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

6 months to
8 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 106 108 103
Rank change year-on-year +2 -5 +7
Permanent jobs citing Data Modelling 1,505 1,076 2,387
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 1.82% 2.63% 2.62%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.39% 2.83% 3.04%
Number of salaries quoted 925 572 1,533
10th Percentile £42,500 £41,250 £41,250
25th Percentile £53,750 £52,500 £50,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £64,750 £67,500
Median % change year-on-year +8.11% -4.07% +1.12%
75th Percentile £87,500 £80,000 £87,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £102,410 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £63,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +5.83% - +4.62%

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 63,052 38,055 78,562
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 76.14% 93.05% 86.27%
Number of salaries quoted 38,936 22,478 58,228
10th Percentile £30,000 £31,250 £29,237
25th Percentile £40,000 £43,125 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £56,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -6.67% +9.09% -10.57%
75th Percentile £77,500 £80,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £97,500 £102,500 £92,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £54,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -7.41% +8.00% -7.94%

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 8 April 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 8 April 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 +6 1,304 £70,000 +7.69% 796
UK excluding London -23 729 £63,500 +5.83% 585
London +53 634 £77,500 +3.33% 335
Work from Home +27 561 £67,500 +4.25% 367
North of England 0 198 £70,466 +34.22% 151
South East -31 184 £60,000 -7.69% 200
Midlands -19 138 £60,000 - 102
West Midlands +9 107 £60,000 +4.35% 58
Yorkshire +14 101 £72,500 +26.09% 55
Scotland 0 82 £78,750 +25.00% 24
North West -35 79 £70,000 +33.33% 76
East of England -9 59 £65,000 - 55
South West -71 54 £55,100 +0.18% 47
East Midlands -54 29 £49,500 -23.55% 44
North East -16 18 £55,000 -1.08% 24
Wales -20 8 £67,586 +80.23% 13
Northern Ireland -33 6 £40,500 - 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
1 130 (8.64%) Apache Airflow
2 84 (5.58%) Apache Spark
3 55 (3.65%) Apache
4 27 (1.79%) SharePoint
5 21 (1.40%) Confluence
5 21 (1.40%) Palantir Foundry
6 17 (1.13%) SAS
7 15 (1.00%) Appian
8 10 (0.66%) CMS
9 8 (0.53%) Microsoft Exchange
10 4 (0.27%) Camunda
10 4 (0.27%) Oracle Workflow
11 3 (0.20%) Apache Superset
11 3 (0.20%) IIS
11 3 (0.20%) Oracle Application Server
12 2 (0.13%) CICS
12 2 (0.13%) Jupyter
12 2 (0.13%) Mendix
13 1 (0.066%) Apache Synapse
13 1 (0.066%) OpenStack
Applications
1 80 (5.32%) Microsoft Excel
2 18 (1.20%) Microsoft Office
3 11 (0.73%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 6 (0.40%) Chatbot
5 4 (0.27%) MS Visio
6 3 (0.20%) Sketch
7 2 (0.13%) Windchill
8 1 (0.066%) Microsoft Project
8 1 (0.066%) Notion
8 1 (0.066%) Siemens NX
8 1 (0.066%) Spreadsheet
8 1 (0.066%) SPSS
Business Applications
1 20 (1.33%) SAP S/4HANA
2 14 (0.93%) Dynamics CRM
3 13 (0.86%) NetSuite
4 8 (0.53%) Workday HCM
5 6 (0.40%) Salesforce CRM
6 5 (0.33%) Oracle ERP
7 4 (0.27%) Markit EDM
7 4 (0.27%) SAP MDG
8 3 (0.20%) FLEXCUBE
8 3 (0.20%) Misys Opics
9 2 (0.13%) Aladdin
9 2 (0.13%) Infor M3
9 2 (0.13%) Teamcenter
9 2 (0.13%) Unit4 Business World
10 1 (0.066%) FIS Private Capital Suite
10 1 (0.066%) Integrated Workplace Management System
10 1 (0.066%) SAP MDG-BP
10 1 (0.066%) SAP MDG-F
10 1 (0.066%) SAP MDG-M
10 1 (0.066%) SAP MDG-S
Cloud Services
1 725 (48.17%) Azure
2 432 (28.70%) Power Platform
3 337 (22.39%) AWS
4 211 (14.02%) Azure Data Factory
5 205 (13.62%) Snowflake
6 202 (13.42%) GCP
7 171 (11.36%) Azure Synapse Analytics
8 149 (9.90%) dbt
9 134 (8.90%) Azure DevOps
10 84 (5.58%) Serverless
11 76 (5.05%) GitHub
12 66 (4.39%) Amazon S3
13 55 (3.65%) Power Automate
14 50 (3.32%) SaaS
15 43 (2.86%) AWS Lambda
16 41 (2.72%) Salesforce Service Cloud
17 40 (2.66%) PowerApps
18 37 (2.46%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
19 36 (2.39%) GitHub Copilot
20 34 (2.26%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 16 (1.06%) Broadband
2 4 (0.27%) HTTP
3 3 (0.20%) NGN
3 3 (0.20%) Remote Desktop
3 3 (0.20%) VPN
4 2 (0.13%) Tactical Data Link
5 1 (0.066%) 4G
5 1 (0.066%) 5G
5 1 (0.066%) ADSL
5 1 (0.066%) CTI
5 1 (0.066%) DHCP
5 1 (0.066%) DNS
5 1 (0.066%) Internet
5 1 (0.066%) Modbus
5 1 (0.066%) MQTT
5 1 (0.066%) Network Security
5 1 (0.066%) Radio Access Network
5 1 (0.066%) SMS
5 1 (0.066%) TCAP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 396 (26.31%) Power BI
2 383 (25.45%) Data Warehouse
3 198 (13.16%) Data Lake
4 191 (12.69%) Metadata
5 126 (8.37%) SQL Server
6 114 (7.57%) Tableau
7 93 (6.18%) Relational Database
8 89 (5.91%) Amazon Redshift
9 71 (4.72%) BigQuery
10 68 (4.52%) Azure SQL Database
11 67 (4.45%) PostgreSQL
12 58 (3.85%) NoSQL
12 58 (3.85%) SQL Server Integration Services
13 57 (3.79%) Power Query
14 51 (3.39%) Snowflake Schema
15 46 (3.06%) MySQL
15 46 (3.06%) SQL Server Reporting Services
16 43 (2.86%) Looker
17 32 (2.13%) Big Data
18 31 (2.06%) Delta Lake
Development Applications
1 102 (6.78%) Git
2 56 (3.72%) JIRA
3 40 (2.66%) MLflow
4 20 (1.33%) Postman
5 19 (1.26%) ERwin
6 15 (1.00%) Jenkins
7 10 (0.66%) GitLab
8 7 (0.47%) ER Studio
9 6 (0.40%) Claude Code
9 6 (0.40%) JUnit
10 4 (0.27%) PowerDesigner
11 3 (0.20%) Eclipse
11 3 (0.20%) git-flow
11 3 (0.20%) Gradle
11 3 (0.20%) IntelliJ
11 3 (0.20%) Maven
11 3 (0.20%) NUnit
11 3 (0.20%) Selenium
11 3 (0.20%) SonarQube
11 3 (0.20%) Visual Studio
General
1 521 (34.62%) Social Skills
2 499 (33.16%) Finance
3 421 (27.97%) Analytical Skills
4 117 (7.77%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 109 (7.24%) Public Sector
6 77 (5.12%) Marketing
7 71 (4.72%) Law
8 60 (3.99%) Banking
9 55 (3.65%) Financial Institution
10 42 (2.79%) Influencing Skills
11 35 (2.33%) Retail
12 32 (2.13%) Organisational Skills
13 29 (1.93%) Manufacturing
14 28 (1.86%) Documentation Skills
15 24 (1.59%) Legal
16 22 (1.46%) Retail Banking
17 21 (1.40%) Advertising
18 19 (1.26%) Telecoms
19 15 (1.00%) Presentation Skills
20 12 (0.80%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 341 (22.66%) Architect
2 333 (22.13%) Data Engineer
3 299 (19.87%) Senior
4 228 (15.15%) Data Architect
5 206 (13.69%) Analyst
6 168 (11.16%) Developer
7 148 (9.83%) Lead
8 118 (7.84%) Data Analyst
9 95 (6.31%) Senior Data Engineer
10 65 (4.32%) Consultant
11 52 (3.46%) Business Intelligence Developer
12 49 (3.26%) Lead Data Engineer
13 48 (3.19%) Business Analyst
14 44 (2.92%) Senior Analyst
15 42 (2.79%) Azure Engineer
16 40 (2.66%) Business Intelligence Analyst
17 37 (2.46%) Senior Architect
18 34 (2.26%) Data Modeller
19 33 (2.19%) Data Manager
20 32 (2.13%) Senior Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 130 (8.64%) REST
2 102 (6.78%) Kafka
3 83 (5.51%) PySpark
4 68 (4.52%) SOAP
5 55 (3.65%) Lightning Web Components
6 53 (3.52%) .NET
7 52 (3.46%) RESTful
8 51 (3.39%) JSON
9 44 (2.92%) Middleware
10 43 (2.86%) PyTorch
10 43 (2.86%) TensorFlow
11 41 (2.72%) scikit-learn
12 40 (2.66%) React
12 40 (2.66%) XML
13 36 (2.39%) CSS
14 34 (2.26%) LangChain
15 33 (2.19%) OpenAPI
15 33 (2.19%) Swagger
16 31 (2.06%) HTML
17 30 (1.99%) Visualforce
Miscellaneous
1 123 (8.17%) Cloud Native
2 107 (7.11%) Data Structures
3 103 (6.84%) Product Ownership
4 61 (4.05%) Management Information System
5 50 (3.32%) Legacy Systems
6 44 (2.92%) Low-Code
7 42 (2.79%) Distributed Systems
8 38 (2.52%) Self-Motivation
9 37 (2.46%) Onboarding
10 36 (2.39%) Analytical Mindset
10 36 (2.39%) Greenfield Project
11 32 (2.13%) Public Cloud
12 24 (1.59%) Enterprise Software
13 23 (1.53%) Clustering
13 23 (1.53%) e-Learning
14 21 (1.40%) Reinsurance
15 16 (1.06%) Taxonomies
16 15 (1.00%) Fixed Income
17 14 (0.93%) FMCG
18 13 (0.86%) AI Agents
Operating Systems
1 13 (0.86%) Windows
2 12 (0.80%) Linux
3 4 (0.27%) Android
3 4 (0.27%) Unix
4 3 (0.20%) Windows Server
5 1 (0.066%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 720 (47.84%) Analytics
2 521 (34.62%) Business Intelligence
3 500 (33.22%) ETL
4 453 (30.10%) Data Governance
5 450 (29.90%) Data Engineering
6 412 (27.38%) Agile
7 383 (25.45%) Data Pipeline
8 360 (23.92%) Data Architecture
8 360 (23.92%) Decision-Making
9 359 (23.85%) AI
10 347 (23.06%) Problem-Solving
11 345 (22.92%) CI/CD
12 294 (19.53%) DevOps
13 221 (14.68%) Data Integration
14 220 (14.62%) Continuous Improvement
15 218 (14.49%) Mentoring
16 208 (13.82%) Machine Learning
17 195 (12.96%) Data Management
18 174 (11.56%) Data Science
19 168 (11.16%) Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 774 (51.43%) SQL
2 649 (43.12%) Python
3 114 (7.57%) Java
4 103 (6.84%) Data Analysis Expressions
5 86 (5.71%) JavaScript
6 72 (4.78%) C#
7 65 (4.32%) TypeScript
8 52 (3.46%) Apex Code
9 46 (3.06%) T-SQL
10 41 (2.72%) Scala
11 34 (2.26%) R
12 31 (2.06%) PowerShell
13 20 (1.33%) Bash
14 19 (1.26%) C++
15 17 (1.13%) PL/SQL
16 10 (0.66%) VBA
17 8 (0.53%) Go
17 8 (0.53%) Perl
17 8 (0.53%) SOQL
17 8 (0.53%) SOSL
Qualifications
1 200 (13.29%) Degree
2 134 (8.90%) Security Cleared
3 94 (6.25%) SC Cleared
4 81 (5.38%) Computer Science Degree
5 64 (4.25%) Azure Certification
6 54 (3.59%) AWS Certification
7 38 (2.52%) Microsoft Certification
8 32 (2.13%) Master's Degree
9 27 (1.79%) TOGAF Certification
10 26 (1.73%) DBS Check
11 24 (1.59%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
12 23 (1.53%) DV Cleared
13 14 (0.93%) ACCA
13 14 (0.93%) CIMA
14 12 (0.80%) Six Sigma Green Belt
15 9 (0.60%) PMI Certification
16 8 (0.53%) PMP
17 5 (0.33%) SAP Certification
17 5 (0.33%) SnowPro
18 4 (0.27%) Oracle Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 447 (29.70%) Data Quality
2 95 (6.31%) GDPR
3 73 (4.85%) Accessibility
4 43 (2.86%) QA
5 27 (1.79%) California Consumer Privacy Act
6 24 (1.59%) Actionable Recommendations
7 15 (1.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 10 (0.66%) SLA
9 8 (0.53%) MiFID
10 5 (0.33%) GRC
10 5 (0.33%) Solvency II
11 3 (0.20%) IFRS
11 3 (0.20%) IFRS 17
11 3 (0.20%) PERC
12 2 (0.13%) HL7
12 2 (0.13%) PCI DSS
12 2 (0.13%) PMO
12 2 (0.13%) WCAG
13 1 (0.066%) Sarbanes-Oxley
13 1 (0.066%) SNOMED CT
System Software
1 59 (3.92%) Docker
2 13 (0.86%) Active Directory
3 3 (0.20%) HDFS
3 3 (0.20%) Oracle RAC
4 1 (0.066%) Apache Flume
4 1 (0.066%) Firmware
4 1 (0.066%) iptables
4 1 (0.066%) KVM
4 1 (0.066%) QEMU
Systems Management
1 74 (4.92%) Terraform
2 52 (3.46%) Kubernetes
3 13 (0.86%) Grafana
4 10 (0.66%) Single Sign-On
5 9 (0.60%) Prometheus
6 7 (0.47%) Control-M
7 4 (0.27%) Ansible
8 3 (0.20%) Data Guard
8 3 (0.20%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
8 3 (0.20%) Oracle RMAN
9 1 (0.066%) Argo
9 1 (0.066%) Packer
9 1 (0.066%) RSA Archer
9 1 (0.066%) SCCM
Vendors
1 355 (23.59%) Microsoft
2 287 (19.07%) Databricks
3 100 (6.64%) Salesforce
4 83 (5.51%) Oracle
5 58 (3.85%) SAP
6 52 (3.46%) Informatica
7 44 (2.92%) Google
8 37 (2.46%) Palantir
9 32 (2.13%) Foundry
10 31 (2.06%) Talend
11 30 (1.99%) Cloudera
12 25 (1.66%) MuleSoft
13 23 (1.53%) Dell
14 22 (1.46%) OpenAI
15 18 (1.20%) Sparx
16 16 (1.06%) ServiceNow
17 15 (1.00%) IBM
18 14 (0.93%) UiPath
19 13 (0.86%) Automation Anywhere
20 12 (0.80%) Workday