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

6 months to
28 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 114 123 123
Rank change year-on-year +9 0 -8
Permanent jobs citing Data Modelling 1,725 1,223 1,886
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 1.70% 2.48% 2.14%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.31% 2.77% 2.63%
Number of salaries quoted 1,166 632 1,184
10th Percentile £43,498 £45,000 £41,250
25th Percentile £52,500 £54,268 £51,875
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £67,500 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.70% -3.57% +3.70%
75th Percentile £87,500 £83,750 £87,500
90th Percentile £106,250 £105,000 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £62,500 £63,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year -0.79% +0.80% +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 74,833 44,225 71,828
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 73.64% 89.70% 81.44%
Number of salaries quoted 51,638 25,059 48,434
10th Percentile £30,500 £28,750 £30,000
25th Percentile £41,250 £37,500 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% - -8.66%
75th Percentile £78,750 £76,250 £73,750
90th Percentile £100,000 £97,500 £93,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +10.00% - -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 28 July 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 28 July 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 +16 1,586 £70,000 +3.70% 726
UK excluding London -3 823 £62,500 -0.79% 416
London +21 739 £80,000 +6.67% 397
Work from Home +17 546 £65,000 -2.26% 342
North of England +76 312 £63,500 +5.83% 106
South East -37 189 £62,500 -3.85% 124
Midlands -5 147 £60,000 -5.51% 70
North West +56 143 £62,500 +8.70% 50
Yorkshire +19 111 £66,250 +8.16% 30
West Midlands +8 103 £60,900 +2.35% 50
South West -58 86 £60,000 -14.29% 65
North East -1 58 £55,000 +12.82% 27
East of England -3 56 £71,000 +18.33% 18
East Midlands -23 44 £59,000 -9.23% 20
Scotland -21 20 £70,000 +5.66% 22
Wales - 10 £66,000 - 8
Northern Ireland - 3 £60,000 - 6

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
1 137 (7.94%) Apache Airflow
2 120 (6.96%) Apache Spark
3 79 (4.58%) Apache
4 33 (1.91%) SharePoint
5 17 (0.99%) SAS
6 15 (0.87%) Jupyter
7 13 (0.75%) Palantir Foundry
8 11 (0.64%) Confluence
9 8 (0.46%) CMS
10 5 (0.29%) Microsoft Exchange
10 5 (0.29%) Oracle SOA Suite
11 4 (0.23%) WordPress
12 3 (0.17%) Apache Solr
12 3 (0.17%) ArcGIS
12 3 (0.17%) Camunda
12 3 (0.17%) IIS
12 3 (0.17%) Oracle Application Server
13 2 (0.12%) CICS
13 2 (0.12%) Luigi
14 1 (0.058%) Appian
Applications
1 75 (4.35%) Microsoft Excel
2 14 (0.81%) Microsoft Office
3 9 (0.52%) Spreadsheet
4 6 (0.35%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 3 (0.17%) Blender
5 3 (0.17%) Maya
6 2 (0.12%) Chatbot
6 2 (0.12%) MS Visio
6 2 (0.12%) PTC Creo
6 2 (0.12%) Windchill
7 1 (0.058%) FrameMaker
7 1 (0.058%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 38 (2.20%) SAP S/4HANA
2 20 (1.16%) Dynamics CRM
2 20 (1.16%) SAP MDG
3 15 (0.87%) Oracle ERP
4 12 (0.70%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
5 10 (0.58%) Oracle EBS
6 8 (0.46%) SAP MDG-BP
7 7 (0.41%) NetSuite
8 6 (0.35%) Salesforce CRM
9 5 (0.29%) JDE EnterpriseOne
9 5 (0.29%) SAP MDG-F
10 4 (0.23%) SAP ERP
11 3 (0.17%) FLEXCUBE
11 3 (0.17%) Misys Opics
11 3 (0.17%) Oracle Payables
11 3 (0.17%) Oracle Receivables
12 2 (0.12%) Infor M3
12 2 (0.12%) Oracle Applications
12 2 (0.12%) SAP IBP
12 2 (0.12%) Unit4 Business World
Cloud Services
1 681 (39.48%) Azure
2 498 (28.87%) Power Platform
3 450 (26.09%) AWS
4 255 (14.78%) GCP
5 183 (10.61%) Azure Data Factory
6 168 (9.74%) Snowflake
7 145 (8.41%) dbt
8 128 (7.42%) Azure Synapse Analytics
9 104 (6.03%) Azure DevOps
10 91 (5.28%) Amazon S3
11 88 (5.10%) Serverless
12 65 (3.77%) SaaS
13 61 (3.54%) Power Automate
14 54 (3.13%) PowerApps
15 52 (3.01%) AWS Lambda
16 50 (2.90%) GitHub
17 49 (2.84%) Microsoft Purview
18 40 (2.32%) Dynamics 365
19 37 (2.14%) Microsoft 365
20 35 (2.03%) Amazon EMR
Communications & Networking
1 44 (2.55%) Broadband
2 6 (0.35%) BGP
2 6 (0.35%) DNS
2 6 (0.35%) IPsec
2 6 (0.35%) VPN
3 4 (0.23%) Internet
3 4 (0.23%) NGN
4 3 (0.17%) LTE
4 3 (0.17%) Network Security
5 2 (0.12%) 4G
5 2 (0.12%) 5G
5 2 (0.12%) SMS
6 1 (0.058%) CTI
6 1 (0.058%) Radio Access Network
Database & Business Intelligence
1 461 (26.72%) Power BI
2 357 (20.70%) Data Warehouse
3 225 (13.04%) Data Lake
4 209 (12.12%) Metadata
5 133 (7.71%) Tableau
6 130 (7.54%) SQL Server
7 110 (6.38%) Relational Database
8 96 (5.57%) Amazon Redshift
8 96 (5.57%) BigQuery
9 87 (5.04%) PostgreSQL
10 75 (4.35%) Big Data
11 73 (4.23%) Star Schema
12 67 (3.88%) Semantic Layer
13 64 (3.71%) NoSQL
14 61 (3.54%) Delta Lake
15 58 (3.36%) MySQL
15 58 (3.36%) Power Query
16 53 (3.07%) Data Vault
17 51 (2.96%) Looker
18 49 (2.84%) Azure SQL Database
Development Applications
1 117 (6.78%) Git
2 38 (2.20%) Jenkins
3 34 (1.97%) JIRA
3 34 (1.97%) MLflow
4 28 (1.62%) Claude Code
5 20 (1.16%) GitLab
6 11 (0.64%) ERwin
7 6 (0.35%) Toad
8 5 (0.29%) Postman
9 4 (0.23%) Oracle APEX
10 3 (0.17%) Eclipse
10 3 (0.17%) IntelliJ
11 2 (0.12%) Ant
11 2 (0.12%) Bitbucket
11 2 (0.12%) ER Studio
11 2 (0.12%) Jasmine
11 2 (0.12%) Karma Test Runner
11 2 (0.12%) TeamCity
11 2 (0.12%) Visual Studio
11 2 (0.12%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 571 (33.10%) Social Skills
2 547 (31.71%) Finance
3 464 (26.90%) Analytical Skills
4 137 (7.94%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 127 (7.36%) Public Sector
6 77 (4.46%) Law
7 74 (4.29%) Retail
8 73 (4.23%) Marketing
9 57 (3.30%) Influencing Skills
10 54 (3.13%) Manufacturing
11 53 (3.07%) Legal
12 41 (2.38%) Banking
13 32 (1.86%) Financial Institution
14 23 (1.33%) Documentation Skills
15 21 (1.22%) Billing
15 21 (1.22%) Presentation Skills
16 19 (1.10%) Pharmaceutical
17 18 (1.04%) Organisational Skills
18 17 (0.99%) Advertising
19 15 (0.87%) Games
Job Titles
1 425 (24.64%) Data Engineer
2 395 (22.90%) Architect
3 366 (21.22%) Senior
4 278 (16.12%) Data Architect
5 195 (11.30%) Developer
6 189 (10.96%) Lead
7 188 (10.90%) Analyst
8 113 (6.55%) Senior Data Engineer
9 93 (5.39%) Data Analyst
10 82 (4.75%) Consultant
11 58 (3.36%) Senior Architect
12 51 (2.96%) Business Intelligence Developer
13 50 (2.90%) Data Modeller
14 49 (2.84%) Business Analyst
15 44 (2.55%) Senior Data Architect
15 44 (2.55%) Senior Developer
16 43 (2.49%) Solutions Architect
17 38 (2.20%) Business Intelligence Analyst
17 38 (2.20%) Data Consultant
17 38 (2.20%) Lead Data Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 128 (7.42%) PySpark
2 126 (7.30%) REST
3 120 (6.96%) Kafka
4 70 (4.06%) Node.js
5 66 (3.83%) React
6 61 (3.54%) .NET
7 59 (3.42%) JSON
8 52 (3.01%) Lightning Web Components
8 52 (3.01%) SOAP
9 51 (2.96%) Middleware
10 43 (2.49%) XML
11 42 (2.43%) LangChain
12 36 (2.09%) CSS
13 30 (1.74%) PyTorch
13 30 (1.74%) RESTful
13 30 (1.74%) TensorFlow
14 29 (1.68%) AngularJS
15 27 (1.57%) scikit-learn
16 25 (1.45%) HTML
16 25 (1.45%) pgvector
Miscellaneous
1 174 (10.09%) Cloud Native
2 132 (7.65%) Data Structures
3 86 (4.99%) Product Ownership
4 80 (4.64%) Onboarding
5 58 (3.36%) Distributed Systems
6 42 (2.43%) Greenfield Project
7 38 (2.20%) Management Information System
8 33 (1.91%) Analytical Mindset
9 32 (1.86%) Legacy Systems
9 32 (1.86%) Public Cloud
10 29 (1.68%) Clustering
10 29 (1.68%) Self-Motivation
11 27 (1.57%) AI Agents
12 25 (1.45%) Distributed Computing
12 25 (1.45%) Low-Code
13 24 (1.39%) Reinsurance
14 23 (1.33%) Social Media
15 19 (1.10%) Mobile App
15 19 (1.10%) Replication
16 15 (0.87%) Taxonomies
Operating Systems
1 22 (1.28%) Linux
2 17 (0.99%) Windows
3 2 (0.12%) Windows Server
4 1 (0.058%) Solaris
4 1 (0.058%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 828 (48.00%) Analytics
2 607 (35.19%) Business Intelligence
3 547 (31.71%) Data Governance
4 543 (31.48%) AI
5 497 (28.81%) Data Engineering
6 482 (27.94%) ETL
7 466 (27.01%) Data Pipeline
8 446 (25.86%) Decision-Making
9 411 (23.83%) Agile
10 403 (23.36%) Data Architecture
11 393 (22.78%) CI/CD
12 382 (22.14%) Problem-Solving
13 295 (17.10%) DevOps
14 291 (16.87%) Roadmaps
15 279 (16.17%) Machine Learning
16 274 (15.88%) Mentoring
17 261 (15.13%) Data Strategy
18 242 (14.03%) Continuous Improvement
19 201 (11.65%) Stakeholder Management
20 190 (11.01%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 897 (52.00%) SQL
2 725 (42.03%) Python
3 116 (6.72%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 109 (6.32%) Java
5 80 (4.64%) TypeScript
6 79 (4.58%) C#
7 75 (4.35%) JavaScript
8 65 (3.77%) Scala
9 46 (2.67%) Apex Code
10 40 (2.32%) T-SQL
11 26 (1.51%) R
12 23 (1.33%) PowerShell
13 20 (1.16%) PL/SQL
14 17 (0.99%) SOQL
14 17 (0.99%) SOSL
15 16 (0.93%) Bicep
16 12 (0.70%) C++
17 11 (0.64%) Bash
17 11 (0.64%) Kusto Query Language
18 9 (0.52%) PHP
Qualifications
1 214 (12.41%) Security Cleared
2 188 (10.90%) Degree
3 134 (7.77%) SC Cleared
4 70 (4.06%) Computer Science Degree
5 60 (3.48%) Azure Certification
6 41 (2.38%) DV Cleared
7 32 (1.86%) Microsoft Certification
8 31 (1.80%) AWS Certification
9 27 (1.57%) Master's Degree
10 25 (1.45%) DBS Check
11 18 (1.04%) BPSS Clearance
11 18 (1.04%) TOGAF Certification
12 12 (0.70%) SnowPro
13 11 (0.64%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
14 9 (0.52%) CIPD
15 8 (0.46%) SAP Certification
16 6 (0.35%) IIBA
16 6 (0.35%) PMI Certification
17 5 (0.29%) ACCA
17 5 (0.29%) CIMA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 588 (34.09%) Data Quality
2 125 (7.25%) GDPR
3 62 (3.59%) Accessibility
4 54 (3.13%) QA
5 28 (1.62%) California Consumer Privacy Act
6 9 (0.52%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 7 (0.41%) PMO
8 6 (0.35%) GRC
8 6 (0.35%) Solvency II
9 5 (0.29%) MiFID
10 4 (0.23%) Actionable Recommendations
10 4 (0.23%) IFRS
10 4 (0.23%) IFRS 17
10 4 (0.23%) PERC
10 4 (0.23%) SLA
11 2 (0.12%) HL7
11 2 (0.12%) SOC 2
11 2 (0.12%) UCITS
11 2 (0.12%) WCAG
12 1 (0.058%) ISO 20022
System Software
1 88 (5.10%) Docker
2 11 (0.64%) Active Directory
3 4 (0.23%) NDS
4 1 (0.058%) Apache Flume
Systems Management
1 105 (6.09%) Terraform
2 60 (3.48%) Kubernetes
3 14 (0.81%) Ansible
4 8 (0.46%) Packer
5 6 (0.35%) Grafana
5 6 (0.35%) Hadoop YARN
5 6 (0.35%) Prometheus
6 4 (0.23%) Single Sign-On
7 3 (0.17%) Kibana
8 1 (0.058%) Progress Chef
8 1 (0.058%) Puppet
8 1 (0.058%) QRadar
8 1 (0.058%) RSA Archer
8 1 (0.058%) SCCM
Vendors
1 366 (21.22%) Microsoft
2 360 (20.87%) Databricks
3 117 (6.78%) Oracle
4 105 (6.09%) Salesforce
5 102 (5.91%) SAP
6 54 (3.13%) Google
7 27 (1.57%) Informatica
8 26 (1.51%) Cloudera
9 23 (1.33%) Dell
10 22 (1.28%) Palantir
11 18 (1.04%) Foundry
12 17 (0.99%) ServiceNow
13 16 (0.93%) Talend
14 14 (0.81%) MuleSoft
15 13 (0.75%) IBM
15 13 (0.75%) OpenAI
16 11 (0.64%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
17 9 (0.52%) Bloomberg
17 9 (0.52%) HubSpot
18 8 (0.46%) SYSPRO