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 27 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
27 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 97 123 95
Rank change year-on-year +26 -28 +8
Permanent jobs citing Data Modelling 1,377 1,228 2,043
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 2.19% 2.35% 2.99%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.73% 2.57% 3.36%
Number of salaries quoted 725 625 1,371
10th Percentile £45,000 £38,750 £42,500
25th Percentile £57,500 £51,250 £51,143
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,932 £64,750 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.55% -0.38% -
75th Percentile £87,614 £81,250 £85,000
90th Percentile £106,500 £100,000 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £63,500 £58,648 £55,000
% change year-on-year +8.27% +6.63% -

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 50,453 47,821 60,729
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 80.27% 91.48% 88.85%
Number of salaries quoted 29,778 22,900 47,030
10th Percentile £28,697 £35,000 £30,000
25th Percentile £37,500 £45,000 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +4.35% -8.00%
75th Percentile £75,000 £80,000 £76,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £100,000 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% +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 27 January 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 27 January 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 +27 1,201 £70,000 +7.69% 834
UK excluding London +21 708 £63,500 +8.27% 724
London +46 583 £80,000 +10.34% 271
Work from Home +34 510 £70,932 +9.13% 463
South East +27 246 £63,500 +1.60% 279
North of England -2 165 £69,000 +31.43% 133
Midlands -4 107 £60,000 - 96
Scotland +27 94 £87,500 +48.00% 38
Yorkshire +12 94 £71,000 +35.24% 40
West Midlands +19 79 £60,000 +4.35% 58
North West -24 61 £65,000 +23.81% 72
South West -11 47 £64,350 +17.00% 65
East of England +21 38 £50,000 -17.93% 88
East Midlands -14 26 £57,500 -11.20% 36
North East -5 10 £53,750 -12.18% 22
Wales +4 8 £67,586 +65.22% 31
Northern Ireland -12 6 £40,500 - 10

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 70 (5.08%) Apache Airflow
2 67 (4.87%) Apache Spark
3 45 (3.27%) Apache
4 24 (1.74%) Confluence
5 17 (1.23%) Appian
6 16 (1.16%) SharePoint
7 9 (0.65%) SAS
8 6 (0.44%) CMS
9 5 (0.36%) Oracle Workflow
10 4 (0.29%) Apache Superset
11 3 (0.22%) IIS
12 2 (0.15%) Mendix
12 2 (0.15%) Microsoft Exchange
13 1 (0.073%) Apache Synapse
13 1 (0.073%) Camunda
13 1 (0.073%) Jupyter
13 1 (0.073%) Luigi
13 1 (0.073%) OpenStack
Applications
1 169 (12.27%) Microsoft Excel
2 22 (1.60%) Microsoft Office
3 7 (0.51%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 6 (0.44%) Chatbot
5 4 (0.29%) MS Visio
5 4 (0.29%) PlantUML
6 3 (0.22%) Sketch
6 3 (0.22%) Spreadsheet
7 2 (0.15%) Windchill
8 1 (0.073%) Microsoft Project
8 1 (0.073%) Notion
8 1 (0.073%) Oracle Smart View
8 1 (0.073%) Siemens NX
8 1 (0.073%) SPSS
Business Applications
1 31 (2.25%) SAP S/4HANA
2 19 (1.38%) Dynamics CRM
3 13 (0.94%) NetSuite
4 7 (0.51%) SAP CO
4 7 (0.51%) SAP FI
4 7 (0.51%) SAP FI/CO
4 7 (0.51%) Workday HCM
5 6 (0.44%) Markit EDM
6 3 (0.22%) Aladdin
6 3 (0.22%) Salesforce CRM
7 2 (0.15%) iTrent
7 2 (0.15%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
7 2 (0.15%) Teamcenter
8 1 (0.073%) FIS Private Capital Suite
8 1 (0.073%) Integrated Workplace Management System
8 1 (0.073%) SAP ERP
8 1 (0.073%) SAP EWM
8 1 (0.073%) SAP IBP
8 1 (0.073%) SAP MM
8 1 (0.073%) SimCorp Dimension
Cloud Services
1 693 (50.33%) Azure
2 428 (31.08%) Power Platform
3 286 (20.77%) AWS
4 199 (14.45%) Snowflake
5 167 (12.13%) Azure Data Factory
6 153 (11.11%) GCP
7 145 (10.53%) Azure Synapse Analytics
8 127 (9.22%) Azure DevOps
9 105 (7.63%) dbt
10 91 (6.61%) GitHub
11 80 (5.81%) Serverless
12 62 (4.50%) SaaS
13 60 (4.36%) Amazon S3
14 48 (3.49%) GitHub Copilot
15 43 (3.12%) AWS Lambda
16 42 (3.05%) Power Automate
17 32 (2.32%) PowerApps
18 31 (2.25%) Collibra
18 31 (2.25%) Dynamics 365
19 28 (2.03%) Salesforce Service Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 5 (0.36%) HTTP
2 3 (0.22%) Remote Desktop
2 3 (0.22%) VPN
3 2 (0.15%) Broadband
3 2 (0.15%) Tactical Data Link
4 1 (0.073%) ADSL
4 1 (0.073%) DHCP
4 1 (0.073%) DNS
4 1 (0.073%) Internet
4 1 (0.073%) Kerberos
4 1 (0.073%) Modbus
4 1 (0.073%) MQTT
4 1 (0.073%) TCAP
4 1 (0.073%) X.21
Database & Business Intelligence
1 401 (29.12%) Power BI
2 377 (27.38%) Data Warehouse
3 242 (17.57%) Data Lake
4 182 (13.22%) Metadata
5 122 (8.86%) SQL Server
6 91 (6.61%) Tableau
7 76 (5.52%) SAP BW
8 68 (4.94%) Amazon Redshift
9 65 (4.72%) Azure SQL Database
9 65 (4.72%) NoSQL
10 58 (4.21%) Power Query
10 58 (4.21%) Relational Database
11 55 (3.99%) MySQL
12 52 (3.78%) SQL Server Integration Services
13 49 (3.56%) PostgreSQL
14 48 (3.49%) Big Data
15 45 (3.27%) SQL Server Reporting Services
16 43 (3.12%) Snowflake Schema
17 39 (2.83%) BigQuery
18 35 (2.54%) Hadoop
Development Applications
1 87 (6.32%) Git
2 60 (4.36%) JIRA
3 35 (2.54%) ERwin
4 20 (1.45%) ER Studio
5 16 (1.16%) MLflow
6 15 (1.09%) Jenkins
7 14 (1.02%) Postman
8 13 (0.94%) GitLab
9 8 (0.58%) PowerDesigner
10 7 (0.51%) JUnit
11 6 (0.44%) Selenium
12 5 (0.36%) git-flow
13 3 (0.22%) CircleCI
13 3 (0.22%) Gradle
13 3 (0.22%) Maven
13 3 (0.22%) NUnit
13 3 (0.22%) Robot Framework
13 3 (0.22%) Snyk
13 3 (0.22%) SonarQube
13 3 (0.22%) TestNG
General
1 572 (41.54%) Social Skills
2 495 (35.95%) Finance
3 366 (26.58%) Analytical Skills
4 95 (6.90%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 91 (6.61%) Marketing
6 86 (6.25%) Public Sector
7 69 (5.01%) Banking
8 68 (4.94%) Law
9 53 (3.85%) Financial Institution
10 42 (3.05%) Retail
11 31 (2.25%) Manufacturing
11 31 (2.25%) Retail Banking
12 27 (1.96%) Legal
13 24 (1.74%) Influencing Skills
13 24 (1.74%) Organisational Skills
14 21 (1.53%) Telecoms
15 19 (1.38%) Advertising
15 19 (1.38%) Documentation Skills
16 13 (0.94%) Electronics
16 13 (0.94%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 324 (23.53%) Architect
2 261 (18.95%) Senior
3 248 (18.01%) Data Engineer
4 224 (16.27%) Data Architect
5 199 (14.45%) Analyst
6 185 (13.44%) Lead
7 135 (9.80%) Developer
8 92 (6.68%) Data Analyst
9 87 (6.32%) Senior Data Engineer
10 47 (3.41%) Consultant
11 41 (2.98%) Lead Data Engineer
12 39 (2.83%) Business Intelligence Developer
12 39 (2.83%) Report Analyst
13 38 (2.76%) Senior Analyst
14 37 (2.69%) Business Intelligence Lead
15 35 (2.54%) Business Analyst
15 35 (2.54%) Solutions Architect
16 32 (2.32%) Azure Engineer
16 32 (2.32%) Business Intelligence Analyst
17 31 (2.25%) Azure Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 101 (7.33%) REST
2 70 (5.08%) Kafka
3 52 (3.78%) SOAP
4 45 (3.27%) PySpark
5 42 (3.05%) .NET
6 38 (2.76%) RESTful
7 35 (2.54%) Lightning Web Components
8 31 (2.25%) JSON
9 30 (2.18%) CSS
10 27 (1.96%) OpenAPI
10 27 (1.96%) React
10 27 (1.96%) Swagger
11 26 (1.89%) HTML
12 25 (1.82%) XML
13 24 (1.74%) Middleware
14 21 (1.53%) Web Services
15 19 (1.38%) Django
15 19 (1.38%) Pandas
16 18 (1.31%) OAuth
16 18 (1.31%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 109 (7.92%) Product Ownership
2 83 (6.03%) Data Structures
3 82 (5.95%) Cloud Native
4 61 (4.43%) Management Information System
5 54 (3.92%) Legacy Systems
6 46 (3.34%) Distributed Systems
7 30 (2.18%) Analytical Mindset
7 30 (2.18%) Greenfield Project
8 29 (2.11%) Enterprise Software
8 29 (2.11%) Self-Motivation
9 27 (1.96%) Low-Code
10 21 (1.53%) Onboarding
11 17 (1.23%) FMCG
11 17 (1.23%) Reinsurance
12 16 (1.16%) e-Learning
13 13 (0.94%) Fixed Income
13 13 (0.94%) Hybrid Cloud
14 10 (0.73%) Life Science
15 9 (0.65%) Public Cloud
15 9 (0.65%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 11 (0.80%) Unix
2 10 (0.73%) Linux
3 9 (0.65%) Windows
4 7 (0.51%) Android
5 4 (0.29%) Apple iOS
6 3 (0.22%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 614 (44.59%) Analytics
2 515 (37.40%) Business Intelligence
3 439 (31.88%) ETL
4 411 (29.85%) Data Governance
5 394 (28.61%) Agile
6 377 (27.38%) Problem-Solving
7 349 (25.34%) Data Architecture
8 337 (24.47%) Data Engineering
9 315 (22.88%) Data Pipeline
10 307 (22.29%) CI/CD
11 292 (21.21%) Decision-Making
12 279 (20.26%) DevOps
13 262 (19.03%) AI
14 228 (16.56%) Data Integration
15 213 (15.47%) Mentoring
16 192 (13.94%) Data Strategy
17 186 (13.51%) Continuous Improvement
18 184 (13.36%) Data Management
19 163 (11.84%) Actionable Insight
20 161 (11.69%) Data Science
Programming Languages
1 637 (46.26%) SQL
2 523 (37.98%) Python
3 104 (7.55%) Java
4 85 (6.17%) Data Analysis Expressions
5 83 (6.03%) C#
6 80 (5.81%) JavaScript
7 61 (4.43%) TypeScript
8 51 (3.70%) Scala
9 40 (2.90%) T-SQL
10 36 (2.61%) Apex Code
11 30 (2.18%) PowerShell
12 25 (1.82%) R
13 17 (1.23%) Bash
14 12 (0.87%) C++
15 11 (0.80%) ANSI SQL
15 11 (0.80%) PL/SQL
15 11 (0.80%) VBA
16 6 (0.44%) Kotlin
16 6 (0.44%) Shell Script
17 5 (0.36%) Perl
Qualifications
1 297 (21.57%) Degree
2 96 (6.97%) Security Cleared
3 87 (6.32%) Computer Science Degree
4 70 (5.08%) SC Cleared
5 68 (4.94%) Azure Certification
6 61 (4.43%) AWS Certification
7 48 (3.49%) Microsoft Certification
8 35 (2.54%) TOGAF Certification
9 32 (2.32%) Master's Degree
10 28 (2.03%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
11 20 (1.45%) DV Cleared
12 16 (1.16%) DBS Check
13 12 (0.87%) Six Sigma Green Belt
14 10 (0.73%) ACCA
14 10 (0.73%) CIMA
15 9 (0.65%) Oracle Certification
15 9 (0.65%) PMI Certification
15 9 (0.65%) PMP
15 9 (0.65%) SnowPro
16 8 (0.58%) OCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 411 (29.85%) Data Quality
2 81 (5.88%) GDPR
3 78 (5.66%) Accessibility
4 40 (2.90%) QA
5 24 (1.74%) Actionable Recommendations
6 14 (1.02%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 8 (0.58%) SLA
8 7 (0.51%) MiFID
9 5 (0.36%) GRC
9 5 (0.36%) PCI DSS
10 4 (0.29%) COBIT
10 4 (0.29%) ITGC
10 4 (0.29%) NIST
11 3 (0.22%) California Consumer Privacy Act
12 2 (0.15%) PMO
12 2 (0.15%) PSD2
12 2 (0.15%) Sarbanes-Oxley
13 1 (0.073%) IFRS
13 1 (0.073%) SOC 2
13 1 (0.073%) WCAG
System Software
1 47 (3.41%) Docker
2 8 (0.58%) Active Directory
2 8 (0.58%) HDFS
3 7 (0.51%) Oracle RAC
4 3 (0.22%) Firmware
5 1 (0.073%) iptables
5 1 (0.073%) KVM
5 1 (0.073%) QEMU
Systems Management
1 57 (4.14%) Terraform
2 39 (2.83%) Kubernetes
3 7 (0.51%) Ansible
3 7 (0.51%) Control-M
3 7 (0.51%) Data Guard
3 7 (0.51%) Grafana
3 7 (0.51%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
3 7 (0.51%) Oracle RMAN
4 6 (0.44%) Single Sign-On
5 4 (0.29%) Prometheus
5 4 (0.29%) RSA Archer
6 1 (0.073%) Argo
6 1 (0.073%) Progress Chef
6 1 (0.073%) Puppet
Vendors
1 323 (23.46%) Microsoft
2 210 (15.25%) Databricks
3 166 (12.06%) SAP
4 82 (5.95%) Salesforce
5 74 (5.37%) Oracle
6 53 (3.85%) Informatica
7 46 (3.34%) Google
8 31 (2.25%) Talend
9 28 (2.03%) Palantir
10 24 (1.74%) Foundry
11 19 (1.38%) OpenAI
12 18 (1.31%) MuleSoft
13 17 (1.23%) ServiceNow
14 14 (1.02%) IBM
14 14 (1.02%) UiPath
15 12 (0.87%) Sparx
15 12 (0.87%) Workday
16 11 (0.80%) Automation Anywhere
17 10 (0.73%) Dataiku
18 9 (0.65%) Siemens