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 8 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
8 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 118 128 114
Rank change year-on-year +10 -14 -3
Permanent jobs citing Data Modelling 1,830 1,182 1,641
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 1.55% 2.38% 2.24%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.12% 2.67% 2.73%
Number of salaries quoted 1,172 630 874
10th Percentile £44,775 £45,000 £40,725
25th Percentile £53,750 £55,958 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £68,000 £67,500
Median % change year-on-year +2.94% +0.74% -
75th Percentile £88,750 £85,000 £87,270
90th Percentile £107,500 £107,500 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £63,750 £62,500 £62,500
% change year-on-year +2.00% - +8.70%

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 86,155 44,192 60,081
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 73.18% 88.99% 81.99%
Number of salaries quoted 59,150 24,458 32,463
10th Percentile £31,250 £28,325 £32,500
25th Percentile £41,250 £36,250 £42,608
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% -8.33% -
75th Percentile £78,750 £75,000 £77,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £95,000 £96,750
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 8 October 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 8 October 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 +16 1,683 £70,782 +4.09% 2,460
UK excluding London +6 900 £63,750 +2.00% 1,100
London +1 779 £82,750 +1.85% 1,489
Work from Home +27 568 £69,973 +3.66% 1,049
North of England +75 345 £65,000 - 278
South East -58 197 £62,500 -3.85% 278
Midlands +12 173 £62,500 -1.57% 158
North West +66 161 £62,500 +4.17% 174
West Midlands +9 125 £65,000 +9.24% 106
South West -19 106 £77,500 +20.44% 91
Yorkshire +5 102 £68,724 +1.81% 74
North East +8 82 £65,000 +31.98% 31
East Midlands -29 48 £47,500 -26.92% 52
East of England -33 43 £63,750 +6.25% 96
Wales -54 23 £63,500 - 25
Scotland -25 22 £70,000 +16.67% 127
Northern Ireland -77 2 £60,000 - 55

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
1 111 (6.07%) Apache Spark
2 101 (5.52%) Apache Airflow
3 91 (4.97%) Apache
4 30 (1.64%) SharePoint
5 23 (1.26%) Confluence
6 21 (1.15%) Jupyter
7 13 (0.71%) Palantir Foundry
8 11 (0.60%) SAS
9 7 (0.38%) Oracle SOA Suite
10 5 (0.27%) IIS
11 4 (0.22%) CMS
11 4 (0.22%) Luigi
11 4 (0.22%) WordPress
12 3 (0.16%) ArcGIS
13 2 (0.11%) Apache Solr
13 2 (0.11%) Tornado
13 2 (0.11%) WebLogic
13 2 (0.11%) WebLogic Portal
14 1 (0.055%) Adobe Experience Manager
14 1 (0.055%) Apache Superset
Applications
1 91 (4.97%) Microsoft Excel
2 12 (0.66%) Spreadsheet
3 11 (0.60%) Microsoft Office
4 8 (0.44%) MS Visio
5 6 (0.33%) Notion
6 3 (0.16%) Blender
6 3 (0.16%) Chatbot
6 3 (0.16%) Maya
7 2 (0.11%) Microsoft PowerPoint
7 2 (0.11%) Microsoft Project
7 2 (0.11%) PTC Creo
7 2 (0.11%) Windchill
8 1 (0.055%) FrameMaker
8 1 (0.055%) ProjectWise
Business Applications
1 44 (2.40%) Dynamics CRM
2 28 (1.53%) SAP S/4HANA
3 17 (0.93%) SAP MDG
4 12 (0.66%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
5 11 (0.60%) Oracle EBS
6 10 (0.55%) Oracle ERP
7 8 (0.44%) Salesforce CRM
8 7 (0.38%) SAP ERP
8 7 (0.38%) SAP MDG-BP
9 6 (0.33%) NetSuite
9 6 (0.33%) SAP BPC
10 5 (0.27%) Dynamics NAV
10 5 (0.27%) JDE EnterpriseOne
11 4 (0.22%) Oracle Applications
11 4 (0.22%) SAP MDG-F
12 3 (0.16%) Oracle Payables
12 3 (0.16%) Oracle Receivables
13 2 (0.11%) Oracle EBS R12
13 2 (0.11%) SAP IBP
14 1 (0.055%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 701 (38.31%) Azure
2 537 (29.34%) Power Platform
3 439 (23.99%) AWS
4 240 (13.11%) GCP
5 197 (10.77%) Azure Data Factory
6 173 (9.45%) Snowflake
7 147 (8.03%) Azure DevOps
8 136 (7.43%) dbt
9 130 (7.10%) Azure Synapse Analytics
10 106 (5.79%) Serverless
11 99 (5.41%) Amazon S3
12 88 (4.81%) SaaS
13 81 (4.43%) Azure Databricks
14 71 (3.88%) GitHub
14 71 (3.88%) Power Automate
15 60 (3.28%) AWS Lambda
16 59 (3.22%) Microsoft Purview
17 58 (3.17%) Dynamics 365
17 58 (3.17%) PowerApps
18 41 (2.24%) Amazon EMR
Communications & Networking
1 29 (1.58%) Broadband
2 17 (0.93%) VPN
3 11 (0.60%) DMZ
3 11 (0.60%) Ethernet
3 11 (0.60%) IPv4
3 11 (0.60%) Modbus
3 11 (0.60%) OSPF
3 11 (0.60%) VLAN
4 6 (0.33%) BGP
4 6 (0.33%) DNS
4 6 (0.33%) IPsec
4 6 (0.33%) SMS
5 4 (0.22%) Internet
6 3 (0.16%) LTE
7 2 (0.11%) HTTP
7 2 (0.11%) Network Security
8 1 (0.055%) 4G
8 1 (0.055%) ATM
8 1 (0.055%) NGN
8 1 (0.055%) X.509
Database & Business Intelligence
1 499 (27.27%) Power BI
2 374 (20.44%) Data Warehouse
3 272 (14.86%) Metadata
4 211 (11.53%) Data Lake
5 137 (7.49%) SQL Server
6 121 (6.61%) Tableau
7 109 (5.96%) Relational Database
8 96 (5.25%) Star Schema
9 93 (5.08%) Semantic Layer
10 85 (4.64%) PostgreSQL
11 82 (4.48%) Big Data
12 81 (4.43%) Delta Lake
12 81 (4.43%) NoSQL
13 79 (4.32%) BigQuery
14 76 (4.15%) Azure SQL Database
15 75 (4.10%) Amazon Redshift
16 67 (3.66%) Power Query
17 57 (3.11%) Data Vault
18 48 (2.62%) MySQL
18 48 (2.62%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 177 (9.67%) Git
2 49 (2.68%) Jenkins
3 44 (2.40%) JIRA
4 40 (2.19%) Claude Code
5 34 (1.86%) GitLab
6 10 (0.55%) MLflow
7 8 (0.44%) ERwin
8 6 (0.33%) Ant
9 5 (0.27%) Toad
10 4 (0.22%) ER Studio
10 4 (0.22%) Maven
10 4 (0.22%) Octopus Deploy
10 4 (0.22%) Oracle APEX
10 4 (0.22%) Visual Studio Code
11 3 (0.16%) Bitbucket
11 3 (0.16%) Flyway
12 2 (0.11%) Apache Ivy
12 2 (0.11%) Gradle
12 2 (0.11%) IBM UrbanCode
12 2 (0.11%) Karma Test Runner
General
1 641 (35.03%) Social Skills
2 566 (30.93%) Finance
3 476 (26.01%) Analytical Skills
4 158 (8.63%) Public Sector
5 157 (8.58%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 97 (5.30%) Marketing
7 87 (4.75%) Retail
8 78 (4.26%) Legal
9 75 (4.10%) Law
10 73 (3.99%) Manufacturing
11 52 (2.84%) Influencing Skills
12 46 (2.51%) Banking
13 35 (1.91%) Pharmaceutical
14 34 (1.86%) Billing
15 30 (1.64%) Presentation Skills
16 17 (0.93%) Documentation Skills
17 16 (0.87%) Financial Institution
18 15 (0.82%) Local Government
19 14 (0.77%) Advertising
19 14 (0.77%) Front Office
Job Titles
1 464 (25.36%) Data Engineer
2 423 (23.11%) Architect
3 406 (22.19%) Senior
4 315 (17.21%) Data Architect
5 205 (11.20%) Analyst
6 194 (10.60%) Lead
7 184 (10.05%) Developer
8 121 (6.61%) Senior Data Engineer
9 105 (5.74%) Data Analyst
10 72 (3.93%) Consultant
11 69 (3.77%) Senior Architect
12 59 (3.22%) Senior Data Architect
13 51 (2.79%) Principal Engineer
14 47 (2.57%) Solutions Architect
15 46 (2.51%) Business Analyst
15 46 (2.51%) Software Engineer
16 44 (2.40%) Data Modeller
16 44 (2.40%) Senior Analyst
16 44 (2.40%) Senior Developer
17 41 (2.24%) Business Intelligence Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 162 (8.85%) PySpark
2 128 (6.99%) REST
3 111 (6.07%) Terraform
4 89 (4.86%) Kafka
5 67 (3.66%) Node.js
6 64 (3.50%) React
7 59 (3.22%) .NET
8 49 (2.68%) Middleware
9 46 (2.51%) SOAP
10 43 (2.35%) JSON
11 42 (2.30%) Lightning Web Components
12 34 (1.86%) AngularJS
13 33 (1.80%) CSS
14 29 (1.58%) XML
15 24 (1.31%) RESTful
16 23 (1.26%) Oracle Fusion
17 21 (1.15%) Spring
17 21 (1.15%) Vue
18 20 (1.09%) Pandas
19 18 (0.98%) GraphQL
Miscellaneous
1 167 (9.13%) Cloud Native
2 121 (6.61%) Data Structures
3 103 (5.63%) Product Ownership
4 82 (4.48%) Onboarding
5 71 (3.88%) Distributed Systems
6 56 (3.06%) Management Information System
7 43 (2.35%) AI Agents
8 40 (2.19%) Enterprise Software
9 34 (1.86%) Greenfield Project
10 32 (1.75%) Legacy Systems
11 30 (1.64%) Analytical Mindset
12 29 (1.58%) Self-Motivation
13 28 (1.53%) Distributed Computing
14 23 (1.26%) Taxonomies
15 20 (1.09%) Reference Data
16 19 (1.04%) Marketing Technology
17 18 (0.98%) Reinsurance
18 17 (0.93%) Replication
19 16 (0.87%) SCADA
19 16 (0.87%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 27 (1.48%) Linux
1 27 (1.48%) Windows
2 4 (0.22%) Windows Server
3 3 (0.16%) Unix
4 2 (0.11%) Solaris
5 1 (0.055%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 834 (45.57%) Analytics
2 668 (36.50%) Business Intelligence
3 637 (34.81%) AI
4 532 (29.07%) Data Governance
5 517 (28.25%) Data Engineering
6 515 (28.14%) Data Pipeline
7 495 (27.05%) ETL
8 477 (26.07%) Agile
9 475 (25.96%) CI/CD
10 466 (25.46%) Data Architecture
11 452 (24.70%) Decision-Making
12 405 (22.13%) Problem-Solving
13 346 (18.91%) DevOps
14 341 (18.63%) Roadmaps
15 328 (17.92%) Mentoring
16 296 (16.17%) Stakeholder Management
17 295 (16.12%) Technical Leadership
18 290 (15.85%) Data Strategy
19 259 (14.15%) Continuous Improvement
20 251 (13.72%) Lakehouse
Programming Languages
1 965 (52.73%) SQL
2 711 (38.85%) Python
3 128 (6.99%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 103 (5.63%) C#
5 99 (5.41%) Java
6 86 (4.70%) TypeScript
7 85 (4.64%) Scala
8 75 (4.10%) JavaScript
9 40 (2.19%) Apex Code
10 34 (1.86%) T-SQL
11 27 (1.48%) R
12 26 (1.42%) PowerShell
13 23 (1.26%) Bicep
14 17 (0.93%) SOQL
15 15 (0.82%) SOSL
16 14 (0.77%) PL/SQL
17 12 (0.66%) Kusto Query Language
18 10 (0.55%) Bash
19 8 (0.44%) SPARQL
20 7 (0.38%) Kotlin
Qualifications
1 258 (14.10%) Security Cleared
2 199 (10.87%) Degree
3 173 (9.45%) SC Cleared
4 80 (4.37%) Computer Science Degree
5 67 (3.66%) Azure Certification
6 53 (2.90%) Microsoft Certification
7 48 (2.62%) DV Cleared
8 32 (1.75%) Master's Degree
9 31 (1.69%) BPSS Clearance
10 30 (1.64%) AWS Certification
11 27 (1.48%) DBS Check
12 18 (0.98%) SnowPro
13 14 (0.77%) TOGAF Certification
14 10 (0.55%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
14 10 (0.55%) CIPD
15 9 (0.49%) ACCA
16 7 (0.38%) CIMA
16 7 (0.38%) CSPO
17 5 (0.27%) Microsoft Certified Professional
17 5 (0.27%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 691 (37.76%) Data Quality
2 124 (6.78%) GDPR
3 93 (5.08%) Accessibility
4 62 (3.39%) QA
5 14 (0.77%) California Consumer Privacy Act
6 9 (0.49%) WCAG
7 8 (0.44%) PMO
8 5 (0.27%) IFRS
9 4 (0.22%) COPPA
9 4 (0.22%) MiFID
9 4 (0.22%) SLA
10 3 (0.16%) Actionable Recommendations
10 3 (0.16%) IFRS 17
10 3 (0.16%) ISO 20022
10 3 (0.16%) ISO/IEC 27001
10 3 (0.16%) SOC 2
10 3 (0.16%) Solvency II
10 3 (0.16%) UCITS
11 2 (0.11%) GRC
12 1 (0.055%) NIST
System Software
1 106 (5.79%) Docker
2 18 (0.98%) Active Directory
3 7 (0.38%) NDS
4 2 (0.11%) Hyper-V
4 2 (0.11%) NFS
4 2 (0.11%) Virtual Machines
4 2 (0.11%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 70 (3.83%) Kubernetes
2 19 (1.04%) Ansible
3 8 (0.44%) Packer
4 6 (0.33%) Hadoop YARN
5 4 (0.22%) Argo
6 3 (0.16%) Grafana
6 3 (0.16%) Kibana
6 3 (0.16%) Prometheus
6 3 (0.16%) SQL Sentry
7 2 (0.11%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
7 2 (0.11%) Oracle RMAN
7 2 (0.11%) Progress Chef
7 2 (0.11%) Puppet
7 2 (0.11%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
8 1 (0.055%) Consul
8 1 (0.055%) Failover Clustering
8 1 (0.055%) QRadar
Vendors
1 463 (25.30%) Microsoft
2 328 (17.92%) Databricks
3 109 (5.96%) Oracle
3 109 (5.96%) Salesforce
3 109 (5.96%) SAP
4 69 (3.77%) Google
5 33 (1.80%) Informatica
6 21 (1.15%) Talend
7 20 (1.09%) Foundry
7 20 (1.09%) ServiceNow
8 17 (0.93%) Palantir
9 14 (0.77%) OpenAI
9 14 (0.77%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
10 11 (0.60%) Bloomberg
11 10 (0.55%) CyberArk
11 10 (0.55%) ForgeRock
11 10 (0.55%) IBM
11 10 (0.55%) Okta
11 10 (0.55%) OpenText
12 9 (0.49%) Workday