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

6 months to
16 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 106 113 102
Rank change year-on-year +7 -11 +7
Permanent jobs citing Data Modelling 1,540 1,089 2,492
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 1.80% 2.63% 2.65%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.38% 2.82% 3.08%
Number of salaries quoted 942 573 1,552
10th Percentile £42,500 £41,250 £41,250
25th Percentile £53,750 £52,500 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £65,000 £66,500
Median % change year-on-year +7.69% -2.26% -0.75%
75th Percentile £87,500 £81,250 £86,250
90th Percentile £100,000 £103,750 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £65,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +8.33% - +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 64,759 38,558 80,920
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 75.53% 92.98% 86.03%
Number of salaries quoted 39,875 22,521 59,469
10th Percentile £30,000 £31,250 £29,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £42,500 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.17% +9.09% -10.54%
75th Percentile £77,500 £80,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £97,500 £102,500 £92,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £52,600 £50,000
% change year-on-year -4.94% +5.20% -8.26%

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 16 April 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 16 April 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 +9 1,338 £70,000 +7.69% 743
UK excluding London -22 752 £65,000 +8.33% 542
London +47 638 £77,500 +3.33% 314
Work from Home +18 562 £67,500 +3.85% 334
North of England +15 207 £70,932 +28.97% 137
South East -42 189 £61,250 -5.77% 180
Midlands -9 145 £60,000 - 109
West Midlands +9 111 £60,000 +2.13% 66
Yorkshire +19 105 £74,250 +25.59% 55
North West -19 85 £70,000 +33.33% 66
Scotland -3 82 £78,750 +25.00% 20
East of England -1 59 £65,000 - 48
South West -81 58 £55,200 -3.90% 44
East Midlands -47 32 £51,825 -19.96% 43
North East -23 17 £55,000 -1.08% 20
Wales -22 8 £67,586 +80.23% 9
Northern Ireland -39 4 - - 2

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
1 133 (8.64%) Apache Airflow
2 86 (5.58%) Apache Spark
3 56 (3.64%) Apache
4 28 (1.82%) SharePoint
5 22 (1.43%) Confluence
6 21 (1.36%) Palantir Foundry
7 18 (1.17%) SAS
8 14 (0.91%) Appian
9 9 (0.58%) CMS
10 8 (0.52%) Microsoft Exchange
11 4 (0.26%) Camunda
11 4 (0.26%) Oracle Workflow
12 3 (0.19%) Apache Superset
12 3 (0.19%) IIS
12 3 (0.19%) Oracle Application Server
13 2 (0.13%) CICS
13 2 (0.13%) Jupyter
14 1 (0.065%) Apache Synapse
14 1 (0.065%) Mendix
14 1 (0.065%) OpenStack
Applications
1 88 (5.71%) Microsoft Excel
2 18 (1.17%) Microsoft Office
3 10 (0.65%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 5 (0.32%) Chatbot
5 3 (0.19%) MS Visio
5 3 (0.19%) Sketch
6 2 (0.13%) Spreadsheet
6 2 (0.13%) Windchill
7 1 (0.065%) Notion
7 1 (0.065%) Siemens NX
7 1 (0.065%) SPSS
Business Applications
1 24 (1.56%) SAP S/4HANA
2 15 (0.97%) NetSuite
3 14 (0.91%) Dynamics CRM
4 8 (0.52%) Workday HCM
5 7 (0.45%) Salesforce CRM
5 7 (0.45%) SAP MDG
6 6 (0.39%) Oracle ERP
6 6 (0.39%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
7 4 (0.26%) Markit EDM
8 3 (0.19%) FLEXCUBE
8 3 (0.19%) Misys Opics
8 3 (0.19%) SAP MDG-BP
9 2 (0.13%) Aladdin
9 2 (0.13%) Infor M3
9 2 (0.13%) SAP MDG-F
9 2 (0.13%) Teamcenter
9 2 (0.13%) Unit4 Business World
10 1 (0.065%) Oracle EBS
10 1 (0.065%) Oracle SCM
10 1 (0.065%) Primavera
Cloud Services
1 725 (47.08%) Azure
2 440 (28.57%) Power Platform
3 340 (22.08%) AWS
4 210 (13.64%) Azure Data Factory
5 200 (12.99%) GCP
6 199 (12.92%) Snowflake
7 172 (11.17%) Azure Synapse Analytics
8 151 (9.81%) dbt
9 131 (8.51%) Azure DevOps
10 86 (5.58%) Serverless
11 77 (5.00%) GitHub
12 63 (4.09%) Amazon S3
13 56 (3.64%) Power Automate
14 49 (3.18%) SaaS
15 45 (2.92%) AWS Lambda
16 41 (2.66%) PowerApps
16 41 (2.66%) Salesforce Service Cloud
17 37 (2.40%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
18 36 (2.34%) GitHub Copilot
19 33 (2.14%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 22 (1.43%) Broadband
2 4 (0.26%) HTTP
3 3 (0.19%) NGN
3 3 (0.19%) Remote Desktop
3 3 (0.19%) VPN
4 2 (0.13%) Network Security
4 2 (0.13%) Tactical Data Link
5 1 (0.065%) 4G
5 1 (0.065%) 5G
5 1 (0.065%) ADSL
5 1 (0.065%) CTI
5 1 (0.065%) DHCP
5 1 (0.065%) DNS
5 1 (0.065%) Internet
5 1 (0.065%) Modbus
5 1 (0.065%) MQTT
5 1 (0.065%) Radio Access Network
5 1 (0.065%) SMS
5 1 (0.065%) TCAP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 404 (26.23%) Power BI
2 375 (24.35%) Data Warehouse
3 205 (13.31%) Data Lake
4 193 (12.53%) Metadata
5 125 (8.12%) SQL Server
6 118 (7.66%) Tableau
7 96 (6.23%) Relational Database
8 90 (5.84%) Amazon Redshift
9 71 (4.61%) BigQuery
10 67 (4.35%) PostgreSQL
11 65 (4.22%) Azure SQL Database
12 62 (4.03%) NoSQL
13 58 (3.77%) SQL Server Integration Services
14 56 (3.64%) Power Query
15 50 (3.25%) Snowflake Schema
16 46 (2.99%) SQL Server Reporting Services
17 45 (2.92%) MySQL
18 43 (2.79%) Looker
19 35 (2.27%) Delta Lake
20 34 (2.21%) Big Data
Development Applications
1 104 (6.75%) Git
2 58 (3.77%) JIRA
3 41 (2.66%) MLflow
4 20 (1.30%) Postman
5 18 (1.17%) ERwin
6 15 (0.97%) Jenkins
7 11 (0.71%) GitLab
8 8 (0.52%) Claude Code
9 6 (0.39%) JUnit
10 5 (0.32%) ER Studio
11 3 (0.19%) Eclipse
11 3 (0.19%) git-flow
11 3 (0.19%) Gradle
11 3 (0.19%) IntelliJ
11 3 (0.19%) Maven
11 3 (0.19%) NUnit
11 3 (0.19%) SonarQube
11 3 (0.19%) TestNG
11 3 (0.19%) Visual Studio
12 2 (0.13%) Checkstyle
General
1 532 (34.55%) Social Skills
2 523 (33.96%) Finance
3 431 (27.99%) Analytical Skills
4 116 (7.53%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 111 (7.21%) Public Sector
6 78 (5.06%) Marketing
7 73 (4.74%) Law
8 57 (3.70%) Banking
9 56 (3.64%) Financial Institution
10 44 (2.86%) Influencing Skills
11 40 (2.60%) Retail
12 33 (2.14%) Manufacturing
13 32 (2.08%) Organisational Skills
14 31 (2.01%) Documentation Skills
15 24 (1.56%) Legal
16 21 (1.36%) Advertising
17 19 (1.23%) Retail Banking
17 19 (1.23%) Telecoms
18 16 (1.04%) Presentation Skills
19 13 (0.84%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 345 (22.40%) Architect
2 340 (22.08%) Data Engineer
3 301 (19.55%) Senior
4 230 (14.94%) Data Architect
5 210 (13.64%) Analyst
6 168 (10.91%) Developer
7 157 (10.19%) Lead
8 122 (7.92%) Data Analyst
9 93 (6.04%) Senior Data Engineer
10 70 (4.55%) Consultant
11 52 (3.38%) Business Intelligence Developer
12 50 (3.25%) Lead Data Engineer
13 47 (3.05%) Business Analyst
14 45 (2.92%) Azure Engineer
14 45 (2.92%) Senior Analyst
15 40 (2.60%) Business Intelligence Analyst
16 39 (2.53%) Data Modeller
17 37 (2.40%) Senior Architect
18 33 (2.14%) Senior Developer
18 33 (2.14%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 130 (8.44%) REST
2 104 (6.75%) Kafka
3 88 (5.71%) PySpark
4 67 (4.35%) SOAP
5 55 (3.57%) .NET
5 55 (3.57%) Lightning Web Components
6 54 (3.51%) JSON
7 51 (3.31%) RESTful
8 46 (2.99%) Middleware
9 43 (2.79%) PyTorch
9 43 (2.79%) TensorFlow
10 42 (2.73%) React
10 42 (2.73%) XML
11 41 (2.66%) scikit-learn
12 37 (2.40%) CSS
13 36 (2.34%) LangChain
14 33 (2.14%) OpenAPI
14 33 (2.14%) Swagger
15 32 (2.08%) HTML
16 30 (1.95%) Visualforce
Miscellaneous
1 125 (8.12%) Cloud Native
2 115 (7.47%) Data Structures
3 108 (7.01%) Product Ownership
4 62 (4.03%) Management Information System
5 51 (3.31%) Legacy Systems
6 46 (2.99%) Distributed Systems
7 43 (2.79%) Low-Code
8 41 (2.66%) Onboarding
9 38 (2.47%) Analytical Mindset
9 38 (2.47%) Greenfield Project
9 38 (2.47%) Self-Motivation
10 33 (2.14%) Public Cloud
11 23 (1.49%) Clustering
11 23 (1.49%) e-Learning
11 23 (1.49%) Enterprise Software
12 21 (1.36%) Reinsurance
13 17 (1.10%) Social Media
13 17 (1.10%) Taxonomies
14 15 (0.97%) AI Agents
14 15 (0.97%) Fixed Income
Operating Systems
1 13 (0.84%) Windows
2 12 (0.78%) Linux
3 4 (0.26%) Android
3 4 (0.26%) Unix
4 3 (0.19%) Windows Server
5 1 (0.065%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 726 (47.14%) Analytics
2 533 (34.61%) Business Intelligence
3 502 (32.60%) ETL
4 471 (30.58%) Data Governance
5 453 (29.42%) Data Engineering
6 421 (27.34%) Agile
7 387 (25.13%) Data Pipeline
8 371 (24.09%) Decision-Making
9 368 (23.90%) Data Architecture
10 364 (23.64%) AI
11 357 (23.18%) Problem-Solving
12 341 (22.14%) CI/CD
13 298 (19.35%) DevOps
14 230 (14.94%) Continuous Improvement
15 217 (14.09%) Data Integration
15 217 (14.09%) Mentoring
16 215 (13.96%) Machine Learning
17 196 (12.73%) Data Management
18 174 (11.30%) Data Science
19 172 (11.17%) Data Strategy
Programming Languages
1 791 (51.36%) SQL
2 651 (42.27%) Python
3 115 (7.47%) Java
4 103 (6.69%) Data Analysis Expressions
5 85 (5.52%) JavaScript
6 72 (4.68%) C#
7 68 (4.42%) TypeScript
8 52 (3.38%) Apex Code
9 45 (2.92%) T-SQL
10 42 (2.73%) Scala
11 31 (2.01%) PowerShell
11 31 (2.01%) R
12 21 (1.36%) Bash
13 19 (1.23%) C++
14 15 (0.97%) PL/SQL
15 9 (0.58%) Perl
15 9 (0.58%) VBA
16 8 (0.52%) Go
16 8 (0.52%) SOQL
16 8 (0.52%) SOSL
Qualifications
1 196 (12.73%) Degree
2 140 (9.09%) Security Cleared
3 97 (6.30%) SC Cleared
4 77 (5.00%) Computer Science Degree
5 61 (3.96%) Azure Certification
6 51 (3.31%) AWS Certification
7 36 (2.34%) Microsoft Certification
8 30 (1.95%) Master's Degree
9 27 (1.75%) TOGAF Certification
10 24 (1.56%) DBS Check
11 23 (1.49%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
12 21 (1.36%) DV Cleared
13 15 (0.97%) ACCA
13 15 (0.97%) CIMA
14 12 (0.78%) Six Sigma Green Belt
15 8 (0.52%) PMI Certification
16 7 (0.45%) PMP
17 6 (0.39%) SAP Certification
18 5 (0.32%) BPSS Clearance
18 5 (0.32%) SnowPro
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 457 (29.68%) Data Quality
2 101 (6.56%) GDPR
3 72 (4.68%) Accessibility
4 47 (3.05%) QA
5 27 (1.75%) California Consumer Privacy Act
6 24 (1.56%) Actionable Recommendations
7 15 (0.97%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 11 (0.71%) SLA
9 8 (0.52%) MiFID
10 6 (0.39%) Solvency II
11 5 (0.32%) GRC
12 4 (0.26%) IFRS
12 4 (0.26%) IFRS 17
13 3 (0.19%) PERC
14 2 (0.13%) HL7
14 2 (0.13%) WCAG
15 1 (0.065%) PCI DSS
15 1 (0.065%) PMO
15 1 (0.065%) Sarbanes-Oxley
15 1 (0.065%) SNOMED CT
System Software
1 60 (3.90%) Docker
2 13 (0.84%) Active Directory
3 3 (0.19%) HDFS
4 2 (0.13%) Oracle RAC
5 1 (0.065%) Apache Flume
5 1 (0.065%) Firmware
5 1 (0.065%) iptables
5 1 (0.065%) KVM
5 1 (0.065%) QEMU
Systems Management
1 78 (5.06%) Terraform
2 54 (3.51%) Kubernetes
3 13 (0.84%) Grafana
4 10 (0.65%) Single Sign-On
5 9 (0.58%) Prometheus
6 7 (0.45%) Control-M
7 3 (0.19%) Ansible
8 2 (0.13%) Data Guard
8 2 (0.13%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
8 2 (0.13%) Oracle RMAN
9 1 (0.065%) Argo
9 1 (0.065%) Packer
9 1 (0.065%) RSA Archer
9 1 (0.065%) SCCM
Vendors
1 353 (22.92%) Microsoft
2 299 (19.42%) Databricks
3 105 (6.82%) Salesforce
4 92 (5.97%) Oracle
5 68 (4.42%) SAP
6 51 (3.31%) Informatica
7 42 (2.73%) Google
8 37 (2.40%) Palantir
9 32 (2.08%) Foundry
9 32 (2.08%) Talend
10 31 (2.01%) Cloudera
11 25 (1.62%) MuleSoft
12 23 (1.49%) Dell
13 22 (1.43%) OpenAI
14 18 (1.17%) Sparx
15 17 (1.10%) ServiceNow
16 13 (0.84%) Automation Anywhere
16 13 (0.84%) IBM
16 13 (0.84%) UiPath
17 12 (0.78%) Workday