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

6 months to
8 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 116 124 120
Rank change year-on-year +8 -4 -8
Permanent jobs citing Data Modelling 1,748 1,232 1,803
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 1.66% 2.48% 2.17%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.25% 2.78% 2.68%
Number of salaries quoted 1,161 636 1,116
10th Percentile £43,750 £45,000 £41,250
25th Percentile £52,500 £53,750 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £67,500 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.70% -3.57% +3.70%
75th Percentile £87,500 £83,750 £87,500
90th Percentile £107,500 £105,000 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £62,500 £62,500 £62,500
% change year-on-year - - +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 77,565 44,386 67,277
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 73.71% 89.40% 81.08%
Number of salaries quoted 53,403 25,236 43,866
10th Percentile £30,580 £28,500 £31,250
25th Percentile £41,250 £37,170 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% - -8.71%
75th Percentile £78,750 £75,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £97,500 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £48,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year +13.40% -3.00% -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 8 August 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 August 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 +11 1,612 £69,973 +3.66% 1,023
UK excluding London 0 849 £62,500 - 525
London +16 739 £80,000 +6.67% 615
Work from Home +18 550 £65,000 - 428
North of England +77 327 £62,500 +4.17% 126
South East -55 188 £62,500 -3.85% 156
Midlands +7 149 £60,000 -5.51% 88
North West +58 148 £62,500 +6.84% 70
Yorkshire +23 112 £65,000 +1.96% 38
West Midlands +1 105 £60,900 +3.22% 63
South West -59 96 £65,000 -1.89% 59
North East +2 67 £55,000 +12.82% 19
East of England -11 55 £71,000 +18.33% 38
East Midlands -23 44 £59,000 -9.23% 25
Scotland -16 24 £70,000 +5.66% 36
Wales - 8 £64,750 - 11
Northern Ireland -70 2 £60,000 - 12

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 (7.72%) Apache Airflow
2 124 (7.09%) Apache Spark
3 83 (4.75%) Apache
4 30 (1.72%) SharePoint
5 16 (0.92%) Jupyter
5 16 (0.92%) SAS
6 12 (0.69%) Confluence
7 11 (0.63%) Palantir Foundry
8 7 (0.40%) CMS
9 5 (0.29%) Oracle SOA Suite
10 4 (0.23%) Luigi
10 4 (0.23%) WordPress
11 3 (0.17%) Apache Solr
11 3 (0.17%) ArcGIS
11 3 (0.17%) IIS
12 2 (0.11%) Camunda
12 2 (0.11%) CICS
12 2 (0.11%) Microsoft Exchange
12 2 (0.11%) Oracle Application Server
12 2 (0.11%) Tornado
Applications
1 73 (4.18%) Microsoft Excel
2 13 (0.74%) Microsoft Office
3 9 (0.51%) Spreadsheet
4 6 (0.34%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 3 (0.17%) Blender
5 3 (0.17%) Maya
5 3 (0.17%) MS Visio
6 2 (0.11%) Chatbot
6 2 (0.11%) PTC Creo
6 2 (0.11%) Windchill
7 1 (0.057%) FrameMaker
7 1 (0.057%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 39 (2.23%) SAP S/4HANA
2 21 (1.20%) Dynamics CRM
3 20 (1.14%) SAP MDG
4 14 (0.80%) Oracle ERP
5 12 (0.69%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
6 10 (0.57%) Oracle EBS
7 8 (0.46%) SAP MDG-BP
8 6 (0.34%) NetSuite
8 6 (0.34%) Salesforce CRM
9 5 (0.29%) JDE EnterpriseOne
9 5 (0.29%) SAP ERP
9 5 (0.29%) SAP MDG-F
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%) Misys Opics
11 2 (0.11%) Oracle Applications
11 2 (0.11%) SAP IBP
11 2 (0.11%) Unit4 Business World
Cloud Services
1 686 (39.24%) Azure
2 497 (28.43%) Power Platform
3 459 (26.26%) AWS
4 261 (14.93%) GCP
5 178 (10.18%) Azure Data Factory
6 176 (10.07%) Snowflake
7 145 (8.30%) dbt
8 131 (7.49%) Azure Synapse Analytics
9 104 (5.95%) Azure DevOps
10 92 (5.26%) Amazon S3
11 87 (4.98%) Serverless
12 66 (3.78%) SaaS
13 57 (3.26%) Power Automate
14 54 (3.09%) GitHub
14 54 (3.09%) Microsoft Purview
15 53 (3.03%) AWS Lambda
16 51 (2.92%) PowerApps
17 39 (2.23%) Dynamics 365
18 36 (2.06%) Amazon EMR
18 36 (2.06%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 44 (2.52%) Broadband
2 6 (0.34%) BGP
2 6 (0.34%) DNS
2 6 (0.34%) IPsec
2 6 (0.34%) VPN
3 4 (0.23%) Internet
3 4 (0.23%) NGN
4 3 (0.17%) LTE
4 3 (0.17%) Network Security
5 2 (0.11%) 4G
5 2 (0.11%) 5G
5 2 (0.11%) SMS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 463 (26.49%) Power BI
2 364 (20.82%) Data Warehouse
3 226 (12.93%) Data Lake
4 220 (12.59%) Metadata
5 138 (7.89%) Tableau
6 129 (7.38%) SQL Server
7 110 (6.29%) Relational Database
8 99 (5.66%) BigQuery
9 97 (5.55%) Amazon Redshift
10 86 (4.92%) PostgreSQL
11 80 (4.58%) Big Data
12 77 (4.41%) Star Schema
13 69 (3.95%) Semantic Layer
14 68 (3.89%) NoSQL
15 64 (3.66%) Delta Lake
16 57 (3.26%) Looker
17 56 (3.20%) Data Vault
18 55 (3.15%) Power Query
19 54 (3.09%) MySQL
20 53 (3.03%) Snowflake Schema
Development Applications
1 125 (7.15%) Git
2 41 (2.35%) Jenkins
3 35 (2.00%) JIRA
4 33 (1.89%) MLflow
5 30 (1.72%) Claude Code
6 21 (1.20%) GitLab
7 11 (0.63%) ERwin
8 6 (0.34%) Toad
9 4 (0.23%) Ant
9 4 (0.23%) Oracle APEX
9 4 (0.23%) Postman
10 3 (0.17%) Bitbucket
10 3 (0.17%) Eclipse
10 3 (0.17%) ER Studio
10 3 (0.17%) IntelliJ
10 3 (0.17%) Visual Studio Code
11 2 (0.11%) IBM UrbanCode
11 2 (0.11%) Jasmine
11 2 (0.11%) Maven
11 2 (0.11%) TeamCity
General
1 583 (33.35%) Social Skills
2 558 (31.92%) Finance
3 475 (27.17%) Analytical Skills
4 142 (8.12%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 128 (7.32%) Public Sector
6 82 (4.69%) Law
7 81 (4.63%) Marketing
8 77 (4.41%) Retail
9 57 (3.26%) Legal
9 57 (3.26%) Manufacturing
10 56 (3.20%) Influencing Skills
11 42 (2.40%) Banking
12 30 (1.72%) Financial Institution
13 22 (1.26%) Billing
14 21 (1.20%) Documentation Skills
14 21 (1.20%) Pharmaceutical
14 21 (1.20%) Presentation Skills
15 18 (1.03%) Organisational Skills
16 17 (0.97%) Front Office
17 16 (0.92%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 429 (24.54%) Data Engineer
2 406 (23.23%) Architect
3 366 (20.94%) Senior
4 291 (16.65%) Data Architect
5 192 (10.98%) Developer
6 187 (10.70%) Analyst
7 179 (10.24%) Lead
8 105 (6.01%) Senior Data Engineer
9 89 (5.09%) Data Analyst
10 79 (4.52%) Consultant
11 60 (3.43%) Senior Architect
12 54 (3.09%) Data Modeller
13 52 (2.97%) Business Analyst
13 52 (2.97%) Business Intelligence Developer
14 46 (2.63%) Senior Data Architect
15 45 (2.57%) Solutions Architect
16 43 (2.46%) Senior Developer
17 39 (2.23%) Senior Analyst
18 38 (2.17%) Data Consultant
19 35 (2.00%) Data Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 134 (7.67%) PySpark
2 121 (6.92%) REST
3 118 (6.75%) Kafka
4 65 (3.72%) Node.js
5 64 (3.66%) React
6 58 (3.32%) .NET
7 53 (3.03%) Lightning Web Components
7 53 (3.03%) SOAP
8 52 (2.97%) JSON
9 51 (2.92%) Middleware
10 42 (2.40%) LangChain
11 39 (2.23%) XML
12 34 (1.95%) CSS
13 30 (1.72%) AngularJS
14 29 (1.66%) PyTorch
14 29 (1.66%) TensorFlow
15 28 (1.60%) RESTful
16 26 (1.49%) pgvector
16 26 (1.49%) scikit-learn
17 25 (1.43%) Visualforce
Miscellaneous
1 178 (10.18%) Cloud Native
2 129 (7.38%) Data Structures
3 89 (5.09%) Product Ownership
4 76 (4.35%) Onboarding
5 59 (3.38%) Distributed Systems
6 43 (2.46%) Management Information System
7 39 (2.23%) Greenfield Project
8 36 (2.06%) Analytical Mindset
9 32 (1.83%) Public Cloud
10 30 (1.72%) Clustering
10 30 (1.72%) Self-Motivation
11 28 (1.60%) Legacy Systems
12 27 (1.54%) AI Agents
13 26 (1.49%) Distributed Computing
14 24 (1.37%) Social Media
15 23 (1.32%) Low-Code
16 20 (1.14%) Replication
17 19 (1.09%) Mobile App
17 19 (1.09%) Reinsurance
18 16 (0.92%) Enterprise Software
Operating Systems
1 23 (1.32%) Linux
2 19 (1.09%) Windows
3 3 (0.17%) Windows Server
4 2 (0.11%) Solaris
5 1 (0.057%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 840 (48.05%) Analytics
2 617 (35.30%) Business Intelligence
3 571 (32.67%) AI
4 550 (31.46%) Data Governance
5 495 (28.32%) ETL
6 493 (28.20%) Data Engineering
7 477 (27.29%) Data Pipeline
8 447 (25.57%) Decision-Making
9 427 (24.43%) Agile
10 425 (24.31%) Data Architecture
11 398 (22.77%) CI/CD
12 389 (22.25%) Problem-Solving
13 305 (17.45%) Roadmaps
14 293 (16.76%) DevOps
15 290 (16.59%) Machine Learning
16 274 (15.68%) Data Strategy
17 269 (15.39%) Mentoring
18 241 (13.79%) Continuous Improvement
19 213 (12.19%) Stakeholder Management
20 200 (11.44%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 909 (52.00%) SQL
2 726 (41.53%) Python
3 112 (6.41%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 108 (6.18%) Java
5 79 (4.52%) C#
6 78 (4.46%) TypeScript
7 72 (4.12%) Scala
8 67 (3.83%) JavaScript
9 47 (2.69%) Apex Code
10 40 (2.29%) T-SQL
11 29 (1.66%) R
12 20 (1.14%) PowerShell
13 18 (1.03%) Bicep
13 18 (1.03%) PL/SQL
14 17 (0.97%) SOQL
14 17 (0.97%) SOSL
15 11 (0.63%) C++
15 11 (0.63%) Kusto Query Language
16 10 (0.57%) Bash
17 8 (0.46%) Go
Qualifications
1 224 (12.81%) Security Cleared
2 194 (11.10%) Degree
3 140 (8.01%) SC Cleared
4 72 (4.12%) Computer Science Degree
5 64 (3.66%) Azure Certification
6 45 (2.57%) DV Cleared
7 33 (1.89%) Microsoft Certification
8 31 (1.77%) AWS Certification
9 27 (1.54%) Master's Degree
10 24 (1.37%) BPSS Clearance
11 23 (1.32%) DBS Check
12 19 (1.09%) TOGAF Certification
13 15 (0.86%) SnowPro
14 9 (0.51%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
14 9 (0.51%) CIPD
15 8 (0.46%) SAP Certification
16 6 (0.34%) IIBA
16 6 (0.34%) PMI Certification
17 4 (0.23%) CBAP
17 4 (0.23%) Tableau Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 595 (34.04%) Data Quality
2 128 (7.32%) GDPR
3 64 (3.66%) Accessibility
4 57 (3.26%) QA
5 29 (1.66%) California Consumer Privacy Act
6 7 (0.40%) PMO
6 7 (0.40%) Solvency II
7 5 (0.29%) GRC
7 5 (0.29%) IFRS
7 5 (0.29%) IFRS 17
7 5 (0.29%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 5 (0.29%) MiFID
8 4 (0.23%) PERC
9 3 (0.17%) Actionable Recommendations
9 3 (0.17%) SLA
9 3 (0.17%) UCITS
10 2 (0.11%) HL7
10 2 (0.11%) SOC 2
11 1 (0.057%) EU AI Act
11 1 (0.057%) NIST
System Software
1 89 (5.09%) Docker
2 8 (0.46%) Active Directory
3 4 (0.23%) NDS
4 1 (0.057%) Apache Flume
Systems Management
1 110 (6.29%) Terraform
2 57 (3.26%) Kubernetes
3 16 (0.92%) Ansible
4 8 (0.46%) Packer
5 6 (0.34%) Hadoop YARN
6 4 (0.23%) Grafana
6 4 (0.23%) Prometheus
7 3 (0.17%) Kibana
8 2 (0.11%) Argo
8 2 (0.11%) Progress Chef
8 2 (0.11%) Puppet
9 1 (0.057%) QRadar
9 1 (0.057%) RSA Archer
9 1 (0.057%) SCCM
Vendors
1 373 (21.34%) Microsoft
2 360 (20.59%) Databricks
3 115 (6.58%) Oracle
4 108 (6.18%) SAP
5 104 (5.95%) Salesforce
6 59 (3.38%) Google
7 27 (1.54%) Informatica
8 26 (1.49%) Cloudera
9 23 (1.32%) Dell
10 20 (1.14%) Palantir
11 17 (0.97%) ServiceNow
12 16 (0.92%) Foundry
12 16 (0.92%) Talend
13 13 (0.74%) IBM
14 12 (0.69%) MuleSoft
14 12 (0.69%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
15 11 (0.63%) OpenAI
16 10 (0.57%) Bloomberg
17 9 (0.51%) HubSpot
18 8 (0.46%) SYSPRO