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

6 months to
16 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 115 123 122
Rank change year-on-year +8 -1 -8
Permanent jobs citing Data Modelling 1,656 1,212 2,166
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 1.68% 2.47% 2.15%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.27% 2.74% 2.61%
Number of salaries quoted 1,142 625 1,399
10th Percentile £42,500 £45,000 £41,250
25th Percentile £52,500 £53,750 £51,196
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £69,973 £67,500 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.66% -3.57% +3.70%
75th Percentile £87,500 £83,750 £87,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £105,000 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £62,500 £62,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year - +4.17% +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 72,823 44,302 82,887
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 73.72% 90.16% 82.12%
Number of salaries quoted 50,276 24,855 57,929
10th Percentile £30,250 £28,750 £30,000
25th Percentile £41,250 £38,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,201 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.89% +4.00% -8.84%
75th Percentile £78,750 £77,500 £72,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £98,750 £92,500
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 16 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 16 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 +17 1,513 £69,973 +3.66% 484
UK excluding London -6 794 £62,500 - 327
London +21 701 £80,000 +6.67% 226
Work from Home +16 524 £65,000 - 251
North of England +92 291 £62,750 +4.58% 79
South East -30 189 £60,000 -7.69% 107
Midlands +4 146 £60,000 -5.51% 58
North West +56 138 £62,500 +11.11% 43
Yorkshire +24 105 £66,250 +10.42% 14
West Midlands -6 103 £62,500 +8.70% 34
South West -68 76 £60,000 -4.00% 46
East of England -3 54 £71,000 +18.33% 17
North East -15 48 £60,000 +26.32% 23
East Midlands -32 43 £55,000 -13.39% 24
Scotland -21 23 £70,000 +11.11% 10
Wales - 12 £66,793 - 7
Northern Ireland -56 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
1 137 (8.27%) Apache Airflow
2 114 (6.88%) Apache Spark
3 78 (4.71%) Apache
4 33 (1.99%) SharePoint
5 18 (1.09%) SAS
6 17 (1.03%) Palantir Foundry
7 14 (0.85%) Jupyter
8 11 (0.66%) Confluence
9 8 (0.48%) CMS
9 8 (0.48%) Microsoft Exchange
10 5 (0.30%) Oracle SOA Suite
11 4 (0.24%) WordPress
12 3 (0.18%) Apache Solr
12 3 (0.18%) Appian
12 3 (0.18%) Camunda
12 3 (0.18%) IIS
12 3 (0.18%) Oracle Application Server
13 2 (0.12%) ArcGIS
13 2 (0.12%) CICS
13 2 (0.12%) Luigi
Applications
1 79 (4.77%) Microsoft Excel
2 17 (1.03%) Microsoft Office
3 9 (0.54%) Spreadsheet
4 5 (0.30%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 3 (0.18%) Blender
5 3 (0.18%) Maya
5 3 (0.18%) MS Visio
6 2 (0.12%) Chatbot
6 2 (0.12%) PTC Creo
6 2 (0.12%) Windchill
7 1 (0.060%) FrameMaker
7 1 (0.060%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 38 (2.29%) SAP S/4HANA
2 20 (1.21%) SAP MDG
3 18 (1.09%) Dynamics CRM
4 15 (0.91%) Oracle ERP
5 12 (0.72%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
6 10 (0.60%) Oracle EBS
7 9 (0.54%) NetSuite
8 8 (0.48%) SAP MDG-BP
9 7 (0.42%) Salesforce CRM
9 7 (0.42%) Workday HCM
10 5 (0.30%) SAP MDG-F
11 4 (0.24%) JDE EnterpriseOne
11 4 (0.24%) SAP ERP
12 3 (0.18%) FLEXCUBE
12 3 (0.18%) Misys Opics
12 3 (0.18%) Oracle Payables
12 3 (0.18%) Oracle Receivables
13 2 (0.12%) Infor M3
13 2 (0.12%) Oracle Applications
13 2 (0.12%) SAP IBP
Cloud Services
1 656 (39.61%) Azure
2 471 (28.44%) Power Platform
3 423 (25.54%) AWS
4 244 (14.73%) GCP
5 177 (10.69%) Azure Data Factory
6 161 (9.72%) Snowflake
7 139 (8.39%) dbt
8 126 (7.61%) Azure Synapse Analytics
9 100 (6.04%) Azure DevOps
10 87 (5.25%) Serverless
11 86 (5.19%) Amazon S3
12 65 (3.93%) SaaS
13 59 (3.56%) Power Automate
14 52 (3.14%) PowerApps
15 50 (3.02%) AWS Lambda
16 45 (2.72%) GitHub
17 39 (2.36%) Dynamics 365
17 39 (2.36%) Microsoft Purview
18 33 (1.99%) Amazon EMR
18 33 (1.99%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 44 (2.66%) Broadband
2 6 (0.36%) BGP
2 6 (0.36%) DNS
2 6 (0.36%) IPsec
2 6 (0.36%) VPN
3 4 (0.24%) Internet
3 4 (0.24%) NGN
4 3 (0.18%) LTE
4 3 (0.18%) Network Security
5 2 (0.12%) 4G
5 2 (0.12%) 5G
5 2 (0.12%) SMS
6 1 (0.060%) CTI
6 1 (0.060%) Radio Access Network
Database & Business Intelligence
1 434 (26.21%) Power BI
2 340 (20.53%) Data Warehouse
3 211 (12.74%) Data Lake
4 187 (11.29%) Metadata
5 126 (7.61%) SQL Server
6 123 (7.43%) Tableau
7 107 (6.46%) Relational Database
8 90 (5.43%) Amazon Redshift
8 90 (5.43%) BigQuery
9 88 (5.31%) PostgreSQL
10 71 (4.29%) Big Data
11 69 (4.17%) Star Schema
12 62 (3.74%) MySQL
12 62 (3.74%) Semantic Layer
13 61 (3.68%) NoSQL
14 53 (3.20%) Delta Lake
15 51 (3.08%) Power Query
16 50 (3.02%) Data Vault
17 48 (2.90%) Azure SQL Database
18 47 (2.84%) Looker
Development Applications
1 108 (6.52%) Git
2 34 (2.05%) JIRA
3 33 (1.99%) Jenkins
4 32 (1.93%) MLflow
5 28 (1.69%) Claude Code
6 14 (0.85%) GitLab
7 12 (0.72%) ERwin
8 9 (0.54%) Postman
9 6 (0.36%) Toad
10 4 (0.24%) Oracle APEX
11 3 (0.18%) Eclipse
11 3 (0.18%) IntelliJ
12 2 (0.12%) Jasmine
12 2 (0.12%) Karma Test Runner
12 2 (0.12%) TeamCity
12 2 (0.12%) Visual Studio
12 2 (0.12%) YouTrack
13 1 (0.060%) RStudio
13 1 (0.060%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
13 1 (0.060%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 555 (33.51%) Social Skills
2 506 (30.56%) Finance
3 453 (27.36%) Analytical Skills
4 130 (7.85%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 126 (7.61%) Public Sector
6 70 (4.23%) Retail
7 69 (4.17%) Law
7 69 (4.17%) Marketing
8 53 (3.20%) Influencing Skills
9 50 (3.02%) Manufacturing
10 45 (2.72%) Legal
11 34 (2.05%) Financial Institution
12 30 (1.81%) Banking
13 23 (1.39%) Organisational Skills
14 22 (1.33%) Documentation Skills
15 21 (1.27%) Billing
15 21 (1.27%) Presentation Skills
16 18 (1.09%) Advertising
17 17 (1.03%) Pharmaceutical
18 15 (0.91%) Front Office
Job Titles
1 410 (24.76%) Data Engineer
2 363 (21.92%) Architect
3 350 (21.14%) Senior
4 255 (15.40%) Data Architect
5 198 (11.96%) Analyst
6 195 (11.78%) Developer
7 185 (11.17%) Lead
8 112 (6.76%) Senior Data Engineer
9 102 (6.16%) Data Analyst
10 82 (4.95%) Consultant
11 58 (3.50%) Senior Architect
12 50 (3.02%) Business Intelligence Developer
13 48 (2.90%) Business Analyst
14 46 (2.78%) Data Modeller
15 45 (2.72%) Senior Developer
16 44 (2.66%) Business Intelligence Analyst
16 44 (2.66%) Senior Data Architect
17 42 (2.54%) Lead Data Engineer
18 40 (2.42%) Solutions Architect
19 38 (2.29%) Data Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 130 (7.85%) REST
2 117 (7.07%) PySpark
3 110 (6.64%) Kafka
4 70 (4.23%) Node.js
5 67 (4.05%) React
6 60 (3.62%) .NET
7 58 (3.50%) JSON
8 55 (3.32%) SOAP
9 54 (3.26%) Middleware
10 50 (3.02%) Lightning Web Components
11 44 (2.66%) XML
12 41 (2.48%) LangChain
13 40 (2.42%) CSS
14 33 (1.99%) RESTful
15 32 (1.93%) PyTorch
15 32 (1.93%) TensorFlow
16 29 (1.75%) HTML
16 29 (1.75%) scikit-learn
17 28 (1.69%) AngularJS
18 27 (1.63%) Visualforce
Miscellaneous
1 161 (9.72%) Cloud Native
2 134 (8.09%) Data Structures
3 83 (5.01%) Product Ownership
4 80 (4.83%) Onboarding
5 53 (3.20%) Distributed Systems
6 40 (2.42%) Greenfield Project
6 40 (2.42%) Management Information System
7 33 (1.99%) Legacy Systems
8 32 (1.93%) Public Cloud
9 31 (1.87%) Analytical Mindset
9 31 (1.87%) Self-Motivation
10 27 (1.63%) Clustering
10 27 (1.63%) Low-Code
11 26 (1.57%) AI Agents
12 24 (1.45%) Reinsurance
13 22 (1.33%) Distributed Computing
13 22 (1.33%) Social Media
14 19 (1.15%) Mobile App
15 18 (1.09%) Replication
16 14 (0.85%) e-Learning
Operating Systems
1 21 (1.27%) Linux
2 16 (0.97%) Windows
3 1 (0.060%) Android
3 1 (0.060%) Apple iOS
3 1 (0.060%) Unix
3 1 (0.060%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 792 (47.83%) Analytics
2 577 (34.84%) Business Intelligence
3 520 (31.40%) Data Governance
4 498 (30.07%) AI
5 472 (28.50%) Data Engineering
6 460 (27.78%) ETL
7 446 (26.93%) Data Pipeline
8 432 (26.09%) Decision-Making
9 392 (23.67%) Agile
10 387 (23.37%) Problem-Solving
11 379 (22.89%) CI/CD
12 371 (22.40%) Data Architecture
13 279 (16.85%) DevOps
14 266 (16.06%) Machine Learning
15 265 (16.00%) Roadmaps
16 263 (15.88%) Mentoring
17 242 (14.61%) Data Strategy
18 228 (13.77%) Continuous Improvement
19 184 (11.11%) Stakeholder Engagement
20 175 (10.57%) Translating Business Requirements
Programming Languages
1 873 (52.72%) SQL
2 697 (42.09%) Python
3 111 (6.70%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 103 (6.22%) Java
5 80 (4.83%) TypeScript
6 77 (4.65%) JavaScript
7 75 (4.53%) C#
8 57 (3.44%) Scala
9 46 (2.78%) Apex Code
10 42 (2.54%) T-SQL
11 23 (1.39%) PowerShell
11 23 (1.39%) R
12 20 (1.21%) PL/SQL
13 18 (1.09%) SOQL
13 18 (1.09%) SOSL
14 14 (0.85%) Bicep
15 13 (0.79%) Bash
16 11 (0.66%) C++
16 11 (0.66%) Kusto Query Language
17 9 (0.54%) PHP
Qualifications
1 199 (12.02%) Security Cleared
2 189 (11.41%) Degree
3 124 (7.49%) SC Cleared
4 68 (4.11%) Computer Science Degree
5 55 (3.32%) Azure Certification
6 37 (2.23%) DV Cleared
7 32 (1.93%) AWS Certification
7 32 (1.93%) DBS Check
8 30 (1.81%) Microsoft Certification
9 26 (1.57%) Master's Degree
10 18 (1.09%) TOGAF Certification
11 12 (0.72%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
11 12 (0.72%) BPSS Clearance
12 10 (0.60%) SnowPro
13 9 (0.54%) CIPD
14 8 (0.48%) SAP Certification
15 7 (0.42%) ACCA
15 7 (0.42%) CIMA
16 5 (0.30%) IIBA
17 4 (0.24%) CBAP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 562 (33.94%) Data Quality
2 122 (7.37%) GDPR
3 58 (3.50%) Accessibility
4 53 (3.20%) QA
5 28 (1.69%) California Consumer Privacy Act
6 13 (0.79%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 7 (0.42%) GRC
8 6 (0.36%) Solvency II
9 5 (0.30%) Actionable Recommendations
9 5 (0.30%) PMO
10 4 (0.24%) IFRS
10 4 (0.24%) IFRS 17
10 4 (0.24%) MiFID
10 4 (0.24%) PERC
10 4 (0.24%) SLA
11 3 (0.18%) WCAG
12 2 (0.12%) HL7
13 1 (0.060%) ISO 20022
13 1 (0.060%) ISO 22301
13 1 (0.060%) SNOMED CT
System Software
1 87 (5.25%) Docker
2 10 (0.60%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.060%) Apache Flume
Systems Management
1 102 (6.16%) Terraform
2 58 (3.50%) Kubernetes
3 13 (0.79%) Ansible
4 8 (0.48%) Grafana
4 8 (0.48%) Packer
5 6 (0.36%) Hadoop YARN
5 6 (0.36%) Prometheus
6 5 (0.30%) Single Sign-On
7 3 (0.18%) Kibana
8 1 (0.060%) QRadar
8 1 (0.060%) RSA Archer
8 1 (0.060%) SCCM
Vendors
1 342 (20.65%) Microsoft
2 338 (20.41%) Databricks
3 119 (7.19%) Oracle
4 107 (6.46%) Salesforce
5 101 (6.10%) SAP
6 51 (3.08%) Google
7 31 (1.87%) Informatica
8 27 (1.63%) Cloudera
9 26 (1.57%) Palantir
10 23 (1.39%) Dell
10 23 (1.39%) Foundry
11 17 (1.03%) ServiceNow
11 17 (1.03%) Talend
12 14 (0.85%) MuleSoft
12 14 (0.85%) OpenAI
13 12 (0.72%) IBM
14 11 (0.66%) Workday
15 10 (0.60%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
16 9 (0.54%) HubSpot
17 7 (0.42%) Ariba