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

6 months to
2 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 98 116 95
Rank change year-on-year +18 -21 +11
Permanent jobs citing Data Modelling 1,346 1,354 1,630
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 2.27% 2.46% 3.15%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.78% 2.74% 3.44%
Number of salaries quoted 703 695 1,085
10th Percentile £46,250 £38,750 £42,500
25th Percentile £57,500 £52,250 £51,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £65,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +7.69% - -
75th Percentile £87,500 £82,500 £85,000
90th Percentile £109,500 £100,000 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £65,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +8.33% +9.09% -0.56%

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 48,456 49,466 47,350
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 81.78% 90.03% 91.48%
Number of salaries quoted 28,392 24,433 36,177
10th Percentile £28,500 £35,000 £31,500
25th Percentile £36,750 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% - -4.00%
75th Percentile £75,000 £80,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £100,000 £97,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% -4.55%

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 2 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 2 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 +21 1,200 £70,000 +7.69% 729
UK excluding London +25 722 £65,000 +8.33% 492
London +32 563 £85,000 +17.24% 324
Work from Home +29 470 £70,000 +7.69% 348
South East +22 260 £63,500 -0.39% 199
North of England -3 164 £67,500 +22.73% 106
Midlands +26 117 £62,500 +4.17% 71
Yorkshire +13 98 £70,000 +33.33% 40
Scotland +13 87 £87,500 +52.17% 20
West Midlands +27 81 £60,000 +6.67% 44
North West -20 56 £67,500 +17.39% 57
South West -8 47 £64,350 +2.96% 40
East of England +29 40 £56,250 -3.31% 61
East Midlands -6 34 £65,000 - 27
North East +3 10 £53,750 -3.33% 9
Northern Ireland -2 6 £40,500 - 1
Wales 0 5 £37,500 -12.28% 11

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 68 (5.05%) Apache Spark
2 59 (4.38%) Apache Airflow
3 39 (2.90%) Apache
4 23 (1.71%) Confluence
5 15 (1.11%) Appian
6 14 (1.04%) SharePoint
7 9 (0.67%) SAS
8 6 (0.45%) CMS
9 5 (0.37%) Oracle Workflow
10 4 (0.30%) Apache Superset
11 3 (0.22%) IIS
12 2 (0.15%) Luigi
12 2 (0.15%) Mendix
13 1 (0.074%) Apache Synapse
13 1 (0.074%) Camunda
13 1 (0.074%) Jupyter
13 1 (0.074%) OpenStack
Applications
1 160 (11.89%) Microsoft Excel
2 18 (1.34%) Microsoft Office
3 7 (0.52%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 6 (0.45%) Chatbot
5 4 (0.30%) MS Visio
5 4 (0.30%) PlantUML
6 3 (0.22%) Sketch
6 3 (0.22%) Spreadsheet
7 2 (0.15%) Windchill
8 1 (0.074%) Microsoft Project
8 1 (0.074%) Notion
8 1 (0.074%) Oracle Smart View
8 1 (0.074%) Siemens NX
8 1 (0.074%) SPSS
Business Applications
1 37 (2.75%) SAP S/4HANA
2 18 (1.34%) Dynamics CRM
3 9 (0.67%) NetSuite
4 7 (0.52%) SAP CO
4 7 (0.52%) SAP FI
4 7 (0.52%) SAP FI/CO
5 6 (0.45%) Markit EDM
6 3 (0.22%) Aladdin
6 3 (0.22%) SAP MDG
7 2 (0.15%) iTrent
7 2 (0.15%) Salesforce CRM
7 2 (0.15%) Teamcenter
8 1 (0.074%) Endur
8 1 (0.074%) SAP ERP
8 1 (0.074%) SAP EWM
8 1 (0.074%) SAP IBP
8 1 (0.074%) SAP MM
8 1 (0.074%) SimCorp Dimension
8 1 (0.074%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
8 1 (0.074%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 703 (52.23%) Azure
2 420 (31.20%) Power Platform
3 285 (21.17%) AWS
4 196 (14.56%) Snowflake
5 158 (11.74%) GCP
6 151 (11.22%) Azure Data Factory
7 138 (10.25%) Azure Synapse Analytics
8 123 (9.14%) Azure DevOps
9 107 (7.95%) dbt
10 89 (6.61%) GitHub
11 73 (5.42%) Serverless
12 56 (4.16%) Amazon S3
13 55 (4.09%) SaaS
14 48 (3.57%) GitHub Copilot
15 39 (2.90%) AWS Lambda
16 36 (2.67%) Power Automate
17 31 (2.30%) PowerApps
18 29 (2.15%) Collibra
19 28 (2.08%) Dynamics 365
20 24 (1.78%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 5 (0.37%) HTTP
2 3 (0.22%) Remote Desktop
2 3 (0.22%) VPN
3 2 (0.15%) Broadband
4 1 (0.074%) ADSL
4 1 (0.074%) DHCP
4 1 (0.074%) DNS
4 1 (0.074%) Internet
4 1 (0.074%) Kerberos
4 1 (0.074%) Modbus
4 1 (0.074%) MQTT
4 1 (0.074%) TCAP
4 1 (0.074%) X.21
Database & Business Intelligence
1 417 (30.98%) Data Warehouse
2 394 (29.27%) Power BI
3 241 (17.90%) Data Lake
4 170 (12.63%) Metadata
5 116 (8.62%) SQL Server
6 88 (6.54%) Tableau
7 76 (5.65%) SAP BW
8 68 (5.05%) Amazon Redshift
9 66 (4.90%) NoSQL
10 60 (4.46%) Azure SQL Database
11 55 (4.09%) Big Data
11 55 (4.09%) Power Query
12 54 (4.01%) Relational Database
13 52 (3.86%) MySQL
14 46 (3.42%) PostgreSQL
15 44 (3.27%) SQL Server Integration Services
16 43 (3.19%) Snowflake Schema
17 41 (3.05%) SQL Server Reporting Services
18 39 (2.90%) Hadoop
19 37 (2.75%) BigQuery
Development Applications
1 73 (5.42%) Git
2 60 (4.46%) JIRA
3 33 (2.45%) ERwin
4 20 (1.49%) ER Studio
5 15 (1.11%) Jenkins
6 13 (0.97%) GitLab
7 11 (0.82%) MLflow
8 9 (0.67%) Postman
9 8 (0.59%) Selenium
10 7 (0.52%) JUnit
10 7 (0.52%) PowerDesigner
11 5 (0.37%) git-flow
11 5 (0.37%) Robot Framework
11 5 (0.37%) Snyk
12 3 (0.22%) CircleCI
12 3 (0.22%) Gradle
12 3 (0.22%) Maven
12 3 (0.22%) SonarQube
12 3 (0.22%) Storybook
12 3 (0.22%) TestNG
General
1 533 (39.60%) Social Skills
2 474 (35.22%) Finance
3 350 (26.00%) Analytical Skills
4 111 (8.25%) Marketing
5 101 (7.50%) Law
6 86 (6.39%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 68 (5.05%) Retail
8 66 (4.90%) Banking
9 65 (4.83%) Public Sector
10 52 (3.86%) Financial Institution
11 34 (2.53%) Manufacturing
12 31 (2.30%) Retail Banking
13 26 (1.93%) Legal
14 22 (1.63%) Influencing Skills
15 21 (1.56%) Telecoms
16 19 (1.41%) Advertising
17 18 (1.34%) Organisational Skills
17 18 (1.34%) Presentation Skills
18 16 (1.19%) Documentation Skills
19 13 (0.97%) Investment Banking
Job Titles
1 324 (24.07%) Architect
2 279 (20.73%) Senior
3 256 (19.02%) Data Engineer
4 234 (17.38%) Data Architect
5 177 (13.15%) Lead
6 174 (12.93%) Analyst
7 130 (9.66%) Developer
8 105 (7.80%) Senior Data Engineer
9 72 (5.35%) Data Analyst
10 57 (4.23%) Azure Engineer
11 47 (3.49%) Azure Data Engineer
12 42 (3.12%) Report Analyst
13 40 (2.97%) Consultant
14 39 (2.90%) Business Intelligence Developer
15 35 (2.60%) Senior Architect
15 35 (2.60%) Solutions Architect
16 33 (2.45%) Business Intelligence Lead
16 33 (2.45%) Lead Data Engineer
17 32 (2.38%) Business Analyst
17 32 (2.38%) Senior Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 81 (6.02%) REST
2 70 (5.20%) Kafka
3 41 (3.05%) SOAP
4 37 (2.75%) .NET
5 36 (2.67%) PySpark
6 30 (2.23%) RESTful
7 29 (2.15%) Lightning Web Components
8 27 (2.01%) JSON
9 26 (1.93%) CSS
10 24 (1.78%) HTML
10 24 (1.78%) React
11 22 (1.63%) XML
12 18 (1.34%) OpenAPI
12 18 (1.34%) Swagger
13 17 (1.26%) Web Services
14 16 (1.19%) Middleware
15 15 (1.11%) Pandas
16 14 (1.04%) Django
17 13 (0.97%) PyTorch
17 13 (0.97%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 108 (8.02%) Product Ownership
2 79 (5.87%) Cloud Native
3 70 (5.20%) Data Structures
4 57 (4.23%) Management Information System
5 48 (3.57%) Legacy Systems
6 43 (3.19%) Distributed Systems
7 28 (2.08%) Enterprise Software
8 27 (2.01%) Analytical Mindset
9 26 (1.93%) Greenfield Project
10 24 (1.78%) Low-Code
11 19 (1.41%) FMCG
12 17 (1.26%) Reinsurance
12 17 (1.26%) Self-Motivation
13 16 (1.19%) e-Learning
14 13 (0.97%) Onboarding
15 12 (0.89%) Hybrid Cloud
16 11 (0.82%) Fixed Income
17 10 (0.74%) Biopharmaceutical
17 10 (0.74%) Life Science
18 9 (0.67%) Distributed Computing
Operating Systems
1 9 (0.67%) Unix
1 9 (0.67%) Windows
2 7 (0.52%) Linux
3 6 (0.45%) Android
4 3 (0.22%) Apple iOS
4 3 (0.22%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 597 (44.35%) Analytics
2 503 (37.37%) Business Intelligence
3 450 (33.43%) ETL
4 403 (29.94%) Data Governance
5 382 (28.38%) Agile
6 348 (25.85%) Problem-Solving
7 346 (25.71%) Data Architecture
8 332 (24.67%) Data Engineering
9 320 (23.77%) Data Pipeline
10 298 (22.14%) CI/CD
11 269 (19.99%) DevOps
12 268 (19.91%) AI
13 267 (19.84%) Decision-Making
14 243 (18.05%) Data Integration
15 209 (15.53%) Mentoring
16 202 (15.01%) Data Strategy
17 186 (13.82%) Continuous Improvement
18 184 (13.67%) Data Management
19 177 (13.15%) Data Science
20 160 (11.89%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 623 (46.29%) SQL
2 521 (38.71%) Python
3 96 (7.13%) Java
4 82 (6.09%) Data Analysis Expressions
5 77 (5.72%) C#
6 69 (5.13%) JavaScript
7 58 (4.31%) TypeScript
8 54 (4.01%) Scala
9 39 (2.90%) T-SQL
10 30 (2.23%) Apex Code
11 27 (2.01%) PowerShell
12 26 (1.93%) R
13 14 (1.04%) Bash
14 13 (0.97%) PL/SQL
15 11 (0.82%) ANSI SQL
15 11 (0.82%) C++
15 11 (0.82%) VBA
16 6 (0.45%) Kotlin
17 4 (0.30%) Bicep
17 4 (0.30%) PHP
Qualifications
1 284 (21.10%) Degree
2 82 (6.09%) Computer Science Degree
3 78 (5.79%) Security Cleared
4 69 (5.13%) Azure Certification
5 61 (4.53%) AWS Certification
5 61 (4.53%) SC Cleared
6 48 (3.57%) Microsoft Certification
7 34 (2.53%) TOGAF Certification
8 32 (2.38%) Master's Degree
9 26 (1.93%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 18 (1.34%) DV Cleared
11 12 (0.89%) Six Sigma Green Belt
12 10 (0.74%) Oracle Certification
13 9 (0.67%) OCP
13 9 (0.67%) SnowPro
14 8 (0.59%) DBS Check
14 8 (0.59%) PMI Certification
14 8 (0.59%) PMP
15 7 (0.52%) CRISC
15 7 (0.52%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 399 (29.64%) Data Quality
2 86 (6.39%) GDPR
3 70 (5.20%) Accessibility
4 36 (2.67%) QA
5 26 (1.93%) Actionable Recommendations
6 14 (1.04%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 7 (0.52%) COBIT
7 7 (0.52%) GRC
7 7 (0.52%) ITGC
7 7 (0.52%) NIST
8 5 (0.37%) MiFID
8 5 (0.37%) PCI DSS
8 5 (0.37%) SLA
9 3 (0.22%) California Consumer Privacy Act
10 2 (0.15%) PMO
10 2 (0.15%) PSD2
10 2 (0.15%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 2 (0.15%) SNOMED CT
11 1 (0.074%) CDISC
11 1 (0.074%) HL7
System Software
1 39 (2.90%) Docker
2 8 (0.59%) HDFS
2 8 (0.59%) Oracle RAC
3 6 (0.45%) Active Directory
4 3 (0.22%) Firmware
5 1 (0.074%) iptables
5 1 (0.074%) KVM
5 1 (0.074%) QEMU
Systems Management
1 54 (4.01%) Terraform
2 34 (2.53%) Kubernetes
3 9 (0.67%) Ansible
4 8 (0.59%) Data Guard
4 8 (0.59%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
4 8 (0.59%) Oracle RMAN
5 5 (0.37%) Control-M
5 5 (0.37%) RSA Archer
6 4 (0.30%) Grafana
7 3 (0.22%) Prometheus
7 3 (0.22%) Single Sign-On
8 1 (0.074%) Argo
8 1 (0.074%) Progress Chef
8 1 (0.074%) Puppet
Vendors
1 304 (22.59%) Microsoft
2 202 (15.01%) Databricks
3 171 (12.70%) SAP
4 73 (5.42%) Oracle
5 70 (5.20%) Salesforce
6 46 (3.42%) Informatica
7 39 (2.90%) Google
8 32 (2.38%) Talend
9 21 (1.56%) Palantir
10 15 (1.11%) Foundry
10 15 (1.11%) MuleSoft
10 15 (1.11%) ServiceNow
11 13 (0.97%) IBM
11 13 (0.97%) OpenAI
12 12 (0.89%) UiPath
13 11 (0.82%) Sparx
14 10 (0.74%) Dataiku
15 8 (0.59%) Delphix
15 8 (0.59%) Siemens
16 7 (0.52%) Progress