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

6 months to
4 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 114 126 112
Rank change year-on-year +12 -14 -5
Permanent jobs citing Data Modelling 1,781 1,214 1,781
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 1.61% 2.47% 2.24%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.21% 2.80% 2.78%
Number of salaries quoted 1,166 627 1,020
10th Percentile £44,750 £45,000 £41,250
25th Percentile £52,500 £55,805 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £69,000 £69,150
Median % change year-on-year +1.45% -0.22% +2.44%
75th Percentile £87,500 £85,625 £86,375
90th Percentile £107,500 £106,750 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £62,500 £63,500 £62,500
% change year-on-year -1.57% +1.60% +9.65%

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 80,539 43,404 64,098
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 73.01% 88.47% 80.63%
Number of salaries quoted 56,017 24,525 38,712
10th Percentile £31,250 £28,500 £31,250
25th Percentile £41,500 £36,250 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% -4.35% -4.17%
75th Percentile £80,000 £75,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £96,650 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £47,500 £52,000
% change year-on-year +15.79% -8.65% -5.04%

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 4 September 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 4 September 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 +7 1,642 £70,000 +2.94% 1,941
UK excluding London -3 883 £62,500 -1.57% 952
London +7 743 £82,500 +6.45% 1,248
Work from Home +32 541 £65,000 -4.41% 885
North of England +78 347 £64,500 +3.20% 219
South East -81 193 £62,500 -3.85% 232
Midlands -4 152 £60,900 -4.09% 150
North West +63 151 £62,500 +5.49% 150
Yorkshire +10 114 £67,500 - 53
West Midlands +5 109 £62,500 +3.31% 104
South West -26 101 £69,973 +11.96% 133
North East +2 82 £60,000 +21.83% 17
East of England -16 51 £65,000 +8.33% 73
East Midlands -35 43 £59,366 -12.05% 46
Scotland -7 25 £70,000 +14.29% 90
Wales - 17 £63,500 - 19
Northern Ireland -83 2 £60,000 - 46

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
1 114 (6.40%) Apache Spark
2 112 (6.29%) Apache Airflow
3 85 (4.77%) Apache
4 33 (1.85%) SharePoint
5 24 (1.35%) Confluence
6 18 (1.01%) Jupyter
7 13 (0.73%) SAS
8 12 (0.67%) Palantir Foundry
9 7 (0.39%) CMS
10 5 (0.28%) Oracle SOA Suite
11 4 (0.22%) Luigi
11 4 (0.22%) WordPress
12 3 (0.17%) Apache Solr
12 3 (0.17%) ArcGIS
12 3 (0.17%) IIS
13 2 (0.11%) Tornado
14 1 (0.056%) Adobe Experience Manager
14 1 (0.056%) JBoss
14 1 (0.056%) Oracle Application Server
14 1 (0.056%) Umbraco
Applications
1 78 (4.38%) Microsoft Excel
2 12 (0.67%) Microsoft Office
3 10 (0.56%) Spreadsheet
4 5 (0.28%) MS Visio
5 3 (0.17%) Blender
5 3 (0.17%) Maya
5 3 (0.17%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 2 (0.11%) Chatbot
6 2 (0.11%) Microsoft Project
6 2 (0.11%) PTC Creo
6 2 (0.11%) Windchill
7 1 (0.056%) FrameMaker
Business Applications
1 33 (1.85%) Dynamics CRM
2 31 (1.74%) SAP S/4HANA
3 19 (1.07%) SAP MDG
4 12 (0.67%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
5 11 (0.62%) Oracle ERP
6 10 (0.56%) Oracle EBS
6 10 (0.56%) Salesforce CRM
7 8 (0.45%) SAP MDG-BP
8 6 (0.34%) NetSuite
8 6 (0.34%) SAP ERP
9 5 (0.28%) JDE EnterpriseOne
9 5 (0.28%) SAP MDG-F
10 3 (0.17%) Dynamics NAV
10 3 (0.17%) Oracle Payables
10 3 (0.17%) Oracle Receivables
11 2 (0.11%) FLEXCUBE
11 2 (0.11%) Infor M3
11 2 (0.11%) Oracle Applications
11 2 (0.11%) SAP BPC
11 2 (0.11%) SAP IBP
Cloud Services
1 695 (39.02%) Azure
2 516 (28.97%) Power Platform
3 454 (25.49%) AWS
4 248 (13.92%) GCP
5 191 (10.72%) Azure Data Factory
6 158 (8.87%) Snowflake
7 135 (7.58%) Azure Synapse Analytics
7 135 (7.58%) dbt
8 127 (7.13%) Azure DevOps
9 95 (5.33%) Amazon S3
10 93 (5.22%) Serverless
11 74 (4.15%) SaaS
12 71 (3.99%) Azure Databricks
13 64 (3.59%) Power Automate
14 63 (3.54%) Microsoft Purview
15 62 (3.48%) GitHub
16 57 (3.20%) AWS Lambda
17 53 (2.98%) PowerApps
18 52 (2.92%) Dynamics 365
19 38 (2.13%) Amazon EMR
Communications & Networking
1 38 (2.13%) Broadband
2 11 (0.62%) VPN
3 6 (0.34%) BGP
3 6 (0.34%) DNS
3 6 (0.34%) IPsec
3 6 (0.34%) SMS
4 5 (0.28%) DMZ
4 5 (0.28%) Ethernet
4 5 (0.28%) IPv4
4 5 (0.28%) Modbus
4 5 (0.28%) OSPF
4 5 (0.28%) VLAN
5 4 (0.22%) Internet
5 4 (0.22%) NGN
6 3 (0.17%) LTE
7 2 (0.11%) Network Security
8 1 (0.056%) 4G
8 1 (0.056%) 5G
8 1 (0.056%) ATM
8 1 (0.056%) X.509
Database & Business Intelligence
1 476 (26.73%) Power BI
2 365 (20.49%) Data Warehouse
3 237 (13.31%) Metadata
4 226 (12.69%) Data Lake
5 137 (7.69%) Tableau
6 131 (7.36%) SQL Server
7 104 (5.84%) Relational Database
8 91 (5.11%) PostgreSQL
9 90 (5.05%) Star Schema
10 88 (4.94%) BigQuery
11 82 (4.60%) Amazon Redshift
12 81 (4.55%) Big Data
13 79 (4.44%) Semantic Layer
14 72 (4.04%) Delta Lake
15 71 (3.99%) NoSQL
16 61 (3.43%) Azure SQL Database
17 60 (3.37%) Data Vault
18 55 (3.09%) Power Query
19 54 (3.03%) Snowflake Schema
20 53 (2.98%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 140 (7.86%) Git
2 48 (2.70%) JIRA
3 45 (2.53%) Jenkins
4 38 (2.13%) Claude Code
5 25 (1.40%) MLflow
6 24 (1.35%) GitLab
7 9 (0.51%) ERwin
8 6 (0.34%) Ant
8 6 (0.34%) Toad
9 4 (0.22%) Maven
9 4 (0.22%) Oracle APEX
10 3 (0.17%) Bitbucket
10 3 (0.17%) ER Studio
10 3 (0.17%) Visual Studio Code
11 2 (0.11%) Apache Ivy
11 2 (0.11%) Gradle
11 2 (0.11%) IBM UrbanCode
11 2 (0.11%) Jasmine
11 2 (0.11%) Karma Test Runner
11 2 (0.11%) YouTrack
General
1 614 (34.48%) Social Skills
2 558 (31.33%) Finance
3 474 (26.61%) Analytical Skills
4 148 (8.31%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 135 (7.58%) Public Sector
6 91 (5.11%) Marketing
7 84 (4.72%) Retail
8 75 (4.21%) Law
9 66 (3.71%) Legal
10 63 (3.54%) Manufacturing
11 54 (3.03%) Influencing Skills
12 45 (2.53%) Banking
13 28 (1.57%) Pharmaceutical
14 27 (1.52%) Billing
15 24 (1.35%) Presentation Skills
16 23 (1.29%) Financial Institution
17 20 (1.12%) Documentation Skills
18 14 (0.79%) Advertising
18 14 (0.79%) Local Government
18 14 (0.79%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 425 (23.86%) Data Engineer
2 413 (23.19%) Architect
3 390 (21.90%) Senior
4 306 (17.18%) Data Architect
5 200 (11.23%) Analyst
6 185 (10.39%) Developer
7 183 (10.28%) Lead
8 108 (6.06%) Senior Data Engineer
9 97 (5.45%) Data Analyst
10 75 (4.21%) Consultant
11 64 (3.59%) Senior Architect
12 56 (3.14%) Business Analyst
13 55 (3.09%) Data Modeller
14 54 (3.03%) Senior Data Architect
15 49 (2.75%) Business Intelligence Developer
16 47 (2.64%) Databricks Engineer
17 46 (2.58%) Senior Analyst
18 44 (2.47%) Senior Developer
19 43 (2.41%) Solutions Architect
20 40 (2.25%) Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 149 (8.37%) PySpark
2 124 (6.96%) REST
3 110 (6.18%) Terraform
4 105 (5.90%) Kafka
5 67 (3.76%) Node.js
6 65 (3.65%) React
7 55 (3.09%) .NET
8 52 (2.92%) Lightning Web Components
9 49 (2.75%) SOAP
10 48 (2.70%) Middleware
11 46 (2.58%) JSON
12 36 (2.02%) LangChain
13 35 (1.97%) CSS
13 35 (1.97%) XML
14 30 (1.68%) AngularJS
15 25 (1.40%) RESTful
16 21 (1.18%) Next.js
16 21 (1.18%) PyTorch
16 21 (1.18%) TensorFlow
16 21 (1.18%) Visualforce
Miscellaneous
1 179 (10.05%) Cloud Native
2 115 (6.46%) Data Structures
3 102 (5.73%) Product Ownership
4 73 (4.10%) Onboarding
5 66 (3.71%) Distributed Systems
6 45 (2.53%) Management Information System
7 37 (2.08%) Analytical Mindset
8 36 (2.02%) AI Agents
9 35 (1.97%) Greenfield Project
10 33 (1.85%) Enterprise Software
11 32 (1.80%) Legacy Systems
12 30 (1.68%) Self-Motivation
13 29 (1.63%) Distributed Computing
14 25 (1.40%) Public Cloud
15 22 (1.24%) Clustering
16 20 (1.12%) Reinsurance
16 20 (1.12%) Taxonomies
17 19 (1.07%) Replication
17 19 (1.07%) Social Media
18 18 (1.01%) Low-Code
Operating Systems
1 23 (1.29%) Linux
1 23 (1.29%) Windows
2 3 (0.17%) Windows Server
3 2 (0.11%) Solaris
4 1 (0.056%) Apple iOS
4 1 (0.056%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 826 (46.38%) Analytics
2 639 (35.88%) Business Intelligence
3 611 (34.31%) AI
4 540 (30.32%) Data Governance
5 505 (28.35%) Data Engineering
6 492 (27.62%) ETL
7 474 (26.61%) Data Pipeline
8 457 (25.66%) Decision-Making
9 455 (25.55%) Data Architecture
10 449 (25.21%) Agile
11 433 (24.31%) CI/CD
12 394 (22.12%) Problem-Solving
13 328 (18.42%) Roadmaps
14 318 (17.86%) DevOps
15 294 (16.51%) Mentoring
16 286 (16.06%) Data Strategy
17 279 (15.67%) Machine Learning
18 255 (14.32%) Lakehouse
19 248 (13.92%) Stakeholder Management
20 247 (13.87%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 916 (51.43%) SQL
2 705 (39.58%) Python
3 116 (6.51%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 97 (5.45%) Java
5 88 (4.94%) C#
6 85 (4.77%) TypeScript
7 75 (4.21%) Scala
8 67 (3.76%) JavaScript
9 46 (2.58%) Apex Code
10 36 (2.02%) T-SQL
11 27 (1.52%) R
12 20 (1.12%) Bicep
13 18 (1.01%) PowerShell
13 18 (1.01%) SOQL
14 17 (0.95%) SOSL
15 12 (0.67%) PL/SQL
16 11 (0.62%) Bash
17 10 (0.56%) Kusto Query Language
18 8 (0.45%) Go
18 8 (0.45%) SPARQL
Qualifications
1 228 (12.80%) Security Cleared
2 194 (10.89%) Degree
3 135 (7.58%) SC Cleared
4 72 (4.04%) Computer Science Degree
5 64 (3.59%) Azure Certification
6 50 (2.81%) DV Cleared
7 47 (2.64%) Microsoft Certification
8 31 (1.74%) AWS Certification
8 31 (1.74%) Master's Degree
9 29 (1.63%) DBS Check
10 28 (1.57%) BPSS Clearance
11 18 (1.01%) SnowPro
12 15 (0.84%) TOGAF Certification
13 11 (0.62%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
14 9 (0.51%) CIPD
15 6 (0.34%) IIBA
15 6 (0.34%) SAP Certification
16 5 (0.28%) ACCA
16 5 (0.28%) Microsoft Certified Professional
16 5 (0.28%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 643 (36.10%) Data Quality
2 128 (7.19%) GDPR
3 80 (4.49%) Accessibility
4 71 (3.99%) QA
5 27 (1.52%) California Consumer Privacy Act
6 7 (0.39%) IFRS
6 7 (0.39%) PMO
6 7 (0.39%) Solvency II
7 5 (0.28%) IFRS 17
7 5 (0.28%) WCAG
8 4 (0.22%) MiFID
8 4 (0.22%) PERC
9 3 (0.17%) Actionable Recommendations
9 3 (0.17%) GRC
9 3 (0.17%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 3 (0.17%) SLA
9 3 (0.17%) UCITS
10 2 (0.11%) ISO 20022
10 2 (0.11%) SOC 2
11 1 (0.056%) EU AI Act
System Software
1 92 (5.17%) Docker
2 6 (0.34%) Active Directory
3 4 (0.22%) NDS
4 1 (0.056%) Apache Flume
Systems Management
1 59 (3.31%) Kubernetes
2 18 (1.01%) Ansible
3 8 (0.45%) Packer
4 6 (0.34%) Hadoop YARN
5 4 (0.22%) Argo
6 3 (0.17%) Grafana
6 3 (0.17%) Kibana
6 3 (0.17%) Prometheus
7 2 (0.11%) Progress Chef
7 2 (0.11%) Puppet
8 1 (0.056%) Consul
8 1 (0.056%) QRadar
8 1 (0.056%) RSA Archer
8 1 (0.056%) SCCM
Vendors
1 409 (22.96%) Microsoft
2 350 (19.65%) Databricks
3 108 (6.06%) Salesforce
4 105 (5.90%) Oracle
5 103 (5.78%) SAP
6 65 (3.65%) Google
7 32 (1.80%) Informatica
8 20 (1.12%) Foundry
8 20 (1.12%) Talend
9 19 (1.07%) Palantir
10 18 (1.01%) Cloudera
11 17 (0.95%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
11 17 (0.95%) ServiceNow
12 16 (0.90%) Dell
13 14 (0.79%) OpenAI
14 11 (0.62%) Bloomberg
15 10 (0.56%) IBM
15 10 (0.56%) MuleSoft
16 9 (0.51%) HubSpot
17 8 (0.45%) SYSPRO