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

6 months to
24 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 121 130 109
Rank change year-on-year +9 -21 +1
Permanent jobs citing Data Modelling 1,829 1,191 1,723
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 1.56% 2.42% 2.25%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.14% 2.72% 2.76%
Number of salaries quoted 1,194 635 923
10th Percentile £44,750 £45,550 £41,250
25th Percentile £52,500 £56,250 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £70,000 £67,500
Median % change year-on-year - +3.70% -
75th Percentile £87,500 £85,000 £85,625
90th Percentile £107,500 £107,500 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £62,500 £63,500 £62,500
% change year-on-year -1.57% +1.60% +8.70%

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 85,482 43,719 62,334
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 73.07% 88.75% 81.46%
Number of salaries quoted 58,986 24,656 34,489
10th Percentile £31,250 £28,500 £32,500
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 £96,250 £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 24 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 24 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 +8 1,681 £70,000 - 2,585
UK excluding London +3 909 £62,500 -1.57% 1,297
London +2 767 £82,500 +4.76% 1,520
Work from Home +28 570 £67,500 -0.74% 1,078
North of England +70 350 £65,000 - 322
South East -74 195 £62,500 -3.85% 332
Midlands -1 170 £60,900 -4.09% 213
North West +67 160 £62,500 +4.17% 191
West Midlands +4 123 £62,500 +4.17% 143
South West -25 110 £69,973 +8.74% 128
Yorkshire +4 107 £68,510 +1.50% 99
North East +1 83 £65,000 +31.98% 33
East Midlands -26 47 £57,000 -12.31% 70
East of England -33 43 £62,500 +4.17% 102
Scotland -17 24 £70,000 +14.29% 132
Wales -55 22 £63,500 - 26
Northern Ireland -85 2 £60,000 - 55

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
1 105 (5.74%) Apache Spark
2 92 (5.03%) Apache Airflow
3 84 (4.59%) Apache
4 33 (1.80%) SharePoint
5 26 (1.42%) Confluence
6 18 (0.98%) Jupyter
7 12 (0.66%) SAS
8 9 (0.49%) Palantir Foundry
9 6 (0.33%) Oracle SOA Suite
10 5 (0.27%) CMS
11 4 (0.22%) IIS
11 4 (0.22%) Luigi
11 4 (0.22%) WordPress
12 3 (0.16%) Apache Solr
12 3 (0.16%) ArcGIS
13 2 (0.11%) Tornado
14 1 (0.055%) Adobe Experience Manager
14 1 (0.055%) JBoss
14 1 (0.055%) Oracle Workflow
14 1 (0.055%) WebLogic Portal
Applications
1 86 (4.70%) Microsoft Excel
2 11 (0.60%) Microsoft Office
2 11 (0.60%) Spreadsheet
3 8 (0.44%) MS Visio
4 3 (0.16%) Blender
4 3 (0.16%) Chatbot
4 3 (0.16%) Maya
4 3 (0.16%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 2 (0.11%) Microsoft Project
5 2 (0.11%) PTC Creo
5 2 (0.11%) Windchill
6 1 (0.055%) FrameMaker
6 1 (0.055%) ProjectWise
Business Applications
1 41 (2.24%) Dynamics CRM
2 31 (1.69%) SAP S/4HANA
3 18 (0.98%) SAP MDG
4 12 (0.66%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
5 11 (0.60%) Oracle EBS
6 10 (0.55%) 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
11 4 (0.22%) SAP BPC
11 4 (0.22%) SAP MDG-F
12 3 (0.16%) Dynamics NAV
12 3 (0.16%) Oracle Applications
12 3 (0.16%) Oracle Payables
12 3 (0.16%) Oracle Receivables
13 2 (0.11%) Infor M3
13 2 (0.11%) SAP IBP
14 1 (0.055%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 708 (38.71%) Azure
2 533 (29.14%) Power Platform
3 437 (23.89%) AWS
4 231 (12.63%) GCP
5 203 (11.10%) Azure Data Factory
6 160 (8.75%) Snowflake
7 147 (8.04%) Azure DevOps
8 125 (6.83%) Azure Synapse Analytics
9 124 (6.78%) dbt
10 102 (5.58%) Serverless
11 95 (5.19%) Amazon S3
12 82 (4.48%) SaaS
13 80 (4.37%) Azure Databricks
14 71 (3.88%) Power Automate
15 70 (3.83%) GitHub
16 63 (3.44%) Microsoft Purview
17 57 (3.12%) AWS Lambda
17 57 (3.12%) PowerApps
18 56 (3.06%) Dynamics 365
19 42 (2.30%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 29 (1.59%) Broadband
2 14 (0.77%) VPN
3 8 (0.44%) DMZ
3 8 (0.44%) Ethernet
3 8 (0.44%) IPv4
3 8 (0.44%) Modbus
3 8 (0.44%) OSPF
3 8 (0.44%) 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
8 1 (0.055%) 4G
8 1 (0.055%) 5G
8 1 (0.055%) HTTP
8 1 (0.055%) NGN
8 1 (0.055%) X.509
Database & Business Intelligence
1 489 (26.74%) Power BI
2 363 (19.85%) Data Warehouse
3 255 (13.94%) Metadata
4 209 (11.43%) Data Lake
5 143 (7.82%) SQL Server
6 123 (6.72%) Tableau
7 114 (6.23%) Relational Database
8 97 (5.30%) Star Schema
9 87 (4.76%) Semantic Layer
10 86 (4.70%) PostgreSQL
11 83 (4.54%) Delta Lake
12 82 (4.48%) Big Data
13 78 (4.26%) Azure SQL Database
14 77 (4.21%) NoSQL
15 75 (4.10%) BigQuery
16 70 (3.83%) Amazon Redshift
17 62 (3.39%) Power Query
18 61 (3.34%) Data Vault
19 55 (3.01%) SQL Server Integration Services
20 49 (2.68%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 166 (9.08%) Git
2 49 (2.68%) Jenkins
3 48 (2.62%) JIRA
4 43 (2.35%) Claude Code
5 27 (1.48%) GitLab
6 10 (0.55%) MLflow
7 7 (0.38%) ERwin
8 6 (0.33%) Ant
9 5 (0.27%) Toad
10 4 (0.22%) ER Studio
10 4 (0.22%) Maven
10 4 (0.22%) Octopus Deploy
10 4 (0.22%) Oracle APEX
10 4 (0.22%) Visual Studio Code
11 3 (0.16%) Bitbucket
12 2 (0.11%) Apache Ivy
12 2 (0.11%) Gradle
12 2 (0.11%) Karma Test Runner
12 2 (0.11%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
12 2 (0.11%) YouTrack
General
1 637 (34.83%) Social Skills
2 565 (30.89%) Finance
3 474 (25.92%) Analytical Skills
4 152 (8.31%) Public Sector
5 147 (8.04%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 94 (5.14%) Marketing
7 85 (4.65%) Retail
8 75 (4.10%) Law
8 75 (4.10%) Legal
9 68 (3.72%) Manufacturing
10 53 (2.90%) Influencing Skills
11 46 (2.52%) Banking
12 31 (1.69%) Pharmaceutical
13 28 (1.53%) Billing
14 27 (1.48%) Presentation Skills
15 21 (1.15%) Documentation Skills
16 17 (0.93%) Financial Institution
17 14 (0.77%) Advertising
17 14 (0.77%) Front Office
17 14 (0.77%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 452 (24.71%) Data Engineer
2 420 (22.96%) Architect
3 392 (21.43%) Senior
4 307 (16.79%) Data Architect
5 212 (11.59%) Analyst
6 192 (10.50%) Lead
7 189 (10.33%) Developer
8 116 (6.34%) Senior Data Engineer
9 106 (5.80%) Data Analyst
10 71 (3.88%) Consultant
11 67 (3.66%) Senior Architect
12 56 (3.06%) Senior Data Architect
13 53 (2.90%) Data Modeller
14 52 (2.84%) Business Analyst
15 47 (2.57%) Business Intelligence Developer
16 46 (2.52%) Software Engineer
17 45 (2.46%) Principal Engineer
17 45 (2.46%) Solutions Architect
18 44 (2.41%) Senior Analyst
18 44 (2.41%) Senior Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 168 (9.19%) PySpark
2 124 (6.78%) REST
3 111 (6.07%) Terraform
4 92 (5.03%) Kafka
5 68 (3.72%) Node.js
6 66 (3.61%) React
7 58 (3.17%) .NET
8 50 (2.73%) Middleware
9 47 (2.57%) SOAP
10 46 (2.52%) JSON
10 46 (2.52%) Lightning Web Components
11 36 (1.97%) CSS
12 33 (1.80%) AngularJS
12 33 (1.80%) XML
13 25 (1.37%) RESTful
14 22 (1.20%) Spring
15 21 (1.15%) HTML
15 21 (1.15%) Oracle Fusion
15 21 (1.15%) Vue
16 20 (1.09%) Pandas
Miscellaneous
1 164 (8.97%) Cloud Native
2 115 (6.29%) Data Structures
3 102 (5.58%) Product Ownership
4 81 (4.43%) Onboarding
5 71 (3.88%) Distributed Systems
6 56 (3.06%) Management Information System
7 40 (2.19%) AI Agents
8 38 (2.08%) Enterprise Software
9 37 (2.02%) Greenfield Project
10 33 (1.80%) Analytical Mindset
11 32 (1.75%) Legacy Systems
12 30 (1.64%) Self-Motivation
13 27 (1.48%) Distributed Computing
14 25 (1.37%) Taxonomies
15 20 (1.09%) Reinsurance
15 20 (1.09%) Replication
16 19 (1.04%) Reference Data
17 18 (0.98%) Marketing Technology
18 17 (0.93%) Mobile App
19 16 (0.87%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 27 (1.48%) Windows
2 24 (1.31%) Linux
3 4 (0.22%) Windows Server
4 2 (0.11%) Solaris
4 2 (0.11%) Unix
5 1 (0.055%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 835 (45.65%) Analytics
2 659 (36.03%) Business Intelligence
3 634 (34.66%) AI
4 529 (28.92%) Data Governance
5 502 (27.45%) Data Engineering
6 494 (27.01%) Data Pipeline
7 491 (26.85%) ETL
8 478 (26.13%) Data Architecture
9 471 (25.75%) Agile
10 464 (25.37%) Decision-Making
11 463 (25.31%) CI/CD
12 409 (22.36%) Problem-Solving
13 342 (18.70%) Roadmaps
14 341 (18.64%) DevOps
15 309 (16.89%) Mentoring
16 289 (15.80%) Data Strategy
17 275 (15.04%) Stakeholder Management
18 267 (14.60%) Technical Leadership
19 260 (14.22%) Continuous Improvement
20 251 (13.72%) Machine Learning
Programming Languages
1 943 (51.56%) SQL
2 695 (38.00%) Python
3 124 (6.78%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 100 (5.47%) Java
5 98 (5.36%) C#
6 90 (4.92%) TypeScript
7 82 (4.48%) Scala
8 75 (4.10%) JavaScript
9 43 (2.35%) Apex Code
10 35 (1.91%) T-SQL
11 26 (1.42%) R
12 24 (1.31%) PowerShell
13 23 (1.26%) Bicep
14 17 (0.93%) SOQL
15 15 (0.82%) SOSL
16 13 (0.71%) PL/SQL
17 11 (0.60%) Bash
17 11 (0.60%) Kusto Query Language
18 8 (0.44%) Kotlin
18 8 (0.44%) SPARQL
Qualifications
1 248 (13.56%) Security Cleared
2 206 (11.26%) Degree
3 161 (8.80%) SC Cleared
4 77 (4.21%) Computer Science Degree
5 68 (3.72%) Azure Certification
6 54 (2.95%) Microsoft Certification
7 46 (2.52%) DV Cleared
8 31 (1.69%) Master's Degree
9 30 (1.64%) BPSS Clearance
10 27 (1.48%) AWS Certification
11 25 (1.37%) DBS Check
12 18 (0.98%) SnowPro
13 15 (0.82%) TOGAF Certification
14 10 (0.55%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
14 10 (0.55%) CIPD
15 7 (0.38%) ACCA
16 6 (0.33%) CSPO
16 6 (0.33%) PMI Certification
16 6 (0.33%) SAP Certification
17 5 (0.27%) CIMA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 674 (36.85%) Data Quality
2 123 (6.72%) GDPR
3 89 (4.87%) Accessibility
4 62 (3.39%) QA
5 14 (0.77%) 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%) ISO/IEC 27001
11 4 (0.22%) MiFID
12 3 (0.16%) Actionable Recommendations
12 3 (0.16%) ISO 20022
12 3 (0.16%) SLA
12 3 (0.16%) SOC 2
12 3 (0.16%) UCITS
13 2 (0.11%) COPPA
13 2 (0.11%) GRC
14 1 (0.055%) EU AI Act
System Software
1 100 (5.47%) Docker
2 13 (0.71%) Active Directory
3 7 (0.38%) NDS
4 1 (0.055%) Hyper-V
4 1 (0.055%) NFS
4 1 (0.055%) Virtual Machines
4 1 (0.055%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 67 (3.66%) Kubernetes
2 19 (1.04%) Ansible
3 8 (0.44%) Packer
4 6 (0.33%) Hadoop YARN
5 4 (0.22%) Argo
6 3 (0.16%) Grafana
6 3 (0.16%) Kibana
6 3 (0.16%) Prometheus
7 2 (0.11%) Progress Chef
7 2 (0.11%) Puppet
8 1 (0.055%) Consul
8 1 (0.055%) Failover Clustering
8 1 (0.055%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
8 1 (0.055%) Oracle RMAN
8 1 (0.055%) QRadar
8 1 (0.055%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
Vendors
1 453 (24.77%) Microsoft
2 338 (18.48%) Databricks
3 109 (5.96%) SAP
4 107 (5.85%) Oracle
5 106 (5.80%) Salesforce
6 64 (3.50%) Google
7 36 (1.97%) Informatica
8 21 (1.15%) Talend
9 18 (0.98%) ServiceNow
10 16 (0.87%) Foundry
11 15 (0.82%) OpenAI
12 14 (0.77%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
13 13 (0.71%) Palantir
14 11 (0.60%) Bloomberg
15 10 (0.55%) CyberArk
15 10 (0.55%) ForgeRock
15 10 (0.55%) IBM
15 10 (0.55%) MuleSoft
15 10 (0.55%) Okta
15 10 (0.55%) OpenText