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

6 months to
16 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 120 128 117
Rank change year-on-year +8 -11 -9
Permanent jobs citing Data Modelling 1,904 1,162 1,512
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 1.60% 2.38% 2.14%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.18% 2.67% 2.61%
Number of salaries quoted 1,214 627 839
10th Percentile £45,000 £45,300 £41,250
25th Percentile £53,750 £55,500 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £67,500 £67,500
Median % change year-on-year +3.70% - -
75th Percentile £87,500 £85,000 £87,424
90th Percentile £107,500 £108,000 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £63,500 £62,500 £62,500
% change year-on-year +1.60% - +9.65%

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 87,497 43,445 57,940
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 73.45% 88.84% 82.20%
Number of salaries quoted 59,802 24,607 31,056
10th Percentile £31,250 £28,250 £33,099
25th Percentile £41,250 £36,250 £44,541
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% -8.33% -
75th Percentile £78,000 £75,000 £78,750
90th Percentile £100,000 £95,000 £97,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £47,000 £53,000
% change year-on-year +17.02% -11.32% -1.85%

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 16 October 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 16 October 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 +12 1,757 £70,000 +3.70% 395
UK excluding London +4 954 £63,500 +1.60% 303
London -1 807 £82,500 -2.65% 169
Work from Home +34 596 £69,973 +7.65% 257
North of England +71 354 £65,000 - 74
South East -59 211 £62,500 -2.72% 78
Midlands +25 196 £60,715 -4.39% 53
North West +60 165 £62,500 +4.17% 32
West Midlands +15 138 £62,500 +8.70% 38
South West -14 108 £75,000 +18.25% 45
Yorkshire +3 106 £68,724 +1.81% 29
North East -4 83 £65,000 +30.00% 14
East Midlands -24 58 £55,000 -16.98% 15
East of England -48 46 £62,500 +6.38% 24
Wales -52 26 £63,500 - 9
Scotland -19 23 £70,000 +16.67% 18
Northern Ireland -82 2 £60,000 +48.15% 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
1 111 (5.83%) Apache Spark
2 104 (5.46%) Apache Airflow
3 92 (4.83%) Apache
4 31 (1.63%) SharePoint
5 30 (1.58%) Confluence
6 21 (1.10%) Jupyter
7 15 (0.79%) Palantir Foundry
8 11 (0.58%) SAS
9 7 (0.37%) Oracle SOA Suite
10 5 (0.26%) CMS
10 5 (0.26%) IIS
11 4 (0.21%) Luigi
11 4 (0.21%) WordPress
12 3 (0.16%) ArcGIS
13 2 (0.11%) Apache Solr
13 2 (0.11%) Microsoft Exchange
13 2 (0.11%) Tornado
13 2 (0.11%) WebLogic
13 2 (0.11%) WebLogic Portal
14 1 (0.053%) JBoss
Applications
1 81 (4.25%) Microsoft Excel
2 12 (0.63%) Notion
3 11 (0.58%) Microsoft Office
4 10 (0.53%) Spreadsheet
5 8 (0.42%) MS Visio
6 3 (0.16%) Blender
6 3 (0.16%) Chatbot
6 3 (0.16%) Maya
6 3 (0.16%) Windchill
7 2 (0.11%) Microsoft PowerPoint
7 2 (0.11%) Microsoft Project
7 2 (0.11%) PTC Creo
8 1 (0.053%) FrameMaker
8 1 (0.053%) ProjectWise
Business Applications
1 48 (2.52%) Dynamics CRM
2 27 (1.42%) SAP S/4HANA
3 15 (0.79%) SAP MDG
4 12 (0.63%) Oracle EBS
5 9 (0.47%) Oracle ERP
6 8 (0.42%) SAP ERP
7 7 (0.37%) Dynamics NAV
7 7 (0.37%) Salesforce CRM
8 6 (0.32%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
8 6 (0.32%) SAP BPC
9 5 (0.26%) JDE EnterpriseOne
9 5 (0.26%) SAP MDG-BP
10 4 (0.21%) NetSuite
10 4 (0.21%) Oracle Applications
11 3 (0.16%) Oracle Payables
11 3 (0.16%) Oracle Receivables
11 3 (0.16%) SAP Business One
11 3 (0.16%) SAP MDG-F
12 2 (0.11%) SAP IBP
12 2 (0.11%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 724 (38.03%) Azure
2 564 (29.62%) Power Platform
3 447 (23.48%) AWS
4 249 (13.08%) GCP
5 203 (10.66%) Azure Data Factory
6 184 (9.66%) Snowflake
7 150 (7.88%) Azure DevOps
8 145 (7.62%) dbt
9 131 (6.88%) Azure Synapse Analytics
10 107 (5.62%) Serverless
11 106 (5.57%) Amazon S3
12 95 (4.99%) SaaS
13 88 (4.62%) Azure Databricks
14 73 (3.83%) GitHub
15 72 (3.78%) Power Automate
16 65 (3.41%) Dynamics 365
17 61 (3.20%) AWS Lambda
18 60 (3.15%) PowerApps
19 58 (3.05%) Microsoft Purview
20 44 (2.31%) Amazon EMR
Communications & Networking
1 23 (1.21%) Broadband
2 18 (0.95%) VPN
3 12 (0.63%) DMZ
3 12 (0.63%) Ethernet
3 12 (0.63%) IPv4
3 12 (0.63%) Modbus
3 12 (0.63%) OSPF
3 12 (0.63%) VLAN
4 6 (0.32%) BGP
4 6 (0.32%) DNS
4 6 (0.32%) IPsec
4 6 (0.32%) SMS
5 4 (0.21%) Internet
6 3 (0.16%) LTE
7 2 (0.11%) HTTP
8 1 (0.053%) 4G
8 1 (0.053%) ATM
8 1 (0.053%) Network Security
8 1 (0.053%) NGN
8 1 (0.053%) X.509
Database & Business Intelligence
1 525 (27.57%) Power BI
2 400 (21.01%) Data Warehouse
3 278 (14.60%) Metadata
4 209 (10.98%) Data Lake
5 140 (7.35%) SQL Server
6 126 (6.62%) Relational Database
7 123 (6.46%) Tableau
8 100 (5.25%) Star Schema
9 96 (5.04%) Semantic Layer
10 86 (4.52%) PostgreSQL
11 82 (4.31%) BigQuery
12 81 (4.25%) Delta Lake
13 80 (4.20%) Big Data
13 80 (4.20%) NoSQL
14 78 (4.10%) Azure SQL Database
15 77 (4.04%) Amazon Redshift
16 74 (3.89%) Power Query
17 57 (2.99%) Data Vault
18 50 (2.63%) SQL Server Integration Services
19 48 (2.52%) Snowflake Schema
Development Applications
1 188 (9.87%) Git
2 52 (2.73%) JIRA
3 49 (2.57%) Jenkins
4 42 (2.21%) Claude Code
5 36 (1.89%) GitLab
6 9 (0.47%) MLflow
7 8 (0.42%) ERwin
8 6 (0.32%) Ant
9 5 (0.26%) ER Studio
9 5 (0.26%) Toad
10 4 (0.21%) Maven
10 4 (0.21%) Octopus Deploy
10 4 (0.21%) Oracle APEX
10 4 (0.21%) Visual Studio Code
11 3 (0.16%) Bitbucket
11 3 (0.16%) Flyway
12 2 (0.11%) CircleCI
12 2 (0.11%) Cucumber
12 2 (0.11%) Gradle
12 2 (0.11%) IBM UrbanCode
General
1 663 (34.82%) Social Skills
2 567 (29.78%) Finance
3 504 (26.47%) Analytical Skills
4 165 (8.67%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 164 (8.61%) Public Sector
6 100 (5.25%) Marketing
7 85 (4.46%) Legal
8 81 (4.25%) Retail
9 79 (4.15%) Law
10 73 (3.83%) Manufacturing
11 52 (2.73%) Banking
11 52 (2.73%) Influencing Skills
12 38 (2.00%) Billing
12 38 (2.00%) Pharmaceutical
13 30 (1.58%) Presentation Skills
14 15 (0.79%) Documentation Skills
14 15 (0.79%) Financial Institution
14 15 (0.79%) Front Office
15 14 (0.74%) Advertising
15 14 (0.74%) Aerospace
Job Titles
1 495 (26.00%) Data Engineer
2 422 (22.16%) Architect
3 417 (21.90%) Senior
4 316 (16.60%) Data Architect
5 217 (11.40%) Analyst
6 207 (10.87%) Lead
7 202 (10.61%) Developer
8 123 (6.46%) Senior Data Engineer
9 110 (5.78%) Data Analyst
10 72 (3.78%) Consultant
11 69 (3.62%) Senior Architect
12 59 (3.10%) Senior Data Architect
13 55 (2.89%) Business Analyst
14 54 (2.84%) Principal Engineer
15 52 (2.73%) Business Intelligence Developer
16 49 (2.57%) Senior Analyst
17 47 (2.47%) Senior Developer
17 47 (2.47%) Software Engineer
18 45 (2.36%) Solutions Architect
19 42 (2.21%) Lead Data Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 174 (9.14%) PySpark
2 136 (7.14%) REST
3 110 (5.78%) Terraform
4 88 (4.62%) Kafka
5 67 (3.52%) Node.js
6 64 (3.36%) React
7 63 (3.31%) .NET
8 51 (2.68%) Middleware
9 47 (2.47%) SOAP
10 44 (2.31%) Lightning Web Components
11 42 (2.21%) JSON
12 34 (1.79%) AngularJS
13 31 (1.63%) CSS
14 27 (1.42%) XML
15 24 (1.26%) RESTful
16 21 (1.10%) Vue
17 20 (1.05%) Pandas
17 20 (1.05%) Spring
18 19 (1.00%) GraphQL
19 18 (0.95%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 166 (8.72%) Cloud Native
2 118 (6.20%) Data Structures
3 102 (5.36%) Product Ownership
4 82 (4.31%) Onboarding
5 67 (3.52%) Distributed Systems
6 57 (2.99%) Management Information System
7 47 (2.47%) AI Agents
8 41 (2.15%) Enterprise Software
9 35 (1.84%) Self-Motivation
10 32 (1.68%) Greenfield Project
11 31 (1.63%) Legacy Systems
12 29 (1.52%) Analytical Mindset
13 28 (1.47%) Distributed Computing
14 26 (1.37%) Taxonomies
15 21 (1.10%) Reference Data
16 20 (1.05%) Low-Code
17 19 (1.00%) Marketing Technology
18 16 (0.84%) Reinsurance
18 16 (0.84%) SCADA
19 15 (0.79%) CMDB
Operating Systems
1 28 (1.47%) Linux
2 27 (1.42%) Windows
3 4 (0.21%) Windows Server
4 3 (0.16%) Unix
5 2 (0.11%) Solaris
6 1 (0.053%) Apple iOS
6 1 (0.053%) Robot Operating System
Processes & Methodologies
1 884 (46.43%) Analytics
2 702 (36.87%) Business Intelligence
3 676 (35.50%) AI
4 562 (29.52%) Data Engineering
5 549 (28.83%) Data Pipeline
6 548 (28.78%) Data Governance
7 530 (27.84%) ETL
8 491 (25.79%) CI/CD
9 489 (25.68%) Data Architecture
10 485 (25.47%) Agile
11 483 (25.37%) Decision-Making
12 424 (22.27%) Problem-Solving
13 355 (18.64%) Roadmaps
14 354 (18.59%) DevOps
15 344 (18.07%) Mentoring
16 332 (17.44%) Stakeholder Management
17 311 (16.33%) Technical Leadership
18 294 (15.44%) Data Strategy
19 268 (14.08%) Continuous Improvement
20 265 (13.92%) Lakehouse
Programming Languages
1 1,027 (53.94%) SQL
2 742 (38.97%) Python
3 141 (7.41%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 108 (5.67%) C#
5 100 (5.25%) Java
6 85 (4.46%) Scala
7 84 (4.41%) TypeScript
8 77 (4.04%) JavaScript
9 42 (2.21%) Apex Code
10 39 (2.05%) T-SQL
11 29 (1.52%) R
12 27 (1.42%) PowerShell
13 21 (1.10%) Bicep
14 18 (0.95%) SOQL
15 15 (0.79%) SOSL
16 14 (0.74%) PL/SQL
17 12 (0.63%) Kusto Query Language
18 9 (0.47%) Bash
19 8 (0.42%) SPARQL
20 7 (0.37%) PHP
Qualifications
1 262 (13.76%) Security Cleared
2 203 (10.66%) Degree
3 174 (9.14%) SC Cleared
4 80 (4.20%) Computer Science Degree
5 67 (3.52%) Azure Certification
6 55 (2.89%) Microsoft Certification
7 51 (2.68%) DV Cleared
8 33 (1.73%) AWS Certification
9 32 (1.68%) BPSS Clearance
9 32 (1.68%) Master's Degree
10 26 (1.37%) DBS Check
11 18 (0.95%) SnowPro
12 13 (0.68%) TOGAF Certification
13 10 (0.53%) ACCA
13 10 (0.53%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
13 10 (0.53%) CIPD
14 9 (0.47%) CSPO
15 8 (0.42%) CIMA
16 6 (0.32%) PMI Certification
17 5 (0.26%) Microsoft Certified Professional
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 758 (39.81%) Data Quality
2 128 (6.72%) GDPR
3 98 (5.15%) Accessibility
4 64 (3.36%) QA
5 14 (0.74%) California Consumer Privacy Act
6 9 (0.47%) WCAG
7 8 (0.42%) PMO
8 4 (0.21%) COPPA
8 4 (0.21%) IFRS
8 4 (0.21%) MiFID
9 3 (0.16%) Actionable Recommendations
9 3 (0.16%) ISO 20022
9 3 (0.16%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 3 (0.16%) SLA
9 3 (0.16%) SOC 2
9 3 (0.16%) UCITS
10 2 (0.11%) GRC
10 2 (0.11%) IFRS 17
10 2 (0.11%) PERC
10 2 (0.11%) Solvency II
System Software
1 109 (5.72%) Docker
2 22 (1.16%) Active Directory
3 7 (0.37%) NDS
4 2 (0.11%) Hyper-V
4 2 (0.11%) NFS
4 2 (0.11%) Virtual Machines
4 2 (0.11%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 72 (3.78%) Kubernetes
2 19 (1.00%) Ansible
3 8 (0.42%) Packer
4 6 (0.32%) Hadoop YARN
5 4 (0.21%) Argo
6 3 (0.16%) Grafana
6 3 (0.16%) Kibana
6 3 (0.16%) Prometheus
6 3 (0.16%) SQL Sentry
6 3 (0.16%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
7 2 (0.11%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
7 2 (0.11%) Oracle RMAN
7 2 (0.11%) Progress Chef
7 2 (0.11%) Puppet
8 1 (0.053%) Consul
8 1 (0.053%) Failover Clustering
8 1 (0.053%) Microsoft Intune
8 1 (0.053%) QRadar
Vendors
1 508 (26.68%) Microsoft
2 347 (18.22%) Databricks
3 114 (5.99%) Salesforce
4 105 (5.51%) SAP
5 103 (5.41%) Oracle
6 72 (3.78%) Google
7 34 (1.79%) Informatica
8 22 (1.16%) Foundry
9 21 (1.10%) ServiceNow
10 20 (1.05%) Talend
11 19 (1.00%) Palantir
12 14 (0.74%) OpenAI
13 13 (0.68%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
14 11 (0.58%) IBM
15 10 (0.53%) Bloomberg
15 10 (0.53%) CyberArk
15 10 (0.53%) ForgeRock
15 10 (0.53%) Okta
15 10 (0.53%) OpenText
15 10 (0.53%) Sage