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

6 months to
17 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 115 125 123
Rank change year-on-year +10 -2 -9
Permanent jobs citing Data Modelling 1,659 1,212 2,111
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 1.68% 2.47% 2.15%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.28% 2.74% 2.62%
Number of salaries quoted 1,142 621 1,358
10th Percentile £42,500 £45,000 £41,250
25th Percentile £52,500 £53,750 £51,250
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 £62,500
% change year-on-year - - +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 72,896 44,261 80,626
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 73.68% 90.09% 82.12%
Number of salaries quoted 50,426 24,863 55,989
10th Percentile £30,250 £28,750 £30,000
25th Percentile £41,250 £38,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% +3.64% -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 17 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 17 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 +19 1,519 £69,973 +3.66% 470
UK excluding London +3 793 £62,500 - 302
London +19 705 £80,000 +6.67% 228
Work from Home +19 521 £65,500 +0.77% 243
North of England +95 295 £63,000 +5.00% 84
South East -44 186 £60,000 -7.69% 94
Midlands -2 143 £60,000 -5.51% 52
North West +55 141 £62,500 +13.64% 42
Yorkshire +23 106 £66,250 +10.42% 18
West Midlands -1 101 £62,500 +8.70% 30
South West -63 80 £60,000 -4.00% 44
East of England -3 54 £71,000 +18.33% 16
North East -18 48 £60,000 +26.32% 25
East Midlands -11 42 £55,000 -13.39% 22
Scotland -31 20 £70,000 +11.11% 10
Wales - 12 £66,793 - 5
Northern Ireland -55 3 £60,000 -

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
1 134 (8.08%) Apache Airflow
2 114 (6.87%) Apache Spark
3 78 (4.70%) Apache
4 33 (1.99%) SharePoint
5 18 (1.08%) SAS
6 16 (0.96%) Palantir Foundry
7 14 (0.84%) 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%) Camunda
12 3 (0.18%) IIS
12 3 (0.18%) Oracle Application Server
13 2 (0.12%) Appian
13 2 (0.12%) ArcGIS
13 2 (0.12%) CICS
13 2 (0.12%) Luigi
Applications
1 79 (4.76%) Microsoft Excel
2 17 (1.02%) 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 (1.08%) Dynamics CRM
4 15 (0.90%) 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%) Integrated Workplace Management System
13 2 (0.12%) SAP IBP
Cloud Services
1 657 (39.60%) Azure
2 471 (28.39%) Power Platform
3 427 (25.74%) AWS
4 243 (14.65%) GCP
5 178 (10.73%) Azure Data Factory
6 161 (9.70%) Snowflake
7 137 (8.26%) dbt
8 125 (7.53%) Azure Synapse Analytics
9 99 (5.97%) Azure DevOps
10 89 (5.36%) Amazon S3
11 87 (5.24%) Serverless
12 64 (3.86%) SaaS
13 58 (3.50%) Power Automate
14 52 (3.13%) PowerApps
15 50 (3.01%) AWS Lambda
16 46 (2.77%) GitHub
17 40 (2.41%) Microsoft Purview
18 39 (2.35%) Dynamics 365
19 35 (2.11%) Microsoft 365
20 33 (1.99%) Amazon EMR
Communications & Networking
1 44 (2.65%) 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 (26.16%) Power BI
2 338 (20.37%) Data Warehouse
3 210 (12.66%) Data Lake
4 190 (11.45%) Metadata
5 123 (7.41%) SQL Server
5 123 (7.41%) Tableau
6 106 (6.39%) Relational Database
7 90 (5.42%) Amazon Redshift
8 89 (5.36%) BigQuery
9 86 (5.18%) PostgreSQL
10 71 (4.28%) Big Data
11 70 (4.22%) Star Schema
12 64 (3.86%) Semantic Layer
13 61 (3.68%) MySQL
14 60 (3.62%) NoSQL
15 55 (3.32%) Delta Lake
16 51 (3.07%) Data Vault
16 51 (3.07%) Power Query
17 48 (2.89%) Azure SQL Database
18 47 (2.83%) Looker
Development Applications
1 107 (6.45%) Git
2 34 (2.05%) JIRA
3 33 (1.99%) Jenkins
3 33 (1.99%) MLflow
4 28 (1.69%) Claude Code
5 16 (0.96%) GitLab
6 11 (0.66%) ERwin
7 8 (0.48%) Postman
8 6 (0.36%) Toad
9 4 (0.24%) Oracle APEX
10 3 (0.18%) Eclipse
10 3 (0.18%) IntelliJ
11 2 (0.12%) Jasmine
11 2 (0.12%) Karma Test Runner
11 2 (0.12%) TeamCity
11 2 (0.12%) Visual Studio
11 2 (0.12%) YouTrack
12 1 (0.060%) ER Studio
12 1 (0.060%) RStudio
12 1 (0.060%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 558 (33.63%) Social Skills
2 508 (30.62%) Finance
3 455 (27.43%) Analytical Skills
4 129 (7.78%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 128 (7.72%) Public Sector
6 70 (4.22%) Retail
7 68 (4.10%) Law
7 68 (4.10%) Marketing
8 54 (3.25%) Influencing Skills
9 51 (3.07%) Manufacturing
10 46 (2.77%) Legal
11 34 (2.05%) Financial Institution
12 31 (1.87%) 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 17 (1.02%) Advertising
16 17 (1.02%) Pharmaceutical
17 15 (0.90%) Front Office
Job Titles
1 404 (24.35%) Data Engineer
2 373 (22.48%) Architect
3 352 (21.22%) Senior
4 260 (15.67%) Data Architect
5 197 (11.87%) Analyst
6 196 (11.81%) Developer
7 185 (11.15%) Lead
8 112 (6.75%) Senior Data Engineer
9 102 (6.15%) Data Analyst
10 82 (4.94%) Consultant
11 59 (3.56%) Senior Architect
12 50 (3.01%) Business Intelligence Developer
13 48 (2.89%) Business Analyst
14 46 (2.77%) Data Modeller
15 45 (2.71%) Senior Data Architect
15 45 (2.71%) Senior Developer
16 43 (2.59%) Business Intelligence Analyst
17 41 (2.47%) Lead Data Engineer
18 40 (2.41%) Solutions Architect
19 38 (2.29%) Data Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 129 (7.78%) REST
2 117 (7.05%) PySpark
3 111 (6.69%) Kafka
4 70 (4.22%) Node.js
5 66 (3.98%) React
6 60 (3.62%) .NET
7 59 (3.56%) JSON
8 55 (3.32%) SOAP
9 54 (3.25%) Middleware
10 50 (3.01%) Lightning Web Components
11 44 (2.65%) XML
12 41 (2.47%) LangChain
13 40 (2.41%) CSS
14 32 (1.93%) RESTful
15 31 (1.87%) PyTorch
15 31 (1.87%) TensorFlow
16 29 (1.75%) HTML
17 28 (1.69%) AngularJS
17 28 (1.69%) scikit-learn
18 27 (1.63%) Visualforce
Miscellaneous
1 162 (9.76%) Cloud Native
2 135 (8.14%) Data Structures
3 82 (4.94%) Onboarding
3 82 (4.94%) Product Ownership
4 54 (3.25%) Distributed Systems
5 41 (2.47%) Greenfield Project
6 39 (2.35%) Management Information System
7 32 (1.93%) Legacy Systems
7 32 (1.93%) Public Cloud
8 31 (1.87%) Analytical Mindset
9 30 (1.81%) Self-Motivation
10 27 (1.63%) Clustering
11 26 (1.57%) AI Agents
11 26 (1.57%) Low-Code
12 24 (1.45%) Reinsurance
13 22 (1.33%) Distributed Computing
13 22 (1.33%) Social Media
14 20 (1.21%) Mobile App
15 17 (1.02%) Replication
16 14 (0.84%) e-Learning
Operating Systems
1 20 (1.21%) Linux
2 16 (0.96%) Windows
3 1 (0.060%) Unix
3 1 (0.060%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 790 (47.62%) Analytics
2 576 (34.72%) Business Intelligence
3 520 (31.34%) Data Governance
4 504 (30.38%) AI
5 471 (28.39%) Data Engineering
6 458 (27.61%) ETL
7 442 (26.64%) Data Pipeline
8 429 (25.86%) Decision-Making
9 388 (23.39%) Agile
10 385 (23.21%) Problem-Solving
11 375 (22.60%) CI/CD
12 374 (22.54%) Data Architecture
13 281 (16.94%) DevOps
14 268 (16.15%) Roadmaps
15 267 (16.09%) Machine Learning
16 265 (15.97%) Mentoring
17 243 (14.65%) Data Strategy
18 229 (13.80%) Continuous Improvement
19 185 (11.15%) Stakeholder Engagement
20 177 (10.67%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 863 (52.02%) SQL
2 691 (41.65%) Python
3 110 (6.63%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 103 (6.21%) Java
5 80 (4.82%) TypeScript
6 76 (4.58%) JavaScript
7 75 (4.52%) C#
8 57 (3.44%) Scala
9 46 (2.77%) Apex Code
10 41 (2.47%) T-SQL
11 23 (1.39%) PowerShell
11 23 (1.39%) R
12 20 (1.21%) PL/SQL
13 18 (1.08%) SOQL
13 18 (1.08%) SOSL
14 14 (0.84%) Bicep
15 13 (0.78%) Bash
16 11 (0.66%) Kusto Query Language
17 10 (0.60%) C++
18 9 (0.54%) PHP
Qualifications
1 202 (12.18%) Security Cleared
2 188 (11.33%) Degree
3 127 (7.66%) SC Cleared
4 68 (4.10%) Computer Science Degree
5 55 (3.32%) Azure Certification
6 37 (2.23%) DV Cleared
7 32 (1.93%) AWS Certification
8 31 (1.87%) DBS Check
9 29 (1.75%) Microsoft Certification
10 24 (1.45%) Master's Degree
11 18 (1.08%) TOGAF Certification
12 12 (0.72%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
12 12 (0.72%) BPSS Clearance
13 10 (0.60%) SnowPro
14 9 (0.54%) CIPD
15 8 (0.48%) SAP Certification
16 7 (0.42%) ACCA
16 7 (0.42%) CIMA
17 5 (0.30%) IIBA
18 4 (0.24%) CBAP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 563 (33.94%) Data Quality
2 121 (7.29%) GDPR
3 57 (3.44%) Accessibility
4 52 (3.13%) QA
5 28 (1.69%) California Consumer Privacy Act
6 12 (0.72%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 7 (0.42%) GRC
8 6 (0.36%) Solvency II
9 5 (0.30%) Actionable Recommendations
9 5 (0.30%) MiFID
9 5 (0.30%) PMO
10 4 (0.24%) IFRS
10 4 (0.24%) IFRS 17
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%) SNOMED CT
13 1 (0.060%) UCITS
System Software
1 84 (5.06%) Docker
2 13 (0.78%) Active Directory
3 3 (0.18%) NDS
4 1 (0.060%) Apache Flume
Systems Management
1 101 (6.09%) Terraform
2 57 (3.44%) Kubernetes
3 13 (0.78%) Ansible
4 8 (0.48%) Grafana
4 8 (0.48%) Packer
5 7 (0.42%) Prometheus
6 6 (0.36%) Hadoop YARN
7 5 (0.30%) Single Sign-On
8 3 (0.18%) Kibana
9 1 (0.060%) QRadar
9 1 (0.060%) RSA Archer
9 1 (0.060%) SCCM
Vendors
1 346 (20.86%) Microsoft
2 338 (20.37%) Databricks
3 118 (7.11%) Oracle
4 107 (6.45%) Salesforce
5 101 (6.09%) SAP
6 50 (3.01%) Google
7 30 (1.81%) Informatica
8 27 (1.63%) Cloudera
9 25 (1.51%) Palantir
10 23 (1.39%) Dell
11 22 (1.33%) Foundry
12 17 (1.02%) ServiceNow
12 17 (1.02%) Talend
13 14 (0.84%) MuleSoft
14 13 (0.78%) OpenAI
15 12 (0.72%) IBM
16 11 (0.66%) Workday
17 10 (0.60%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
18 9 (0.54%) HubSpot
19 7 (0.42%) SYSPRO