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

6 months to
12 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 102 118 109
Rank change year-on-year +16 -9 +2
Permanent jobs citing Data Modelling 1,610 1,157 2,447
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 1.74% 2.61% 2.29%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.39% 2.82% 2.78%
Number of salaries quoted 1,083 579 1,542
10th Percentile £42,500 £43,700 £41,250
25th Percentile £52,500 £53,750 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £65,000 £67,500
Median % change year-on-year +7.69% -3.70% -
75th Percentile £87,500 £83,750 £87,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £105,000 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £63,750 £62,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +2.00% +4.17% +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 67,454 41,012 87,985
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 72.86% 92.64% 82.31%
Number of salaries quoted 46,240 21,844 62,402
10th Percentile £30,000 £29,000 £29,500
25th Percentile £41,250 £40,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% +4.55% -9.69%
75th Percentile £78,750 £77,500 £72,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £100,000 £92,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +5.00% - -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 12 June 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 12 June 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 1,445 £69,973 +3.66% 499
UK excluding London +8 775 £63,750 +2.00% 364
London +29 673 £80,000 +6.67% 246
Work from Home +40 521 £67,500 +3.85% 298
North of England +88 286 £65,000 +13.04% 93
South East -34 179 £61,250 -5.77% 124
Midlands +7 141 £60,000 -4.00% 61
North West +57 126 £62,500 +19.05% 62
Yorkshire +42 125 £68,510 +14.18% 20
West Midlands +4 101 £60,715 +1.19% 44
East of England -1 59 £71,000 +1.43% 19
South West -92 57 £56,350 -6.08% 46
Scotland -9 41 £70,000 +11.55% 11
East Midlands -30 38 £55,000 -13.39% 17
North East -12 35 £65,000 +33.33% 11
Wales - 9 £67,586 - 8
Northern Ireland -34 3 £60,000 - 8

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
1 148 (9.19%) Apache Airflow
2 97 (6.02%) Apache Spark
3 75 (4.66%) Apache
4 35 (2.17%) SharePoint
5 21 (1.30%) Palantir Foundry
6 17 (1.06%) Confluence
7 15 (0.93%) SAS
8 11 (0.68%) Jupyter
9 10 (0.62%) CMS
10 8 (0.50%) Appian
10 8 (0.50%) Microsoft Exchange
11 4 (0.25%) WordPress
12 3 (0.19%) Apache Solr
12 3 (0.19%) Camunda
12 3 (0.19%) IIS
12 3 (0.19%) Oracle Application Server
12 3 (0.19%) Oracle SOA Suite
13 2 (0.12%) Apache Superset
13 2 (0.12%) CICS
13 2 (0.12%) Luigi
Applications
1 69 (4.29%) Microsoft Excel
2 16 (0.99%) Microsoft Office
3 9 (0.56%) Spreadsheet
4 4 (0.25%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 3 (0.19%) Blender
5 3 (0.19%) Chatbot
5 3 (0.19%) Maya
5 3 (0.19%) Windchill
6 2 (0.12%) MS Visio
6 2 (0.12%) PTC Creo
7 1 (0.062%) Microsoft Project
7 1 (0.062%) Siemens NX
7 1 (0.062%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 36 (2.24%) SAP S/4HANA
2 18 (1.12%) SAP MDG
3 14 (0.87%) Dynamics CRM
4 12 (0.75%) Oracle ERP
4 12 (0.75%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
5 11 (0.68%) NetSuite
6 8 (0.50%) Oracle EBS
6 8 (0.50%) SAP MDG-BP
7 7 (0.43%) Salesforce CRM
7 7 (0.43%) Workday HCM
8 5 (0.31%) SAP MDG-F
9 4 (0.25%) SAP ERP
10 3 (0.19%) FLEXCUBE
10 3 (0.19%) JDE EnterpriseOne
10 3 (0.19%) Misys Opics
11 2 (0.12%) Aladdin
11 2 (0.12%) Infor M3
11 2 (0.12%) Markit EDM
11 2 (0.12%) Unit4 Business World
12 1 (0.062%) SAP SD
Cloud Services
1 686 (42.61%) Azure
2 440 (27.33%) Power Platform
3 407 (25.28%) AWS
4 238 (14.78%) GCP
5 178 (11.06%) Azure Data Factory
6 154 (9.57%) Snowflake
7 140 (8.70%) dbt
8 133 (8.26%) Azure Synapse Analytics
9 113 (7.02%) Azure DevOps
10 88 (5.47%) Serverless
11 81 (5.03%) Amazon S3
12 63 (3.91%) SaaS
13 62 (3.85%) Power Automate
14 53 (3.29%) GitHub
15 50 (3.11%) AWS Lambda
16 48 (2.98%) PowerApps
17 33 (2.05%) Microsoft 365
18 32 (1.99%) Salesforce Service Cloud
19 31 (1.93%) Dynamics 365
20 30 (1.86%) Azure Logic Apps
Communications & Networking
1 41 (2.55%) Broadband
2 3 (0.19%) Internet
2 3 (0.19%) LTE
2 3 (0.19%) Network Security
2 3 (0.19%) NGN
3 2 (0.12%) 4G
3 2 (0.12%) 5G
3 2 (0.12%) SMS
3 2 (0.12%) Tactical Data Link
4 1 (0.062%) CTI
4 1 (0.062%) HTTP
4 1 (0.062%) Radio Access Network
4 1 (0.062%) Remote Desktop
4 1 (0.062%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 404 (25.09%) Power BI
2 305 (18.94%) Data Warehouse
3 195 (12.11%) Metadata
4 190 (11.80%) Data Lake
5 118 (7.33%) Tableau
6 115 (7.14%) SQL Server
7 103 (6.40%) Relational Database
8 87 (5.40%) BigQuery
9 86 (5.34%) Amazon Redshift
10 76 (4.72%) PostgreSQL
11 65 (4.04%) NoSQL
12 56 (3.48%) Semantic Layer
13 54 (3.35%) Azure SQL Database
13 54 (3.35%) Star Schema
14 48 (2.98%) Delta Lake
14 48 (2.98%) Power Query
14 48 (2.98%) SQL Server Integration Services
15 46 (2.86%) Looker
16 44 (2.73%) Big Data
17 43 (2.67%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 113 (7.02%) Git
2 41 (2.55%) JIRA
3 37 (2.30%) MLflow
4 29 (1.80%) Jenkins
5 15 (0.93%) ERwin
6 14 (0.87%) GitLab
6 14 (0.87%) Postman
7 13 (0.81%) Claude Code
8 6 (0.37%) Toad
9 4 (0.25%) ER Studio
9 4 (0.25%) Oracle APEX
10 3 (0.19%) Eclipse
10 3 (0.19%) IntelliJ
10 3 (0.19%) JUnit
10 3 (0.19%) NUnit
11 2 (0.12%) Maven
11 2 (0.12%) PowerDesigner
11 2 (0.12%) Selenium
11 2 (0.12%) TestNG
11 2 (0.12%) Visual Studio
General
1 534 (33.17%) Social Skills
2 498 (30.93%) Finance
3 445 (27.64%) Analytical Skills
4 141 (8.76%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 128 (7.95%) Public Sector
6 70 (4.35%) Law
7 68 (4.22%) Marketing
8 60 (3.73%) Retail
9 46 (2.86%) Banking
10 42 (2.61%) Financial Institution
10 42 (2.61%) Influencing Skills
11 40 (2.48%) Legal
12 35 (2.17%) Manufacturing
13 29 (1.80%) Organisational Skills
14 26 (1.61%) Documentation Skills
15 21 (1.30%) Billing
16 18 (1.12%) Advertising
16 18 (1.12%) Local Government
17 15 (0.93%) Games
18 14 (0.87%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 388 (24.10%) Data Engineer
2 343 (21.30%) Architect
3 335 (20.81%) Senior
4 230 (14.29%) Data Architect
5 208 (12.92%) Analyst
6 192 (11.93%) Lead
7 188 (11.68%) Developer
8 117 (7.27%) Data Analyst
9 109 (6.77%) Senior Data Engineer
10 75 (4.66%) Consultant
11 54 (3.35%) Business Intelligence Developer
12 53 (3.29%) Business Analyst
13 49 (3.04%) Data Modeller
14 47 (2.92%) Senior Architect
15 46 (2.86%) Lead Data Engineer
16 44 (2.73%) Senior Analyst
17 42 (2.61%) Senior Developer
18 39 (2.42%) Data Manager
19 37 (2.30%) Full-Stack Developer
19 37 (2.30%) Senior Data Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 150 (9.32%) REST
2 113 (7.02%) PySpark
3 108 (6.71%) Kafka
4 68 (4.22%) .NET
4 68 (4.22%) SOAP
5 61 (3.79%) React
6 60 (3.73%) JSON
7 55 (3.42%) Middleware
8 54 (3.35%) Node.js
9 50 (3.11%) Lightning Web Components
10 49 (3.04%) CSS
11 45 (2.80%) XML
12 42 (2.61%) LangChain
12 42 (2.61%) RESTful
13 38 (2.36%) PyTorch
13 38 (2.36%) TensorFlow
14 36 (2.24%) scikit-learn
15 35 (2.17%) HTML
16 30 (1.86%) Visualforce
17 26 (1.61%) Pandas
Miscellaneous
1 145 (9.01%) Cloud Native
2 133 (8.26%) Data Structures
3 92 (5.71%) Product Ownership
4 58 (3.60%) Distributed Systems
5 55 (3.42%) Onboarding
6 48 (2.98%) Management Information System
7 47 (2.92%) Legacy Systems
8 45 (2.80%) Self-Motivation
9 38 (2.36%) Greenfield Project
10 35 (2.17%) Low-Code
10 35 (2.17%) Public Cloud
11 34 (2.11%) Analytical Mindset
12 29 (1.80%) Reinsurance
13 25 (1.55%) Clustering
14 21 (1.30%) AI Agents
14 21 (1.30%) Social Media
15 19 (1.18%) Replication
16 14 (0.87%) Algorithms
16 14 (0.87%) e-Learning
16 14 (0.87%) Enterprise Software
Operating Systems
1 15 (0.93%) Windows
2 14 (0.87%) Linux
3 5 (0.31%) Unix
4 2 (0.12%) Android
5 1 (0.062%) Apple iOS
5 1 (0.062%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 741 (46.02%) Analytics
2 545 (33.85%) Business Intelligence
3 509 (31.61%) Data Governance
4 473 (29.38%) Data Engineering
5 451 (28.01%) ETL
6 422 (26.21%) Data Pipeline
7 412 (25.59%) AI
8 403 (25.03%) Agile
9 399 (24.78%) Decision-Making
10 388 (24.10%) CI/CD
11 379 (23.54%) Problem-Solving
12 362 (22.48%) Data Architecture
13 301 (18.70%) DevOps
14 254 (15.78%) Mentoring
15 245 (15.22%) Machine Learning
16 213 (13.23%) Continuous Improvement
17 206 (12.80%) Roadmaps
18 199 (12.36%) Data Strategy
19 168 (10.43%) Stakeholder Engagement
20 167 (10.37%) Data Integration
Programming Languages
1 843 (52.36%) SQL
2 687 (42.67%) Python
3 117 (7.27%) Java
4 103 (6.40%) Data Analysis Expressions
5 87 (5.40%) JavaScript
6 72 (4.47%) TypeScript
7 65 (4.04%) C#
8 54 (3.35%) Scala
9 48 (2.98%) Apex Code
10 41 (2.55%) T-SQL
11 27 (1.68%) PowerShell
11 27 (1.68%) R
12 19 (1.18%) Bash
12 19 (1.18%) PL/SQL
13 18 (1.12%) SOQL
13 18 (1.12%) SOSL
14 9 (0.56%) Bicep
14 9 (0.56%) C++
15 8 (0.50%) Go
15 8 (0.50%) Perl
Qualifications
1 191 (11.86%) Degree
2 172 (10.68%) Security Cleared
3 115 (7.14%) SC Cleared
4 75 (4.66%) Computer Science Degree
5 53 (3.29%) Azure Certification
6 33 (2.05%) Microsoft Certification
7 32 (1.99%) AWS Certification
8 30 (1.86%) DBS Check
8 30 (1.86%) Master's Degree
9 29 (1.80%) DV Cleared
10 19 (1.18%) TOGAF Certification
11 12 (0.75%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
12 11 (0.68%) ACCA
12 11 (0.68%) CIMA
13 8 (0.50%) BPSS Clearance
14 7 (0.43%) PMI Certification
14 7 (0.43%) SAP Certification
15 6 (0.37%) PMP
16 5 (0.31%) SnowPro
17 4 (0.25%) IIBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 544 (33.79%) Data Quality
2 107 (6.65%) GDPR
3 54 (3.35%) QA
4 44 (2.73%) Accessibility
5 25 (1.55%) California Consumer Privacy Act
6 13 (0.81%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 9 (0.56%) SLA
8 7 (0.43%) Solvency II
9 6 (0.37%) Actionable Recommendations
9 6 (0.37%) GRC
10 5 (0.31%) IFRS
10 5 (0.31%) IFRS 17
10 5 (0.31%) MiFID
11 4 (0.25%) PMO
12 3 (0.19%) PERC
13 2 (0.12%) HL7
13 2 (0.12%) WCAG
14 1 (0.062%) ISO 22301
14 1 (0.062%) PCI DSS
14 1 (0.062%) SNOMED CT
System Software
1 83 (5.16%) Docker
2 11 (0.68%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.062%) Apache Flume
Systems Management
1 97 (6.02%) Terraform
2 67 (4.16%) Kubernetes
3 12 (0.75%) Grafana
4 10 (0.62%) Single Sign-On
5 8 (0.50%) Prometheus
6 7 (0.43%) Ansible
6 7 (0.43%) Control-M
7 5 (0.31%) Packer
8 3 (0.19%) Kibana
9 1 (0.062%) QRadar
9 1 (0.062%) RSA Archer
9 1 (0.062%) SCCM
Vendors
1 336 (20.87%) Databricks
2 320 (19.88%) Microsoft
3 112 (6.96%) Salesforce
4 101 (6.27%) Oracle
5 87 (5.40%) SAP
6 51 (3.17%) Google
7 38 (2.36%) Informatica
8 30 (1.86%) Palantir
9 29 (1.80%) Foundry
10 27 (1.68%) Cloudera
11 23 (1.43%) Dell
12 22 (1.37%) OpenAI
13 20 (1.24%) ServiceNow
14 19 (1.18%) MuleSoft
15 17 (1.06%) Talend
16 11 (0.68%) Workday
17 10 (0.62%) IBM
17 10 (0.62%) UiPath
18 9 (0.56%) Automation Anywhere
18 9 (0.56%) Sparx