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 31 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 114 124 123
Rank change year-on-year +10 -1 -9
Permanent jobs citing Data Modelling 1,720 1,228 1,859
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 1.67% 2.49% 2.14%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.27% 2.77% 2.63%
Number of salaries quoted 1,158 636 1,162
10th Percentile £43,500 £45,000 £41,250
25th Percentile £52,500 £54,268 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £67,500 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.70% -3.57% +3.70%
75th Percentile £87,500 £83,750 £87,500
90th Percentile £107,500 £105,000 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £62,500 £63,250 £62,500
% change year-on-year -1.19% +1.20% +8.70%

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 75,768 44,292 70,756
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 73.64% 89.63% 81.31%
Number of salaries quoted 52,326 25,118 47,262
10th Percentile £30,500 £28,750 £30,000
25th Percentile £41,250 £37,500 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% - -8.33%
75th Percentile £78,750 £76,250 £73,886
90th Percentile £100,000 £97,500 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +10.00% - -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 31 July 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 31 July 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 +8 1,582 £69,973 +3.66% 768
UK excluding London 0 830 £62,500 -1.19% 436
London +15 732 £80,000 +6.67% 438
Work from Home +23 542 £65,000 -3.70% 345
North of England +83 319 £63,000 +5.00% 114
South East -55 186 £62,500 -3.85% 131
North West +59 146 £62,500 +6.84% 60
Midlands -13 144 £60,000 -5.51% 64
Yorkshire +27 112 £65,000 +6.12% 31
West Midlands +2 100 £61,700 +5.92% 47
South West -64 89 £60,000 -14.29% 66
North East -1 61 £55,000 +12.82% 25
East of England -6 57 £71,000 +18.33% 23
East Midlands -22 44 £59,000 -9.23% 17
Scotland -25 22 £70,000 +5.66% 26
Wales - 10 £66,000 - 8
Northern Ireland - 3 £60,000 - 7

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
1 136 (7.91%) Apache Airflow
2 121 (7.03%) Apache Spark
3 82 (4.77%) Apache
4 32 (1.86%) SharePoint
5 15 (0.87%) Jupyter
5 15 (0.87%) SAS
6 13 (0.76%) Palantir Foundry
7 11 (0.64%) Confluence
8 8 (0.47%) CMS
9 5 (0.29%) Oracle SOA Suite
10 4 (0.23%) Microsoft Exchange
10 4 (0.23%) WordPress
11 3 (0.17%) Apache Solr
11 3 (0.17%) ArcGIS
11 3 (0.17%) IIS
12 2 (0.12%) Camunda
12 2 (0.12%) CICS
12 2 (0.12%) Luigi
12 2 (0.12%) Oracle Application Server
13 1 (0.058%) PegaRULES
Applications
1 74 (4.30%) Microsoft Excel
2 14 (0.81%) Microsoft Office
3 9 (0.52%) Spreadsheet
4 6 (0.35%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 3 (0.17%) Blender
5 3 (0.17%) Maya
6 2 (0.12%) Chatbot
6 2 (0.12%) MS Visio
6 2 (0.12%) PTC Creo
6 2 (0.12%) Windchill
7 1 (0.058%) FrameMaker
7 1 (0.058%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 38 (2.21%) SAP S/4HANA
2 20 (1.16%) Dynamics CRM
2 20 (1.16%) SAP MDG
3 14 (0.81%) Oracle ERP
4 12 (0.70%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
5 10 (0.58%) Oracle EBS
6 8 (0.47%) SAP MDG-BP
7 7 (0.41%) NetSuite
8 6 (0.35%) Salesforce CRM
9 5 (0.29%) JDE EnterpriseOne
9 5 (0.29%) SAP MDG-F
10 4 (0.23%) SAP ERP
11 3 (0.17%) Oracle Payables
11 3 (0.17%) Oracle Receivables
12 2 (0.12%) FLEXCUBE
12 2 (0.12%) Infor M3
12 2 (0.12%) Misys Opics
12 2 (0.12%) Oracle Applications
12 2 (0.12%) SAP IBP
12 2 (0.12%) Unit4 Business World
Cloud Services
1 677 (39.36%) Azure
2 497 (28.90%) Power Platform
3 453 (26.34%) AWS
4 254 (14.77%) GCP
5 178 (10.35%) Azure Data Factory
6 173 (10.06%) Snowflake
7 150 (8.72%) dbt
8 128 (7.44%) Azure Synapse Analytics
9 100 (5.81%) Azure DevOps
10 90 (5.23%) Amazon S3
11 86 (5.00%) Serverless
12 64 (3.72%) SaaS
13 57 (3.31%) Power Automate
14 53 (3.08%) PowerApps
15 51 (2.97%) GitHub
15 51 (2.97%) Microsoft Purview
16 50 (2.91%) AWS Lambda
17 37 (2.15%) Dynamics 365
18 36 (2.09%) Microsoft 365
19 35 (2.03%) Amazon EMR
Communications & Networking
1 45 (2.62%) Broadband
2 6 (0.35%) BGP
2 6 (0.35%) DNS
2 6 (0.35%) IPsec
2 6 (0.35%) VPN
3 4 (0.23%) Internet
3 4 (0.23%) NGN
4 3 (0.17%) LTE
4 3 (0.17%) Network Security
5 2 (0.12%) 4G
5 2 (0.12%) 5G
5 2 (0.12%) SMS
6 1 (0.058%) CTI
Database & Business Intelligence
1 462 (26.86%) Power BI
2 359 (20.87%) Data Warehouse
3 224 (13.02%) Data Lake
4 209 (12.15%) Metadata
5 134 (7.79%) Tableau
6 129 (7.50%) SQL Server
7 110 (6.40%) Relational Database
8 97 (5.64%) BigQuery
9 96 (5.58%) Amazon Redshift
10 84 (4.88%) PostgreSQL
11 76 (4.42%) Big Data
12 75 (4.36%) Star Schema
13 68 (3.95%) Semantic Layer
14 65 (3.78%) NoSQL
15 62 (3.60%) Delta Lake
16 57 (3.31%) MySQL
17 55 (3.20%) Data Vault
17 55 (3.20%) Power Query
18 54 (3.14%) Looker
19 50 (2.91%) Azure SQL Database
Development Applications
1 119 (6.92%) Git
2 39 (2.27%) Jenkins
3 34 (1.98%) JIRA
4 33 (1.92%) MLflow
5 29 (1.69%) Claude Code
6 20 (1.16%) GitLab
7 11 (0.64%) ERwin
8 6 (0.35%) Toad
9 5 (0.29%) Postman
10 4 (0.23%) Oracle APEX
11 3 (0.17%) Bitbucket
11 3 (0.17%) Eclipse
11 3 (0.17%) IntelliJ
11 3 (0.17%) Visual Studio Code
12 2 (0.12%) ER Studio
12 2 (0.12%) Jasmine
12 2 (0.12%) Karma Test Runner
12 2 (0.12%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
12 2 (0.12%) TeamCity
12 2 (0.12%) YouTrack
General
1 570 (33.14%) Social Skills
2 545 (31.69%) Finance
3 465 (27.03%) Analytical Skills
4 134 (7.79%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 120 (6.98%) Public Sector
6 77 (4.48%) Law
7 76 (4.42%) Retail
8 74 (4.30%) Marketing
9 56 (3.26%) Influencing Skills
10 55 (3.20%) Manufacturing
11 53 (3.08%) Legal
12 40 (2.33%) Banking
13 31 (1.80%) Financial Institution
14 23 (1.34%) Documentation Skills
15 21 (1.22%) Billing
15 21 (1.22%) Presentation Skills
16 20 (1.16%) Pharmaceutical
17 19 (1.10%) Organisational Skills
18 17 (0.99%) Advertising
19 16 (0.93%) Front Office
Job Titles
1 426 (24.77%) Data Engineer
2 398 (23.14%) Architect
3 367 (21.34%) Senior
4 280 (16.28%) Data Architect
5 193 (11.22%) Developer
6 188 (10.93%) Analyst
7 183 (10.64%) Lead
8 114 (6.63%) Senior Data Engineer
9 93 (5.41%) Data Analyst
10 80 (4.65%) Consultant
11 59 (3.43%) Senior Architect
12 52 (3.02%) Business Intelligence Developer
13 50 (2.91%) Business Analyst
13 50 (2.91%) Data Modeller
14 45 (2.62%) Senior Data Architect
14 45 (2.62%) Solutions Architect
15 43 (2.50%) Senior Developer
16 38 (2.21%) Data Consultant
17 37 (2.15%) Senior Analyst
18 36 (2.09%) Business Intelligence Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 129 (7.50%) PySpark
2 122 (7.09%) REST
3 117 (6.80%) Kafka
4 68 (3.95%) Node.js
5 65 (3.78%) React
6 58 (3.37%) .NET
7 57 (3.31%) JSON
8 51 (2.97%) Lightning Web Components
8 51 (2.97%) SOAP
9 49 (2.85%) Middleware
10 42 (2.44%) LangChain
10 42 (2.44%) XML
11 35 (2.03%) CSS
12 29 (1.69%) AngularJS
12 29 (1.69%) RESTful
13 28 (1.63%) PyTorch
13 28 (1.63%) TensorFlow
14 25 (1.45%) pgvector
14 25 (1.45%) scikit-learn
15 24 (1.40%) LlamaIndex
Miscellaneous
1 172 (10.00%) Cloud Native
2 131 (7.62%) Data Structures
3 84 (4.88%) Product Ownership
4 78 (4.53%) Onboarding
5 57 (3.31%) Distributed Systems
6 40 (2.33%) Greenfield Project
7 39 (2.27%) Management Information System
8 33 (1.92%) Analytical Mindset
9 32 (1.86%) Public Cloud
10 31 (1.80%) Self-Motivation
11 30 (1.74%) Legacy Systems
12 29 (1.69%) AI Agents
12 29 (1.69%) Clustering
13 25 (1.45%) Distributed Computing
13 25 (1.45%) Social Media
14 24 (1.40%) Low-Code
15 21 (1.22%) Reinsurance
16 20 (1.16%) Replication
17 19 (1.10%) Mobile App
18 15 (0.87%) Reference Data
Operating Systems
1 22 (1.28%) Linux
2 17 (0.99%) Windows
3 2 (0.12%) Windows Server
4 1 (0.058%) Solaris
4 1 (0.058%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 819 (47.62%) Analytics
2 609 (35.41%) Business Intelligence
3 547 (31.80%) AI
4 543 (31.57%) Data Governance
5 493 (28.66%) Data Engineering
6 481 (27.97%) ETL
7 463 (26.92%) Data Pipeline
8 441 (25.64%) Decision-Making
9 407 (23.66%) Agile
10 405 (23.55%) Data Architecture
11 386 (22.44%) CI/CD
12 382 (22.21%) Problem-Solving
13 295 (17.15%) Roadmaps
14 289 (16.80%) DevOps
15 276 (16.05%) Machine Learning
16 268 (15.58%) Mentoring
17 264 (15.35%) Data Strategy
18 240 (13.95%) Continuous Improvement
19 203 (11.80%) Stakeholder Management
20 188 (10.93%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 897 (52.15%) SQL
2 719 (41.80%) Python
3 112 (6.51%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 107 (6.22%) Java
5 78 (4.53%) C#
5 78 (4.53%) TypeScript
6 70 (4.07%) JavaScript
7 66 (3.84%) Scala
8 45 (2.62%) Apex Code
9 41 (2.38%) T-SQL
10 28 (1.63%) R
11 21 (1.22%) PowerShell
12 19 (1.10%) PL/SQL
13 17 (0.99%) SOQL
13 17 (0.99%) SOSL
14 16 (0.93%) Bicep
15 12 (0.70%) C++
16 11 (0.64%) Kusto Query Language
17 10 (0.58%) Bash
18 8 (0.47%) PHP
Qualifications
1 214 (12.44%) Security Cleared
2 185 (10.76%) Degree
3 133 (7.73%) SC Cleared
4 69 (4.01%) Computer Science Degree
5 60 (3.49%) Azure Certification
6 42 (2.44%) DV Cleared
7 32 (1.86%) Microsoft Certification
8 30 (1.74%) AWS Certification
9 26 (1.51%) Master's Degree
10 25 (1.45%) DBS Check
11 18 (1.05%) BPSS Clearance
11 18 (1.05%) TOGAF Certification
12 13 (0.76%) SnowPro
13 10 (0.58%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
14 9 (0.52%) CIPD
15 8 (0.47%) SAP Certification
16 6 (0.35%) IIBA
16 6 (0.35%) PMI Certification
17 5 (0.29%) ACCA
17 5 (0.29%) CIMA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 590 (34.30%) Data Quality
2 122 (7.09%) GDPR
3 64 (3.72%) Accessibility
4 54 (3.14%) QA
5 27 (1.57%) California Consumer Privacy Act
6 7 (0.41%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 7 (0.41%) PMO
7 6 (0.35%) Solvency II
8 5 (0.29%) GRC
9 4 (0.23%) IFRS
9 4 (0.23%) IFRS 17
9 4 (0.23%) MiFID
9 4 (0.23%) PERC
10 3 (0.17%) Actionable Recommendations
10 3 (0.17%) SLA
11 2 (0.12%) HL7
11 2 (0.12%) SOC 2
11 2 (0.12%) UCITS
11 2 (0.12%) WCAG
12 1 (0.058%) ISO 20022
System Software
1 87 (5.06%) Docker
2 10 (0.58%) Active Directory
3 4 (0.23%) NDS
4 1 (0.058%) Apache Flume
Systems Management
1 105 (6.10%) Terraform
2 57 (3.31%) Kubernetes
3 14 (0.81%) Ansible
4 8 (0.47%) Packer
5 6 (0.35%) Grafana
5 6 (0.35%) Hadoop YARN
5 6 (0.35%) Prometheus
6 3 (0.17%) Kibana
6 3 (0.17%) Single Sign-On
7 1 (0.058%) Progress Chef
7 1 (0.058%) Puppet
7 1 (0.058%) QRadar
7 1 (0.058%) RSA Archer
7 1 (0.058%) SCCM
Vendors
1 365 (21.22%) Microsoft
2 355 (20.64%) Databricks
3 117 (6.80%) Oracle
4 105 (6.10%) SAP
5 103 (5.99%) Salesforce
6 54 (3.14%) Google
7 26 (1.51%) Cloudera
7 26 (1.51%) Informatica
8 23 (1.34%) Dell
9 22 (1.28%) Palantir
10 18 (1.05%) Foundry
11 16 (0.93%) ServiceNow
12 15 (0.87%) Talend
13 13 (0.76%) IBM
14 12 (0.70%) MuleSoft
15 11 (0.64%) OpenAI
15 11 (0.64%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
16 9 (0.52%) Bloomberg
16 9 (0.52%) HubSpot
17 8 (0.47%) SYSPRO