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

6 months to
28 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 105 129 112
Rank change year-on-year +24 -17 0
Permanent jobs citing Data Modelling 1,648 1,152 2,357
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 1.73% 2.49% 2.23%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.35% 2.72% 2.71%
Number of salaries quoted 1,133 585 1,522
10th Percentile £43,497 £44,400 £41,250
25th Percentile £52,500 £53,750 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £69,973 £65,000 £67,500
Median % change year-on-year +7.65% -3.70% -
75th Percentile £87,500 £83,750 £87,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £105,000 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £62,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +4.17% - +4.35%

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 70,129 42,382 86,929
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 73.45% 91.66% 82.23%
Number of salaries quoted 48,378 23,044 61,478
10th Percentile £30,000 £28,822 £29,750
25th Percentile £41,250 £38,750 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% +4.55% -9.12%
75th Percentile £78,750 £77,500 £72,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £100,000 £92,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £53,000 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +6.00% - -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 28 June 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 28 June 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 +23 1,495 £69,973 +3.66% 544
UK excluding London +8 786 £62,500 +4.17% 401
London +26 690 £80,000 +6.67% 284
Work from Home +36 524 £67,500 - 284
North of England +76 301 £65,000 +13.04% 92
South East -28 185 £60,000 -7.69% 146
Midlands -4 145 £60,000 -4.00% 72
North West +60 139 £60,500 +15.24% 57
Yorkshire +34 117 £68,510 +14.18% 21
West Midlands +5 103 £62,500 +8.70% 41
South West -87 61 £60,000 -12.44% 35
East of England +4 55 £71,000 +18.33% 18
North East -10 45 £65,000 +36.84% 15
East Midlands -14 41 £57,000 -10.24% 30
Scotland -15 25 £70,000 +11.11% 22
Wales - 11 £67,586 - 12
Northern Ireland -32 3 £60,000 - 9

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
1 142 (8.62%) Apache Airflow
2 110 (6.67%) Apache Spark
3 80 (4.85%) Apache
4 34 (2.06%) SharePoint
5 20 (1.21%) Palantir Foundry
6 16 (0.97%) SAS
7 15 (0.91%) Confluence
8 13 (0.79%) Jupyter
9 8 (0.49%) CMS
9 8 (0.49%) Microsoft Exchange
10 5 (0.30%) Appian
10 5 (0.30%) Oracle SOA Suite
11 4 (0.24%) WordPress
12 3 (0.18%) Apache Solr
12 3 (0.18%) Camunda
12 3 (0.18%) IIS
12 3 (0.18%) Oracle Application Server
13 2 (0.12%) ArcGIS
13 2 (0.12%) CICS
13 2 (0.12%) Luigi
Applications
1 72 (4.37%) Microsoft Excel
2 18 (1.09%) Microsoft Office
3 9 (0.55%) Spreadsheet
4 5 (0.30%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 3 (0.18%) Blender
5 3 (0.18%) Maya
5 3 (0.18%) MS Visio
6 2 (0.12%) Chatbot
6 2 (0.12%) PTC Creo
6 2 (0.12%) Windchill
7 1 (0.061%) FrameMaker
7 1 (0.061%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 38 (2.31%) SAP S/4HANA
2 20 (1.21%) SAP MDG
3 18 (1.09%) Dynamics CRM
4 15 (0.91%) Oracle ERP
5 12 (0.73%) NetSuite
5 12 (0.73%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
6 10 (0.61%) Oracle EBS
7 8 (0.49%) Salesforce CRM
7 8 (0.49%) SAP MDG-BP
8 7 (0.42%) Workday HCM
9 5 (0.30%) SAP MDG-F
10 4 (0.24%) SAP ERP
11 3 (0.18%) FLEXCUBE
11 3 (0.18%) JDE EnterpriseOne
11 3 (0.18%) Misys Opics
11 3 (0.18%) Oracle Payables
11 3 (0.18%) Oracle Receivables
12 2 (0.12%) Integrated Workplace Management System
12 2 (0.12%) Oracle Applications
12 2 (0.12%) SAP IBP
Cloud Services
1 673 (40.84%) Azure
2 456 (27.67%) Power Platform
3 428 (25.97%) AWS
4 251 (15.23%) GCP
5 172 (10.44%) Azure Data Factory
6 152 (9.22%) Snowflake
7 135 (8.19%) dbt
8 131 (7.95%) Azure Synapse Analytics
9 102 (6.19%) Azure DevOps
10 89 (5.40%) Serverless
11 83 (5.04%) Amazon S3
12 67 (4.07%) SaaS
13 60 (3.64%) Power Automate
14 53 (3.22%) AWS Lambda
15 51 (3.09%) PowerApps
16 46 (2.79%) GitHub
17 38 (2.31%) Dynamics 365
18 35 (2.12%) Microsoft Purview
19 33 (2.00%) Microsoft 365
20 29 (1.76%) Azure Logic Apps
Communications & Networking
1 44 (2.67%) Broadband
2 4 (0.24%) NGN
3 3 (0.18%) Internet
3 3 (0.18%) LTE
3 3 (0.18%) Network Security
4 2 (0.12%) 4G
4 2 (0.12%) 5G
4 2 (0.12%) BGP
4 2 (0.12%) DNS
4 2 (0.12%) IPsec
4 2 (0.12%) SMS
4 2 (0.12%) Tactical Data Link
4 2 (0.12%) VPN
5 1 (0.061%) CTI
5 1 (0.061%) Radio Access Network
Database & Business Intelligence
1 418 (25.36%) Power BI
2 323 (19.60%) Data Warehouse
3 200 (12.14%) Data Lake
4 192 (11.65%) Metadata
5 119 (7.22%) Tableau
6 117 (7.10%) SQL Server
7 108 (6.55%) Relational Database
8 89 (5.40%) BigQuery
9 85 (5.16%) Amazon Redshift
9 85 (5.16%) PostgreSQL
10 64 (3.88%) Semantic Layer
11 61 (3.70%) NoSQL
12 60 (3.64%) Star Schema
13 57 (3.46%) Big Data
14 55 (3.34%) MySQL
15 51 (3.09%) Azure SQL Database
16 50 (3.03%) SQL Server Integration Services
17 49 (2.97%) Power Query
18 48 (2.91%) Delta Lake
19 46 (2.79%) Looker
Development Applications
1 107 (6.49%) Git
2 40 (2.43%) JIRA
3 35 (2.12%) MLflow
4 31 (1.88%) Jenkins
5 25 (1.52%) Claude Code
6 14 (0.85%) GitLab
7 13 (0.79%) ERwin
8 12 (0.73%) Postman
9 6 (0.36%) Toad
10 4 (0.24%) Oracle APEX
11 3 (0.18%) Eclipse
11 3 (0.18%) IntelliJ
12 2 (0.12%) ER Studio
12 2 (0.12%) Jasmine
12 2 (0.12%) Karma Test Runner
12 2 (0.12%) NUnit
12 2 (0.12%) PowerDesigner
12 2 (0.12%) TeamCity
12 2 (0.12%) Visual Studio
12 2 (0.12%) YouTrack
General
1 548 (33.25%) Social Skills
2 504 (30.58%) Finance
3 452 (27.43%) Analytical Skills
4 140 (8.50%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 136 (8.25%) Public Sector
6 69 (4.19%) Law
7 67 (4.07%) Retail
8 66 (4.00%) Marketing
9 48 (2.91%) Influencing Skills
10 45 (2.73%) Manufacturing
11 42 (2.55%) Legal
12 40 (2.43%) Financial Institution
13 37 (2.25%) Banking
14 24 (1.46%) Documentation Skills
14 24 (1.46%) Organisational Skills
15 23 (1.40%) Billing
16 18 (1.09%) Local Government
17 17 (1.03%) Advertising
18 16 (0.97%) Presentation Skills
19 15 (0.91%) Games
Job Titles
1 403 (24.45%) Data Engineer
2 363 (22.03%) Architect
3 353 (21.42%) Senior
4 253 (15.35%) Data Architect
5 207 (12.56%) Analyst
6 198 (12.01%) Developer
7 189 (11.47%) Lead
8 114 (6.92%) Data Analyst
9 112 (6.80%) Senior Data Engineer
10 76 (4.61%) Consultant
11 60 (3.64%) Senior Architect
12 54 (3.28%) Business Intelligence Developer
13 51 (3.09%) Business Analyst
14 49 (2.97%) Senior Data Architect
15 44 (2.67%) Lead Data Engineer
15 44 (2.67%) Senior Developer
16 43 (2.61%) Data Modeller
17 40 (2.43%) Business Intelligence Analyst
17 40 (2.43%) Senior Analyst
18 36 (2.18%) Data Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 141 (8.56%) REST
2 115 (6.98%) PySpark
3 106 (6.43%) Kafka
4 64 (3.88%) .NET
4 64 (3.88%) React
5 63 (3.82%) Node.js
5 63 (3.82%) SOAP
6 61 (3.70%) JSON
7 58 (3.52%) Middleware
8 49 (2.97%) Lightning Web Components
9 47 (2.85%) XML
10 43 (2.61%) CSS
11 42 (2.55%) LangChain
12 37 (2.25%) RESTful
13 35 (2.12%) PyTorch
13 35 (2.12%) TensorFlow
14 31 (1.88%) HTML
14 31 (1.88%) scikit-learn
14 31 (1.88%) Visualforce
15 27 (1.64%) AngularJS
Miscellaneous
1 157 (9.53%) Cloud Native
2 135 (8.19%) Data Structures
3 89 (5.40%) Product Ownership
4 66 (4.00%) Onboarding
5 56 (3.40%) Distributed Systems
6 40 (2.43%) Management Information System
7 38 (2.31%) Legacy Systems
7 38 (2.31%) Public Cloud
7 38 (2.31%) Self-Motivation
8 37 (2.25%) Greenfield Project
9 31 (1.88%) Analytical Mindset
9 31 (1.88%) Low-Code
10 27 (1.64%) Clustering
10 27 (1.64%) Reinsurance
11 24 (1.46%) AI Agents
12 22 (1.33%) Social Media
13 18 (1.09%) Replication
14 16 (0.97%) Mobile App
15 14 (0.85%) Algorithms
15 14 (0.85%) e-Learning
Operating Systems
1 17 (1.03%) Linux
2 14 (0.85%) Windows
3 3 (0.18%) Unix
4 1 (0.061%) Android
4 1 (0.061%) Apple iOS
4 1 (0.061%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 764 (46.36%) Analytics
2 564 (34.22%) Business Intelligence
3 527 (31.98%) Data Governance
4 476 (28.88%) Data Engineering
5 457 (27.73%) AI
6 454 (27.55%) ETL
7 439 (26.64%) Data Pipeline
8 424 (25.73%) Decision-Making
9 398 (24.15%) Agile
10 395 (23.97%) Problem-Solving
11 390 (23.67%) CI/CD
12 381 (23.12%) Data Architecture
13 289 (17.54%) DevOps
14 261 (15.84%) Mentoring
15 255 (15.47%) Machine Learning
16 249 (15.11%) Roadmaps
17 225 (13.65%) Continuous Improvement
17 225 (13.65%) Data Strategy
18 182 (11.04%) Stakeholder Engagement
19 175 (10.62%) Translating Business Requirements
Programming Languages
1 864 (52.43%) SQL
2 686 (41.63%) Python
3 109 (6.61%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 106 (6.43%) Java
5 83 (5.04%) JavaScript
6 80 (4.85%) TypeScript
7 70 (4.25%) C#
8 56 (3.40%) Scala
9 46 (2.79%) Apex Code
10 41 (2.49%) T-SQL
11 26 (1.58%) R
12 24 (1.46%) PowerShell
13 21 (1.27%) PL/SQL
14 19 (1.15%) SOQL
14 19 (1.15%) SOSL
15 17 (1.03%) Bash
16 12 (0.73%) Bicep
17 9 (0.55%) C++
17 9 (0.55%) Kusto Query Language
18 8 (0.49%) Go
Qualifications
1 191 (11.59%) Security Cleared
2 185 (11.23%) Degree
3 119 (7.22%) SC Cleared
4 71 (4.31%) Computer Science Degree
5 56 (3.40%) Azure Certification
6 32 (1.94%) AWS Certification
6 32 (1.94%) DBS Check
6 32 (1.94%) Microsoft Certification
7 31 (1.88%) DV Cleared
8 26 (1.58%) Master's Degree
9 19 (1.15%) TOGAF Certification
10 11 (0.67%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
11 10 (0.61%) ACCA
11 10 (0.61%) BPSS Clearance
11 10 (0.61%) CIMA
12 9 (0.55%) CIPD
12 9 (0.55%) SnowPro
13 8 (0.49%) SAP Certification
14 5 (0.30%) PMI Certification
15 4 (0.24%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 554 (33.62%) Data Quality
2 117 (7.10%) GDPR
3 54 (3.28%) Accessibility
3 54 (3.28%) QA
4 28 (1.70%) California Consumer Privacy Act
5 13 (0.79%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 7 (0.42%) GRC
6 7 (0.42%) SLA
6 7 (0.42%) Solvency II
7 6 (0.36%) Actionable Recommendations
8 5 (0.30%) IFRS
8 5 (0.30%) IFRS 17
8 5 (0.30%) MiFID
9 4 (0.24%) PERC
9 4 (0.24%) PMO
10 3 (0.18%) WCAG
11 2 (0.12%) HL7
12 1 (0.061%) NIST
12 1 (0.061%) SNOMED CT
12 1 (0.061%) SOC 2
System Software
1 88 (5.34%) Docker
2 10 (0.61%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.061%) Apache Flume
Systems Management
1 100 (6.07%) Terraform
2 63 (3.82%) Kubernetes
3 11 (0.67%) Ansible
4 10 (0.61%) Grafana
5 8 (0.49%) Single Sign-On
6 7 (0.42%) Prometheus
7 6 (0.36%) Packer
8 3 (0.18%) Kibana
9 2 (0.12%) Control-M
9 2 (0.12%) Hadoop YARN
10 1 (0.061%) QRadar
10 1 (0.061%) RSA Archer
10 1 (0.061%) SCCM
Vendors
1 343 (20.81%) Databricks
2 336 (20.39%) Microsoft
3 112 (6.80%) Salesforce
4 110 (6.67%) Oracle
5 96 (5.83%) SAP
6 56 (3.40%) Google
7 37 (2.25%) Informatica
8 29 (1.76%) Palantir
9 28 (1.70%) Foundry
10 27 (1.64%) Cloudera
11 23 (1.40%) Dell
12 19 (1.15%) OpenAI
12 19 (1.15%) ServiceNow
13 17 (1.03%) MuleSoft
14 16 (0.97%) Talend
15 11 (0.67%) Workday
16 10 (0.61%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
17 8 (0.49%) HubSpot
17 8 (0.49%) IBM
17 8 (0.49%) Sparx