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 20 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 119 126 108
Rank change year-on-year +7 -18 +1
Permanent jobs citing Data Modelling 1,836 1,213 1,747
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 1.58% 2.46% 2.24%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.16% 2.77% 2.76%
Number of salaries quoted 1,192 634 951
10th Percentile £43,801 £45,150 £41,250
25th Percentile £52,500 £56,250 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £68,500 £68,490
Median % change year-on-year +2.19% +0.01% +2.22%
75th Percentile £87,500 £85,000 £86,250
90th Percentile £107,500 £106,250 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £62,500 £63,500 £62,500
% change year-on-year -1.57% +1.60% +9.27%

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 84,898 43,727 63,303
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 73.06% 88.69% 81.28%
Number of salaries quoted 58,675 24,676 35,715
10th Percentile £31,250 £28,500 £32,000
25th Percentile £41,750 £36,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% -4.35% -4.17%
75th Percentile £80,000 £75,000 £77,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £96,313 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £47,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year +15.79% -9.52% -2.78%

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 20 September 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 20 September 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 +3 1,689 £70,000 +2.94% 2,483
UK excluding London -2 916 £62,500 -1.57% 1,194
London +1 768 £82,500 +6.45% 1,512
Work from Home +31 567 £66,500 -1.48% 1,033
North of England +63 352 £65,000 +4.00% 278
South East -75 196 £62,500 -3.85% 321
Midlands +3 171 £62,500 -1.57% 200
North West +69 159 £62,500 +4.17% 169
West Midlands +2 124 £62,500 +4.17% 135
South West -17 110 £69,973 +8.74% 128
Yorkshire +5 109 £68,005 +0.75% 80
North East +5 84 £65,000 +31.98% 30
East Midlands -36 47 £59,366 -8.67% 65
East of England -31 46 £62,500 +4.17% 84
Scotland -8 24 £70,000 +14.29% 125
Wales -47 22 £63,500 - 27
Northern Ireland -80 2 £60,000 - 42

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
1 116 (6.32%) Apache Spark
2 103 (5.61%) Apache Airflow
3 84 (4.58%) Apache
4 36 (1.96%) SharePoint
5 29 (1.58%) Confluence
6 18 (0.98%) Jupyter
7 13 (0.71%) SAS
8 9 (0.49%) Palantir Foundry
9 6 (0.33%) Oracle SOA Suite
10 5 (0.27%) CMS
11 4 (0.22%) Luigi
11 4 (0.22%) WordPress
12 3 (0.16%) Apache Solr
12 3 (0.16%) ArcGIS
12 3 (0.16%) IIS
13 2 (0.11%) Tornado
14 1 (0.054%) Adobe Experience Manager
14 1 (0.054%) JBoss
14 1 (0.054%) WebLogic
14 1 (0.054%) WebLogic Portal
Applications
1 86 (4.68%) Microsoft Excel
2 12 (0.65%) Microsoft Office
3 10 (0.54%) Spreadsheet
4 8 (0.44%) MS Visio
5 3 (0.16%) Blender
5 3 (0.16%) Chatbot
5 3 (0.16%) Maya
5 3 (0.16%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 2 (0.11%) Microsoft Project
6 2 (0.11%) PTC Creo
6 2 (0.11%) Windchill
7 1 (0.054%) FrameMaker
7 1 (0.054%) ProjectWise
Business Applications
1 39 (2.12%) Dynamics CRM
2 32 (1.74%) SAP S/4HANA
3 19 (1.03%) SAP MDG
4 12 (0.65%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
5 11 (0.60%) Oracle EBS
6 10 (0.54%) Oracle ERP
7 9 (0.49%) Salesforce CRM
8 8 (0.44%) SAP MDG-BP
9 6 (0.33%) NetSuite
9 6 (0.33%) SAP ERP
10 5 (0.27%) JDE EnterpriseOne
10 5 (0.27%) SAP MDG-F
11 3 (0.16%) Dynamics NAV
11 3 (0.16%) Oracle Applications
11 3 (0.16%) Oracle Payables
11 3 (0.16%) Oracle Receivables
11 3 (0.16%) SAP BPC
12 2 (0.11%) Infor M3
12 2 (0.11%) SAP IBP
13 1 (0.054%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 725 (39.49%) Azure
2 543 (29.58%) Power Platform
3 450 (24.51%) AWS
4 246 (13.40%) GCP
5 205 (11.17%) Azure Data Factory
6 165 (8.99%) Snowflake
7 147 (8.01%) Azure DevOps
8 135 (7.35%) Azure Synapse Analytics
8 135 (7.35%) dbt
9 102 (5.56%) Serverless
10 94 (5.12%) Amazon S3
11 81 (4.41%) SaaS
12 80 (4.36%) Azure Databricks
13 72 (3.92%) Power Automate
14 70 (3.81%) GitHub
15 64 (3.49%) Microsoft Purview
16 57 (3.10%) AWS Lambda
16 57 (3.10%) PowerApps
17 56 (3.05%) Dynamics 365
18 42 (2.29%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 30 (1.63%) Broadband
2 13 (0.71%) VPN
3 7 (0.38%) DMZ
3 7 (0.38%) Ethernet
3 7 (0.38%) IPv4
3 7 (0.38%) Modbus
3 7 (0.38%) OSPF
3 7 (0.38%) VLAN
4 6 (0.33%) BGP
4 6 (0.33%) DNS
4 6 (0.33%) IPsec
4 6 (0.33%) SMS
5 4 (0.22%) Internet
6 3 (0.16%) LTE
7 2 (0.11%) Network Security
7 2 (0.11%) NGN
8 1 (0.054%) 4G
8 1 (0.054%) 5G
8 1 (0.054%) ATM
8 1 (0.054%) X.509
Database & Business Intelligence
1 499 (27.18%) Power BI
2 371 (20.21%) Data Warehouse
3 251 (13.67%) Metadata
4 222 (12.09%) Data Lake
5 142 (7.73%) SQL Server
6 136 (7.41%) Tableau
7 112 (6.10%) Relational Database
8 95 (5.17%) Star Schema
9 86 (4.68%) BigQuery
9 86 (4.68%) Semantic Layer
10 85 (4.63%) PostgreSQL
11 83 (4.52%) Big Data
12 82 (4.47%) Delta Lake
13 79 (4.30%) Amazon Redshift
14 78 (4.25%) NoSQL
15 77 (4.19%) Azure SQL Database
16 61 (3.32%) Power Query
17 60 (3.27%) Data Vault
18 53 (2.89%) Snowflake Schema
19 52 (2.83%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 166 (9.04%) Git
2 51 (2.78%) JIRA
3 49 (2.67%) Jenkins
4 45 (2.45%) Claude Code
5 27 (1.47%) GitLab
6 20 (1.09%) MLflow
7 7 (0.38%) ERwin
8 6 (0.33%) Ant
8 6 (0.33%) Toad
9 4 (0.22%) Maven
9 4 (0.22%) Octopus Deploy
9 4 (0.22%) Oracle APEX
9 4 (0.22%) Visual Studio Code
10 3 (0.16%) Bitbucket
10 3 (0.16%) ER Studio
11 2 (0.11%) Cucumber
11 2 (0.11%) IBM UrbanCode
11 2 (0.11%) Jasmine
11 2 (0.11%) Mockito
11 2 (0.11%) TeamCity
General
1 641 (34.91%) Social Skills
2 565 (30.77%) Finance
3 487 (26.53%) Analytical Skills
4 150 (8.17%) Public Sector
5 148 (8.06%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 95 (5.17%) Marketing
7 88 (4.79%) Retail
8 74 (4.03%) Law
9 72 (3.92%) Legal
10 67 (3.65%) Manufacturing
11 56 (3.05%) Influencing Skills
12 46 (2.51%) Banking
13 31 (1.69%) Pharmaceutical
14 28 (1.53%) Billing
15 26 (1.42%) Presentation Skills
16 21 (1.14%) Documentation Skills
17 18 (0.98%) Financial Institution
18 14 (0.76%) Front Office
18 14 (0.76%) Local Government
19 13 (0.71%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 447 (24.35%) Data Engineer
2 423 (23.04%) Architect
3 397 (21.62%) Senior
4 308 (16.78%) Data Architect
5 209 (11.38%) Analyst
6 191 (10.40%) Lead
7 189 (10.29%) Developer
8 114 (6.21%) Senior Data Engineer
9 104 (5.66%) Data Analyst
10 72 (3.92%) Consultant
11 65 (3.54%) Senior Architect
12 55 (3.00%) Senior Data Architect
13 53 (2.89%) Business Analyst
14 52 (2.83%) Data Modeller
15 47 (2.56%) Business Intelligence Developer
16 46 (2.51%) Software Engineer
17 45 (2.45%) Databricks Engineer
17 45 (2.45%) Solutions Architect
18 44 (2.40%) Senior Analyst
18 44 (2.40%) Senior Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 167 (9.10%) PySpark
2 123 (6.70%) REST
3 111 (6.05%) Terraform
4 104 (5.66%) Kafka
5 68 (3.70%) Node.js
5 68 (3.70%) React
6 60 (3.27%) .NET
7 48 (2.61%) Middleware
7 48 (2.61%) SOAP
8 47 (2.56%) Lightning Web Components
9 46 (2.51%) JSON
10 36 (1.96%) CSS
11 35 (1.91%) XML
12 33 (1.80%) AngularJS
13 31 (1.69%) LangChain
14 26 (1.42%) RESTful
15 22 (1.20%) Next.js
15 22 (1.20%) Spring
16 21 (1.14%) HTML
16 21 (1.14%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 175 (9.53%) Cloud Native
2 113 (6.15%) Data Structures
3 104 (5.66%) Product Ownership
4 80 (4.36%) Onboarding
5 69 (3.76%) Distributed Systems
6 52 (2.83%) Management Information System
7 40 (2.18%) AI Agents
8 38 (2.07%) Enterprise Software
9 36 (1.96%) Greenfield Project
10 34 (1.85%) Analytical Mindset
10 34 (1.85%) Legacy Systems
11 30 (1.63%) Self-Motivation
12 27 (1.47%) Distributed Computing
13 24 (1.31%) Taxonomies
14 21 (1.14%) Public Cloud
15 20 (1.09%) Reinsurance
16 19 (1.03%) Clustering
16 19 (1.03%) Replication
17 18 (0.98%) Marketing Technology
18 17 (0.93%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 26 (1.42%) Windows
2 24 (1.31%) Linux
3 4 (0.22%) Windows Server
4 2 (0.11%) Solaris
4 2 (0.11%) Unix
5 1 (0.054%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 841 (45.81%) Analytics
2 665 (36.22%) Business Intelligence
3 640 (34.86%) AI
4 540 (29.41%) Data Governance
5 517 (28.16%) Data Engineering
6 501 (27.29%) ETL
7 497 (27.07%) Data Pipeline
8 476 (25.93%) Data Architecture
9 474 (25.82%) Agile
10 466 (25.38%) Decision-Making
11 464 (25.27%) CI/CD
12 416 (22.66%) Problem-Solving
13 343 (18.68%) DevOps
14 342 (18.63%) Roadmaps
15 306 (16.67%) Mentoring
16 291 (15.85%) Data Strategy
17 273 (14.87%) Stakeholder Management
18 268 (14.60%) Technical Leadership
19 265 (14.43%) Machine Learning
20 260 (14.16%) Continuous Improvement
Programming Languages
1 950 (51.74%) SQL
2 705 (38.40%) Python
3 124 (6.75%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 100 (5.45%) C#
5 99 (5.39%) Java
6 90 (4.90%) TypeScript
7 83 (4.52%) Scala
8 76 (4.14%) JavaScript
9 43 (2.34%) Apex Code
10 36 (1.96%) T-SQL
11 28 (1.53%) R
12 22 (1.20%) Bicep
12 22 (1.20%) PowerShell
13 17 (0.93%) SOQL
14 15 (0.82%) SOSL
15 13 (0.71%) PL/SQL
16 11 (0.60%) Bash
16 11 (0.60%) Kusto Query Language
17 8 (0.44%) Kotlin
17 8 (0.44%) SPARQL
Qualifications
1 244 (13.29%) Security Cleared
2 205 (11.17%) Degree
3 157 (8.55%) SC Cleared
4 76 (4.14%) Computer Science Degree
5 68 (3.70%) Azure Certification
6 53 (2.89%) Microsoft Certification
7 46 (2.51%) DV Cleared
8 32 (1.74%) Master's Degree
9 30 (1.63%) BPSS Clearance
10 28 (1.53%) AWS Certification
11 26 (1.42%) DBS Check
12 18 (0.98%) SnowPro
13 14 (0.76%) TOGAF Certification
14 10 (0.54%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
14 10 (0.54%) CIPD
15 6 (0.33%) ACCA
15 6 (0.33%) CSPO
15 6 (0.33%) PMI Certification
15 6 (0.33%) SAP Certification
16 5 (0.27%) Microsoft Certified Professional
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 672 (36.60%) Data Quality
2 135 (7.35%) GDPR
3 86 (4.68%) Accessibility
4 64 (3.49%) QA
5 24 (1.31%) California Consumer Privacy Act
6 9 (0.49%) WCAG
7 8 (0.44%) PMO
8 7 (0.38%) IFRS
9 6 (0.33%) Solvency II
10 5 (0.27%) IFRS 17
11 4 (0.22%) MiFID
12 3 (0.16%) ISO/IEC 27001
12 3 (0.16%) SLA
12 3 (0.16%) SOC 2
12 3 (0.16%) UCITS
13 2 (0.11%) Actionable Recommendations
13 2 (0.11%) COPPA
13 2 (0.11%) GRC
13 2 (0.11%) ISO 20022
13 2 (0.11%) PERC
System Software
1 98 (5.34%) Docker
2 12 (0.65%) Active Directory
3 7 (0.38%) NDS
4 1 (0.054%) Apache Flume
Systems Management
1 66 (3.59%) Kubernetes
2 19 (1.03%) Ansible
3 8 (0.44%) Packer
4 6 (0.33%) Hadoop YARN
5 4 (0.22%) Argo
6 3 (0.16%) Kibana
6 3 (0.16%) Prometheus
7 2 (0.11%) Grafana
7 2 (0.11%) Progress Chef
7 2 (0.11%) Puppet
8 1 (0.054%) Consul
8 1 (0.054%) Failover Clustering
8 1 (0.054%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
8 1 (0.054%) Oracle RMAN
8 1 (0.054%) QRadar
8 1 (0.054%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
Vendors
1 449 (24.46%) Microsoft
2 352 (19.17%) Databricks
3 108 (5.88%) Oracle
3 108 (5.88%) SAP
4 106 (5.77%) Salesforce
5 67 (3.65%) Google
6 36 (1.96%) Informatica
7 22 (1.20%) Talend
8 18 (0.98%) ServiceNow
9 16 (0.87%) Foundry
10 15 (0.82%) OpenAI
10 15 (0.82%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
11 13 (0.71%) Cloudera
11 13 (0.71%) Palantir
12 11 (0.60%) Bloomberg
12 11 (0.60%) Dell
13 10 (0.54%) CyberArk
13 10 (0.54%) ForgeRock
13 10 (0.54%) IBM
13 10 (0.54%) OpenText