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

6 months to
8 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 113 132 117
Rank change year-on-year +19 -15 -4
Permanent jobs citing Data Modelling 1,663 1,170 2,248
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 1.71% 2.43% 2.19%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.31% 2.68% 2.66%
Number of salaries quoted 1,149 601 1,484
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 £67,500
Median % change year-on-year +7.65% -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 £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 71,935 43,736 84,643
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 73.79% 90.86% 82.47%
Number of salaries quoted 49,710 24,302 59,641
10th Percentile £30,250 £28,822 £29,750
25th Percentile £41,250 £38,500 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% +4.55% -8.71%
75th Percentile £78,750 £77,500 £72,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £100,000 £92,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £54,068 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +8.14% - -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 8 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 8 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 +22 1,513 £69,973 +7.65% 647
UK excluding London +5 796 £62,500 +4.17% 428
London +27 698 £80,000 +6.67% 353
Work from Home +19 535 £65,000 - 442
North of England +86 299 £62,500 +5.49% 90
South East -34 185 £60,000 -7.69% 144
Midlands +8 150 £60,000 -2.44% 77
North West +52 140 £60,500 +15.24% 56
Yorkshire +36 112 £67,500 +12.50% 19
West Midlands +8 105 £62,500 +8.70% 35
South West -75 69 £60,000 -4.00% 58
East of England -12 54 £71,000 +18.33% 17
North East -7 47 £65,000 +36.84% 16
East Midlands -15 45 £57,000 -10.24% 42
Scotland -22 24 £70,000 +11.11% 25
Wales - 12 £67,586 - 12
Northern Ireland -58 3 £60,000 - 9

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
1 140 (8.42%) Apache Airflow
2 111 (6.67%) Apache Spark
3 78 (4.69%) Apache
4 33 (1.98%) SharePoint
5 19 (1.14%) Palantir Foundry
6 16 (0.96%) SAS
7 14 (0.84%) Confluence
8 13 (0.78%) Jupyter
9 8 (0.48%) CMS
9 8 (0.48%) 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 78 (4.69%) Microsoft Excel
2 18 (1.08%) 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 (1.20%) SAP MDG
3 19 (1.14%) Dynamics CRM
4 15 (0.90%) Oracle ERP
5 12 (0.72%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
6 10 (0.60%) NetSuite
6 10 (0.60%) Oracle EBS
7 8 (0.48%) SAP MDG-BP
8 7 (0.42%) Salesforce CRM
8 7 (0.42%) Workday HCM
9 5 (0.30%) SAP MDG-F
10 4 (0.24%) JDE EnterpriseOne
10 4 (0.24%) SAP ERP
11 3 (0.18%) FLEXCUBE
11 3 (0.18%) Misys Opics
11 3 (0.18%) Oracle Payables
11 3 (0.18%) Oracle Receivables
12 2 (0.12%) Infor M3
12 2 (0.12%) Integrated Workplace Management System
12 2 (0.12%) SAP IBP
Cloud Services
1 670 (40.29%) Azure
2 469 (28.20%) Power Platform
3 425 (25.56%) AWS
4 253 (15.21%) GCP
5 172 (10.34%) Azure Data Factory
6 156 (9.38%) Snowflake
7 139 (8.36%) dbt
8 128 (7.70%) Azure Synapse Analytics
9 100 (6.01%) Azure DevOps
10 87 (5.23%) Serverless
11 85 (5.11%) Amazon S3
12 64 (3.85%) SaaS
13 60 (3.61%) Power Automate
14 52 (3.13%) PowerApps
15 51 (3.07%) AWS Lambda
16 44 (2.65%) GitHub
17 40 (2.41%) Dynamics 365
18 37 (2.22%) Microsoft Purview
19 33 (1.98%) Microsoft 365
20 30 (1.80%) Azure Logic Apps
Communications & Networking
1 44 (2.65%) Broadband
2 4 (0.24%) BGP
2 4 (0.24%) DNS
2 4 (0.24%) IPsec
2 4 (0.24%) NGN
2 4 (0.24%) VPN
3 3 (0.18%) Internet
3 3 (0.18%) LTE
3 3 (0.18%) Network Security
4 2 (0.12%) 4G
4 2 (0.12%) 5G
4 2 (0.12%) SMS
4 2 (0.12%) Tactical Data Link
5 1 (0.060%) CTI
5 1 (0.060%) Radio Access Network
Database & Business Intelligence
1 431 (25.92%) Power BI
2 332 (19.96%) Data Warehouse
3 203 (12.21%) Data Lake
4 193 (11.61%) Metadata
5 122 (7.34%) Tableau
6 121 (7.28%) SQL Server
7 107 (6.43%) Relational Database
8 90 (5.41%) BigQuery
9 87 (5.23%) Amazon Redshift
9 87 (5.23%) PostgreSQL
10 65 (3.91%) Semantic Layer
10 65 (3.91%) Star Schema
11 64 (3.85%) Big Data
12 60 (3.61%) MySQL
13 59 (3.55%) NoSQL
14 51 (3.07%) Power Query
14 51 (3.07%) SQL Server Integration Services
15 50 (3.01%) Delta Lake
16 48 (2.89%) Azure SQL Database
17 47 (2.83%) Data Vault
Development Applications
1 106 (6.37%) Git
2 38 (2.29%) JIRA
3 33 (1.98%) MLflow
4 31 (1.86%) Jenkins
5 26 (1.56%) Claude Code
6 13 (0.78%) GitLab
7 12 (0.72%) ERwin
8 11 (0.66%) 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%) NUnit
12 2 (0.12%) TeamCity
12 2 (0.12%) Visual Studio
12 2 (0.12%) YouTrack
13 1 (0.060%) PowerDesigner
13 1 (0.060%) Subversion
General
1 556 (33.43%) Social Skills
2 513 (30.85%) Finance
3 454 (27.30%) Analytical Skills
4 137 (8.24%) Public Sector
5 135 (8.12%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 69 (4.15%) Retail
7 65 (3.91%) Law
7 65 (3.91%) Marketing
8 50 (3.01%) Influencing Skills
8 50 (3.01%) Manufacturing
9 41 (2.47%) Legal
10 38 (2.29%) Financial Institution
11 34 (2.04%) Banking
12 23 (1.38%) Documentation Skills
12 23 (1.38%) Organisational Skills
13 20 (1.20%) Billing
14 19 (1.14%) Local Government
14 19 (1.14%) Presentation Skills
15 18 (1.08%) Advertising
16 15 (0.90%) Games
Job Titles
1 409 (24.59%) Data Engineer
2 366 (22.01%) Architect
3 355 (21.35%) Senior
4 256 (15.39%) Data Architect
5 209 (12.57%) Analyst
6 200 (12.03%) Developer
7 190 (11.43%) Lead
8 113 (6.79%) Senior Data Engineer
9 110 (6.61%) Data Analyst
10 78 (4.69%) Consultant
11 61 (3.67%) Senior Architect
12 54 (3.25%) Business Intelligence Developer
13 50 (3.01%) Business Analyst
13 50 (3.01%) Senior Data Architect
14 45 (2.71%) Data Modeller
14 45 (2.71%) Senior Developer
15 44 (2.65%) Business Intelligence Analyst
15 44 (2.65%) Lead Data Engineer
16 39 (2.35%) Senior Analyst
17 35 (2.10%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 137 (8.24%) REST
2 115 (6.92%) PySpark
3 109 (6.55%) Kafka
4 65 (3.91%) Node.js
5 64 (3.85%) React
6 63 (3.79%) .NET
7 60 (3.61%) JSON
7 60 (3.61%) SOAP
8 56 (3.37%) Middleware
9 50 (3.01%) Lightning Web Components
10 46 (2.77%) XML
11 41 (2.47%) CSS
11 41 (2.47%) LangChain
12 35 (2.10%) RESTful
13 33 (1.98%) PyTorch
13 33 (1.98%) TensorFlow
14 30 (1.80%) HTML
14 30 (1.80%) scikit-learn
14 30 (1.80%) Visualforce
15 28 (1.68%) AngularJS
Miscellaneous
1 163 (9.80%) Cloud Native
2 130 (7.82%) Data Structures
3 86 (5.17%) Product Ownership
4 71 (4.27%) Onboarding
5 55 (3.31%) Distributed Systems
6 39 (2.35%) Management Information System
6 39 (2.35%) Public Cloud
7 38 (2.29%) Greenfield Project
8 36 (2.16%) Self-Motivation
9 35 (2.10%) Legacy Systems
10 31 (1.86%) Analytical Mindset
11 29 (1.74%) Low-Code
12 27 (1.62%) Clustering
13 25 (1.50%) Reinsurance
14 24 (1.44%) AI Agents
15 22 (1.32%) Social Media
16 19 (1.14%) Distributed Computing
17 18 (1.08%) Replication
18 17 (1.02%) Mobile App
19 14 (0.84%) Algorithms
Operating Systems
1 19 (1.14%) Linux
2 15 (0.90%) Windows
3 2 (0.12%) Unix
4 1 (0.060%) Android
4 1 (0.060%) Apple iOS
4 1 (0.060%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 781 (46.96%) Analytics
2 577 (34.70%) Business Intelligence
3 530 (31.87%) Data Governance
4 477 (28.68%) Data Engineering
5 473 (28.44%) AI
6 460 (27.66%) ETL
7 443 (26.64%) Data Pipeline
8 438 (26.34%) Decision-Making
9 397 (23.87%) Agile
10 391 (23.51%) Problem-Solving
11 387 (23.27%) CI/CD
12 379 (22.79%) Data Architecture
13 285 (17.14%) DevOps
14 268 (16.12%) Mentoring
15 259 (15.57%) Machine Learning
15 259 (15.57%) Roadmaps
16 239 (14.37%) Data Strategy
17 231 (13.89%) Continuous Improvement
18 184 (11.06%) Stakeholder Engagement
19 176 (10.58%) Translating Business Requirements
Programming Languages
1 872 (52.44%) SQL
2 689 (41.43%) Python
3 112 (6.73%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 104 (6.25%) Java
5 80 (4.81%) JavaScript
6 79 (4.75%) TypeScript
7 72 (4.33%) C#
8 56 (3.37%) Scala
9 47 (2.83%) Apex Code
10 42 (2.53%) T-SQL
11 25 (1.50%) R
12 23 (1.38%) PowerShell
13 21 (1.26%) PL/SQL
14 19 (1.14%) SOQL
14 19 (1.14%) SOSL
15 15 (0.90%) Bash
16 13 (0.78%) Bicep
17 10 (0.60%) C++
17 10 (0.60%) Kusto Query Language
18 8 (0.48%) PHP
Qualifications
1 198 (11.91%) Security Cleared
2 185 (11.12%) Degree
3 121 (7.28%) SC Cleared
4 67 (4.03%) Computer Science Degree
5 53 (3.19%) Azure Certification
6 35 (2.10%) DV Cleared
7 32 (1.92%) DBS Check
8 28 (1.68%) AWS Certification
8 28 (1.68%) Microsoft Certification
9 25 (1.50%) Master's Degree
10 18 (1.08%) TOGAF Certification
11 11 (0.66%) BPSS Clearance
12 9 (0.54%) CIPD
12 9 (0.54%) SnowPro
13 8 (0.48%) ACCA
13 8 (0.48%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
13 8 (0.48%) CIMA
13 8 (0.48%) SAP Certification
14 4 (0.24%) CCA
14 4 (0.24%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 562 (33.79%) Data Quality
2 118 (7.10%) GDPR
3 54 (3.25%) Accessibility
3 54 (3.25%) QA
4 27 (1.62%) California Consumer Privacy Act
5 13 (0.78%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 7 (0.42%) GRC
7 6 (0.36%) Actionable Recommendations
7 6 (0.36%) SLA
7 6 (0.36%) Solvency II
8 5 (0.30%) MiFID
9 4 (0.24%) IFRS
9 4 (0.24%) IFRS 17
9 4 (0.24%) PERC
9 4 (0.24%) PMO
10 3 (0.18%) WCAG
11 2 (0.12%) HL7
12 1 (0.060%) NIST
12 1 (0.060%) SNOMED CT
12 1 (0.060%) SOC 2
System Software
1 85 (5.11%) Docker
2 10 (0.60%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.060%) Apache Flume
Systems Management
1 101 (6.07%) Terraform
2 59 (3.55%) Kubernetes
3 12 (0.72%) Ansible
4 9 (0.54%) Grafana
5 7 (0.42%) Packer
5 7 (0.42%) Single Sign-On
6 6 (0.36%) Prometheus
7 4 (0.24%) Hadoop YARN
8 3 (0.18%) Kibana
9 1 (0.060%) Control-M
9 1 (0.060%) QRadar
9 1 (0.060%) RSA Archer
9 1 (0.060%) SCCM
Vendors
1 343 (20.63%) Microsoft
2 341 (20.51%) Databricks
3 114 (6.86%) Oracle
4 109 (6.55%) Salesforce
5 98 (5.89%) SAP
6 57 (3.43%) Google
7 34 (2.04%) Informatica
8 28 (1.68%) Palantir
9 27 (1.62%) Cloudera
10 26 (1.56%) Foundry
11 23 (1.38%) Dell
12 19 (1.14%) ServiceNow
13 17 (1.02%) OpenAI
13 17 (1.02%) Talend
14 15 (0.90%) MuleSoft
15 11 (0.66%) Workday
16 10 (0.60%) IBM
16 10 (0.60%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
17 8 (0.48%) HubSpot
18 7 (0.42%) Sparx