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

6 months to
29 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 103 121 103
Rank change year-on-year +18 -18 +8
Permanent jobs citing Data Modelling 1,479 1,064 2,351
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 1.89% 2.59% 2.63%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.45% 2.78% 3.04%
Number of salaries quoted 900 571 1,522
10th Percentile £42,500 £39,750 £41,250
25th Percentile £53,938 £51,250 £50,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £62,500 £67,500
Median % change year-on-year +12.00% -7.41% +2.76%
75th Percentile £87,500 £80,000 £87,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £102,410 £101,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £63,500 £60,000 £59,300
% change year-on-year +5.83% +1.18% +3.13%

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 60,329 38,275 77,225
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 76.98% 93.09% 86.55%
Number of salaries quoted 37,012 22,459 57,636
10th Percentile £30,000 £31,250 £29,250
25th Percentile £40,000 £43,750 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -11.29%
75th Percentile £77,500 £80,000 £73,750
90th Percentile £97,500 £102,500 £92,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% +10.00% -8.41%

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 March 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 March 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 +10 1,277 £70,000 +11.11% 796
UK excluding London -22 708 £63,500 +5.83% 585
London +55 633 £80,000 +8.47% 335
Work from Home +31 558 £68,750 +7.21% 367
South East -22 187 £61,500 -1.60% 200
North of England +3 183 £70,000 +33.33% 151
Midlands -8 131 £60,000 - 102
West Midlands 0 103 £60,000 +4.35% 58
Yorkshire +7 94 £70,932 +35.11% 55
Scotland -1 85 £78,750 +27.28% 24
North West -27 74 £70,000 +40.00% 76
East of England +3 59 £65,000 - 55
South West -72 48 £58,750 +6.82% 47
East Midlands -38 26 £49,500 -23.55% 44
North East -14 15 £53,750 -3.33% 24
Wales -14 9 £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
1 131 (8.86%) Apache Airflow
2 86 (5.81%) Apache Spark
3 54 (3.65%) Apache
4 25 (1.69%) SharePoint
5 21 (1.42%) Confluence
6 18 (1.22%) Palantir Foundry
7 17 (1.15%) SAS
8 15 (1.01%) Appian
9 10 (0.68%) CMS
10 8 (0.54%) Microsoft Exchange
11 4 (0.27%) Camunda
11 4 (0.27%) Oracle Workflow
12 3 (0.20%) Apache Superset
12 3 (0.20%) IIS
12 3 (0.20%) Oracle Application Server
13 2 (0.14%) CICS
13 2 (0.14%) Jupyter
13 2 (0.14%) Mendix
14 1 (0.068%) Apache Synapse
14 1 (0.068%) OpenStack
Applications
1 81 (5.48%) Microsoft Excel
2 19 (1.28%) Microsoft Office
3 10 (0.68%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 6 (0.41%) Chatbot
5 4 (0.27%) MS Visio
6 3 (0.20%) Sketch
7 2 (0.14%) Spreadsheet
7 2 (0.14%) Windchill
8 1 (0.068%) Microsoft Project
8 1 (0.068%) Notion
8 1 (0.068%) Siemens NX
8 1 (0.068%) SPSS
Business Applications
1 18 (1.22%) SAP S/4HANA
2 15 (1.01%) Dynamics CRM
3 13 (0.88%) NetSuite
4 8 (0.54%) Workday HCM
5 6 (0.41%) Markit EDM
5 6 (0.41%) Salesforce CRM
6 5 (0.34%) Oracle ERP
7 3 (0.20%) FLEXCUBE
7 3 (0.20%) Misys Opics
7 3 (0.20%) SAP MDG
8 2 (0.14%) Aladdin
8 2 (0.14%) Teamcenter
8 2 (0.14%) Unit4 Business World
9 1 (0.068%) FIS Private Capital Suite
9 1 (0.068%) Integrated Workplace Management System
9 1 (0.068%) Oracle SCM
9 1 (0.068%) Primavera
9 1 (0.068%) SAP MDG-F
9 1 (0.068%) SAP MDG-S
9 1 (0.068%) SimCorp Dimension
Cloud Services
1 723 (48.88%) Azure
2 427 (28.87%) Power Platform
3 331 (22.38%) AWS
4 213 (14.40%) Snowflake
5 205 (13.86%) GCP
6 204 (13.79%) Azure Data Factory
7 174 (11.76%) Azure Synapse Analytics
8 151 (10.21%) dbt
9 139 (9.40%) Azure DevOps
10 82 (5.54%) GitHub
10 82 (5.54%) Serverless
11 65 (4.39%) Amazon S3
12 56 (3.79%) SaaS
13 54 (3.65%) Power Automate
14 42 (2.84%) AWS Lambda
15 41 (2.77%) PowerApps
15 41 (2.77%) Salesforce Service Cloud
16 38 (2.57%) GitHub Copilot
17 36 (2.43%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
18 35 (2.37%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 16 (1.08%) Broadband
2 4 (0.27%) HTTP
3 3 (0.20%) NGN
3 3 (0.20%) Remote Desktop
3 3 (0.20%) VPN
4 2 (0.14%) Tactical Data Link
5 1 (0.068%) 4G
5 1 (0.068%) 5G
5 1 (0.068%) ADSL
5 1 (0.068%) CTI
5 1 (0.068%) DHCP
5 1 (0.068%) DNS
5 1 (0.068%) Internet
5 1 (0.068%) Kerberos
5 1 (0.068%) Modbus
5 1 (0.068%) MQTT
5 1 (0.068%) Network Security
5 1 (0.068%) Radio Access Network
5 1 (0.068%) SMS
5 1 (0.068%) TCAP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 403 (27.25%) Data Warehouse
2 394 (26.64%) Power BI
3 205 (13.86%) Data Lake
4 196 (13.25%) Metadata
5 126 (8.52%) SQL Server
6 116 (7.84%) Tableau
7 88 (5.95%) Relational Database
8 87 (5.88%) Amazon Redshift
9 73 (4.94%) BigQuery
10 68 (4.60%) Azure SQL Database
11 66 (4.46%) PostgreSQL
12 61 (4.12%) NoSQL
13 59 (3.99%) Power Query
14 54 (3.65%) SQL Server Integration Services
15 53 (3.58%) Snowflake Schema
16 49 (3.31%) MySQL
17 48 (3.25%) SQL Server Reporting Services
18 44 (2.97%) Looker
19 34 (2.30%) Big Data
20 29 (1.96%) Delta Lake
Development Applications
1 103 (6.96%) Git
2 54 (3.65%) JIRA
3 40 (2.70%) MLflow
4 25 (1.69%) ERwin
5 20 (1.35%) Postman
6 14 (0.95%) Jenkins
7 11 (0.74%) GitLab
8 10 (0.68%) ER Studio
9 9 (0.61%) PowerDesigner
10 6 (0.41%) JUnit
11 5 (0.34%) git-flow
12 4 (0.27%) Selenium
13 3 (0.20%) Eclipse
13 3 (0.20%) Gradle
13 3 (0.20%) IntelliJ
13 3 (0.20%) Maven
13 3 (0.20%) NUnit
13 3 (0.20%) SonarQube
13 3 (0.20%) TestNG
13 3 (0.20%) Visual Studio
General
1 525 (35.50%) Social Skills
2 492 (33.27%) Finance
3 406 (27.45%) Analytical Skills
4 113 (7.64%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 106 (7.17%) Public Sector
6 79 (5.34%) Marketing
7 70 (4.73%) Law
8 62 (4.19%) Banking
9 56 (3.79%) Financial Institution
10 39 (2.64%) Influencing Skills
11 36 (2.43%) Retail
12 31 (2.10%) Organisational Skills
13 27 (1.83%) Manufacturing
14 26 (1.76%) Documentation Skills
14 26 (1.76%) Legal
15 25 (1.69%) Retail Banking
16 22 (1.49%) Advertising
17 18 (1.22%) Telecoms
18 15 (1.01%) Presentation Skills
18 15 (1.01%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 340 (22.99%) Architect
2 325 (21.97%) Data Engineer
3 301 (20.35%) Senior
4 232 (15.69%) Data Architect
5 196 (13.25%) Analyst
6 165 (11.16%) Developer
7 145 (9.80%) Lead
8 116 (7.84%) Data Analyst
9 98 (6.63%) Senior Data Engineer
10 64 (4.33%) Consultant
11 47 (3.18%) Business Intelligence Developer
12 44 (2.97%) Business Analyst
12 44 (2.97%) Lead Data Engineer
13 42 (2.84%) Senior Analyst
14 40 (2.70%) Azure Engineer
15 38 (2.57%) Business Intelligence Analyst
16 37 (2.50%) Senior Architect
17 35 (2.37%) Data Manager
18 32 (2.16%) Senior Developer
18 32 (2.16%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 126 (8.52%) REST
2 104 (7.03%) Kafka
3 72 (4.87%) PySpark
4 67 (4.53%) SOAP
5 54 (3.65%) Lightning Web Components
6 52 (3.52%) .NET
7 50 (3.38%) RESTful
8 48 (3.25%) JSON
9 43 (2.91%) PyTorch
9 43 (2.91%) TensorFlow
10 41 (2.77%) Middleware
10 41 (2.77%) scikit-learn
11 38 (2.57%) React
12 37 (2.50%) XML
13 36 (2.43%) CSS
14 33 (2.23%) OpenAPI
14 33 (2.23%) Swagger
15 30 (2.03%) HTML
15 30 (2.03%) LangChain
16 29 (1.96%) Visualforce
Miscellaneous
1 125 (8.45%) Cloud Native
2 110 (7.44%) Product Ownership
3 106 (7.17%) Data Structures
4 63 (4.26%) Management Information System
5 50 (3.38%) Legacy Systems
6 42 (2.84%) Low-Code
7 39 (2.64%) Distributed Systems
8 36 (2.43%) Self-Motivation
9 35 (2.37%) Greenfield Project
9 35 (2.37%) Onboarding
10 34 (2.30%) Analytical Mindset
11 32 (2.16%) Public Cloud
12 25 (1.69%) Enterprise Software
13 23 (1.56%) Clustering
13 23 (1.56%) e-Learning
14 21 (1.42%) Reinsurance
15 15 (1.01%) Fixed Income
16 14 (0.95%) FMCG
16 14 (0.95%) Taxonomies
17 12 (0.81%) Distributed Computing
Operating Systems
1 13 (0.88%) Linux
2 11 (0.74%) Windows
3 5 (0.34%) Unix
4 4 (0.27%) Android
5 3 (0.20%) Windows Server
6 1 (0.068%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 710 (48.01%) Analytics
2 521 (35.23%) Business Intelligence
3 500 (33.81%) ETL
4 456 (30.83%) Data Governance
5 439 (29.68%) Data Engineering
6 414 (27.99%) Agile
7 381 (25.76%) Data Pipeline
8 352 (23.80%) AI
9 351 (23.73%) Data Architecture
10 349 (23.60%) Decision-Making
11 348 (23.53%) CI/CD
12 335 (22.65%) Problem-Solving
13 298 (20.15%) DevOps
14 228 (15.42%) Mentoring
15 222 (15.01%) Data Integration
16 217 (14.67%) Continuous Improvement
17 208 (14.06%) Machine Learning
18 205 (13.86%) Data Management
19 181 (12.24%) Data Science
20 167 (11.29%) Data Strategy
Programming Languages
1 765 (51.72%) SQL
2 642 (43.41%) Python
3 111 (7.51%) Java
4 99 (6.69%) Data Analysis Expressions
5 88 (5.95%) JavaScript
6 76 (5.14%) C#
7 62 (4.19%) TypeScript
8 51 (3.45%) Apex Code
9 44 (2.97%) T-SQL
10 40 (2.70%) Scala
11 35 (2.37%) R
12 31 (2.10%) PowerShell
13 20 (1.35%) Bash
14 18 (1.22%) C++
14 18 (1.22%) PL/SQL
15 11 (0.74%) VBA
16 8 (0.54%) ANSI SQL
16 8 (0.54%) Go
16 8 (0.54%) SOQL
16 8 (0.54%) SOSL
Qualifications
1 195 (13.18%) Degree
2 129 (8.72%) Security Cleared
3 94 (6.36%) SC Cleared
4 85 (5.75%) Computer Science Degree
5 68 (4.60%) Azure Certification
6 55 (3.72%) AWS Certification
7 41 (2.77%) Microsoft Certification
8 36 (2.43%) Master's Degree
9 30 (2.03%) TOGAF Certification
10 27 (1.83%) DBS Check
11 25 (1.69%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
12 23 (1.56%) DV Cleared
13 13 (0.88%) ACCA
13 13 (0.88%) CIMA
14 12 (0.81%) Six Sigma Green Belt
15 10 (0.68%) PMI Certification
15 10 (0.68%) PMP
16 7 (0.47%) SAP Certification
16 7 (0.47%) SnowPro
17 4 (0.27%) CBAP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 430 (29.07%) Data Quality
2 93 (6.29%) GDPR
3 75 (5.07%) Accessibility
4 45 (3.04%) QA
5 27 (1.83%) California Consumer Privacy Act
6 25 (1.69%) Actionable Recommendations
7 14 (0.95%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 10 (0.68%) SLA
9 8 (0.54%) MiFID
10 5 (0.34%) GRC
11 4 (0.27%) Solvency II
12 3 (0.20%) IFRS
12 3 (0.20%) IFRS 17
12 3 (0.20%) PCI DSS
12 3 (0.20%) PERC
13 2 (0.14%) PMO
13 2 (0.14%) PSD2
13 2 (0.14%) Sarbanes-Oxley
13 2 (0.14%) WCAG
14 1 (0.068%) SOC 2
System Software
1 59 (3.99%) Docker
2 14 (0.95%) Active Directory
3 3 (0.20%) HDFS
3 3 (0.20%) Oracle RAC
4 1 (0.068%) Apache Flume
4 1 (0.068%) Firmware
4 1 (0.068%) iptables
4 1 (0.068%) KVM
4 1 (0.068%) QEMU
Systems Management
1 73 (4.94%) Terraform
2 52 (3.52%) Kubernetes
3 13 (0.88%) Grafana
4 10 (0.68%) Single Sign-On
5 9 (0.61%) 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 (0.068%) Argo
9 1 (0.068%) RSA Archer
9 1 (0.068%) SCCM
Vendors
1 363 (24.54%) Microsoft
2 279 (18.86%) Databricks
3 99 (6.69%) Salesforce
4 82 (5.54%) Oracle
5 63 (4.26%) SAP
6 54 (3.65%) Informatica
7 46 (3.11%) Google
8 34 (2.30%) Palantir
9 33 (2.23%) Talend
10 30 (2.03%) Cloudera
11 29 (1.96%) Foundry
12 26 (1.76%) Dell
13 24 (1.62%) MuleSoft
14 21 (1.42%) OpenAI
15 18 (1.22%) Sparx
16 17 (1.15%) IBM
17 15 (1.01%) ServiceNow
18 14 (0.95%) UiPath
19 13 (0.88%) Automation Anywhere
19 13 (0.88%) Workday