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

6 months to
4 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 112 123 121
Rank change year-on-year +11 -2 -8
Permanent jobs citing Data Modelling 1,733 1,231 1,823
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 1.67% 2.48% 2.17%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.27% 2.77% 2.68%
Number of salaries quoted 1,159 633 1,123
10th Percentile £43,500 £45,000 £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% +3.70%
75th Percentile £87,500 £83,750 £87,500
90th Percentile £107,500 £105,000 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £62,500 £62,500 £62,500
% change year-on-year - - +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 76,247 44,374 67,952
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 73.60% 89.45% 81.06%
Number of salaries quoted 52,515 25,244 44,456
10th Percentile £30,750 £28,500 £31,246
25th Percentile £41,250 £37,500 £41,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% - -8.71%
75th Percentile £78,750 £75,246 £75,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £97,500 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £49,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +12.24% -2.00% -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 4 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 4 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 +14 1,594 £69,973 +3.66% 1,115
UK excluding London +2 835 £62,500 - 569
London +17 737 £80,000 +6.67% 658
Work from Home +23 547 £65,000 - 626
North of England +86 322 £62,500 +4.17% 148
South East -51 185 £62,500 -3.85% 165
Midlands -11 147 £60,000 -5.51% 91
North West +56 145 £62,500 +6.84% 77
Yorkshire +22 111 £65,000 +6.12% 48
West Midlands -8 102 £60,900 +5.91% 63
South West -56 92 £63,750 -8.93% 68
North East +1 66 £55,000 +12.82% 25
East of England -12 55 £71,000 +18.33% 36
East Midlands -17 45 £59,366 -8.67% 28
Scotland -25 23 £70,000 +5.66% 39
Wales - 9 £66,000 - 8
Northern Ireland - 2 £60,000 - 17

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
1 138 (7.96%) Apache Airflow
2 124 (7.16%) Apache Spark
3 82 (4.73%) Apache
4 30 (1.73%) SharePoint
5 16 (0.92%) Jupyter
6 15 (0.87%) SAS
7 12 (0.69%) Palantir Foundry
8 11 (0.63%) Confluence
9 7 (0.40%) CMS
10 5 (0.29%) Oracle SOA Suite
11 4 (0.23%) WordPress
12 3 (0.17%) Apache Solr
12 3 (0.17%) ArcGIS
12 3 (0.17%) IIS
12 3 (0.17%) Luigi
12 3 (0.17%) Microsoft Exchange
13 2 (0.12%) Camunda
13 2 (0.12%) CICS
13 2 (0.12%) Oracle Application Server
14 1 (0.058%) PegaRULES
Applications
1 72 (4.15%) Microsoft Excel
2 13 (0.75%) Microsoft Office
3 9 (0.52%) Spreadsheet
4 6 (0.35%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 3 (0.17%) Blender
5 3 (0.17%) Maya
5 3 (0.17%) MS Visio
6 2 (0.12%) Chatbot
6 2 (0.12%) PTC Creo
6 2 (0.12%) Windchill
7 1 (0.058%) FrameMaker
7 1 (0.058%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 39 (2.25%) SAP S/4HANA
2 20 (1.15%) Dynamics CRM
2 20 (1.15%) SAP MDG
3 14 (0.81%) Oracle ERP
4 12 (0.69%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
5 10 (0.58%) Oracle EBS
6 8 (0.46%) SAP MDG-BP
7 6 (0.35%) NetSuite
7 6 (0.35%) Salesforce CRM
8 5 (0.29%) JDE EnterpriseOne
8 5 (0.29%) SAP MDG-F
9 4 (0.23%) SAP ERP
10 3 (0.17%) Oracle Payables
10 3 (0.17%) Oracle Receivables
11 2 (0.12%) FLEXCUBE
11 2 (0.12%) Infor M3
11 2 (0.12%) Misys Opics
11 2 (0.12%) Oracle Applications
11 2 (0.12%) SAP IBP
11 2 (0.12%) Unit4 Business World
Cloud Services
1 681 (39.30%) Azure
2 495 (28.56%) Power Platform
3 460 (26.54%) AWS
4 258 (14.89%) GCP
5 175 (10.10%) Azure Data Factory
6 173 (9.98%) Snowflake
7 149 (8.60%) dbt
8 128 (7.39%) Azure Synapse Analytics
9 100 (5.77%) Azure DevOps
10 91 (5.25%) Amazon S3
11 86 (4.96%) Serverless
12 64 (3.69%) SaaS
13 55 (3.17%) Power Automate
14 53 (3.06%) GitHub
15 52 (3.00%) AWS Lambda
15 52 (3.00%) Microsoft Purview
15 52 (3.00%) PowerApps
16 38 (2.19%) Dynamics 365
17 36 (2.08%) Amazon EMR
18 34 (1.96%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 45 (2.60%) Broadband
2 6 (0.35%) BGP
2 6 (0.35%) DNS
2 6 (0.35%) IPsec
2 6 (0.35%) VPN
3 4 (0.23%) Internet
3 4 (0.23%) NGN
4 3 (0.17%) LTE
4 3 (0.17%) Network Security
5 2 (0.12%) 4G
5 2 (0.12%) 5G
5 2 (0.12%) SMS
6 1 (0.058%) CTI
Database & Business Intelligence
1 461 (26.60%) Power BI
2 358 (20.66%) Data Warehouse
3 223 (12.87%) Data Lake
4 214 (12.35%) Metadata
5 136 (7.85%) Tableau
6 128 (7.39%) SQL Server
7 111 (6.41%) Relational Database
8 97 (5.60%) Amazon Redshift
8 97 (5.60%) BigQuery
9 85 (4.90%) PostgreSQL
10 78 (4.50%) Big Data
11 74 (4.27%) Star Schema
12 68 (3.92%) Semantic Layer
13 65 (3.75%) NoSQL
14 62 (3.58%) Delta Lake
15 55 (3.17%) Looker
15 55 (3.17%) MySQL
15 55 (3.17%) Power Query
16 54 (3.12%) Data Vault
17 51 (2.94%) Azure SQL Database
Development Applications
1 123 (7.10%) Git
2 40 (2.31%) Jenkins
3 34 (1.96%) JIRA
4 33 (1.90%) MLflow
5 29 (1.67%) Claude Code
6 21 (1.21%) GitLab
7 11 (0.63%) ERwin
8 6 (0.35%) Toad
9 4 (0.23%) Oracle APEX
9 4 (0.23%) Postman
10 3 (0.17%) Bitbucket
10 3 (0.17%) Eclipse
10 3 (0.17%) IntelliJ
10 3 (0.17%) Visual Studio Code
11 2 (0.12%) Ant
11 2 (0.12%) Jasmine
11 2 (0.12%) Karma Test Runner
11 2 (0.12%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
11 2 (0.12%) TeamCity
11 2 (0.12%) YouTrack
General
1 579 (33.41%) Social Skills
2 554 (31.97%) Finance
3 472 (27.24%) Analytical Skills
4 138 (7.96%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 123 (7.10%) Public Sector
6 80 (4.62%) Law
7 78 (4.50%) Marketing
8 74 (4.27%) Retail
9 56 (3.23%) Influencing Skills
10 55 (3.17%) Manufacturing
11 54 (3.12%) Legal
12 41 (2.37%) Banking
13 32 (1.85%) Financial Institution
14 22 (1.27%) Documentation Skills
15 21 (1.21%) Billing
15 21 (1.21%) Presentation Skills
16 20 (1.15%) Pharmaceutical
17 18 (1.04%) Organisational Skills
18 17 (0.98%) Advertising
19 16 (0.92%) Front Office
Job Titles
1 429 (24.75%) Data Engineer
2 401 (23.14%) Architect
3 365 (21.06%) Senior
4 283 (16.33%) Data Architect
5 191 (11.02%) Developer
6 189 (10.91%) Analyst
7 181 (10.44%) Lead
8 110 (6.35%) Senior Data Engineer
9 90 (5.19%) Data Analyst
10 79 (4.56%) Consultant
11 59 (3.40%) Senior Architect
12 52 (3.00%) Business Intelligence Developer
13 51 (2.94%) Business Analyst
13 51 (2.94%) Data Modeller
14 45 (2.60%) Senior Data Architect
15 44 (2.54%) Solutions Architect
16 42 (2.42%) Senior Developer
17 39 (2.25%) Data Consultant
18 38 (2.19%) Senior Analyst
19 35 (2.02%) Data Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 132 (7.62%) PySpark
2 122 (7.04%) REST
3 120 (6.92%) Kafka
4 66 (3.81%) Node.js
5 63 (3.64%) React
6 59 (3.40%) .NET
7 54 (3.12%) JSON
7 54 (3.12%) SOAP
8 53 (3.06%) Lightning Web Components
9 51 (2.94%) Middleware
10 42 (2.42%) LangChain
11 41 (2.37%) XML
12 34 (1.96%) CSS
13 29 (1.67%) AngularJS
14 28 (1.62%) PyTorch
14 28 (1.62%) TensorFlow
15 27 (1.56%) RESTful
16 25 (1.44%) pgvector
16 25 (1.44%) scikit-learn
16 25 (1.44%) Visualforce
Miscellaneous
1 173 (9.98%) Cloud Native
2 130 (7.50%) Data Structures
3 86 (4.96%) Product Ownership
4 79 (4.56%) Onboarding
5 59 (3.40%) Distributed Systems
6 42 (2.42%) Management Information System
7 40 (2.31%) Greenfield Project
8 35 (2.02%) Analytical Mindset
9 32 (1.85%) Public Cloud
10 30 (1.73%) Self-Motivation
11 29 (1.67%) Clustering
12 28 (1.62%) AI Agents
13 27 (1.56%) Legacy Systems
14 26 (1.50%) Distributed Computing
15 25 (1.44%) Social Media
16 24 (1.38%) Low-Code
17 20 (1.15%) Replication
18 19 (1.10%) Mobile App
18 19 (1.10%) Reinsurance
19 15 (0.87%) Reference Data
Operating Systems
1 21 (1.21%) Linux
2 17 (0.98%) Windows
3 2 (0.12%) Windows Server
4 1 (0.058%) Solaris
4 1 (0.058%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 825 (47.61%) Analytics
2 608 (35.08%) Business Intelligence
3 556 (32.08%) AI
4 551 (31.79%) Data Governance
5 495 (28.56%) Data Engineering
6 483 (27.87%) ETL
7 470 (27.12%) Data Pipeline
8 442 (25.50%) Decision-Making
9 418 (24.12%) Agile
10 416 (24.00%) Data Architecture
11 393 (22.68%) CI/CD
12 382 (22.04%) Problem-Solving
13 297 (17.14%) Roadmaps
14 290 (16.73%) DevOps
15 281 (16.21%) Machine Learning
16 270 (15.58%) Data Strategy
17 267 (15.41%) Mentoring
18 240 (13.85%) Continuous Improvement
19 210 (12.12%) Stakeholder Management
20 192 (11.08%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 902 (52.05%) SQL
2 722 (41.66%) Python
3 111 (6.41%) Data Analysis Expressions
3 111 (6.41%) Java
4 78 (4.50%) C#
5 77 (4.44%) TypeScript
6 68 (3.92%) JavaScript
6 68 (3.92%) Scala
7 47 (2.71%) Apex Code
8 41 (2.37%) T-SQL
9 27 (1.56%) R
10 20 (1.15%) PowerShell
11 18 (1.04%) PL/SQL
12 17 (0.98%) SOQL
12 17 (0.98%) SOSL
13 16 (0.92%) Bicep
14 12 (0.69%) C++
15 11 (0.63%) Kusto Query Language
16 10 (0.58%) Bash
17 8 (0.46%) ABAP
Qualifications
1 220 (12.69%) Security Cleared
2 188 (10.85%) Degree
3 137 (7.91%) SC Cleared
4 69 (3.98%) Computer Science Degree
5 60 (3.46%) Azure Certification
6 43 (2.48%) DV Cleared
7 32 (1.85%) Microsoft Certification
8 29 (1.67%) AWS Certification
9 26 (1.50%) Master's Degree
10 24 (1.38%) DBS Check
11 20 (1.15%) BPSS Clearance
12 18 (1.04%) TOGAF Certification
13 13 (0.75%) SnowPro
14 9 (0.52%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
14 9 (0.52%) CIPD
15 8 (0.46%) SAP Certification
16 6 (0.35%) IIBA
16 6 (0.35%) PMI Certification
17 4 (0.23%) CBAP
17 4 (0.23%) CIMA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 592 (34.16%) Data Quality
2 124 (7.16%) GDPR
3 64 (3.69%) Accessibility
4 56 (3.23%) QA
5 27 (1.56%) California Consumer Privacy Act
6 7 (0.40%) PMO
7 6 (0.35%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 6 (0.35%) Solvency II
8 5 (0.29%) GRC
8 5 (0.29%) MiFID
9 4 (0.23%) IFRS
9 4 (0.23%) IFRS 17
9 4 (0.23%) PERC
10 3 (0.17%) Actionable Recommendations
10 3 (0.17%) SLA
10 3 (0.17%) UCITS
11 2 (0.12%) HL7
11 2 (0.12%) SOC 2
11 2 (0.12%) WCAG
12 1 (0.058%) NIST
System Software
1 88 (5.08%) Docker
2 9 (0.52%) Active Directory
3 4 (0.23%) NDS
4 1 (0.058%) Apache Flume
Systems Management
1 107 (6.17%) Terraform
2 56 (3.23%) Kubernetes
3 14 (0.81%) Ansible
4 8 (0.46%) Packer
5 6 (0.35%) Grafana
5 6 (0.35%) Hadoop YARN
5 6 (0.35%) Prometheus
6 3 (0.17%) Kibana
7 1 (0.058%) Argo
7 1 (0.058%) Progress Chef
7 1 (0.058%) Puppet
7 1 (0.058%) QRadar
7 1 (0.058%) RSA Archer
7 1 (0.058%) SCCM
7 1 (0.058%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 366 (21.12%) Microsoft
2 359 (20.72%) Databricks
3 114 (6.58%) Oracle
4 106 (6.12%) SAP
5 104 (6.00%) Salesforce
6 56 (3.23%) Google
7 26 (1.50%) Cloudera
8 25 (1.44%) Informatica
9 23 (1.33%) Dell
10 21 (1.21%) Palantir
11 17 (0.98%) Foundry
12 16 (0.92%) ServiceNow
13 15 (0.87%) Talend
14 13 (0.75%) IBM
14 13 (0.75%) MuleSoft
15 12 (0.69%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
16 11 (0.63%) OpenAI
17 10 (0.58%) Bloomberg
18 9 (0.52%) HubSpot
19 8 (0.46%) SYSPRO