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

6 months to
15 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 119 131 118
Rank change year-on-year +12 -13 -8
Permanent jobs citing Data Modelling 1,904 1,169 1,514
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 1.60% 2.38% 2.13%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.18% 2.67% 2.60%
Number of salaries quoted 1,211 630 845
10th Percentile £45,000 £45,450 £41,250
25th Percentile £53,750 £55,375 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £67,500 £67,500
Median % change year-on-year +3.70% - -
75th Percentile £87,500 £85,000 £87,348
90th Percentile £107,500 £107,625 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £63,625 £62,500 £62,500
% change year-on-year +1.80% - +9.65%

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 87,229 43,738 58,305
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 73.43% 88.90% 82.16%
Number of salaries quoted 59,718 24,553 31,325
10th Percentile £31,250 £28,250 £32,925
25th Percentile £41,250 £36,250 £44,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% -8.33% -
75th Percentile £78,243 £75,000 £78,750
90th Percentile £100,000 £95,000 £97,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £47,500 £52,600
% change year-on-year +15.79% -9.70% -2.59%

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 15 October 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 15 October 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 +16 1,756 £70,000 +3.70% 408
UK excluding London -3 948 £63,625 +1.80% 311
London +1 807 £82,500 -1.20% 173
Work from Home +27 596 £69,973 +7.65% 261
North of England +73 355 £65,000 - 77
South East -58 208 £62,500 -3.85% 81
Midlands +24 194 £60,900 -4.09% 56
North West +61 166 £62,750 +4.58% 34
West Midlands +14 135 £62,500 +8.70% 39
South West -21 107 £80,000 +24.32% 47
Yorkshire +7 106 £68,617 +1.65% 29
North East +2 83 £65,000 +30.00% 15
East Midlands -13 59 £55,000 -16.98% 17
East of England -45 46 £62,500 +6.38% 24
Wales -42 26 £63,500 - 9
Scotland -9 22 £70,000 +16.67% 16
Northern Ireland -78 2 £60,000 +48.15% 8

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
1 113 (5.93%) Apache Spark
2 105 (5.51%) Apache Airflow
3 94 (4.94%) Apache
4 32 (1.68%) SharePoint
5 28 (1.47%) Confluence
6 21 (1.10%) Jupyter
7 15 (0.79%) Palantir Foundry
8 11 (0.58%) SAS
9 7 (0.37%) Oracle SOA Suite
10 5 (0.26%) CMS
10 5 (0.26%) IIS
11 4 (0.21%) Luigi
11 4 (0.21%) WordPress
12 3 (0.16%) ArcGIS
13 2 (0.11%) Apache Solr
13 2 (0.11%) Microsoft Exchange
13 2 (0.11%) Tornado
13 2 (0.11%) WebLogic
13 2 (0.11%) WebLogic Portal
14 1 (0.053%) JBoss
Applications
1 85 (4.46%) Microsoft Excel
2 12 (0.63%) Notion
3 11 (0.58%) Microsoft Office
4 10 (0.53%) Spreadsheet
5 8 (0.42%) MS Visio
6 3 (0.16%) Blender
6 3 (0.16%) Chatbot
6 3 (0.16%) Maya
7 2 (0.11%) Microsoft PowerPoint
7 2 (0.11%) Microsoft Project
7 2 (0.11%) PTC Creo
7 2 (0.11%) Windchill
8 1 (0.053%) FrameMaker
8 1 (0.053%) ProjectWise
Business Applications
1 46 (2.42%) Dynamics CRM
2 27 (1.42%) SAP S/4HANA
3 15 (0.79%) SAP MDG
4 12 (0.63%) Oracle EBS
4 12 (0.63%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
5 9 (0.47%) Oracle ERP
6 8 (0.42%) Salesforce CRM
6 8 (0.42%) SAP ERP
7 6 (0.32%) Dynamics NAV
7 6 (0.32%) SAP BPC
8 5 (0.26%) JDE EnterpriseOne
8 5 (0.26%) SAP MDG-BP
9 4 (0.21%) NetSuite
9 4 (0.21%) Oracle Applications
10 3 (0.16%) Oracle Payables
10 3 (0.16%) Oracle Receivables
10 3 (0.16%) SAP Business One
10 3 (0.16%) SAP MDG-F
11 2 (0.11%) SAP IBP
11 2 (0.11%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 721 (37.87%) Azure
2 566 (29.73%) Power Platform
3 449 (23.58%) AWS
4 250 (13.13%) GCP
5 203 (10.66%) Azure Data Factory
6 187 (9.82%) Snowflake
7 150 (7.88%) Azure DevOps
8 149 (7.83%) dbt
9 132 (6.93%) Azure Synapse Analytics
10 108 (5.67%) Serverless
11 104 (5.46%) Amazon S3
12 95 (4.99%) SaaS
13 86 (4.52%) Azure Databricks
14 73 (3.83%) GitHub
15 71 (3.73%) Power Automate
16 63 (3.31%) Dynamics 365
17 62 (3.26%) AWS Lambda
18 60 (3.15%) Microsoft Purview
19 59 (3.10%) PowerApps
20 43 (2.26%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 29 (1.52%) Broadband
2 18 (0.95%) VPN
3 12 (0.63%) DMZ
3 12 (0.63%) Ethernet
3 12 (0.63%) IPv4
3 12 (0.63%) Modbus
3 12 (0.63%) OSPF
3 12 (0.63%) VLAN
4 6 (0.32%) BGP
4 6 (0.32%) DNS
4 6 (0.32%) IPsec
4 6 (0.32%) SMS
5 4 (0.21%) Internet
6 3 (0.16%) LTE
7 2 (0.11%) HTTP
8 1 (0.053%) 4G
8 1 (0.053%) ATM
8 1 (0.053%) Network Security
8 1 (0.053%) NGN
8 1 (0.053%) X.509
Database & Business Intelligence
1 526 (27.63%) Power BI
2 397 (20.85%) Data Warehouse
3 281 (14.76%) Metadata
4 217 (11.40%) Data Lake
5 137 (7.20%) SQL Server
6 128 (6.72%) Tableau
7 121 (6.36%) Relational Database
8 99 (5.20%) Star Schema
9 95 (4.99%) Semantic Layer
10 85 (4.46%) PostgreSQL
11 82 (4.31%) BigQuery
12 81 (4.25%) Big Data
12 81 (4.25%) Delta Lake
13 79 (4.15%) NoSQL
14 78 (4.10%) Azure SQL Database
15 77 (4.04%) Amazon Redshift
16 72 (3.78%) Power Query
17 57 (2.99%) Data Vault
18 49 (2.57%) SQL Server Integration Services
19 48 (2.52%) Snowflake Schema
Development Applications
1 187 (9.82%) Git
2 49 (2.57%) Jenkins
2 49 (2.57%) JIRA
3 43 (2.26%) Claude Code
4 36 (1.89%) GitLab
5 10 (0.53%) MLflow
6 8 (0.42%) ERwin
7 6 (0.32%) Ant
8 5 (0.26%) Toad
9 4 (0.21%) ER Studio
9 4 (0.21%) Maven
9 4 (0.21%) Octopus Deploy
9 4 (0.21%) Oracle APEX
9 4 (0.21%) Visual Studio Code
10 3 (0.16%) Bitbucket
10 3 (0.16%) Flyway
11 2 (0.11%) CircleCI
11 2 (0.11%) Cucumber
11 2 (0.11%) Gradle
11 2 (0.11%) IBM UrbanCode
General
1 667 (35.03%) Social Skills
2 577 (30.30%) Finance
3 499 (26.21%) Analytical Skills
4 166 (8.72%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 162 (8.51%) Public Sector
6 101 (5.30%) Marketing
7 83 (4.36%) Legal
7 83 (4.36%) Retail
8 79 (4.15%) Law
9 71 (3.73%) Manufacturing
10 54 (2.84%) Influencing Skills
11 50 (2.63%) Banking
12 38 (2.00%) Pharmaceutical
13 37 (1.94%) Billing
14 31 (1.63%) Presentation Skills
15 16 (0.84%) Financial Institution
16 15 (0.79%) Local Government
17 14 (0.74%) Advertising
17 14 (0.74%) Documentation Skills
17 14 (0.74%) Front Office
Job Titles
1 496 (26.05%) Data Engineer
2 428 (22.48%) Architect
3 415 (21.80%) Senior
4 321 (16.86%) Data Architect
5 215 (11.29%) Analyst
6 203 (10.66%) Lead
7 199 (10.45%) Developer
8 123 (6.46%) Senior Data Engineer
9 108 (5.67%) Data Analyst
10 75 (3.94%) Consultant
11 70 (3.68%) Senior Architect
12 60 (3.15%) Senior Data Architect
13 54 (2.84%) Principal Engineer
14 52 (2.73%) Business Analyst
15 50 (2.63%) Business Intelligence Developer
16 47 (2.47%) Senior Analyst
16 47 (2.47%) Software Engineer
17 46 (2.42%) Senior Developer
17 46 (2.42%) Solutions Architect
18 41 (2.15%) Lead Data Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 173 (9.09%) PySpark
2 134 (7.04%) REST
3 113 (5.93%) Terraform
4 90 (4.73%) Kafka
5 67 (3.52%) Node.js
6 65 (3.41%) React
7 62 (3.26%) .NET
8 51 (2.68%) Middleware
9 46 (2.42%) SOAP
10 43 (2.26%) Lightning Web Components
11 42 (2.21%) JSON
12 34 (1.79%) AngularJS
13 32 (1.68%) CSS
14 27 (1.42%) XML
15 24 (1.26%) Oracle Fusion
15 24 (1.26%) RESTful
16 21 (1.10%) Vue
17 20 (1.05%) Pandas
17 20 (1.05%) Spring
18 19 (1.00%) GraphQL
Miscellaneous
1 168 (8.82%) Cloud Native
2 123 (6.46%) Data Structures
3 102 (5.36%) Product Ownership
4 84 (4.41%) Onboarding
5 68 (3.57%) Distributed Systems
6 59 (3.10%) Management Information System
7 48 (2.52%) AI Agents
8 41 (2.15%) Enterprise Software
9 35 (1.84%) Self-Motivation
10 32 (1.68%) Greenfield Project
10 32 (1.68%) Legacy Systems
11 29 (1.52%) Analytical Mindset
11 29 (1.52%) Distributed Computing
12 25 (1.31%) Taxonomies
13 21 (1.10%) Low-Code
13 21 (1.10%) Reference Data
14 19 (1.00%) Marketing Technology
15 17 (0.89%) Reinsurance
16 16 (0.84%) SCADA
16 16 (0.84%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 28 (1.47%) Linux
2 27 (1.42%) Windows
3 4 (0.21%) Windows Server
4 3 (0.16%) Unix
5 2 (0.11%) Solaris
6 1 (0.053%) Apple iOS
6 1 (0.053%) Robot Operating System
Processes & Methodologies
1 881 (46.27%) Analytics
2 701 (36.82%) Business Intelligence
3 675 (35.45%) AI
4 559 (29.36%) Data Engineering
5 551 (28.94%) Data Pipeline
6 549 (28.83%) Data Governance
7 527 (27.68%) ETL
8 490 (25.74%) CI/CD
9 488 (25.63%) Data Architecture
10 484 (25.42%) Agile
11 478 (25.11%) Decision-Making
12 424 (22.27%) Problem-Solving
13 353 (18.54%) DevOps
14 351 (18.43%) Roadmaps
15 345 (18.12%) Mentoring
16 326 (17.12%) Stakeholder Management
17 310 (16.28%) Technical Leadership
18 298 (15.65%) Data Strategy
19 268 (14.08%) Continuous Improvement
19 268 (14.08%) Lakehouse
Programming Languages
1 1,019 (53.52%) SQL
2 741 (38.92%) Python
3 138 (7.25%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 107 (5.62%) C#
5 100 (5.25%) Java
6 85 (4.46%) Scala
6 85 (4.46%) TypeScript
7 77 (4.04%) JavaScript
8 41 (2.15%) Apex Code
9 38 (2.00%) T-SQL
10 29 (1.52%) R
11 27 (1.42%) PowerShell
12 22 (1.16%) Bicep
13 18 (0.95%) SOQL
14 15 (0.79%) SOSL
15 14 (0.74%) PL/SQL
16 12 (0.63%) Kusto Query Language
17 9 (0.47%) Bash
18 8 (0.42%) SPARQL
19 7 (0.37%) PHP
Qualifications
1 262 (13.76%) Security Cleared
2 203 (10.66%) Degree
3 172 (9.03%) SC Cleared
4 81 (4.25%) Computer Science Degree
5 68 (3.57%) Azure Certification
6 55 (2.89%) Microsoft Certification
7 51 (2.68%) DV Cleared
8 33 (1.73%) AWS Certification
9 32 (1.68%) Master's Degree
10 31 (1.63%) BPSS Clearance
11 26 (1.37%) DBS Check
12 18 (0.95%) SnowPro
13 13 (0.68%) TOGAF Certification
14 11 (0.58%) ACCA
15 10 (0.53%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
15 10 (0.53%) CIPD
16 9 (0.47%) CIMA
16 9 (0.47%) CSPO
17 5 (0.26%) Microsoft Certified Professional
17 5 (0.26%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 747 (39.23%) Data Quality
2 125 (6.57%) GDPR
3 99 (5.20%) Accessibility
4 66 (3.47%) QA
5 14 (0.74%) California Consumer Privacy Act
6 9 (0.47%) WCAG
7 8 (0.42%) PMO
8 5 (0.26%) IFRS
9 4 (0.21%) COPPA
9 4 (0.21%) MiFID
10 3 (0.16%) Actionable Recommendations
10 3 (0.16%) IFRS 17
10 3 (0.16%) ISO 20022
10 3 (0.16%) ISO/IEC 27001
10 3 (0.16%) SLA
10 3 (0.16%) SOC 2
10 3 (0.16%) Solvency II
10 3 (0.16%) UCITS
11 2 (0.11%) GRC
11 2 (0.11%) PERC
System Software
1 110 (5.78%) Docker
2 22 (1.16%) Active Directory
3 7 (0.37%) NDS
4 2 (0.11%) Hyper-V
4 2 (0.11%) NFS
4 2 (0.11%) Virtual Machines
4 2 (0.11%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 73 (3.83%) Kubernetes
2 19 (1.00%) Ansible
3 8 (0.42%) Packer
4 6 (0.32%) Hadoop YARN
5 4 (0.21%) Argo
6 3 (0.16%) Grafana
6 3 (0.16%) Kibana
6 3 (0.16%) Prometheus
6 3 (0.16%) SQL Sentry
6 3 (0.16%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
7 2 (0.11%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
7 2 (0.11%) Oracle RMAN
7 2 (0.11%) Progress Chef
7 2 (0.11%) Puppet
8 1 (0.053%) Consul
8 1 (0.053%) Failover Clustering
8 1 (0.053%) Microsoft Intune
8 1 (0.053%) QRadar
Vendors
1 499 (26.21%) Microsoft
2 347 (18.22%) Databricks
3 116 (6.09%) Salesforce
4 110 (5.78%) SAP
5 109 (5.72%) Oracle
6 71 (3.73%) Google
7 33 (1.73%) Informatica
8 22 (1.16%) Foundry
9 21 (1.10%) ServiceNow
9 21 (1.10%) Talend
10 19 (1.00%) Palantir
11 15 (0.79%) OpenAI
12 14 (0.74%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
13 10 (0.53%) Bloomberg
13 10 (0.53%) CyberArk
13 10 (0.53%) ForgeRock
13 10 (0.53%) IBM
13 10 (0.53%) Okta
13 10 (0.53%) OpenText
13 10 (0.53%) Sage