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

6 months to
18 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 115 123 117
Rank change year-on-year +8 -6 -7
Permanent jobs citing Data Modelling 1,746 1,256 1,821
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 1.63% 2.51% 2.20%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.22% 2.82% 2.72%
Number of salaries quoted 1,143 638 1,093
10th Percentile £43,750 £43,750 £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% +4.37%
75th Percentile £87,500 £84,688 £87,348
90th Percentile £107,500 £105,550 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £62,500 £62,500 £62,500
% change year-on-year - - +9.46%

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 78,793 44,552 66,983
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 73.35% 89.17% 80.87%
Number of salaries quoted 54,339 25,245 43,003
10th Percentile £31,000 £28,500 £31,250
25th Percentile £41,250 £36,750 £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 £96,650 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £47,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year +15.79% -5.00% -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 18 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 18 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 +10 1,617 £69,973 +3.66% 538
UK excluding London -8 853 £62,500 - 379
London +14 745 £80,000 +6.31% 275
Work from Home +27 539 £65,000 -2.26% 263
North of England +81 334 £62,500 +4.17% 94
South East -68 192 £62,500 -3.85% 137
North West +64 147 £62,500 +6.84% 51
Midlands -5 146 £60,000 -5.51% 66
Yorkshire +25 112 £65,000 -1.89% 25
West Midlands -3 101 £60,900 +2.35% 50
South West -46 97 £65,250 -6.79% 36
North East +1 75 £55,000 +10.00% 19
East of England -22 49 £71,000 +18.33% 15
East Midlands -24 45 £59,366 -8.67% 16
Scotland -23 24 £70,000 +14.29% 14
Wales - 11 £63,500 - 8
Northern Ireland -78 2 £60,000 - 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
1 125 (7.16%) Apache Airflow
2 120 (6.87%) Apache Spark
3 83 (4.75%) Apache
4 30 (1.72%) SharePoint
5 17 (0.97%) Jupyter
6 15 (0.86%) Confluence
7 11 (0.63%) Palantir Foundry
7 11 (0.63%) SAS
8 7 (0.40%) CMS
9 5 (0.29%) Oracle SOA Suite
10 4 (0.23%) Luigi
10 4 (0.23%) WordPress
11 3 (0.17%) Apache Solr
11 3 (0.17%) ArcGIS
11 3 (0.17%) IIS
12 2 (0.11%) Camunda
12 2 (0.11%) CICS
12 2 (0.11%) Oracle Application Server
12 2 (0.11%) Tornado
13 1 (0.057%) Adobe Experience Manager
Applications
1 75 (4.30%) Microsoft Excel
2 12 (0.69%) Microsoft Office
3 9 (0.52%) Spreadsheet
4 5 (0.29%) MS Visio
5 4 (0.23%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 3 (0.17%) Blender
6 3 (0.17%) Maya
7 2 (0.11%) Chatbot
7 2 (0.11%) Microsoft Project
7 2 (0.11%) PTC Creo
7 2 (0.11%) Windchill
8 1 (0.057%) FrameMaker
Business Applications
1 34 (1.95%) SAP S/4HANA
2 27 (1.55%) Dynamics CRM
3 18 (1.03%) SAP MDG
4 13 (0.74%) 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
8 6 (0.34%) SAP ERP
9 5 (0.29%) JDE EnterpriseOne
9 5 (0.29%) SAP MDG-F
10 3 (0.17%) FLEXCUBE
10 3 (0.17%) Oracle Payables
10 3 (0.17%) Oracle Receivables
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
1 687 (39.35%) Azure
2 505 (28.92%) Power Platform
3 462 (26.46%) AWS
4 253 (14.49%) GCP
5 182 (10.42%) Azure Data Factory
6 174 (9.97%) Snowflake
7 141 (8.08%) dbt
8 131 (7.50%) Azure Synapse Analytics
9 110 (6.30%) Azure DevOps
10 96 (5.50%) Amazon S3
11 90 (5.15%) Serverless
12 68 (3.89%) SaaS
13 62 (3.55%) Power Automate
14 58 (3.32%) AWS Lambda
14 58 (3.32%) Microsoft Purview
15 56 (3.21%) PowerApps
16 55 (3.15%) GitHub
17 46 (2.63%) Dynamics 365
18 39 (2.23%) Amazon EMR
19 33 (1.89%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 39 (2.23%) Broadband
2 8 (0.46%) VPN
3 6 (0.34%) BGP
3 6 (0.34%) DNS
3 6 (0.34%) IPsec
4 4 (0.23%) Internet
4 4 (0.23%) NGN
5 3 (0.17%) LTE
6 2 (0.11%) DMZ
6 2 (0.11%) Ethernet
6 2 (0.11%) IPv4
6 2 (0.11%) Modbus
6 2 (0.11%) Network Security
6 2 (0.11%) OSPF
6 2 (0.11%) SMS
6 2 (0.11%) VLAN
7 1 (0.057%) 4G
7 1 (0.057%) 5G
7 1 (0.057%) ATM
Database & Business Intelligence
1 467 (26.75%) Power BI
2 367 (21.02%) Data Warehouse
3 230 (13.17%) Data Lake
4 214 (12.26%) Metadata
5 143 (8.19%) Tableau
6 130 (7.45%) SQL Server
7 112 (6.41%) Relational Database
8 94 (5.38%) Amazon Redshift
9 92 (5.27%) BigQuery
10 88 (5.04%) PostgreSQL
11 81 (4.64%) Big Data
12 80 (4.58%) Star Schema
13 70 (4.01%) Semantic Layer
14 66 (3.78%) NoSQL
15 63 (3.61%) Delta Lake
16 58 (3.32%) Looker
17 57 (3.26%) Data Vault
18 56 (3.21%) Snowflake Schema
19 53 (3.04%) Azure SQL Database
20 52 (2.98%) Power Query
Development Applications
1 125 (7.16%) Git
2 42 (2.41%) Jenkins
2 42 (2.41%) JIRA
3 33 (1.89%) MLflow
4 31 (1.78%) Claude Code
5 22 (1.26%) GitLab
6 9 (0.52%) ERwin
7 6 (0.34%) Toad
8 4 (0.23%) Ant
8 4 (0.23%) Oracle APEX
9 3 (0.17%) Bitbucket
9 3 (0.17%) Eclipse
9 3 (0.17%) ER Studio
9 3 (0.17%) IntelliJ
9 3 (0.17%) Maven
9 3 (0.17%) Visual Studio Code
10 2 (0.11%) Apache Ivy
10 2 (0.11%) IBM UrbanCode
10 2 (0.11%) Karma Test Runner
10 2 (0.11%) YouTrack
General
1 584 (33.45%) Social Skills
2 558 (31.96%) Finance
3 472 (27.03%) Analytical Skills
4 143 (8.19%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 125 (7.16%) Public Sector
6 83 (4.75%) Marketing
7 81 (4.64%) Retail
8 76 (4.35%) Law
9 62 (3.55%) Legal
10 60 (3.44%) Manufacturing
11 57 (3.26%) Influencing Skills
12 47 (2.69%) Banking
13 28 (1.60%) Financial Institution
14 23 (1.32%) Pharmaceutical
15 22 (1.26%) Billing
15 22 (1.26%) Presentation Skills
16 21 (1.20%) Documentation Skills
17 15 (0.86%) Advertising
17 15 (0.86%) Organisational Skills
18 14 (0.80%) Front Office
Job Titles
1 423 (24.23%) Data Engineer
2 401 (22.97%) Architect
3 361 (20.68%) Senior
4 294 (16.84%) Data Architect
5 190 (10.88%) Analyst
6 189 (10.82%) Developer
7 178 (10.19%) Lead
8 100 (5.73%) Senior Data Engineer
9 90 (5.15%) Data Analyst
10 73 (4.18%) Consultant
11 57 (3.26%) Business Analyst
11 57 (3.26%) Data Modeller
12 53 (3.04%) Senior Architect
13 49 (2.81%) Business Intelligence Developer
14 44 (2.52%) Senior Data Architect
15 43 (2.46%) Senior Analyst
16 42 (2.41%) Senior Developer
16 42 (2.41%) Solutions Architect
17 37 (2.12%) Data Consultant
18 36 (2.06%) Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 135 (7.73%) PySpark
2 119 (6.82%) REST
3 113 (6.47%) Kafka
4 67 (3.84%) React
5 66 (3.78%) Node.js
6 58 (3.32%) .NET
7 52 (2.98%) Lightning Web Components
8 50 (2.86%) SOAP
9 48 (2.75%) Middleware
10 44 (2.52%) JSON
11 43 (2.46%) LangChain
12 35 (2.00%) CSS
13 33 (1.89%) XML
14 31 (1.78%) AngularJS
15 29 (1.66%) PyTorch
15 29 (1.66%) TensorFlow
16 27 (1.55%) pgvector
17 26 (1.49%) scikit-learn
18 25 (1.43%) RESTful
19 24 (1.37%) LlamaIndex
Miscellaneous
1 180 (10.31%) Cloud Native
2 119 (6.82%) Data Structures
3 91 (5.21%) Product Ownership
4 74 (4.24%) Onboarding
5 62 (3.55%) Distributed Systems
6 41 (2.35%) Management Information System
7 38 (2.18%) Greenfield Project
8 37 (2.12%) Analytical Mindset
9 32 (1.83%) Public Cloud
10 30 (1.72%) Clustering
11 29 (1.66%) AI Agents
11 29 (1.66%) Self-Motivation
12 28 (1.60%) Distributed Computing
13 25 (1.43%) Legacy Systems
14 24 (1.37%) Low-Code
15 21 (1.20%) Enterprise Software
16 19 (1.09%) Mobile App
16 19 (1.09%) Reinsurance
16 19 (1.09%) Social Media
17 18 (1.03%) Replication
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%) Apple iOS
5 1 (0.057%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 831 (47.59%) Analytics
2 620 (35.51%) Business Intelligence
3 583 (33.39%) AI
4 542 (31.04%) Data Governance
5 501 (28.69%) Data Engineering
6 492 (28.18%) ETL
7 481 (27.55%) Data Pipeline
8 440 (25.20%) Decision-Making
9 434 (24.86%) Data Architecture
10 428 (24.51%) Agile
11 408 (23.37%) CI/CD
12 383 (21.94%) Problem-Solving
13 314 (17.98%) Roadmaps
14 292 (16.72%) DevOps
14 292 (16.72%) Machine Learning
15 275 (15.75%) Data Strategy
16 271 (15.52%) Mentoring
17 241 (13.80%) Continuous Improvement
18 222 (12.71%) Stakeholder Management
19 214 (12.26%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 908 (52.00%) SQL
2 713 (40.84%) Python
3 110 (6.30%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 100 (5.73%) Java
5 81 (4.64%) C#
5 81 (4.64%) TypeScript
6 68 (3.89%) Scala
7 66 (3.78%) JavaScript
8 46 (2.63%) Apex Code
9 36 (2.06%) T-SQL
10 26 (1.49%) R
11 19 (1.09%) Bicep
12 18 (1.03%) PowerShell
13 17 (0.97%) PL/SQL
13 17 (0.97%) SOQL
13 17 (0.97%) SOSL
14 11 (0.63%) Bash
14 11 (0.63%) Kusto Query Language
15 8 (0.46%) ABAP
15 8 (0.46%) Go
Qualifications
1 223 (12.77%) Security Cleared
2 190 (10.88%) Degree
3 136 (7.79%) SC Cleared
4 69 (3.95%) Computer Science Degree
5 62 (3.55%) Azure Certification
6 48 (2.75%) DV Cleared
7 37 (2.12%) Microsoft Certification
8 33 (1.89%) AWS Certification
9 29 (1.66%) Master's Degree
10 24 (1.37%) BPSS Clearance
11 23 (1.32%) DBS Check
12 16 (0.92%) SnowPro
12 16 (0.92%) TOGAF Certification
13 11 (0.63%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
14 9 (0.52%) CIPD
15 7 (0.40%) SAP Certification
16 6 (0.34%) IIBA
16 6 (0.34%) PMI Certification
17 4 (0.23%) CBAP
17 4 (0.23%) Tableau Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 606 (34.71%) Data Quality
2 129 (7.39%) GDPR
3 70 (4.01%) Accessibility
4 64 (3.67%) QA
5 30 (1.72%) 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
8 4 (0.23%) MiFID
8 4 (0.23%) PERC
9 3 (0.17%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 3 (0.17%) SLA
9 3 (0.17%) UCITS
10 2 (0.11%) Actionable Recommendations
10 2 (0.11%) HL7
10 2 (0.11%) SOC 2
11 1 (0.057%) EU AI Act
11 1 (0.057%) NIST
System Software
1 90 (5.15%) Docker
2 6 (0.34%) Active Directory
3 4 (0.23%) NDS
4 1 (0.057%) Apache Flume
Systems Management
1 113 (6.47%) Terraform
2 58 (3.32%) Kubernetes
3 18 (1.03%) 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%) Argo
8 2 (0.11%) Progress Chef
8 2 (0.11%) Puppet
9 1 (0.057%) QRadar
9 1 (0.057%) RSA Archer
9 1 (0.057%) SCCM
Vendors
1 380 (21.76%) Microsoft
2 356 (20.39%) Databricks
3 114 (6.53%) Oracle
4 103 (5.90%) Salesforce
5 102 (5.84%) SAP
6 60 (3.44%) Google
7 29 (1.66%) Informatica
8 26 (1.49%) Cloudera
9 23 (1.32%) Dell
10 18 (1.03%) Foundry
10 18 (1.03%) Palantir
11 17 (0.97%) ServiceNow
11 17 (0.97%) Talend
12 13 (0.74%) IBM
12 13 (0.74%) OpenAI
12 13 (0.74%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
13 10 (0.57%) Bloomberg
13 10 (0.57%) MuleSoft
14 9 (0.52%) HubSpot
15 8 (0.46%) SYSPRO