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

6 months to
2 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 118 134 113
Rank change year-on-year +16 -21 -2
Permanent jobs citing Data Modelling 1,846 1,183 1,674
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 1.56% 2.39% 2.23%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.14% 2.68% 2.73%
Number of salaries quoted 1,187 631 894
10th Percentile £44,750 £45,000 £41,250
25th Percentile £53,500 £56,250 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £68,000 £67,500
Median % change year-on-year +2.94% +0.74% -
75th Percentile £87,500 £85,000 £85,000
90th Percentile £107,500 £105,250 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £63,500 £63,500 £62,500
% change year-on-year - +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 86,437 44,202 61,341
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 73.18% 89.12% 81.82%
Number of salaries quoted 59,483 24,460 33,440
10th Percentile £31,250 £28,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £41,500 £36,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £58,465
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% -5.93% -2.56%
75th Percentile £78,750 £75,000 £77,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £96,250 £96,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £47,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year +15.79% -9.52% -2.78%

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 2 October 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 2 October 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 +16 1,697 £70,000 +2.94% 2,679
UK excluding London +5 916 £63,500 - 1,373
London 0 778 £82,500 +6.45% 1,564
Work from Home +33 582 £68,724 +2.57% 1,162
North of England +75 353 £65,000 - 315
South East -59 199 £62,500 -3.85% 388
Midlands +1 171 £62,500 -1.57% 203
North West +66 164 £62,750 +4.58% 194
West Midlands +7 125 £62,500 +5.04% 138
South West -15 110 £69,986 +8.76% 144
Yorkshire +11 107 £68,510 +1.50% 86
North East +3 82 £65,000 +31.98% 36
East Midlands -40 46 £55,000 -15.38% 65
East of England -39 44 £63,750 +6.25% 111
Wales -53 23 £63,500 - 25
Scotland -19 22 £70,000 +14.29% 138
Northern Ireland -85 2 £60,000 - 62

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
1 107 (5.80%) Apache Spark
2 97 (5.25%) Apache Airflow
3 87 (4.71%) Apache
4 33 (1.79%) SharePoint
5 25 (1.35%) Confluence
6 20 (1.08%) Jupyter
7 12 (0.65%) Palantir Foundry
8 11 (0.60%) SAS
9 7 (0.38%) Oracle SOA Suite
10 5 (0.27%) IIS
11 4 (0.22%) CMS
11 4 (0.22%) Luigi
11 4 (0.22%) WordPress
12 3 (0.16%) Apache Solr
12 3 (0.16%) ArcGIS
13 2 (0.11%) Tornado
13 2 (0.11%) WebLogic
13 2 (0.11%) WebLogic Portal
14 1 (0.054%) Adobe Experience Manager
14 1 (0.054%) Apache Superset
Applications
1 88 (4.77%) Microsoft Excel
2 12 (0.65%) Spreadsheet
3 11 (0.60%) Microsoft Office
4 8 (0.43%) MS Visio
5 4 (0.22%) Notion
6 3 (0.16%) Blender
6 3 (0.16%) Chatbot
6 3 (0.16%) Maya
6 3 (0.16%) Microsoft PowerPoint
7 2 (0.11%) Microsoft Project
7 2 (0.11%) PTC Creo
7 2 (0.11%) Windchill
8 1 (0.054%) FrameMaker
8 1 (0.054%) ProjectWise
Business Applications
1 43 (2.33%) Dynamics CRM
2 30 (1.63%) SAP S/4HANA
3 18 (0.98%) SAP MDG
4 12 (0.65%) Oracle EBS
4 12 (0.65%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
5 10 (0.54%) Oracle ERP
6 8 (0.43%) Salesforce CRM
6 8 (0.43%) SAP MDG-BP
7 6 (0.33%) NetSuite
7 6 (0.33%) SAP ERP
8 5 (0.27%) Dynamics NAV
8 5 (0.27%) JDE EnterpriseOne
8 5 (0.27%) SAP BPC
9 4 (0.22%) Oracle Applications
9 4 (0.22%) SAP MDG-F
10 3 (0.16%) Oracle Payables
10 3 (0.16%) Oracle Receivables
11 2 (0.11%) Oracle EBS R12
11 2 (0.11%) SAP IBP
12 1 (0.054%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 713 (38.62%) Azure
2 538 (29.14%) Power Platform
3 443 (24.00%) AWS
4 241 (13.06%) GCP
5 200 (10.83%) Azure Data Factory
6 171 (9.26%) Snowflake
7 147 (7.96%) Azure DevOps
8 131 (7.10%) dbt
9 127 (6.88%) Azure Synapse Analytics
10 105 (5.69%) Serverless
11 98 (5.31%) Amazon S3
12 86 (4.66%) SaaS
13 80 (4.33%) Azure Databricks
14 71 (3.85%) Power Automate
15 69 (3.74%) GitHub
16 59 (3.20%) AWS Lambda
16 59 (3.20%) Microsoft Purview
17 58 (3.14%) PowerApps
18 57 (3.09%) Dynamics 365
19 41 (2.22%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 29 (1.57%) Broadband
2 15 (0.81%) VPN
3 9 (0.49%) DMZ
3 9 (0.49%) Ethernet
3 9 (0.49%) IPv4
3 9 (0.49%) Modbus
3 9 (0.49%) OSPF
3 9 (0.49%) VLAN
4 6 (0.33%) BGP
4 6 (0.33%) DNS
4 6 (0.33%) IPsec
4 6 (0.33%) SMS
5 4 (0.22%) Internet
6 3 (0.16%) LTE
7 2 (0.11%) HTTP
7 2 (0.11%) Network Security
8 1 (0.054%) 4G
8 1 (0.054%) 5G
8 1 (0.054%) NGN
8 1 (0.054%) X.509
Database & Business Intelligence
1 497 (26.92%) Power BI
2 374 (20.26%) Data Warehouse
3 263 (14.25%) Metadata
4 211 (11.43%) Data Lake
5 142 (7.69%) SQL Server
6 121 (6.55%) Tableau
7 113 (6.12%) Relational Database
8 93 (5.04%) Star Schema
9 92 (4.98%) Semantic Layer
10 86 (4.66%) PostgreSQL
11 82 (4.44%) Big Data
12 80 (4.33%) NoSQL
13 79 (4.28%) BigQuery
13 79 (4.28%) Delta Lake
14 78 (4.23%) Azure SQL Database
15 74 (4.01%) Amazon Redshift
16 64 (3.47%) Power Query
17 58 (3.14%) Data Vault
18 51 (2.76%) SQL Server Integration Services
19 49 (2.65%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 176 (9.53%) Git
2 49 (2.65%) Jenkins
3 48 (2.60%) JIRA
4 43 (2.33%) Claude Code
5 32 (1.73%) GitLab
6 10 (0.54%) MLflow
7 8 (0.43%) ERwin
8 6 (0.33%) Ant
9 5 (0.27%) Toad
10 4 (0.22%) ER Studio
10 4 (0.22%) Maven
10 4 (0.22%) Octopus Deploy
10 4 (0.22%) Oracle APEX
10 4 (0.22%) Visual Studio Code
11 3 (0.16%) Bitbucket
11 3 (0.16%) Flyway
12 2 (0.11%) Apache Ivy
12 2 (0.11%) Gradle
12 2 (0.11%) IBM UrbanCode
12 2 (0.11%) Karma Test Runner
General
1 639 (34.62%) Social Skills
2 572 (30.99%) Finance
3 479 (25.95%) Analytical Skills
4 158 (8.56%) Public Sector
5 156 (8.45%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 97 (5.25%) Marketing
7 85 (4.60%) Retail
8 74 (4.01%) Law
8 74 (4.01%) Legal
9 71 (3.85%) Manufacturing
10 55 (2.98%) Influencing Skills
11 46 (2.49%) Banking
12 34 (1.84%) Pharmaceutical
13 32 (1.73%) Billing
14 29 (1.57%) Presentation Skills
15 17 (0.92%) Documentation Skills
16 16 (0.87%) Financial Institution
17 15 (0.81%) Local Government
18 14 (0.76%) Advertising
18 14 (0.76%) Front Office
Job Titles
1 460 (24.92%) Data Engineer
2 423 (22.91%) Architect
3 403 (21.83%) Senior
4 312 (16.90%) Data Architect
5 213 (11.54%) Analyst
6 193 (10.46%) Lead
7 189 (10.24%) Developer
8 119 (6.45%) Senior Data Engineer
9 106 (5.74%) Data Analyst
10 71 (3.85%) Consultant
11 69 (3.74%) Senior Architect
12 57 (3.09%) Senior Data Architect
13 52 (2.82%) Business Analyst
14 48 (2.60%) Principal Engineer
15 47 (2.55%) Data Modeller
15 47 (2.55%) Software Engineer
15 47 (2.55%) Solutions Architect
16 45 (2.44%) Senior Analyst
17 44 (2.38%) Senior Developer
18 43 (2.33%) Business Intelligence Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 165 (8.94%) PySpark
2 128 (6.93%) REST
3 112 (6.07%) Terraform
4 92 (4.98%) Kafka
5 68 (3.68%) Node.js
5 68 (3.68%) React
6 60 (3.25%) .NET
7 52 (2.82%) Middleware
8 47 (2.55%) SOAP
9 45 (2.44%) JSON
10 43 (2.33%) Lightning Web Components
11 35 (1.90%) CSS
12 34 (1.84%) AngularJS
13 31 (1.68%) XML
14 27 (1.46%) RESTful
15 22 (1.19%) Oracle Fusion
15 22 (1.19%) Spring
16 21 (1.14%) Pandas
16 21 (1.14%) Vue
17 20 (1.08%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 167 (9.05%) Cloud Native
2 119 (6.45%) Data Structures
3 104 (5.63%) Product Ownership
4 84 (4.55%) Onboarding
5 72 (3.90%) Distributed Systems
6 58 (3.14%) Management Information System
7 42 (2.28%) AI Agents
8 39 (2.11%) Enterprise Software
9 36 (1.95%) Greenfield Project
10 33 (1.79%) Legacy Systems
11 32 (1.73%) Analytical Mindset
12 30 (1.63%) Self-Motivation
13 27 (1.46%) Distributed Computing
14 23 (1.25%) Taxonomies
15 21 (1.14%) Reinsurance
16 20 (1.08%) Marketing Technology
17 19 (1.03%) Reference Data
18 18 (0.98%) Replication
19 16 (0.87%) Mobile App
19 16 (0.87%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 28 (1.52%) Windows
2 25 (1.35%) Linux
3 4 (0.22%) Windows Server
4 3 (0.16%) Unix
5 2 (0.11%) Solaris
6 1 (0.054%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 841 (45.56%) Analytics
2 669 (36.24%) Business Intelligence
3 637 (34.51%) AI
4 527 (28.55%) Data Governance
5 514 (27.84%) Data Engineering
6 510 (27.63%) Data Pipeline
7 499 (27.03%) ETL
8 481 (26.06%) Agile
9 473 (25.62%) CI/CD
10 472 (25.57%) Data Architecture
11 463 (25.08%) Decision-Making
12 411 (22.26%) Problem-Solving
13 347 (18.80%) Roadmaps
14 344 (18.63%) DevOps
15 320 (17.33%) Mentoring
16 293 (15.87%) Stakeholder Management
17 286 (15.49%) Data Strategy
18 283 (15.33%) Technical Leadership
19 264 (14.30%) Continuous Improvement
20 247 (13.38%) Lakehouse
Programming Languages
1 965 (52.28%) SQL
2 705 (38.19%) Python
3 126 (6.83%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 103 (5.58%) Java
5 102 (5.53%) C#
6 91 (4.93%) TypeScript
7 83 (4.50%) Scala
8 75 (4.06%) JavaScript
9 41 (2.22%) Apex Code
10 31 (1.68%) T-SQL
11 26 (1.41%) PowerShell
11 26 (1.41%) R
12 23 (1.25%) Bicep
13 17 (0.92%) SOQL
14 15 (0.81%) SOSL
15 14 (0.76%) PL/SQL
16 12 (0.65%) Kusto Query Language
17 10 (0.54%) Bash
18 8 (0.43%) Kotlin
18 8 (0.43%) SPARQL
Qualifications
1 256 (13.87%) Security Cleared
2 206 (11.16%) Degree
3 169 (9.15%) SC Cleared
4 80 (4.33%) Computer Science Degree
5 68 (3.68%) Azure Certification
6 52 (2.82%) Microsoft Certification
7 48 (2.60%) DV Cleared
8 32 (1.73%) BPSS Clearance
8 32 (1.73%) Master's Degree
9 29 (1.57%) AWS Certification
10 27 (1.46%) DBS Check
11 18 (0.98%) SnowPro
12 14 (0.76%) TOGAF Certification
13 10 (0.54%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
13 10 (0.54%) CIPD
14 8 (0.43%) ACCA
15 7 (0.38%) CSPO
16 6 (0.33%) CIMA
16 6 (0.33%) PMI Certification
16 6 (0.33%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 693 (37.54%) Data Quality
2 126 (6.83%) GDPR
3 92 (4.98%) Accessibility
4 65 (3.52%) QA
5 14 (0.76%) California Consumer Privacy Act
6 9 (0.49%) WCAG
7 8 (0.43%) PMO
8 5 (0.27%) IFRS
9 4 (0.22%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 4 (0.22%) MiFID
9 4 (0.22%) Solvency II
10 3 (0.16%) Actionable Recommendations
10 3 (0.16%) COPPA
10 3 (0.16%) IFRS 17
10 3 (0.16%) ISO 20022
10 3 (0.16%) SLA
10 3 (0.16%) SOC 2
10 3 (0.16%) UCITS
11 2 (0.11%) GRC
12 1 (0.054%) NIST
System Software
1 104 (5.63%) Docker
2 17 (0.92%) Active Directory
3 7 (0.38%) NDS
4 2 (0.11%) Hyper-V
4 2 (0.11%) NFS
4 2 (0.11%) Virtual Machines
4 2 (0.11%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 70 (3.79%) Kubernetes
2 19 (1.03%) Ansible
3 8 (0.43%) Packer
4 6 (0.33%) Hadoop YARN
5 4 (0.22%) Argo
6 3 (0.16%) Grafana
6 3 (0.16%) Kibana
6 3 (0.16%) Prometheus
7 2 (0.11%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
7 2 (0.11%) Oracle RMAN
7 2 (0.11%) Progress Chef
7 2 (0.11%) Puppet
7 2 (0.11%) SQL Sentry
7 2 (0.11%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
8 1 (0.054%) Consul
8 1 (0.054%) Failover Clustering
8 1 (0.054%) QRadar
Vendors
1 461 (24.97%) Microsoft
2 335 (18.15%) Databricks
3 110 (5.96%) Oracle
4 108 (5.85%) Salesforce
5 107 (5.80%) SAP
6 69 (3.74%) Google
7 33 (1.79%) Informatica
8 21 (1.14%) Talend
9 19 (1.03%) Foundry
9 19 (1.03%) ServiceNow
10 16 (0.87%) Palantir
11 15 (0.81%) OpenAI
12 14 (0.76%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
13 11 (0.60%) Bloomberg
14 10 (0.54%) CyberArk
14 10 (0.54%) ForgeRock
14 10 (0.54%) IBM
14 10 (0.54%) Okta
14 10 (0.54%) OpenText
15 9 (0.49%) Workday