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

6 months to
29 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 111 117 105
Rank change year-on-year +6 -12 +2
Permanent jobs citing Data Modelling 1,534 1,123 2,453
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 1.71% 2.65% 2.57%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.29% 2.85% 3.00%
Number of salaries quoted 954 579 1,533
10th Percentile £42,500 £42,150 £41,250
25th Percentile £52,500 £52,500 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £65,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +7.69% - -2.99%
75th Percentile £87,500 £82,500 £86,250
90th Percentile £100,000 £105,000 £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 67,110 39,339 81,745
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 74.81% 92.87% 85.63%
Number of salaries quoted 41,656 22,592 59,463
10th Percentile £30,000 £31,000 £29,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £42,500 £39,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.17% +9.09% -10.57%
75th Percentile £77,500 £80,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £98,750 £102,500 £92,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% -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 29 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 29 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 +7 1,344 £68,755 +5.78% 609
UK excluding London -18 750 £65,000 +8.33% 468
London +38 633 £78,750 +5.00% 271
Work from Home +13 542 £67,500 +3.85% 286
North of England +21 216 £70,932 +26.10% 109
South East -40 195 £60,000 -7.69% 160
Midlands -7 145 £60,000 -1.97% 97
Yorkshire +16 114 £75,000 +25.00% 37
West Midlands -1 111 £61,250 +2.08% 69
North West -29 85 £70,000 +33.33% 54
Scotland -13 72 £70,000 +11.11% 15
East of England +8 57 £65,000 - 32
South West -74 57 £55,000 -2.17% 40
East Midlands -46 32 £51,825 -19.96% 28
North East -27 17 £55,000 -1.08% 19
Wales -24 7 £67,586 +80.23% 15
Northern Ireland -39 1 - - 6

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
1 138 (9.00%) Apache Airflow
2 88 (5.74%) Apache Spark
3 56 (3.65%) Apache
4 30 (1.96%) SharePoint
5 21 (1.37%) Confluence
6 20 (1.30%) Palantir Foundry
7 17 (1.11%) SAS
8 13 (0.85%) Appian
9 9 (0.59%) CMS
10 8 (0.52%) Microsoft Exchange
11 4 (0.26%) Camunda
12 3 (0.20%) Apache Solr
12 3 (0.20%) Apache Superset
12 3 (0.20%) IIS
12 3 (0.20%) Oracle Application Server
12 3 (0.20%) Oracle Workflow
13 2 (0.13%) CICS
13 2 (0.13%) Jupyter
14 1 (0.065%) Apache Synapse
14 1 (0.065%) ArcGIS
Applications
1 77 (5.02%) Microsoft Excel
2 18 (1.17%) Microsoft Office
3 9 (0.59%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 4 (0.26%) Chatbot
5 3 (0.20%) MS Visio
5 3 (0.20%) Sketch
5 3 (0.20%) Spreadsheet
6 1 (0.065%) Notion
6 1 (0.065%) Siemens NX
6 1 (0.065%) SPSS
6 1 (0.065%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 32 (2.09%) SAP S/4HANA
2 13 (0.85%) Dynamics CRM
2 13 (0.85%) NetSuite
3 12 (0.78%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
3 12 (0.78%) SAP MDG
4 8 (0.52%) Workday HCM
5 7 (0.46%) Salesforce CRM
5 7 (0.46%) SAP MDG-BP
6 6 (0.39%) Oracle ERP
7 4 (0.26%) Markit EDM
7 4 (0.26%) SAP MDG-F
8 3 (0.20%) FLEXCUBE
8 3 (0.20%) Misys Opics
9 2 (0.13%) Aladdin
9 2 (0.13%) Infor M3
9 2 (0.13%) SAP ERP
9 2 (0.13%) Unit4 Business World
10 1 (0.065%) FIS Private Capital Suite
10 1 (0.065%) Integrated Workplace Management System
10 1 (0.065%) SAP MDG-S
Cloud Services
1 720 (46.94%) Azure
2 428 (27.90%) Power Platform
3 350 (22.82%) AWS
4 208 (13.56%) GCP
5 196 (12.78%) Azure Data Factory
6 188 (12.26%) Snowflake
7 151 (9.84%) Azure Synapse Analytics
8 148 (9.65%) dbt
9 143 (9.32%) Azure DevOps
10 86 (5.61%) Serverless
11 73 (4.76%) GitHub
12 63 (4.11%) Amazon S3
13 56 (3.65%) Power Automate
14 46 (3.00%) SaaS
15 45 (2.93%) AWS Lambda
16 41 (2.67%) PowerApps
17 39 (2.54%) Salesforce Service Cloud
18 35 (2.28%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
19 32 (2.09%) Microsoft 365
20 30 (1.96%) GitHub Copilot
Communications & Networking
1 28 (1.83%) Broadband
2 4 (0.26%) HTTP
3 3 (0.20%) NGN
3 3 (0.20%) Remote Desktop
3 3 (0.20%) VPN
4 2 (0.13%) 4G
4 2 (0.13%) 5G
4 2 (0.13%) Network Security
4 2 (0.13%) Tactical Data Link
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
1 393 (25.62%) Power BI
2 354 (23.08%) Data Warehouse
3 212 (13.82%) Data Lake
4 192 (12.52%) Metadata
5 118 (7.69%) Tableau
6 115 (7.50%) SQL Server
7 98 (6.39%) Relational Database
8 88 (5.74%) Amazon Redshift
9 75 (4.89%) BigQuery
10 70 (4.56%) PostgreSQL
11 64 (4.17%) NoSQL
12 55 (3.59%) SQL Server Integration Services
13 54 (3.52%) Azure SQL Database
14 52 (3.39%) Power Query
15 45 (2.93%) Looker
16 44 (2.87%) Snowflake Schema
17 42 (2.74%) MySQL
18 38 (2.48%) Delta Lake
19 35 (2.28%) Star Schema
20 33 (2.15%) Big Data
Development Applications
1 108 (7.04%) Git
2 55 (3.59%) JIRA
3 42 (2.74%) MLflow
4 20 (1.30%) Postman
5 16 (1.04%) ERwin
5 16 (1.04%) Jenkins
6 11 (0.72%) GitLab
7 9 (0.59%) Claude Code
8 6 (0.39%) JUnit
9 5 (0.33%) ER Studio
10 3 (0.20%) Eclipse
10 3 (0.20%) Gradle
10 3 (0.20%) IntelliJ
10 3 (0.20%) Maven
10 3 (0.20%) NUnit
10 3 (0.20%) SonarQube
10 3 (0.20%) TestNG
10 3 (0.20%) Visual Studio
11 2 (0.13%) Checkstyle
11 2 (0.13%) PowerDesigner
General
1 521 (33.96%) Social Skills
2 504 (32.86%) Finance
3 428 (27.90%) Analytical Skills
4 116 (7.56%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 110 (7.17%) Public Sector
6 72 (4.69%) Marketing
7 71 (4.63%) Law
8 54 (3.52%) Banking
9 51 (3.32%) Financial Institution
10 43 (2.80%) Retail
11 42 (2.74%) Influencing Skills
12 32 (2.09%) Organisational Skills
13 31 (2.02%) Documentation Skills
14 29 (1.89%) Manufacturing
15 20 (1.30%) Advertising
16 19 (1.24%) Legal
16 19 (1.24%) Telecoms
17 17 (1.11%) Retail Banking
18 13 (0.85%) Local Government
19 12 (0.78%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 350 (22.82%) Data Engineer
2 337 (21.97%) Architect
3 302 (19.69%) Senior
4 225 (14.67%) Data Architect
5 206 (13.43%) Analyst
6 169 (11.02%) Developer
7 166 (10.82%) Lead
8 119 (7.76%) Data Analyst
9 91 (5.93%) Senior Data Engineer
10 75 (4.89%) Consultant
11 52 (3.39%) Business Intelligence Developer
12 47 (3.06%) Lead Data Engineer
13 45 (2.93%) Azure Engineer
13 45 (2.93%) Business Analyst
13 45 (2.93%) Senior Analyst
14 42 (2.74%) Data Modeller
15 37 (2.41%) Senior Architect
16 36 (2.35%) Business Intelligence Analyst
17 33 (2.15%) Data Manager
17 33 (2.15%) Senior Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 134 (8.74%) REST
2 108 (7.04%) Kafka
3 94 (6.13%) PySpark
4 68 (4.43%) SOAP
5 58 (3.78%) .NET
6 57 (3.72%) JSON
7 54 (3.52%) Lightning Web Components
8 52 (3.39%) RESTful
9 49 (3.19%) Middleware
10 44 (2.87%) XML
11 42 (2.74%) PyTorch
11 42 (2.74%) TensorFlow
12 41 (2.67%) React
13 40 (2.61%) scikit-learn
14 37 (2.41%) CSS
14 37 (2.41%) LangChain
15 33 (2.15%) OpenAPI
15 33 (2.15%) Swagger
16 32 (2.09%) HTML
16 32 (2.09%) Pandas
Miscellaneous
1 124 (8.08%) Data Structures
2 123 (8.02%) Cloud Native
3 104 (6.78%) Product Ownership
4 61 (3.98%) Management Information System
5 54 (3.52%) Distributed Systems
6 51 (3.32%) Legacy Systems
7 44 (2.87%) Onboarding
7 44 (2.87%) Self-Motivation
8 41 (2.67%) Low-Code
9 40 (2.61%) Greenfield Project
10 33 (2.15%) Public Cloud
11 31 (2.02%) Analytical Mindset
12 23 (1.50%) Clustering
12 23 (1.50%) Reinsurance
13 22 (1.43%) Social Media
14 21 (1.37%) Enterprise Software
15 20 (1.30%) e-Learning
16 16 (1.04%) AI Agents
16 16 (1.04%) Taxonomies
17 15 (0.98%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 13 (0.85%) Windows
2 12 (0.78%) Linux
3 4 (0.26%) Android
3 4 (0.26%) Unix
4 3 (0.20%) Windows Server
5 1 (0.065%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 710 (46.28%) Analytics
2 525 (34.22%) Business Intelligence
3 498 (32.46%) ETL
4 479 (31.23%) Data Governance
5 450 (29.34%) Data Engineering
6 409 (26.66%) Agile
7 404 (26.34%) Data Pipeline
8 361 (23.53%) Data Architecture
9 360 (23.47%) Decision-Making
10 353 (23.01%) CI/CD
11 352 (22.95%) Problem-Solving
12 351 (22.88%) AI
13 314 (20.47%) DevOps
14 216 (14.08%) Mentoring
15 213 (13.89%) Machine Learning
16 209 (13.62%) Continuous Improvement
17 204 (13.30%) Data Integration
18 187 (12.19%) Data Management
19 179 (11.67%) Data Science
20 176 (11.47%) Data Strategy
Programming Languages
1 788 (51.37%) SQL
2 656 (42.76%) Python
3 121 (7.89%) Java
4 90 (5.87%) Data Analysis Expressions
5 84 (5.48%) JavaScript
6 69 (4.50%) C#
7 66 (4.30%) TypeScript
8 53 (3.46%) Apex Code
9 43 (2.80%) Scala
9 43 (2.80%) T-SQL
10 33 (2.15%) PowerShell
11 30 (1.96%) R
12 22 (1.43%) Bash
13 16 (1.04%) C++
14 12 (0.78%) PL/SQL
15 10 (0.65%) Perl
16 9 (0.59%) SOQL
16 9 (0.59%) SOSL
16 9 (0.59%) VBA
17 8 (0.52%) Go
Qualifications
1 197 (12.84%) Degree
2 147 (9.58%) Security Cleared
3 98 (6.39%) SC Cleared
4 78 (5.08%) Computer Science Degree
5 63 (4.11%) Azure Certification
6 45 (2.93%) AWS Certification
7 34 (2.22%) Master's Degree
8 33 (2.15%) Microsoft Certification
9 26 (1.69%) DBS Check
10 23 (1.50%) TOGAF Certification
11 21 (1.37%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
11 21 (1.37%) DV Cleared
12 15 (0.98%) ACCA
12 15 (0.98%) CIMA
13 8 (0.52%) PMI Certification
13 8 (0.52%) SAP Certification
14 7 (0.46%) PMP
15 5 (0.33%) BPSS Clearance
16 4 (0.26%) CBAP
16 4 (0.26%) IIBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 469 (30.57%) Data Quality
2 98 (6.39%) GDPR
3 66 (4.30%) Accessibility
4 50 (3.26%) QA
5 26 (1.69%) California Consumer Privacy Act
6 15 (0.98%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 11 (0.72%) Actionable Recommendations
8 10 (0.65%) SLA
9 7 (0.46%) MiFID
9 7 (0.46%) Solvency II
10 5 (0.33%) GRC
10 5 (0.33%) IFRS
10 5 (0.33%) IFRS 17
11 3 (0.20%) PERC
12 2 (0.13%) HL7
12 2 (0.13%) WCAG
13 1 (0.065%) ISO 22301
13 1 (0.065%) NIST
13 1 (0.065%) PCI DSS
13 1 (0.065%) SNOMED CT
System Software
1 62 (4.04%) Docker
2 13 (0.85%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.065%) Apache Flume
3 1 (0.065%) Firmware
3 1 (0.065%) HDFS
3 1 (0.065%) iptables
3 1 (0.065%) Oracle RAC
Systems Management
1 86 (5.61%) Terraform
2 59 (3.85%) Kubernetes
3 13 (0.85%) Grafana
4 10 (0.65%) Single Sign-On
5 9 (0.59%) Prometheus
6 7 (0.46%) Control-M
7 4 (0.26%) Ansible
8 3 (0.20%) Packer
9 1 (0.065%) Argo
9 1 (0.065%) Data Guard
9 1 (0.065%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
9 1 (0.065%) Oracle RMAN
9 1 (0.065%) RSA Archer
9 1 (0.065%) SCCM
Vendors
1 345 (22.49%) Microsoft
2 304 (19.82%) Databricks
3 105 (6.84%) Salesforce
4 101 (6.58%) Oracle
5 81 (5.28%) SAP
6 49 (3.19%) Informatica
7 44 (2.87%) Google
8 34 (2.22%) Palantir
9 32 (2.09%) Talend
10 31 (2.02%) Cloudera
10 31 (2.02%) Foundry
11 23 (1.50%) Dell
11 23 (1.50%) MuleSoft
12 22 (1.43%) OpenAI
13 18 (1.17%) Sparx
14 16 (1.04%) ServiceNow
15 13 (0.85%) Automation Anywhere
15 13 (0.85%) UiPath
16 12 (0.78%) IBM
17 11 (0.72%) Workday