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 5 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 110 113 107
Rank change year-on-year +3 -6 +7
Permanent jobs citing Data Modelling 1,259 1,477 1,528
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 2.26% 2.33% 3.05%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.70% 2.70% 3.25%
Number of salaries quoted 663 809 1,099
10th Percentile £45,650 £39,600 £42,500
25th Percentile £57,500 £52,500 £51,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £65,000 £67,500
Median % change year-on-year +7.69% -3.70% +3.85%
75th Percentile £87,500 £86,250 £85,000
90th Percentile £110,000 £101,500 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £62,500 £60,000 £56,500
% change year-on-year +4.17% +6.19% -1.74%

All Process and 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 46,704 54,735 46,950
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 83.99% 86.52% 93.73%
Number of salaries quoted 28,159 28,437 36,165
10th Percentile £28,250 £35,000 £32,500
25th Percentile £36,250 £45,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% - -
75th Percentile £75,000 £80,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £99,000 £99,700
UK excluding London median annual salary £47,500 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -13.64% +4.76% -1.15%

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 5 December 2025.

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 5 December 2025. 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 +8 1,143 £70,000 +4.87% 942
UK excluding London +14 663 £62,500 +4.17% 858
London +19 546 £85,000 +13.33% 280
Work from Home +24 436 £70,000 +1.01% 535
South East +14 238 £62,500 - 314
North of England -15 145 £67,500 +14.17% 170
Midlands +54 120 £60,000 +7.14% 125
West Midlands +32 82 £60,000 +9.09% 73
Yorkshire -3 78 £68,000 +29.52% 67
Scotland +17 71 £81,292 +41.38% 50
North West -26 55 £62,500 +2.11% 87
East of England +41 44 £57,500 +15.00% 100
South West -14 43 £64,350 -8.07% 78
East Midlands +23 38 £67,500 +3.85% 47
North East +7 12 £51,250 +2.50% 17
Northern Ireland - 6 £40,500 - 8
Wales +5 5 £37,500 -12.28% 25

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 79 (6.27%) Apache Spark
2 43 (3.42%) Apache Airflow
3 37 (2.94%) Apache
4 22 (1.75%) Confluence
5 16 (1.27%) SAS
6 14 (1.11%) SharePoint
7 13 (1.03%) Appian
8 5 (0.40%) Apache Synapse
9 4 (0.32%) CMS
10 3 (0.24%) Oracle Workflow
11 2 (0.16%) Luigi
11 2 (0.16%) Mendix
12 1 (0.079%) Apache Superset
12 1 (0.079%) Jupyter
12 1 (0.079%) OpenStack
Applications
1 160 (12.71%) Microsoft Excel
2 18 (1.43%) Microsoft Office
3 7 (0.56%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 5 (0.40%) Chatbot
4 5 (0.40%) MS Visio
5 4 (0.32%) PlantUML
6 3 (0.24%) Spreadsheet
7 2 (0.16%) Sketch
8 1 (0.079%) Microsoft Project
8 1 (0.079%) Notion
8 1 (0.079%) Oracle Smart View
8 1 (0.079%) Simulink
8 1 (0.079%) Trello
8 1 (0.079%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 44 (3.49%) SAP S/4HANA
2 17 (1.35%) Dynamics CRM
3 8 (0.64%) SAP CO
3 8 (0.64%) SAP FI
3 8 (0.64%) SAP FI/CO
4 7 (0.56%) NetSuite
5 5 (0.40%) SAP MDG
6 3 (0.24%) Markit EDM
6 3 (0.24%) Oracle EBS
6 3 (0.24%) Oracle ERP
7 2 (0.16%) iTrent
7 2 (0.16%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
8 1 (0.079%) Aladdin
8 1 (0.079%) Elite 3E
8 1 (0.079%) Salesforce CRM
8 1 (0.079%) SAP ERP
8 1 (0.079%) SAP EWM
8 1 (0.079%) SAP IBP
8 1 (0.079%) SAP MDG-S
8 1 (0.079%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 668 (53.06%) Azure
2 419 (33.28%) Power Platform
3 283 (22.48%) AWS
4 182 (14.46%) Snowflake
5 164 (13.03%) GCP
6 121 (9.61%) Azure Data Factory
7 118 (9.37%) Azure Synapse Analytics
8 100 (7.94%) Azure DevOps
9 91 (7.23%) dbt
10 79 (6.27%) GitHub
11 70 (5.56%) Serverless
12 53 (4.21%) SaaS
13 48 (3.81%) Amazon S3
14 41 (3.26%) AWS Lambda
15 39 (3.10%) GitHub Copilot
16 34 (2.70%) Power Automate
17 32 (2.54%) PowerApps
18 30 (2.38%) Dynamics 365
19 29 (2.30%) Collibra
20 22 (1.75%) Fivetran
Communications & Networking
1 5 (0.40%) HTTP
2 2 (0.16%) Broadband
2 2 (0.16%) PuTTY
3 1 (0.079%) ADSL
3 1 (0.079%) DHCP
3 1 (0.079%) DNS
3 1 (0.079%) Internet
3 1 (0.079%) Kerberos
3 1 (0.079%) Modbus
3 1 (0.079%) MQTT
3 1 (0.079%) SAN
3 1 (0.079%) TCAP
3 1 (0.079%) X.21
Database & Business Intelligence
1 410 (32.57%) Data Warehouse
2 400 (31.77%) Power BI
3 224 (17.79%) Data Lake
4 149 (11.83%) Metadata
5 114 (9.05%) SQL Server
6 90 (7.15%) Tableau
7 76 (6.04%) SAP BW
8 70 (5.56%) Big Data
9 67 (5.32%) NoSQL
10 65 (5.16%) Amazon Redshift
11 55 (4.37%) Power Query
12 52 (4.13%) Azure SQL Database
13 51 (4.05%) MySQL
14 48 (3.81%) Relational Database
15 47 (3.73%) Hadoop
16 45 (3.57%) PostgreSQL
16 45 (3.57%) Snowflake Schema
17 43 (3.42%) SQL Server Integration Services
17 43 (3.42%) SQL Server Reporting Services
18 39 (3.10%) Data Vault
Development Applications
1 62 (4.92%) Git
2 57 (4.53%) JIRA
3 31 (2.46%) ERwin
4 22 (1.75%) ER Studio
5 15 (1.19%) Jenkins
6 7 (0.56%) GitLab
6 7 (0.56%) PowerDesigner
6 7 (0.56%) Selenium
7 6 (0.48%) Postman
8 5 (0.40%) git-flow
8 5 (0.40%) MLflow
8 5 (0.40%) Robot Framework
8 5 (0.40%) Snyk
9 3 (0.24%) CircleCI
9 3 (0.24%) JUnit
9 3 (0.24%) Storybook
10 2 (0.16%) Visual Studio
11 1 (0.079%) ClearCase
11 1 (0.079%) LSMW
11 1 (0.079%) Subversion
General
1 515 (40.91%) Social Skills
2 443 (35.19%) Finance
3 333 (26.45%) Analytical Skills
4 110 (8.74%) Law
5 103 (8.18%) Marketing
6 79 (6.27%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 70 (5.56%) Retail
8 63 (5.00%) Public Sector
9 62 (4.92%) Banking
10 50 (3.97%) Financial Institution
11 39 (3.10%) Manufacturing
12 31 (2.46%) Retail Banking
13 30 (2.38%) Legal
14 23 (1.83%) Presentation Skills
15 22 (1.75%) Influencing Skills
16 19 (1.51%) Telecoms
17 16 (1.27%) Advertising
18 13 (1.03%) Electronics
19 12 (0.95%) Organisational Skills
20 11 (0.87%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 301 (23.91%) Architect
2 249 (19.78%) Senior
3 239 (18.98%) Data Engineer
4 222 (17.63%) Data Architect
5 182 (14.46%) Analyst
6 179 (14.22%) Lead
7 134 (10.64%) Developer
8 99 (7.86%) Senior Data Engineer
9 68 (5.40%) Data Analyst
10 52 (4.13%) Azure Engineer
11 45 (3.57%) Azure Data Engineer
12 42 (3.34%) Report Analyst
13 41 (3.26%) Business Intelligence Developer
14 39 (3.10%) Business Intelligence Lead
14 39 (3.10%) Solutions Architect
15 38 (3.02%) Business Intelligence Analyst
16 35 (2.78%) Business Analyst
17 33 (2.62%) Senior Architect
18 31 (2.46%) Consultant
19 29 (2.30%) Lead Data Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 80 (6.35%) Kafka
2 65 (5.16%) REST
3 32 (2.54%) .NET
3 32 (2.54%) PySpark
4 31 (2.46%) SOAP
5 30 (2.38%) JSON
6 28 (2.22%) RESTful
7 26 (2.07%) HTML
8 25 (1.99%) CSS
8 25 (1.99%) Lightning Web Components
9 21 (1.67%) React
10 20 (1.59%) XML
11 15 (1.19%) Middleware
12 14 (1.11%) Django
13 13 (1.03%) Oracle Fusion
14 11 (0.87%) Spark Streaming
14 11 (0.87%) Web Services
15 10 (0.79%) AngularJS
15 10 (0.79%) OpenAPI
15 10 (0.79%) Swagger
Miscellaneous
1 101 (8.02%) Product Ownership
2 71 (5.64%) Cloud Native
3 60 (4.77%) Data Structures
4 44 (3.49%) Management Information System
5 40 (3.18%) Legacy Systems
6 35 (2.78%) Distributed Systems
7 30 (2.38%) Analytical Mindset
8 27 (2.14%) Greenfield Project
9 21 (1.67%) FMCG
10 19 (1.51%) Enterprise Software
11 16 (1.27%) e-Learning
11 16 (1.27%) Low-Code
12 14 (1.11%) Hybrid Cloud
13 13 (1.03%) Reinsurance
14 11 (0.87%) Data Protection Act
14 11 (0.87%) Fixed Income
15 9 (0.71%) IoT
15 9 (0.71%) Virtual Team
16 8 (0.64%) Taxonomies
17 7 (0.56%) Reference Data
Operating Systems
1 9 (0.71%) Unix
2 6 (0.48%) Linux
3 5 (0.40%) Android
4 4 (0.32%) Windows
5 3 (0.24%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 584 (46.39%) Analytics
2 500 (39.71%) Business Intelligence
3 438 (34.79%) ETL
4 368 (29.23%) Data Governance
5 349 (27.72%) Agile
6 338 (26.85%) Problem-Solving
7 322 (25.58%) Data Architecture
8 304 (24.15%) Data Engineering
8 304 (24.15%) Data Pipeline
9 263 (20.89%) Decision-Making
10 261 (20.73%) CI/CD
11 245 (19.46%) AI
11 245 (19.46%) DevOps
12 229 (18.19%) Data Integration
13 193 (15.33%) Mentoring
14 190 (15.09%) Data Strategy
15 177 (14.06%) Continuous Improvement
15 177 (14.06%) Data Management
16 170 (13.50%) Data Science
17 162 (12.87%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 595 (47.26%) SQL
2 467 (37.09%) Python
3 86 (6.83%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 79 (6.27%) Java
5 67 (5.32%) C#
6 63 (5.00%) JavaScript
7 49 (3.89%) TypeScript
8 45 (3.57%) Scala
9 33 (2.62%) T-SQL
10 32 (2.54%) R
11 25 (1.99%) Apex Code
12 20 (1.59%) PowerShell
13 14 (1.11%) PL/SQL
14 13 (1.03%) Bash
15 10 (0.79%) C++
16 8 (0.64%) ANSI SQL
17 6 (0.48%) Go
17 6 (0.48%) VBA
18 5 (0.40%) Fortran
18 5 (0.40%) PHP
Qualifications
1 265 (21.05%) Degree
2 69 (5.48%) Computer Science Degree
3 64 (5.08%) Security Cleared
4 61 (4.85%) Azure Certification
5 57 (4.53%) AWS Certification
6 49 (3.89%) SC Cleared
7 43 (3.42%) Microsoft Certification
8 27 (2.14%) TOGAF Certification
9 21 (1.67%) Master's Degree
10 19 (1.51%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
11 17 (1.35%) DV Cleared
12 12 (0.95%) Six Sigma Green Belt
13 10 (0.79%) Oracle Certification
13 10 (0.79%) SnowPro
14 8 (0.64%) OCP
15 7 (0.56%) CISA
15 7 (0.56%) CISM
15 7 (0.56%) CRISC
15 7 (0.56%) DBS Check
15 7 (0.56%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 345 (27.40%) Data Quality
2 91 (7.23%) GDPR
3 69 (5.48%) Accessibility
4 46 (3.65%) QA
5 27 (2.14%) Actionable Recommendations
6 14 (1.11%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 7 (0.56%) COBIT
7 7 (0.56%) GRC
7 7 (0.56%) ITGC
7 7 (0.56%) NIST
8 5 (0.40%) MiFID
9 4 (0.32%) PCI DSS
10 2 (0.16%) California Consumer Privacy Act
10 2 (0.16%) HIPAA
10 2 (0.16%) PMO
10 2 (0.16%) PSD2
10 2 (0.16%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 2 (0.16%) SLA
10 2 (0.16%) SNOMED CT
11 1 (0.079%) HL7
System Software
1 25 (1.99%) Docker
2 10 (0.79%) HDFS
3 8 (0.64%) Oracle RAC
4 4 (0.32%) Active Directory
5 3 (0.24%) Firmware
6 2 (0.16%) Apache Flume
7 1 (0.079%) iptables
7 1 (0.079%) KVM
7 1 (0.079%) QEMU
Systems Management
1 46 (3.65%) Terraform
2 22 (1.75%) Kubernetes
3 9 (0.71%) Ansible
4 8 (0.64%) Data Guard
4 8 (0.64%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
4 8 (0.64%) Oracle RMAN
5 5 (0.40%) RSA Archer
6 3 (0.24%) Kibana
7 2 (0.16%) logstash
7 2 (0.16%) Oozie
8 1 (0.079%) Argo
8 1 (0.079%) Grafana
8 1 (0.079%) Progress Chef
8 1 (0.079%) Prometheus
8 1 (0.079%) Puppet
Vendors
1 286 (22.72%) Microsoft
2 198 (15.73%) Databricks
3 175 (13.90%) SAP
4 71 (5.64%) Oracle
5 61 (4.85%) Salesforce
6 42 (3.34%) Informatica
7 40 (3.18%) Google
8 29 (2.30%) Talend
9 15 (1.19%) Palantir
10 13 (1.03%) ServiceNow
11 12 (0.95%) MuleSoft
12 10 (0.79%) Dataiku
13 9 (0.71%) IBM
13 9 (0.71%) UiPath
14 8 (0.64%) Delphix
14 8 (0.64%) Foundry
14 8 (0.64%) Sparx
15 7 (0.56%) Alteryx
15 7 (0.56%) OpenAI
15 7 (0.56%) Progress