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

6 months to
26 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 109 127 105
Rank change year-on-year +18 -22 -1
Permanent jobs citing Data Modelling 1,593 1,095 2,429
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 1.72% 2.57% 2.45%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.32% 2.76% 2.92%
Number of salaries quoted 1,035 549 1,502
10th Percentile £42,500 £42,500 £40,050
25th Percentile £52,500 £53,000 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £66,500 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% +2.31% -3.70%
75th Percentile £87,500 £83,750 £87,313
90th Percentile £97,500 £105,000 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £65,000 £62,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +4.00% +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 68,523 39,694 83,256
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 73.83% 93.27% 84.12%
Number of salaries quoted 44,541 20,818 60,168
10th Percentile £30,000 £29,750 £29,250
25th Percentile £40,875 £41,250 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £58,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +2.56% +6.36% -9.84%
75th Percentile £78,750 £78,750 £72,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £102,500 £92,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £51,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year +1.94% +3.00% -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 26 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 26 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 +26 1,413 £69,500 +2.96% 720
UK excluding London +7 770 £65,000 +4.00% 441
London +40 661 £80,000 +6.67% 369
Work from Home +44 527 £70,000 +7.69% 348
North of England +69 266 £70,000 +21.74% 137
South East -29 186 £61,250 -5.77% 126
Midlands -9 139 £59,866 -5.72% 68
Yorkshire +31 127 £70,932 +18.22% 45
North West +28 113 £65,000 +23.81% 66
West Midlands -13 102 £60,000 - 46
East of England +3 58 £71,000 +1.43% 29
South West -87 57 £55,000 -14.41% 44
Scotland -4 54 £70,000 +21.74% 27
East Midlands -29 35 £55,000 -15.06% 22
North East -20 26 £60,000 +20.00% 31
Wales - 8 £67,586 - 11
Northern Ireland -41 2 - - 7

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
1 143 (8.98%) Apache Airflow
2 90 (5.65%) Apache Spark
3 65 (4.08%) Apache
4 34 (2.13%) SharePoint
5 22 (1.38%) Palantir Foundry
6 17 (1.07%) Confluence
7 14 (0.88%) SAS
8 11 (0.69%) CMS
9 9 (0.56%) Appian
10 8 (0.50%) Jupyter
10 8 (0.50%) Microsoft Exchange
11 5 (0.31%) IIS
12 4 (0.25%) Camunda
12 4 (0.25%) WordPress
13 3 (0.19%) Apache Solr
13 3 (0.19%) Apache Superset
13 3 (0.19%) Oracle Application Server
13 3 (0.19%) Oracle Workflow
14 2 (0.13%) CICS
14 2 (0.13%) Luigi
Applications
1 68 (4.27%) Microsoft Excel
2 15 (0.94%) Microsoft Office
3 7 (0.44%) Spreadsheet
4 4 (0.25%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 3 (0.19%) Chatbot
5 3 (0.19%) Windchill
6 2 (0.13%) PTC Creo
6 2 (0.13%) Sketch
7 1 (0.063%) Blender
7 1 (0.063%) Maya
7 1 (0.063%) Microsoft Project
7 1 (0.063%) MS Visio
7 1 (0.063%) Siemens NX
7 1 (0.063%) SPSS
Business Applications
1 34 (2.13%) SAP S/4HANA
2 17 (1.07%) Dynamics CRM
3 16 (1.00%) SAP MDG
4 12 (0.75%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
5 11 (0.69%) NetSuite
6 9 (0.56%) Oracle ERP
7 8 (0.50%) SAP MDG-BP
8 7 (0.44%) Salesforce CRM
8 7 (0.44%) Workday HCM
9 5 (0.31%) SAP MDG-F
10 4 (0.25%) Markit EDM
10 4 (0.25%) Oracle EBS
10 4 (0.25%) SAP ERP
11 3 (0.19%) FLEXCUBE
11 3 (0.19%) JDE EnterpriseOne
11 3 (0.19%) Misys Opics
12 2 (0.13%) Aladdin
12 2 (0.13%) Infor M3
12 2 (0.13%) Unit4 Business World
13 1 (0.063%) FIS Private Capital Suite
Cloud Services
1 696 (43.69%) Azure
2 435 (27.31%) Power Platform
3 386 (24.23%) AWS
4 223 (14.00%) GCP
5 190 (11.93%) Azure Data Factory
6 157 (9.86%) Snowflake
7 141 (8.85%) dbt
8 140 (8.79%) Azure Synapse Analytics
9 131 (8.22%) Azure DevOps
10 88 (5.52%) Serverless
11 75 (4.71%) Amazon S3
12 64 (4.02%) Power Automate
13 63 (3.95%) GitHub
14 55 (3.45%) SaaS
15 49 (3.08%) PowerApps
16 46 (2.89%) AWS Lambda
17 36 (2.26%) Microsoft 365
17 36 (2.26%) Salesforce Service Cloud
18 32 (2.01%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
19 30 (1.88%) Dynamics 365
Communications & Networking
1 36 (2.26%) Broadband
2 3 (0.19%) LTE
2 3 (0.19%) Network Security
2 3 (0.19%) NGN
2 3 (0.19%) Remote Desktop
2 3 (0.19%) VPN
3 2 (0.13%) 4G
3 2 (0.13%) 5G
3 2 (0.13%) HTTP
3 2 (0.13%) Internet
3 2 (0.13%) SMS
3 2 (0.13%) Tactical Data Link
4 1 (0.063%) CTI
4 1 (0.063%) Radio Access Network
4 1 (0.063%) TCAP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 396 (24.86%) Power BI
2 310 (19.46%) Data Warehouse
3 199 (12.49%) Data Lake
4 191 (11.99%) Metadata
5 120 (7.53%) Tableau
6 117 (7.34%) SQL Server
7 104 (6.53%) Relational Database
8 89 (5.59%) Amazon Redshift
9 85 (5.34%) BigQuery
10 73 (4.58%) PostgreSQL
11 67 (4.21%) NoSQL
12 58 (3.64%) Azure SQL Database
13 55 (3.45%) SQL Server Integration Services
14 48 (3.01%) Looker
14 48 (3.01%) Star Schema
15 47 (2.95%) Power Query
15 47 (2.95%) Semantic Layer
16 45 (2.82%) MySQL
17 43 (2.70%) Delta Lake
18 42 (2.64%) Big Data
Development Applications
1 117 (7.34%) Git
2 43 (2.70%) JIRA
3 38 (2.39%) MLflow
4 22 (1.38%) Jenkins
5 16 (1.00%) ERwin
6 15 (0.94%) Postman
7 13 (0.82%) GitLab
8 12 (0.75%) Claude Code
9 5 (0.31%) ER Studio
9 5 (0.31%) JUnit
9 5 (0.31%) Toad
10 4 (0.25%) Oracle APEX
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%) TestNG
11 3 (0.19%) Visual Studio
12 2 (0.13%) Checkstyle
General
1 534 (33.52%) Social Skills
2 510 (32.02%) Finance
3 442 (27.75%) Analytical Skills
4 133 (8.35%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 121 (7.60%) Public Sector
6 73 (4.58%) Marketing
7 71 (4.46%) Law
8 58 (3.64%) Retail
9 49 (3.08%) Banking
10 45 (2.82%) Financial Institution
11 44 (2.76%) Influencing Skills
12 34 (2.13%) Legal
13 30 (1.88%) Documentation Skills
13 30 (1.88%) Manufacturing
13 30 (1.88%) Organisational Skills
14 20 (1.26%) Billing
15 19 (1.19%) Advertising
16 16 (1.00%) Local Government
17 15 (0.94%) Telecoms
18 13 (0.82%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 365 (22.91%) Data Engineer
2 331 (20.78%) Architect
3 325 (20.40%) Senior
4 209 (13.12%) Data Architect
5 203 (12.74%) Analyst
6 188 (11.80%) Developer
6 188 (11.80%) Lead
7 117 (7.34%) Data Analyst
8 97 (6.09%) Senior Data Engineer
9 79 (4.96%) Consultant
10 53 (3.33%) Business Intelligence Developer
11 52 (3.26%) Data Modeller
12 51 (3.20%) Business Analyst
13 47 (2.95%) Lead Data Engineer
14 44 (2.76%) Senior Analyst
15 43 (2.70%) Senior Architect
16 41 (2.57%) Azure Engineer
17 38 (2.39%) Senior Developer
18 37 (2.32%) Full-Stack Developer
18 37 (2.32%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 149 (9.35%) REST
2 108 (6.78%) PySpark
3 104 (6.53%) Kafka
4 72 (4.52%) SOAP
5 70 (4.39%) .NET
6 60 (3.77%) React
7 57 (3.58%) JSON
8 55 (3.45%) Lightning Web Components
9 54 (3.39%) Middleware
10 50 (3.14%) CSS
11 46 (2.89%) Node.js
12 45 (2.82%) RESTful
13 44 (2.76%) XML
14 41 (2.57%) LangChain
15 38 (2.39%) PyTorch
15 38 (2.39%) scikit-learn
15 38 (2.39%) TensorFlow
16 34 (2.13%) HTML
17 31 (1.95%) Visualforce
18 28 (1.76%) Pandas
Miscellaneous
1 134 (8.41%) Cloud Native
2 128 (8.04%) Data Structures
3 103 (6.47%) Product Ownership
4 56 (3.52%) Distributed Systems
5 54 (3.39%) Management Information System
6 50 (3.14%) Onboarding
7 47 (2.95%) Legacy Systems
7 47 (2.95%) Self-Motivation
8 39 (2.45%) Greenfield Project
9 37 (2.32%) Low-Code
10 34 (2.13%) Public Cloud
11 33 (2.07%) Analytical Mindset
12 31 (1.95%) Reinsurance
13 24 (1.51%) Clustering
14 21 (1.32%) Social Media
15 20 (1.26%) Replication
16 18 (1.13%) AI Agents
17 17 (1.07%) Enterprise Software
18 14 (0.88%) e-Learning
18 14 (0.88%) FMCG
Operating Systems
1 15 (0.94%) Windows
2 10 (0.63%) Linux
3 4 (0.25%) Unix
4 3 (0.19%) Android
4 3 (0.19%) Windows Server
5 1 (0.063%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 719 (45.13%) Analytics
2 532 (33.40%) Business Intelligence
3 501 (31.45%) Data Governance
4 471 (29.57%) ETL
5 448 (28.12%) Data Engineering
6 410 (25.74%) Data Pipeline
7 409 (25.67%) Agile
8 396 (24.86%) AI
9 391 (24.54%) CI/CD
10 373 (23.41%) Decision-Making
11 369 (23.16%) Problem-Solving
12 345 (21.66%) Data Architecture
13 321 (20.15%) DevOps
14 234 (14.69%) Mentoring
15 230 (14.44%) Machine Learning
16 213 (13.37%) Continuous Improvement
17 187 (11.74%) Roadmaps
18 180 (11.30%) Data Strategy
19 170 (10.67%) Data Science
20 168 (10.55%) Data Integration
Programming Languages
1 828 (51.98%) SQL
2 685 (43.00%) Python
3 129 (8.10%) Java
4 92 (5.78%) Data Analysis Expressions
5 88 (5.52%) JavaScript
6 73 (4.58%) TypeScript
7 68 (4.27%) C#
8 52 (3.26%) Apex Code
9 50 (3.14%) Scala
10 42 (2.64%) T-SQL
11 33 (2.07%) PowerShell
12 31 (1.95%) R
13 19 (1.19%) Bash
14 18 (1.13%) SOQL
14 18 (1.13%) SOSL
15 15 (0.94%) PL/SQL
16 10 (0.63%) C++
16 10 (0.63%) VBA
17 9 (0.56%) Perl
18 8 (0.50%) VB
Qualifications
1 193 (12.12%) Degree
2 166 (10.42%) Security Cleared
3 108 (6.78%) SC Cleared
4 78 (4.90%) Computer Science Degree
5 55 (3.45%) Azure Certification
6 37 (2.32%) AWS Certification
7 36 (2.26%) Microsoft Certification
8 32 (2.01%) Master's Degree
9 29 (1.82%) DBS Check
10 26 (1.63%) DV Cleared
11 20 (1.26%) TOGAF Certification
12 17 (1.07%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
13 13 (0.82%) ACCA
13 13 (0.82%) CIMA
14 8 (0.50%) PMI Certification
15 7 (0.44%) BPSS Clearance
15 7 (0.44%) PMP
15 7 (0.44%) SAP Certification
16 4 (0.25%) CBAP
16 4 (0.25%) IIBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 510 (32.02%) Data Quality
2 103 (6.47%) GDPR
3 53 (3.33%) QA
4 47 (2.95%) Accessibility
5 25 (1.57%) California Consumer Privacy Act
6 14 (0.88%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 9 (0.56%) SLA
8 7 (0.44%) Solvency II
9 6 (0.38%) Actionable Recommendations
9 6 (0.38%) GRC
10 5 (0.31%) IFRS
10 5 (0.31%) IFRS 17
10 5 (0.31%) MiFID
11 4 (0.25%) PMO
12 3 (0.19%) PERC
13 2 (0.13%) HL7
13 2 (0.13%) WCAG
14 1 (0.063%) ISO 22301
14 1 (0.063%) PCI DSS
14 1 (0.063%) SNOMED CT
System Software
1 75 (4.71%) Docker
2 13 (0.82%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.063%) Apache Flume
Systems Management
1 88 (5.52%) Terraform
2 62 (3.89%) Kubernetes
3 12 (0.75%) Grafana
4 10 (0.63%) Single Sign-On
5 8 (0.50%) Prometheus
6 7 (0.44%) Control-M
7 3 (0.19%) Ansible
7 3 (0.19%) Packer
8 2 (0.13%) Kibana
9 1 (0.063%) QRadar
9 1 (0.063%) RSA Archer
9 1 (0.063%) SCCM
Vendors
1 328 (20.59%) Databricks
2 319 (20.03%) Microsoft
3 114 (7.16%) Salesforce
4 101 (6.34%) Oracle
5 87 (5.46%) SAP
6 48 (3.01%) Google
7 44 (2.76%) Informatica
8 33 (2.07%) Palantir
9 32 (2.01%) Foundry
10 27 (1.69%) Cloudera
11 24 (1.51%) OpenAI
12 23 (1.44%) Dell
12 23 (1.44%) Talend
13 20 (1.26%) MuleSoft
13 20 (1.26%) ServiceNow
14 14 (0.88%) Sparx
15 12 (0.75%) IBM
16 10 (0.63%) Automation Anywhere
16 10 (0.63%) UiPath
16 10 (0.63%) Workday