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

6 months to
25 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 108 129 107
Rank change year-on-year +21 -22 -4
Permanent jobs citing Data Modelling 1,588 1,102 2,429
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 1.71% 2.57% 2.46%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.32% 2.76% 2.92%
Number of salaries quoted 1,025 554 1,501
10th Percentile £42,500 £42,500 £40,500
25th Percentile £52,500 £53,000 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £65,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +7.69% - -3.70%
75th Percentile £87,500 £83,750 £87,500
90th Percentile £97,500 £105,000 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £65,000 £62,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +4.00% +4.17% +4.35%

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 68,421 39,984 83,066
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 73.77% 93.29% 84.23%
Number of salaries quoted 44,440 20,998 60,038
10th Percentile £30,000 £29,913 £29,250
25th Percentile £40,750 £41,250 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £59,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +1.69% +7.27% -9.84%
75th Percentile £78,750 £78,750 £72,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £102,500 £92,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £51,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year +1.94% +3.00% -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 25 May 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 25 May 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 +20 1,408 £70,000 +3.70% 678
UK excluding London +5 763 £65,000 +4.00% 455
London +36 664 £80,000 +6.67% 327
Work from Home +45 520 £70,000 +7.69% 340
North of England +70 257 £70,000 +21.74% 139
South East -24 187 £60,000 -7.69% 135
Midlands -8 139 £59,866 -4.21% 68
Yorkshire +33 126 £70,932 +18.22% 46
North West +28 108 £65,000 +23.81% 69
West Midlands -1 102 £60,000 - 48
East of England +13 59 £71,000 +1.43% 30
South West -83 57 £55,000 -14.41% 38
Scotland -5 54 £70,000 +21.74% 22
East Midlands -23 35 £55,000 -15.06% 20
North East -23 23 £65,000 +30.00% 29
Wales - 8 £67,586 - 14
Northern Ireland -40 2 - - 17

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
1 144 (9.07%) Apache Airflow
2 93 (5.86%) Apache Spark
3 66 (4.16%) Apache
4 36 (2.27%) SharePoint
5 22 (1.39%) Palantir Foundry
6 17 (1.07%) Confluence
7 16 (1.01%) SAS
8 10 (0.63%) Appian
8 10 (0.63%) CMS
9 8 (0.50%) Jupyter
9 8 (0.50%) Microsoft Exchange
10 5 (0.31%) IIS
11 4 (0.25%) Camunda
12 3 (0.19%) Apache Solr
12 3 (0.19%) Apache Superset
12 3 (0.19%) Oracle Application Server
12 3 (0.19%) Oracle Workflow
12 3 (0.19%) WordPress
13 2 (0.13%) CICS
13 2 (0.13%) Luigi
Applications
1 67 (4.22%) Microsoft Excel
2 15 (0.94%) Microsoft Office
3 7 (0.44%) Spreadsheet
4 4 (0.25%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 3 (0.19%) Chatbot
5 3 (0.19%) Windchill
6 2 (0.13%) PTC Creo
6 2 (0.13%) Sketch
7 1 (0.063%) Blender
7 1 (0.063%) Maya
7 1 (0.063%) Microsoft Project
7 1 (0.063%) MS Visio
7 1 (0.063%) Siemens NX
7 1 (0.063%) SPSS
Business Applications
1 36 (2.27%) SAP S/4HANA
2 17 (1.07%) Dynamics CRM
3 16 (1.01%) SAP MDG
4 12 (0.76%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
5 11 (0.69%) NetSuite
6 9 (0.57%) Oracle ERP
7 8 (0.50%) SAP MDG-BP
8 7 (0.44%) Salesforce CRM
8 7 (0.44%) Workday HCM
9 5 (0.31%) SAP MDG-F
10 4 (0.25%) Markit EDM
10 4 (0.25%) Oracle EBS
10 4 (0.25%) SAP ERP
11 3 (0.19%) FLEXCUBE
11 3 (0.19%) JDE EnterpriseOne
11 3 (0.19%) Misys Opics
12 2 (0.13%) Aladdin
12 2 (0.13%) Infor M3
12 2 (0.13%) Unit4 Business World
13 1 (0.063%) FIS Private Capital Suite
Cloud Services
1 699 (44.02%) Azure
2 436 (27.46%) Power Platform
3 385 (24.24%) AWS
4 225 (14.17%) GCP
5 192 (12.09%) Azure Data Factory
6 157 (9.89%) Snowflake
7 141 (8.88%) Azure Synapse Analytics
8 140 (8.82%) dbt
9 132 (8.31%) Azure DevOps
10 87 (5.48%) Serverless
11 72 (4.53%) Amazon S3
12 66 (4.16%) Power Automate
13 62 (3.90%) GitHub
14 55 (3.46%) SaaS
15 51 (3.21%) PowerApps
16 45 (2.83%) AWS Lambda
17 37 (2.33%) Microsoft 365
18 36 (2.27%) Salesforce Service Cloud
19 32 (2.02%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
20 31 (1.95%) Dynamics 365
Communications & Networking
1 36 (2.27%) Broadband
2 3 (0.19%) LTE
2 3 (0.19%) Network Security
2 3 (0.19%) NGN
2 3 (0.19%) Remote Desktop
2 3 (0.19%) VPN
3 2 (0.13%) 4G
3 2 (0.13%) 5G
3 2 (0.13%) HTTP
3 2 (0.13%) Internet
3 2 (0.13%) SMS
3 2 (0.13%) Tactical Data Link
4 1 (0.063%) CTI
4 1 (0.063%) Radio Access Network
4 1 (0.063%) TCAP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 396 (24.94%) Power BI
2 307 (19.33%) Data Warehouse
3 199 (12.53%) Data Lake
4 191 (12.03%) Metadata
5 120 (7.56%) Tableau
6 118 (7.43%) SQL Server
7 104 (6.55%) Relational Database
8 88 (5.54%) Amazon Redshift
9 86 (5.42%) BigQuery
10 72 (4.53%) PostgreSQL
11 68 (4.28%) NoSQL
12 57 (3.59%) Azure SQL Database
12 57 (3.59%) SQL Server Integration Services
13 48 (3.02%) Looker
13 48 (3.02%) Semantic Layer
14 47 (2.96%) Star Schema
15 46 (2.90%) Power Query
16 45 (2.83%) MySQL
17 42 (2.64%) Delta Lake
18 41 (2.58%) Big Data
Development Applications
1 117 (7.37%) Git
2 43 (2.71%) JIRA
3 39 (2.46%) MLflow
4 23 (1.45%) Jenkins
5 16 (1.01%) ERwin
6 15 (0.94%) Postman
7 13 (0.82%) GitLab
8 12 (0.76%) Claude Code
9 5 (0.31%) ER Studio
9 5 (0.31%) JUnit
9 5 (0.31%) Toad
10 4 (0.25%) Oracle APEX
11 3 (0.19%) Eclipse
11 3 (0.19%) Gradle
11 3 (0.19%) IntelliJ
11 3 (0.19%) Maven
11 3 (0.19%) NUnit
11 3 (0.19%) TestNG
11 3 (0.19%) Visual Studio
12 2 (0.13%) ESLint
General
1 534 (33.63%) Social Skills
2 511 (32.18%) Finance
3 439 (27.64%) Analytical Skills
4 132 (8.31%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 123 (7.75%) Public Sector
6 71 (4.47%) Law
6 71 (4.47%) Marketing
7 58 (3.65%) Retail
8 49 (3.09%) Banking
9 45 (2.83%) Financial Institution
10 44 (2.77%) Influencing Skills
11 32 (2.02%) Documentation Skills
11 32 (2.02%) Legal
12 30 (1.89%) Manufacturing
12 30 (1.89%) Organisational Skills
13 19 (1.20%) Advertising
14 18 (1.13%) Billing
15 16 (1.01%) Local Government
16 15 (0.94%) Telecoms
17 13 (0.82%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 363 (22.86%) Data Engineer
2 330 (20.78%) Architect
3 323 (20.34%) Senior
4 207 (13.04%) Data Architect
5 205 (12.91%) Analyst
6 187 (11.78%) Lead
7 185 (11.65%) Developer
8 117 (7.37%) Data Analyst
9 96 (6.05%) Senior Data Engineer
10 79 (4.97%) Consultant
11 53 (3.34%) Business Intelligence Developer
12 52 (3.27%) Business Analyst
12 52 (3.27%) Data Modeller
13 47 (2.96%) Lead Data Engineer
14 44 (2.77%) Senior Analyst
15 43 (2.71%) Senior Architect
16 42 (2.64%) Azure Engineer
17 38 (2.39%) Senior Developer
18 37 (2.33%) Solutions Architect
19 36 (2.27%) Data Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 147 (9.26%) REST
2 109 (6.86%) PySpark
3 104 (6.55%) Kafka
4 72 (4.53%) SOAP
5 69 (4.35%) .NET
6 59 (3.72%) React
7 58 (3.65%) JSON
8 54 (3.40%) Lightning Web Components
8 54 (3.40%) Middleware
9 49 (3.09%) CSS
10 44 (2.77%) RESTful
10 44 (2.77%) XML
11 43 (2.71%) Node.js
12 40 (2.52%) LangChain
13 39 (2.46%) PyTorch
13 39 (2.46%) scikit-learn
13 39 (2.46%) TensorFlow
14 34 (2.14%) HTML
15 31 (1.95%) Visualforce
16 29 (1.83%) Pandas
Miscellaneous
1 133 (8.38%) Cloud Native
2 128 (8.06%) Data Structures
3 105 (6.61%) Product Ownership
4 56 (3.53%) Distributed Systems
5 55 (3.46%) Management Information System
6 50 (3.15%) Onboarding
7 49 (3.09%) Legacy Systems
8 47 (2.96%) Self-Motivation
9 39 (2.46%) Greenfield Project
9 39 (2.46%) Low-Code
10 34 (2.14%) Public Cloud
11 33 (2.08%) Analytical Mindset
12 31 (1.95%) Reinsurance
13 24 (1.51%) Clustering
14 21 (1.32%) Social Media
15 20 (1.26%) Replication
16 18 (1.13%) AI Agents
17 17 (1.07%) Enterprise Software
18 14 (0.88%) e-Learning
18 14 (0.88%) FMCG
Operating Systems
1 15 (0.94%) Windows
2 10 (0.63%) Linux
3 4 (0.25%) Unix
4 3 (0.19%) Android
4 3 (0.19%) Windows Server
5 1 (0.063%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 716 (45.09%) Analytics
2 533 (33.56%) Business Intelligence
3 498 (31.36%) Data Governance
4 475 (29.91%) ETL
5 450 (28.34%) Data Engineering
6 413 (26.01%) Agile
7 411 (25.88%) Data Pipeline
8 391 (24.62%) CI/CD
9 388 (24.43%) AI
10 370 (23.30%) Decision-Making
11 368 (23.17%) Problem-Solving
12 343 (21.60%) Data Architecture
13 322 (20.28%) DevOps
14 235 (14.80%) Mentoring
15 225 (14.17%) Machine Learning
16 213 (13.41%) Continuous Improvement
17 188 (11.84%) Roadmaps
18 179 (11.27%) Data Strategy
19 173 (10.89%) Data Integration
20 171 (10.77%) Data Science
Programming Languages
1 824 (51.89%) SQL
2 684 (43.07%) Python
3 128 (8.06%) Java
4 92 (5.79%) Data Analysis Expressions
5 87 (5.48%) JavaScript
6 70 (4.41%) TypeScript
7 67 (4.22%) C#
8 51 (3.21%) Apex Code
9 50 (3.15%) Scala
10 43 (2.71%) T-SQL
11 33 (2.08%) PowerShell
12 31 (1.95%) R
13 21 (1.32%) Bash
14 18 (1.13%) SOQL
14 18 (1.13%) SOSL
15 15 (0.94%) PL/SQL
16 10 (0.63%) C++
16 10 (0.63%) VBA
17 9 (0.57%) Perl
18 8 (0.50%) VB
Qualifications
1 193 (12.15%) Degree
2 163 (10.26%) Security Cleared
3 105 (6.61%) SC Cleared
4 77 (4.85%) Computer Science Degree
5 55 (3.46%) Azure Certification
6 37 (2.33%) AWS Certification
7 36 (2.27%) Microsoft Certification
8 32 (2.02%) Master's Degree
9 29 (1.83%) DBS Check
10 26 (1.64%) DV Cleared
11 20 (1.26%) TOGAF Certification
12 17 (1.07%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
13 13 (0.82%) ACCA
13 13 (0.82%) CIMA
14 8 (0.50%) PMI Certification
15 7 (0.44%) BPSS Clearance
15 7 (0.44%) PMP
15 7 (0.44%) SAP Certification
16 4 (0.25%) IIBA
16 4 (0.25%) MBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 506 (31.86%) Data Quality
2 103 (6.49%) GDPR
3 53 (3.34%) QA
4 47 (2.96%) Accessibility
5 25 (1.57%) California Consumer Privacy Act
6 14 (0.88%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 9 (0.57%) SLA
8 7 (0.44%) Actionable Recommendations
8 7 (0.44%) Solvency II
9 6 (0.38%) GRC
9 6 (0.38%) MiFID
10 5 (0.31%) IFRS
10 5 (0.31%) IFRS 17
11 4 (0.25%) PMO
12 3 (0.19%) PERC
13 2 (0.13%) HL7
13 2 (0.13%) WCAG
14 1 (0.063%) ISO 22301
14 1 (0.063%) PCI DSS
14 1 (0.063%) SNOMED CT
System Software
1 75 (4.72%) Docker
2 13 (0.82%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.063%) Apache Flume
Systems Management
1 90 (5.67%) Terraform
2 62 (3.90%) Kubernetes
3 12 (0.76%) Grafana
4 10 (0.63%) Single Sign-On
5 8 (0.50%) Prometheus
6 7 (0.44%) Control-M
7 3 (0.19%) Ansible
7 3 (0.19%) Packer
8 2 (0.13%) Kibana
9 1 (0.063%) QRadar
9 1 (0.063%) RSA Archer
9 1 (0.063%) SCCM
Vendors
1 330 (20.78%) Databricks
2 319 (20.09%) Microsoft
3 113 (7.12%) Salesforce
4 103 (6.49%) Oracle
5 89 (5.60%) SAP
6 48 (3.02%) Google
7 47 (2.96%) Informatica
8 33 (2.08%) Palantir
9 32 (2.02%) Foundry
10 29 (1.83%) Cloudera
11 26 (1.64%) Talend
12 23 (1.45%) Dell
12 23 (1.45%) OpenAI
13 21 (1.32%) ServiceNow
14 20 (1.26%) MuleSoft
15 14 (0.88%) Sparx
16 12 (0.76%) IBM
17 11 (0.69%) Automation Anywhere
17 11 (0.69%) UiPath
18 10 (0.63%) Workday