Data Modelling Jobs

Data Modelling
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies requiring Data Modelling skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Data Modelling over the 6 months leading up to 5 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 158 119 121
Rank change year-on-year -39 +2 -9
Permanent jobs citing Data Modelling 1,189 2,336 2,535
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 2.00% 2.19% 2.85%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.20% 2.65% 2.99%
Number of salaries quoted 603 1,487 1,665
10th Percentile £45,000 £41,250 £42,500
25th Percentile £53,750 £50,000 £51,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £67,900 £67,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.27% +0.59% +0.75%
75th Percentile £83,750 £87,500 £85,000
90th Percentile £105,000 £100,000 £102,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year - +4.35% +3.60%

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 54,056 88,173 84,676
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 90.82% 82.50% 95.28%
Number of salaries quoted 28,040 60,645 53,248
10th Percentile £27,868 £29,750 £33,750
25th Percentile £38,750 £40,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £60,249
Median % change year-on-year - -8.71% +0.42%
75th Percentile £74,813 £72,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £96,250 £92,500 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,055 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +0.11% -9.09% +4.76%

Data Modelling
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Data Modelling as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Data Modelling in the UK

Data Modelling
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Data Modelling.

Salary trend for Data Modelling in the UK

Data Modelling
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Data Modelling over the 6 months to 5 July 2025.

Salary histogram for Data Modelling in the UK

Data Modelling
Top 19 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 July 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 -37 1,076 £65,000 -7.14% 3,364
UK excluding London -41 663 £60,000 - 1,651
London -24 449 £75,000 -3.23% 1,917
Work from Home -19 443 £65,750 +1.15% 1,385
South East +37 232 £65,000 -7.14% 420
North of England -118 117 £58,500 -8.59% 412
Midlands -14 112 £62,500 +11.11% 291
South West +47 91 £65,513 +6.96% 202
West Midlands -17 76 £58,250 +1.30% 172
North West -124 71 £52,500 -23.35% 218
Scotland -5 68 £63,000 -3.08% 103
East of England +13 43 £60,000 +27.27% 156
Yorkshire -13 39 £60,000 +23.08% 141
East Midlands +13 36 £63,500 +20.95% 116
North East +7 9 £47,500 -26.36% 53
Northern Ireland +40 3 - - 38
Channel Islands - 2 £78,750 -
Isle of Man +12 1 - -
Wales -7 1 - - 46

Data Modelling
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 92 (7.74%) Apache Spark
2 76 (6.39%) Oracle Application Server
3 44 (3.70%) Apache
3 44 (3.70%) Apache Airflow
4 20 (1.68%) SharePoint
5 17 (1.43%) Confluence
6 12 (1.01%) SAS
7 8 (0.67%) Microsoft Exchange
8 6 (0.50%) Luigi
9 4 (0.34%) Apache Synapse
10 3 (0.25%) Appian
10 3 (0.25%) Oracle Workflow
11 2 (0.17%) BizTalk Server
11 2 (0.17%) IBM Domino
12 1 (0.084%) ArcGIS
12 1 (0.084%) CMS
12 1 (0.084%) Headless CMS
Applications
1 53 (4.46%) Microsoft Excel
2 19 (1.60%) Microsoft Office
3 13 (1.09%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 9 (0.76%) MS Visio
5 3 (0.25%) Spreadsheet
6 2 (0.17%) Simulink
6 2 (0.17%) Trello
7 1 (0.084%) Chatbot
7 1 (0.084%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 19 (1.60%) Dynamics CRM
2 15 (1.26%) NetSuite
3 11 (0.93%) SAP S/4HANA
4 8 (0.67%) Salesforce CRM
5 5 (0.42%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
6 4 (0.34%) Endur
6 4 (0.34%) Infor M3
6 4 (0.34%) Oracle EBS
6 4 (0.34%) Oracle ERP
7 3 (0.25%) Dynamics AX
7 3 (0.25%) SAP MDG
7 3 (0.25%) Shopify
8 2 (0.17%) Dynamics GP
8 2 (0.17%) SAP FI
8 2 (0.17%) SAP MDG-S
9 1 (0.084%) Maximo
9 1 (0.084%) SAP CO
9 1 (0.084%) SAP FI/CO
9 1 (0.084%) SAP HR
9 1 (0.084%) SAP SD
Cloud Services
1 528 (44.41%) Azure
2 341 (28.68%) Power Platform
3 318 (26.75%) AWS
4 173 (14.55%) GCP
5 114 (9.59%) Azure Data Factory
6 107 (9.00%) Snowflake
7 72 (6.06%) Azure Synapse Analytics
8 64 (5.38%) Serverless
9 58 (4.88%) SaaS
10 52 (4.37%) Azure DevOps
11 49 (4.12%) Power Automate
12 45 (3.78%) Azure Logic Apps
12 45 (3.78%) dbt
13 44 (3.70%) PowerApps
14 39 (3.28%) Dynamics 365
14 39 (3.28%) Microsoft 365
15 38 (3.20%) Amazon S3
16 37 (3.11%) Microsoft Purview
17 30 (2.52%) AWS Lambda
18 24 (2.02%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 12 (1.01%) Broadband
2 7 (0.59%) HTTP
3 3 (0.25%) Firewall
3 3 (0.25%) PuTTY
4 2 (0.17%) ADSL2
5 1 (0.084%) SAN
5 1 (0.084%) SMS
5 1 (0.084%) X.21
Database & Business Intelligence
1 386 (32.46%) Data Warehouse
2 322 (27.08%) Power BI
3 166 (13.96%) Data Lake
4 138 (11.61%) Metadata
5 111 (9.34%) SQL Server
6 101 (8.49%) Big Data
7 91 (7.65%) NoSQL
8 84 (7.06%) Oracle Reports
9 83 (6.98%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
10 73 (6.14%) Tableau
11 57 (4.79%) Amazon Redshift
12 56 (4.71%) Relational Database
13 55 (4.63%) Power Query
14 53 (4.46%) SQL Server Integration Services
15 47 (3.95%) BigQuery
15 47 (3.95%) Hadoop
16 40 (3.36%) Azure SQL Database
17 33 (2.78%) SQL Server Reporting Services
18 27 (2.27%) PostgreSQL
19 24 (2.02%) Looker
Development Applications
1 57 (4.79%) Git
2 50 (4.21%) JIRA
3 18 (1.51%) Jenkins
4 15 (1.26%) ER Studio
5 14 (1.18%) ERwin
5 14 (1.18%) MagicDraw
6 8 (0.67%) Subversion
7 7 (0.59%) Bitbucket
8 5 (0.42%) Eclipse
9 4 (0.34%) JUnit
9 4 (0.34%) Maven
9 4 (0.34%) MLflow
10 3 (0.25%) Visual Studio
11 2 (0.17%) Axure RP
11 2 (0.17%) PowerDesigner
11 2 (0.17%) Selenium
11 2 (0.17%) Team Foundation Server
12 1 (0.084%) Liquibase
12 1 (0.084%) Robot Framework
12 1 (0.084%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 479 (40.29%) Social Skills
2 369 (31.03%) Finance
3 339 (28.51%) Analytical Skills
4 214 (18.00%) Law
5 98 (8.24%) Marketing
6 90 (7.57%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 84 (7.06%) Banking
8 82 (6.90%) Organisational Skills
9 75 (6.31%) Military
10 54 (4.54%) Public Sector
11 39 (3.28%) Retail
12 34 (2.86%) Legal
13 31 (2.61%) Manufacturing
14 24 (2.02%) Financial Institution
15 22 (1.85%) Retail Banking
16 19 (1.60%) Telecoms
17 12 (1.01%) Presentation Skills
18 11 (0.93%) Electronics
19 10 (0.84%) Advertising
19 10 (0.84%) Games
Job Titles
1 232 (19.51%) Senior
2 228 (19.18%) Lead
3 214 (18.00%) Architect
4 210 (17.66%) Data Engineer
5 171 (14.38%) Developer
6 141 (11.86%) Analyst
7 120 (10.09%) Data Architect
8 74 (6.22%) Senior Data Engineer
9 56 (4.71%) Business Intelligence Developer
10 51 (4.29%) Business Intelligence Analyst
11 48 (4.04%) Senior Analyst
12 47 (3.95%) Enterprise Architect
12 47 (3.95%) Senior Developer
13 44 (3.70%) Solutions Architect
14 40 (3.36%) Data Analyst
15 39 (3.28%) Business Analyst
16 30 (2.52%) Power BI Developer
17 26 (2.19%) Database Engineer
17 26 (2.19%) Lead Data Engineer
17 26 (2.19%) Salesforce Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 83 (6.98%) REST
2 79 (6.64%) Kafka
3 58 (4.88%) PySpark
4 49 (4.12%) XML
5 43 (3.62%) .NET
6 42 (3.53%) Lightning Web Components
6 42 (3.53%) Middleware
7 37 (3.11%) HTML
7 37 (3.11%) SOAP
8 34 (2.86%) CSS
9 33 (2.78%) RESTful
10 29 (2.44%) JSON
11 21 (1.77%) Web Services
12 18 (1.51%) ASP.NET
13 17 (1.43%) AngularJS
13 17 (1.43%) React
13 17 (1.43%) Spring Boot
14 15 (1.26%) .NET Core
14 15 (1.26%) Spring
15 14 (1.18%) Visualforce
Miscellaneous
1 80 (6.73%) Product Ownership
2 64 (5.38%) Enterprise Software
3 57 (4.79%) Management Information System
4 51 (4.29%) Cloud Native
5 44 (3.70%) Data Structures
6 31 (2.61%) Legacy Systems
7 18 (1.51%) Self-Motivation
8 17 (1.43%) CMDB
8 17 (1.43%) Distributed Systems
9 16 (1.35%) Analytical Mindset
10 15 (1.26%) FMCG
11 13 (1.09%) Taxonomies
12 12 (1.01%) Social Media
12 12 (1.01%) Virtual Team
13 10 (0.84%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
14 9 (0.76%) Data Protection Act
14 9 (0.76%) NHS
15 8 (0.67%) Algorithms
15 8 (0.67%) Low-Code
16 7 (0.59%) Reinsurance
Operating Systems
1 15 (1.26%) Windows
2 13 (1.09%) Linux
3 10 (0.84%) Unix
4 2 (0.17%) Android
4 2 (0.17%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 490 (41.21%) Analytics
2 417 (35.07%) Business Intelligence
3 378 (31.79%) ETL
4 369 (31.03%) Agile
5 345 (29.02%) Data Management
6 298 (25.06%) Data Architecture
7 270 (22.71%) DevOps
8 260 (21.87%) Data Engineering
9 258 (21.70%) Data Governance
10 247 (20.77%) Data Pipeline
11 246 (20.69%) Problem-Solving
12 220 (18.50%) Decision-Making
13 205 (17.24%) Visualisation
14 197 (16.57%) Data Integration
15 176 (14.80%) CI/CD
16 167 (14.05%) Data Strategy
17 163 (13.71%) Stakeholder Management
18 147 (12.36%) Computer Science
19 142 (11.94%) Data Visualisation
20 140 (11.77%) Migration
Programming Languages
1 581 (48.86%) SQL
2 352 (29.60%) Python
3 102 (8.58%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 77 (6.48%) Java
5 53 (4.46%) JavaScript
6 49 (4.12%) C#
7 43 (3.62%) R
8 40 (3.36%) Apex Code
9 36 (3.03%) T-SQL
10 32 (2.69%) Scala
11 21 (1.77%) PowerShell
12 17 (1.43%) Bash
13 16 (1.35%) TypeScript
14 13 (1.09%) SPARQL
15 12 (1.01%) C++
15 12 (1.01%) PL/SQL
16 9 (0.76%) Go
17 7 (0.59%) Shell Script
18 6 (0.50%) VBA
19 5 (0.42%) PHP
Qualifications
1 229 (19.26%) Degree
2 96 (8.07%) DBS Check
3 87 (7.32%) Computer Science Degree
4 67 (5.63%) Azure Certification
5 53 (4.46%) Master's Degree
6 49 (4.12%) Security Cleared
7 48 (4.04%) AWS Certification
8 35 (2.94%) SC Cleared
9 26 (2.19%) Microsoft Certification
10 15 (1.26%) BPSS Clearance
11 10 (0.84%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
12 7 (0.59%) DV Cleared
12 7 (0.59%) TOGAF Certification
13 6 (0.50%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
14 5 (0.42%) PhD
14 5 (0.42%) PMI Certification
14 5 (0.42%) PMP
14 5 (0.42%) SnowPro
15 4 (0.34%) AWS Certified Developer
15 4 (0.34%) MCAD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 227 (19.09%) Data Quality
2 83 (6.98%) GDPR
3 70 (5.89%) Accessibility
4 68 (5.72%) QA
5 12 (1.01%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 10 (0.84%) California Consumer Privacy Act
7 6 (0.50%) NIST
7 6 (0.50%) SOC 2
8 5 (0.42%) HIPAA
9 4 (0.34%) GxP
10 3 (0.25%) Actionable Recommendations
10 3 (0.25%) Cyber Essentials
11 2 (0.17%) Dublin Core
11 2 (0.17%) IEC 62304
11 2 (0.17%) ISO 13485
12 1 (0.084%) IFRS
12 1 (0.084%) MiFID
12 1 (0.084%) PCI DSS
12 1 (0.084%) PMO
System Software
1 46 (3.87%) Docker
2 12 (1.01%) HDFS
3 8 (0.67%) Active Directory
4 3 (0.25%) Apache Flume
5 2 (0.17%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 50 (4.21%) Kubernetes
2 45 (3.78%) Terraform
3 9 (0.76%) Single Sign-On
4 6 (0.50%) Ansible
5 4 (0.34%) Kibana
6 3 (0.25%) Grafana
6 3 (0.25%) logstash
6 3 (0.25%) Oozie
6 3 (0.25%) Prometheus
7 1 (0.084%) Kiali
Vendors
1 272 (22.88%) Microsoft
2 144 (12.11%) Databricks
3 141 (11.86%) Oracle
4 87 (7.32%) SAP
5 86 (7.23%) Salesforce
6 78 (6.56%) Google
7 44 (3.70%) Informatica
8 22 (1.85%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
8 22 (1.85%) ServiceNow
9 15 (1.26%) MuleSoft
10 14 (1.18%) IBM
11 13 (1.09%) Talend
12 8 (0.67%) Alteryx
13 6 (0.50%) Okta
13 6 (0.50%) OpenAI
13 6 (0.50%) Splunk
14 5 (0.42%) Adobe
14 5 (0.42%) Sparx
14 5 (0.42%) StreamSets
14 5 (0.42%) Workday