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

6 months to
27 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 113 123 124
Rank change year-on-year +10 +1 -7
Permanent jobs citing Data Modelling 1,719 1,229 1,895
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 1.70% 2.49% 2.15%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.30% 2.77% 2.63%
Number of salaries quoted 1,167 636 1,188
10th Percentile £43,499 £45,000 £41,250
25th Percentile £52,500 £54,268 £51,250
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 £106,000 £105,000 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £62,500 £63,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year -0.79% +0.80% +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 74,612 44,363 71,938
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 73.65% 89.74% 81.45%
Number of salaries quoted 51,478 25,172 48,522
10th Percentile £30,500 £28,750 £30,000
25th Percentile £41,250 £37,500 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% - -8.33%
75th Percentile £78,750 £76,250 £73,750
90th Percentile £100,000 £97,500 £93,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +10.00% - -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 27 July 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 27 July 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 +18 1,579 £69,973 +3.66% 676
UK excluding London +6 818 £62,500 -0.79% 388
London +21 737 £80,000 +6.67% 374
Work from Home +17 541 £65,000 - 326
North of England +81 308 £64,000 +6.67% 98
South East -43 187 £62,500 -3.85% 124
Midlands -6 149 £60,000 -5.51% 59
North West +47 141 £62,500 +8.70% 47
Yorkshire +19 110 £66,250 +8.16% 25
West Midlands 0 105 £60,900 +3.22% 40
South West -67 84 £60,000 -14.29% 60
North East -4 57 £55,000 +12.82% 27
East of England -2 56 £71,000 +18.33% 16
East Midlands -28 44 £59,000 -9.23% 19
Scotland -22 21 £70,000 +5.66% 19
Wales - 10 £66,000 - 9
Northern Ireland - 3 £60,000 - 6

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
1 137 (7.97%) Apache Airflow
2 120 (6.98%) Apache Spark
3 79 (4.60%) Apache
4 33 (1.92%) SharePoint
5 18 (1.05%) SAS
6 15 (0.87%) Jupyter
7 13 (0.76%) Palantir Foundry
8 11 (0.64%) Confluence
9 8 (0.47%) CMS
10 6 (0.35%) Microsoft Exchange
11 5 (0.29%) Oracle SOA Suite
12 4 (0.23%) WordPress
13 3 (0.17%) Apache Solr
13 3 (0.17%) ArcGIS
13 3 (0.17%) Camunda
13 3 (0.17%) IIS
13 3 (0.17%) Oracle Application Server
14 2 (0.12%) CICS
14 2 (0.12%) Luigi
15 1 (0.058%) Appian
Applications
1 74 (4.30%) Microsoft Excel
2 14 (0.81%) Microsoft Office
3 9 (0.52%) Spreadsheet
4 5 (0.29%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 3 (0.17%) Blender
5 3 (0.17%) Maya
6 2 (0.12%) Chatbot
6 2 (0.12%) MS Visio
6 2 (0.12%) PTC Creo
6 2 (0.12%) Windchill
7 1 (0.058%) FrameMaker
7 1 (0.058%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 38 (2.21%) SAP S/4HANA
2 20 (1.16%) Dynamics CRM
2 20 (1.16%) SAP MDG
3 15 (0.87%) Oracle ERP
4 12 (0.70%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
5 10 (0.58%) Oracle EBS
6 8 (0.47%) SAP MDG-BP
7 7 (0.41%) NetSuite
8 6 (0.35%) Salesforce CRM
9 5 (0.29%) JDE EnterpriseOne
9 5 (0.29%) SAP MDG-F
10 4 (0.23%) SAP ERP
11 3 (0.17%) FLEXCUBE
11 3 (0.17%) Misys Opics
11 3 (0.17%) Oracle Payables
11 3 (0.17%) Oracle Receivables
12 2 (0.12%) Infor M3
12 2 (0.12%) Oracle Applications
12 2 (0.12%) SAP IBP
12 2 (0.12%) Unit4 Business World
Cloud Services
1 677 (39.38%) Azure
2 492 (28.62%) Power Platform
3 451 (26.24%) AWS
4 255 (14.83%) GCP
5 181 (10.53%) Azure Data Factory
6 168 (9.77%) Snowflake
7 145 (8.44%) dbt
8 127 (7.39%) Azure Synapse Analytics
9 103 (5.99%) Azure DevOps
10 91 (5.29%) Amazon S3
11 88 (5.12%) Serverless
12 66 (3.84%) SaaS
13 60 (3.49%) Power Automate
14 54 (3.14%) PowerApps
15 52 (3.03%) AWS Lambda
16 48 (2.79%) GitHub
17 47 (2.73%) Microsoft Purview
18 38 (2.21%) Dynamics 365
19 37 (2.15%) Microsoft 365
20 35 (2.04%) Amazon EMR
Communications & Networking
1 44 (2.56%) Broadband
2 6 (0.35%) BGP
2 6 (0.35%) DNS
2 6 (0.35%) IPsec
2 6 (0.35%) VPN
3 4 (0.23%) Internet
3 4 (0.23%) NGN
4 3 (0.17%) LTE
4 3 (0.17%) Network Security
5 2 (0.12%) 4G
5 2 (0.12%) 5G
5 2 (0.12%) SMS
6 1 (0.058%) CTI
6 1 (0.058%) Radio Access Network
Database & Business Intelligence
1 455 (26.47%) Power BI
2 354 (20.59%) Data Warehouse
3 222 (12.91%) Data Lake
4 205 (11.93%) Metadata
5 133 (7.74%) Tableau
6 130 (7.56%) SQL Server
7 109 (6.34%) Relational Database
8 96 (5.58%) Amazon Redshift
8 96 (5.58%) BigQuery
9 86 (5.00%) PostgreSQL
10 74 (4.30%) Big Data
11 73 (4.25%) Star Schema
12 64 (3.72%) Semantic Layer
13 63 (3.66%) NoSQL
14 59 (3.43%) Delta Lake
14 59 (3.43%) MySQL
15 54 (3.14%) Power Query
16 53 (3.08%) Data Vault
17 51 (2.97%) Looker
18 49 (2.85%) Azure SQL Database
Development Applications
1 116 (6.75%) Git
2 38 (2.21%) Jenkins
3 34 (1.98%) JIRA
4 32 (1.86%) MLflow
5 28 (1.63%) Claude Code
6 18 (1.05%) GitLab
7 11 (0.64%) ERwin
8 6 (0.35%) Postman
8 6 (0.35%) Toad
9 4 (0.23%) Oracle APEX
10 3 (0.17%) Eclipse
10 3 (0.17%) IntelliJ
11 2 (0.12%) Ant
11 2 (0.12%) Bitbucket
11 2 (0.12%) Jasmine
11 2 (0.12%) Karma Test Runner
11 2 (0.12%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
11 2 (0.12%) TeamCity
11 2 (0.12%) Visual Studio
11 2 (0.12%) YouTrack
General
1 570 (33.16%) Social Skills
2 543 (31.59%) Finance
3 462 (26.88%) Analytical Skills
4 139 (8.09%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 128 (7.45%) Public Sector
6 78 (4.54%) Law
7 74 (4.30%) Marketing
7 74 (4.30%) Retail
8 57 (3.32%) Influencing Skills
9 54 (3.14%) Manufacturing
10 52 (3.03%) Legal
11 40 (2.33%) Banking
12 32 (1.86%) Financial Institution
13 23 (1.34%) Documentation Skills
14 21 (1.22%) Billing
14 21 (1.22%) Presentation Skills
15 19 (1.11%) Pharmaceutical
16 18 (1.05%) Organisational Skills
17 17 (0.99%) Advertising
18 15 (0.87%) Front Office
Job Titles
1 423 (24.61%) Data Engineer
2 390 (22.69%) Architect
3 367 (21.35%) Senior
4 273 (15.88%) Data Architect
5 194 (11.29%) Developer
6 193 (11.23%) Analyst
7 190 (11.05%) Lead
8 113 (6.57%) Senior Data Engineer
9 95 (5.53%) Data Analyst
10 82 (4.77%) Consultant
11 58 (3.37%) Senior Architect
12 50 (2.91%) Business Intelligence Developer
13 49 (2.85%) Business Analyst
13 49 (2.85%) Data Modeller
14 45 (2.62%) Senior Developer
15 44 (2.56%) Senior Data Architect
16 43 (2.50%) Solutions Architect
17 40 (2.33%) Business Intelligence Analyst
18 38 (2.21%) Data Consultant
18 38 (2.21%) Senior Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 127 (7.39%) PySpark
1 127 (7.39%) REST
2 119 (6.92%) Kafka
3 70 (4.07%) Node.js
4 65 (3.78%) React
5 60 (3.49%) .NET
5 60 (3.49%) JSON
6 53 (3.08%) SOAP
7 52 (3.03%) Lightning Web Components
7 52 (3.03%) Middleware
8 44 (2.56%) XML
9 42 (2.44%) LangChain
10 37 (2.15%) CSS
11 31 (1.80%) RESTful
12 30 (1.75%) PyTorch
12 30 (1.75%) TensorFlow
13 29 (1.69%) AngularJS
14 27 (1.57%) scikit-learn
15 26 (1.51%) HTML
16 25 (1.45%) Visualforce
Miscellaneous
1 173 (10.06%) Cloud Native
2 133 (7.74%) Data Structures
3 86 (5.00%) Product Ownership
4 81 (4.71%) Onboarding
5 57 (3.32%) Distributed Systems
6 42 (2.44%) Greenfield Project
7 40 (2.33%) Management Information System
8 33 (1.92%) Analytical Mindset
8 33 (1.92%) Legacy Systems
9 32 (1.86%) Public Cloud
10 29 (1.69%) Self-Motivation
11 28 (1.63%) Clustering
12 27 (1.57%) AI Agents
13 25 (1.45%) Distributed Computing
13 25 (1.45%) Low-Code
14 23 (1.34%) Reinsurance
14 23 (1.34%) Social Media
15 19 (1.11%) Mobile App
15 19 (1.11%) Replication
16 16 (0.93%) Reference Data
Operating Systems
1 22 (1.28%) Linux
2 17 (0.99%) Windows
3 2 (0.12%) Windows Server
4 1 (0.058%) Solaris
4 1 (0.058%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 823 (47.88%) Analytics
2 602 (35.02%) Business Intelligence
3 543 (31.59%) Data Governance
4 537 (31.24%) AI
5 494 (28.74%) Data Engineering
6 479 (27.87%) ETL
7 465 (27.05%) Data Pipeline
8 444 (25.83%) Decision-Making
9 410 (23.85%) Agile
10 397 (23.09%) Data Architecture
11 390 (22.69%) CI/CD
12 383 (22.28%) Problem-Solving
13 293 (17.04%) DevOps
14 289 (16.81%) Roadmaps
15 279 (16.23%) Machine Learning
16 273 (15.88%) Mentoring
17 260 (15.13%) Data Strategy
18 239 (13.90%) Continuous Improvement
19 199 (11.58%) Stakeholder Management
20 190 (11.05%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 896 (52.12%) SQL
2 723 (42.06%) Python
3 113 (6.57%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 108 (6.28%) Java
5 79 (4.60%) TypeScript
6 76 (4.42%) C#
7 74 (4.30%) JavaScript
8 65 (3.78%) Scala
9 46 (2.68%) Apex Code
10 40 (2.33%) T-SQL
11 26 (1.51%) R
12 23 (1.34%) PowerShell
13 20 (1.16%) PL/SQL
14 18 (1.05%) SOQL
14 18 (1.05%) SOSL
15 16 (0.93%) Bicep
16 12 (0.70%) Bash
16 12 (0.70%) C++
17 11 (0.64%) Kusto Query Language
18 9 (0.52%) PHP
Qualifications
1 213 (12.39%) Security Cleared
2 189 (10.99%) Degree
3 134 (7.80%) SC Cleared
4 70 (4.07%) Computer Science Degree
5 60 (3.49%) Azure Certification
6 40 (2.33%) DV Cleared
7 32 (1.86%) Microsoft Certification
8 31 (1.80%) AWS Certification
9 27 (1.57%) Master's Degree
10 25 (1.45%) DBS Check
11 18 (1.05%) TOGAF Certification
12 16 (0.93%) BPSS Clearance
13 12 (0.70%) SnowPro
14 11 (0.64%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
15 9 (0.52%) CIPD
16 8 (0.47%) SAP Certification
17 6 (0.35%) IIBA
17 6 (0.35%) PMI Certification
18 5 (0.29%) ACCA
18 5 (0.29%) CIMA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 587 (34.15%) Data Quality
2 125 (7.27%) GDPR
3 62 (3.61%) Accessibility
4 53 (3.08%) QA
5 28 (1.63%) California Consumer Privacy Act
6 10 (0.58%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 7 (0.41%) PMO
8 6 (0.35%) GRC
8 6 (0.35%) Solvency II
9 5 (0.29%) MiFID
10 4 (0.23%) Actionable Recommendations
10 4 (0.23%) IFRS
10 4 (0.23%) IFRS 17
10 4 (0.23%) PERC
10 4 (0.23%) SLA
11 2 (0.12%) HL7
11 2 (0.12%) SOC 2
11 2 (0.12%) UCITS
11 2 (0.12%) WCAG
12 1 (0.058%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 88 (5.12%) Docker
2 12 (0.70%) Active Directory
3 4 (0.23%) NDS
4 1 (0.058%) Apache Flume
Systems Management
1 105 (6.11%) Terraform
2 60 (3.49%) Kubernetes
3 14 (0.81%) Ansible
4 8 (0.47%) Packer
5 6 (0.35%) Grafana
5 6 (0.35%) Hadoop YARN
5 6 (0.35%) Prometheus
6 4 (0.23%) Single Sign-On
7 3 (0.17%) Kibana
8 1 (0.058%) Progress Chef
8 1 (0.058%) Puppet
8 1 (0.058%) QRadar
8 1 (0.058%) RSA Archer
8 1 (0.058%) SCCM
Vendors
1 360 (20.94%) Microsoft
2 357 (20.77%) Databricks
3 118 (6.86%) Oracle
4 106 (6.17%) Salesforce
5 102 (5.93%) SAP
6 54 (3.14%) Google
7 28 (1.63%) Informatica
8 27 (1.57%) Cloudera
9 23 (1.34%) Dell
10 22 (1.28%) Palantir
11 18 (1.05%) Foundry
12 17 (0.99%) ServiceNow
12 17 (0.99%) Talend
13 14 (0.81%) MuleSoft
14 13 (0.76%) IBM
14 13 (0.76%) OpenAI
15 11 (0.64%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
16 9 (0.52%) Bloomberg
16 9 (0.52%) HubSpot
17 8 (0.47%) SYSPRO