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 21 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 106 114 102
Rank change year-on-year +8 -12 +6
Permanent jobs citing Data Modelling 1,554 1,115 2,451
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 1.77% 2.67% 2.59%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.35% 2.87% 3.02%
Number of salaries quoted 945 585 1,534
10th Percentile £42,500 £41,250 £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 £81,250 £86,250
90th Percentile £100,000 £103,750 £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 65,992 38,867 81,094
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 75.24% 92.91% 85.83%
Number of salaries quoted 40,690 22,673 59,246
10th Percentile £30,000 £31,250 £29,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £42,500 £39,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.17% +9.09% -10.86%
75th Percentile £77,500 £80,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £97,500 £102,500 £92,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% -8.90%

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 21 April 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 21 April 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 1,352 £69,000 +6.15% 784
UK excluding London -22 762 £65,000 +8.33% 576
London +39 640 £77,500 +3.33% 325
Work from Home +19 567 £67,500 +3.85% 376
North of England +12 218 £70,932 +23.36% 148
South East -40 195 £62,500 -3.85% 172
Midlands -3 142 £60,000 - 120
Yorkshire +17 112 £75,000 +25.92% 59
West Midlands +1 108 £60,000 +2.13% 71
North West -27 88 £70,000 +33.33% 71
Scotland -1 81 £70,000 +11.11% 22
East of England -5 59 £65,000 - 51
South West -83 56 £55,000 - 52
East Midlands -52 32 £51,825 -19.96% 49
North East -27 18 £55,000 -1.08% 21
Wales -24 7 £67,586 +80.23% 11
Northern Ireland -41 4 - - 8

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
1 135 (8.69%) Apache Airflow
2 86 (5.53%) Apache Spark
3 55 (3.54%) Apache
4 28 (1.80%) SharePoint
5 21 (1.35%) Confluence
6 20 (1.29%) Palantir Foundry
7 18 (1.16%) SAS
8 14 (0.90%) Appian
9 9 (0.58%) CMS
10 8 (0.51%) Microsoft Exchange
11 4 (0.26%) Camunda
11 4 (0.26%) Oracle Workflow
12 3 (0.19%) Apache Superset
12 3 (0.19%) IIS
12 3 (0.19%) Oracle Application Server
13 2 (0.13%) CICS
13 2 (0.13%) Jupyter
14 1 (0.064%) Apache Synapse
14 1 (0.064%) Mendix
14 1 (0.064%) PegaRULES
Applications
1 92 (5.92%) Microsoft Excel
2 18 (1.16%) Microsoft Office
3 10 (0.64%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 5 (0.32%) Chatbot
5 3 (0.19%) MS Visio
5 3 (0.19%) Sketch
6 2 (0.13%) Spreadsheet
6 2 (0.13%) Windchill
7 1 (0.064%) Notion
7 1 (0.064%) Siemens NX
7 1 (0.064%) SPSS
Business Applications
1 27 (1.74%) SAP S/4HANA
2 14 (0.90%) NetSuite
3 13 (0.84%) Dynamics CRM
4 12 (0.77%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
5 9 (0.58%) SAP MDG
6 8 (0.51%) Workday HCM
7 7 (0.45%) Salesforce CRM
8 6 (0.39%) Oracle ERP
9 5 (0.32%) SAP MDG-BP
10 4 (0.26%) Markit EDM
11 3 (0.19%) FLEXCUBE
11 3 (0.19%) Misys Opics
11 3 (0.19%) SAP MDG-F
12 2 (0.13%) Aladdin
12 2 (0.13%) Infor M3
12 2 (0.13%) Teamcenter
12 2 (0.13%) Unit4 Business World
13 1 (0.064%) Oracle EBS
13 1 (0.064%) Primavera
13 1 (0.064%) SAP ERP
Cloud Services
1 735 (47.30%) Azure
2 448 (28.83%) Power Platform
3 344 (22.14%) AWS
4 210 (13.51%) Azure Data Factory
5 202 (13.00%) GCP
6 199 (12.81%) Snowflake
7 172 (11.07%) Azure Synapse Analytics
8 154 (9.91%) dbt
9 137 (8.82%) Azure DevOps
10 86 (5.53%) Serverless
11 77 (4.95%) GitHub
12 61 (3.93%) Amazon S3
13 56 (3.60%) Power Automate
14 47 (3.02%) SaaS
15 44 (2.83%) AWS Lambda
16 40 (2.57%) PowerApps
16 40 (2.57%) Salesforce Service Cloud
17 36 (2.32%) GitHub Copilot
17 36 (2.32%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
18 32 (2.06%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 28 (1.80%) 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%) Network Security
4 2 (0.13%) Tactical Data Link
5 1 (0.064%) 4G
5 1 (0.064%) 5G
5 1 (0.064%) ADSL
5 1 (0.064%) CTI
5 1 (0.064%) DHCP
5 1 (0.064%) DNS
5 1 (0.064%) Internet
5 1 (0.064%) Modbus
5 1 (0.064%) MQTT
5 1 (0.064%) Radio Access Network
5 1 (0.064%) SMS
5 1 (0.064%) TCAP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 412 (26.51%) Power BI
2 369 (23.75%) Data Warehouse
3 216 (13.90%) Data Lake
4 195 (12.55%) Metadata
5 127 (8.17%) SQL Server
6 121 (7.79%) Tableau
7 98 (6.31%) Relational Database
8 89 (5.73%) Amazon Redshift
9 72 (4.63%) BigQuery
10 69 (4.44%) PostgreSQL
11 67 (4.31%) Azure SQL Database
12 64 (4.12%) NoSQL
13 57 (3.67%) SQL Server Integration Services
14 56 (3.60%) Power Query
15 50 (3.22%) Snowflake Schema
16 46 (2.96%) SQL Server Reporting Services
17 44 (2.83%) Looker
17 44 (2.83%) MySQL
18 36 (2.32%) Delta Lake
19 33 (2.12%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 106 (6.82%) Git
2 57 (3.67%) JIRA
3 41 (2.64%) MLflow
4 20 (1.29%) Postman
5 18 (1.16%) ERwin
6 15 (0.97%) Jenkins
7 11 (0.71%) GitLab
8 8 (0.51%) 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%) Visual Studio
12 2 (0.13%) Checkstyle
12 2 (0.13%) PowerDesigner
General
1 538 (34.62%) Social Skills
2 526 (33.85%) Finance
3 434 (27.93%) Analytical Skills
4 117 (7.53%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 108 (6.95%) Public Sector
6 76 (4.89%) Marketing
7 71 (4.57%) Law
8 56 (3.60%) Banking
9 54 (3.47%) Financial Institution
10 43 (2.77%) Influencing Skills
11 42 (2.70%) Retail
12 32 (2.06%) Documentation Skills
12 32 (2.06%) Organisational Skills
13 30 (1.93%) Manufacturing
14 21 (1.35%) Legal
15 20 (1.29%) Advertising
16 18 (1.16%) Retail Banking
17 17 (1.09%) Telecoms
18 16 (1.03%) Presentation Skills
19 13 (0.84%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 345 (22.20%) Data Engineer
2 341 (21.94%) Architect
3 303 (19.50%) Senior
4 226 (14.54%) Data Architect
5 213 (13.71%) Analyst
6 169 (10.88%) Developer
7 164 (10.55%) Lead
8 122 (7.85%) Data Analyst
9 92 (5.92%) Senior Data Engineer
10 73 (4.70%) Consultant
11 51 (3.28%) Business Intelligence Developer
12 47 (3.02%) Business Analyst
12 47 (3.02%) Lead Data Engineer
13 46 (2.96%) Senior Analyst
14 45 (2.90%) Azure Engineer
15 41 (2.64%) Data Modeller
16 38 (2.45%) Business Intelligence Analyst
17 37 (2.38%) Senior Architect
18 33 (2.12%) Senior Developer
18 33 (2.12%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 132 (8.49%) REST
2 103 (6.63%) Kafka
3 91 (5.86%) PySpark
4 68 (4.38%) SOAP
5 57 (3.67%) .NET
6 56 (3.60%) JSON
7 54 (3.47%) Lightning Web Components
8 52 (3.35%) RESTful
9 47 (3.02%) Middleware
10 43 (2.77%) XML
11 42 (2.70%) PyTorch
11 42 (2.70%) TensorFlow
12 41 (2.64%) React
13 40 (2.57%) scikit-learn
14 38 (2.45%) CSS
15 36 (2.32%) LangChain
16 33 (2.12%) HTML
16 33 (2.12%) OpenAPI
16 33 (2.12%) Swagger
17 31 (1.99%) Pandas
Miscellaneous
1 127 (8.17%) Cloud Native
2 123 (7.92%) Data Structures
3 108 (6.95%) Product Ownership
4 62 (3.99%) Management Information System
5 51 (3.28%) Legacy Systems
6 50 (3.22%) Distributed Systems
7 43 (2.77%) Low-Code
8 42 (2.70%) Onboarding
8 42 (2.70%) Self-Motivation
9 40 (2.57%) Analytical Mindset
10 39 (2.51%) Greenfield Project
11 33 (2.12%) Public Cloud
12 23 (1.48%) Clustering
12 23 (1.48%) Enterprise Software
13 22 (1.42%) e-Learning
13 22 (1.42%) Social Media
14 21 (1.35%) Reinsurance
15 17 (1.09%) Taxonomies
16 15 (0.97%) AI Agents
16 15 (0.97%) Fixed Income
Operating Systems
1 13 (0.84%) Windows
2 12 (0.77%) Linux
3 4 (0.26%) Android
3 4 (0.26%) Unix
4 3 (0.19%) Windows Server
5 1 (0.064%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 731 (47.04%) Analytics
2 545 (35.07%) Business Intelligence
3 507 (32.63%) ETL
4 477 (30.69%) Data Governance
5 453 (29.15%) Data Engineering
6 420 (27.03%) Agile
7 399 (25.68%) Data Pipeline
8 375 (24.13%) Decision-Making
9 369 (23.75%) AI
10 366 (23.55%) Data Architecture
11 360 (23.17%) Problem-Solving
12 350 (22.52%) CI/CD
13 305 (19.63%) DevOps
14 226 (14.54%) Continuous Improvement
15 222 (14.29%) Mentoring
16 214 (13.77%) Data Integration
17 211 (13.58%) Machine Learning
18 187 (12.03%) Data Management
19 178 (11.45%) Data Science
20 173 (11.13%) Data Strategy
Programming Languages
1 801 (51.54%) SQL
2 658 (42.34%) Python
3 117 (7.53%) Java
4 104 (6.69%) Data Analysis Expressions
5 85 (5.47%) JavaScript
6 73 (4.70%) C#
7 68 (4.38%) TypeScript
8 51 (3.28%) Apex Code
9 45 (2.90%) T-SQL
10 43 (2.77%) Scala
11 33 (2.12%) PowerShell
12 29 (1.87%) R
13 21 (1.35%) Bash
14 17 (1.09%) C++
15 13 (0.84%) PL/SQL
16 10 (0.64%) Perl
17 9 (0.58%) Go
17 9 (0.58%) VBA
18 8 (0.51%) SOQL
18 8 (0.51%) SOSL
Qualifications
1 197 (12.68%) Degree
2 141 (9.07%) Security Cleared
3 95 (6.11%) SC Cleared
4 78 (5.02%) Computer Science Degree
5 64 (4.12%) Azure Certification
6 50 (3.22%) AWS Certification
7 35 (2.25%) Microsoft Certification
8 34 (2.19%) Master's Degree
9 26 (1.67%) TOGAF Certification
10 25 (1.61%) DBS Check
11 23 (1.48%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
12 21 (1.35%) DV Cleared
13 15 (0.97%) ACCA
13 15 (0.97%) CIMA
14 12 (0.77%) Six Sigma Green Belt
15 8 (0.51%) PMI Certification
16 7 (0.45%) PMP
16 7 (0.45%) SAP Certification
17 5 (0.32%) BPSS Clearance
17 5 (0.32%) SnowPro
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 467 (30.05%) Data Quality
2 98 (6.31%) GDPR
3 70 (4.50%) Accessibility
4 49 (3.15%) QA
5 27 (1.74%) California Consumer Privacy Act
6 24 (1.54%) Actionable Recommendations
7 15 (0.97%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 11 (0.71%) SLA
9 8 (0.51%) MiFID
10 6 (0.39%) Solvency II
11 5 (0.32%) GRC
12 4 (0.26%) IFRS
12 4 (0.26%) IFRS 17
13 3 (0.19%) PERC
14 2 (0.13%) HL7
14 2 (0.13%) WCAG
15 1 (0.064%) NIST
15 1 (0.064%) PCI DSS
15 1 (0.064%) PMO
15 1 (0.064%) SNOMED CT
System Software
1 61 (3.93%) Docker
2 14 (0.90%) Active Directory
3 2 (0.13%) HDFS
3 2 (0.13%) Oracle RAC
4 1 (0.064%) Apache Flume
4 1 (0.064%) Firmware
4 1 (0.064%) iptables
Systems Management
1 79 (5.08%) Terraform
2 56 (3.60%) Kubernetes
3 13 (0.84%) Grafana
4 10 (0.64%) Single Sign-On
5 9 (0.58%) Prometheus
6 7 (0.45%) Control-M
7 2 (0.13%) Ansible
7 2 (0.13%) Data Guard
7 2 (0.13%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
7 2 (0.13%) Oracle RMAN
8 1 (0.064%) Argo
8 1 (0.064%) Packer
8 1 (0.064%) RSA Archer
8 1 (0.064%) SCCM
Vendors
1 352 (22.65%) Microsoft
2 305 (19.63%) Databricks
3 104 (6.69%) Salesforce
4 101 (6.50%) Oracle
5 76 (4.89%) SAP
6 50 (3.22%) Informatica
7 41 (2.64%) Google
8 34 (2.19%) Palantir
9 32 (2.06%) Talend
10 31 (1.99%) Cloudera
10 31 (1.99%) Foundry
11 24 (1.54%) MuleSoft
12 23 (1.48%) Dell
13 22 (1.42%) OpenAI
14 18 (1.16%) Sparx
15 16 (1.03%) ServiceNow
16 13 (0.84%) Automation Anywhere
16 13 (0.84%) IBM
16 13 (0.84%) UiPath
17 11 (0.71%) Workday