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

6 months to
16 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 105 127 110
Rank change year-on-year +22 -17 +2
Permanent jobs citing Data Modelling 1,595 1,155 2,453
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 1.71% 2.59% 2.27%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.35% 2.80% 2.77%
Number of salaries quoted 1,077 581 1,546
10th Percentile £42,500 £42,500 £40,500
25th Percentile £52,500 £53,000 £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 £62,750 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +4.58% - +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 67,964 41,274 88,698
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 72.85% 92.59% 81.93%
Number of salaries quoted 46,731 22,044 62,765
10th Percentile £30,000 £28,822 £29,525
25th Percentile £41,250 £39,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% +4.55% -9.54%
75th Percentile £78,750 £77,500 £72,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £100,000 £91,991
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +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 16 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 16 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 +21 1,437 £69,000 +6.15% 760
UK excluding London +11 764 £62,750 +4.58% 474
London +33 669 £80,000 +6.67% 413
Work from Home +40 514 £67,500 +3.85% 362
North of England +77 284 £65,000 +13.04% 111
South East -26 178 £62,500 -3.85% 148
Midlands +14 141 £59,866 -4.21% 79
North West +49 126 £62,500 +19.05% 73
Yorkshire +36 122 £68,510 +14.18% 26
West Midlands +4 101 £60,000 +0.84% 54
East of England 0 58 £71,000 +6.77% 21
South West -87 56 £57,500 -4.17% 63
East Midlands -21 38 £55,000 -13.39% 25
North East -17 36 £60,000 +26.32% 12
Scotland -22 35 £70,000 +11.55% 28
Wales - 9 £67,586 - 12
Northern Ireland -33 3 £60,000 - 17

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
1 149 (9.34%) Apache Airflow
2 98 (6.14%) Apache Spark
3 76 (4.76%) Apache
4 34 (2.13%) SharePoint
5 21 (1.32%) Palantir Foundry
6 16 (1.00%) Confluence
7 15 (0.94%) SAS
8 12 (0.75%) Jupyter
9 9 (0.56%) CMS
10 8 (0.50%) Microsoft Exchange
11 7 (0.44%) Appian
12 4 (0.25%) WordPress
13 3 (0.19%) Apache Solr
13 3 (0.19%) Camunda
13 3 (0.19%) IIS
13 3 (0.19%) Oracle Application Server
13 3 (0.19%) Oracle SOA Suite
14 2 (0.13%) CICS
14 2 (0.13%) Luigi
14 2 (0.13%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 65 (4.08%) Microsoft Excel
2 17 (1.07%) Microsoft Office
3 9 (0.56%) Spreadsheet
4 4 (0.25%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 3 (0.19%) Blender
5 3 (0.19%) Maya
6 2 (0.13%) Chatbot
6 2 (0.13%) MS Visio
6 2 (0.13%) PTC Creo
6 2 (0.13%) Windchill
7 1 (0.063%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 36 (2.26%) SAP S/4HANA
2 19 (1.19%) SAP MDG
3 14 (0.88%) Dynamics CRM
4 12 (0.75%) Oracle ERP
4 12 (0.75%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
5 11 (0.69%) NetSuite
6 8 (0.50%) Oracle EBS
6 8 (0.50%) SAP MDG-BP
7 7 (0.44%) Salesforce CRM
7 7 (0.44%) Workday HCM
8 5 (0.31%) SAP MDG-F
9 4 (0.25%) SAP ERP
10 3 (0.19%) FLEXCUBE
10 3 (0.19%) JDE EnterpriseOne
10 3 (0.19%) Misys Opics
11 2 (0.13%) Aladdin
11 2 (0.13%) Infor M3
11 2 (0.13%) Unit4 Business World
12 1 (0.063%) SAP MM
12 1 (0.063%) SAP SD
Cloud Services
1 678 (42.51%) Azure
2 438 (27.46%) Power Platform
3 410 (25.71%) AWS
4 241 (15.11%) GCP
5 173 (10.85%) Azure Data Factory
6 151 (9.47%) Snowflake
7 140 (8.78%) dbt
8 132 (8.28%) Azure Synapse Analytics
9 109 (6.83%) Azure DevOps
10 86 (5.39%) Serverless
11 79 (4.95%) Amazon S3
12 62 (3.89%) SaaS
13 59 (3.70%) Power Automate
14 50 (3.13%) AWS Lambda
15 49 (3.07%) GitHub
16 47 (2.95%) PowerApps
17 33 (2.07%) Microsoft 365
18 32 (2.01%) Dynamics 365
19 31 (1.94%) Salesforce Service Cloud
20 29 (1.82%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 44 (2.76%) Broadband
2 4 (0.25%) NGN
3 3 (0.19%) Internet
3 3 (0.19%) LTE
3 3 (0.19%) Network Security
4 2 (0.13%) 4G
4 2 (0.13%) 5G
4 2 (0.13%) SMS
4 2 (0.13%) Tactical Data Link
5 1 (0.063%) CTI
5 1 (0.063%) HTTP
5 1 (0.063%) Radio Access Network
5 1 (0.063%) Remote Desktop
5 1 (0.063%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 402 (25.20%) Power BI
2 308 (19.31%) Data Warehouse
3 189 (11.85%) Metadata
4 188 (11.79%) Data Lake
5 118 (7.40%) Tableau
6 116 (7.27%) SQL Server
7 103 (6.46%) Relational Database
8 87 (5.45%) BigQuery
9 85 (5.33%) Amazon Redshift
10 77 (4.83%) PostgreSQL
11 65 (4.08%) NoSQL
12 57 (3.57%) Semantic Layer
13 54 (3.39%) Azure SQL Database
13 54 (3.39%) Star Schema
14 48 (3.01%) SQL Server Integration Services
15 47 (2.95%) Power Query
16 46 (2.88%) Delta Lake
16 46 (2.88%) Looker
17 44 (2.76%) Big Data
18 42 (2.63%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 113 (7.08%) Git
2 41 (2.57%) JIRA
3 36 (2.26%) MLflow
4 30 (1.88%) Jenkins
5 14 (0.88%) ERwin
5 14 (0.88%) GitLab
5 14 (0.88%) Postman
6 13 (0.82%) Claude Code
7 6 (0.38%) Toad
8 4 (0.25%) Oracle APEX
9 3 (0.19%) Eclipse
9 3 (0.19%) ER Studio
9 3 (0.19%) IntelliJ
9 3 (0.19%) JUnit
9 3 (0.19%) NUnit
10 2 (0.13%) Cypress.io
10 2 (0.13%) ESLint
10 2 (0.13%) Gradle
10 2 (0.13%) Mockito
10 2 (0.13%) SonarQube
General
1 531 (33.29%) Social Skills
2 486 (30.47%) Finance
3 443 (27.77%) Analytical Skills
4 144 (9.03%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 126 (7.90%) Public Sector
6 71 (4.45%) Law
7 67 (4.20%) Marketing
8 60 (3.76%) Retail
9 43 (2.70%) Banking
9 43 (2.70%) Financial Institution
9 43 (2.70%) Influencing Skills
10 40 (2.51%) Legal
11 36 (2.26%) Manufacturing
12 26 (1.63%) Documentation Skills
12 26 (1.63%) Organisational Skills
13 21 (1.32%) Billing
14 18 (1.13%) Local Government
15 17 (1.07%) Advertising
16 15 (0.94%) Games
17 13 (0.82%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 390 (24.45%) Data Engineer
2 345 (21.63%) Architect
3 325 (20.38%) Senior
4 233 (14.61%) Data Architect
5 206 (12.92%) Analyst
6 190 (11.91%) Lead
7 189 (11.85%) Developer
8 117 (7.34%) Data Analyst
9 106 (6.65%) Senior Data Engineer
10 74 (4.64%) Consultant
11 54 (3.39%) Business Intelligence Developer
12 50 (3.13%) Business Analyst
13 47 (2.95%) Lead Data Engineer
13 47 (2.95%) Senior Architect
14 45 (2.82%) Data Modeller
15 42 (2.63%) Senior Developer
16 41 (2.57%) Senior Analyst
17 37 (2.32%) Data Manager
17 37 (2.32%) Full-Stack Developer
17 37 (2.32%) Senior Data Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 147 (9.22%) REST
2 111 (6.96%) PySpark
3 109 (6.83%) Kafka
4 65 (4.08%) SOAP
5 64 (4.01%) .NET
6 61 (3.82%) React
7 59 (3.70%) JSON
8 56 (3.51%) Middleware
8 56 (3.51%) Node.js
9 49 (3.07%) Lightning Web Components
10 47 (2.95%) CSS
11 44 (2.76%) XML
12 42 (2.63%) LangChain
13 40 (2.51%) RESTful
14 37 (2.32%) PyTorch
14 37 (2.32%) TensorFlow
15 35 (2.19%) scikit-learn
16 33 (2.07%) HTML
17 31 (1.94%) Visualforce
18 25 (1.57%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 151 (9.47%) Cloud Native
2 134 (8.40%) Data Structures
3 91 (5.71%) Product Ownership
4 57 (3.57%) Distributed Systems
5 55 (3.45%) Onboarding
6 45 (2.82%) Management Information System
7 44 (2.76%) Legacy Systems
8 41 (2.57%) Self-Motivation
9 38 (2.38%) Greenfield Project
10 35 (2.19%) Public Cloud
11 34 (2.13%) Analytical Mindset
12 32 (2.01%) Low-Code
13 29 (1.82%) Reinsurance
14 26 (1.63%) Clustering
15 22 (1.38%) Social Media
16 20 (1.25%) AI Agents
17 18 (1.13%) Replication
18 14 (0.88%) Algorithms
18 14 (0.88%) e-Learning
19 13 (0.82%) FMCG
Operating Systems
1 14 (0.88%) Linux
1 14 (0.88%) Windows
2 5 (0.31%) Unix
3 1 (0.063%) Android
3 1 (0.063%) Apple iOS
3 1 (0.063%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 735 (46.08%) Analytics
2 544 (34.11%) Business Intelligence
3 506 (31.72%) Data Governance
4 471 (29.53%) Data Engineering
5 450 (28.21%) ETL
6 420 (26.33%) Data Pipeline
7 414 (25.96%) AI
8 393 (24.64%) Agile
8 393 (24.64%) Decision-Making
9 386 (24.20%) CI/CD
10 379 (23.76%) Problem-Solving
11 366 (22.95%) Data Architecture
12 294 (18.43%) DevOps
13 250 (15.67%) Mentoring
14 245 (15.36%) Machine Learning
15 214 (13.42%) Roadmaps
16 212 (13.29%) Continuous Improvement
17 203 (12.73%) Data Strategy
18 167 (10.47%) Translating Business Requirements
19 165 (10.34%) Data Integration
Programming Languages
1 838 (52.54%) SQL
2 680 (42.63%) Python
3 113 (7.08%) Java
4 101 (6.33%) Data Analysis Expressions
5 84 (5.27%) JavaScript
6 70 (4.39%) TypeScript
7 63 (3.95%) C#
8 52 (3.26%) Scala
9 47 (2.95%) Apex Code
10 40 (2.51%) T-SQL
11 28 (1.76%) R
12 26 (1.63%) PowerShell
13 20 (1.25%) Bash
14 19 (1.19%) PL/SQL
15 18 (1.13%) SOQL
15 18 (1.13%) SOSL
16 10 (0.63%) Bicep
17 9 (0.56%) C++
18 8 (0.50%) Go
19 7 (0.44%) Kusto Query Language
Qualifications
1 185 (11.60%) Degree
2 174 (10.91%) Security Cleared
3 116 (7.27%) SC Cleared
4 74 (4.64%) Computer Science Degree
5 53 (3.32%) Azure Certification
6 32 (2.01%) AWS Certification
6 32 (2.01%) Microsoft Certification
7 30 (1.88%) DBS Check
8 29 (1.82%) DV Cleared
9 28 (1.76%) Master's Degree
10 17 (1.07%) TOGAF Certification
11 11 (0.69%) ACCA
11 11 (0.69%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
11 11 (0.69%) CIMA
12 7 (0.44%) BPSS Clearance
12 7 (0.44%) PMI Certification
12 7 (0.44%) SAP Certification
12 7 (0.44%) SnowPro
13 6 (0.38%) PMP
14 4 (0.25%) CCA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 539 (33.79%) Data Quality
2 111 (6.96%) GDPR
3 55 (3.45%) QA
4 47 (2.95%) Accessibility
5 26 (1.63%) California Consumer Privacy Act
6 13 (0.82%) 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%) PERC
11 4 (0.25%) PMO
12 2 (0.13%) HL7
12 2 (0.13%) WCAG
13 1 (0.063%) ISO 22301
13 1 (0.063%) PCI DSS
13 1 (0.063%) SNOMED CT
System Software
1 84 (5.27%) Docker
2 10 (0.63%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.063%) Apache Flume
Systems Management
1 95 (5.96%) Terraform
2 66 (4.14%) Kubernetes
3 12 (0.75%) Grafana
4 10 (0.63%) Single Sign-On
5 8 (0.50%) Prometheus
6 7 (0.44%) Ansible
7 5 (0.31%) Packer
8 4 (0.25%) Control-M
9 3 (0.19%) Kibana
10 1 (0.063%) QRadar
10 1 (0.063%) RSA Archer
10 1 (0.063%) SCCM
Vendors
1 335 (21.00%) Databricks
2 318 (19.94%) Microsoft
3 113 (7.08%) Salesforce
4 102 (6.39%) Oracle
5 88 (5.52%) SAP
6 50 (3.13%) Google
7 39 (2.45%) Informatica
8 30 (1.88%) Palantir
9 29 (1.82%) Foundry
10 27 (1.69%) Cloudera
11 23 (1.44%) Dell
12 21 (1.32%) OpenAI
13 19 (1.19%) MuleSoft
14 17 (1.07%) ServiceNow
15 15 (0.94%) Talend
16 10 (0.63%) Workday
17 9 (0.56%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
17 9 (0.56%) UiPath
18 8 (0.50%) Automation Anywhere
18 8 (0.50%) HubSpot