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 9 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
9 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 116 123 111
Rank change year-on-year +7 -12 -5
Permanent jobs citing Data Modelling 1,806 1,245 1,773
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 1.61% 2.51% 2.26%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.20% 2.84% 2.80%
Number of salaries quoted 1,182 630 977
10th Percentile £43,750 £45,000 £41,250
25th Percentile £52,500 £56,250 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £70,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year - - +3.70%
75th Percentile £87,500 £86,250 £87,348
90th Percentile £107,500 £107,500 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £62,500 £63,500 £62,500
% change year-on-year -1.57% +1.60% +9.65%

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 82,210 43,908 63,272
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 73.10% 88.55% 80.74%
Number of salaries quoted 57,176 24,796 36,704
10th Percentile £31,250 £28,500 £31,875
25th Percentile £41,500 £36,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% -4.35% -4.17%
75th Percentile £80,000 £75,000 £76,250
90th Percentile £100,000 £96,250 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £47,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year +15.79% -9.52% -2.78%

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 9 September 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 9 September 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 +4 1,664 £70,000 +1.45% 1,969
UK excluding London +2 894 £62,500 -1.57% 981
London +2 754 £82,500 +6.45% 1,252
Work from Home +32 550 £65,000 -4.41% 890
North of England +75 351 £65,000 +4.00% 226
South East -76 195 £62,500 -3.85% 253
North West +68 154 £62,500 +5.49% 152
Midlands -4 154 £60,900 -4.09% 155
Yorkshire +3 114 £67,500 - 56
West Midlands 0 110 £62,500 +3.31% 105
South West -19 103 £67,736 +8.38% 128
North East +4 83 £65,000 +31.98% 19
East of England -27 51 £65,000 +8.33% 71
East Midlands -37 44 £59,366 -10.39% 50
Scotland -6 25 £70,000 +14.29% 86
Wales -53 18 £63,500 - 19
Northern Ireland -77 2 £60,000 - 53

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
1 117 (6.48%) Apache Spark
2 113 (6.26%) Apache Airflow
3 86 (4.76%) Apache
4 34 (1.88%) SharePoint
5 26 (1.44%) Confluence
6 18 (1.00%) Jupyter
7 13 (0.72%) SAS
8 12 (0.66%) Palantir Foundry
9 7 (0.39%) CMS
10 5 (0.28%) Oracle SOA Suite
11 4 (0.22%) Luigi
11 4 (0.22%) WordPress
12 3 (0.17%) Apache Solr
12 3 (0.17%) ArcGIS
12 3 (0.17%) IIS
13 2 (0.11%) Tornado
14 1 (0.055%) Adobe Experience Manager
14 1 (0.055%) Apache Superset
14 1 (0.055%) JBoss
14 1 (0.055%) Oracle Application Server
Applications
1 78 (4.32%) Microsoft Excel
2 12 (0.66%) Microsoft Office
3 10 (0.55%) Spreadsheet
4 6 (0.33%) MS Visio
5 3 (0.17%) Blender
5 3 (0.17%) Chatbot
5 3 (0.17%) Maya
5 3 (0.17%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 2 (0.11%) Microsoft Project
6 2 (0.11%) PTC Creo
6 2 (0.11%) Windchill
7 1 (0.055%) FrameMaker
Business Applications
1 33 (1.83%) Dynamics CRM
2 31 (1.72%) SAP S/4HANA
3 19 (1.05%) SAP MDG
4 12 (0.66%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
5 11 (0.61%) Oracle ERP
5 11 (0.61%) Salesforce CRM
6 10 (0.55%) Oracle EBS
7 8 (0.44%) SAP MDG-BP
8 6 (0.33%) NetSuite
8 6 (0.33%) SAP ERP
9 5 (0.28%) JDE EnterpriseOne
9 5 (0.28%) SAP MDG-F
10 3 (0.17%) Dynamics NAV
10 3 (0.17%) Oracle Payables
10 3 (0.17%) Oracle Receivables
11 2 (0.11%) FLEXCUBE
11 2 (0.11%) Infor M3
11 2 (0.11%) Oracle Applications
11 2 (0.11%) SAP BPC
11 2 (0.11%) SAP IBP
Cloud Services
1 708 (39.20%) Azure
2 526 (29.13%) Power Platform
3 458 (25.36%) AWS
4 250 (13.84%) GCP
5 197 (10.91%) Azure Data Factory
6 160 (8.86%) Snowflake
7 138 (7.64%) Azure Synapse Analytics
8 136 (7.53%) dbt
9 132 (7.31%) Azure DevOps
10 95 (5.26%) Amazon S3
11 94 (5.20%) Serverless
12 75 (4.15%) SaaS
13 74 (4.10%) Azure Databricks
14 65 (3.60%) GitHub
14 65 (3.60%) Power Automate
15 64 (3.54%) Microsoft Purview
16 57 (3.16%) AWS Lambda
17 55 (3.05%) PowerApps
18 53 (2.93%) Dynamics 365
19 38 (2.10%) Amazon EMR
Communications & Networking
1 38 (2.10%) Broadband
2 11 (0.61%) VPN
3 7 (0.39%) SMS
4 6 (0.33%) BGP
4 6 (0.33%) DNS
4 6 (0.33%) IPsec
5 5 (0.28%) DMZ
5 5 (0.28%) Ethernet
5 5 (0.28%) IPv4
5 5 (0.28%) Modbus
5 5 (0.28%) OSPF
5 5 (0.28%) VLAN
6 4 (0.22%) Internet
6 4 (0.22%) NGN
7 3 (0.17%) LTE
8 2 (0.11%) Network Security
9 1 (0.055%) 4G
9 1 (0.055%) 5G
9 1 (0.055%) ATM
9 1 (0.055%) X.509
Database & Business Intelligence
1 486 (26.91%) Power BI
2 369 (20.43%) Data Warehouse
3 240 (13.29%) Metadata
4 231 (12.79%) Data Lake
5 139 (7.70%) Tableau
6 133 (7.36%) SQL Server
7 107 (5.92%) Relational Database
8 92 (5.09%) PostgreSQL
9 90 (4.98%) Star Schema
10 88 (4.87%) BigQuery
11 83 (4.60%) Big Data
12 82 (4.54%) Amazon Redshift
13 79 (4.37%) Semantic Layer
14 76 (4.21%) Delta Lake
15 73 (4.04%) NoSQL
16 63 (3.49%) Azure SQL Database
17 60 (3.32%) Data Vault
18 56 (3.10%) Power Query
19 54 (2.99%) Snowflake Schema
20 53 (2.93%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 146 (8.08%) Git
2 50 (2.77%) JIRA
3 47 (2.60%) Jenkins
4 41 (2.27%) Claude Code
5 25 (1.38%) MLflow
6 24 (1.33%) GitLab
7 9 (0.50%) ERwin
8 6 (0.33%) Ant
8 6 (0.33%) Toad
9 4 (0.22%) Maven
9 4 (0.22%) Oracle APEX
9 4 (0.22%) Visual Studio Code
10 3 (0.17%) Bitbucket
10 3 (0.17%) ER Studio
11 2 (0.11%) Apache Ivy
11 2 (0.11%) Cucumber
11 2 (0.11%) Gradle
11 2 (0.11%) IBM UrbanCode
11 2 (0.11%) Jasmine
11 2 (0.11%) Mockito
General
1 629 (34.83%) Social Skills
2 564 (31.23%) Finance
3 485 (26.85%) Analytical Skills
4 148 (8.19%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 138 (7.64%) Public Sector
6 93 (5.15%) Marketing
7 84 (4.65%) Retail
8 76 (4.21%) Law
9 66 (3.65%) Legal
10 63 (3.49%) Manufacturing
11 56 (3.10%) Influencing Skills
12 45 (2.49%) Banking
13 29 (1.61%) Pharmaceutical
14 27 (1.50%) Billing
15 25 (1.38%) Presentation Skills
16 23 (1.27%) Financial Institution
17 22 (1.22%) Documentation Skills
18 14 (0.78%) Advertising
18 14 (0.78%) Local Government
18 14 (0.78%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 433 (23.98%) Data Engineer
2 414 (22.92%) Architect
3 391 (21.65%) Senior
4 306 (16.94%) Data Architect
5 206 (11.41%) Analyst
6 188 (10.41%) Developer
6 188 (10.41%) Lead
7 110 (6.09%) Senior Data Engineer
8 101 (5.59%) Data Analyst
9 76 (4.21%) Consultant
10 64 (3.54%) Senior Architect
11 58 (3.21%) Business Analyst
12 54 (2.99%) Data Modeller
12 54 (2.99%) Senior Data Architect
13 49 (2.71%) Business Intelligence Developer
14 47 (2.60%) Databricks Engineer
15 46 (2.55%) Senior Analyst
16 44 (2.44%) Senior Developer
17 43 (2.38%) Solutions Architect
18 41 (2.27%) Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 154 (8.53%) PySpark
2 127 (7.03%) REST
3 112 (6.20%) Terraform
4 107 (5.92%) Kafka
5 67 (3.71%) Node.js
6 65 (3.60%) React
7 57 (3.16%) .NET
8 52 (2.88%) Lightning Web Components
9 49 (2.71%) SOAP
10 48 (2.66%) Middleware
11 46 (2.55%) JSON
12 36 (1.99%) LangChain
13 35 (1.94%) CSS
13 35 (1.94%) XML
14 30 (1.66%) AngularJS
15 25 (1.38%) RESTful
16 21 (1.16%) HTML
16 21 (1.16%) Next.js
16 21 (1.16%) TensorFlow
16 21 (1.16%) Visualforce
Miscellaneous
1 180 (9.97%) Cloud Native
2 114 (6.31%) Data Structures
3 104 (5.76%) Product Ownership
4 74 (4.10%) Onboarding
5 67 (3.71%) Distributed Systems
6 44 (2.44%) Management Information System
7 38 (2.10%) AI Agents
8 37 (2.05%) Analytical Mindset
9 35 (1.94%) Greenfield Project
10 33 (1.83%) Enterprise Software
10 33 (1.83%) Legacy Systems
11 30 (1.66%) Self-Motivation
12 29 (1.61%) Distributed Computing
13 25 (1.38%) Public Cloud
14 22 (1.22%) Clustering
15 20 (1.11%) Reinsurance
16 19 (1.05%) Replication
16 19 (1.05%) Social Media
16 19 (1.05%) Taxonomies
17 18 (1.00%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 23 (1.27%) Linux
1 23 (1.27%) Windows
2 3 (0.17%) Windows Server
3 2 (0.11%) Solaris
4 1 (0.055%) Apple iOS
4 1 (0.055%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 840 (46.51%) Analytics
2 651 (36.05%) Business Intelligence
3 625 (34.61%) AI
4 545 (30.18%) Data Governance
5 513 (28.41%) Data Engineering
6 500 (27.69%) ETL
7 484 (26.80%) Data Pipeline
8 461 (25.53%) Decision-Making
9 458 (25.36%) Data Architecture
10 455 (25.19%) Agile
11 441 (24.42%) CI/CD
12 404 (22.37%) Problem-Solving
13 333 (18.44%) Roadmaps
14 326 (18.05%) DevOps
15 298 (16.50%) Mentoring
16 288 (15.95%) Data Strategy
17 279 (15.45%) Machine Learning
18 258 (14.29%) Lakehouse
19 257 (14.23%) Stakeholder Management
20 255 (14.12%) Continuous Improvement
Programming Languages
1 935 (51.77%) SQL
2 717 (39.70%) Python
3 120 (6.64%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 97 (5.37%) Java
5 89 (4.93%) C#
6 85 (4.71%) TypeScript
7 78 (4.32%) Scala
8 69 (3.82%) JavaScript
9 46 (2.55%) Apex Code
10 36 (1.99%) T-SQL
11 28 (1.55%) R
12 21 (1.16%) PowerShell
13 20 (1.11%) Bicep
14 18 (1.00%) SOQL
15 17 (0.94%) SOSL
16 12 (0.66%) PL/SQL
17 11 (0.61%) Bash
17 11 (0.61%) Kusto Query Language
18 8 (0.44%) Go
18 8 (0.44%) Kotlin
Qualifications
1 233 (12.90%) Security Cleared
2 197 (10.91%) Degree
3 139 (7.70%) SC Cleared
4 74 (4.10%) Computer Science Degree
5 65 (3.60%) Azure Certification
6 50 (2.77%) DV Cleared
7 47 (2.60%) Microsoft Certification
8 32 (1.77%) Master's Degree
9 31 (1.72%) AWS Certification
10 29 (1.61%) DBS Check
11 28 (1.55%) BPSS Clearance
12 18 (1.00%) SnowPro
13 15 (0.83%) TOGAF Certification
14 11 (0.61%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
15 9 (0.50%) CIPD
16 6 (0.33%) IIBA
16 6 (0.33%) SAP Certification
17 5 (0.28%) ACCA
17 5 (0.28%) CSPO
17 5 (0.28%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 654 (36.21%) Data Quality
2 129 (7.14%) GDPR
3 80 (4.43%) Accessibility
4 73 (4.04%) QA
5 27 (1.50%) California Consumer Privacy Act
6 7 (0.39%) IFRS
6 7 (0.39%) PMO
6 7 (0.39%) Solvency II
7 5 (0.28%) IFRS 17
7 5 (0.28%) WCAG
8 4 (0.22%) MiFID
8 4 (0.22%) PERC
9 3 (0.17%) Actionable Recommendations
9 3 (0.17%) GRC
9 3 (0.17%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 3 (0.17%) SLA
9 3 (0.17%) UCITS
10 2 (0.11%) ISO 20022
10 2 (0.11%) SOC 2
11 1 (0.055%) ISO 22301
System Software
1 93 (5.15%) Docker
2 6 (0.33%) Active Directory
3 4 (0.22%) NDS
4 1 (0.055%) Apache Flume
Systems Management
1 61 (3.38%) Kubernetes
2 19 (1.05%) Ansible
3 8 (0.44%) Packer
4 6 (0.33%) Hadoop YARN
5 4 (0.22%) Argo
6 3 (0.17%) Grafana
6 3 (0.17%) Kibana
6 3 (0.17%) Prometheus
7 2 (0.11%) Progress Chef
7 2 (0.11%) Puppet
8 1 (0.055%) Consul
8 1 (0.055%) QRadar
8 1 (0.055%) RSA Archer
8 1 (0.055%) SCCM
Vendors
1 416 (23.03%) Microsoft
2 356 (19.71%) Databricks
3 110 (6.09%) Salesforce
4 106 (5.87%) Oracle
5 104 (5.76%) SAP
6 65 (3.60%) Google
7 33 (1.83%) Informatica
8 21 (1.16%) Talend
9 20 (1.11%) Foundry
10 19 (1.05%) Palantir
11 18 (1.00%) Cloudera
11 18 (1.00%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
11 18 (1.00%) ServiceNow
12 16 (0.89%) Dell
13 15 (0.83%) OpenAI
14 11 (0.61%) Bloomberg
15 10 (0.55%) IBM
15 10 (0.55%) MuleSoft
16 9 (0.50%) HubSpot
17 8 (0.44%) SYSPRO