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

6 months to
25 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 104 129 114
Rank change year-on-year +25 -15 -2
Permanent jobs citing Data Modelling 1,630 1,157 2,410
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 1.72% 2.55% 2.25%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.34% 2.77% 2.74%
Number of salaries quoted 1,119 580 1,533
10th Percentile £43,297 £42,500 £41,250
25th Percentile £52,500 £53,688 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £69,973 £65,000 £67,500
Median % change year-on-year +7.65% -3.70% -
75th Percentile £87,500 £83,750 £87,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £105,000 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £62,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +4.17% - +4.35%

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 69,638 41,796 87,970
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 73.33% 92.22% 82.12%
Number of salaries quoted 48,019 22,539 62,354
10th Percentile £30,000 £28,750 £29,750
25th Percentile £41,250 £38,750 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% +4.55% -9.54%
75th Percentile £78,750 £77,500 £72,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £100,000 £92,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,679 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +5.36% - -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 25 June 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 25 June 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 +23 1,476 £69,973 +7.65% 444
UK excluding London +4 772 £62,500 +4.17% 365
London +29 688 £80,000 +6.67% 212
Work from Home +30 518 £67,500 +3.85% 252
North of England +84 294 £65,000 +13.04% 81
South East -34 181 £60,000 -7.69% 134
Midlands +7 144 £60,000 -4.00% 73
North West +53 134 £62,500 +19.05% 50
Yorkshire +37 116 £68,005 +13.34% 19
West Midlands +8 103 £62,500 +7.30% 42
South West -86 57 £60,000 - 32
East of England 0 56 £71,000 +15.45% 15
North East -11 44 £65,000 +36.84% 14
East Midlands -30 40 £55,000 -13.39% 31
Scotland -27 26 £70,000 +11.55% 14
Wales - 11 £67,586 - 12
Northern Ireland -36 3 £60,000 - 10

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
1 144 (8.83%) Apache Airflow
2 108 (6.63%) Apache Spark
3 79 (4.85%) Apache
4 34 (2.09%) SharePoint
5 21 (1.29%) Palantir Foundry
6 16 (0.98%) SAS
7 15 (0.92%) Confluence
8 13 (0.80%) Jupyter
9 8 (0.49%) CMS
9 8 (0.49%) Microsoft Exchange
10 6 (0.37%) Appian
11 4 (0.25%) Oracle SOA Suite
11 4 (0.25%) WordPress
12 3 (0.18%) Apache Solr
12 3 (0.18%) Camunda
12 3 (0.18%) IIS
12 3 (0.18%) Oracle Application Server
13 2 (0.12%) ArcGIS
13 2 (0.12%) CICS
13 2 (0.12%) Luigi
Applications
1 70 (4.29%) Microsoft Excel
2 18 (1.10%) Microsoft Office
3 9 (0.55%) Spreadsheet
4 5 (0.31%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 3 (0.18%) Blender
5 3 (0.18%) Maya
5 3 (0.18%) MS Visio
6 2 (0.12%) Chatbot
6 2 (0.12%) PTC Creo
6 2 (0.12%) Windchill
7 1 (0.061%) FrameMaker
7 1 (0.061%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 38 (2.33%) SAP S/4HANA
2 20 (1.23%) SAP MDG
3 16 (0.98%) Dynamics CRM
4 13 (0.80%) Oracle ERP
5 12 (0.74%) NetSuite
5 12 (0.74%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
6 8 (0.49%) Oracle EBS
6 8 (0.49%) Salesforce CRM
6 8 (0.49%) SAP MDG-BP
7 7 (0.43%) Workday HCM
8 5 (0.31%) SAP MDG-F
9 4 (0.25%) SAP ERP
10 3 (0.18%) FLEXCUBE
10 3 (0.18%) JDE EnterpriseOne
10 3 (0.18%) Misys Opics
11 2 (0.12%) Infor M3
11 2 (0.12%) Oracle Payables
11 2 (0.12%) Oracle Receivables
11 2 (0.12%) SAP IBP
11 2 (0.12%) Unit4 Business World
Cloud Services
1 676 (41.47%) Azure
2 452 (27.73%) Power Platform
3 427 (26.20%) AWS
4 249 (15.28%) GCP
5 171 (10.49%) Azure Data Factory
6 150 (9.20%) Snowflake
7 135 (8.28%) dbt
8 130 (7.98%) Azure Synapse Analytics
9 102 (6.26%) Azure DevOps
10 88 (5.40%) Serverless
11 83 (5.09%) Amazon S3
12 66 (4.05%) SaaS
13 60 (3.68%) Power Automate
14 52 (3.19%) AWS Lambda
15 50 (3.07%) PowerApps
16 46 (2.82%) GitHub
17 37 (2.27%) Dynamics 365
18 34 (2.09%) Microsoft Purview
19 33 (2.02%) Microsoft 365
20 29 (1.78%) Azure Logic Apps
Communications & Networking
1 44 (2.70%) Broadband
2 4 (0.25%) NGN
3 3 (0.18%) Internet
3 3 (0.18%) LTE
3 3 (0.18%) Network Security
4 2 (0.12%) 4G
4 2 (0.12%) 5G
4 2 (0.12%) BGP
4 2 (0.12%) DNS
4 2 (0.12%) IPsec
4 2 (0.12%) SMS
4 2 (0.12%) Tactical Data Link
4 2 (0.12%) VPN
5 1 (0.061%) CTI
5 1 (0.061%) Radio Access Network
Database & Business Intelligence
1 414 (25.40%) Power BI
2 318 (19.51%) Data Warehouse
3 196 (12.02%) Data Lake
4 189 (11.60%) Metadata
5 119 (7.30%) Tableau
6 116 (7.12%) SQL Server
7 106 (6.50%) Relational Database
8 89 (5.46%) BigQuery
9 86 (5.28%) Amazon Redshift
10 85 (5.21%) PostgreSQL
11 64 (3.93%) Semantic Layer
12 61 (3.74%) NoSQL
13 59 (3.62%) Star Schema
14 55 (3.37%) Big Data
15 53 (3.25%) MySQL
16 51 (3.13%) Azure SQL Database
17 48 (2.94%) Delta Lake
17 48 (2.94%) SQL Server Integration Services
18 47 (2.88%) Power Query
19 46 (2.82%) Looker
Development Applications
1 108 (6.63%) Git
2 40 (2.45%) JIRA
3 37 (2.27%) MLflow
4 30 (1.84%) Jenkins
5 23 (1.41%) Claude Code
6 14 (0.86%) GitLab
7 13 (0.80%) ERwin
7 13 (0.80%) Postman
8 6 (0.37%) Toad
9 4 (0.25%) Oracle APEX
10 3 (0.18%) Eclipse
10 3 (0.18%) IntelliJ
11 2 (0.12%) ER Studio
11 2 (0.12%) Jasmine
11 2 (0.12%) Karma Test Runner
11 2 (0.12%) NUnit
11 2 (0.12%) PowerDesigner
11 2 (0.12%) TeamCity
11 2 (0.12%) Visual Studio
11 2 (0.12%) YouTrack
General
1 549 (33.68%) Social Skills
2 501 (30.74%) Finance
3 447 (27.42%) Analytical Skills
4 144 (8.83%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 134 (8.22%) Public Sector
6 69 (4.23%) Law
7 67 (4.11%) Retail
8 66 (4.05%) Marketing
9 47 (2.88%) Influencing Skills
10 43 (2.64%) Manufacturing
11 41 (2.52%) Financial Institution
11 41 (2.52%) Legal
12 39 (2.39%) Banking
13 25 (1.53%) Documentation Skills
13 25 (1.53%) Organisational Skills
14 23 (1.41%) Billing
15 18 (1.10%) Local Government
16 17 (1.04%) Advertising
17 16 (0.98%) Presentation Skills
18 15 (0.92%) Games
Job Titles
1 394 (24.17%) Data Engineer
2 360 (22.09%) Architect
3 345 (21.17%) Senior
4 247 (15.15%) Data Architect
5 208 (12.76%) Analyst
6 194 (11.90%) Developer
7 188 (11.53%) Lead
8 116 (7.12%) Data Analyst
9 111 (6.81%) Senior Data Engineer
10 76 (4.66%) Consultant
11 56 (3.44%) Senior Architect
12 54 (3.31%) Business Intelligence Developer
13 51 (3.13%) Business Analyst
14 45 (2.76%) Senior Data Architect
15 44 (2.70%) Lead Data Engineer
16 43 (2.64%) Data Modeller
17 42 (2.58%) Senior Developer
18 41 (2.52%) Senior Analyst
19 39 (2.39%) Business Intelligence Analyst
20 36 (2.21%) Data Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 144 (8.83%) REST
2 114 (6.99%) PySpark
3 107 (6.56%) Kafka
4 65 (3.99%) SOAP
5 64 (3.93%) .NET
6 63 (3.87%) React
7 62 (3.80%) JSON
8 61 (3.74%) Node.js
9 59 (3.62%) Middleware
10 49 (3.01%) Lightning Web Components
11 48 (2.94%) XML
12 44 (2.70%) CSS
13 43 (2.64%) LangChain
14 39 (2.39%) RESTful
15 37 (2.27%) PyTorch
15 37 (2.27%) TensorFlow
16 33 (2.02%) scikit-learn
17 31 (1.90%) HTML
17 31 (1.90%) Visualforce
18 25 (1.53%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 157 (9.63%) Cloud Native
2 137 (8.40%) Data Structures
3 88 (5.40%) Product Ownership
4 64 (3.93%) Onboarding
5 57 (3.50%) Distributed Systems
6 41 (2.52%) Management Information System
7 40 (2.45%) Legacy Systems
8 39 (2.39%) Self-Motivation
9 38 (2.33%) Greenfield Project
10 37 (2.27%) Public Cloud
11 32 (1.96%) Analytical Mindset
11 32 (1.96%) Low-Code
12 27 (1.66%) Clustering
12 27 (1.66%) Reinsurance
13 24 (1.47%) AI Agents
14 22 (1.35%) Social Media
15 18 (1.10%) Replication
16 14 (0.86%) Algorithms
16 14 (0.86%) e-Learning
16 14 (0.86%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 16 (0.98%) Linux
2 13 (0.80%) Windows
3 4 (0.25%) Unix
4 1 (0.061%) Android
4 1 (0.061%) Apple iOS
4 1 (0.061%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 754 (46.26%) Analytics
2 561 (34.42%) Business Intelligence
3 520 (31.90%) Data Governance
4 476 (29.20%) Data Engineering
5 449 (27.55%) ETL
6 448 (27.48%) AI
7 435 (26.69%) Data Pipeline
8 415 (25.46%) Decision-Making
9 396 (24.29%) Agile
10 387 (23.74%) CI/CD
10 387 (23.74%) Problem-Solving
11 376 (23.07%) Data Architecture
12 288 (17.67%) DevOps
13 259 (15.89%) Mentoring
14 258 (15.83%) Machine Learning
15 244 (14.97%) Roadmaps
16 220 (13.50%) Continuous Improvement
17 217 (13.31%) Data Strategy
18 176 (10.80%) Stakeholder Engagement
18 176 (10.80%) Translating Business Requirements
Programming Languages
1 859 (52.70%) SQL
2 685 (42.02%) Python
3 108 (6.63%) Data Analysis Expressions
3 108 (6.63%) Java
4 84 (5.15%) JavaScript
5 77 (4.72%) TypeScript
6 68 (4.17%) C#
7 56 (3.44%) Scala
8 46 (2.82%) Apex Code
9 39 (2.39%) T-SQL
10 27 (1.66%) R
11 24 (1.47%) PowerShell
12 20 (1.23%) PL/SQL
13 19 (1.17%) SOQL
13 19 (1.17%) SOSL
14 18 (1.10%) Bash
15 12 (0.74%) Bicep
16 9 (0.55%) C++
17 8 (0.49%) Go
17 8 (0.49%) Kusto Query Language
Qualifications
1 187 (11.47%) Degree
2 185 (11.35%) Security Cleared
3 117 (7.18%) SC Cleared
4 71 (4.36%) Computer Science Degree
5 57 (3.50%) Azure Certification
6 32 (1.96%) AWS Certification
6 32 (1.96%) Microsoft Certification
7 31 (1.90%) DBS Check
8 30 (1.84%) DV Cleared
9 25 (1.53%) Master's Degree
10 18 (1.10%) TOGAF Certification
11 11 (0.67%) ACCA
11 11 (0.67%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
11 11 (0.67%) CIMA
12 9 (0.55%) BPSS Clearance
12 9 (0.55%) SnowPro
13 8 (0.49%) SAP Certification
14 7 (0.43%) CIPD
15 6 (0.37%) PMI Certification
16 5 (0.31%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 549 (33.68%) Data Quality
2 116 (7.12%) GDPR
3 55 (3.37%) QA
4 50 (3.07%) Accessibility
5 28 (1.72%) California Consumer Privacy Act
6 13 (0.80%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 8 (0.49%) SLA
8 7 (0.43%) GRC
8 7 (0.43%) Solvency II
9 6 (0.37%) Actionable Recommendations
10 5 (0.31%) IFRS
10 5 (0.31%) IFRS 17
10 5 (0.31%) MiFID
11 4 (0.25%) PERC
11 4 (0.25%) PMO
12 3 (0.18%) WCAG
13 2 (0.12%) HL7
14 1 (0.061%) ISO 20022
14 1 (0.061%) ISO 22301
14 1 (0.061%) SNOMED CT
System Software
1 89 (5.46%) Docker
2 10 (0.61%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.061%) Apache Flume
Systems Management
1 98 (6.01%) Terraform
2 65 (3.99%) Kubernetes
3 10 (0.61%) Grafana
4 9 (0.55%) Ansible
4 9 (0.55%) Single Sign-On
5 7 (0.43%) Prometheus
6 5 (0.31%) Packer
7 3 (0.18%) Control-M
7 3 (0.18%) Kibana
8 2 (0.12%) Hadoop YARN
9 1 (0.061%) QRadar
9 1 (0.061%) RSA Archer
9 1 (0.061%) SCCM
Vendors
1 341 (20.92%) Databricks
2 325 (19.94%) Microsoft
3 113 (6.93%) Salesforce
4 109 (6.69%) Oracle
5 96 (5.89%) SAP
6 54 (3.31%) Google
7 38 (2.33%) Informatica
8 30 (1.84%) Foundry
8 30 (1.84%) Palantir
9 27 (1.66%) Cloudera
10 23 (1.41%) Dell
11 21 (1.29%) OpenAI
12 19 (1.17%) ServiceNow
13 17 (1.04%) MuleSoft
14 16 (0.98%) Talend
15 10 (0.61%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
15 10 (0.61%) Workday
16 8 (0.49%) Cisco
16 8 (0.49%) HubSpot
16 8 (0.49%) UiPath