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

6 months to
4 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 106 130 100
Rank change year-on-year +24 -30 +8
Permanent jobs citing Data Modelling 1,396 1,065 2,184
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 1.96% 2.34% 2.78%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.49% 2.51% 3.16%
Number of salaries quoted 819 572 1,429
10th Percentile £43,297 £38,750 £41,250
25th Percentile £56,625 £51,250 £51,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £62,500 £66,500
Median % change year-on-year +12.00% -6.02% +2.31%
75th Percentile £87,500 £80,000 £87,500
90th Percentile £105,000 £99,875 £101,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £64,350 £59,123 £57,046
% change year-on-year +8.84% +3.64% -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 56,068 42,498 69,118
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 78.66% 93.26% 87.85%
Number of salaries quoted 33,637 21,727 52,919
10th Percentile £29,087 £32,750 £29,290
25th Percentile £38,750 £45,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -12.00%
75th Percentile £77,125 £81,250 £75,000
90th Percentile £97,500 £102,500 £95,000
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 4 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 4 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 +29 1,198 £70,000 +11.11% 815
UK excluding London -1 655 £64,350 +8.84% 577
London +67 623 £80,000 +10.34% 347
Work from Home +44 549 £70,000 +12.00% 404
South East +20 181 £60,500 -3.20% 202
North of England -19 164 £70,000 +33.33% 138
Midlands -8 110 £60,000 - 113
Scotland +9 90 £87,500 +44.05% 25
Yorkshire +1 88 £75,000 +42.86% 45
West Midlands +9 86 £60,000 +4.35% 87
North West -27 66 £65,000 +43.44% 75
South West -47 49 £64,350 +17.00% 55
East of England +15 45 £57,500 -10.16% 35
East Midlands -31 22 £52,250 -19.31% 26
Wales -1 10 £67,586 +80.23% 11
North East -14 10 £52,500 -14.22% 21
Northern Ireland -26 6 £40,500 - 5

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 94 (6.73%) Apache Airflow
2 66 (4.73%) Apache Spark
3 52 (3.72%) Apache
4 20 (1.43%) SharePoint
5 18 (1.29%) Confluence
5 18 (1.29%) Palantir Foundry
6 17 (1.22%) Appian
7 16 (1.15%) SAS
8 8 (0.57%) Microsoft Exchange
9 7 (0.50%) CMS
10 4 (0.29%) Camunda
10 4 (0.29%) Oracle Workflow
11 3 (0.21%) Apache Superset
11 3 (0.21%) IIS
12 2 (0.14%) Jupyter
12 2 (0.14%) Mendix
13 1 (0.072%) Apache Synapse
13 1 (0.072%) OpenStack
13 1 (0.072%) Oracle Application Server
Applications
1 82 (5.87%) Microsoft Excel
2 23 (1.65%) Microsoft Office
3 10 (0.72%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 6 (0.43%) Chatbot
5 4 (0.29%) MS Visio
6 3 (0.21%) Sketch
6 3 (0.21%) Spreadsheet
7 2 (0.14%) Windchill
8 1 (0.072%) Microsoft Project
8 1 (0.072%) Notion
8 1 (0.072%) Oracle Smart View
8 1 (0.072%) Siemens NX
8 1 (0.072%) SPSS
Business Applications
1 30 (2.15%) SAP S/4HANA
2 16 (1.15%) Dynamics CRM
3 14 (1.00%) NetSuite
4 8 (0.57%) Workday HCM
5 6 (0.43%) Markit EDM
6 3 (0.21%) Oracle ERP
6 3 (0.21%) Salesforce CRM
7 2 (0.14%) Aladdin
7 2 (0.14%) SAP MDG
7 2 (0.14%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
7 2 (0.14%) Teamcenter
7 2 (0.14%) Unit4 Business World
8 1 (0.072%) FIS Private Capital Suite
8 1 (0.072%) FLEXCUBE
8 1 (0.072%) Integrated Workplace Management System
8 1 (0.072%) Misys Opics
8 1 (0.072%) Oracle SCM
8 1 (0.072%) Primavera
8 1 (0.072%) SimCorp Dimension
Cloud Services
1 667 (47.78%) Azure
2 395 (28.30%) Power Platform
3 287 (20.56%) AWS
4 199 (14.26%) Snowflake
5 188 (13.47%) Azure Data Factory
6 168 (12.03%) GCP
7 150 (10.74%) Azure Synapse Analytics
8 137 (9.81%) Azure DevOps
9 126 (9.03%) dbt
10 86 (6.16%) GitHub
11 84 (6.02%) Serverless
12 66 (4.73%) Amazon S3
13 65 (4.66%) SaaS
14 58 (4.15%) Power Automate
15 45 (3.22%) GitHub Copilot
15 45 (3.22%) PowerApps
16 44 (3.15%) AWS Lambda
17 39 (2.79%) Microsoft 365
18 35 (2.51%) Salesforce Service Cloud
19 33 (2.36%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 6 (0.43%) Broadband
2 5 (0.36%) HTTP
3 3 (0.21%) Remote Desktop
3 3 (0.21%) VPN
4 2 (0.14%) Tactical Data Link
5 1 (0.072%) 4G
5 1 (0.072%) 5G
5 1 (0.072%) ADSL
5 1 (0.072%) CTI
5 1 (0.072%) DHCP
5 1 (0.072%) DNS
5 1 (0.072%) Internet
5 1 (0.072%) Kerberos
5 1 (0.072%) Modbus
5 1 (0.072%) MQTT
5 1 (0.072%) Network Security
5 1 (0.072%) Radio Access Network
5 1 (0.072%) TCAP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 378 (27.08%) Data Warehouse
2 361 (25.86%) Power BI
3 195 (13.97%) Metadata
4 182 (13.04%) Data Lake
5 129 (9.24%) SQL Server
6 89 (6.38%) Tableau
7 72 (5.16%) Relational Database
8 70 (5.01%) Azure SQL Database
9 68 (4.87%) Amazon Redshift
10 64 (4.58%) Power Query
11 63 (4.51%) NoSQL
12 56 (4.01%) PostgreSQL
13 55 (3.94%) MySQL
14 53 (3.80%) SQL Server Integration Services
15 50 (3.58%) BigQuery
16 48 (3.44%) SQL Server Reporting Services
17 37 (2.65%) Snowflake Schema
18 33 (2.36%) Data Vault
19 32 (2.29%) Big Data
20 28 (2.01%) MongoDB
Development Applications
1 101 (7.23%) Git
2 53 (3.80%) JIRA
3 33 (2.36%) ERwin
4 19 (1.36%) Postman
5 17 (1.22%) MLflow
6 15 (1.07%) ER Studio
7 12 (0.86%) GitLab
8 10 (0.72%) Jenkins
9 8 (0.57%) PowerDesigner
10 7 (0.50%) JUnit
11 6 (0.43%) Selenium
12 5 (0.36%) git-flow
13 3 (0.21%) Gradle
13 3 (0.21%) Maven
13 3 (0.21%) NUnit
13 3 (0.21%) Robot Framework
13 3 (0.21%) Snyk
13 3 (0.21%) SonarQube
13 3 (0.21%) TestNG
13 3 (0.21%) Visual Studio
General
1 533 (38.18%) Social Skills
2 496 (35.53%) Finance
3 367 (26.29%) Analytical Skills
4 105 (7.52%) Public Sector
5 103 (7.38%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 81 (5.80%) Marketing
7 69 (4.94%) Law
8 64 (4.58%) Banking
9 54 (3.87%) Financial Institution
10 36 (2.58%) Retail
11 32 (2.29%) Manufacturing
12 31 (2.22%) Organisational Skills
13 30 (2.15%) Influencing Skills
14 27 (1.93%) Retail Banking
15 23 (1.65%) Legal
15 23 (1.65%) Telecoms
16 22 (1.58%) Documentation Skills
17 20 (1.43%) Advertising
18 15 (1.07%) Presentation Skills
19 14 (1.00%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 341 (24.43%) Architect
2 290 (20.77%) Data Engineer
3 285 (20.42%) Senior
4 230 (16.48%) Data Architect
5 178 (12.75%) Analyst
6 150 (10.74%) Developer
7 144 (10.32%) Lead
8 109 (7.81%) Data Analyst
9 101 (7.23%) Senior Data Engineer
10 59 (4.23%) Consultant
11 43 (3.08%) Lead Data Engineer
12 38 (2.72%) Business Intelligence Analyst
13 37 (2.65%) Business Intelligence Developer
14 35 (2.51%) Senior Analyst
14 35 (2.51%) Senior Architect
15 33 (2.36%) Azure Engineer
15 33 (2.36%) Lead Architect
16 32 (2.29%) Azure Architect
16 32 (2.29%) Solutions Architect
17 31 (2.22%) Business Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 118 (8.45%) REST
2 79 (5.66%) Kafka
3 63 (4.51%) SOAP
4 54 (3.87%) PySpark
5 48 (3.44%) .NET
6 47 (3.37%) Lightning Web Components
7 45 (3.22%) JSON
7 45 (3.22%) RESTful
8 36 (2.58%) Middleware
9 34 (2.44%) XML
10 33 (2.36%) CSS
10 33 (2.36%) OpenAPI
10 33 (2.36%) React
10 33 (2.36%) Swagger
11 27 (1.93%) HTML
12 24 (1.72%) Pandas
12 24 (1.72%) Visualforce
13 21 (1.50%) Web Services
14 20 (1.43%) Django
14 20 (1.43%) OAuth
Miscellaneous
1 110 (7.88%) Product Ownership
2 105 (7.52%) Data Structures
3 93 (6.66%) Cloud Native
4 62 (4.44%) Management Information System
5 59 (4.23%) Legacy Systems
6 37 (2.65%) Distributed Systems
6 37 (2.65%) Greenfield Project
7 35 (2.51%) Low-Code
8 34 (2.44%) Onboarding
9 33 (2.36%) Self-Motivation
10 32 (2.29%) Analytical Mindset
11 29 (2.08%) Enterprise Software
12 20 (1.43%) Reinsurance
13 19 (1.36%) e-Learning
14 18 (1.29%) Fixed Income
15 13 (0.93%) FMCG
16 10 (0.72%) Distributed Computing
16 10 (0.72%) Hybrid Cloud
16 10 (0.72%) Life Science
16 10 (0.72%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 13 (0.93%) Linux
2 11 (0.79%) Windows
3 9 (0.64%) Unix
4 7 (0.50%) Android
5 4 (0.29%) Apple iOS
6 3 (0.21%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 629 (45.06%) Analytics
2 480 (34.38%) Business Intelligence
3 462 (33.09%) ETL
4 415 (29.73%) Data Governance
5 406 (29.08%) Agile
6 383 (27.44%) Data Engineering
7 361 (25.86%) Data Architecture
8 338 (24.21%) Data Pipeline
9 333 (23.85%) CI/CD
10 324 (23.21%) Decision-Making
11 316 (22.64%) Problem-Solving
12 294 (21.06%) AI
13 289 (20.70%) DevOps
14 236 (16.91%) Mentoring
15 227 (16.26%) Data Integration
16 209 (14.97%) Continuous Improvement
17 181 (12.97%) Data Management
18 178 (12.75%) Data Strategy
19 166 (11.89%) Data Science
20 164 (11.75%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 697 (49.93%) SQL
2 575 (41.19%) Python
3 120 (8.60%) Java
4 93 (6.66%) Data Analysis Expressions
5 90 (6.45%) JavaScript
6 86 (6.16%) C#
7 65 (4.66%) TypeScript
8 48 (3.44%) Apex Code
9 44 (3.15%) T-SQL
10 43 (3.08%) Scala
11 34 (2.44%) PowerShell
12 28 (2.01%) R
13 19 (1.36%) Bash
13 19 (1.36%) C++
14 14 (1.00%) PL/SQL
15 11 (0.79%) VBA
16 9 (0.64%) ANSI SQL
17 6 (0.43%) Kotlin
17 6 (0.43%) SOQL
17 6 (0.43%) SOSL
Qualifications
1 222 (15.90%) Degree
2 122 (8.74%) Security Cleared
3 92 (6.59%) Computer Science Degree
3 92 (6.59%) SC Cleared
4 73 (5.23%) Azure Certification
5 59 (4.23%) AWS Certification
6 49 (3.51%) Microsoft Certification
7 34 (2.44%) TOGAF Certification
8 33 (2.36%) Master's Degree
9 29 (2.08%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 22 (1.58%) DV Cleared
11 19 (1.36%) DBS Check
12 12 (0.86%) ACCA
12 12 (0.86%) CIMA
12 12 (0.86%) Six Sigma Green Belt
13 11 (0.79%) PMI Certification
13 11 (0.79%) PMP
14 9 (0.64%) SAP Certification
15 7 (0.50%) SnowPro
16 6 (0.43%) OCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 381 (27.29%) Data Quality
2 79 (5.66%) Accessibility
3 75 (5.37%) GDPR
4 36 (2.58%) QA
5 26 (1.86%) Actionable Recommendations
6 16 (1.15%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 10 (0.72%) SLA
8 9 (0.64%) MiFID
9 6 (0.43%) GRC
10 5 (0.36%) PCI DSS
11 4 (0.29%) California Consumer Privacy Act
12 2 (0.14%) COBIT
12 2 (0.14%) ITGC
12 2 (0.14%) NIST
12 2 (0.14%) PMO
12 2 (0.14%) PSD2
12 2 (0.14%) Sarbanes-Oxley
12 2 (0.14%) WCAG
13 1 (0.072%) IFRS
13 1 (0.072%) ISO 13485
System Software
1 59 (4.23%) Docker
2 14 (1.00%) Active Directory
3 5 (0.36%) HDFS
3 5 (0.36%) Oracle RAC
4 1 (0.072%) Firmware
4 1 (0.072%) iptables
4 1 (0.072%) KVM
4 1 (0.072%) QEMU
Systems Management
1 65 (4.66%) Terraform
2 50 (3.58%) Kubernetes
3 12 (0.86%) Grafana
4 10 (0.72%) Single Sign-On
5 9 (0.64%) Prometheus
6 7 (0.50%) Control-M
7 6 (0.43%) Ansible
8 5 (0.36%) Data Guard
8 5 (0.36%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
8 5 (0.36%) Oracle RMAN
9 2 (0.14%) RSA Archer
10 1 (0.072%) Argo
Vendors
1 348 (24.93%) Microsoft
2 221 (15.83%) Databricks
3 88 (6.30%) Salesforce
4 80 (5.73%) Oracle
5 72 (5.16%) SAP
6 53 (3.80%) Informatica
7 44 (3.15%) Google
8 32 (2.29%) Palantir
9 31 (2.22%) Talend
10 28 (2.01%) Foundry
11 22 (1.58%) MuleSoft
12 21 (1.50%) OpenAI
13 16 (1.15%) ServiceNow
13 16 (1.15%) Sparx
13 16 (1.15%) UiPath
14 13 (0.93%) Automation Anywhere
14 13 (0.93%) IBM
14 13 (0.93%) Workday
15 10 (0.72%) Cisco
16 9 (0.64%) Siemens