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

6 months to
15 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 108 114 100
Rank change year-on-year +6 -14 +10
Permanent jobs citing Data Modelling 1,524 1,085 2,478
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 1.78% 2.64% 2.65%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.36% 2.84% 3.08%
Number of salaries quoted 935 570 1,539
10th Percentile £42,500 £41,250 £41,250
25th Percentile £53,750 £52,500 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £65,000 £67,500
Median % change year-on-year +7.69% -3.70% +0.74%
75th Percentile £87,500 £80,000 £86,250
90th Percentile £100,000 £102,850 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £65,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +8.33% - +4.35%

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 64,523 38,250 80,347
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 75.56% 92.93% 86.07%
Number of salaries quoted 39,734 22,522 59,066
10th Percentile £30,000 £31,250 £29,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £42,500 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.17% +9.09% -10.54%
75th Percentile £77,500 £80,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £97,500 £102,500 £92,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £53,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -5.66% +6.00% -8.26%

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 15 April 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 15 April 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 +3 1,324 £70,000 +7.69% 734
UK excluding London -29 744 £65,000 +8.33% 529
London +51 636 £77,500 +3.33% 318
Work from Home +20 554 £67,500 +4.25% 352
North of England +2 203 £70,932 +35.11% 136
South East -42 188 £60,000 -7.69% 170
Midlands -11 144 £60,000 - 108
West Midlands +5 111 £60,000 +2.13% 67
Yorkshire +11 105 £75,000 +26.85% 54
Scotland -5 82 £78,750 +25.00% 23
North West -21 81 £70,000 +33.33% 67
East of England +4 58 £65,000 - 46
South West -78 57 £55,000 -2.17% 41
East Midlands -44 31 £51,825 -19.96% 41
North East -20 17 £55,000 -1.08% 19
Wales -19 8 £67,586 +80.23% 11
Northern Ireland -39 4 - - 2

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
1 131 (8.60%) Apache Airflow
2 84 (5.51%) Apache Spark
3 54 (3.54%) Apache
4 27 (1.77%) SharePoint
5 22 (1.44%) Confluence
6 21 (1.38%) Palantir Foundry
7 18 (1.18%) SAS
8 14 (0.92%) Appian
9 10 (0.66%) CMS
10 8 (0.52%) Microsoft Exchange
11 4 (0.26%) Camunda
11 4 (0.26%) Oracle Workflow
12 3 (0.20%) Apache Superset
12 3 (0.20%) IIS
12 3 (0.20%) Oracle Application Server
13 2 (0.13%) CICS
13 2 (0.13%) Jupyter
14 1 (0.066%) Apache Synapse
14 1 (0.066%) Mendix
14 1 (0.066%) OpenStack
Applications
1 83 (5.45%) Microsoft Excel
2 18 (1.18%) Microsoft Office
3 10 (0.66%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 5 (0.33%) Chatbot
5 3 (0.20%) MS Visio
5 3 (0.20%) Sketch
6 2 (0.13%) Spreadsheet
6 2 (0.13%) Windchill
7 1 (0.066%) Microsoft Project
7 1 (0.066%) Notion
7 1 (0.066%) Siemens NX
7 1 (0.066%) SPSS
Business Applications
1 24 (1.57%) SAP S/4HANA
2 15 (0.98%) NetSuite
3 14 (0.92%) Dynamics CRM
4 8 (0.52%) Workday HCM
5 7 (0.46%) SAP MDG
6 6 (0.39%) Oracle ERP
6 6 (0.39%) Salesforce CRM
7 4 (0.26%) Markit EDM
8 3 (0.20%) FLEXCUBE
8 3 (0.20%) Misys Opics
8 3 (0.20%) SAP MDG-BP
9 2 (0.13%) Aladdin
9 2 (0.13%) Infor M3
9 2 (0.13%) SAP MDG-F
9 2 (0.13%) Teamcenter
9 2 (0.13%) Unit4 Business World
10 1 (0.066%) Oracle EBS
10 1 (0.066%) Oracle SCM
10 1 (0.066%) Primavera
10 1 (0.066%) SAP MDG-S
Cloud Services
1 727 (47.70%) Azure
2 434 (28.48%) Power Platform
3 336 (22.05%) AWS
4 210 (13.78%) Azure Data Factory
5 199 (13.06%) GCP
6 197 (12.93%) Snowflake
7 172 (11.29%) Azure Synapse Analytics
8 148 (9.71%) dbt
9 134 (8.79%) Azure DevOps
10 86 (5.64%) Serverless
11 77 (5.05%) GitHub
12 63 (4.13%) Amazon S3
13 57 (3.74%) Power Automate
14 48 (3.15%) SaaS
15 44 (2.89%) AWS Lambda
16 41 (2.69%) PowerApps
16 41 (2.69%) Salesforce Service Cloud
17 37 (2.43%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
18 36 (2.36%) GitHub Copilot
19 34 (2.23%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 16 (1.05%) Broadband
2 4 (0.26%) HTTP
3 3 (0.20%) NGN
3 3 (0.20%) Remote Desktop
3 3 (0.20%) VPN
4 2 (0.13%) Network Security
4 2 (0.13%) Tactical Data Link
5 1 (0.066%) 4G
5 1 (0.066%) 5G
5 1 (0.066%) ADSL
5 1 (0.066%) CTI
5 1 (0.066%) DHCP
5 1 (0.066%) DNS
5 1 (0.066%) Internet
5 1 (0.066%) Modbus
5 1 (0.066%) MQTT
5 1 (0.066%) Radio Access Network
5 1 (0.066%) SMS
5 1 (0.066%) TCAP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 399 (26.18%) Power BI
2 375 (24.61%) Data Warehouse
3 197 (12.93%) Data Lake
4 189 (12.40%) Metadata
5 129 (8.46%) SQL Server
6 113 (7.41%) Tableau
7 97 (6.36%) Relational Database
8 89 (5.84%) Amazon Redshift
9 71 (4.66%) BigQuery
10 68 (4.46%) PostgreSQL
11 66 (4.33%) Azure SQL Database
12 61 (4.00%) NoSQL
13 58 (3.81%) SQL Server Integration Services
14 57 (3.74%) Power Query
15 51 (3.35%) Snowflake Schema
16 47 (3.08%) SQL Server Reporting Services
17 45 (2.95%) MySQL
18 43 (2.82%) Looker
19 34 (2.23%) Delta Lake
20 33 (2.17%) Big Data
Development Applications
1 104 (6.82%) Git
2 57 (3.74%) JIRA
3 40 (2.62%) MLflow
4 20 (1.31%) Postman
5 18 (1.18%) ERwin
6 15 (0.98%) Jenkins
7 11 (0.72%) GitLab
8 7 (0.46%) Claude Code
9 6 (0.39%) ER Studio
9 6 (0.39%) JUnit
10 3 (0.20%) Eclipse
10 3 (0.20%) git-flow
10 3 (0.20%) Gradle
10 3 (0.20%) IntelliJ
10 3 (0.20%) Maven
10 3 (0.20%) NUnit
10 3 (0.20%) PowerDesigner
10 3 (0.20%) SonarQube
10 3 (0.20%) TestNG
10 3 (0.20%) Visual Studio
General
1 523 (34.32%) Social Skills
2 512 (33.60%) Finance
3 429 (28.15%) Analytical Skills
4 117 (7.68%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 111 (7.28%) Public Sector
6 78 (5.12%) Marketing
7 72 (4.72%) Law
8 58 (3.81%) Banking
9 55 (3.61%) Financial Institution
10 43 (2.82%) Influencing Skills
11 39 (2.56%) Retail
12 33 (2.17%) Manufacturing
13 32 (2.10%) Organisational Skills
14 31 (2.03%) Documentation Skills
15 24 (1.57%) Legal
16 21 (1.38%) Advertising
17 20 (1.31%) Retail Banking
18 18 (1.18%) Telecoms
19 15 (0.98%) Presentation Skills
20 12 (0.79%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 341 (22.38%) Architect
2 338 (22.18%) Data Engineer
3 302 (19.82%) Senior
4 225 (14.76%) Data Architect
5 207 (13.58%) Analyst
6 167 (10.96%) Developer
7 155 (10.17%) Lead
8 121 (7.94%) Data Analyst
9 95 (6.23%) Senior Data Engineer
10 68 (4.46%) Consultant
11 52 (3.41%) Business Intelligence Developer
12 50 (3.28%) Lead Data Engineer
13 47 (3.08%) Business Analyst
14 45 (2.95%) Azure Engineer
14 45 (2.95%) Senior Analyst
15 40 (2.62%) Business Intelligence Analyst
16 39 (2.56%) Data Modeller
17 36 (2.36%) Senior Architect
18 33 (2.17%) Senior Developer
18 33 (2.17%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 130 (8.53%) REST
2 102 (6.69%) Kafka
3 87 (5.71%) PySpark
4 67 (4.40%) SOAP
5 55 (3.61%) .NET
5 55 (3.61%) Lightning Web Components
6 53 (3.48%) JSON
7 51 (3.35%) RESTful
8 47 (3.08%) Middleware
9 43 (2.82%) PyTorch
9 43 (2.82%) TensorFlow
10 41 (2.69%) React
10 41 (2.69%) scikit-learn
10 41 (2.69%) XML
11 36 (2.36%) CSS
12 35 (2.30%) LangChain
13 33 (2.17%) OpenAPI
13 33 (2.17%) Swagger
14 31 (2.03%) HTML
15 30 (1.97%) Visualforce
Miscellaneous
1 123 (8.07%) Cloud Native
2 108 (7.09%) Data Structures
3 107 (7.02%) Product Ownership
4 61 (4.00%) Management Information System
5 50 (3.28%) Legacy Systems
6 45 (2.95%) Distributed Systems
7 42 (2.76%) Low-Code
8 39 (2.56%) Self-Motivation
9 38 (2.49%) Analytical Mindset
9 38 (2.49%) Greenfield Project
9 38 (2.49%) Onboarding
10 33 (2.17%) Public Cloud
11 24 (1.57%) Enterprise Software
12 23 (1.51%) Clustering
12 23 (1.51%) e-Learning
13 21 (1.38%) Reinsurance
14 16 (1.05%) Taxonomies
15 15 (0.98%) Fixed Income
16 14 (0.92%) AI Agents
16 14 (0.92%) FMCG
Operating Systems
1 13 (0.85%) Windows
2 12 (0.79%) Linux
3 4 (0.26%) Android
3 4 (0.26%) Unix
4 3 (0.20%) Windows Server
5 1 (0.066%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 722 (47.38%) Analytics
2 526 (34.51%) Business Intelligence
3 500 (32.81%) ETL
4 463 (30.38%) Data Governance
5 451 (29.59%) Data Engineering
6 418 (27.43%) Agile
7 384 (25.20%) Data Pipeline
8 370 (24.28%) Decision-Making
9 362 (23.75%) Data Architecture
10 360 (23.62%) AI
11 353 (23.16%) Problem-Solving
12 341 (22.38%) CI/CD
13 301 (19.75%) DevOps
14 226 (14.83%) Continuous Improvement
15 217 (14.24%) Data Integration
15 217 (14.24%) Mentoring
16 213 (13.98%) Machine Learning
17 193 (12.66%) Data Management
18 173 (11.35%) Data Science
19 169 (11.09%) Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 786 (51.57%) SQL
2 649 (42.59%) Python
3 116 (7.61%) Java
4 104 (6.82%) Data Analysis Expressions
5 85 (5.58%) JavaScript
6 74 (4.86%) C#
7 67 (4.40%) TypeScript
8 52 (3.41%) Apex Code
9 46 (3.02%) T-SQL
10 42 (2.76%) Scala
11 31 (2.03%) PowerShell
11 31 (2.03%) R
12 21 (1.38%) Bash
13 19 (1.25%) C++
14 15 (0.98%) PL/SQL
15 9 (0.59%) Perl
15 9 (0.59%) VBA
16 8 (0.52%) Go
16 8 (0.52%) SOQL
16 8 (0.52%) SOSL
Qualifications
1 196 (12.86%) Degree
2 137 (8.99%) Security Cleared
3 97 (6.36%) SC Cleared
4 78 (5.12%) Computer Science Degree
5 62 (4.07%) Azure Certification
6 52 (3.41%) AWS Certification
7 37 (2.43%) Microsoft Certification
8 31 (2.03%) Master's Degree
9 28 (1.84%) TOGAF Certification
10 25 (1.64%) DBS Check
11 24 (1.57%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
12 21 (1.38%) DV Cleared
13 14 (0.92%) ACCA
13 14 (0.92%) CIMA
14 12 (0.79%) Six Sigma Green Belt
15 9 (0.59%) PMI Certification
16 8 (0.52%) PMP
17 6 (0.39%) SAP Certification
18 5 (0.33%) SnowPro
19 4 (0.26%) MBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 455 (29.86%) Data Quality
2 99 (6.50%) GDPR
3 72 (4.72%) Accessibility
4 45 (2.95%) QA
5 27 (1.77%) California Consumer Privacy Act
6 24 (1.57%) Actionable Recommendations
7 15 (0.98%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 11 (0.72%) SLA
9 8 (0.52%) MiFID
10 5 (0.33%) GRC
10 5 (0.33%) Solvency II
11 3 (0.20%) IFRS
11 3 (0.20%) IFRS 17
11 3 (0.20%) PERC
12 2 (0.13%) HL7
12 2 (0.13%) PMO
12 2 (0.13%) WCAG
13 1 (0.066%) PCI DSS
13 1 (0.066%) Sarbanes-Oxley
13 1 (0.066%) SNOMED CT
System Software
1 59 (3.87%) Docker
2 13 (0.85%) Active Directory
3 3 (0.20%) HDFS
4 2 (0.13%) Oracle RAC
5 1 (0.066%) Apache Flume
5 1 (0.066%) Firmware
5 1 (0.066%) iptables
5 1 (0.066%) KVM
5 1 (0.066%) QEMU
Systems Management
1 75 (4.92%) Terraform
2 53 (3.48%) Kubernetes
3 13 (0.85%) Grafana
4 10 (0.66%) Single Sign-On
5 9 (0.59%) Prometheus
6 7 (0.46%) Control-M
7 3 (0.20%) Ansible
8 2 (0.13%) Data Guard
8 2 (0.13%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
8 2 (0.13%) Oracle RMAN
9 1 (0.066%) Argo
9 1 (0.066%) Packer
9 1 (0.066%) RSA Archer
9 1 (0.066%) SCCM
Vendors
1 356 (23.36%) Microsoft
2 295 (19.36%) Databricks
3 103 (6.76%) Salesforce
4 86 (5.64%) Oracle
5 62 (4.07%) SAP
6 52 (3.41%) Informatica
7 43 (2.82%) Google
8 37 (2.43%) Palantir
9 32 (2.10%) Foundry
10 31 (2.03%) Cloudera
10 31 (2.03%) Talend
11 25 (1.64%) MuleSoft
12 23 (1.51%) Dell
13 21 (1.38%) OpenAI
14 18 (1.18%) Sparx
15 17 (1.12%) ServiceNow
16 14 (0.92%) IBM
17 13 (0.85%) Automation Anywhere
17 13 (0.85%) UiPath
18 12 (0.79%) Workday