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

6 months to
2 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 110 124 111
Rank change year-on-year +14 -13 +3
Permanent jobs citing Data Modelling 1,611 1,135 2,427
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 1.73% 2.59% 2.37%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.34% 2.78% 2.85%
Number of salaries quoted 1,065 575 1,510
10th Percentile £42,500 £42,500 £41,250
25th Percentile £52,500 £53,000 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £65,000 £65,700
Median % change year-on-year +7.69% -1.07% -2.67%
75th Percentile £87,500 £83,125 £87,500
90th Percentile £97,500 £103,900 £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 68,751 40,768 85,185
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 73.84% 93.20% 83.29%
Number of salaries quoted 44,945 21,478 61,112
10th Percentile £30,000 £29,625 £29,250
25th Percentile £41,000 £40,000 £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 £78,750 £72,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £100,000 £92,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £50,967 £50,000
% change year-on-year +3.01% +1.93% -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 2 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 2 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 +17 1,440 £69,500 +4.51% 902
UK excluding London +7 786 £65,000 +4.00% 548
London +32 664 £80,000 +6.67% 484
Work from Home +35 522 £67,500 +3.85% 600
North of England +75 279 £67,500 +17.39% 146
South East -28 188 £62,500 -3.85% 171
Midlands +3 145 £60,000 -4.00% 69
Yorkshire +41 127 £70,000 +16.67% 40
North West +32 119 £63,000 +20.00% 84
West Midlands -1 107 £60,358 +0.60% 48
East of England +14 61 £71,000 +1.43% 42
South West -87 56 £55,000 -8.33% 68
Scotland -8 45 £70,000 +16.67% 30
East Midlands -28 36 £55,000 -13.39% 21
North East -14 33 £60,000 +20.00% 25
Wales - 9 £67,586 - 9
Northern Ireland -40 3 £60,000 - 19

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
1 153 (9.50%) Apache Airflow
2 92 (5.71%) Apache Spark
3 72 (4.47%) Apache
4 35 (2.17%) SharePoint
5 22 (1.37%) Palantir Foundry
6 17 (1.06%) Confluence
7 15 (0.93%) SAS
8 11 (0.68%) Jupyter
9 10 (0.62%) CMS
10 8 (0.50%) Appian
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 (0.12%) CICS
14 2 (0.12%) Luigi
Applications
1 68 (4.22%) Microsoft Excel
2 15 (0.93%) Microsoft Office
3 7 (0.43%) Spreadsheet
4 4 (0.25%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 3 (0.19%) Windchill
6 2 (0.12%) Blender
6 2 (0.12%) Chatbot
6 2 (0.12%) Maya
6 2 (0.12%) PTC Creo
7 1 (0.062%) Microsoft Project
7 1 (0.062%) MS Visio
7 1 (0.062%) Siemens NX
7 1 (0.062%) Sketch
7 1 (0.062%) SPSS
Business Applications
1 34 (2.11%) SAP S/4HANA
2 16 (0.99%) Dynamics CRM
2 16 (0.99%) SAP MDG
3 12 (0.74%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
4 10 (0.62%) Oracle ERP
5 9 (0.56%) NetSuite
6 8 (0.50%) SAP MDG-BP
7 7 (0.43%) Salesforce CRM
7 7 (0.43%) Workday HCM
8 5 (0.31%) Oracle EBS
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%) Markit EDM
10 3 (0.19%) Misys Opics
11 2 (0.12%) Aladdin
11 2 (0.12%) Infor M3
11 2 (0.12%) Unit4 Business World
12 1 (0.062%) FIS Private Capital Suite
Cloud Services
1 688 (42.71%) Azure
2 433 (26.88%) Power Platform
3 400 (24.83%) AWS
4 230 (14.28%) GCP
5 185 (11.48%) Azure Data Factory
6 155 (9.62%) Snowflake
7 144 (8.94%) dbt
8 138 (8.57%) Azure Synapse Analytics
9 122 (7.57%) Azure DevOps
10 86 (5.34%) Serverless
11 79 (4.90%) Amazon S3
12 63 (3.91%) Power Automate
13 57 (3.54%) GitHub
13 57 (3.54%) SaaS
14 50 (3.10%) PowerApps
15 46 (2.86%) AWS Lambda
16 36 (2.23%) Microsoft 365
17 34 (2.11%) Salesforce Service Cloud
18 30 (1.86%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
19 29 (1.80%) Dynamics 365
Communications & Networking
1 39 (2.42%) 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 (0.12%) 4G
3 2 (0.12%) 5G
3 2 (0.12%) Internet
3 2 (0.12%) SMS
3 2 (0.12%) Tactical Data Link
4 1 (0.062%) CTI
4 1 (0.062%) HTTP
4 1 (0.062%) Radio Access Network
Database & Business Intelligence
1 394 (24.46%) Power BI
2 310 (19.24%) Data Warehouse
3 199 (12.35%) Data Lake
4 189 (11.73%) Metadata
5 116 (7.20%) Tableau
6 115 (7.14%) SQL Server
7 101 (6.27%) Relational Database
8 90 (5.59%) Amazon Redshift
9 89 (5.52%) BigQuery
10 72 (4.47%) PostgreSQL
11 63 (3.91%) NoSQL
12 57 (3.54%) Azure SQL Database
13 52 (3.23%) Semantic Layer
13 52 (3.23%) SQL Server Integration Services
14 51 (3.17%) Star Schema
15 49 (3.04%) Looker
16 46 (2.86%) Power Query
17 45 (2.79%) Delta Lake
18 44 (2.73%) Big Data
19 43 (2.67%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 116 (7.20%) Git
2 40 (2.48%) JIRA
3 37 (2.30%) MLflow
4 25 (1.55%) Jenkins
5 16 (0.99%) GitLab
6 15 (0.93%) ERwin
7 14 (0.87%) Postman
8 12 (0.74%) Claude Code
9 6 (0.37%) Toad
10 4 (0.25%) ER Studio
10 4 (0.25%) JUnit
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
12 2 (0.12%) PowerDesigner
12 2 (0.12%) Visual Studio
General
1 535 (33.21%) Social Skills
2 500 (31.04%) Finance
3 442 (27.44%) Analytical Skills
4 145 (9.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 127 (7.88%) Public Sector
6 70 (4.35%) Law
6 70 (4.35%) Marketing
7 59 (3.66%) Retail
8 49 (3.04%) Banking
9 45 (2.79%) Financial Institution
10 41 (2.55%) Influencing Skills
11 38 (2.36%) Legal
12 32 (1.99%) Manufacturing
13 30 (1.86%) Organisational Skills
14 28 (1.74%) Documentation Skills
15 21 (1.30%) Billing
16 19 (1.18%) Advertising
17 17 (1.06%) Local Government
18 15 (0.93%) Games
19 14 (0.87%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 388 (24.08%) Data Engineer
2 335 (20.79%) Architect
3 331 (20.55%) Senior
4 218 (13.53%) Data Architect
5 200 (12.41%) Analyst
6 192 (11.92%) Lead
7 188 (11.67%) Developer
8 114 (7.08%) Data Analyst
9 107 (6.64%) Senior Data Engineer
10 78 (4.84%) Consultant
11 54 (3.35%) Business Intelligence Developer
12 51 (3.17%) Business Analyst
13 50 (3.10%) Data Modeller
14 46 (2.86%) Lead Data Engineer
15 45 (2.79%) Senior Analyst
16 43 (2.67%) Senior Architect
17 39 (2.42%) Azure Engineer
17 39 (2.42%) Data Manager
17 39 (2.42%) Senior Developer
18 37 (2.30%) Full-Stack Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 145 (9.00%) REST
2 113 (7.01%) PySpark
3 104 (6.46%) Kafka
4 69 (4.28%) .NET
4 69 (4.28%) SOAP
5 61 (3.79%) React
6 59 (3.66%) JSON
7 55 (3.41%) Middleware
8 53 (3.29%) Lightning Web Components
9 50 (3.10%) CSS
9 50 (3.10%) Node.js
10 45 (2.79%) XML
11 43 (2.67%) RESTful
12 42 (2.61%) LangChain
13 38 (2.36%) PyTorch
13 38 (2.36%) TensorFlow
14 37 (2.30%) scikit-learn
15 35 (2.17%) HTML
16 31 (1.92%) Visualforce
17 27 (1.68%) Pandas
Miscellaneous
1 136 (8.44%) Cloud Native
2 129 (8.01%) Data Structures
3 96 (5.96%) Product Ownership
4 55 (3.41%) Distributed Systems
5 53 (3.29%) Management Information System
6 52 (3.23%) Onboarding
7 47 (2.92%) Self-Motivation
8 45 (2.79%) Legacy Systems
9 38 (2.36%) Greenfield Project
10 36 (2.23%) Low-Code
11 34 (2.11%) Analytical Mindset
11 34 (2.11%) Public Cloud
12 31 (1.92%) Reinsurance
13 25 (1.55%) Clustering
14 21 (1.30%) Replication
14 21 (1.30%) Social Media
15 18 (1.12%) AI Agents
16 15 (0.93%) Enterprise Software
17 14 (0.87%) e-Learning
18 13 (0.81%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 15 (0.93%) Windows
2 11 (0.68%) Linux
3 5 (0.31%) Unix
4 3 (0.19%) Windows Server
5 2 (0.12%) Android
6 1 (0.062%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 727 (45.13%) Analytics
2 536 (33.27%) Business Intelligence
3 502 (31.16%) Data Governance
4 474 (29.42%) Data Engineering
5 470 (29.17%) ETL
6 424 (26.32%) Data Pipeline
7 409 (25.39%) Agile
8 396 (24.58%) AI
9 386 (23.96%) CI/CD
10 385 (23.90%) Decision-Making
11 381 (23.65%) Problem-Solving
12 355 (22.04%) Data Architecture
13 314 (19.49%) DevOps
14 249 (15.46%) Mentoring
15 234 (14.53%) Machine Learning
16 207 (12.85%) Continuous Improvement
17 196 (12.17%) Roadmaps
18 187 (11.61%) Data Strategy
19 167 (10.37%) Data Science
20 165 (10.24%) Data Integration
Programming Languages
1 843 (52.33%) SQL
2 697 (43.27%) Python
3 124 (7.70%) Java
4 95 (5.90%) Data Analysis Expressions
5 90 (5.59%) JavaScript
6 72 (4.47%) TypeScript
7 67 (4.16%) C#
8 51 (3.17%) Scala
9 50 (3.10%) Apex Code
10 41 (2.55%) T-SQL
11 30 (1.86%) PowerShell
11 30 (1.86%) R
12 19 (1.18%) Bash
13 18 (1.12%) SOQL
13 18 (1.12%) SOSL
14 16 (0.99%) PL/SQL
15 10 (0.62%) C++
16 9 (0.56%) Perl
16 9 (0.56%) VBA
17 8 (0.50%) VB
Qualifications
1 191 (11.86%) Degree
2 172 (10.68%) Security Cleared
3 114 (7.08%) SC Cleared
4 75 (4.66%) Computer Science Degree
5 53 (3.29%) Azure Certification
6 35 (2.17%) AWS Certification
7 33 (2.05%) Microsoft Certification
8 31 (1.92%) Master's Degree
9 29 (1.80%) DBS Check
10 27 (1.68%) DV Cleared
11 18 (1.12%) TOGAF Certification
12 14 (0.87%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
13 11 (0.68%) ACCA
13 11 (0.68%) CIMA
14 8 (0.50%) BPSS Clearance
14 8 (0.50%) PMI Certification
15 7 (0.43%) PMP
15 7 (0.43%) SAP Certification
16 4 (0.25%) CCA
16 4 (0.25%) CISSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 533 (33.09%) Data Quality
2 105 (6.52%) GDPR
3 54 (3.35%) QA
4 46 (2.86%) Accessibility
5 25 (1.55%) California Consumer Privacy Act
6 14 (0.87%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 9 (0.56%) SLA
8 7 (0.43%) Solvency II
9 6 (0.37%) Actionable Recommendations
9 6 (0.37%) 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 (0.12%) HL7
13 2 (0.12%) WCAG
14 1 (0.062%) NIST
14 1 (0.062%) PCI DSS
14 1 (0.062%) SNOMED CT
System Software
1 79 (4.90%) Docker
2 12 (0.74%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.062%) Apache Flume
Systems Management
1 93 (5.77%) Terraform
2 63 (3.91%) Kubernetes
3 12 (0.74%) Grafana
4 10 (0.62%) Single Sign-On
5 8 (0.50%) Prometheus
6 7 (0.43%) Control-M
7 4 (0.25%) Ansible
8 3 (0.19%) Kibana
8 3 (0.19%) Packer
9 1 (0.062%) QRadar
9 1 (0.062%) RSA Archer
9 1 (0.062%) SCCM
Vendors
1 331 (20.55%) Databricks
2 320 (19.86%) Microsoft
3 111 (6.89%) Salesforce
4 100 (6.21%) Oracle
5 88 (5.46%) SAP
6 50 (3.10%) Google
7 41 (2.55%) Informatica
8 32 (1.99%) Palantir
9 31 (1.92%) Foundry
10 27 (1.68%) Cloudera
11 23 (1.43%) Dell
11 23 (1.43%) OpenAI
12 21 (1.30%) Talend
13 20 (1.24%) MuleSoft
13 20 (1.24%) ServiceNow
14 13 (0.81%) Sparx
15 11 (0.68%) IBM
16 10 (0.62%) Workday
17 9 (0.56%) Automation Anywhere
17 9 (0.56%) UiPath