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

6 months to
13 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 99 125 90
Rank change year-on-year +26 -35 +17
Permanent jobs citing Data Modelling 1,325 1,280 1,773
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 2.22% 2.40% 3.17%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.74% 2.65% 3.52%
Number of salaries quoted 690 648 1,166
10th Percentile £46,200 £38,750 £41,810
25th Percentile £57,500 £51,938 £51,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £71,014 £65,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.25% - -
75th Percentile £87,586 £82,500 £85,000
90th Percentile £110,000 £100,000 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £65,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +8.33% +9.09% -0.28%

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 48,315 48,345 50,335
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 81.00% 90.62% 89.96%
Number of salaries quoted 28,473 23,469 38,401
10th Percentile £28,500 £35,000 £31,250
25th Percentile £37,500 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% - -4.00%
75th Percentile £75,000 £80,000 £78,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £100,000 £97,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £52,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% +5.77% -5.45%

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 13 January 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 13 January 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 +18 1,171 £70,000 +7.69% 728
UK excluding London +19 693 £65,000 +8.33% 624
London +33 565 £85,000 +17.24% 231
Work from Home +37 466 £71,846 +10.53% 330
South East +23 246 £65,000 - 232
North of England -3 159 £67,500 +22.73% 121
Midlands +25 111 £60,000 - 94
Yorkshire +19 95 £70,000 +33.33% 43
Scotland +24 89 £87,500 +52.17% 27
West Midlands +17 78 £60,000 +4.35% 48
North West -27 54 £65,000 +9.51% 62
South West -12 43 £64,350 +9.59% 57
East of England +23 38 £50,000 -14.05% 79
East Midlands -2 31 £62,500 -3.85% 46
North East 0 10 £53,750 -3.33% 17
Northern Ireland -9 6 £40,500 - 6
Wales +1 5 £37,500 -8.33% 24

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 67 (5.06%) Apache Spark
2 63 (4.75%) Apache Airflow
3 40 (3.02%) Apache
4 21 (1.58%) Confluence
5 16 (1.21%) Appian
6 14 (1.06%) SharePoint
7 9 (0.68%) SAS
8 6 (0.45%) CMS
9 5 (0.38%) Oracle Workflow
10 4 (0.30%) Apache Superset
11 3 (0.23%) IIS
12 2 (0.15%) Mendix
13 1 (0.075%) Apache Synapse
13 1 (0.075%) Camunda
13 1 (0.075%) Jupyter
13 1 (0.075%) Luigi
13 1 (0.075%) OpenStack
Applications
1 159 (12.00%) Microsoft Excel
2 17 (1.28%) Microsoft Office
3 7 (0.53%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 6 (0.45%) Chatbot
5 4 (0.30%) PlantUML
6 3 (0.23%) MS Visio
6 3 (0.23%) Sketch
6 3 (0.23%) Spreadsheet
7 2 (0.15%) Windchill
8 1 (0.075%) Microsoft Project
8 1 (0.075%) Notion
8 1 (0.075%) Oracle Smart View
8 1 (0.075%) Siemens NX
8 1 (0.075%) SPSS
Business Applications
1 33 (2.49%) SAP S/4HANA
2 18 (1.36%) Dynamics CRM
3 10 (0.75%) NetSuite
4 7 (0.53%) SAP CO
4 7 (0.53%) SAP FI
4 7 (0.53%) SAP FI/CO
5 6 (0.45%) Markit EDM
6 3 (0.23%) Aladdin
7 2 (0.15%) iTrent
7 2 (0.15%) Salesforce CRM
7 2 (0.15%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
7 2 (0.15%) Teamcenter
8 1 (0.075%) Endur
8 1 (0.075%) SAP ERP
8 1 (0.075%) SAP EWM
8 1 (0.075%) SAP IBP
8 1 (0.075%) SAP MM
8 1 (0.075%) SimCorp Dimension
8 1 (0.075%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 689 (52.00%) Azure
2 410 (30.94%) Power Platform
3 274 (20.68%) AWS
4 195 (14.72%) Snowflake
5 154 (11.62%) Azure Data Factory
6 149 (11.25%) GCP
7 140 (10.57%) Azure Synapse Analytics
8 121 (9.13%) Azure DevOps
9 101 (7.62%) dbt
10 88 (6.64%) GitHub
11 75 (5.66%) Serverless
12 59 (4.45%) SaaS
13 56 (4.23%) Amazon S3
14 48 (3.62%) GitHub Copilot
15 40 (3.02%) AWS Lambda
16 37 (2.79%) Power Automate
17 30 (2.26%) PowerApps
18 29 (2.19%) Collibra
19 28 (2.11%) Dynamics 365
20 24 (1.81%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 5 (0.38%) HTTP
2 3 (0.23%) Remote Desktop
2 3 (0.23%) VPN
3 2 (0.15%) Broadband
4 1 (0.075%) ADSL
4 1 (0.075%) DHCP
4 1 (0.075%) DNS
4 1 (0.075%) Internet
4 1 (0.075%) Kerberos
4 1 (0.075%) Modbus
4 1 (0.075%) MQTT
4 1 (0.075%) TCAP
4 1 (0.075%) X.21
Database & Business Intelligence
1 403 (30.42%) Data Warehouse
2 384 (28.98%) Power BI
3 242 (18.26%) Data Lake
4 167 (12.60%) Metadata
5 119 (8.98%) SQL Server
6 87 (6.57%) Tableau
7 76 (5.74%) SAP BW
8 69 (5.21%) Amazon Redshift
9 64 (4.83%) NoSQL
10 62 (4.68%) Azure SQL Database
11 56 (4.23%) Power Query
12 51 (3.85%) Big Data
13 50 (3.77%) MySQL
13 50 (3.77%) Relational Database
14 47 (3.55%) SQL Server Integration Services
15 46 (3.47%) PostgreSQL
16 43 (3.25%) Snowflake Schema
17 42 (3.17%) SQL Server Reporting Services
18 38 (2.87%) BigQuery
19 37 (2.79%) Hadoop
Development Applications
1 76 (5.74%) Git
2 58 (4.38%) JIRA
3 34 (2.57%) ERwin
4 21 (1.58%) ER Studio
5 15 (1.13%) Jenkins
6 14 (1.06%) MLflow
7 13 (0.98%) GitLab
8 10 (0.75%) Postman
9 8 (0.60%) PowerDesigner
10 7 (0.53%) JUnit
10 7 (0.53%) Selenium
11 5 (0.38%) git-flow
12 4 (0.30%) Robot Framework
12 4 (0.30%) Snyk
13 3 (0.23%) CircleCI
13 3 (0.23%) Gradle
13 3 (0.23%) Maven
13 3 (0.23%) SonarQube
13 3 (0.23%) TestNG
14 2 (0.15%) Checkstyle
General
1 535 (40.38%) Social Skills
2 475 (35.85%) Finance
3 346 (26.11%) Analytical Skills
4 99 (7.47%) Marketing
5 90 (6.79%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 83 (6.26%) Law
7 68 (5.13%) Banking
8 65 (4.91%) Public Sector
9 61 (4.60%) Retail
10 52 (3.92%) Financial Institution
11 32 (2.42%) Manufacturing
12 31 (2.34%) Retail Banking
13 26 (1.96%) Legal
14 23 (1.74%) Influencing Skills
15 21 (1.58%) Telecoms
16 19 (1.43%) Advertising
16 19 (1.43%) Organisational Skills
17 18 (1.36%) Documentation Skills
18 16 (1.21%) Presentation Skills
19 13 (0.98%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 314 (23.70%) Architect
2 268 (20.23%) Senior
3 250 (18.87%) Data Engineer
4 222 (16.75%) Data Architect
5 175 (13.21%) Lead
6 172 (12.98%) Analyst
7 128 (9.66%) Developer
8 102 (7.70%) Senior Data Engineer
9 73 (5.51%) Data Analyst
10 51 (3.85%) Azure Engineer
11 42 (3.17%) Report Analyst
12 41 (3.09%) Azure Data Engineer
12 41 (3.09%) Consultant
13 39 (2.94%) Business Intelligence Developer
14 35 (2.64%) Lead Data Engineer
15 34 (2.57%) Solutions Architect
16 33 (2.49%) Business Intelligence Lead
17 32 (2.42%) Senior Analyst
18 30 (2.26%) Business Analyst
18 30 (2.26%) Data Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 88 (6.64%) REST
2 68 (5.13%) Kafka
3 46 (3.47%) SOAP
4 37 (2.79%) PySpark
5 34 (2.57%) .NET
6 32 (2.42%) RESTful
7 29 (2.19%) Lightning Web Components
8 28 (2.11%) JSON
9 27 (2.04%) CSS
10 24 (1.81%) React
11 23 (1.74%) HTML
11 23 (1.74%) XML
12 21 (1.58%) OpenAPI
12 21 (1.58%) Swagger
13 19 (1.43%) Web Services
14 18 (1.36%) Middleware
14 18 (1.36%) Pandas
15 16 (1.21%) Django
15 16 (1.21%) PyTorch
15 16 (1.21%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 106 (8.00%) Product Ownership
2 76 (5.74%) Cloud Native
3 72 (5.43%) Data Structures
4 57 (4.30%) Management Information System
5 52 (3.92%) Legacy Systems
6 43 (3.25%) Distributed Systems
7 29 (2.19%) Analytical Mindset
7 29 (2.19%) Enterprise Software
8 27 (2.04%) Greenfield Project
9 25 (1.89%) Low-Code
10 21 (1.58%) Self-Motivation
11 18 (1.36%) Reinsurance
12 16 (1.21%) e-Learning
12 16 (1.21%) FMCG
13 15 (1.13%) Onboarding
14 11 (0.83%) Fixed Income
14 11 (0.83%) Hybrid Cloud
15 9 (0.68%) Biopharmaceutical
15 9 (0.68%) IoT
15 9 (0.68%) Life Science
Operating Systems
1 11 (0.83%) Unix
2 9 (0.68%) Linux
2 9 (0.68%) Windows
3 6 (0.45%) Android
4 3 (0.23%) Apple iOS
4 3 (0.23%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 590 (44.53%) Analytics
2 494 (37.28%) Business Intelligence
3 435 (32.83%) ETL
4 395 (29.81%) Data Governance
5 376 (28.38%) Agile
6 346 (26.11%) Problem-Solving
7 343 (25.89%) Data Architecture
8 327 (24.68%) Data Engineering
9 311 (23.47%) Data Pipeline
10 294 (22.19%) CI/CD
11 270 (20.38%) Decision-Making
12 260 (19.62%) AI
12 260 (19.62%) DevOps
13 233 (17.58%) Data Integration
14 203 (15.32%) Mentoring
15 192 (14.49%) Data Strategy
16 179 (13.51%) Data Management
17 177 (13.36%) Continuous Improvement
18 167 (12.60%) Data Science
19 153 (11.55%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 616 (46.49%) SQL
2 508 (38.34%) Python
3 96 (7.25%) Java
4 82 (6.19%) Data Analysis Expressions
5 76 (5.74%) C#
6 71 (5.36%) JavaScript
7 58 (4.38%) TypeScript
8 52 (3.92%) Scala
9 38 (2.87%) T-SQL
10 30 (2.26%) Apex Code
11 28 (2.11%) PowerShell
12 25 (1.89%) R
13 15 (1.13%) Bash
14 13 (0.98%) PL/SQL
15 11 (0.83%) ANSI SQL
15 11 (0.83%) C++
15 11 (0.83%) VBA
16 6 (0.45%) Kotlin
16 6 (0.45%) Shell Script
17 4 (0.30%) PHP
Qualifications
1 283 (21.36%) Degree
2 82 (6.19%) Computer Science Degree
3 77 (5.81%) Security Cleared
4 68 (5.13%) Azure Certification
5 61 (4.60%) AWS Certification
6 60 (4.53%) SC Cleared
7 48 (3.62%) Microsoft Certification
8 34 (2.57%) TOGAF Certification
9 31 (2.34%) Master's Degree
10 27 (2.04%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
11 18 (1.36%) DV Cleared
12 12 (0.91%) Six Sigma Green Belt
13 10 (0.75%) Oracle Certification
14 9 (0.68%) DBS Check
14 9 (0.68%) OCP
14 9 (0.68%) PMI Certification
14 9 (0.68%) PMP
14 9 (0.68%) SnowPro
15 7 (0.53%) ACCA
15 7 (0.53%) CRISC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 397 (29.96%) Data Quality
2 82 (6.19%) GDPR
3 70 (5.28%) Accessibility
4 36 (2.72%) QA
5 22 (1.66%) Actionable Recommendations
6 14 (1.06%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 7 (0.53%) COBIT
7 7 (0.53%) GRC
7 7 (0.53%) ITGC
7 7 (0.53%) NIST
8 6 (0.45%) SLA
9 5 (0.38%) MiFID
9 5 (0.38%) PCI DSS
10 3 (0.23%) California Consumer Privacy Act
11 2 (0.15%) PMO
11 2 (0.15%) PSD2
11 2 (0.15%) Sarbanes-Oxley
12 1 (0.075%) Cyber Essentials
12 1 (0.075%) IFRS
12 1 (0.075%) Solvency II
System Software
1 41 (3.09%) Docker
2 8 (0.60%) HDFS
2 8 (0.60%) Oracle RAC
3 6 (0.45%) Active Directory
4 3 (0.23%) Firmware
5 1 (0.075%) iptables
5 1 (0.075%) KVM
5 1 (0.075%) QEMU
Systems Management
1 52 (3.92%) Terraform
2 36 (2.72%) Kubernetes
3 8 (0.60%) Ansible
3 8 (0.60%) Data Guard
3 8 (0.60%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
3 8 (0.60%) Oracle RMAN
4 7 (0.53%) Control-M
5 5 (0.38%) RSA Archer
6 4 (0.30%) Grafana
6 4 (0.30%) Single Sign-On
7 3 (0.23%) Prometheus
8 1 (0.075%) Argo
8 1 (0.075%) Progress Chef
8 1 (0.075%) Puppet
Vendors
1 303 (22.87%) Microsoft
2 200 (15.09%) Databricks
3 167 (12.60%) SAP
4 74 (5.58%) Oracle
5 70 (5.28%) Salesforce
6 47 (3.55%) Informatica
7 37 (2.79%) Google
8 31 (2.34%) Talend
9 22 (1.66%) Palantir
10 17 (1.28%) Foundry
11 16 (1.21%) OpenAI
11 16 (1.21%) ServiceNow
12 15 (1.13%) MuleSoft
13 13 (0.98%) IBM
13 13 (0.98%) UiPath
14 12 (0.91%) Sparx
15 10 (0.75%) Dataiku
16 9 (0.68%) Automation Anywhere
17 8 (0.60%) Delphix
17 8 (0.60%) Siemens