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

6 months to
29 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 110 125 108
Rank change year-on-year +15 -17 -2
Permanent jobs citing Data Modelling 1,614 1,112 2,431
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 1.73% 2.59% 2.43%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.34% 2.78% 2.90%
Number of salaries quoted 1,061 563 1,503
10th Percentile £42,500 £42,500 £40,992
25th Percentile £52,500 £53,250 £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 £83,125 £87,500
90th Percentile £97,500 £103,950 £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 68,838 39,983 83,789
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 73.88% 93.25% 83.85%
Number of salaries quoted 44,890 21,039 60,407
10th Percentile £30,000 £29,750 £29,250
25th Percentile £41,000 £40,903 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £58,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.45% +5.45% -9.84%
75th Percentile £78,750 £78,750 £72,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £101,000 £92,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £51,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +2.94% +2.00% -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 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 29 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 1,442 £69,500 +3.73% 419
UK excluding London +1 782 £65,000 +4.00% 339
London +33 670 £80,000 +6.67% 192
Work from Home +43 524 £67,500 +3.85% 221
North of England +63 276 £68,510 +19.15% 91
South East -43 188 £62,500 -3.85% 135
Midlands -1 143 £60,000 -4.00% 41
Yorkshire +28 128 £70,000 +16.67% 31
North West +35 119 £63,000 +20.00% 45
West Midlands -2 105 £60,358 +0.60% 29
East of England +6 61 £71,000 +1.43% 16
South West -84 57 £55,000 -8.33% 37
Scotland -16 45 £70,000 +16.67% 13
East Midlands -31 36 £55,000 -13.39% 12
North East -14 29 £60,000 +20.00% 18
Wales - 9 £67,586 - 9
Northern Ireland -39 3 £60,000 - 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
1 149 (9.23%) Apache Airflow
2 91 (5.64%) Apache Spark
3 67 (4.15%) Apache
4 34 (2.11%) SharePoint
5 22 (1.36%) Palantir Foundry
6 17 (1.05%) Confluence
7 15 (0.93%) SAS
8 11 (0.68%) CMS
9 9 (0.56%) Appian
9 9 (0.56%) Jupyter
10 8 (0.50%) Microsoft Exchange
11 5 (0.31%) IIS
12 4 (0.25%) Camunda
12 4 (0.25%) WordPress
13 3 (0.19%) Apache Solr
13 3 (0.19%) Apache Superset
13 3 (0.19%) Oracle Application Server
13 3 (0.19%) Oracle Workflow
14 2 (0.12%) CICS
14 2 (0.12%) Luigi
Applications
1 69 (4.28%) Microsoft Excel
2 15 (0.93%) Microsoft Office
3 7 (0.43%) Spreadsheet
4 4 (0.25%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 3 (0.19%) Chatbot
5 3 (0.19%) Windchill
6 2 (0.12%) Blender
6 2 (0.12%) Maya
6 2 (0.12%) PTC Creo
6 2 (0.12%) Sketch
7 1 (0.062%) Microsoft Project
7 1 (0.062%) MS Visio
7 1 (0.062%) Siemens NX
7 1 (0.062%) SPSS
Business Applications
1 34 (2.11%) SAP S/4HANA
2 18 (1.12%) Dynamics CRM
3 16 (0.99%) SAP MDG
4 12 (0.74%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
5 10 (0.62%) NetSuite
5 10 (0.62%) Oracle ERP
6 8 (0.50%) SAP MDG-BP
7 7 (0.43%) Salesforce CRM
7 7 (0.43%) Workday HCM
8 5 (0.31%) Oracle EBS
8 5 (0.31%) SAP MDG-F
9 4 (0.25%) SAP ERP
10 3 (0.19%) FLEXCUBE
10 3 (0.19%) JDE EnterpriseOne
10 3 (0.19%) Markit EDM
10 3 (0.19%) Misys Opics
11 2 (0.12%) Aladdin
11 2 (0.12%) Infor M3
11 2 (0.12%) Unit4 Business World
12 1 (0.062%) FIS Private Capital Suite
Cloud Services
1 692 (42.87%) Azure
2 436 (27.01%) Power Platform
3 397 (24.60%) AWS
4 230 (14.25%) GCP
5 187 (11.59%) Azure Data Factory
6 154 (9.54%) Snowflake
7 143 (8.86%) dbt
8 140 (8.67%) Azure Synapse Analytics
9 123 (7.62%) Azure DevOps
10 86 (5.33%) Serverless
11 76 (4.71%) Amazon S3
12 64 (3.97%) Power Automate
13 57 (3.53%) GitHub
13 57 (3.53%) SaaS
14 50 (3.10%) PowerApps
15 46 (2.85%) AWS Lambda
16 36 (2.23%) Microsoft 365
17 34 (2.11%) Salesforce Service Cloud
18 30 (1.86%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
19 29 (1.80%) Dynamics 365
Communications & Networking
1 39 (2.42%) 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 (0.12%) 4G
3 2 (0.12%) 5G
3 2 (0.12%) HTTP
3 2 (0.12%) Internet
3 2 (0.12%) SMS
3 2 (0.12%) Tactical Data Link
4 1 (0.062%) CTI
4 1 (0.062%) Radio Access Network
4 1 (0.062%) TCAP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 397 (24.60%) Power BI
2 312 (19.33%) Data Warehouse
3 199 (12.33%) Data Lake
4 189 (11.71%) Metadata
5 117 (7.25%) SQL Server
6 116 (7.19%) Tableau
7 103 (6.38%) Relational Database
8 88 (5.45%) Amazon Redshift
8 88 (5.45%) BigQuery
9 73 (4.52%) PostgreSQL
10 67 (4.15%) NoSQL
11 58 (3.59%) Azure SQL Database
12 55 (3.41%) SQL Server Integration Services
13 51 (3.16%) Semantic Layer
14 50 (3.10%) Star Schema
15 47 (2.91%) Looker
15 47 (2.91%) Power Query
16 44 (2.73%) Big Data
16 44 (2.73%) Delta Lake
16 44 (2.73%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 117 (7.25%) Git
2 41 (2.54%) JIRA
3 38 (2.35%) MLflow
4 25 (1.55%) Jenkins
5 15 (0.93%) ERwin
5 15 (0.93%) Postman
6 13 (0.81%) GitLab
7 12 (0.74%) Claude Code
8 6 (0.37%) Toad
9 5 (0.31%) JUnit
10 4 (0.25%) ER Studio
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 (0.12%) PowerDesigner
General
1 537 (33.27%) Social Skills
2 506 (31.35%) Finance
3 445 (27.57%) Analytical Skills
4 140 (8.67%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 124 (7.68%) Public Sector
6 72 (4.46%) Law
7 70 (4.34%) Marketing
8 59 (3.66%) Retail
9 49 (3.04%) Banking
10 45 (2.79%) Financial Institution
11 44 (2.73%) Influencing Skills
12 36 (2.23%) Legal
13 31 (1.92%) Manufacturing
14 30 (1.86%) Organisational Skills
15 29 (1.80%) Documentation Skills
16 21 (1.30%) Billing
17 20 (1.24%) Advertising
18 17 (1.05%) Local Government
19 15 (0.93%) Games
19 15 (0.93%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 386 (23.92%) Data Engineer
2 339 (21.00%) Architect
3 331 (20.51%) Senior
4 219 (13.57%) Data Architect
5 201 (12.45%) Analyst
6 191 (11.83%) Developer
7 189 (11.71%) Lead
8 115 (7.13%) Data Analyst
9 106 (6.57%) Senior Data Engineer
10 78 (4.83%) Consultant
11 55 (3.41%) Business Intelligence Developer
12 51 (3.16%) Business Analyst
12 51 (3.16%) Data Modeller
13 46 (2.85%) Lead Data Engineer
14 45 (2.79%) Senior Analyst
15 43 (2.66%) Senior Architect
16 39 (2.42%) Azure Engineer
16 39 (2.42%) Data Manager
16 39 (2.42%) Senior Developer
17 37 (2.29%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 147 (9.11%) REST
2 109 (6.75%) PySpark
3 104 (6.44%) Kafka
4 70 (4.34%) .NET
5 68 (4.21%) SOAP
6 61 (3.78%) React
7 59 (3.66%) JSON
8 55 (3.41%) Middleware
9 53 (3.28%) Lightning Web Components
10 50 (3.10%) CSS
10 50 (3.10%) Node.js
11 45 (2.79%) RESTful
12 44 (2.73%) XML
13 41 (2.54%) LangChain
14 38 (2.35%) PyTorch
14 38 (2.35%) scikit-learn
14 38 (2.35%) TensorFlow
15 35 (2.17%) HTML
16 31 (1.92%) Visualforce
17 29 (1.80%) Pandas
Miscellaneous
1 134 (8.30%) Cloud Native
2 129 (7.99%) Data Structures
3 99 (6.13%) Product Ownership
4 56 (3.47%) Distributed Systems
5 54 (3.35%) Management Information System
6 51 (3.16%) Onboarding
7 47 (2.91%) Self-Motivation
8 46 (2.85%) Legacy Systems
9 39 (2.42%) Greenfield Project
10 37 (2.29%) Low-Code
11 34 (2.11%) Analytical Mindset
11 34 (2.11%) Public Cloud
12 31 (1.92%) Reinsurance
13 24 (1.49%) Clustering
14 21 (1.30%) Social Media
15 20 (1.24%) Replication
16 18 (1.12%) AI Agents
17 15 (0.93%) Enterprise Software
18 14 (0.87%) FMCG
18 14 (0.87%) Taxonomies
Operating Systems
1 14 (0.87%) Windows
2 10 (0.62%) Linux
3 4 (0.25%) Unix
4 3 (0.19%) Android
4 3 (0.19%) Windows Server
5 1 (0.062%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 732 (45.35%) Analytics
2 539 (33.40%) Business Intelligence
3 504 (31.23%) Data Governance
4 474 (29.37%) ETL
5 467 (28.93%) Data Engineering
6 424 (26.27%) Data Pipeline
7 408 (25.28%) Agile
8 399 (24.72%) AI
9 387 (23.98%) CI/CD
10 384 (23.79%) Decision-Making
11 378 (23.42%) Problem-Solving
12 355 (22.00%) Data Architecture
13 313 (19.39%) DevOps
14 241 (14.93%) Mentoring
15 237 (14.68%) Machine Learning
16 208 (12.89%) Continuous Improvement
17 197 (12.21%) Roadmaps
18 187 (11.59%) Data Strategy
19 172 (10.66%) Data Integration
20 168 (10.41%) Data Science
Programming Languages
1 845 (52.35%) SQL
2 701 (43.43%) Python
3 129 (7.99%) Java
4 94 (5.82%) Data Analysis Expressions
5 91 (5.64%) JavaScript
6 73 (4.52%) TypeScript
7 68 (4.21%) C#
8 51 (3.16%) Scala
9 50 (3.10%) Apex Code
10 41 (2.54%) T-SQL
11 31 (1.92%) R
12 30 (1.86%) PowerShell
13 18 (1.12%) Bash
13 18 (1.12%) SOQL
13 18 (1.12%) SOSL
14 16 (0.99%) PL/SQL
15 10 (0.62%) C++
15 10 (0.62%) VBA
16 9 (0.56%) Perl
17 8 (0.50%) VB
Qualifications
1 193 (11.96%) Degree
2 168 (10.41%) Security Cleared
3 110 (6.82%) SC Cleared
4 77 (4.77%) Computer Science Degree
5 53 (3.28%) Azure Certification
6 35 (2.17%) AWS Certification
7 34 (2.11%) Microsoft Certification
8 32 (1.98%) Master's Degree
9 29 (1.80%) DBS Check
10 26 (1.61%) DV Cleared
11 18 (1.12%) TOGAF Certification
12 15 (0.93%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
13 12 (0.74%) ACCA
13 12 (0.74%) CIMA
14 8 (0.50%) PMI Certification
15 7 (0.43%) BPSS Clearance
15 7 (0.43%) PMP
15 7 (0.43%) SAP Certification
16 4 (0.25%) CCA
16 4 (0.25%) IIBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 532 (32.96%) Data Quality
2 104 (6.44%) GDPR
3 53 (3.28%) QA
4 47 (2.91%) Accessibility
5 25 (1.55%) California Consumer Privacy Act
6 14 (0.87%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 9 (0.56%) SLA
8 7 (0.43%) Solvency II
9 6 (0.37%) Actionable Recommendations
9 6 (0.37%) GRC
10 5 (0.31%) IFRS
10 5 (0.31%) IFRS 17
10 5 (0.31%) MiFID
11 4 (0.25%) PMO
12 3 (0.19%) PERC
13 2 (0.12%) HL7
13 2 (0.12%) WCAG
14 1 (0.062%) NIST
14 1 (0.062%) PCI DSS
14 1 (0.062%) SNOMED CT
System Software
1 77 (4.77%) Docker
2 12 (0.74%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.062%) Apache Flume
Systems Management
1 88 (5.45%) Terraform
2 64 (3.97%) Kubernetes
3 12 (0.74%) Grafana
4 10 (0.62%) Single Sign-On
5 8 (0.50%) Prometheus
6 7 (0.43%) Control-M
7 4 (0.25%) Ansible
8 3 (0.19%) Kibana
8 3 (0.19%) Packer
9 1 (0.062%) QRadar
9 1 (0.062%) RSA Archer
9 1 (0.062%) SCCM
Vendors
1 331 (20.51%) Databricks
2 320 (19.83%) Microsoft
3 111 (6.88%) Salesforce
4 101 (6.26%) Oracle
5 87 (5.39%) SAP
6 49 (3.04%) Google
7 45 (2.79%) Informatica
8 32 (1.98%) Palantir
9 31 (1.92%) Foundry
10 27 (1.67%) Cloudera
11 24 (1.49%) OpenAI
11 24 (1.49%) Talend
12 23 (1.43%) Dell
13 20 (1.24%) MuleSoft
13 20 (1.24%) ServiceNow
14 14 (0.87%) Sparx
15 11 (0.68%) IBM
16 10 (0.62%) Automation Anywhere
16 10 (0.62%) UiPath
16 10 (0.62%) Workday