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

6 months to
25 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 114 127 113
Rank change year-on-year +13 -14 -5
Permanent jobs citing Data Modelling 1,767 1,248 1,860
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 1.62% 2.50% 2.23%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.22% 2.81% 2.76%
Number of salaries quoted 1,150 652 1,082
10th Percentile £43,750 £43,775 £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% +4.47%
75th Percentile £87,500 £85,000 £86,250
90th Percentile £107,500 £106,250 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £62,500 £62,500 £62,500
% change year-on-year - - +13.64%

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 79,636 44,374 67,391
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 73.20% 88.88% 80.70%
Number of salaries quoted 55,106 25,202 42,338
10th Percentile £31,000 £28,500 £31,250
25th Percentile £41,250 £36,650 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% - -8.33%
75th Percentile £78,750 £75,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £96,250 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £47,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year +15.79% -5.00% -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 25 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 25 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 +6 1,637 £69,973 +3.66% 559
UK excluding London -1 868 £62,500 - 397
London +7 750 £80,000 +3.23% 295
Work from Home +28 540 £65,000 -2.26% 275
North of England +70 343 £62,500 +4.17% 95
South East -79 192 £62,500 -3.85% 147
North West +54 152 £62,500 +7.76% 50
Midlands +1 146 £60,000 -5.51% 60
Yorkshire +9 111 £67,500 +1.89% 28
West Midlands -10 101 £60,900 +2.35% 50
South West -37 99 £65,250 -6.79% 53
North East +10 80 £55,000 +10.00% 18
East of England -14 51 £70,500 +17.50% 17
East Midlands -26 45 £59,366 -8.67% 10
Scotland -13 25 £70,000 +14.29% 16
Wales - 13 £63,500 - 8
Northern Ireland -78 2 £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
1 122 (6.90%) Apache Airflow
2 121 (6.85%) Apache Spark
3 84 (4.75%) Apache
4 29 (1.64%) SharePoint
5 18 (1.02%) Confluence
5 18 (1.02%) Jupyter
6 11 (0.62%) Palantir Foundry
6 11 (0.62%) SAS
7 7 (0.40%) CMS
8 5 (0.28%) Oracle SOA Suite
9 4 (0.23%) Luigi
9 4 (0.23%) WordPress
10 3 (0.17%) Apache Solr
10 3 (0.17%) ArcGIS
10 3 (0.17%) IIS
11 2 (0.11%) Camunda
11 2 (0.11%) CICS
11 2 (0.11%) Oracle Application Server
11 2 (0.11%) Tornado
12 1 (0.057%) Apache Superset
Applications
1 77 (4.36%) Microsoft Excel
2 12 (0.68%) Microsoft Office
3 9 (0.51%) Spreadsheet
4 5 (0.28%) MS Visio
5 4 (0.23%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 3 (0.17%) Blender
6 3 (0.17%) Maya
7 2 (0.11%) Chatbot
7 2 (0.11%) Microsoft Project
7 2 (0.11%) PTC Creo
7 2 (0.11%) Windchill
8 1 (0.057%) FrameMaker
Business Applications
1 34 (1.92%) SAP S/4HANA
2 28 (1.58%) Dynamics CRM
3 19 (1.08%) SAP MDG
4 13 (0.74%) Oracle ERP
5 12 (0.68%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
6 10 (0.57%) Oracle EBS
7 8 (0.45%) SAP MDG-BP
8 7 (0.40%) Salesforce CRM
9 6 (0.34%) NetSuite
9 6 (0.34%) SAP ERP
10 5 (0.28%) JDE EnterpriseOne
10 5 (0.28%) SAP MDG-F
11 3 (0.17%) FLEXCUBE
11 3 (0.17%) Oracle Payables
11 3 (0.17%) Oracle Receivables
12 2 (0.11%) Infor M3
12 2 (0.11%) Misys Opics
12 2 (0.11%) Oracle Applications
12 2 (0.11%) SAP IBP
13 1 (0.057%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 690 (39.05%) Azure
2 507 (28.69%) Power Platform
3 466 (26.37%) AWS
4 257 (14.54%) GCP
5 185 (10.47%) Azure Data Factory
6 169 (9.56%) Snowflake
7 142 (8.04%) dbt
8 135 (7.64%) Azure Synapse Analytics
9 115 (6.51%) Azure DevOps
10 95 (5.38%) Amazon S3
11 90 (5.09%) Serverless
12 69 (3.90%) SaaS
13 61 (3.45%) Power Automate
14 60 (3.40%) GitHub
15 59 (3.34%) Microsoft Purview
16 57 (3.23%) AWS Lambda
17 54 (3.06%) PowerApps
18 47 (2.66%) Dynamics 365
19 39 (2.21%) Amazon EMR
20 33 (1.87%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 39 (2.21%) Broadband
2 9 (0.51%) VPN
3 6 (0.34%) BGP
3 6 (0.34%) DNS
3 6 (0.34%) IPsec
4 4 (0.23%) Internet
4 4 (0.23%) NGN
5 3 (0.17%) DMZ
5 3 (0.17%) Ethernet
5 3 (0.17%) IPv4
5 3 (0.17%) LTE
5 3 (0.17%) Modbus
5 3 (0.17%) OSPF
5 3 (0.17%) SMS
5 3 (0.17%) VLAN
6 2 (0.11%) Network Security
7 1 (0.057%) 4G
7 1 (0.057%) 5G
7 1 (0.057%) ATM
7 1 (0.057%) X.509
Database & Business Intelligence
1 470 (26.60%) Power BI
2 362 (20.49%) Data Warehouse
3 231 (13.07%) Data Lake
4 219 (12.39%) Metadata
5 144 (8.15%) Tableau
6 129 (7.30%) SQL Server
7 111 (6.28%) Relational Database
8 94 (5.32%) BigQuery
9 92 (5.21%) Amazon Redshift
10 91 (5.15%) PostgreSQL
11 83 (4.70%) Star Schema
12 82 (4.64%) Big Data
13 72 (4.07%) Semantic Layer
14 66 (3.74%) NoSQL
15 65 (3.68%) Delta Lake
16 59 (3.34%) Looker
17 58 (3.28%) Snowflake Schema
18 57 (3.23%) Data Vault
19 55 (3.11%) Azure SQL Database
20 53 (3.00%) Power Query
Development Applications
1 131 (7.41%) Git
2 45 (2.55%) Jenkins
3 44 (2.49%) JIRA
4 35 (1.98%) Claude Code
5 33 (1.87%) MLflow
6 23 (1.30%) GitLab
7 9 (0.51%) ERwin
8 6 (0.34%) Toad
9 5 (0.28%) Ant
10 4 (0.23%) Maven
10 4 (0.23%) Oracle APEX
11 3 (0.17%) Bitbucket
11 3 (0.17%) Eclipse
11 3 (0.17%) ER Studio
11 3 (0.17%) IntelliJ
11 3 (0.17%) Visual Studio Code
12 2 (0.11%) Apache Ivy
12 2 (0.11%) Gradle
12 2 (0.11%) Jasmine
12 2 (0.11%) Karma Test Runner
General
1 600 (33.96%) Social Skills
2 561 (31.75%) Finance
3 475 (26.88%) Analytical Skills
4 143 (8.09%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 126 (7.13%) Public Sector
6 88 (4.98%) Marketing
7 83 (4.70%) Retail
8 75 (4.24%) Law
9 63 (3.57%) Legal
10 62 (3.51%) Manufacturing
11 56 (3.17%) Influencing Skills
12 48 (2.72%) Banking
13 26 (1.47%) Pharmaceutical
14 25 (1.41%) Financial Institution
15 24 (1.36%) Presentation Skills
16 23 (1.30%) Billing
17 21 (1.19%) Documentation Skills
18 15 (0.85%) Advertising
19 14 (0.79%) Games
19 14 (0.79%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 423 (23.94%) Data Engineer
2 403 (22.81%) Architect
3 373 (21.11%) Senior
4 297 (16.81%) Data Architect
5 200 (11.32%) Analyst
6 192 (10.87%) Developer
7 180 (10.19%) Lead
8 102 (5.77%) Senior Data Engineer
9 93 (5.26%) Data Analyst
10 73 (4.13%) Consultant
11 58 (3.28%) Business Analyst
11 58 (3.28%) Data Modeller
12 56 (3.17%) Senior Architect
13 51 (2.89%) Business Intelligence Developer
14 47 (2.66%) Senior Data Architect
15 45 (2.55%) Senior Analyst
16 43 (2.43%) Senior Developer
17 42 (2.38%) Solutions Architect
18 38 (2.15%) Software Engineer
19 37 (2.09%) Data Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 140 (7.92%) PySpark
2 124 (7.02%) REST
3 116 (6.56%) Kafka
4 112 (6.34%) Terraform
5 69 (3.90%) React
6 67 (3.79%) Node.js
7 57 (3.23%) .NET
8 52 (2.94%) Lightning Web Components
9 50 (2.83%) SOAP
10 49 (2.77%) Middleware
11 44 (2.49%) LangChain
12 43 (2.43%) JSON
13 37 (2.09%) CSS
14 32 (1.81%) AngularJS
14 32 (1.81%) XML
15 29 (1.64%) pgvector
15 29 (1.64%) PyTorch
15 29 (1.64%) TensorFlow
16 26 (1.47%) RESTful
16 26 (1.47%) scikit-learn
Miscellaneous
1 184 (10.41%) Cloud Native
2 117 (6.62%) Data Structures
3 94 (5.32%) Product Ownership
4 73 (4.13%) Onboarding
5 65 (3.68%) Distributed Systems
6 40 (2.26%) Management Information System
7 37 (2.09%) Greenfield Project
8 34 (1.92%) Analytical Mindset
9 33 (1.87%) Public Cloud
10 31 (1.75%) AI Agents
11 30 (1.70%) Clustering
12 29 (1.64%) Distributed Computing
12 29 (1.64%) Self-Motivation
13 26 (1.47%) Legacy Systems
14 24 (1.36%) Enterprise Software
15 21 (1.19%) Low-Code
16 19 (1.08%) Mobile App
16 19 (1.08%) Reinsurance
16 19 (1.08%) Replication
16 19 (1.08%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 23 (1.30%) Linux
2 19 (1.08%) Windows
3 3 (0.17%) Windows Server
4 2 (0.11%) Solaris
5 1 (0.057%) Apple iOS
5 1 (0.057%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 829 (46.92%) Analytics
2 626 (35.43%) Business Intelligence
3 593 (33.56%) AI
4 538 (30.45%) Data Governance
5 506 (28.64%) Data Engineering
6 491 (27.79%) ETL
7 484 (27.39%) Data Pipeline
8 442 (25.01%) Decision-Making
9 441 (24.96%) Data Architecture
10 435 (24.62%) Agile
11 416 (23.54%) CI/CD
12 389 (22.01%) Problem-Solving
13 315 (17.83%) Roadmaps
14 304 (17.20%) DevOps
15 291 (16.47%) Machine Learning
16 278 (15.73%) Data Strategy
17 277 (15.68%) Mentoring
18 239 (13.53%) Continuous Improvement
19 228 (12.90%) Stakeholder Management
20 221 (12.51%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 910 (51.50%) SQL
2 714 (40.41%) Python
3 112 (6.34%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 101 (5.72%) Java
5 82 (4.64%) TypeScript
6 80 (4.53%) C#
7 74 (4.19%) Scala
8 66 (3.74%) JavaScript
9 46 (2.60%) Apex Code
10 38 (2.15%) T-SQL
11 26 (1.47%) R
12 20 (1.13%) Bicep
13 18 (1.02%) PowerShell
14 17 (0.96%) PL/SQL
14 17 (0.96%) SOQL
14 17 (0.96%) SOSL
15 11 (0.62%) Bash
15 11 (0.62%) Kusto Query Language
16 9 (0.51%) Go
17 8 (0.45%) SPARQL
Qualifications
1 226 (12.79%) Security Cleared
2 190 (10.75%) Degree
3 135 (7.64%) SC Cleared
4 71 (4.02%) Computer Science Degree
5 63 (3.57%) Azure Certification
6 50 (2.83%) DV Cleared
7 41 (2.32%) Microsoft Certification
8 32 (1.81%) AWS Certification
9 30 (1.70%) Master's Degree
10 27 (1.53%) BPSS Clearance
11 25 (1.41%) DBS Check
12 17 (0.96%) SnowPro
13 15 (0.85%) TOGAF Certification
14 11 (0.62%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
15 9 (0.51%) CIPD
16 6 (0.34%) IIBA
16 6 (0.34%) SAP Certification
17 5 (0.28%) Microsoft Certified Professional
17 5 (0.28%) PMI Certification
18 4 (0.23%) ACCA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 617 (34.92%) Data Quality
2 129 (7.30%) GDPR
3 70 (3.96%) Accessibility
4 68 (3.85%) QA
5 31 (1.75%) California Consumer Privacy Act
6 7 (0.40%) PMO
6 7 (0.40%) Solvency II
7 6 (0.34%) IFRS
8 5 (0.28%) IFRS 17
9 4 (0.23%) MiFID
9 4 (0.23%) PERC
10 3 (0.17%) GRC
10 3 (0.17%) ISO/IEC 27001
10 3 (0.17%) SLA
10 3 (0.17%) UCITS
11 2 (0.11%) Actionable Recommendations
11 2 (0.11%) HL7
11 2 (0.11%) SOC 2
12 1 (0.057%) HIPAA
12 1 (0.057%) ISO 20022
System Software
1 92 (5.21%) Docker
2 6 (0.34%) Active Directory
3 4 (0.23%) NDS
4 1 (0.057%) Apache Flume
Systems Management
1 59 (3.34%) Kubernetes
2 18 (1.02%) Ansible
3 8 (0.45%) Packer
4 6 (0.34%) Hadoop YARN
5 4 (0.23%) Grafana
5 4 (0.23%) Prometheus
6 3 (0.17%) Argo
6 3 (0.17%) Kibana
7 2 (0.11%) Progress Chef
7 2 (0.11%) Puppet
8 1 (0.057%) Consul
8 1 (0.057%) QRadar
8 1 (0.057%) RSA Archer
8 1 (0.057%) SCCM
Vendors
1 388 (21.96%) Microsoft
2 356 (20.15%) Databricks
3 111 (6.28%) Oracle
4 105 (5.94%) Salesforce
5 102 (5.77%) SAP
6 62 (3.51%) Google
7 28 (1.58%) Informatica
8 26 (1.47%) Cloudera
9 23 (1.30%) Dell
10 19 (1.08%) Foundry
11 18 (1.02%) Palantir
11 18 (1.02%) Talend
12 17 (0.96%) ServiceNow
13 14 (0.79%) OpenAI
13 14 (0.79%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
14 13 (0.74%) IBM
15 11 (0.62%) Bloomberg
16 9 (0.51%) HubSpot
16 9 (0.51%) MuleSoft
17 8 (0.45%) SYSPRO