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

6 months to
24 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 106 125 105
Rank change year-on-year +19 -20 +4
Permanent jobs citing Data Modelling 1,441 1,055 2,326
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 1.88% 2.55% 2.66%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.42% 2.73% 3.06%
Number of salaries quoted 860 569 1,510
10th Percentile £42,500 £38,750 £41,250
25th Percentile £55,000 £51,250 £50,625
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £62,500 £67,500
Median % change year-on-year +12.00% -7.41% +3.85%
75th Percentile £87,500 £80,000 £87,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £101,250 £101,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £64,675 £59,125 £57,800
% change year-on-year +9.39% +2.29% +0.52%

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 59,482 38,652 75,963
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 77.48% 93.43% 86.89%
Number of salaries quoted 36,105 22,218 57,058
10th Percentile £30,000 £31,250 £29,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £43,750 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -11.29%
75th Percentile £77,500 £80,000 £73,750
90th Percentile £97,500 £102,500 £93,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% +10.00% -8.41%

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 24 March 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 24 March 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 +17 1,244 £70,000 +12.00% 764
UK excluding London -21 685 £64,675 +9.39% 552
London +60 624 £80,000 +10.34% 348
Work from Home +26 547 £70,000 +11.11% 360
South East -25 182 £60,000 -2.04% 204
North of England +2 177 £70,000 +33.33% 138
Midlands -13 122 £60,000 - 90
West Midlands +6 98 £60,000 +4.35% 58
Yorkshire +12 93 £71,000 +29.09% 47
Scotland +5 85 £70,000 +13.14% 24
North West -27 71 £70,000 +40.00% 77
East of England +10 57 £65,000 - 54
South West -62 47 £60,000 +9.09% 36
East Midlands -41 22 £49,500 -23.55% 32
North East -17 13 £51,250 +2.50% 18
Wales -8 9 £67,586 +80.23% 12
Northern Ireland -32 6 £40,500 - 3

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
1 130 (9.02%) Apache Airflow
2 85 (5.90%) Apache Spark
3 55 (3.82%) Apache
4 26 (1.80%) SharePoint
5 19 (1.32%) Confluence
6 18 (1.25%) Palantir Foundry
7 17 (1.18%) SAS
8 16 (1.11%) Appian
9 9 (0.62%) CMS
10 8 (0.56%) Microsoft Exchange
11 4 (0.28%) Camunda
11 4 (0.28%) Oracle Workflow
12 3 (0.21%) Apache Superset
12 3 (0.21%) IIS
12 3 (0.21%) Oracle Application Server
13 2 (0.14%) CICS
13 2 (0.14%) Jupyter
13 2 (0.14%) Mendix
14 1 (0.069%) Apache Synapse
14 1 (0.069%) OpenStack
Applications
1 80 (5.55%) Microsoft Excel
2 19 (1.32%) Microsoft Office
3 10 (0.69%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 6 (0.42%) Chatbot
5 4 (0.28%) MS Visio
6 3 (0.21%) Sketch
7 2 (0.14%) Spreadsheet
7 2 (0.14%) Windchill
8 1 (0.069%) Microsoft Project
8 1 (0.069%) Notion
8 1 (0.069%) Siemens NX
8 1 (0.069%) SPSS
Business Applications
1 17 (1.18%) SAP S/4HANA
2 14 (0.97%) Dynamics CRM
3 13 (0.90%) NetSuite
4 8 (0.56%) Workday HCM
5 6 (0.42%) Markit EDM
6 5 (0.35%) Oracle ERP
6 5 (0.35%) Salesforce CRM
7 3 (0.21%) FLEXCUBE
7 3 (0.21%) Misys Opics
7 3 (0.21%) SAP MDG
8 2 (0.14%) Aladdin
8 2 (0.14%) Teamcenter
8 2 (0.14%) Unit4 Business World
9 1 (0.069%) FIS Private Capital Suite
9 1 (0.069%) Integrated Workplace Management System
9 1 (0.069%) Oracle SCM
9 1 (0.069%) Primavera
9 1 (0.069%) SAP MDG-F
9 1 (0.069%) SAP MDG-S
9 1 (0.069%) SimCorp Dimension
Cloud Services
1 710 (49.27%) Azure
2 416 (28.87%) Power Platform
3 324 (22.48%) AWS
4 209 (14.50%) Snowflake
5 203 (14.09%) GCP
6 200 (13.88%) Azure Data Factory
7 174 (12.07%) Azure Synapse Analytics
8 148 (10.27%) dbt
9 138 (9.58%) Azure DevOps
10 82 (5.69%) GitHub
11 81 (5.62%) Serverless
12 65 (4.51%) Amazon S3
13 55 (3.82%) Power Automate
14 54 (3.75%) SaaS
15 41 (2.85%) PowerApps
16 40 (2.78%) AWS Lambda
16 40 (2.78%) GitHub Copilot
16 40 (2.78%) Salesforce Service Cloud
17 37 (2.57%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
18 35 (2.43%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 16 (1.11%) Broadband
2 4 (0.28%) HTTP
3 3 (0.21%) NGN
3 3 (0.21%) Remote Desktop
3 3 (0.21%) VPN
4 2 (0.14%) Tactical Data Link
5 1 (0.069%) 4G
5 1 (0.069%) 5G
5 1 (0.069%) ADSL
5 1 (0.069%) CTI
5 1 (0.069%) DHCP
5 1 (0.069%) DNS
5 1 (0.069%) Internet
5 1 (0.069%) Kerberos
5 1 (0.069%) Modbus
5 1 (0.069%) MQTT
5 1 (0.069%) Network Security
5 1 (0.069%) Radio Access Network
5 1 (0.069%) SMS
5 1 (0.069%) TCAP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 396 (27.48%) Data Warehouse
2 384 (26.65%) Power BI
3 202 (14.02%) Data Lake
4 193 (13.39%) Metadata
5 124 (8.61%) SQL Server
6 113 (7.84%) Tableau
7 86 (5.97%) Amazon Redshift
8 83 (5.76%) Relational Database
9 74 (5.14%) BigQuery
10 67 (4.65%) Azure SQL Database
11 65 (4.51%) PostgreSQL
12 62 (4.30%) NoSQL
13 57 (3.96%) Power Query
14 53 (3.68%) Snowflake Schema
15 51 (3.54%) SQL Server Integration Services
16 50 (3.47%) MySQL
17 48 (3.33%) SQL Server Reporting Services
18 43 (2.98%) Looker
19 34 (2.36%) Big Data
20 29 (2.01%) MongoDB
Development Applications
1 103 (7.15%) Git
2 52 (3.61%) JIRA
3 40 (2.78%) MLflow
4 26 (1.80%) ERwin
5 20 (1.39%) Postman
6 14 (0.97%) Jenkins
7 11 (0.76%) ER Studio
7 11 (0.76%) GitLab
8 9 (0.62%) PowerDesigner
9 6 (0.42%) JUnit
10 5 (0.35%) git-flow
10 5 (0.35%) Selenium
11 3 (0.21%) Eclipse
11 3 (0.21%) Gradle
11 3 (0.21%) IntelliJ
11 3 (0.21%) Maven
11 3 (0.21%) NUnit
11 3 (0.21%) SonarQube
11 3 (0.21%) TestNG
11 3 (0.21%) Visual Studio
General
1 516 (35.81%) Social Skills
2 487 (33.80%) Finance
3 396 (27.48%) Analytical Skills
4 113 (7.84%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 105 (7.29%) Public Sector
6 78 (5.41%) Marketing
7 72 (5.00%) Law
8 63 (4.37%) Banking
9 56 (3.89%) Financial Institution
10 38 (2.64%) Influencing Skills
11 35 (2.43%) Retail
12 31 (2.15%) Organisational Skills
13 29 (2.01%) Manufacturing
14 26 (1.80%) Retail Banking
15 24 (1.67%) Documentation Skills
15 24 (1.67%) Legal
16 21 (1.46%) Advertising
17 18 (1.25%) Telecoms
18 15 (1.04%) Presentation Skills
18 15 (1.04%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 328 (22.76%) Architect
2 313 (21.72%) Data Engineer
3 295 (20.47%) Senior
4 221 (15.34%) Data Architect
5 191 (13.25%) Analyst
6 160 (11.10%) Developer
7 144 (9.99%) Lead
8 113 (7.84%) Data Analyst
9 95 (6.59%) Senior Data Engineer
10 63 (4.37%) Consultant
11 44 (3.05%) Lead Data Engineer
12 43 (2.98%) Business Intelligence Developer
13 42 (2.91%) Business Analyst
14 41 (2.85%) Senior Analyst
15 40 (2.78%) Azure Engineer
16 37 (2.57%) Senior Architect
17 35 (2.43%) Business Intelligence Analyst
18 32 (2.22%) Data Manager
18 32 (2.22%) Solutions Architect
19 30 (2.08%) Senior Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 129 (8.95%) REST
2 104 (7.22%) Kafka
3 69 (4.79%) SOAP
4 64 (4.44%) PySpark
5 54 (3.75%) Lightning Web Components
6 51 (3.54%) .NET
7 50 (3.47%) RESTful
8 48 (3.33%) JSON
9 43 (2.98%) PyTorch
9 43 (2.98%) TensorFlow
10 42 (2.91%) Middleware
11 41 (2.85%) scikit-learn
12 38 (2.64%) React
13 37 (2.57%) XML
14 35 (2.43%) CSS
15 33 (2.29%) OpenAPI
15 33 (2.29%) Swagger
16 30 (2.08%) LangChain
17 29 (2.01%) HTML
17 29 (2.01%) Visualforce
Miscellaneous
1 123 (8.54%) Cloud Native
2 112 (7.77%) Product Ownership
3 106 (7.36%) Data Structures
4 64 (4.44%) Management Information System
5 49 (3.40%) Legacy Systems
6 42 (2.91%) Low-Code
7 36 (2.50%) Distributed Systems
7 36 (2.50%) Self-Motivation
8 34 (2.36%) Greenfield Project
8 34 (2.36%) Onboarding
9 33 (2.29%) Analytical Mindset
10 32 (2.22%) Public Cloud
11 26 (1.80%) Enterprise Software
12 23 (1.60%) Clustering
12 23 (1.60%) e-Learning
13 21 (1.46%) Reinsurance
14 15 (1.04%) Fixed Income
15 12 (0.83%) Distributed Computing
15 12 (0.83%) FMCG
16 11 (0.76%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 13 (0.90%) Linux
2 11 (0.76%) Windows
3 5 (0.35%) Unix
4 4 (0.28%) Android
5 3 (0.21%) Windows Server
6 1 (0.069%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 686 (47.61%) Analytics
2 506 (35.11%) Business Intelligence
3 491 (34.07%) ETL
4 445 (30.88%) Data Governance
5 431 (29.91%) Data Engineering
6 411 (28.52%) Agile
7 369 (25.61%) Data Pipeline
8 344 (23.87%) CI/CD
9 337 (23.39%) Decision-Making
10 335 (23.25%) AI
10 335 (23.25%) Data Architecture
11 321 (22.28%) Problem-Solving
12 291 (20.19%) DevOps
13 228 (15.82%) Mentoring
14 218 (15.13%) Data Integration
15 216 (14.99%) Continuous Improvement
16 201 (13.95%) Data Management
17 194 (13.46%) Machine Learning
18 185 (12.84%) Data Science
19 166 (11.52%) Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 745 (51.70%) SQL
2 629 (43.65%) Python
3 114 (7.91%) Java
4 93 (6.45%) Data Analysis Expressions
5 90 (6.25%) JavaScript
6 76 (5.27%) C#
7 63 (4.37%) TypeScript
8 52 (3.61%) Apex Code
9 41 (2.85%) T-SQL
10 38 (2.64%) Scala
11 35 (2.43%) R
12 32 (2.22%) PowerShell
13 19 (1.32%) Bash
14 18 (1.25%) C++
14 18 (1.25%) PL/SQL
15 11 (0.76%) VBA
16 8 (0.56%) ANSI SQL
16 8 (0.56%) Go
16 8 (0.56%) SOQL
16 8 (0.56%) SOSL
Qualifications
1 200 (13.88%) Degree
2 128 (8.88%) Security Cleared
3 94 (6.52%) SC Cleared
4 85 (5.90%) Computer Science Degree
5 68 (4.72%) Azure Certification
6 57 (3.96%) AWS Certification
7 41 (2.85%) Microsoft Certification
8 36 (2.50%) Master's Degree
9 30 (2.08%) TOGAF Certification
10 26 (1.80%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 26 (1.80%) DBS Check
11 24 (1.67%) DV Cleared
12 13 (0.90%) ACCA
12 13 (0.90%) CIMA
13 12 (0.83%) Six Sigma Green Belt
14 10 (0.69%) PMI Certification
14 10 (0.69%) PMP
15 7 (0.49%) SAP Certification
15 7 (0.49%) SnowPro
16 4 (0.28%) CBAP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 415 (28.80%) Data Quality
2 90 (6.25%) GDPR
3 76 (5.27%) Accessibility
4 46 (3.19%) QA
5 27 (1.87%) California Consumer Privacy Act
6 25 (1.73%) Actionable Recommendations
7 14 (0.97%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 10 (0.69%) SLA
9 8 (0.56%) MiFID
10 5 (0.35%) GRC
11 3 (0.21%) PCI DSS
11 3 (0.21%) PERC
12 2 (0.14%) PMO
12 2 (0.14%) PSD2
12 2 (0.14%) Sarbanes-Oxley
12 2 (0.14%) Solvency II
12 2 (0.14%) WCAG
13 1 (0.069%) IFRS
13 1 (0.069%) IFRS 17
13 1 (0.069%) SOC 2
System Software
1 58 (4.02%) Docker
2 14 (0.97%) Active Directory
3 3 (0.21%) HDFS
3 3 (0.21%) Oracle RAC
4 1 (0.069%) Apache Flume
4 1 (0.069%) Firmware
4 1 (0.069%) iptables
4 1 (0.069%) KVM
4 1 (0.069%) QEMU
Systems Management
1 73 (5.07%) Terraform
2 51 (3.54%) Kubernetes
3 13 (0.90%) Grafana
4 10 (0.69%) Single Sign-On
5 9 (0.62%) Prometheus
6 7 (0.49%) Control-M
7 5 (0.35%) Ansible
8 3 (0.21%) Data Guard
8 3 (0.21%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
8 3 (0.21%) Oracle RMAN
9 1 (0.069%) Argo
9 1 (0.069%) RSA Archer
9 1 (0.069%) SCCM
Vendors
1 351 (24.36%) Microsoft
2 263 (18.25%) Databricks
3 98 (6.80%) Salesforce
4 81 (5.62%) Oracle
5 58 (4.02%) SAP
6 52 (3.61%) Informatica
7 46 (3.19%) Google
8 34 (2.36%) Palantir
9 33 (2.29%) Talend
10 29 (2.01%) Cloudera
10 29 (2.01%) Foundry
11 26 (1.80%) Dell
12 24 (1.67%) MuleSoft
13 21 (1.46%) OpenAI
14 18 (1.25%) Sparx
15 17 (1.18%) IBM
16 16 (1.11%) ServiceNow
17 15 (1.04%) UiPath
18 13 (0.90%) Automation Anywhere
18 13 (0.90%) Workday