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 26 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 110 115 111
Rank change year-on-year +5 -4 +11
Permanent jobs citing Data Modelling 1,274 1,489 1,549
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 2.37% 2.22% 3.03%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.80% 2.61% 3.23%
Number of salaries quoted 686 818 1,119
10th Percentile £45,000 £40,000 £42,500
25th Percentile £56,813 £52,500 £51,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £67,500 £67,500
Median % change year-on-year +3.70% - +3.85%
75th Percentile £85,750 £87,348 £85,000
90th Percentile £107,500 £100,000 £101,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £62,500 £61,206 £57,000
% change year-on-year +2.11% +7.38% -0.87%

All Process and 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 45,560 57,007 47,921
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 84.92% 84.85% 93.78%
Number of salaries quoted 27,788 29,760 36,892
10th Percentile £28,250 £34,000 £32,500
25th Percentile £36,250 £45,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% - -
75th Percentile £75,000 £80,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £97,500 £98,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £47,500 £54,439 £52,500
% change year-on-year -12.75% +3.69% -0.19%

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 26 November 2025.

Salary histogram for Data Modelling in the UK

Data Modelling
Top 18 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 26 November 2025. 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 1,162 £68,000 +0.74% 695
UK excluding London +18 675 £62,500 +2.11% 573
London +12 546 £80,000 +6.67% 314
Work from Home +24 431 £65,000 -7.14% 337
South East +24 239 £63,000 -3.08% 254
North of England -7 142 £67,500 +10.28% 89
Midlands +61 129 £60,000 +9.09% 86
West Midlands +54 85 £60,000 +9.09% 62
Yorkshire +3 71 £67,750 +23.18% 26
Scotland +7 64 £75,084 +30.58% 40
North West -21 57 £62,500 - 52
East of England +45 52 £57,500 +6.98% 49
South West -5 47 £64,350 -8.07% 43
East Midlands +45 44 £65,000 - 23
North East +16 14 £50,500 -8.18% 13
Northern Ireland - 6 £40,500 - 4
Wales +8 5 £37,500 -12.28% 14
Isle of Man +11 1 - - 1

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 79 (6.20%) Apache Spark
2 40 (3.14%) Apache Airflow
3 37 (2.90%) Apache
4 24 (1.88%) Confluence
5 17 (1.33%) SAS
5 17 (1.33%) SharePoint
6 12 (0.94%) Appian
7 5 (0.39%) Apache Synapse
8 4 (0.31%) Oracle Workflow
9 3 (0.24%) CMS
10 2 (0.16%) Luigi
10 2 (0.16%) Mendix
11 1 (0.078%) Apache Superset
11 1 (0.078%) ArcGIS
11 1 (0.078%) OpenStack
Applications
1 161 (12.64%) Microsoft Excel
2 18 (1.41%) Microsoft Office
3 8 (0.63%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 6 (0.47%) MS Visio
5 5 (0.39%) Chatbot
6 4 (0.31%) PlantUML
7 3 (0.24%) Spreadsheet
8 2 (0.16%) Simulink
8 2 (0.16%) Trello
9 1 (0.078%) Microsoft Project
9 1 (0.078%) Notion
9 1 (0.078%) Oracle Smart View
9 1 (0.078%) Sketch
9 1 (0.078%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 46 (3.61%) SAP S/4HANA
2 18 (1.41%) Dynamics CRM
3 8 (0.63%) SAP CO
3 8 (0.63%) SAP FI
3 8 (0.63%) SAP FI/CO
4 6 (0.47%) SAP MDG
5 5 (0.39%) NetSuite
6 4 (0.31%) Oracle EBS
6 4 (0.31%) Oracle ERP
6 4 (0.31%) Salesforce CRM
7 3 (0.24%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
8 2 (0.16%) iTrent
8 2 (0.16%) Markit EDM
8 2 (0.16%) SAP MDG-S
9 1 (0.078%) Maximo
9 1 (0.078%) SAP EWM
9 1 (0.078%) SAP MM
9 1 (0.078%) Shopify
9 1 (0.078%) Teamcenter
9 1 (0.078%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 665 (52.20%) Azure
2 425 (33.36%) Power Platform
3 295 (23.16%) AWS
4 175 (13.74%) Snowflake
5 163 (12.79%) GCP
6 116 (9.11%) Azure Data Factory
7 112 (8.79%) Azure Synapse Analytics
8 92 (7.22%) Azure DevOps
9 87 (6.83%) dbt
10 74 (5.81%) Serverless
11 73 (5.73%) GitHub
12 55 (4.32%) SaaS
13 48 (3.77%) Amazon S3
14 43 (3.38%) AWS Lambda
15 37 (2.90%) Power Automate
16 33 (2.59%) PowerApps
17 32 (2.51%) GitHub Copilot
18 31 (2.43%) Dynamics 365
19 28 (2.20%) Collibra
20 23 (1.81%) Azure Logic Apps
Communications & Networking
1 4 (0.31%) HTTP
2 2 (0.16%) Broadband
2 2 (0.16%) PuTTY
3 1 (0.078%) ADSL
3 1 (0.078%) DHCP
3 1 (0.078%) DNS
3 1 (0.078%) Internet
3 1 (0.078%) Kerberos
3 1 (0.078%) Modbus
3 1 (0.078%) MQTT
3 1 (0.078%) SAN
3 1 (0.078%) SMS
3 1 (0.078%) X.21
Database & Business Intelligence
1 407 (31.95%) Data Warehouse
2 406 (31.87%) Power BI
3 219 (17.19%) Data Lake
4 145 (11.38%) Metadata
5 120 (9.42%) SQL Server
6 85 (6.67%) Tableau
7 75 (5.89%) SAP BW
8 70 (5.49%) Big Data
9 66 (5.18%) NoSQL
10 62 (4.87%) Amazon Redshift
11 61 (4.79%) Power Query
12 50 (3.92%) Azure SQL Database
13 49 (3.85%) MySQL
14 46 (3.61%) Hadoop
14 46 (3.61%) PostgreSQL
14 46 (3.61%) Relational Database
14 46 (3.61%) Snowflake Schema
15 42 (3.30%) SQL Server Reporting Services
16 38 (2.98%) SQL Server Integration Services
17 37 (2.90%) Data Vault
Development Applications
1 59 (4.63%) JIRA
2 56 (4.40%) Git
3 31 (2.43%) ERwin
4 22 (1.73%) ER Studio
5 17 (1.33%) Jenkins
6 7 (0.55%) GitLab
6 7 (0.55%) PowerDesigner
6 7 (0.55%) Selenium
7 5 (0.39%) git-flow
7 5 (0.39%) Postman
7 5 (0.39%) Robot Framework
7 5 (0.39%) Snyk
8 4 (0.31%) MLflow
9 3 (0.24%) CircleCI
9 3 (0.24%) Maven
9 3 (0.24%) Storybook
9 3 (0.24%) Subversion
10 2 (0.16%) JUnit
10 2 (0.16%) LSMW
11 1 (0.078%) Visual Studio
General
1 512 (40.19%) Social Skills
2 441 (34.62%) Finance
3 325 (25.51%) Analytical Skills
4 120 (9.42%) Law
5 107 (8.40%) Marketing
6 92 (7.22%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 70 (5.49%) Banking
7 70 (5.49%) Retail
8 64 (5.02%) Public Sector
9 48 (3.77%) Financial Institution
10 42 (3.30%) Manufacturing
11 30 (2.35%) Legal
11 30 (2.35%) Retail Banking
12 23 (1.81%) Presentation Skills
13 21 (1.65%) Telecoms
14 18 (1.41%) Influencing Skills
15 15 (1.18%) Advertising
15 15 (1.18%) Electronics
16 12 (0.94%) Investment Banking
17 11 (0.86%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 294 (23.08%) Architect
2 252 (19.78%) Senior
3 239 (18.76%) Data Engineer
4 218 (17.11%) Data Architect
5 192 (15.07%) Lead
6 182 (14.29%) Analyst
7 146 (11.46%) Developer
8 102 (8.01%) Senior Data Engineer
9 65 (5.10%) Data Analyst
10 50 (3.92%) Azure Engineer
11 46 (3.61%) Business Intelligence Developer
12 45 (3.53%) Azure Data Engineer
13 42 (3.30%) Business Intelligence Analyst
13 42 (3.30%) Business Intelligence Lead
13 42 (3.30%) Report Analyst
14 39 (3.06%) Solutions Architect
15 38 (2.98%) Business Analyst
16 32 (2.51%) Consultant
16 32 (2.51%) Senior Architect
17 28 (2.20%) Sustainability Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 84 (6.59%) Kafka
2 66 (5.18%) REST
3 37 (2.90%) .NET
4 33 (2.59%) PySpark
5 31 (2.43%) JSON
6 28 (2.20%) HTML
7 27 (2.12%) CSS
7 27 (2.12%) RESTful
7 27 (2.12%) SOAP
8 24 (1.88%) React
9 22 (1.73%) Lightning Web Components
10 20 (1.57%) XML
11 16 (1.26%) Middleware
12 14 (1.10%) Django
12 14 (1.10%) Oracle Fusion
13 13 (1.02%) Spark Streaming
14 10 (0.78%) AngularJS
14 10 (0.78%) Vue
14 10 (0.78%) Web Services
15 9 (0.71%) Visualforce
Miscellaneous
1 93 (7.30%) Product Ownership
2 72 (5.65%) Cloud Native
3 57 (4.47%) Data Structures
4 44 (3.45%) Legacy Systems
5 43 (3.38%) Management Information System
6 36 (2.83%) Distributed Systems
7 30 (2.35%) Analytical Mindset
8 24 (1.88%) Greenfield Project
9 20 (1.57%) Enterprise Software
10 19 (1.49%) FMCG
11 16 (1.26%) e-Learning
12 15 (1.18%) Low-Code
12 15 (1.18%) Reinsurance
13 11 (0.86%) Data Protection Act
13 11 (0.86%) Fixed Income
13 11 (0.86%) Hybrid Cloud
14 9 (0.71%) IoT
14 9 (0.71%) Virtual Team
15 7 (0.55%) Reference Data
15 7 (0.55%) Taxonomies
Operating Systems
1 9 (0.71%) Unix
2 8 (0.63%) Linux
3 4 (0.31%) Android
4 3 (0.24%) Apple iOS
4 3 (0.24%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 580 (45.53%) Analytics
2 499 (39.17%) Business Intelligence
3 439 (34.46%) ETL
4 357 (28.02%) Data Governance
5 350 (27.47%) Agile
6 338 (26.53%) Problem-Solving
7 322 (25.27%) Data Architecture
8 313 (24.57%) Data Engineering
9 304 (23.86%) Data Pipeline
10 271 (21.27%) Decision-Making
11 251 (19.70%) CI/CD
12 240 (18.84%) AI
13 238 (18.68%) DevOps
14 223 (17.50%) Data Integration
15 197 (15.46%) Data Strategy
16 191 (14.99%) Mentoring
17 183 (14.36%) Data Management
18 170 (13.34%) Data Science
19 169 (13.27%) Continuous Improvement
20 161 (12.64%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 599 (47.02%) SQL
2 456 (35.79%) Python
3 94 (7.38%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 78 (6.12%) Java
5 67 (5.26%) C#
6 65 (5.10%) JavaScript
7 46 (3.61%) TypeScript
8 43 (3.38%) Scala
9 37 (2.90%) T-SQL
10 31 (2.43%) R
11 22 (1.73%) Apex Code
12 18 (1.41%) PowerShell
13 15 (1.18%) PL/SQL
14 12 (0.94%) Bash
15 10 (0.78%) C++
16 7 (0.55%) ANSI SQL
16 7 (0.55%) PHP
17 6 (0.47%) Go
18 5 (0.39%) Fortran
19 4 (0.31%) VBA
Qualifications
1 269 (21.11%) Degree
2 70 (5.49%) Computer Science Degree
3 63 (4.95%) Security Cleared
4 58 (4.55%) Azure Certification
5 54 (4.24%) AWS Certification
6 47 (3.69%) SC Cleared
7 44 (3.45%) Microsoft Certification
8 24 (1.88%) TOGAF Certification
9 22 (1.73%) Master's Degree
10 18 (1.41%) DV Cleared
11 17 (1.33%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
12 12 (0.94%) Six Sigma Green Belt
13 10 (0.78%) Oracle Certification
13 10 (0.78%) SnowPro
14 9 (0.71%) DBS Check
15 8 (0.63%) OCP
16 7 (0.55%) CISSP
16 7 (0.55%) PMI Certification
16 7 (0.55%) PMP
16 7 (0.55%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 336 (26.37%) Data Quality
2 97 (7.61%) GDPR
3 66 (5.18%) Accessibility
4 49 (3.85%) QA
5 27 (2.12%) Actionable Recommendations
6 15 (1.18%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 8 (0.63%) NIST
8 7 (0.55%) COBIT
8 7 (0.55%) GRC
8 7 (0.55%) ITGC
9 5 (0.39%) MiFID
10 4 (0.31%) PCI DSS
11 3 (0.24%) HIPAA
12 2 (0.16%) California Consumer Privacy Act
12 2 (0.16%) PMO
12 2 (0.16%) PSD2
12 2 (0.16%) Sarbanes-Oxley
12 2 (0.16%) SLA
12 2 (0.16%) SNOMED CT
12 2 (0.16%) SOC 2
System Software
1 29 (2.28%) Docker
2 10 (0.78%) HDFS
3 8 (0.63%) Oracle RAC
4 5 (0.39%) Active Directory
5 3 (0.24%) Firmware
6 2 (0.16%) Apache Flume
7 1 (0.078%) iptables
7 1 (0.078%) KVM
7 1 (0.078%) QEMU
Systems Management
1 45 (3.53%) Terraform
2 30 (2.35%) Kubernetes
3 9 (0.71%) Ansible
4 8 (0.63%) Data Guard
4 8 (0.63%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
4 8 (0.63%) Oracle RMAN
5 5 (0.39%) RSA Archer
6 3 (0.24%) Kibana
7 2 (0.16%) logstash
7 2 (0.16%) Oozie
8 1 (0.078%) Argo
8 1 (0.078%) Grafana
8 1 (0.078%) Progress Chef
8 1 (0.078%) Prometheus
8 1 (0.078%) Puppet
Vendors
1 292 (22.92%) Microsoft
2 201 (15.78%) Databricks
3 182 (14.29%) SAP
4 73 (5.73%) Oracle
5 63 (4.95%) Salesforce
6 42 (3.30%) Google
7 35 (2.75%) Informatica
8 24 (1.88%) Talend
9 15 (1.18%) Palantir
9 15 (1.18%) ServiceNow
10 13 (1.02%) MuleSoft
11 10 (0.78%) Dataiku
12 9 (0.71%) IBM
13 8 (0.63%) Delphix
13 8 (0.63%) UiPath
14 7 (0.55%) Alteryx
14 7 (0.55%) Foundry
14 7 (0.55%) Progress
14 7 (0.55%) Siemens
14 7 (0.55%) Sparx