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

6 months to
7 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 96 124 100
Rank change year-on-year +28 -24 +6
Permanent jobs citing Data Modelling 1,429 1,211 2,081
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 2.20% 2.39% 2.80%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.75% 2.60% 3.17%
Number of salaries quoted 776 610 1,423
10th Percentile £45,000 £38,750 £41,875
25th Percentile £57,500 £51,711 £50,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,966 £64,750 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.60% -0.38% -
75th Percentile £88,750 £80,000 £86,250
90th Percentile £107,500 £97,500 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £63,500 £58,987 £55,824
% change year-on-year +7.65% +5.67% +1.50%

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 51,976 46,628 65,707
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 79.87% 91.97% 88.39%
Number of salaries quoted 30,795 22,565 51,052
10th Percentile £28,750 £35,000 £29,500
25th Percentile £38,000 £46,000 £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 £76,000 £80,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £96,250 £101,000 £95,000
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 7 February 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 7 February 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 +31 1,241 £70,932 +9.13% 698
UK excluding London +19 721 £63,500 +7.65% 511
London +52 611 £80,000 +10.34% 318
Work from Home +36 531 £70,932 +9.13% 378
South East +17 248 £62,500 -3.85% 194
North of England -13 168 £70,000 +33.33% 108
Midlands -2 108 £60,000 - 94
Scotland +20 96 £87,500 +44.05% 38
Yorkshire +1 95 £74,250 +41.43% 26
West Midlands +15 81 £60,000 +4.35% 72
North West -17 63 £65,000 +23.81% 70
South West -8 47 £64,350 +17.00% 44
East of England +23 40 £55,000 -12.70% 35
East Midlands -15 25 £58,750 -9.27% 22
Wales +10 10 £67,586 +65.22% 6
North East -9 10 £53,750 -12.18% 12
Northern Ireland -18 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 76 (5.32%) Apache Airflow
2 67 (4.69%) Apache Spark
3 47 (3.29%) Apache
4 21 (1.47%) Confluence
5 19 (1.33%) SharePoint
6 18 (1.26%) Appian
6 18 (1.26%) Palantir Foundry
7 12 (0.84%) SAS
8 7 (0.49%) CMS
9 6 (0.42%) Microsoft Exchange
10 4 (0.28%) Oracle Workflow
11 3 (0.21%) Apache Superset
11 3 (0.21%) IIS
12 2 (0.14%) Camunda
12 2 (0.14%) Mendix
13 1 (0.070%) Apache Synapse
13 1 (0.070%) Jupyter
13 1 (0.070%) Luigi
13 1 (0.070%) OpenStack
13 1 (0.070%) Oracle Application Server
Applications
1 163 (11.41%) Microsoft Excel
2 23 (1.61%) Microsoft Office
3 7 (0.49%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 6 (0.42%) Chatbot
5 4 (0.28%) MS Visio
6 3 (0.21%) PlantUML
6 3 (0.21%) Sketch
6 3 (0.21%) 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 29 (2.03%) SAP S/4HANA
2 19 (1.33%) Dynamics CRM
3 14 (0.98%) NetSuite
4 8 (0.56%) Workday HCM
5 6 (0.42%) Markit EDM
6 3 (0.21%) Salesforce CRM
7 2 (0.14%) Aladdin
7 2 (0.14%) iTrent
7 2 (0.14%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
7 2 (0.14%) Teamcenter
8 1 (0.070%) FIS Private Capital Suite
8 1 (0.070%) Integrated Workplace Management System
8 1 (0.070%) Oracle ERP
8 1 (0.070%) Oracle SCM
8 1 (0.070%) SAP CO
8 1 (0.070%) SAP FI
8 1 (0.070%) SAP FI/CO
8 1 (0.070%) SAP IBP
8 1 (0.070%) SAP MM
8 1 (0.070%) SimCorp Dimension
Cloud Services
1 720 (50.38%) Azure
2 450 (31.49%) Power Platform
3 295 (20.64%) AWS
4 192 (13.44%) Snowflake
5 181 (12.67%) Azure Data Factory
6 157 (10.99%) GCP
7 146 (10.22%) Azure Synapse Analytics
8 135 (9.45%) Azure DevOps
9 117 (8.19%) dbt
10 91 (6.37%) GitHub
11 86 (6.02%) Serverless
12 65 (4.55%) SaaS
13 63 (4.41%) Amazon S3
14 49 (3.43%) Power Automate
15 48 (3.36%) GitHub Copilot
16 45 (3.15%) AWS Lambda
17 36 (2.52%) PowerApps
18 34 (2.38%) Dynamics 365
18 34 (2.38%) Microsoft 365
19 31 (2.17%) Collibra
Communications & Networking
1 5 (0.35%) HTTP
2 3 (0.21%) Broadband
2 3 (0.21%) Remote Desktop
2 3 (0.21%) VPN
3 2 (0.14%) Tactical Data Link
4 1 (0.070%) ADSL
4 1 (0.070%) CTI
4 1 (0.070%) DHCP
4 1 (0.070%) DNS
4 1 (0.070%) Internet
4 1 (0.070%) Kerberos
4 1 (0.070%) Modbus
4 1 (0.070%) MQTT
4 1 (0.070%) Radio Access Network
4 1 (0.070%) TCAP
4 1 (0.070%) X.21
Database & Business Intelligence
1 419 (29.32%) Power BI
2 384 (26.87%) Data Warehouse
3 243 (17.00%) Data Lake
4 183 (12.81%) Metadata
5 131 (9.17%) SQL Server
6 94 (6.58%) Tableau
7 76 (5.32%) SAP BW
8 67 (4.69%) Azure SQL Database
9 66 (4.62%) Amazon Redshift
10 65 (4.55%) Power Query
10 65 (4.55%) Relational Database
11 63 (4.41%) NoSQL
12 61 (4.27%) MySQL
13 58 (4.06%) PostgreSQL
14 53 (3.71%) SQL Server Integration Services
15 47 (3.29%) SQL Server Reporting Services
16 45 (3.15%) Big Data
17 40 (2.80%) Snowflake Schema
18 39 (2.73%) BigQuery
19 34 (2.38%) Data Vault
Development Applications
1 89 (6.23%) Git
2 57 (3.99%) JIRA
3 34 (2.38%) ERwin
4 20 (1.40%) ER Studio
5 17 (1.19%) MLflow
6 16 (1.12%) Postman
7 12 (0.84%) Jenkins
8 11 (0.77%) GitLab
9 8 (0.56%) PowerDesigner
10 7 (0.49%) JUnit
11 6 (0.42%) Selenium
12 5 (0.35%) 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
1 574 (40.17%) Social Skills
2 500 (34.99%) Finance
3 381 (26.66%) Analytical Skills
4 102 (7.14%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 95 (6.65%) Public Sector
6 85 (5.95%) Marketing
7 69 (4.83%) Law
8 66 (4.62%) Banking
9 52 (3.64%) Financial Institution
10 40 (2.80%) Retail
11 31 (2.17%) Retail Banking
12 29 (2.03%) Manufacturing
13 27 (1.89%) Influencing Skills
13 27 (1.89%) Legal
14 26 (1.82%) Organisational Skills
15 22 (1.54%) Telecoms
16 21 (1.47%) Documentation Skills
17 18 (1.26%) Advertising
18 14 (0.98%) Presentation Skills
18 14 (0.98%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 332 (23.23%) Architect
2 279 (19.52%) Senior
3 266 (18.61%) Data Engineer
4 226 (15.82%) Data Architect
5 211 (14.77%) Analyst
6 187 (13.09%) Lead
7 145 (10.15%) Developer
8 106 (7.42%) Data Analyst
9 95 (6.65%) Senior Data Engineer
10 51 (3.57%) Consultant
11 45 (3.15%) Lead Data Engineer
12 41 (2.87%) Report Analyst
13 40 (2.80%) Business Intelligence Developer
14 38 (2.66%) Business Intelligence Lead
14 38 (2.66%) Senior Analyst
15 35 (2.45%) Azure Engineer
15 35 (2.45%) Solutions Architect
16 34 (2.38%) Business Intelligence Analyst
17 32 (2.24%) Azure Architect
17 32 (2.24%) Business Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 114 (7.98%) REST
2 72 (5.04%) Kafka
3 57 (3.99%) SOAP
4 49 (3.43%) .NET
5 45 (3.15%) PySpark
6 43 (3.01%) RESTful
7 40 (2.80%) JSON
8 39 (2.73%) Lightning Web Components
9 33 (2.31%) CSS
10 32 (2.24%) React
11 30 (2.10%) Middleware
11 30 (2.10%) OpenAPI
11 30 (2.10%) Swagger
12 28 (1.96%) HTML
12 28 (1.96%) XML
13 22 (1.54%) Web Services
14 21 (1.47%) Pandas
15 20 (1.40%) Django
15 20 (1.40%) OAuth
15 20 (1.40%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 108 (7.56%) Product Ownership
2 89 (6.23%) Data Structures
3 85 (5.95%) Cloud Native
4 63 (4.41%) Management Information System
5 58 (4.06%) Legacy Systems
6 45 (3.15%) Distributed Systems
7 36 (2.52%) Greenfield Project
8 31 (2.17%) Self-Motivation
9 30 (2.10%) Analytical Mindset
9 30 (2.10%) Enterprise Software
9 30 (2.10%) Low-Code
10 28 (1.96%) Onboarding
11 21 (1.47%) Reinsurance
12 16 (1.12%) e-Learning
12 16 (1.12%) FMCG
13 14 (0.98%) Fixed Income
14 13 (0.91%) Hybrid Cloud
15 10 (0.70%) Life Science
15 10 (0.70%) Reference Data
16 9 (0.63%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 11 (0.77%) Linux
1 11 (0.77%) Unix
2 9 (0.63%) Windows
3 7 (0.49%) Android
4 4 (0.28%) Apple iOS
5 3 (0.21%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 644 (45.07%) Analytics
2 534 (37.37%) Business Intelligence
3 453 (31.70%) ETL
4 419 (29.32%) Data Governance
5 401 (28.06%) Agile
6 387 (27.08%) Problem-Solving
7 365 (25.54%) Data Engineering
8 351 (24.56%) Data Architecture
9 326 (22.81%) CI/CD
9 326 (22.81%) Data Pipeline
10 311 (21.76%) Decision-Making
11 290 (20.29%) DevOps
12 278 (19.45%) AI
13 237 (16.59%) Data Integration
14 232 (16.24%) Mentoring
15 192 (13.44%) Continuous Improvement
16 191 (13.37%) Data Strategy
17 182 (12.74%) Data Management
18 166 (11.62%) Data Science
19 164 (11.48%) Actionable Insight
Programming Languages
1 664 (46.47%) SQL
2 551 (38.56%) Python
3 111 (7.77%) Java
4 91 (6.37%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 91 (6.37%) JavaScript
5 87 (6.09%) C#
6 68 (4.76%) TypeScript
7 48 (3.36%) Scala
8 40 (2.80%) Apex Code
8 40 (2.80%) T-SQL
9 35 (2.45%) PowerShell
10 27 (1.89%) R
11 19 (1.33%) Bash
12 13 (0.91%) C++
13 12 (0.84%) PL/SQL
14 11 (0.77%) VBA
15 9 (0.63%) ANSI SQL
16 7 (0.49%) PHP
17 6 (0.42%) Kotlin
17 6 (0.42%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 301 (21.06%) Degree
2 105 (7.35%) Security Cleared
3 92 (6.44%) Computer Science Degree
4 77 (5.39%) SC Cleared
5 67 (4.69%) Azure Certification
6 61 (4.27%) AWS Certification
7 49 (3.43%) Microsoft Certification
8 35 (2.45%) TOGAF Certification
9 34 (2.38%) Master's Degree
10 30 (2.10%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
11 21 (1.47%) DV Cleared
12 18 (1.26%) DBS Check
13 12 (0.84%) ACCA
13 12 (0.84%) CIMA
13 12 (0.84%) Six Sigma Green Belt
14 9 (0.63%) PMI Certification
14 9 (0.63%) PMP
15 8 (0.56%) OCP
15 8 (0.56%) Oracle Certification
15 8 (0.56%) SnowPro
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 427 (29.88%) Data Quality
2 83 (5.81%) GDPR
3 77 (5.39%) Accessibility
4 39 (2.73%) QA
5 25 (1.75%) Actionable Recommendations
6 19 (1.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 10 (0.70%) SLA
8 8 (0.56%) MiFID
9 6 (0.42%) GRC
10 5 (0.35%) PCI DSS
11 4 (0.28%) California Consumer Privacy Act
11 4 (0.28%) COBIT
11 4 (0.28%) ITGC
11 4 (0.28%) NIST
12 2 (0.14%) PMO
12 2 (0.14%) PSD2
12 2 (0.14%) Sarbanes-Oxley
12 2 (0.14%) WCAG
13 1 (0.070%) IFRS
13 1 (0.070%) ISO 13485
System Software
1 52 (3.64%) Docker
2 12 (0.84%) Active Directory
3 8 (0.56%) HDFS
4 7 (0.49%) Oracle RAC
5 3 (0.21%) Firmware
6 1 (0.070%) iptables
6 1 (0.070%) KVM
6 1 (0.070%) QEMU
Systems Management
1 59 (4.13%) Terraform
2 44 (3.08%) Kubernetes
3 10 (0.70%) Single Sign-On
4 9 (0.63%) Grafana
5 7 (0.49%) Ansible
5 7 (0.49%) Control-M
5 7 (0.49%) Data Guard
5 7 (0.49%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
5 7 (0.49%) Oracle RMAN
6 6 (0.42%) Prometheus
7 4 (0.28%) RSA Archer
8 1 (0.070%) Argo
8 1 (0.070%) Progress Chef
8 1 (0.070%) Puppet
Vendors
1 336 (23.51%) Microsoft
2 219 (15.33%) Databricks
3 154 (10.78%) SAP
4 84 (5.88%) Salesforce
5 75 (5.25%) Oracle
6 54 (3.78%) Informatica
7 45 (3.15%) Google
8 33 (2.31%) Talend
9 30 (2.10%) Palantir
10 26 (1.82%) Foundry
11 21 (1.47%) OpenAI
12 18 (1.26%) MuleSoft
12 18 (1.26%) ServiceNow
13 16 (1.12%) UiPath
14 14 (0.98%) IBM
15 13 (0.91%) Automation Anywhere
15 13 (0.91%) Sparx
15 13 (0.91%) Workday
16 10 (0.70%) Cisco
16 10 (0.70%) Dataiku