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

6 months to
29 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 114 127 121
Rank change year-on-year +13 -6 -5
Permanent jobs citing Data Modelling 1,709 1,223 1,864
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 1.68% 2.48% 2.14%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.28% 2.77% 2.63%
Number of salaries quoted 1,150 634 1,161
10th Percentile £43,500 £45,000 £41,250
25th Percentile £52,500 £54,441 £52,500
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 £107,500 £105,000 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £62,500 £63,500 £62,500
% change year-on-year -1.57% +1.60% +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 74,889 44,229 70,800
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 73.63% 89.64% 81.30%
Number of salaries quoted 51,640 25,065 47,390
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% - -8.33%
75th Percentile £78,750 £76,250 £73,750
90th Percentile £100,000 £97,500 £95,000
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 29 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 29 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 +18 1,570 £69,986 +3.68% 727
UK excluding London +2 824 £62,500 -1.57% 424
London +15 725 £80,000 +6.67% 398
Work from Home +14 541 £65,000 -3.70% 342
North of England +79 314 £63,500 +5.83% 109
South East -54 186 £62,500 -3.85% 128
Midlands -6 145 £60,000 -5.51% 67
North West +45 144 £62,500 +6.84% 54
Yorkshire +27 111 £66,250 +8.16% 31
West Midlands -3 101 £60,900 +3.22% 50
South West -59 88 £62,500 -10.71% 65
North East -3 59 £55,000 +12.82% 26
East of England -11 57 £71,000 +18.33% 21
East Midlands -26 44 £59,000 -9.23% 17
Scotland -22 21 £70,000 +5.66% 23
Wales - 10 £66,000 - 8
Northern Ireland - 3 £60,000 - 7

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
1 134 (7.84%) Apache Airflow
2 119 (6.96%) Apache Spark
3 78 (4.56%) Apache
4 32 (1.87%) SharePoint
5 15 (0.88%) Jupyter
5 15 (0.88%) SAS
6 13 (0.76%) Palantir Foundry
7 11 (0.64%) Confluence
8 8 (0.47%) CMS
9 5 (0.29%) Microsoft Exchange
9 5 (0.29%) Oracle SOA Suite
10 4 (0.23%) WordPress
11 3 (0.18%) Apache Solr
11 3 (0.18%) ArcGIS
11 3 (0.18%) IIS
12 2 (0.12%) Camunda
12 2 (0.12%) CICS
12 2 (0.12%) Luigi
12 2 (0.12%) Oracle Application Server
13 1 (0.059%) Appian
Applications
1 74 (4.33%) Microsoft Excel
2 14 (0.82%) Microsoft Office
3 9 (0.53%) Spreadsheet
4 6 (0.35%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 3 (0.18%) Blender
5 3 (0.18%) 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 (0.059%) FrameMaker
7 1 (0.059%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 38 (2.22%) SAP S/4HANA
2 20 (1.17%) SAP MDG
3 19 (1.11%) Dynamics CRM
4 14 (0.82%) Oracle ERP
5 12 (0.70%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
6 10 (0.59%) Oracle EBS
7 8 (0.47%) SAP MDG-BP
8 7 (0.41%) NetSuite
9 6 (0.35%) Salesforce CRM
10 5 (0.29%) JDE EnterpriseOne
10 5 (0.29%) SAP MDG-F
11 4 (0.23%) SAP ERP
12 3 (0.18%) Oracle Payables
12 3 (0.18%) Oracle Receivables
13 2 (0.12%) FLEXCUBE
13 2 (0.12%) Infor M3
13 2 (0.12%) Misys Opics
13 2 (0.12%) Oracle Applications
13 2 (0.12%) SAP IBP
13 2 (0.12%) Unit4 Business World
Cloud Services
1 673 (39.38%) Azure
2 492 (28.79%) Power Platform
3 449 (26.27%) AWS
4 253 (14.80%) GCP
5 178 (10.42%) Azure Data Factory
6 172 (10.06%) Snowflake
7 147 (8.60%) dbt
8 127 (7.43%) Azure Synapse Analytics
9 98 (5.73%) Azure DevOps
10 90 (5.27%) Amazon S3
11 85 (4.97%) Serverless
12 65 (3.80%) SaaS
13 58 (3.39%) Power Automate
14 53 (3.10%) PowerApps
15 51 (2.98%) AWS Lambda
15 51 (2.98%) GitHub
16 50 (2.93%) Microsoft Purview
17 38 (2.22%) Dynamics 365
18 37 (2.17%) Microsoft 365
19 35 (2.05%) Amazon EMR
Communications & Networking
1 44 (2.57%) 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 (0.18%) LTE
4 3 (0.18%) Network Security
5 2 (0.12%) 4G
5 2 (0.12%) 5G
5 2 (0.12%) SMS
6 1 (0.059%) CTI
Database & Business Intelligence
1 457 (26.74%) Power BI
2 355 (20.77%) Data Warehouse
3 222 (12.99%) Data Lake
4 209 (12.23%) Metadata
5 133 (7.78%) Tableau
6 128 (7.49%) SQL Server
7 110 (6.44%) Relational Database
8 97 (5.68%) BigQuery
9 95 (5.56%) Amazon Redshift
10 85 (4.97%) PostgreSQL
11 75 (4.39%) Big Data
11 75 (4.39%) Star Schema
12 68 (3.98%) Semantic Layer
13 65 (3.80%) NoSQL
14 62 (3.63%) Delta Lake
15 57 (3.34%) MySQL
16 56 (3.28%) Power Query
17 55 (3.22%) Data Vault
18 52 (3.04%) Looker
19 50 (2.93%) Snowflake Schema
Development Applications
1 118 (6.90%) Git
2 39 (2.28%) Jenkins
3 34 (1.99%) JIRA
3 34 (1.99%) MLflow
4 29 (1.70%) Claude Code
5 20 (1.17%) GitLab
6 11 (0.64%) ERwin
7 6 (0.35%) Toad
8 5 (0.29%) Postman
9 4 (0.23%) Oracle APEX
10 3 (0.18%) Bitbucket
10 3 (0.18%) Eclipse
10 3 (0.18%) IntelliJ
10 3 (0.18%) Visual Studio Code
11 2 (0.12%) ER Studio
11 2 (0.12%) Jasmine
11 2 (0.12%) Karma Test Runner
11 2 (0.12%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
11 2 (0.12%) TeamCity
11 2 (0.12%) YouTrack
General
1 570 (33.35%) Social Skills
2 541 (31.66%) Finance
3 461 (26.97%) Analytical Skills
4 135 (7.90%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 121 (7.08%) Public Sector
6 77 (4.51%) Law
7 76 (4.45%) Retail
8 73 (4.27%) Marketing
9 56 (3.28%) Influencing Skills
10 55 (3.22%) Manufacturing
11 53 (3.10%) Legal
12 40 (2.34%) Banking
13 31 (1.81%) Financial Institution
14 23 (1.35%) Documentation Skills
15 21 (1.23%) Billing
15 21 (1.23%) Presentation Skills
16 19 (1.11%) Pharmaceutical
17 18 (1.05%) Organisational Skills
18 17 (0.99%) Advertising
19 16 (0.94%) Front Office
Job Titles
1 421 (24.63%) Data Engineer
2 395 (23.11%) Architect
3 365 (21.36%) Senior
4 278 (16.27%) Data Architect
5 191 (11.18%) Developer
6 187 (10.94%) Analyst
7 184 (10.77%) Lead
8 112 (6.55%) Senior Data Engineer
9 91 (5.32%) Data Analyst
10 80 (4.68%) Consultant
11 59 (3.45%) Senior Architect
12 50 (2.93%) Business Analyst
12 50 (2.93%) Business Intelligence Developer
12 50 (2.93%) Data Modeller
13 45 (2.63%) Senior Data Architect
14 43 (2.52%) Senior Developer
14 43 (2.52%) Solutions Architect
15 38 (2.22%) Business Intelligence Analyst
15 38 (2.22%) Data Consultant
16 37 (2.17%) Senior Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 129 (7.55%) PySpark
2 123 (7.20%) REST
3 117 (6.85%) Kafka
4 68 (3.98%) Node.js
5 65 (3.80%) React
6 59 (3.45%) .NET
7 58 (3.39%) JSON
8 51 (2.98%) Lightning Web Components
8 51 (2.98%) SOAP
9 49 (2.87%) Middleware
10 43 (2.52%) XML
11 42 (2.46%) LangChain
12 36 (2.11%) CSS
13 30 (1.76%) RESTful
14 29 (1.70%) AngularJS
14 29 (1.70%) PyTorch
14 29 (1.70%) TensorFlow
15 26 (1.52%) scikit-learn
16 25 (1.46%) pgvector
17 24 (1.40%) LlamaIndex
Miscellaneous
1 171 (10.01%) Cloud Native
2 132 (7.72%) Data Structures
3 84 (4.92%) Product Ownership
4 79 (4.62%) Onboarding
5 57 (3.34%) Distributed Systems
6 40 (2.34%) Greenfield Project
7 38 (2.22%) Management Information System
8 33 (1.93%) Analytical Mindset
9 32 (1.87%) Public Cloud
10 31 (1.81%) Legacy Systems
11 30 (1.76%) Self-Motivation
12 29 (1.70%) Clustering
13 27 (1.58%) AI Agents
14 25 (1.46%) Distributed Computing
14 25 (1.46%) Low-Code
15 23 (1.35%) Social Media
16 21 (1.23%) Reinsurance
17 20 (1.17%) Replication
18 19 (1.11%) Mobile App
19 16 (0.94%) Reference Data
Operating Systems
1 22 (1.29%) Linux
2 17 (0.99%) Windows
3 2 (0.12%) Windows Server
4 1 (0.059%) Solaris
4 1 (0.059%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 815 (47.69%) Analytics
2 602 (35.23%) Business Intelligence
3 544 (31.83%) AI
3 544 (31.83%) Data Governance
4 490 (28.67%) Data Engineering
5 476 (27.85%) ETL
6 460 (26.92%) Data Pipeline
7 438 (25.63%) Decision-Making
8 407 (23.82%) Agile
9 401 (23.46%) Data Architecture
10 386 (22.59%) CI/CD
11 379 (22.18%) Problem-Solving
12 292 (17.09%) Roadmaps
13 287 (16.79%) DevOps
14 275 (16.09%) Machine Learning
15 269 (15.74%) Mentoring
16 260 (15.21%) Data Strategy
17 240 (14.04%) Continuous Improvement
18 201 (11.76%) Stakeholder Management
19 188 (11.00%) Translating Business Requirements
Programming Languages
1 892 (52.19%) SQL
2 719 (42.07%) Python
3 113 (6.61%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 108 (6.32%) Java
5 78 (4.56%) C#
5 78 (4.56%) TypeScript
6 72 (4.21%) JavaScript
7 65 (3.80%) Scala
8 45 (2.63%) Apex Code
9 40 (2.34%) T-SQL
10 28 (1.64%) R
11 22 (1.29%) PowerShell
12 19 (1.11%) PL/SQL
13 17 (0.99%) SOQL
13 17 (0.99%) SOSL
14 16 (0.94%) Bicep
15 12 (0.70%) C++
16 11 (0.64%) Kusto Query Language
17 10 (0.59%) Bash
18 8 (0.47%) PHP
Qualifications
1 212 (12.40%) Security Cleared
2 184 (10.77%) Degree
3 133 (7.78%) SC Cleared
4 68 (3.98%) Computer Science Degree
5 60 (3.51%) Azure Certification
6 41 (2.40%) DV Cleared
7 33 (1.93%) Microsoft Certification
8 30 (1.76%) AWS Certification
9 25 (1.46%) DBS Check
9 25 (1.46%) Master's Degree
10 18 (1.05%) BPSS Clearance
10 18 (1.05%) TOGAF Certification
11 13 (0.76%) SnowPro
12 10 (0.59%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
13 9 (0.53%) CIPD
14 8 (0.47%) SAP Certification
15 6 (0.35%) IIBA
15 6 (0.35%) PMI Certification
16 5 (0.29%) ACCA
16 5 (0.29%) CIMA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 584 (34.17%) Data Quality
2 123 (7.20%) GDPR
3 64 (3.74%) Accessibility
4 54 (3.16%) QA
5 27 (1.58%) California Consumer Privacy Act
6 8 (0.47%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 7 (0.41%) PMO
8 6 (0.35%) Solvency II
9 5 (0.29%) GRC
10 4 (0.23%) IFRS
10 4 (0.23%) IFRS 17
10 4 (0.23%) MiFID
10 4 (0.23%) PERC
11 3 (0.18%) Actionable Recommendations
11 3 (0.18%) SLA
12 2 (0.12%) HL7
12 2 (0.12%) SOC 2
12 2 (0.12%) UCITS
12 2 (0.12%) WCAG
13 1 (0.059%) ISO 20022
System Software
1 89 (5.21%) Docker
2 11 (0.64%) Active Directory
3 4 (0.23%) NDS
4 1 (0.059%) Apache Flume
Systems Management
1 105 (6.14%) Terraform
2 59 (3.45%) Kubernetes
3 14 (0.82%) Ansible
4 8 (0.47%) Packer
5 6 (0.35%) Grafana
5 6 (0.35%) Hadoop YARN
5 6 (0.35%) Prometheus
6 3 (0.18%) Kibana
6 3 (0.18%) Single Sign-On
7 1 (0.059%) Progress Chef
7 1 (0.059%) Puppet
7 1 (0.059%) QRadar
7 1 (0.059%) RSA Archer
7 1 (0.059%) SCCM
Vendors
1 359 (21.01%) Microsoft
2 356 (20.83%) Databricks
3 117 (6.85%) Oracle
4 103 (6.03%) Salesforce
5 102 (5.97%) SAP
6 54 (3.16%) Google
7 27 (1.58%) Informatica
8 26 (1.52%) Cloudera
9 23 (1.35%) Dell
10 22 (1.29%) Palantir
11 18 (1.05%) Foundry
12 16 (0.94%) ServiceNow
13 15 (0.88%) Talend
14 13 (0.76%) IBM
14 13 (0.76%) MuleSoft
15 12 (0.70%) OpenAI
16 11 (0.64%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
17 9 (0.53%) Bloomberg
17 9 (0.53%) HubSpot
18 8 (0.47%) SYSPRO