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

6 months to
10 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 117 129 120
Rank change year-on-year +12 -9 -9
Permanent jobs citing Data Modelling 1,737 1,237 1,792
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 1.64% 2.48% 2.16%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.23% 2.77% 2.66%
Number of salaries quoted 1,150 641 1,106
10th Percentile £43,750 £45,000 £41,250
25th Percentile £52,500 £53,750 £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 £62,500 £62,500
% change year-on-year - - +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 77,887 44,584 67,368
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 73.57% 89.31% 81.13%
Number of salaries quoted 53,644 25,395 43,808
10th Percentile £30,750 £28,500 £31,250
25th Percentile £41,250 £37,170 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% - -8.71%
75th Percentile £78,750 £75,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £97,500 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £48,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +14.58% -4.00% -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 10 August 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 10 August 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 +8 1,603 £69,973 +3.66% 1,116
UK excluding London -1 843 £62,500 - 577
London +14 736 £80,000 +6.67% 669
Work from Home +14 541 £65,000 -1.14% 470
North of England +81 327 £62,500 +4.17% 144
South East -52 186 £62,500 -3.85% 165
Midlands -3 148 £60,000 -5.51% 91
North West +57 147 £62,500 +6.84% 87
Yorkshire +18 112 £65,000 +1.96% 39
West Midlands +1 104 £60,900 +3.22% 70
South West -57 94 £63,750 -8.93% 72
North East -1 68 £55,000 +12.82% 19
East of England -16 54 £71,000 +18.33% 36
East Midlands -24 44 £59,000 -9.23% 21
Scotland -19 24 £70,000 +5.66% 42
Wales - 8 £64,750 - 12
Northern Ireland -69 2 £60,000 - 16

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
1 135 (7.77%) Apache Airflow
2 124 (7.14%) Apache Spark
3 83 (4.78%) Apache
4 30 (1.73%) SharePoint
5 16 (0.92%) Jupyter
5 16 (0.92%) SAS
6 12 (0.69%) Confluence
7 11 (0.63%) Palantir Foundry
8 7 (0.40%) CMS
9 5 (0.29%) Oracle SOA Suite
10 4 (0.23%) Luigi
10 4 (0.23%) WordPress
11 3 (0.17%) Apache Solr
11 3 (0.17%) ArcGIS
11 3 (0.17%) IIS
12 2 (0.12%) Camunda
12 2 (0.12%) CICS
12 2 (0.12%) Oracle Application Server
12 2 (0.12%) Tornado
13 1 (0.058%) Adobe Experience Manager
Applications
1 72 (4.15%) Microsoft Excel
2 12 (0.69%) Microsoft Office
3 9 (0.52%) Spreadsheet
4 5 (0.29%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 3 (0.17%) Blender
5 3 (0.17%) Maya
5 3 (0.17%) MS Visio
6 2 (0.12%) Chatbot
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 (2.19%) SAP S/4HANA
2 21 (1.21%) Dynamics CRM
3 20 (1.15%) SAP MDG
4 14 (0.81%) Oracle ERP
5 12 (0.69%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
6 10 (0.58%) Oracle EBS
7 8 (0.46%) SAP MDG-BP
8 6 (0.35%) NetSuite
8 6 (0.35%) Salesforce CRM
9 5 (0.29%) JDE EnterpriseOne
9 5 (0.29%) SAP ERP
9 5 (0.29%) SAP MDG-F
10 3 (0.17%) Oracle Payables
10 3 (0.17%) Oracle Receivables
11 2 (0.12%) FLEXCUBE
11 2 (0.12%) Infor M3
11 2 (0.12%) Misys Opics
11 2 (0.12%) Oracle Applications
11 2 (0.12%) SAP IBP
11 2 (0.12%) Unit4 Business World
Cloud Services
1 680 (39.15%) Azure
2 491 (28.27%) Power Platform
3 460 (26.48%) AWS
4 260 (14.97%) GCP
5 177 (10.19%) Azure Data Factory
6 176 (10.13%) Snowflake
7 145 (8.35%) dbt
8 130 (7.48%) Azure Synapse Analytics
9 103 (5.93%) Azure DevOps
10 93 (5.35%) Amazon S3
11 86 (4.95%) Serverless
12 64 (3.68%) SaaS
13 56 (3.22%) Power Automate
14 54 (3.11%) AWS Lambda
14 54 (3.11%) GitHub
14 54 (3.11%) Microsoft Purview
15 50 (2.88%) PowerApps
16 39 (2.25%) Dynamics 365
17 37 (2.13%) Amazon EMR
18 35 (2.01%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 44 (2.53%) Broadband
2 7 (0.40%) VPN
3 6 (0.35%) BGP
3 6 (0.35%) DNS
3 6 (0.35%) IPsec
4 4 (0.23%) Internet
4 4 (0.23%) NGN
5 3 (0.17%) LTE
5 3 (0.17%) Network Security
6 2 (0.12%) 4G
6 2 (0.12%) 5G
6 2 (0.12%) SMS
7 1 (0.058%) DMZ
7 1 (0.058%) Ethernet
7 1 (0.058%) IPv4
7 1 (0.058%) Modbus
7 1 (0.058%) OSPF
7 1 (0.058%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 458 (26.37%) Power BI
2 361 (20.78%) Data Warehouse
3 225 (12.95%) Data Lake
4 221 (12.72%) Metadata
5 138 (7.94%) Tableau
6 128 (7.37%) SQL Server
7 111 (6.39%) Relational Database
8 99 (5.70%) BigQuery
9 98 (5.64%) Amazon Redshift
10 87 (5.01%) PostgreSQL
11 80 (4.61%) Big Data
12 77 (4.43%) Star Schema
13 69 (3.97%) Semantic Layer
14 68 (3.91%) NoSQL
15 64 (3.68%) Delta Lake
16 57 (3.28%) Looker
17 56 (3.22%) Data Vault
18 54 (3.11%) Power Query
19 53 (3.05%) MySQL
19 53 (3.05%) Snowflake Schema
Development Applications
1 125 (7.20%) Git
2 41 (2.36%) Jenkins
3 35 (2.01%) JIRA
4 33 (1.90%) MLflow
5 30 (1.73%) Claude Code
6 21 (1.21%) GitLab
7 11 (0.63%) ERwin
8 6 (0.35%) Toad
9 4 (0.23%) Ant
9 4 (0.23%) Oracle APEX
9 4 (0.23%) Postman
10 3 (0.17%) Bitbucket
10 3 (0.17%) Eclipse
10 3 (0.17%) ER Studio
10 3 (0.17%) IntelliJ
10 3 (0.17%) Visual Studio Code
11 2 (0.12%) Apache Ivy
11 2 (0.12%) Jasmine
11 2 (0.12%) Karma Test Runner
11 2 (0.12%) YouTrack
General
1 574 (33.05%) Social Skills
2 554 (31.89%) Finance
3 468 (26.94%) Analytical Skills
4 140 (8.06%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 127 (7.31%) Public Sector
6 81 (4.66%) Law
7 80 (4.61%) Marketing
8 77 (4.43%) Retail
9 59 (3.40%) Manufacturing
10 57 (3.28%) Legal
11 55 (3.17%) Influencing Skills
12 42 (2.42%) Banking
13 30 (1.73%) Financial Institution
14 22 (1.27%) Billing
14 22 (1.27%) Pharmaceutical
15 21 (1.21%) Documentation Skills
15 21 (1.21%) Presentation Skills
16 17 (0.98%) Front Office
17 16 (0.92%) Advertising
17 16 (0.92%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 425 (24.47%) Data Engineer
2 404 (23.26%) Architect
3 366 (21.07%) Senior
4 293 (16.87%) Data Architect
5 191 (11.00%) Developer
6 184 (10.59%) Analyst
7 177 (10.19%) Lead
8 104 (5.99%) Senior Data Engineer
9 88 (5.07%) Data Analyst
10 78 (4.49%) Consultant
11 59 (3.40%) Senior Architect
12 54 (3.11%) Data Modeller
13 51 (2.94%) Business Analyst
13 51 (2.94%) Business Intelligence Developer
14 46 (2.65%) Senior Data Architect
15 43 (2.48%) Senior Developer
16 42 (2.42%) Solutions Architect
17 39 (2.25%) Senior Analyst
18 38 (2.19%) Data Consultant
19 35 (2.01%) Data Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 133 (7.66%) PySpark
2 122 (7.02%) REST
3 118 (6.79%) Kafka
4 66 (3.80%) Node.js
5 65 (3.74%) React
6 58 (3.34%) .NET
7 53 (3.05%) Lightning Web Components
7 53 (3.05%) SOAP
8 51 (2.94%) JSON
8 51 (2.94%) Middleware
9 42 (2.42%) LangChain
10 38 (2.19%) XML
11 35 (2.01%) CSS
12 31 (1.78%) AngularJS
13 29 (1.67%) PyTorch
13 29 (1.67%) TensorFlow
14 28 (1.61%) RESTful
15 26 (1.50%) pgvector
15 26 (1.50%) scikit-learn
16 25 (1.44%) Visualforce
Miscellaneous
1 176 (10.13%) Cloud Native
2 127 (7.31%) Data Structures
3 88 (5.07%) Product Ownership
4 74 (4.26%) Onboarding
5 59 (3.40%) Distributed Systems
6 41 (2.36%) Management Information System
7 39 (2.25%) Greenfield Project
8 36 (2.07%) Analytical Mindset
9 32 (1.84%) Public Cloud
10 30 (1.73%) Clustering
10 30 (1.73%) Self-Motivation
11 27 (1.55%) AI Agents
12 26 (1.50%) Distributed Computing
12 26 (1.50%) Legacy Systems
13 24 (1.38%) Social Media
14 23 (1.32%) Low-Code
15 19 (1.09%) Mobile App
15 19 (1.09%) Reinsurance
15 19 (1.09%) Replication
16 17 (0.98%) Enterprise Software
Operating Systems
1 24 (1.38%) Linux
2 19 (1.09%) Windows
3 3 (0.17%) Windows Server
4 2 (0.12%) Solaris
5 1 (0.058%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 834 (48.01%) Analytics
2 611 (35.18%) Business Intelligence
3 573 (32.99%) AI
4 548 (31.55%) Data Governance
5 492 (28.32%) Data Engineering
5 492 (28.32%) ETL
6 476 (27.40%) Data Pipeline
7 443 (25.50%) Decision-Making
8 425 (24.47%) Data Architecture
9 420 (24.18%) Agile
10 400 (23.03%) CI/CD
11 385 (22.16%) Problem-Solving
12 305 (17.56%) Roadmaps
13 289 (16.64%) DevOps
13 289 (16.64%) Machine Learning
14 274 (15.77%) Data Strategy
15 270 (15.54%) Mentoring
16 238 (13.70%) Continuous Improvement
17 211 (12.15%) Stakeholder Management
18 204 (11.74%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 902 (51.93%) SQL
2 723 (41.62%) Python
3 111 (6.39%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 107 (6.16%) Java
5 80 (4.61%) TypeScript
6 79 (4.55%) C#
7 71 (4.09%) Scala
8 67 (3.86%) JavaScript
9 47 (2.71%) Apex Code
10 38 (2.19%) T-SQL
11 29 (1.67%) R
12 19 (1.09%) PowerShell
13 18 (1.04%) Bicep
13 18 (1.04%) PL/SQL
14 17 (0.98%) SOQL
14 17 (0.98%) SOSL
15 11 (0.63%) C++
15 11 (0.63%) Kusto Query Language
16 10 (0.58%) Bash
17 8 (0.46%) Go
Qualifications
1 220 (12.67%) Security Cleared
2 189 (10.88%) Degree
3 135 (7.77%) SC Cleared
4 71 (4.09%) Computer Science Degree
5 62 (3.57%) Azure Certification
6 46 (2.65%) DV Cleared
7 32 (1.84%) Microsoft Certification
8 31 (1.78%) AWS Certification
9 28 (1.61%) Master's Degree
10 24 (1.38%) BPSS Clearance
11 23 (1.32%) DBS Check
12 16 (0.92%) TOGAF Certification
13 15 (0.86%) SnowPro
14 9 (0.52%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
14 9 (0.52%) CIPD
15 8 (0.46%) SAP Certification
16 6 (0.35%) IIBA
17 5 (0.29%) PMI Certification
18 4 (0.23%) CBAP
18 4 (0.23%) Tableau Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 594 (34.20%) Data Quality
2 127 (7.31%) GDPR
3 65 (3.74%) Accessibility
4 57 (3.28%) QA
5 29 (1.67%) California Consumer Privacy Act
6 7 (0.40%) PMO
6 7 (0.40%) Solvency II
7 5 (0.29%) GRC
7 5 (0.29%) IFRS
7 5 (0.29%) IFRS 17
8 4 (0.23%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 4 (0.23%) MiFID
8 4 (0.23%) PERC
9 3 (0.17%) SLA
9 3 (0.17%) UCITS
10 2 (0.12%) Actionable Recommendations
10 2 (0.12%) HL7
10 2 (0.12%) SOC 2
11 1 (0.058%) HIPAA
11 1 (0.058%) SNOMED CT
System Software
1 90 (5.18%) Docker
2 7 (0.40%) Active Directory
3 4 (0.23%) NDS
4 1 (0.058%) Apache Flume
Systems Management
1 110 (6.33%) Terraform
2 58 (3.34%) Kubernetes
3 17 (0.98%) Ansible
4 8 (0.46%) Packer
5 6 (0.35%) Hadoop YARN
6 4 (0.23%) Grafana
6 4 (0.23%) Prometheus
7 3 (0.17%) Kibana
8 2 (0.12%) Argo
8 2 (0.12%) Progress Chef
8 2 (0.12%) Puppet
9 1 (0.058%) QRadar
9 1 (0.058%) RSA Archer
9 1 (0.058%) SCCM
Vendors
1 367 (21.13%) Microsoft
2 359 (20.67%) Databricks
3 114 (6.56%) Oracle
4 106 (6.10%) SAP
5 104 (5.99%) Salesforce
6 59 (3.40%) Google
7 26 (1.50%) Cloudera
7 26 (1.50%) Informatica
8 23 (1.32%) Dell
9 20 (1.15%) Palantir
10 17 (0.98%) ServiceNow
11 16 (0.92%) Foundry
11 16 (0.92%) Talend
12 13 (0.75%) IBM
13 12 (0.69%) MuleSoft
13 12 (0.69%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
14 11 (0.63%) OpenAI
15 10 (0.58%) Bloomberg
16 9 (0.52%) HubSpot
17 8 (0.46%) SYSPRO