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

6 months to
26 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 115 123 121
Rank change year-on-year +8 -2 -4
Permanent jobs citing Data Modelling 1,719 1,228 1,910
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 1.70% 2.49% 2.15%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.31% 2.77% 2.63%
Number of salaries quoted 1,167 635 1,203
10th Percentile £43,098 £45,000 £41,250
25th Percentile £52,500 £54,096 £51,750
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 £106,000 £105,000 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £62,500 £62,750 £62,500
% change year-on-year -0.40% +0.40% +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 74,528 44,262 72,639
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 73.71% 89.78% 81.61%
Number of salaries quoted 51,427 25,101 49,118
10th Percentile £30,500 £28,750 £30,000
25th Percentile £41,250 £37,500 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% - -8.33%
75th Percentile £78,750 £76,250 £73,750
90th Percentile £100,000 £97,500 £93,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +10.00% - -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 26 July 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 26 July 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 +18 1,579 £69,973 +3.66% 672
UK excluding London -2 820 £62,500 -0.40% 385
London +20 734 £80,000 +6.67% 373
Work from Home +15 541 £65,000 - 327
North of England +81 308 £63,000 +5.00% 99
South East -44 188 £62,500 -3.85% 123
Midlands -5 149 £60,000 -5.51% 57
North West +55 141 £62,500 +8.70% 45
Yorkshire +20 110 £66,250 +8.16% 27
West Midlands +6 105 £61,700 +4.58% 39
South West -67 85 £60,000 -14.29% 60
North East -4 57 £55,000 +12.82% 28
East of England -5 56 £71,000 +18.33% 16
East Midlands -33 44 £59,000 -9.23% 18
Scotland -15 21 £70,000 +5.66% 18
Wales - 10 £66,000 - 9
Northern Ireland - 3 £60,000 - 6

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
1 137 (7.97%) Apache Airflow
2 121 (7.04%) Apache Spark
3 81 (4.71%) Apache
4 33 (1.92%) SharePoint
5 18 (1.05%) SAS
6 15 (0.87%) Jupyter
7 13 (0.76%) Palantir Foundry
8 11 (0.64%) Confluence
9 8 (0.47%) CMS
10 6 (0.35%) Microsoft Exchange
11 5 (0.29%) Oracle SOA Suite
12 4 (0.23%) WordPress
13 3 (0.17%) Apache Solr
13 3 (0.17%) ArcGIS
13 3 (0.17%) Camunda
13 3 (0.17%) IIS
13 3 (0.17%) Oracle Application Server
14 2 (0.12%) CICS
14 2 (0.12%) Luigi
15 1 (0.058%) Appian
Applications
1 75 (4.36%) Microsoft Excel
2 16 (0.93%) Microsoft Office
3 9 (0.52%) Spreadsheet
4 5 (0.29%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 3 (0.17%) Blender
5 3 (0.17%) Maya
6 2 (0.12%) Chatbot
6 2 (0.12%) MS Visio
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 38 (2.21%) SAP S/4HANA
2 20 (1.16%) Dynamics CRM
2 20 (1.16%) SAP MDG
3 15 (0.87%) Oracle ERP
4 12 (0.70%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
5 10 (0.58%) Oracle EBS
6 8 (0.47%) NetSuite
6 8 (0.47%) SAP MDG-BP
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%) FLEXCUBE
10 3 (0.17%) Misys Opics
10 3 (0.17%) Oracle Payables
10 3 (0.17%) Oracle Receivables
11 2 (0.12%) Infor M3
11 2 (0.12%) Oracle Applications
11 2 (0.12%) SAP IBP
11 2 (0.12%) Unit4 Business World
Cloud Services
1 675 (39.27%) Azure
2 494 (28.74%) Power Platform
3 450 (26.18%) AWS
4 252 (14.66%) GCP
5 182 (10.59%) Azure Data Factory
6 170 (9.89%) Snowflake
7 145 (8.44%) dbt
8 128 (7.45%) Azure Synapse Analytics
9 103 (5.99%) Azure DevOps
10 92 (5.35%) Amazon S3
11 89 (5.18%) Serverless
12 66 (3.84%) SaaS
13 60 (3.49%) Power Automate
14 54 (3.14%) PowerApps
15 53 (3.08%) AWS Lambda
16 49 (2.85%) GitHub
17 47 (2.73%) Microsoft Purview
18 38 (2.21%) Dynamics 365
19 37 (2.15%) Microsoft 365
20 35 (2.04%) Amazon EMR
Communications & Networking
1 44 (2.56%) 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
6 1 (0.058%) Radio Access Network
Database & Business Intelligence
1 457 (26.59%) Power BI
2 357 (20.77%) Data Warehouse
3 220 (12.80%) Data Lake
4 205 (11.93%) Metadata
5 133 (7.74%) Tableau
6 130 (7.56%) SQL Server
7 110 (6.40%) Relational Database
8 97 (5.64%) Amazon Redshift
9 95 (5.53%) BigQuery
10 87 (5.06%) PostgreSQL
11 74 (4.30%) Big Data
12 73 (4.25%) Star Schema
13 64 (3.72%) Semantic Layer
14 63 (3.66%) NoSQL
15 59 (3.43%) Delta Lake
15 59 (3.43%) MySQL
16 55 (3.20%) Power Query
17 53 (3.08%) Data Vault
18 50 (2.91%) Azure SQL Database
18 50 (2.91%) Looker
Development Applications
1 117 (6.81%) Git
2 38 (2.21%) Jenkins
3 34 (1.98%) JIRA
4 32 (1.86%) MLflow
5 28 (1.63%) Claude Code
6 18 (1.05%) GitLab
7 11 (0.64%) ERwin
8 6 (0.35%) Postman
8 6 (0.35%) Toad
9 4 (0.23%) Oracle APEX
10 3 (0.17%) Eclipse
10 3 (0.17%) IntelliJ
11 2 (0.12%) Ant
11 2 (0.12%) Bitbucket
11 2 (0.12%) ER Studio
11 2 (0.12%) Jasmine
11 2 (0.12%) Karma Test Runner
11 2 (0.12%) TeamCity
11 2 (0.12%) Visual Studio
11 2 (0.12%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 567 (32.98%) Social Skills
2 542 (31.53%) Finance
3 462 (26.88%) Analytical Skills
4 137 (7.97%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 128 (7.45%) Public Sector
6 77 (4.48%) Law
7 75 (4.36%) Retail
8 74 (4.30%) Marketing
9 56 (3.26%) Influencing Skills
10 54 (3.14%) Manufacturing
11 51 (2.97%) Legal
12 40 (2.33%) Banking
13 32 (1.86%) Financial Institution
14 23 (1.34%) Documentation Skills
15 21 (1.22%) Billing
15 21 (1.22%) Presentation Skills
16 19 (1.11%) Pharmaceutical
17 18 (1.05%) Organisational Skills
18 17 (0.99%) Advertising
19 15 (0.87%) Games
Job Titles
1 423 (24.61%) Data Engineer
2 389 (22.63%) Architect
3 364 (21.18%) Senior
4 272 (15.82%) Data Architect
5 195 (11.34%) Developer
6 192 (11.17%) Analyst
7 190 (11.05%) Lead
8 113 (6.57%) Senior Data Engineer
9 94 (5.47%) Data Analyst
10 82 (4.77%) Consultant
11 58 (3.37%) Senior Architect
12 50 (2.91%) Business Intelligence Developer
13 49 (2.85%) Business Analyst
14 48 (2.79%) Data Modeller
15 45 (2.62%) Senior Developer
16 44 (2.56%) Senior Data Architect
17 43 (2.50%) Solutions Architect
18 41 (2.39%) Business Intelligence Analyst
19 39 (2.27%) Lead Data Engineer
20 38 (2.21%) Data Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 128 (7.45%) PySpark
2 127 (7.39%) REST
3 120 (6.98%) Kafka
4 70 (4.07%) Node.js
5 66 (3.84%) React
6 60 (3.49%) .NET
7 59 (3.43%) JSON
8 53 (3.08%) SOAP
9 52 (3.03%) Middleware
10 51 (2.97%) Lightning Web Components
11 43 (2.50%) XML
12 42 (2.44%) LangChain
13 37 (2.15%) CSS
14 31 (1.80%) RESTful
15 30 (1.75%) PyTorch
15 30 (1.75%) TensorFlow
16 29 (1.69%) AngularJS
17 27 (1.57%) scikit-learn
18 26 (1.51%) HTML
19 25 (1.45%) Visualforce
Miscellaneous
1 173 (10.06%) Cloud Native
2 134 (7.80%) Data Structures
3 85 (4.94%) Product Ownership
4 81 (4.71%) Onboarding
5 56 (3.26%) Distributed Systems
6 43 (2.50%) Greenfield Project
7 40 (2.33%) Management Information System
8 33 (1.92%) Analytical Mindset
8 33 (1.92%) Legacy Systems
9 32 (1.86%) Public Cloud
10 28 (1.63%) Clustering
10 28 (1.63%) Self-Motivation
11 27 (1.57%) AI Agents
12 25 (1.45%) Distributed Computing
12 25 (1.45%) Low-Code
13 23 (1.34%) Reinsurance
13 23 (1.34%) Social Media
14 19 (1.11%) Mobile App
14 19 (1.11%) Replication
15 15 (0.87%) Reference Data
Operating Systems
1 22 (1.28%) Linux
2 17 (0.99%) Windows
3 2 (0.12%) Windows Server
4 1 (0.058%) Solaris
4 1 (0.058%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 822 (47.82%) Analytics
2 604 (35.14%) Business Intelligence
3 542 (31.53%) Data Governance
4 534 (31.06%) AI
5 493 (28.68%) Data Engineering
6 482 (28.04%) ETL
7 465 (27.05%) Data Pipeline
8 443 (25.77%) Decision-Making
9 407 (23.68%) Agile
10 397 (23.09%) Data Architecture
11 392 (22.80%) CI/CD
12 384 (22.34%) Problem-Solving
13 294 (17.10%) DevOps
14 289 (16.81%) Roadmaps
15 279 (16.23%) Machine Learning
16 273 (15.88%) Mentoring
17 258 (15.01%) Data Strategy
18 236 (13.73%) Continuous Improvement
19 196 (11.40%) Stakeholder Management
20 188 (10.94%) Translating Business Requirements
Programming Languages
1 897 (52.18%) SQL
2 719 (41.83%) Python
3 115 (6.69%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 108 (6.28%) Java
5 80 (4.65%) TypeScript
6 76 (4.42%) C#
7 74 (4.30%) JavaScript
8 65 (3.78%) Scala
9 46 (2.68%) Apex Code
10 40 (2.33%) T-SQL
11 25 (1.45%) R
12 23 (1.34%) PowerShell
13 20 (1.16%) PL/SQL
14 18 (1.05%) SOQL
14 18 (1.05%) SOSL
15 16 (0.93%) Bicep
16 12 (0.70%) Bash
17 11 (0.64%) C++
17 11 (0.64%) Kusto Query Language
18 9 (0.52%) PHP
Qualifications
1 213 (12.39%) Security Cleared
2 189 (10.99%) Degree
3 134 (7.80%) SC Cleared
4 69 (4.01%) Computer Science Degree
5 60 (3.49%) Azure Certification
6 40 (2.33%) DV Cleared
7 32 (1.86%) AWS Certification
7 32 (1.86%) Microsoft Certification
8 27 (1.57%) Master's Degree
9 25 (1.45%) DBS Check
10 18 (1.05%) TOGAF Certification
11 16 (0.93%) BPSS Clearance
12 12 (0.70%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
12 12 (0.70%) SnowPro
13 9 (0.52%) CIPD
14 8 (0.47%) SAP Certification
15 6 (0.35%) ACCA
15 6 (0.35%) CIMA
15 6 (0.35%) IIBA
16 5 (0.29%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 585 (34.03%) Data Quality
2 126 (7.33%) GDPR
3 61 (3.55%) Accessibility
4 53 (3.08%) QA
5 28 (1.63%) California Consumer Privacy Act
6 10 (0.58%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 7 (0.41%) PMO
8 6 (0.35%) GRC
8 6 (0.35%) Solvency II
9 5 (0.29%) MiFID
10 4 (0.23%) Actionable Recommendations
10 4 (0.23%) IFRS
10 4 (0.23%) IFRS 17
10 4 (0.23%) PERC
10 4 (0.23%) SLA
11 2 (0.12%) HL7
11 2 (0.12%) SOC 2
11 2 (0.12%) UCITS
11 2 (0.12%) WCAG
12 1 (0.058%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 89 (5.18%) Docker
2 12 (0.70%) Active Directory
3 4 (0.23%) NDS
4 1 (0.058%) Apache Flume
Systems Management
1 105 (6.11%) Terraform
2 60 (3.49%) Kubernetes
3 14 (0.81%) Ansible
4 8 (0.47%) Packer
5 7 (0.41%) Grafana
5 7 (0.41%) Prometheus
6 6 (0.35%) Hadoop YARN
7 4 (0.23%) Single Sign-On
8 3 (0.17%) Kibana
9 1 (0.058%) Progress Chef
9 1 (0.058%) Puppet
9 1 (0.058%) QRadar
9 1 (0.058%) RSA Archer
9 1 (0.058%) SCCM
Vendors
1 362 (21.06%) Microsoft
2 355 (20.65%) Databricks
3 119 (6.92%) Oracle
4 106 (6.17%) Salesforce
5 102 (5.93%) SAP
6 52 (3.03%) Google
7 29 (1.69%) Informatica
8 27 (1.57%) Cloudera
9 23 (1.34%) Dell
10 22 (1.28%) Palantir
11 18 (1.05%) Foundry
12 17 (0.99%) ServiceNow
12 17 (0.99%) Talend
13 14 (0.81%) MuleSoft
14 13 (0.76%) IBM
14 13 (0.76%) OpenAI
15 11 (0.64%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
16 9 (0.52%) Bloomberg
16 9 (0.52%) HubSpot
17 8 (0.47%) SYSPRO