54%) SC Cleared
7 44 (3.46%) Microsoft Certification
8 26 (2.05%) Master's Degree
9 25 (1.97%) TOGAF Certification
10 19 (1.50%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
11 17 (1.34%) DV Cleared
12 12 (0.94%) Six Sigma Green Belt
13 10 (0.79%) Oracle Certification
14 9 (0.71%) DBS Check
14 9 (0.71%) SnowPro
15 8 (0.63%) OCP
15 8 (0.63%) PMI Certification
15 8 (0.63%) PMP
16 7 (0.55%) CISSP
16 7 (0.55%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 327 (25.75%) Data Quality
2 101 (7.95%) GDPR
3 64 (5.04%) Accessibility
4 49 (3.86%) QA
5 25 (1.97%) Actionable Recommendations
6 16 (1.26%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 9 (0.71%) NIST
8 7 (0.55%) COBIT
8 7 (0.55%) GRC
8 7 (0.55%) ITGC
9 5 (0.39%) California Consumer Privacy Act
9 5 (0.39%) MiFID
10 4 (0.31%) PCI DSS
11 3 (0.24%) HIPAA
12 2 (0.16%) PMO
12 2 (0.16%) PSD2
12 2 (0.16%) Sarbanes-Oxley
12 2 (0.16%) SLA
12 2 (0.16%) SNOMED CT
12 2 (0.16%) SOC 2
System Software
1 28 (2.20%) Docker
2 10 (0.79%) HDFS
3 8 (0.63%) Oracle RAC
4 5 (0.39%) Active Directory
5 3 (0.24%) Firmware
6 2 (0.16%) Apache Flume
7 1 (0.079%) KVM
7 1 (0.079%) QEMU
Systems Management
1 45 (3.54%) Terraform
2 30 (2.36%) Kubernetes
3 10 (0.79%) Ansible
4 8 (0.63%) Data Guard
4 8 (0.63%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
4 8 (0.63%) Oracle RMAN
5 5 (0.39%) RSA Archer
6 3 (0.24%) Kibana
7 2 (0.16%) logstash
7 2 (0.16%) Oozie
8 1 (0.079%) Grafana
8 1 (0.079%) Progress Chef
8 1 (0.079%) Prometheus
8 1 (0.079%) Puppet
Vendors
1 290 (22.83%) Microsoft
2 199 (15.67%) Databricks
3 180 (14.17%) SAP
4 72 (5.67%) Oracle
5 61 (4.80%) Salesforce
6 45 (3.54%) Google
7 33 (2.60%) Informatica
8 20 (1.57%) Talend
9 15 (1.18%) Palantir
10 14 (1.10%) ServiceNow
11 12 (0.94%) MuleSoft
12 10 (0.79%) Dataiku
13 9 (0.71%) IBM
14 8 (0.63%) Delphix
14 8 (0.63%) Sparx
14 8 (0.63%) UiPath
15 7 (0.55%) Alteryx
15 7 (0.55%) BiZZdesign
15 7 (0.55%) Blue Prism
15 7 (0.55%) OpenAI