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 6 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
6 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 111 126 104
Rank change year-on-year +15 -22 +4
Permanent jobs citing Data Modelling 1,549 1,113 2,460
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 1.70% 2.56% 2.57%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.28% 2.75% 3.00%
Number of salaries quoted 966 577 1,535
10th Percentile £42,500 £42,500 £41,250
25th Percentile £52,500 £52,500 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £65,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +7.69% - -2.99%
75th Percentile £87,500 £83,750 £86,250
90th Percentile £100,000 £105,000 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £65,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +8.33% - +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 68,019 40,426 81,982
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 74.51% 93.00% 85.53%
Number of salaries quoted 42,516 22,659 59,588
10th Percentile £30,000 £30,580 £29,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £42,500 £39,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £59,500 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -0.83% +9.09% -10.57%
75th Percentile £78,750 £80,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £102,500 £92,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £51,500 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -1.90% +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 6 May 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 6 May 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 +14 1,358 £69,000 +6.15% 829
UK excluding London +1 760 £65,000 +8.33% 556
London +37 630 £78,750 +5.00% 404
Work from Home +32 542 £70,000 +7.69% 380
North of England +31 223 £70,932 +23.36% 139
South East -31 193 £60,000 -7.69% 201
Midlands +1 148 £60,000 -1.97% 104
Yorkshire +24 114 £75,000 +25.00% 44
West Midlands +8 110 £60,358 +0.60% 75
North West -12 92 £70,000 +33.33% 70
Scotland -2 70 £70,000 +13.14% 24
East of England +16 59 £67,500 - 30
South West -75 58 £54,575 -4.99% 39
East Midlands -33 36 £51,825 -19.96% 29
North East -18 17 £55,000 -1.08% 26
Wales -21 8 £67,586 +80.23% 18
Northern Ireland -39 1 - - 6

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
1 141 (9.10%) Apache Airflow
2 89 (5.75%) Apache Spark
3 57 (3.68%) Apache
4 32 (2.07%) SharePoint
5 20 (1.29%) Palantir Foundry
6 19 (1.23%) Confluence
7 18 (1.16%) SAS
8 12 (0.77%) Appian
9 9 (0.58%) CMS
10 8 (0.52%) Microsoft Exchange
11 4 (0.26%) Camunda
12 3 (0.19%) Apache Solr
12 3 (0.19%) Apache Superset
12 3 (0.19%) IIS
12 3 (0.19%) Oracle Application Server
12 3 (0.19%) Oracle Workflow
13 2 (0.13%) CICS
13 2 (0.13%) Jupyter
14 1 (0.065%) Apache Synapse
14 1 (0.065%) Luigi
Applications
1 77 (4.97%) Microsoft Excel
2 18 (1.16%) Microsoft Office
3 8 (0.52%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 4 (0.26%) Spreadsheet
5 3 (0.19%) Chatbot
5 3 (0.19%) MS Visio
6 2 (0.13%) Sketch
7 1 (0.065%) Notion
7 1 (0.065%) Siemens NX
7 1 (0.065%) SPSS
7 1 (0.065%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 33 (2.13%) SAP S/4HANA
2 15 (0.97%) SAP MDG
3 13 (0.84%) Dynamics CRM
3 13 (0.84%) NetSuite
4 12 (0.77%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
5 8 (0.52%) Workday HCM
6 7 (0.45%) Oracle ERP
6 7 (0.45%) Salesforce CRM
6 7 (0.45%) SAP MDG-BP
7 4 (0.26%) Markit EDM
7 4 (0.26%) SAP MDG-F
8 3 (0.19%) FLEXCUBE
8 3 (0.19%) Misys Opics
8 3 (0.19%) SAP ERP
9 2 (0.13%) Aladdin
9 2 (0.13%) Infor M3
9 2 (0.13%) Unit4 Business World
10 1 (0.065%) FIS Private Capital Suite
10 1 (0.065%) Integrated Workplace Management System
10 1 (0.065%) SAP EWM
Cloud Services
1 726 (46.87%) Azure
2 430 (27.76%) Power Platform
3 361 (23.31%) AWS
4 220 (14.20%) GCP
5 198 (12.78%) Azure Data Factory
6 185 (11.94%) Snowflake
7 150 (9.68%) Azure Synapse Analytics
8 147 (9.49%) Azure DevOps
9 146 (9.43%) dbt
10 87 (5.62%) Serverless
11 73 (4.71%) GitHub
12 64 (4.13%) Amazon S3
13 59 (3.81%) Power Automate
14 49 (3.16%) SaaS
15 44 (2.84%) AWS Lambda
15 44 (2.84%) PowerApps
16 39 (2.52%) Salesforce Service Cloud
17 35 (2.26%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
18 34 (2.19%) Microsoft 365
19 29 (1.87%) GitHub Copilot
Communications & Networking
1 32 (2.07%) Broadband
2 4 (0.26%) HTTP
3 3 (0.19%) NGN
3 3 (0.19%) Remote Desktop
3 3 (0.19%) VPN
4 2 (0.13%) 4G
4 2 (0.13%) 5G
4 2 (0.13%) Network Security
4 2 (0.13%) Tactical Data Link
5 1 (0.065%) CTI
5 1 (0.065%) DHCP
5 1 (0.065%) DNS
5 1 (0.065%) LTE
5 1 (0.065%) Modbus
5 1 (0.065%) MQTT
5 1 (0.065%) Radio Access Network
5 1 (0.065%) SMS
5 1 (0.065%) TCAP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 395 (25.50%) Power BI
2 344 (22.21%) Data Warehouse
3 211 (13.62%) Data Lake
4 193 (12.46%) Metadata
5 119 (7.68%) Tableau
6 116 (7.49%) SQL Server
7 100 (6.46%) Relational Database
8 88 (5.68%) Amazon Redshift
9 82 (5.29%) BigQuery
10 70 (4.52%) PostgreSQL
11 66 (4.26%) NoSQL
12 55 (3.55%) Azure SQL Database
13 54 (3.49%) SQL Server Integration Services
14 51 (3.29%) Power Query
15 45 (2.91%) Looker
16 44 (2.84%) Snowflake Schema
17 41 (2.65%) MySQL
18 40 (2.58%) Delta Lake
19 39 (2.52%) Star Schema
20 36 (2.32%) Big Data
Development Applications
1 115 (7.42%) Git
2 53 (3.42%) JIRA
3 42 (2.71%) MLflow
4 20 (1.29%) Jenkins
5 18 (1.16%) Postman
6 16 (1.03%) ERwin
7 11 (0.71%) GitLab
8 9 (0.58%) Claude Code
9 6 (0.39%) JUnit
10 5 (0.32%) ER Studio
11 3 (0.19%) Eclipse
11 3 (0.19%) Gradle
11 3 (0.19%) IntelliJ
11 3 (0.19%) Maven
11 3 (0.19%) NUnit
11 3 (0.19%) SonarQube
11 3 (0.19%) TestNG
11 3 (0.19%) Toad
11 3 (0.19%) Visual Studio
12 2 (0.13%) Checkstyle
General
1 530 (34.22%) Social Skills
2 503 (32.47%) Finance
3 431 (27.82%) Analytical Skills
4 120 (7.75%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 113 (7.30%) Public Sector
6 71 (4.58%) Law
6 71 (4.58%) Marketing
7 53 (3.42%) Banking
8 48 (3.10%) Financial Institution
9 46 (2.97%) Retail
10 42 (2.71%) Influencing Skills
11 34 (2.19%) Organisational Skills
12 32 (2.07%) Documentation Skills
13 28 (1.81%) Manufacturing
14 22 (1.42%) Legal
15 21 (1.36%) Advertising
16 18 (1.16%) Telecoms
17 16 (1.03%) Retail Banking
18 14 (0.90%) Billing
18 14 (0.90%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 360 (23.24%) Data Engineer
2 337 (21.76%) Architect
3 309 (19.95%) Senior
4 222 (14.33%) Data Architect
5 205 (13.23%) Analyst
6 175 (11.30%) Developer
7 168 (10.85%) Lead
8 120 (7.75%) Data Analyst
9 91 (5.87%) Senior Data Engineer
10 75 (4.84%) Consultant
11 54 (3.49%) Business Intelligence Developer
12 47 (3.03%) Lead Data Engineer
13 46 (2.97%) Azure Engineer
13 46 (2.97%) Senior Analyst
14 45 (2.91%) Business Analyst
14 45 (2.91%) Data Modeller
15 39 (2.52%) Senior Architect
16 35 (2.26%) Business Intelligence Analyst
16 35 (2.26%) Data Manager
16 35 (2.26%) Senior Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 140 (9.04%) REST
2 108 (6.97%) Kafka
3 99 (6.39%) PySpark
4 71 (4.58%) SOAP
5 58 (3.74%) JSON
6 57 (3.68%) .NET
7 54 (3.49%) Lightning Web Components
8 52 (3.36%) Middleware
8 52 (3.36%) RESTful
9 45 (2.91%) XML
10 43 (2.78%) React
11 42 (2.71%) PyTorch
11 42 (2.71%) TensorFlow
12 40 (2.58%) CSS
12 40 (2.58%) scikit-learn
13 37 (2.39%) LangChain
14 34 (2.19%) HTML
15 31 (2.00%) Node.js
15 31 (2.00%) OpenAPI
15 31 (2.00%) Visualforce
Miscellaneous
1 130 (8.39%) Cloud Native
2 122 (7.88%) Data Structures
3 107 (6.91%) Product Ownership
4 56 (3.62%) Management Information System
5 55 (3.55%) Distributed Systems
6 52 (3.36%) Legacy Systems
7 47 (3.03%) Onboarding
8 45 (2.91%) Self-Motivation
9 41 (2.65%) Low-Code
10 38 (2.45%) Greenfield Project
11 33 (2.13%) Public Cloud
12 31 (2.00%) Analytical Mindset
13 25 (1.61%) Reinsurance
14 23 (1.48%) Clustering
15 21 (1.36%) Enterprise Software
15 21 (1.36%) Social Media
16 18 (1.16%) e-Learning
17 16 (1.03%) Replication
17 16 (1.03%) Taxonomies
18 15 (0.97%) AI Agents
Operating Systems
1 14 (0.90%) Windows
2 12 (0.77%) Linux
3 4 (0.26%) Unix
4 3 (0.19%) Android
4 3 (0.19%) Windows Server
5 1 (0.065%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 717 (46.29%) Analytics
2 524 (33.83%) Business Intelligence
3 496 (32.02%) ETL
4 485 (31.31%) Data Governance
5 457 (29.50%) Data Engineering
6 413 (26.66%) Agile
7 411 (26.53%) Data Pipeline
8 368 (23.76%) CI/CD
9 360 (23.24%) Data Architecture
10 359 (23.18%) AI
11 356 (22.98%) Problem-Solving
12 355 (22.92%) Decision-Making
13 320 (20.66%) DevOps
14 227 (14.65%) Mentoring
15 217 (14.01%) Machine Learning
16 214 (13.82%) Continuous Improvement
17 196 (12.65%) Data Integration
18 180 (11.62%) Data Strategy
19 178 (11.49%) Data Science
20 177 (11.43%) Data Management
Programming Languages
1 804 (51.90%) SQL
2 670 (43.25%) Python
3 124 (8.01%) Java
4 93 (6.00%) Data Analysis Expressions
5 85 (5.49%) JavaScript
6 68 (4.39%) C#
7 65 (4.20%) TypeScript
8 53 (3.42%) Apex Code
9 45 (2.91%) Scala
10 43 (2.78%) T-SQL
11 34 (2.19%) PowerShell
12 30 (1.94%) R
13 23 (1.48%) Bash
14 14 (0.90%) C++
15 13 (0.84%) PL/SQL
16 11 (0.71%) VBA
17 10 (0.65%) Perl
17 10 (0.65%) SOQL
17 10 (0.65%) SOSL
18 8 (0.52%) Go
Qualifications
1 195 (12.59%) Degree
2 150 (9.68%) Security Cleared
3 96 (6.20%) SC Cleared
4 78 (5.04%) Computer Science Degree
5 63 (4.07%) Azure Certification
6 44 (2.84%) AWS Certification
7 35 (2.26%) Microsoft Certification
8 34 (2.19%) Master's Degree
9 27 (1.74%) DBS Check
10 23 (1.48%) TOGAF Certification
11 22 (1.42%) DV Cleared
12 21 (1.36%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
13 15 (0.97%) ACCA
13 15 (0.97%) CIMA
14 8 (0.52%) PMI Certification
15 7 (0.45%) PMP
16 6 (0.39%) BPSS Clearance
16 6 (0.39%) SAP Certification
17 4 (0.26%) CBAP
17 4 (0.26%) IIBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 485 (31.31%) Data Quality
2 101 (6.52%) GDPR
3 60 (3.87%) Accessibility
4 51 (3.29%) QA
5 26 (1.68%) California Consumer Privacy Act
6 15 (0.97%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 9 (0.58%) Actionable Recommendations
7 9 (0.58%) SLA
8 7 (0.45%) Solvency II
9 6 (0.39%) MiFID
10 5 (0.32%) GRC
10 5 (0.32%) IFRS
10 5 (0.32%) IFRS 17
11 3 (0.19%) PERC
12 2 (0.13%) HL7
12 2 (0.13%) WCAG
13 1 (0.065%) NIST
13 1 (0.065%) PCI DSS
13 1 (0.065%) PMO
13 1 (0.065%) SNOMED CT
System Software
1 65 (4.20%) Docker
2 13 (0.84%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.065%) Apache Flume
3 1 (0.065%) Firmware
3 1 (0.065%) iptables
Systems Management
1 89 (5.75%) Terraform
2 62 (4.00%) Kubernetes
3 13 (0.84%) Grafana
4 10 (0.65%) Single Sign-On
5 9 (0.58%) Prometheus
6 7 (0.45%) Control-M
7 4 (0.26%) Ansible
8 3 (0.19%) Packer
9 1 (0.065%) Argo
9 1 (0.065%) RSA Archer
9 1 (0.065%) SCCM
Vendors
1 341 (22.01%) Microsoft
2 319 (20.59%) Databricks
3 106 (6.84%) Salesforce
4 104 (6.71%) Oracle
5 82 (5.29%) SAP
6 51 (3.29%) Informatica
7 46 (2.97%) Google
8 32 (2.07%) Cloudera
8 32 (2.07%) Palantir
8 32 (2.07%) Talend
9 30 (1.94%) Foundry
10 23 (1.48%) Dell
10 23 (1.48%) OpenAI
11 22 (1.42%) MuleSoft
12 18 (1.16%) ServiceNow
13 17 (1.10%) Sparx
14 13 (0.84%) Automation Anywhere
14 13 (0.84%) UiPath
15 12 (0.77%) IBM
16 11 (0.71%) Workday