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

6 months to
25 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 106 123 105
Rank change year-on-year +17 -18 +5
Permanent jobs citing Data Modelling 1,441 1,060 2,327
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 1.87% 2.58% 2.66%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.42% 2.76% 3.06%
Number of salaries quoted 863 568 1,510
10th Percentile £42,500 £38,750 £41,250
25th Percentile £55,000 £51,250 £50,625
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 £100,375 £101,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £64,675 £59,125 £57,800
% change year-on-year +9.39% +2.29% +3.21%

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 59,591 38,445 75,955
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 77.47% 93.42% 86.89%
Number of salaries quoted 36,208 22,191 57,021
10th Percentile £30,000 £31,250 £29,250
25th Percentile £40,000 £43,750 £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 £77,500 £80,000 £73,750
90th Percentile £97,500 £101,250 £93,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% +10.00% -8.41%

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 25 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 25 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 +14 1,247 £70,000 +12.00% 796
UK excluding London -21 684 £64,675 +9.39% 585
London +60 625 £80,000 +10.34% 335
Work from Home +28 543 £70,000 +11.11% 367
South East -30 182 £60,500 -1.22% 200
North of England -5 177 £70,000 +33.33% 151
Midlands -20 124 £60,000 - 102
West Midlands +11 100 £60,000 +4.35% 58
Yorkshire +17 93 £71,000 +29.09% 55
Scotland +6 82 £70,000 +15.24% 24
North West -32 71 £70,000 +40.00% 76
East of England +11 57 £65,000 - 55
South West -76 47 £60,000 +9.09% 47
East Midlands -44 22 £49,500 -23.55% 44
North East -19 13 £51,250 -7.83% 24
Wales -12 9 £67,586 +80.23% 13
Northern Ireland -31 6 £40,500 - 3

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
1 129 (8.95%) Apache Airflow
2 85 (5.90%) Apache Spark
3 54 (3.75%) Apache
4 26 (1.80%) SharePoint
5 19 (1.32%) Confluence
6 18 (1.25%) Palantir Foundry
7 17 (1.18%) SAS
8 15 (1.04%) Appian
9 9 (0.62%) CMS
10 8 (0.56%) Microsoft Exchange
11 4 (0.28%) Camunda
11 4 (0.28%) Oracle Workflow
12 3 (0.21%) Apache Superset
12 3 (0.21%) IIS
12 3 (0.21%) Oracle Application Server
13 2 (0.14%) CICS
13 2 (0.14%) Jupyter
13 2 (0.14%) Mendix
14 1 (0.069%) Apache Synapse
14 1 (0.069%) OpenStack
Applications
1 79 (5.48%) Microsoft Excel
2 19 (1.32%) Microsoft Office
3 10 (0.69%) 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 (0.069%) Microsoft Project
8 1 (0.069%) Notion
8 1 (0.069%) Siemens NX
8 1 (0.069%) SPSS
Business Applications
1 18 (1.25%) SAP S/4HANA
2 14 (0.97%) Dynamics CRM
3 13 (0.90%) 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
7 3 (0.21%) SAP MDG
8 2 (0.14%) Aladdin
8 2 (0.14%) Teamcenter
8 2 (0.14%) Unit4 Business World
9 1 (0.069%) FIS Private Capital Suite
9 1 (0.069%) Integrated Workplace Management System
9 1 (0.069%) Oracle SCM
9 1 (0.069%) Primavera
9 1 (0.069%) SAP MDG-F
9 1 (0.069%) SAP MDG-S
9 1 (0.069%) SimCorp Dimension
Cloud Services
1 709 (49.20%) Azure
2 413 (28.66%) Power Platform
3 323 (22.41%) AWS
4 209 (14.50%) Snowflake
5 203 (14.09%) GCP
6 201 (13.95%) Azure Data Factory
7 174 (12.07%) Azure Synapse Analytics
8 148 (10.27%) dbt
9 134 (9.30%) Azure DevOps
10 81 (5.62%) Serverless
11 80 (5.55%) GitHub
12 64 (4.44%) Amazon S3
13 55 (3.82%) Power Automate
14 54 (3.75%) SaaS
15 41 (2.85%) PowerApps
16 40 (2.78%) AWS Lambda
16 40 (2.78%) Salesforce Service Cloud
17 38 (2.64%) GitHub Copilot
18 37 (2.57%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
19 36 (2.50%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 16 (1.11%) Broadband
2 4 (0.28%) HTTP
3 3 (0.21%) NGN
3 3 (0.21%) Remote Desktop
3 3 (0.21%) VPN
4 2 (0.14%) Tactical Data Link
5 1 (0.069%) 4G
5 1 (0.069%) 5G
5 1 (0.069%) ADSL
5 1 (0.069%) CTI
5 1 (0.069%) DHCP
5 1 (0.069%) DNS
5 1 (0.069%) Internet
5 1 (0.069%) Kerberos
5 1 (0.069%) Modbus
5 1 (0.069%) MQTT
5 1 (0.069%) Network Security
5 1 (0.069%) Radio Access Network
5 1 (0.069%) SMS
5 1 (0.069%) TCAP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 394 (27.34%) Data Warehouse
2 381 (26.44%) Power BI
3 203 (14.09%) Data Lake
4 193 (13.39%) Metadata
5 124 (8.61%) SQL Server
6 111 (7.70%) Tableau
7 86 (5.97%) Amazon Redshift
8 84 (5.83%) Relational Database
9 74 (5.14%) BigQuery
10 66 (4.58%) Azure SQL Database
11 65 (4.51%) PostgreSQL
12 62 (4.30%) NoSQL
13 57 (3.96%) Power Query
14 52 (3.61%) Snowflake Schema
15 51 (3.54%) SQL Server Integration Services
16 50 (3.47%) MySQL
17 48 (3.33%) SQL Server Reporting Services
18 42 (2.91%) Looker
19 34 (2.36%) Big Data
20 29 (2.01%) MongoDB
Development Applications
1 102 (7.08%) Git
2 51 (3.54%) JIRA
3 40 (2.78%) MLflow
4 25 (1.73%) ERwin
5 20 (1.39%) Postman
6 14 (0.97%) Jenkins
7 11 (0.76%) GitLab
8 10 (0.69%) ER Studio
9 9 (0.62%) PowerDesigner
10 6 (0.42%) JUnit
11 5 (0.35%) git-flow
12 4 (0.28%) Selenium
13 3 (0.21%) Eclipse
13 3 (0.21%) Gradle
13 3 (0.21%) IntelliJ
13 3 (0.21%) Maven
13 3 (0.21%) NUnit
13 3 (0.21%) SonarQube
13 3 (0.21%) TestNG
13 3 (0.21%) Visual Studio
General
1 515 (35.74%) Social Skills
2 486 (33.73%) Finance
3 394 (27.34%) Analytical Skills
4 113 (7.84%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 106 (7.36%) Public Sector
6 78 (5.41%) Marketing
7 72 (5.00%) Law
8 62 (4.30%) Banking
9 56 (3.89%) Financial Institution
10 38 (2.64%) Influencing Skills
11 35 (2.43%) Retail
12 31 (2.15%) Organisational Skills
13 29 (2.01%) Manufacturing
14 26 (1.80%) Retail Banking
15 24 (1.67%) Documentation Skills
15 24 (1.67%) Legal
16 21 (1.46%) Advertising
17 18 (1.25%) Telecoms
18 15 (1.04%) Presentation Skills
18 15 (1.04%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 328 (22.76%) Architect
2 317 (22.00%) Data Engineer
3 295 (20.47%) Senior
4 222 (15.41%) Data Architect
5 190 (13.19%) Analyst
6 160 (11.10%) Developer
7 143 (9.92%) Lead
8 112 (7.77%) Data Analyst
9 97 (6.73%) Senior Data Engineer
10 63 (4.37%) Consultant
11 44 (3.05%) Lead Data Engineer
12 43 (2.98%) Business Intelligence Developer
13 42 (2.91%) Business Analyst
14 41 (2.85%) Senior Analyst
15 40 (2.78%) Azure Engineer
16 37 (2.57%) Senior Architect
17 35 (2.43%) Business Intelligence Analyst
18 33 (2.29%) Data Manager
19 32 (2.22%) Solutions Architect
20 30 (2.08%) Senior Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 128 (8.88%) REST
2 103 (7.15%) Kafka
3 68 (4.72%) SOAP
4 64 (4.44%) PySpark
5 53 (3.68%) Lightning Web Components
6 51 (3.54%) .NET
7 50 (3.47%) RESTful
8 48 (3.33%) JSON
9 43 (2.98%) PyTorch
9 43 (2.98%) TensorFlow
10 42 (2.91%) Middleware
11 41 (2.85%) scikit-learn
12 38 (2.64%) React
13 37 (2.57%) XML
14 35 (2.43%) CSS
15 33 (2.29%) OpenAPI
15 33 (2.29%) Swagger
16 30 (2.08%) LangChain
17 29 (2.01%) HTML
17 29 (2.01%) Visualforce
Miscellaneous
1 122 (8.47%) Cloud Native
2 111 (7.70%) Product Ownership
3 106 (7.36%) Data Structures
4 64 (4.44%) Management Information System
5 49 (3.40%) Legacy Systems
6 41 (2.85%) Low-Code
7 36 (2.50%) Distributed Systems
7 36 (2.50%) Self-Motivation
8 35 (2.43%) Greenfield Project
9 34 (2.36%) Onboarding
10 33 (2.29%) Analytical Mindset
11 32 (2.22%) Public Cloud
12 26 (1.80%) Enterprise Software
13 23 (1.60%) Clustering
13 23 (1.60%) e-Learning
14 21 (1.46%) Reinsurance
15 15 (1.04%) Fixed Income
16 12 (0.83%) Distributed Computing
16 12 (0.83%) FMCG
16 12 (0.83%) Taxonomies
Operating Systems
1 13 (0.90%) Linux
2 11 (0.76%) Windows
3 5 (0.35%) Unix
4 4 (0.28%) Android
5 3 (0.21%) Windows Server
6 1 (0.069%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 689 (47.81%) Analytics
2 505 (35.05%) Business Intelligence
3 488 (33.87%) ETL
4 446 (30.95%) Data Governance
5 432 (29.98%) Data Engineering
6 408 (28.31%) Agile
7 370 (25.68%) Data Pipeline
8 342 (23.73%) CI/CD
9 340 (23.59%) AI
10 338 (23.46%) Data Architecture
11 335 (23.25%) Decision-Making
12 325 (22.55%) Problem-Solving
13 289 (20.06%) DevOps
14 227 (15.75%) Mentoring
15 220 (15.27%) Data Integration
16 213 (14.78%) Continuous Improvement
17 202 (14.02%) Data Management
18 199 (13.81%) Machine Learning
19 183 (12.70%) Data Science
20 166 (11.52%) Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 744 (51.63%) SQL
2 628 (43.58%) Python
3 114 (7.91%) Java
4 93 (6.45%) Data Analysis Expressions
5 90 (6.25%) JavaScript
6 76 (5.27%) C#
7 63 (4.37%) TypeScript
8 51 (3.54%) Apex Code
9 41 (2.85%) T-SQL
10 38 (2.64%) Scala
11 35 (2.43%) R
12 32 (2.22%) PowerShell
13 20 (1.39%) Bash
14 18 (1.25%) C++
14 18 (1.25%) PL/SQL
15 11 (0.76%) VBA
16 8 (0.56%) ANSI SQL
16 8 (0.56%) Go
16 8 (0.56%) SOQL
16 8 (0.56%) SOSL
Qualifications
1 200 (13.88%) Degree
2 128 (8.88%) Security Cleared
3 94 (6.52%) SC Cleared
4 85 (5.90%) Computer Science Degree
5 68 (4.72%) Azure Certification
6 57 (3.96%) AWS Certification
7 41 (2.85%) Microsoft Certification
8 36 (2.50%) Master's Degree
9 31 (2.15%) TOGAF Certification
10 26 (1.80%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 26 (1.80%) DBS Check
11 23 (1.60%) DV Cleared
12 13 (0.90%) ACCA
12 13 (0.90%) CIMA
13 12 (0.83%) Six Sigma Green Belt
14 10 (0.69%) PMI Certification
14 10 (0.69%) PMP
15 7 (0.49%) SAP Certification
15 7 (0.49%) SnowPro
16 4 (0.28%) CBAP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 417 (28.94%) Data Quality
2 91 (6.32%) GDPR
3 76 (5.27%) Accessibility
4 46 (3.19%) QA
5 27 (1.87%) California Consumer Privacy Act
6 25 (1.73%) Actionable Recommendations
7 14 (0.97%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 10 (0.69%) SLA
9 8 (0.56%) MiFID
10 5 (0.35%) GRC
11 3 (0.21%) PCI DSS
11 3 (0.21%) PERC
11 3 (0.21%) Solvency II
12 2 (0.14%) IFRS
12 2 (0.14%) IFRS 17
12 2 (0.14%) PMO
12 2 (0.14%) PSD2
12 2 (0.14%) Sarbanes-Oxley
12 2 (0.14%) WCAG
13 1 (0.069%) SNOMED CT
System Software
1 58 (4.02%) Docker
2 14 (0.97%) Active Directory
3 3 (0.21%) HDFS
3 3 (0.21%) Oracle RAC
4 1 (0.069%) Apache Flume
4 1 (0.069%) Firmware
4 1 (0.069%) iptables
4 1 (0.069%) KVM
4 1 (0.069%) QEMU
Systems Management
1 72 (5.00%) Terraform
2 51 (3.54%) Kubernetes
3 13 (0.90%) Grafana
4 10 (0.69%) Single Sign-On
5 9 (0.62%) Prometheus
6 7 (0.49%) Control-M
7 4 (0.28%) Ansible
8 3 (0.21%) Data Guard
8 3 (0.21%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
8 3 (0.21%) Oracle RMAN
9 1 (0.069%) Argo
9 1 (0.069%) RSA Archer
9 1 (0.069%) SCCM
Vendors
1 352 (24.43%) Microsoft
2 267 (18.53%) Databricks
3 97 (6.73%) Salesforce
4 82 (5.69%) Oracle
5 59 (4.09%) SAP
6 54 (3.75%) Informatica
7 46 (3.19%) Google
8 34 (2.36%) Palantir
8 34 (2.36%) Talend
9 30 (2.08%) Cloudera
10 29 (2.01%) Foundry
11 26 (1.80%) Dell
12 24 (1.67%) MuleSoft
13 21 (1.46%) OpenAI
14 18 (1.25%) Sparx
15 17 (1.18%) IBM
16 16 (1.11%) ServiceNow
17 14 (0.97%) UiPath
18 13 (0.90%) Automation Anywhere
18 13 (0.90%) Workday