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

6 months to
12 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 116 126 120
Rank change year-on-year +10 -6 -9
Permanent jobs citing Data Modelling 1,740 1,262 1,804
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 1.64% 2.53% 2.16%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.23% 2.84% 2.66%
Number of salaries quoted 1,152 641 1,103
10th Percentile £43,750 £44,000 £41,250
25th Percentile £52,500 £53,750 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £67,500 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.70% -3.57% +4.37%
75th Percentile £87,500 £83,750 £87,500
90th Percentile £107,500 £105,250 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £62,500 £62,500 £62,500
% change year-on-year - - +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 77,915 44,448 67,793
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 73.48% 89.27% 81.15%
Number of salaries quoted 53,724 25,250 43,771
10th Percentile £30,750 £28,500 £31,250
25th Percentile £41,250 £37,000 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% - -8.84%
75th Percentile £78,750 £75,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £97,500 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £48,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +14.58% -4.00% -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 August 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 August 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 +4 1,609 £69,973 +3.66% 1,794
UK excluding London -6 845 £62,500 - 844
London +13 741 £80,000 +6.67% 1,137
Work from Home +13 545 £65,000 - 756
North of England +74 329 £62,500 +4.17% 233
South East -67 187 £62,500 -3.85% 213
North West +46 147 £62,500 +6.84% 144
Midlands +9 147 £60,000 -5.51% 129
Yorkshire +28 112 £65,000 - 63
West Midlands +7 104 £60,900 +4.55% 93
South West -57 95 £63,750 -3.77% 92
North East +1 70 £55,000 +12.82% 28
East of England -19 53 £71,000 +18.33% 57
East Midlands -23 43 £59,366 -8.67% 36
Scotland -18 24 £70,000 +14.29% 72
Wales - 8 £64,750 - 20
Northern Ireland -68 2 £60,000 - 29

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
1 132 (7.59%) Apache Airflow
2 125 (7.18%) Apache Spark
3 82 (4.71%) Apache
4 30 (1.72%) SharePoint
5 16 (0.92%) Jupyter
6 15 (0.86%) SAS
7 12 (0.69%) Confluence
8 11 (0.63%) Palantir Foundry
9 7 (0.40%) CMS
10 5 (0.29%) Oracle SOA Suite
11 4 (0.23%) Luigi
11 4 (0.23%) WordPress
12 3 (0.17%) Apache Solr
12 3 (0.17%) ArcGIS
12 3 (0.17%) IIS
13 2 (0.11%) Camunda
13 2 (0.11%) CICS
13 2 (0.11%) Oracle Application Server
13 2 (0.11%) Tornado
14 1 (0.057%) PegaRULES
Applications
1 75 (4.31%) Microsoft Excel
2 12 (0.69%) Microsoft Office
3 9 (0.52%) Spreadsheet
4 5 (0.29%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 5 (0.29%) MS Visio
5 3 (0.17%) Blender
5 3 (0.17%) Maya
6 2 (0.11%) Chatbot
6 2 (0.11%) PTC Creo
6 2 (0.11%) Windchill
7 1 (0.057%) FrameMaker
7 1 (0.057%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 38 (2.18%) SAP S/4HANA
2 21 (1.21%) Dynamics CRM
3 20 (1.15%) SAP MDG
4 14 (0.80%) Oracle ERP
5 12 (0.69%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
6 10 (0.57%) Oracle EBS
7 8 (0.46%) SAP MDG-BP
8 6 (0.34%) NetSuite
8 6 (0.34%) Salesforce CRM
9 5 (0.29%) JDE EnterpriseOne
9 5 (0.29%) SAP ERP
9 5 (0.29%) SAP MDG-F
10 3 (0.17%) Oracle Payables
10 3 (0.17%) Oracle Receivables
11 2 (0.11%) FLEXCUBE
11 2 (0.11%) Infor M3
11 2 (0.11%) Misys Opics
11 2 (0.11%) Oracle Applications
11 2 (0.11%) SAP IBP
11 2 (0.11%) Unit4 Business World
Cloud Services
1 685 (39.37%) Azure
2 493 (28.33%) Power Platform
3 461 (26.49%) AWS
4 259 (14.89%) GCP
5 180 (10.34%) Azure Data Factory
6 175 (10.06%) Snowflake
7 142 (8.16%) dbt
8 132 (7.59%) Azure Synapse Analytics
9 105 (6.03%) Azure DevOps
10 92 (5.29%) Amazon S3
11 87 (5.00%) Serverless
12 64 (3.68%) SaaS
13 55 (3.16%) AWS Lambda
13 55 (3.16%) Microsoft Purview
13 55 (3.16%) Power Automate
14 54 (3.10%) GitHub
15 51 (2.93%) PowerApps
16 39 (2.24%) Dynamics 365
17 37 (2.13%) Amazon EMR
18 34 (1.95%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 44 (2.53%) Broadband
2 7 (0.40%) VPN
3 6 (0.34%) BGP
3 6 (0.34%) DNS
3 6 (0.34%) IPsec
4 4 (0.23%) Internet
4 4 (0.23%) NGN
5 3 (0.17%) LTE
5 3 (0.17%) Network Security
6 2 (0.11%) 4G
6 2 (0.11%) 5G
6 2 (0.11%) SMS
7 1 (0.057%) DMZ
7 1 (0.057%) Ethernet
7 1 (0.057%) IPv4
7 1 (0.057%) Modbus
7 1 (0.057%) OSPF
7 1 (0.057%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 461 (26.49%) Power BI
2 360 (20.69%) Data Warehouse
3 224 (12.87%) Data Lake
4 220 (12.64%) Metadata
5 140 (8.05%) Tableau
6 128 (7.36%) SQL Server
7 113 (6.49%) Relational Database
8 97 (5.57%) BigQuery
9 94 (5.40%) Amazon Redshift
10 87 (5.00%) PostgreSQL
11 80 (4.60%) Big Data
12 77 (4.43%) Star Schema
13 69 (3.97%) Semantic Layer
14 68 (3.91%) NoSQL
15 63 (3.62%) Delta Lake
16 57 (3.28%) Looker
17 55 (3.16%) Data Vault
18 54 (3.10%) Power Query
18 54 (3.10%) Snowflake Schema
19 53 (3.05%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 126 (7.24%) Git
2 42 (2.41%) Jenkins
3 37 (2.13%) JIRA
4 33 (1.90%) MLflow
5 30 (1.72%) Claude Code
6 22 (1.26%) GitLab
7 11 (0.63%) ERwin
8 6 (0.34%) Toad
9 4 (0.23%) Ant
9 4 (0.23%) Oracle APEX
10 3 (0.17%) Bitbucket
10 3 (0.17%) Eclipse
10 3 (0.17%) ER Studio
10 3 (0.17%) IntelliJ
10 3 (0.17%) Maven
10 3 (0.17%) Visual Studio Code
11 2 (0.11%) Apache Ivy
11 2 (0.11%) IBM UrbanCode
11 2 (0.11%) Karma Test Runner
11 2 (0.11%) Postman
General
1 576 (33.10%) Social Skills
2 555 (31.90%) Finance
3 468 (26.90%) Analytical Skills
4 140 (8.05%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 127 (7.30%) Public Sector
6 82 (4.71%) Marketing
7 81 (4.66%) Law
8 80 (4.60%) Retail
9 59 (3.39%) Manufacturing
10 58 (3.33%) Legal
11 55 (3.16%) Influencing Skills
12 40 (2.30%) Banking
13 30 (1.72%) Financial Institution
14 23 (1.32%) Billing
15 22 (1.26%) Pharmaceutical
15 22 (1.26%) Presentation Skills
16 21 (1.21%) Documentation Skills
17 17 (0.98%) Front Office
18 16 (0.92%) Advertising
19 15 (0.86%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 424 (24.37%) Data Engineer
2 403 (23.16%) Architect
3 367 (21.09%) Senior
4 293 (16.84%) Data Architect
5 190 (10.92%) Developer
6 188 (10.80%) Analyst
7 175 (10.06%) Lead
8 104 (5.98%) Senior Data Engineer
9 87 (5.00%) Data Analyst
10 76 (4.37%) Consultant
11 58 (3.33%) Senior Architect
12 56 (3.22%) Business Analyst
13 54 (3.10%) Data Modeller
14 49 (2.82%) Business Intelligence Developer
15 46 (2.64%) Senior Data Architect
16 43 (2.47%) Senior Developer
17 42 (2.41%) Senior Analyst
17 42 (2.41%) Solutions Architect
18 38 (2.18%) Data Consultant
19 37 (2.13%) Data Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 132 (7.59%) PySpark
2 122 (7.01%) REST
3 121 (6.95%) Kafka
4 66 (3.79%) Node.js
5 65 (3.74%) React
6 58 (3.33%) .NET
7 53 (3.05%) Lightning Web Components
7 53 (3.05%) SOAP
8 51 (2.93%) Middleware
9 49 (2.82%) JSON
10 43 (2.47%) LangChain
11 37 (2.13%) XML
12 35 (2.01%) CSS
13 31 (1.78%) AngularJS
14 29 (1.67%) PyTorch
14 29 (1.67%) TensorFlow
15 27 (1.55%) pgvector
16 26 (1.49%) RESTful
16 26 (1.49%) scikit-learn
17 25 (1.44%) Visualforce
Miscellaneous
1 175 (10.06%) Cloud Native
2 124 (7.13%) Data Structures
3 92 (5.29%) Product Ownership
4 74 (4.25%) Onboarding
5 59 (3.39%) Distributed Systems
6 42 (2.41%) Management Information System
7 39 (2.24%) Greenfield Project
8 36 (2.07%) Analytical Mindset
9 32 (1.84%) Public Cloud
10 30 (1.72%) Clustering
11 28 (1.61%) AI Agents
11 28 (1.61%) Distributed Computing
11 28 (1.61%) Self-Motivation
12 26 (1.49%) Legacy Systems
13 24 (1.38%) Social Media
14 23 (1.32%) Low-Code
15 19 (1.09%) Mobile App
15 19 (1.09%) Reinsurance
16 18 (1.03%) Replication
17 17 (0.98%) Enterprise Software
Operating Systems
1 24 (1.38%) Linux
2 19 (1.09%) Windows
3 3 (0.17%) Windows Server
4 2 (0.11%) Solaris
5 1 (0.057%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 834 (47.93%) Analytics
2 616 (35.40%) Business Intelligence
3 578 (33.22%) AI
4 548 (31.49%) Data Governance
5 495 (28.45%) Data Engineering
6 489 (28.10%) ETL
7 481 (27.64%) Data Pipeline
8 443 (25.46%) Decision-Making
9 429 (24.66%) Data Architecture
10 425 (24.43%) Agile
11 401 (23.05%) CI/CD
12 382 (21.95%) Problem-Solving
13 307 (17.64%) Roadmaps
14 292 (16.78%) DevOps
14 292 (16.78%) Machine Learning
15 274 (15.75%) Data Strategy
16 268 (15.40%) Mentoring
17 237 (13.62%) Continuous Improvement
18 215 (12.36%) Stakeholder Management
19 204 (11.72%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 904 (51.95%) SQL
2 720 (41.38%) Python
3 109 (6.26%) Data Analysis Expressions
3 109 (6.26%) Java
4 80 (4.60%) TypeScript
5 79 (4.54%) C#
6 72 (4.14%) Scala
7 67 (3.85%) JavaScript
8 47 (2.70%) Apex Code
9 37 (2.13%) T-SQL
10 29 (1.67%) R
11 19 (1.09%) PowerShell
12 18 (1.03%) Bicep
12 18 (1.03%) PL/SQL
13 17 (0.98%) SOQL
13 17 (0.98%) SOSL
14 11 (0.63%) C++
14 11 (0.63%) Kusto Query Language
15 10 (0.57%) Bash
16 8 (0.46%) Go
Qualifications
1 225 (12.93%) Security Cleared
2 192 (11.03%) Degree
3 138 (7.93%) SC Cleared
4 72 (4.14%) Computer Science Degree
5 62 (3.56%) Azure Certification
6 48 (2.76%) DV Cleared
7 31 (1.78%) AWS Certification
7 31 (1.78%) Microsoft Certification
8 28 (1.61%) Master's Degree
9 24 (1.38%) BPSS Clearance
10 22 (1.26%) DBS Check
11 16 (0.92%) TOGAF Certification
12 15 (0.86%) SnowPro
13 9 (0.52%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
13 9 (0.52%) CIPD
14 8 (0.46%) SAP Certification
15 6 (0.34%) IIBA
16 5 (0.29%) PMI Certification
17 4 (0.23%) CCA
17 4 (0.23%) Microsoft Certified Professional
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 595 (34.20%) Data Quality
2 127 (7.30%) GDPR
3 67 (3.85%) Accessibility
4 58 (3.33%) QA
5 29 (1.67%) California Consumer Privacy Act
6 7 (0.40%) PMO
6 7 (0.40%) Solvency II
7 5 (0.29%) GRC
7 5 (0.29%) IFRS
7 5 (0.29%) IFRS 17
8 4 (0.23%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 4 (0.23%) MiFID
8 4 (0.23%) PERC
9 3 (0.17%) SLA
9 3 (0.17%) UCITS
10 2 (0.11%) Actionable Recommendations
10 2 (0.11%) HL7
10 2 (0.11%) SOC 2
11 1 (0.057%) HIPAA
11 1 (0.057%) NIST
System Software
1 91 (5.23%) Docker
2 7 (0.40%) Active Directory
3 4 (0.23%) NDS
4 1 (0.057%) Apache Flume
Systems Management
1 109 (6.26%) Terraform
2 59 (3.39%) Kubernetes
3 17 (0.98%) Ansible
4 8 (0.46%) Packer
5 6 (0.34%) Hadoop YARN
6 5 (0.29%) Grafana
6 5 (0.29%) Prometheus
7 3 (0.17%) Kibana
8 2 (0.11%) Argo
8 2 (0.11%) Progress Chef
8 2 (0.11%) Puppet
9 1 (0.057%) QRadar
9 1 (0.057%) RSA Archer
9 1 (0.057%) SCCM
Vendors
1 366 (21.03%) Microsoft
2 359 (20.63%) Databricks
3 114 (6.55%) Oracle
4 105 (6.03%) SAP
5 104 (5.98%) Salesforce
6 58 (3.33%) Google
7 26 (1.49%) Cloudera
7 26 (1.49%) Informatica
8 23 (1.32%) Dell
9 19 (1.09%) Palantir
10 17 (0.98%) ServiceNow
11 16 (0.92%) Talend
12 15 (0.86%) Foundry
13 13 (0.75%) IBM
14 12 (0.69%) MuleSoft
14 12 (0.69%) OpenAI
14 12 (0.69%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
15 10 (0.57%) Bloomberg
16 9 (0.52%) HubSpot
17 8 (0.46%) SYSPRO