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

6 months to
1 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 109 130 117
Rank change year-on-year +21 -13 0
Permanent jobs citing Data Modelling 1,645 1,155 2,338
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 1.71% 2.48% 2.22%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.32% 2.71% 2.70%
Number of salaries quoted 1,131 586 1,511
10th Percentile £42,500 £44,500 £41,250
25th Percentile £52,500 £53,750 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £69,973 £65,000 £67,500
Median % change year-on-year +7.65% -3.70% -
75th Percentile £87,500 £83,750 £87,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £105,000 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £62,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +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 70,838 42,616 86,708
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 73.43% 91.47% 82.17%
Number of salaries quoted 48,971 23,341 61,278
10th Percentile £30,000 £28,822 £29,750
25th Percentile £41,250 £38,750 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% +4.55% -9.09%
75th Percentile £78,750 £77,500 £72,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £100,000 £92,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £53,171 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +6.34% - -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 1 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 1 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 +25 1,492 £69,000 +2.99% 834
UK excluding London 0 778 £62,500 +4.17% 515
London +25 695 £80,000 +6.67% 451
Work from Home +34 522 £65,000 -3.70% 424
North of England +83 294 £63,000 +9.57% 114
South East -31 184 £60,000 -7.69% 167
Midlands -6 145 £60,000 -4.00% 93
North West +54 138 £60,500 +15.24% 68
Yorkshire +29 111 £67,500 +12.50% 25
West Midlands -2 103 £62,500 +8.70% 51
South West -84 61 £60,000 -12.44% 59
East of England -1 55 £71,000 +18.33% 19
North East -16 45 £65,000 +36.84% 22
East Midlands -20 42 £59,000 -7.09% 42
Scotland -14 25 £70,000 +11.11% 26
Wales - 11 £67,586 - 31
Northern Ireland -30 3 £60,000 - 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
1 144 (8.75%) Apache Airflow
2 109 (6.63%) Apache Spark
3 79 (4.80%) Apache
4 33 (2.01%) SharePoint
5 20 (1.22%) Palantir Foundry
6 16 (0.97%) SAS
7 14 (0.85%) Confluence
8 13 (0.79%) Jupyter
9 8 (0.49%) CMS
9 8 (0.49%) Microsoft Exchange
10 5 (0.30%) Appian
10 5 (0.30%) Oracle SOA Suite
11 4 (0.24%) WordPress
12 3 (0.18%) Apache Solr
12 3 (0.18%) Camunda
12 3 (0.18%) IIS
12 3 (0.18%) Oracle Application Server
13 2 (0.12%) ArcGIS
13 2 (0.12%) CICS
13 2 (0.12%) Luigi
Applications
1 74 (4.50%) Microsoft Excel
2 18 (1.09%) Microsoft Office
3 9 (0.55%) Spreadsheet
4 5 (0.30%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 3 (0.18%) Blender
5 3 (0.18%) Maya
5 3 (0.18%) MS Visio
6 2 (0.12%) Chatbot
6 2 (0.12%) PTC Creo
6 2 (0.12%) Windchill
7 1 (0.061%) FrameMaker
7 1 (0.061%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 38 (2.31%) SAP S/4HANA
2 20 (1.22%) SAP MDG
3 18 (1.09%) Dynamics CRM
4 15 (0.91%) Oracle ERP
5 12 (0.73%) NetSuite
5 12 (0.73%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
6 10 (0.61%) Oracle EBS
7 8 (0.49%) SAP MDG-BP
8 7 (0.43%) Salesforce CRM
8 7 (0.43%) Workday HCM
9 5 (0.30%) SAP MDG-F
10 4 (0.24%) JDE EnterpriseOne
10 4 (0.24%) SAP ERP
11 3 (0.18%) FLEXCUBE
11 3 (0.18%) Misys Opics
11 3 (0.18%) Oracle Payables
11 3 (0.18%) Oracle Receivables
12 2 (0.12%) Infor M3
12 2 (0.12%) Oracle Applications
12 2 (0.12%) Unit4 Business World
Cloud Services
1 671 (40.79%) Azure
2 456 (27.72%) Power Platform
3 426 (25.90%) AWS
4 255 (15.50%) GCP
5 171 (10.40%) Azure Data Factory
6 153 (9.30%) Snowflake
7 137 (8.33%) dbt
8 128 (7.78%) Azure Synapse Analytics
9 103 (6.26%) Azure DevOps
10 87 (5.29%) Serverless
11 84 (5.11%) Amazon S3
12 66 (4.01%) SaaS
13 59 (3.59%) Power Automate
14 53 (3.22%) AWS Lambda
15 51 (3.10%) PowerApps
16 45 (2.74%) GitHub
17 37 (2.25%) Dynamics 365
18 35 (2.13%) Microsoft Purview
19 33 (2.01%) Microsoft 365
20 30 (1.82%) Azure Logic Apps
Communications & Networking
1 44 (2.67%) Broadband
2 4 (0.24%) NGN
3 3 (0.18%) Internet
3 3 (0.18%) LTE
3 3 (0.18%) Network Security
4 2 (0.12%) 4G
4 2 (0.12%) 5G
4 2 (0.12%) BGP
4 2 (0.12%) DNS
4 2 (0.12%) IPsec
4 2 (0.12%) SMS
4 2 (0.12%) Tactical Data Link
4 2 (0.12%) VPN
5 1 (0.061%) CTI
5 1 (0.061%) Radio Access Network
Database & Business Intelligence
1 418 (25.41%) Power BI
2 322 (19.57%) Data Warehouse
3 198 (12.04%) Data Lake
4 188 (11.43%) Metadata
5 120 (7.29%) Tableau
6 118 (7.17%) SQL Server
7 107 (6.50%) Relational Database
8 90 (5.47%) BigQuery
9 86 (5.23%) Amazon Redshift
10 85 (5.17%) PostgreSQL
11 64 (3.89%) Semantic Layer
12 59 (3.59%) Star Schema
13 58 (3.53%) Big Data
14 57 (3.47%) MySQL
15 56 (3.40%) NoSQL
16 51 (3.10%) SQL Server Integration Services
17 50 (3.04%) Azure SQL Database
18 49 (2.98%) Power Query
19 48 (2.92%) Delta Lake
20 46 (2.80%) Looker
Development Applications
1 107 (6.50%) Git
2 39 (2.37%) JIRA
3 35 (2.13%) MLflow
4 30 (1.82%) Jenkins
5 26 (1.58%) Claude Code
6 13 (0.79%) ERwin
6 13 (0.79%) GitLab
7 12 (0.73%) Postman
8 6 (0.36%) Toad
9 4 (0.24%) Oracle APEX
10 3 (0.18%) Eclipse
10 3 (0.18%) IntelliJ
11 2 (0.12%) ER Studio
11 2 (0.12%) Jasmine
11 2 (0.12%) Karma Test Runner
11 2 (0.12%) NUnit
11 2 (0.12%) PowerDesigner
11 2 (0.12%) TeamCity
11 2 (0.12%) Visual Studio
11 2 (0.12%) YouTrack
General
1 542 (32.95%) Social Skills
2 506 (30.76%) Finance
3 448 (27.23%) Analytical Skills
4 139 (8.45%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 134 (8.15%) Public Sector
6 68 (4.13%) Retail
7 67 (4.07%) Law
8 64 (3.89%) Marketing
9 49 (2.98%) Influencing Skills
10 47 (2.86%) Manufacturing
11 41 (2.49%) Legal
12 39 (2.37%) Financial Institution
13 36 (2.19%) Banking
14 24 (1.46%) Documentation Skills
14 24 (1.46%) Organisational Skills
15 23 (1.40%) Billing
16 18 (1.09%) Local Government
17 17 (1.03%) Advertising
18 16 (0.97%) Presentation Skills
19 15 (0.91%) Games
Job Titles
1 404 (24.56%) Data Engineer
2 357 (21.70%) Architect
3 354 (21.52%) Senior
4 250 (15.20%) Data Architect
5 206 (12.52%) Analyst
6 198 (12.04%) Developer
7 188 (11.43%) Lead
8 112 (6.81%) Data Analyst
8 112 (6.81%) Senior Data Engineer
9 77 (4.68%) Consultant
10 60 (3.65%) Senior Architect
11 54 (3.28%) Business Intelligence Developer
12 50 (3.04%) Business Analyst
13 49 (2.98%) Senior Data Architect
14 44 (2.67%) Data Modeller
14 44 (2.67%) Senior Developer
15 43 (2.61%) Lead Data Engineer
16 41 (2.49%) Business Intelligence Analyst
17 39 (2.37%) Senior Analyst
18 37 (2.25%) Data Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 139 (8.45%) REST
2 115 (6.99%) PySpark
3 107 (6.50%) Kafka
4 65 (3.95%) React
5 64 (3.89%) Node.js
6 63 (3.83%) .NET
7 62 (3.77%) SOAP
8 61 (3.71%) JSON
9 57 (3.47%) Middleware
10 48 (2.92%) Lightning Web Components
11 47 (2.86%) XML
12 43 (2.61%) CSS
13 42 (2.55%) LangChain
14 37 (2.25%) RESTful
15 35 (2.13%) PyTorch
15 35 (2.13%) TensorFlow
16 31 (1.88%) HTML
16 31 (1.88%) scikit-learn
17 30 (1.82%) Visualforce
18 28 (1.70%) AngularJS
Miscellaneous
1 159 (9.67%) Cloud Native
2 131 (7.96%) Data Structures
3 86 (5.23%) Product Ownership
4 68 (4.13%) Onboarding
5 56 (3.40%) Distributed Systems
6 39 (2.37%) Management Information System
7 38 (2.31%) Public Cloud
7 38 (2.31%) Self-Motivation
8 37 (2.25%) Greenfield Project
8 37 (2.25%) Legacy Systems
9 31 (1.88%) Analytical Mindset
10 30 (1.82%) Low-Code
11 27 (1.64%) Clustering
12 26 (1.58%) Reinsurance
13 24 (1.46%) AI Agents
14 22 (1.34%) Social Media
15 18 (1.09%) Replication
16 17 (1.03%) Mobile App
17 15 (0.91%) Distributed Computing
18 14 (0.85%) Algorithms
Operating Systems
1 17 (1.03%) Linux
2 14 (0.85%) Windows
3 3 (0.18%) Unix
4 1 (0.061%) Android
4 1 (0.061%) Apple iOS
4 1 (0.061%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 771 (46.87%) Analytics
2 566 (34.41%) Business Intelligence
3 526 (31.98%) Data Governance
4 473 (28.75%) Data Engineering
5 462 (28.09%) AI
6 455 (27.66%) ETL
7 440 (26.75%) Data Pipeline
8 426 (25.90%) Decision-Making
9 393 (23.89%) Agile
10 389 (23.65%) CI/CD
11 388 (23.59%) Problem-Solving
12 379 (23.04%) Data Architecture
13 287 (17.45%) DevOps
14 259 (15.74%) Mentoring
15 257 (15.62%) Machine Learning
16 250 (15.20%) Roadmaps
17 229 (13.92%) Data Strategy
18 225 (13.68%) Continuous Improvement
19 178 (10.82%) Stakeholder Engagement
20 171 (10.40%) Translating Business Requirements
Programming Languages
1 865 (52.58%) SQL
2 686 (41.70%) Python
3 108 (6.57%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 103 (6.26%) Java
5 80 (4.86%) JavaScript
6 79 (4.80%) TypeScript
7 69 (4.19%) C#
8 56 (3.40%) Scala
9 45 (2.74%) Apex Code
10 42 (2.55%) T-SQL
11 26 (1.58%) R
12 24 (1.46%) PowerShell
13 21 (1.28%) PL/SQL
14 19 (1.16%) SOQL
14 19 (1.16%) SOSL
15 16 (0.97%) Bash
16 12 (0.73%) Bicep
17 9 (0.55%) C++
17 9 (0.55%) Kusto Query Language
18 8 (0.49%) Go
Qualifications
1 190 (11.55%) Security Cleared
2 183 (11.12%) Degree
3 117 (7.11%) SC Cleared
4 68 (4.13%) Computer Science Degree
5 53 (3.22%) Azure Certification
6 32 (1.95%) DBS Check
7 31 (1.88%) DV Cleared
8 29 (1.76%) AWS Certification
9 28 (1.70%) Microsoft Certification
10 25 (1.52%) Master's Degree
11 17 (1.03%) TOGAF Certification
12 10 (0.61%) ACCA
12 10 (0.61%) BPSS Clearance
12 10 (0.61%) CIMA
13 9 (0.55%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
13 9 (0.55%) CIPD
14 8 (0.49%) SAP Certification
14 8 (0.49%) SnowPro
15 5 (0.30%) PMI Certification
16 4 (0.24%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 553 (33.62%) Data Quality
2 114 (6.93%) GDPR
3 54 (3.28%) Accessibility
3 54 (3.28%) QA
4 27 (1.64%) California Consumer Privacy Act
5 13 (0.79%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 7 (0.43%) GRC
6 7 (0.43%) SLA
6 7 (0.43%) Solvency II
7 6 (0.36%) Actionable Recommendations
8 5 (0.30%) IFRS
8 5 (0.30%) IFRS 17
8 5 (0.30%) MiFID
9 4 (0.24%) PERC
9 4 (0.24%) PMO
10 3 (0.18%) WCAG
11 2 (0.12%) HL7
12 1 (0.061%) ISO 20022
12 1 (0.061%) ISO 22301
12 1 (0.061%) SNOMED CT
System Software
1 88 (5.35%) Docker
2 10 (0.61%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.061%) Apache Flume
Systems Management
1 101 (6.14%) Terraform
2 62 (3.77%) Kubernetes
3 11 (0.67%) Ansible
4 9 (0.55%) Grafana
5 8 (0.49%) Single Sign-On
6 6 (0.36%) Packer
6 6 (0.36%) Prometheus
7 3 (0.18%) Kibana
8 2 (0.12%) Control-M
8 2 (0.12%) Hadoop YARN
9 1 (0.061%) QRadar
9 1 (0.061%) RSA Archer
9 1 (0.061%) SCCM
Vendors
1 342 (20.79%) Databricks
2 332 (20.18%) Microsoft
3 110 (6.69%) Oracle
3 110 (6.69%) Salesforce
4 96 (5.84%) SAP
5 55 (3.34%) Google
6 35 (2.13%) Informatica
7 29 (1.76%) Palantir
8 28 (1.70%) Foundry
9 27 (1.64%) Cloudera
10 23 (1.40%) Dell
11 19 (1.16%) OpenAI
12 18 (1.09%) ServiceNow
13 17 (1.03%) Talend
14 15 (0.91%) MuleSoft
15 11 (0.67%) Workday
16 10 (0.61%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
17 8 (0.49%) HubSpot
17 8 (0.49%) IBM
17 8 (0.49%) Sparx