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

6 months to
4 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 111 131 115
Rank change year-on-year +20 -16 +2
Permanent jobs citing Data Modelling 1,649 1,162 2,303
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 1.71% 2.44% 2.19%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.32% 2.68% 2.67%
Number of salaries quoted 1,138 594 1,488
10th Percentile £42,500 £45,000 £41,250
25th Percentile £52,500 £53,750 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £69,973 £65,000 £67,900
Median % change year-on-year +7.65% -4.27% +0.59%
75th Percentile £87,500 £83,750 £87,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £105,000 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £62,500 £60,000 £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 71,201 43,352 86,215
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 73.63% 91.03% 82.05%
Number of salaries quoted 49,187 23,974 60,816
10th Percentile £30,000 £28,822 £29,750
25th Percentile £41,250 £38,750 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% +4.55% -9.09%
75th Percentile £78,750 £77,500 £72,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £100,000 £92,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £53,738 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +7.48% - -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 4 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 4 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 +24 1,496 £69,973 +6.42% 821
UK excluding London +4 782 £62,500 +4.17% 503
London +26 695 £80,000 +6.67% 441
Work from Home +28 529 £67,500 +2.66% 408
North of England +90 295 £62,750 +8.19% 111
South East -35 183 £60,000 -7.69% 184
Midlands +2 147 £60,000 -4.00% 92
North West +48 139 £60,500 +15.24% 69
Yorkshire +37 111 £67,500 +12.50% 22
West Midlands -1 104 £62,500 +7.30% 47
South West -87 64 £60,000 -12.44% 59
East of England -7 54 £71,000 +18.33% 18
North East -8 45 £65,000 +36.84% 21
East Midlands -11 43 £57,000 -10.24% 44
Scotland -18 24 £70,000 +11.11% 21
Wales - 12 £67,586 - 14
Northern Ireland -48 3 £60,000 - 6

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
1 141 (8.55%) Apache Airflow
2 111 (6.73%) Apache Spark
3 79 (4.79%) Apache
4 33 (2.00%) SharePoint
5 19 (1.15%) Palantir Foundry
6 16 (0.97%) SAS
7 14 (0.85%) Confluence
8 13 (0.79%) Jupyter
9 8 (0.49%) CMS
9 8 (0.49%) Microsoft Exchange
10 5 (0.30%) Oracle SOA Suite
11 4 (0.24%) Appian
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%) ArcGIS
13 2 (0.12%) CICS
13 2 (0.12%) Luigi
Applications
1 75 (4.55%) Microsoft Excel
2 18 (1.09%) Microsoft Office
3 9 (0.55%) 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 (0.061%) FrameMaker
7 1 (0.061%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 38 (2.30%) SAP S/4HANA
2 20 (1.21%) SAP MDG
3 19 (1.15%) Dynamics CRM
4 15 (0.91%) Oracle ERP
5 12 (0.73%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
6 11 (0.67%) NetSuite
7 10 (0.61%) Oracle EBS
8 8 (0.49%) 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
1 668 (40.51%) Azure
2 460 (27.90%) Power Platform
3 423 (25.65%) AWS
4 252 (15.28%) GCP
5 173 (10.49%) Azure Data Factory
6 155 (9.40%) Snowflake
7 139 (8.43%) dbt
8 130 (7.88%) Azure Synapse Analytics
9 101 (6.12%) Azure DevOps
10 87 (5.28%) Serverless
11 85 (5.15%) Amazon S3
12 65 (3.94%) SaaS
13 59 (3.58%) Power Automate
14 52 (3.15%) AWS Lambda
15 51 (3.09%) PowerApps
16 44 (2.67%) GitHub
17 38 (2.30%) Dynamics 365
18 37 (2.24%) Microsoft Purview
19 33 (2.00%) Microsoft 365
20 30 (1.82%) Azure Logic Apps
Communications & Networking
1 44 (2.67%) Broadband
2 4 (0.24%) NGN
3 3 (0.18%) BGP
3 3 (0.18%) DNS
3 3 (0.18%) Internet
3 3 (0.18%) IPsec
3 3 (0.18%) LTE
3 3 (0.18%) Network Security
3 3 (0.18%) VPN
4 2 (0.12%) 4G
4 2 (0.12%) 5G
4 2 (0.12%) SMS
4 2 (0.12%) Tactical Data Link
5 1 (0.061%) CTI
5 1 (0.061%) Radio Access Network
Database & Business Intelligence
1 421 (25.53%) Power BI
2 328 (19.89%) Data Warehouse
3 203 (12.31%) Data Lake
4 191 (11.58%) Metadata
5 119 (7.22%) SQL Server
5 119 (7.22%) Tableau
6 107 (6.49%) Relational Database
7 90 (5.46%) BigQuery
8 87 (5.28%) Amazon Redshift
9 85 (5.15%) PostgreSQL
10 65 (3.94%) Semantic Layer
11 61 (3.70%) Big Data
11 61 (3.70%) Star Schema
12 58 (3.52%) MySQL
13 56 (3.40%) NoSQL
14 50 (3.03%) Delta Lake
14 50 (3.03%) SQL Server Integration Services
15 49 (2.97%) Azure SQL Database
15 49 (2.97%) Power Query
16 48 (2.91%) Data Vault
Development Applications
1 106 (6.43%) Git
2 38 (2.30%) JIRA
3 33 (2.00%) MLflow
4 30 (1.82%) Jenkins
5 26 (1.58%) Claude Code
6 13 (0.79%) ERwin
6 13 (0.79%) GitLab
7 11 (0.67%) 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%) ER Studio
11 2 (0.12%) Jasmine
11 2 (0.12%) Karma Test Runner
11 2 (0.12%) NUnit
11 2 (0.12%) PowerDesigner
11 2 (0.12%) TeamCity
11 2 (0.12%) Visual Studio
11 2 (0.12%) YouTrack
General
1 545 (33.05%) Social Skills
2 510 (30.93%) Finance
3 447 (27.11%) Analytical Skills
4 137 (8.31%) Public Sector
5 136 (8.25%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 67 (4.06%) Retail
7 65 (3.94%) Law
8 63 (3.82%) Marketing
9 49 (2.97%) Influencing Skills
10 47 (2.85%) Manufacturing
11 41 (2.49%) Legal
12 38 (2.30%) Financial Institution
13 35 (2.12%) Banking
14 24 (1.46%) Organisational Skills
15 23 (1.39%) Billing
15 23 (1.39%) Documentation Skills
16 19 (1.15%) Local Government
17 18 (1.09%) Presentation Skills
18 17 (1.03%) Advertising
19 15 (0.91%) Games
Job Titles
1 405 (24.56%) Data Engineer
2 361 (21.89%) Architect
3 355 (21.53%) Senior
4 254 (15.40%) Data Architect
5 205 (12.43%) Analyst
6 199 (12.07%) Developer
7 188 (11.40%) Lead
8 114 (6.91%) Senior Data Engineer
9 109 (6.61%) Data Analyst
10 77 (4.67%) Consultant
11 60 (3.64%) Senior Architect
12 54 (3.27%) Business Intelligence Developer
13 50 (3.03%) Business Analyst
14 49 (2.97%) Senior Data Architect
15 46 (2.79%) Data Modeller
16 44 (2.67%) Senior Developer
17 43 (2.61%) Lead Data Engineer
18 42 (2.55%) Business Intelligence Analyst
19 39 (2.37%) Senior Analyst
20 36 (2.18%) Data Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 135 (8.19%) REST
2 115 (6.97%) PySpark
3 107 (6.49%) Kafka
4 64 (3.88%) Node.js
5 63 (3.82%) .NET
5 63 (3.82%) React
6 60 (3.64%) JSON
6 60 (3.64%) SOAP
7 56 (3.40%) Middleware
8 48 (2.91%) Lightning Web Components
9 46 (2.79%) XML
10 41 (2.49%) CSS
10 41 (2.49%) LangChain
11 35 (2.12%) RESTful
12 33 (2.00%) PyTorch
12 33 (2.00%) TensorFlow
13 30 (1.82%) HTML
13 30 (1.82%) scikit-learn
13 30 (1.82%) Visualforce
14 28 (1.70%) AngularJS
Miscellaneous
1 162 (9.82%) Cloud Native
2 130 (7.88%) Data Structures
3 87 (5.28%) Product Ownership
4 70 (4.24%) Onboarding
5 55 (3.34%) Distributed Systems
6 40 (2.43%) Management Information System
7 38 (2.30%) Greenfield Project
7 38 (2.30%) Public Cloud
8 36 (2.18%) Self-Motivation
9 35 (2.12%) Legacy Systems
10 30 (1.82%) Analytical Mindset
11 29 (1.76%) Low-Code
12 27 (1.64%) Clustering
13 26 (1.58%) Reinsurance
14 24 (1.46%) AI Agents
15 22 (1.33%) Social Media
16 18 (1.09%) Replication
17 17 (1.03%) Distributed Computing
17 17 (1.03%) Mobile App
18 14 (0.85%) Algorithms
Operating Systems
1 17 (1.03%) Linux
2 14 (0.85%) Windows
3 2 (0.12%) Unix
4 1 (0.061%) Android
4 1 (0.061%) Apple iOS
4 1 (0.061%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 772 (46.82%) Analytics
2 569 (34.51%) Business Intelligence
3 526 (31.90%) Data Governance
4 472 (28.62%) Data Engineering
5 466 (28.26%) AI
6 456 (27.65%) ETL
7 439 (26.62%) Data Pipeline
8 428 (25.96%) Decision-Making
9 391 (23.71%) Agile
10 388 (23.53%) CI/CD
11 385 (23.35%) Problem-Solving
12 380 (23.04%) Data Architecture
13 284 (17.22%) DevOps
14 263 (15.95%) Mentoring
15 257 (15.59%) Machine Learning
16 255 (15.46%) Roadmaps
17 235 (14.25%) Data Strategy
18 228 (13.83%) Continuous Improvement
19 181 (10.98%) Stakeholder Engagement
20 174 (10.55%) Translating Business Requirements
Programming Languages
1 864 (52.40%) SQL
2 683 (41.42%) Python
3 110 (6.67%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 102 (6.19%) Java
5 79 (4.79%) JavaScript
5 79 (4.79%) TypeScript
6 69 (4.18%) C#
7 56 (3.40%) Scala
8 45 (2.73%) Apex Code
9 42 (2.55%) T-SQL
10 25 (1.52%) R
11 23 (1.39%) PowerShell
12 21 (1.27%) PL/SQL
13 19 (1.15%) SOQL
13 19 (1.15%) SOSL
14 15 (0.91%) Bash
15 13 (0.79%) Bicep
16 10 (0.61%) C++
17 9 (0.55%) Kusto Query Language
18 8 (0.49%) Go
Qualifications
1 193 (11.70%) Security Cleared
2 183 (11.10%) Degree
3 118 (7.16%) SC Cleared
4 67 (4.06%) Computer Science Degree
5 53 (3.21%) Azure Certification
6 33 (2.00%) DV Cleared
7 32 (1.94%) DBS Check
8 29 (1.76%) AWS Certification
9 28 (1.70%) Microsoft Certification
10 25 (1.52%) Master's Degree
11 18 (1.09%) TOGAF Certification
12 10 (0.61%) BPSS Clearance
13 9 (0.55%) ACCA
13 9 (0.55%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
13 9 (0.55%) CIMA
13 9 (0.55%) CIPD
13 9 (0.55%) SnowPro
14 8 (0.49%) SAP Certification
15 5 (0.30%) PMI Certification
16 4 (0.24%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 555 (33.66%) Data Quality
2 117 (7.10%) GDPR
3 54 (3.27%) Accessibility
4 53 (3.21%) QA
5 27 (1.64%) California Consumer Privacy Act
6 13 (0.79%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 7 (0.42%) GRC
7 7 (0.42%) Solvency II
8 6 (0.36%) Actionable Recommendations
8 6 (0.36%) SLA
9 5 (0.30%) IFRS
9 5 (0.30%) IFRS 17
9 5 (0.30%) MiFID
10 4 (0.24%) PERC
10 4 (0.24%) PMO
11 3 (0.18%) WCAG
12 2 (0.12%) HL7
13 1 (0.061%) NIST
13 1 (0.061%) SNOMED CT
13 1 (0.061%) SOC 2
System Software
1 85 (5.15%) Docker
2 10 (0.61%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.061%) Apache Flume
Systems Management
1 101 (6.12%) Terraform
2 59 (3.58%) Kubernetes
3 11 (0.67%) Ansible
4 9 (0.55%) Grafana
5 7 (0.42%) Single Sign-On
6 6 (0.36%) Packer
6 6 (0.36%) Prometheus
7 3 (0.18%) Hadoop YARN
7 3 (0.18%) Kibana
8 1 (0.061%) Control-M
8 1 (0.061%) QRadar
8 1 (0.061%) RSA Archer
8 1 (0.061%) SCCM
Vendors
1 342 (20.74%) Databricks
2 335 (20.32%) Microsoft
3 111 (6.73%) Oracle
4 108 (6.55%) Salesforce
5 97 (5.88%) SAP
6 56 (3.40%) Google
7 34 (2.06%) Informatica
8 28 (1.70%) Palantir
9 27 (1.64%) Cloudera
10 26 (1.58%) Foundry
11 23 (1.39%) Dell
12 18 (1.09%) ServiceNow
13 17 (1.03%) OpenAI
13 17 (1.03%) Talend
14 15 (0.91%) MuleSoft
15 11 (0.67%) Workday
16 10 (0.61%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
17 9 (0.55%) IBM
18 8 (0.49%) HubSpot
18 8 (0.49%) Sparx