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 6 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
6 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 115 125 120
Rank change year-on-year +10 -5 -7
Permanent jobs citing Data Modelling 1,745 1,234 1,817
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 1.67% 2.49% 2.17%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.27% 2.78% 2.68%
Number of salaries quoted 1,166 636 1,117
10th Percentile £43,750 £45,000 £41,250
25th Percentile £52,500 £53,750 £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 £106,250 £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 76,965 44,351 67,835
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 73.55% 89.45% 81.04%
Number of salaries quoted 53,101 25,205 44,372
10th Percentile £30,750 £28,500 £31,250
25th Percentile £41,250 £37,500 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% - -8.71%
75th Percentile £78,750 £75,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £97,500 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £48,750 £50,000
% change year-on-year +12.82% -2.50% -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 6 August 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 6 August 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 +11 1,606 £69,973 +3.66% 1,048
UK excluding London +2 842 £62,500 - 534
London +19 741 £80,000 +6.67% 636
Work from Home +11 549 £65,000 -1.14% 448
North of England +83 323 £62,500 +4.17% 132
South East -60 186 £62,500 -3.85% 162
Midlands -2 150 £60,000 -5.51% 82
North West +59 146 £62,500 +6.84% 73
Yorkshire +26 110 £65,000 +1.96% 38
West Midlands -3 105 £60,900 +4.55% 56
South West -56 93 £65,000 -7.14% 60
North East +2 67 £55,000 +12.82% 22
East of England -12 55 £71,000 +18.33% 38
East Midlands -15 45 £59,366 -8.67% 26
Scotland -6 24 £70,000 +5.66% 38
Wales - 9 £66,000 - 10
Northern Ireland - 2 £60,000 - 13

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
1 135 (7.74%) Apache Airflow
2 122 (6.99%) Apache Spark
3 83 (4.76%) Apache
4 30 (1.72%) SharePoint
5 16 (0.92%) Jupyter
5 16 (0.92%) SAS
6 12 (0.69%) Confluence
7 11 (0.63%) Palantir Foundry
8 7 (0.40%) CMS
9 5 (0.29%) Oracle SOA Suite
10 4 (0.23%) WordPress
11 3 (0.17%) Apache Solr
11 3 (0.17%) ArcGIS
11 3 (0.17%) IIS
11 3 (0.17%) Luigi
12 2 (0.11%) Camunda
12 2 (0.11%) CICS
12 2 (0.11%) Microsoft Exchange
12 2 (0.11%) Oracle Application Server
13 1 (0.057%) PegaRULES
Applications
1 73 (4.18%) Microsoft Excel
2 13 (0.74%) Microsoft Office
3 9 (0.52%) Spreadsheet
4 6 (0.34%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 3 (0.17%) Blender
5 3 (0.17%) Maya
5 3 (0.17%) MS Visio
6 2 (0.11%) Chatbot
6 2 (0.11%) PTC Creo
6 2 (0.11%) Windchill
7 1 (0.057%) FrameMaker
7 1 (0.057%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 39 (2.23%) SAP S/4HANA
2 21 (1.20%) Dynamics CRM
3 20 (1.15%) SAP MDG
4 14 (0.80%) Oracle ERP
5 12 (0.69%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
6 10 (0.57%) Oracle EBS
7 8 (0.46%) SAP MDG-BP
8 6 (0.34%) NetSuite
8 6 (0.34%) Salesforce CRM
9 5 (0.29%) JDE EnterpriseOne
9 5 (0.29%) SAP ERP
9 5 (0.29%) SAP MDG-F
10 3 (0.17%) Oracle Payables
10 3 (0.17%) Oracle Receivables
11 2 (0.11%) FLEXCUBE
11 2 (0.11%) Infor M3
11 2 (0.11%) Misys Opics
11 2 (0.11%) Oracle Applications
11 2 (0.11%) SAP IBP
11 2 (0.11%) Unit4 Business World
Cloud Services
1 682 (39.08%) Azure
2 498 (28.54%) Power Platform
3 459 (26.30%) AWS
4 258 (14.79%) GCP
5 176 (10.09%) Azure Data Factory
6 173 (9.91%) Snowflake
7 147 (8.42%) dbt
8 129 (7.39%) Azure Synapse Analytics
9 103 (5.90%) Azure DevOps
10 92 (5.27%) Amazon S3
11 86 (4.93%) Serverless
12 64 (3.67%) SaaS
13 56 (3.21%) Power Automate
14 54 (3.09%) GitHub
15 53 (3.04%) Microsoft Purview
16 52 (2.98%) AWS Lambda
16 52 (2.98%) PowerApps
17 39 (2.23%) Dynamics 365
18 36 (2.06%) Amazon EMR
19 35 (2.01%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 44 (2.52%) Broadband
2 6 (0.34%) BGP
2 6 (0.34%) DNS
2 6 (0.34%) IPsec
2 6 (0.34%) VPN
3 4 (0.23%) Internet
3 4 (0.23%) NGN
4 3 (0.17%) LTE
4 3 (0.17%) Network Security
5 2 (0.11%) 4G
5 2 (0.11%) 5G
5 2 (0.11%) SMS
6 1 (0.057%) CTI
Database & Business Intelligence
1 463 (26.53%) Power BI
2 360 (20.63%) Data Warehouse
3 226 (12.95%) Data Lake
4 218 (12.49%) Metadata
5 136 (7.79%) Tableau
6 127 (7.28%) SQL Server
7 109 (6.25%) Relational Database
8 98 (5.62%) Amazon Redshift
8 98 (5.62%) BigQuery
9 85 (4.87%) PostgreSQL
10 79 (4.53%) Big Data
11 75 (4.30%) Star Schema
12 69 (3.95%) Semantic Layer
13 66 (3.78%) NoSQL
14 64 (3.67%) Delta Lake
15 56 (3.21%) Data Vault
15 56 (3.21%) Power Query
16 55 (3.15%) Looker
17 54 (3.09%) MySQL
18 51 (2.92%) Azure SQL Database
Development Applications
1 124 (7.11%) Git
2 41 (2.35%) Jenkins
3 35 (2.01%) JIRA
4 33 (1.89%) MLflow
5 30 (1.72%) Claude Code
6 21 (1.20%) GitLab
7 11 (0.63%) ERwin
8 6 (0.34%) Toad
9 4 (0.23%) Oracle APEX
9 4 (0.23%) Postman
10 3 (0.17%) Ant
10 3 (0.17%) Bitbucket
10 3 (0.17%) Eclipse
10 3 (0.17%) IntelliJ
10 3 (0.17%) Visual Studio Code
11 2 (0.11%) ER Studio
11 2 (0.11%) IBM UrbanCode
11 2 (0.11%) Jasmine
11 2 (0.11%) Maven
11 2 (0.11%) TeamCity
General
1 581 (33.30%) Social Skills
2 558 (31.98%) Finance
3 472 (27.05%) Analytical Skills
4 140 (8.02%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 126 (7.22%) Public Sector
6 81 (4.64%) Law
7 79 (4.53%) Marketing
8 75 (4.30%) Retail
9 56 (3.21%) Influencing Skills
9 56 (3.21%) Manufacturing
10 55 (3.15%) Legal
11 42 (2.41%) Banking
12 32 (1.83%) Financial Institution
13 22 (1.26%) Billing
13 22 (1.26%) Documentation Skills
14 21 (1.20%) Pharmaceutical
14 21 (1.20%) Presentation Skills
15 19 (1.09%) Organisational Skills
16 17 (0.97%) Advertising
16 17 (0.97%) Front Office
Job Titles
1 428 (24.53%) Data Engineer
2 406 (23.27%) Architect
3 365 (20.92%) Senior
4 288 (16.50%) Data Architect
5 192 (11.00%) Developer
6 189 (10.83%) Analyst
7 181 (10.37%) Lead
8 108 (6.19%) Senior Data Engineer
9 90 (5.16%) Data Analyst
10 79 (4.53%) Consultant
11 59 (3.38%) Senior Architect
12 52 (2.98%) Business Intelligence Developer
12 52 (2.98%) Data Modeller
13 51 (2.92%) Business Analyst
14 45 (2.58%) Senior Data Architect
15 44 (2.52%) Solutions Architect
16 42 (2.41%) Senior Developer
17 39 (2.23%) Data Consultant
17 39 (2.23%) Senior Analyst
18 36 (2.06%) Data Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 133 (7.62%) PySpark
2 122 (6.99%) REST
3 117 (6.70%) Kafka
4 66 (3.78%) Node.js
5 64 (3.67%) React
6 60 (3.44%) .NET
7 54 (3.09%) SOAP
8 53 (3.04%) JSON
8 53 (3.04%) Lightning Web Components
9 51 (2.92%) Middleware
10 42 (2.41%) LangChain
11 40 (2.29%) XML
12 34 (1.95%) CSS
13 30 (1.72%) AngularJS
14 29 (1.66%) PyTorch
14 29 (1.66%) TensorFlow
15 27 (1.55%) RESTful
16 26 (1.49%) scikit-learn
17 25 (1.43%) pgvector
17 25 (1.43%) Visualforce
Miscellaneous
1 177 (10.14%) Cloud Native
2 128 (7.34%) Data Structures
3 88 (5.04%) Product Ownership
4 77 (4.41%) Onboarding
5 59 (3.38%) Distributed Systems
6 43 (2.46%) Management Information System
7 39 (2.23%) Greenfield Project
8 36 (2.06%) Analytical Mindset
9 32 (1.83%) Public Cloud
10 30 (1.72%) Self-Motivation
11 29 (1.66%) Clustering
12 28 (1.60%) AI Agents
13 27 (1.55%) Legacy Systems
14 26 (1.49%) Distributed Computing
15 24 (1.38%) Low-Code
15 24 (1.38%) Social Media
16 20 (1.15%) Replication
17 19 (1.09%) Mobile App
17 19 (1.09%) Reinsurance
18 17 (0.97%) Reference Data
Operating Systems
1 23 (1.32%) Linux
2 18 (1.03%) Windows
3 3 (0.17%) Windows Server
4 2 (0.11%) Solaris
5 1 (0.057%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 835 (47.85%) Analytics
2 616 (35.30%) Business Intelligence
3 565 (32.38%) AI
4 550 (31.52%) Data Governance
5 494 (28.31%) Data Engineering
6 488 (27.97%) ETL
7 472 (27.05%) Data Pipeline
8 445 (25.50%) Decision-Making
9 422 (24.18%) Agile
10 420 (24.07%) Data Architecture
11 397 (22.75%) CI/CD
12 386 (22.12%) Problem-Solving
13 303 (17.36%) Roadmaps
14 294 (16.85%) DevOps
15 285 (16.33%) Machine Learning
16 272 (15.59%) Data Strategy
17 269 (15.42%) Mentoring
18 238 (13.64%) Continuous Improvement
19 214 (12.26%) Stakeholder Management
20 198 (11.35%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 905 (51.86%) SQL
2 724 (41.49%) Python
3 112 (6.42%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 109 (6.25%) Java
5 79 (4.53%) C#
5 79 (4.53%) TypeScript
6 69 (3.95%) JavaScript
6 69 (3.95%) Scala
7 47 (2.69%) Apex Code
8 40 (2.29%) T-SQL
9 28 (1.60%) R
10 20 (1.15%) PowerShell
11 18 (1.03%) PL/SQL
12 17 (0.97%) Bicep
12 17 (0.97%) SOQL
12 17 (0.97%) SOSL
13 11 (0.63%) C++
13 11 (0.63%) Kusto Query Language
14 10 (0.57%) Bash
15 8 (0.46%) ABAP
Qualifications
1 223 (12.78%) Security Cleared
2 192 (11.00%) Degree
3 139 (7.97%) SC Cleared
4 70 (4.01%) Computer Science Degree
5 62 (3.55%) Azure Certification
6 43 (2.46%) DV Cleared
7 33 (1.89%) Microsoft Certification
8 30 (1.72%) AWS Certification
9 27 (1.55%) Master's Degree
10 24 (1.38%) DBS Check
11 22 (1.26%) BPSS Clearance
12 18 (1.03%) TOGAF Certification
13 14 (0.80%) SnowPro
14 9 (0.52%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
14 9 (0.52%) CIPD
15 8 (0.46%) SAP Certification
16 6 (0.34%) IIBA
16 6 (0.34%) PMI Certification
17 4 (0.23%) CBAP
17 4 (0.23%) CIMA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 595 (34.10%) Data Quality
2 125 (7.16%) GDPR
3 64 (3.67%) Accessibility
4 57 (3.27%) QA
5 27 (1.55%) California Consumer Privacy Act
6 7 (0.40%) PMO
6 7 (0.40%) Solvency II
7 5 (0.29%) GRC
7 5 (0.29%) IFRS
7 5 (0.29%) IFRS 17
7 5 (0.29%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 5 (0.29%) MiFID
8 4 (0.23%) PERC
9 3 (0.17%) Actionable Recommendations
9 3 (0.17%) SLA
9 3 (0.17%) UCITS
10 2 (0.11%) HL7
10 2 (0.11%) SOC 2
10 2 (0.11%) WCAG
11 1 (0.057%) NIST
System Software
1 87 (4.99%) Docker
2 8 (0.46%) Active Directory
3 4 (0.23%) NDS
4 1 (0.057%) Apache Flume
Systems Management
1 109 (6.25%) Terraform
2 56 (3.21%) Kubernetes
3 16 (0.92%) Ansible
4 8 (0.46%) Packer
5 6 (0.34%) Hadoop YARN
6 4 (0.23%) Grafana
6 4 (0.23%) Prometheus
7 3 (0.17%) Kibana
8 2 (0.11%) Progress Chef
8 2 (0.11%) Puppet
9 1 (0.057%) Argo
9 1 (0.057%) QRadar
9 1 (0.057%) RSA Archer
9 1 (0.057%) SCCM
Vendors
1 370 (21.20%) Microsoft
2 360 (20.63%) Databricks
3 114 (6.53%) Oracle
4 108 (6.19%) SAP
5 104 (5.96%) Salesforce
6 57 (3.27%) Google
7 26 (1.49%) Cloudera
7 26 (1.49%) Informatica
8 23 (1.32%) Dell
9 20 (1.15%) Palantir
10 17 (0.97%) ServiceNow
11 16 (0.92%) Foundry
12 15 (0.86%) Talend
13 13 (0.74%) IBM
13 13 (0.74%) MuleSoft
14 12 (0.69%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
15 11 (0.63%) OpenAI
16 10 (0.57%) Bloomberg
17 9 (0.52%) HubSpot
18 8 (0.46%) SYSPRO