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

6 months to
19 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 105 125 105
Rank change year-on-year +20 -20 +6
Permanent jobs citing Data Modelling 1,420 1,046 2,296
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 1.89% 2.46% 2.70%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.43% 2.63% 3.10%
Number of salaries quoted 852 568 1,489
10th Percentile £42,600 £38,750 £41,250
25th Percentile £55,000 £50,000 £51,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £62,500 £67,500
Median % change year-on-year +12.00% -7.41% +3.85%
75th Percentile £87,500 £80,000 £87,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £100,000 £101,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £65,000 £59,124 £57,500
% change year-on-year +9.94% +2.82% +2.68%

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 58,352 39,745 74,141
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 77.73% 93.47% 87.16%
Number of salaries quoted 35,337 22,215 56,156
10th Percentile £29,750 £31,750 £29,029
25th Percentile £40,000 £44,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -11.29%
75th Percentile £77,424 £80,000 £73,750
90th Percentile £97,500 £102,410 £93,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% +10.00% -8.90%

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 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 19 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 +22 1,226 £70,000 +12.00% 763
UK excluding London -13 672 £65,000 +9.94% 538
London +65 618 £80,000 +10.34% 353
Work from Home +31 544 £70,000 +11.11% 383
South East -12 178 £61,500 +2.50% 202
North of England -4 175 £70,000 +33.33% 143
Midlands -8 120 £60,000 - 86
West Midlands +6 95 £60,000 +4.35% 60
Yorkshire +13 93 £73,000 +39.05% 50
Scotland +1 84 £78,750 +29.64% 21
North West -20 70 £67,500 +35.00% 75
East of England +9 51 £61,250 -5.77% 41
South West -57 49 £60,850 +8.23% 37
East Midlands -44 23 £49,500 -23.55% 26
North East -17 12 £52,500 +5.00% 21
Wales -8 9 £67,586 +80.23% 13
Northern Ireland -29 6 £40,500 - 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
1 118 (8.31%) Apache Airflow
2 74 (5.21%) Apache Spark
3 54 (3.80%) Apache
4 24 (1.69%) SharePoint
5 20 (1.41%) Palantir Foundry
6 16 (1.13%) Appian
6 16 (1.13%) Confluence
6 16 (1.13%) SAS
7 9 (0.63%) CMS
8 8 (0.56%) Microsoft Exchange
9 4 (0.28%) Camunda
9 4 (0.28%) Oracle Workflow
10 3 (0.21%) Apache Superset
10 3 (0.21%) IIS
10 3 (0.21%) Oracle Application Server
11 2 (0.14%) CICS
11 2 (0.14%) Jupyter
11 2 (0.14%) Mendix
12 1 (0.070%) Apache Synapse
12 1 (0.070%) OpenStack
Applications
1 78 (5.49%) Microsoft Excel
2 19 (1.34%) Microsoft Office
3 10 (0.70%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 6 (0.42%) Chatbot
5 4 (0.28%) MS Visio
6 3 (0.21%) Sketch
7 2 (0.14%) Spreadsheet
7 2 (0.14%) Windchill
8 1 (0.070%) Microsoft Project
8 1 (0.070%) Notion
8 1 (0.070%) Oracle Smart View
8 1 (0.070%) Siemens NX
8 1 (0.070%) SPSS
Business Applications
1 16 (1.13%) SAP S/4HANA
2 15 (1.06%) Dynamics CRM
3 13 (0.92%) NetSuite
4 8 (0.56%) Workday HCM
5 6 (0.42%) Markit EDM
6 5 (0.35%) Oracle ERP
6 5 (0.35%) Salesforce CRM
7 3 (0.21%) FLEXCUBE
7 3 (0.21%) Misys Opics
8 2 (0.14%) Aladdin
8 2 (0.14%) SAP MDG
8 2 (0.14%) Teamcenter
8 2 (0.14%) Unit4 Business World
9 1 (0.070%) Elite 3E
9 1 (0.070%) FIS Private Capital Suite
9 1 (0.070%) Integrated Workplace Management System
9 1 (0.070%) Oracle SCM
9 1 (0.070%) Primavera
9 1 (0.070%) SimCorp Dimension
9 1 (0.070%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 690 (48.59%) Azure
2 399 (28.10%) Power Platform
3 308 (21.69%) AWS
4 201 (14.15%) Snowflake
5 196 (13.80%) Azure Data Factory
6 185 (13.03%) GCP
7 163 (11.48%) Azure Synapse Analytics
8 137 (9.65%) Azure DevOps
9 134 (9.44%) dbt
10 82 (5.77%) GitHub
11 81 (5.70%) Serverless
12 65 (4.58%) Amazon S3
13 58 (4.08%) SaaS
14 54 (3.80%) Power Automate
15 41 (2.89%) PowerApps
16 40 (2.82%) AWS Lambda
16 40 (2.82%) GitHub Copilot
16 40 (2.82%) Salesforce Service Cloud
17 36 (2.54%) Microsoft 365
17 36 (2.54%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 14 (0.99%) Broadband
2 4 (0.28%) HTTP
3 3 (0.21%) Remote Desktop
3 3 (0.21%) VPN
4 2 (0.14%) NGN
4 2 (0.14%) Tactical Data Link
5 1 (0.070%) 4G
5 1 (0.070%) 5G
5 1 (0.070%) ADSL
5 1 (0.070%) CTI
5 1 (0.070%) DHCP
5 1 (0.070%) DNS
5 1 (0.070%) Internet
5 1 (0.070%) Kerberos
5 1 (0.070%) Modbus
5 1 (0.070%) MQTT
5 1 (0.070%) Network Security
5 1 (0.070%) Radio Access Network
5 1 (0.070%) SMS
5 1 (0.070%) TCAP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 384 (27.04%) Data Warehouse
2 367 (25.85%) Power BI
3 196 (13.80%) Metadata
4 190 (13.38%) Data Lake
5 123 (8.66%) SQL Server
6 98 (6.90%) Tableau
7 79 (5.56%) Relational Database
8 76 (5.35%) Amazon Redshift
9 69 (4.86%) Azure SQL Database
10 64 (4.51%) PostgreSQL
11 62 (4.37%) BigQuery
12 61 (4.30%) NoSQL
13 59 (4.15%) Power Query
14 52 (3.66%) SQL Server Integration Services
15 50 (3.52%) MySQL
16 48 (3.38%) SQL Server Reporting Services
17 44 (3.10%) Snowflake Schema
18 32 (2.25%) Big Data
19 30 (2.11%) Looker
20 28 (1.97%) Delta Lake
Development Applications
1 102 (7.18%) Git
2 49 (3.45%) JIRA
3 30 (2.11%) MLflow
4 25 (1.76%) ERwin
5 20 (1.41%) Postman
6 14 (0.99%) Jenkins
7 12 (0.85%) GitLab
8 11 (0.77%) ER Studio
9 9 (0.63%) PowerDesigner
10 6 (0.42%) JUnit
11 5 (0.35%) git-flow
11 5 (0.35%) Selenium
12 3 (0.21%) Eclipse
12 3 (0.21%) Gradle
12 3 (0.21%) IntelliJ
12 3 (0.21%) Maven
12 3 (0.21%) NUnit
12 3 (0.21%) SonarQube
12 3 (0.21%) TestNG
12 3 (0.21%) Visual Studio
General
1 510 (35.92%) Social Skills
2 484 (34.08%) Finance
3 379 (26.69%) Analytical Skills
4 110 (7.75%) Public Sector
5 109 (7.68%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 78 (5.49%) Marketing
7 71 (5.00%) Law
8 63 (4.44%) Banking
9 54 (3.80%) Financial Institution
10 35 (2.46%) Influencing Skills
11 34 (2.39%) Retail
12 33 (2.32%) Manufacturing
13 31 (2.18%) Organisational Skills
14 26 (1.83%) Retail Banking
15 24 (1.69%) Documentation Skills
15 24 (1.69%) Legal
16 22 (1.55%) Advertising
17 19 (1.34%) Telecoms
18 15 (1.06%) Presentation Skills
18 15 (1.06%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 331 (23.31%) Architect
2 307 (21.62%) Data Engineer
3 284 (20.00%) Senior
4 223 (15.70%) Data Architect
5 188 (13.24%) Analyst
6 160 (11.27%) Developer
7 145 (10.21%) Lead
8 112 (7.89%) Data Analyst
9 95 (6.69%) Senior Data Engineer
10 66 (4.65%) Consultant
11 44 (3.10%) Lead Data Engineer
12 42 (2.96%) Business Intelligence Developer
13 41 (2.89%) Business Analyst
14 39 (2.75%) Senior Analyst
15 38 (2.68%) Azure Engineer
15 38 (2.68%) Senior Architect
16 35 (2.46%) Business Intelligence Analyst
17 32 (2.25%) Azure Architect
17 32 (2.25%) Data Manager
18 31 (2.18%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 129 (9.08%) REST
2 92 (6.48%) Kafka
3 69 (4.86%) SOAP
4 62 (4.37%) PySpark
5 53 (3.73%) Lightning Web Components
6 50 (3.52%) .NET
7 49 (3.45%) RESTful
8 46 (3.24%) JSON
9 42 (2.96%) Middleware
10 37 (2.61%) React
11 35 (2.46%) CSS
12 34 (2.39%) XML
13 33 (2.32%) OpenAPI
13 33 (2.32%) PyTorch
13 33 (2.32%) Swagger
13 33 (2.32%) TensorFlow
14 31 (2.18%) scikit-learn
15 29 (2.04%) HTML
15 29 (2.04%) Visualforce
16 25 (1.76%) Pandas
Miscellaneous
1 111 (7.82%) Cloud Native
2 110 (7.75%) Product Ownership
3 107 (7.54%) Data Structures
4 62 (4.37%) Management Information System
5 49 (3.45%) Legacy Systems
6 40 (2.82%) Low-Code
7 36 (2.54%) Distributed Systems
7 36 (2.54%) Self-Motivation
8 35 (2.46%) Greenfield Project
9 34 (2.39%) Onboarding
10 33 (2.32%) Analytical Mindset
11 28 (1.97%) Enterprise Software
12 22 (1.55%) Public Cloud
13 21 (1.48%) e-Learning
13 21 (1.48%) Reinsurance
14 16 (1.13%) Fixed Income
15 13 (0.92%) Clustering
16 12 (0.85%) Distributed Computing
16 12 (0.85%) FMCG
17 11 (0.77%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 13 (0.92%) Linux
2 11 (0.77%) Windows
3 5 (0.35%) Unix
4 4 (0.28%) Android
5 3 (0.21%) Windows Server
6 1 (0.070%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 665 (46.83%) Analytics
2 491 (34.58%) Business Intelligence
3 474 (33.38%) ETL
4 432 (30.42%) Data Governance
5 414 (29.15%) Data Engineering
6 403 (28.38%) Agile
7 358 (25.21%) Data Pipeline
8 339 (23.87%) CI/CD
8 339 (23.87%) Data Architecture
9 331 (23.31%) Decision-Making
10 319 (22.46%) AI
11 312 (21.97%) Problem-Solving
12 287 (20.21%) DevOps
13 234 (16.48%) Mentoring
14 219 (15.42%) Data Integration
15 214 (15.07%) Continuous Improvement
16 190 (13.38%) Data Management
17 180 (12.68%) Machine Learning
18 175 (12.32%) Data Science
19 162 (11.41%) Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 726 (51.13%) SQL
2 612 (43.10%) Python
3 116 (8.17%) Java
4 92 (6.48%) Data Analysis Expressions
5 91 (6.41%) JavaScript
6 78 (5.49%) C#
7 65 (4.58%) TypeScript
8 52 (3.66%) Apex Code
9 41 (2.89%) T-SQL
10 37 (2.61%) Scala
11 32 (2.25%) PowerShell
11 32 (2.25%) R
12 19 (1.34%) Bash
12 19 (1.34%) C++
12 19 (1.34%) PL/SQL
13 11 (0.77%) VBA
14 9 (0.63%) ANSI SQL
15 8 (0.56%) SOQL
15 8 (0.56%) SOSL
16 7 (0.49%) Go
Qualifications
1 206 (14.51%) Degree
2 130 (9.15%) Security Cleared
3 95 (6.69%) SC Cleared
4 89 (6.27%) Computer Science Degree
5 70 (4.93%) Azure Certification
6 58 (4.08%) AWS Certification
7 43 (3.03%) Microsoft Certification
8 35 (2.46%) Master's Degree
9 32 (2.25%) TOGAF Certification
10 28 (1.97%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
11 26 (1.83%) DV Cleared
12 24 (1.69%) DBS Check
13 13 (0.92%) ACCA
13 13 (0.92%) CIMA
14 12 (0.85%) Six Sigma Green Belt
15 10 (0.70%) PMI Certification
15 10 (0.70%) PMP
16 7 (0.49%) SAP Certification
16 7 (0.49%) SnowPro
17 5 (0.35%) Oracle Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 407 (28.66%) Data Quality
2 80 (5.63%) Accessibility
3 78 (5.49%) GDPR
4 42 (2.96%) QA
5 26 (1.83%) Actionable Recommendations
6 17 (1.20%) California Consumer Privacy Act
7 14 (0.99%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 10 (0.70%) SLA
9 9 (0.63%) MiFID
10 5 (0.35%) GRC
11 3 (0.21%) PCI DSS
12 2 (0.14%) PERC
12 2 (0.14%) PMO
12 2 (0.14%) PSD2
12 2 (0.14%) Sarbanes-Oxley
12 2 (0.14%) Solvency II
12 2 (0.14%) WCAG
13 1 (0.070%) IFRS
13 1 (0.070%) IFRS 17
13 1 (0.070%) SOC 2
System Software
1 58 (4.08%) Docker
2 14 (0.99%) Active Directory
3 4 (0.28%) Oracle RAC
4 3 (0.21%) HDFS
5 1 (0.070%) Firmware
5 1 (0.070%) iptables
5 1 (0.070%) KVM
5 1 (0.070%) QEMU
Systems Management
1 71 (5.00%) Terraform
2 51 (3.59%) Kubernetes
3 13 (0.92%) Grafana
4 10 (0.70%) Single Sign-On
5 9 (0.63%) Prometheus
6 7 (0.49%) Control-M
7 5 (0.35%) Ansible
8 4 (0.28%) Data Guard
8 4 (0.28%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
8 4 (0.28%) Oracle RMAN
9 1 (0.070%) Argo
9 1 (0.070%) RSA Archer
9 1 (0.070%) SCCM
Vendors
1 345 (24.30%) Microsoft
2 248 (17.46%) Databricks
3 96 (6.76%) Salesforce
4 83 (5.85%) Oracle
5 57 (4.01%) SAP
6 52 (3.66%) Informatica
7 42 (2.96%) Google
8 37 (2.61%) Palantir
9 32 (2.25%) Talend
10 31 (2.18%) Foundry
11 24 (1.69%) MuleSoft
12 21 (1.48%) OpenAI
13 19 (1.34%) Cloudera
14 17 (1.20%) IBM
14 17 (1.20%) Sparx
15 16 (1.13%) Dell
15 16 (1.13%) ServiceNow
16 15 (1.06%) UiPath
17 13 (0.92%) Automation Anywhere
17 13 (0.92%) Workday