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

6 months to
20 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 115 122 123
Rank change year-on-year +7 +1 -10
Permanent jobs citing Data Modelling 1,667 1,214 2,067
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 1.67% 2.46% 2.15%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.27% 2.73% 2.62%
Number of salaries quoted 1,145 625 1,324
10th Percentile £42,500 £45,000 £41,250
25th Percentile £52,500 £53,750 £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 £103,000 £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 73,502 44,419 78,905
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 73.60% 90.05% 82.05%
Number of salaries quoted 50,918 25,002 54,550
10th Percentile £30,250 £28,750 £30,000
25th Percentile £41,250 £38,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £56,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +6.19% +2.73% -8.79%
75th Percentile £78,750 £76,250 £73,250
90th Percentile £100,000 £98,474 £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 20 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 20 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 +13 1,529 £69,973 +3.66% 491
UK excluding London -6 795 £62,500 - 308
London +20 710 £80,000 +6.67% 249
Work from Home +20 525 £65,000 - 237
North of England +90 298 £63,000 +5.00% 86
South East -34 187 £60,000 -7.69% 106
North West +56 144 £62,500 +8.70% 39
Midlands -3 144 £60,000 -5.51% 48
Yorkshire +34 106 £66,250 +8.16% 20
West Midlands +6 102 £62,500 +7.30% 28
South West -70 79 £60,000 -9.43% 41
East of England -8 54 £71,000 +18.33% 14
North East -6 48 £60,000 +26.32% 28
East Midlands -19 42 £55,000 -14.23% 20
Scotland -23 19 £70,000 +11.11% 10
Wales - 11 £66,000 - 5
Northern Ireland -58 3 £60,000 - 1

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
1 134 (8.04%) Apache Airflow
2 115 (6.90%) Apache Spark
3 78 (4.68%) Apache
4 31 (1.86%) SharePoint
5 18 (1.08%) SAS
6 16 (0.96%) Palantir Foundry
7 14 (0.84%) Jupyter
8 11 (0.66%) Confluence
9 8 (0.48%) CMS
9 8 (0.48%) Microsoft Exchange
10 5 (0.30%) Oracle SOA Suite
11 4 (0.24%) WordPress
12 3 (0.18%) Apache Solr
12 3 (0.18%) ArcGIS
12 3 (0.18%) Camunda
12 3 (0.18%) IIS
12 3 (0.18%) Oracle Application Server
13 2 (0.12%) Appian
13 2 (0.12%) CICS
13 2 (0.12%) Luigi
Applications
1 78 (4.68%) Microsoft Excel
2 16 (0.96%) Microsoft Office
3 9 (0.54%) Spreadsheet
4 5 (0.30%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 3 (0.18%) Blender
5 3 (0.18%) Maya
5 3 (0.18%) MS Visio
6 2 (0.12%) Chatbot
6 2 (0.12%) PTC Creo
6 2 (0.12%) Windchill
7 1 (0.060%) FrameMaker
7 1 (0.060%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 38 (2.28%) SAP S/4HANA
2 20 (1.20%) SAP MDG
3 18 (1.08%) Dynamics CRM
4 15 (0.90%) Oracle ERP
5 12 (0.72%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
6 10 (0.60%) Oracle EBS
7 9 (0.54%) NetSuite
8 8 (0.48%) SAP MDG-BP
9 7 (0.42%) Salesforce CRM
9 7 (0.42%) Workday HCM
10 5 (0.30%) SAP MDG-F
11 4 (0.24%) JDE EnterpriseOne
11 4 (0.24%) SAP ERP
12 3 (0.18%) FLEXCUBE
12 3 (0.18%) Misys Opics
12 3 (0.18%) Oracle Payables
12 3 (0.18%) Oracle Receivables
13 2 (0.12%) Infor M3
13 2 (0.12%) Oracle Applications
13 2 (0.12%) Unit4 Business World
Cloud Services
1 660 (39.59%) Azure
2 475 (28.49%) Power Platform
3 431 (25.85%) AWS
4 244 (14.64%) GCP
5 177 (10.62%) Azure Data Factory
6 162 (9.72%) Snowflake
7 138 (8.28%) dbt
8 125 (7.50%) Azure Synapse Analytics
9 101 (6.06%) Azure DevOps
10 89 (5.34%) Amazon S3
11 87 (5.22%) Serverless
12 66 (3.96%) SaaS
13 58 (3.48%) Power Automate
14 52 (3.12%) PowerApps
15 50 (3.00%) AWS Lambda
16 46 (2.76%) GitHub
17 40 (2.40%) Microsoft Purview
18 38 (2.28%) Dynamics 365
19 34 (2.04%) Microsoft 365
20 33 (1.98%) Amazon EMR
Communications & Networking
1 44 (2.64%) Broadband
2 6 (0.36%) BGP
2 6 (0.36%) DNS
2 6 (0.36%) IPsec
2 6 (0.36%) VPN
3 4 (0.24%) Internet
3 4 (0.24%) NGN
4 3 (0.18%) LTE
4 3 (0.18%) Network Security
5 2 (0.12%) 4G
5 2 (0.12%) 5G
5 2 (0.12%) SMS
6 1 (0.060%) CTI
6 1 (0.060%) Radio Access Network
Database & Business Intelligence
1 438 (26.27%) Power BI
2 342 (20.52%) Data Warehouse
3 214 (12.84%) Data Lake
4 191 (11.46%) Metadata
5 127 (7.62%) SQL Server
6 125 (7.50%) Tableau
7 107 (6.42%) Relational Database
8 91 (5.46%) Amazon Redshift
9 90 (5.40%) BigQuery
10 88 (5.28%) PostgreSQL
11 72 (4.32%) Big Data
12 70 (4.20%) Star Schema
13 64 (3.84%) Semantic Layer
14 62 (3.72%) MySQL
15 60 (3.60%) NoSQL
16 55 (3.30%) Delta Lake
17 51 (3.06%) Data Vault
17 51 (3.06%) Power Query
18 49 (2.94%) Azure SQL Database
19 48 (2.88%) Looker
Development Applications
1 109 (6.54%) Git
2 35 (2.10%) JIRA
3 34 (2.04%) Jenkins
4 33 (1.98%) MLflow
5 28 (1.68%) Claude Code
6 17 (1.02%) GitLab
7 11 (0.66%) ERwin
8 7 (0.42%) Postman
9 6 (0.36%) Toad
10 4 (0.24%) Oracle APEX
11 3 (0.18%) Eclipse
11 3 (0.18%) IntelliJ
12 2 (0.12%) Jasmine
12 2 (0.12%) Karma Test Runner
12 2 (0.12%) TeamCity
12 2 (0.12%) Visual Studio
12 2 (0.12%) YouTrack
13 1 (0.060%) Bitbucket
13 1 (0.060%) PowerDesigner
13 1 (0.060%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 560 (33.59%) Social Skills
2 516 (30.95%) Finance
3 457 (27.41%) Analytical Skills
4 132 (7.92%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 127 (7.62%) Public Sector
6 70 (4.20%) Retail
7 69 (4.14%) Law
7 69 (4.14%) Marketing
8 55 (3.30%) Influencing Skills
9 52 (3.12%) Manufacturing
10 48 (2.88%) Legal
11 34 (2.04%) Financial Institution
12 31 (1.86%) Banking
13 23 (1.38%) Organisational Skills
14 22 (1.32%) Documentation Skills
15 21 (1.26%) Billing
15 21 (1.26%) Presentation Skills
16 18 (1.08%) Pharmaceutical
17 17 (1.02%) Advertising
18 15 (0.90%) Games
Job Titles
1 408 (24.48%) Data Engineer
2 374 (22.44%) Architect
3 354 (21.24%) Senior
4 263 (15.78%) Data Architect
5 198 (11.88%) Analyst
6 196 (11.76%) Developer
7 186 (11.16%) Lead
8 113 (6.78%) Senior Data Engineer
9 102 (6.12%) Data Analyst
10 81 (4.86%) Consultant
11 59 (3.54%) Senior Architect
12 49 (2.94%) Business Analyst
12 49 (2.94%) Business Intelligence Developer
13 46 (2.76%) Data Modeller
14 45 (2.70%) Senior Data Architect
14 45 (2.70%) Senior Developer
15 43 (2.58%) Business Intelligence Analyst
16 40 (2.40%) Lead Data Engineer
16 40 (2.40%) Solutions Architect
17 38 (2.28%) Data Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 129 (7.74%) REST
2 117 (7.02%) PySpark
3 113 (6.78%) Kafka
4 70 (4.20%) Node.js
5 66 (3.96%) React
6 60 (3.60%) .NET
6 60 (3.60%) JSON
7 54 (3.24%) SOAP
8 53 (3.18%) Middleware
9 51 (3.06%) Lightning Web Components
10 45 (2.70%) XML
11 41 (2.46%) LangChain
12 39 (2.34%) CSS
13 32 (1.92%) RESTful
14 31 (1.86%) PyTorch
14 31 (1.86%) TensorFlow
15 28 (1.68%) AngularJS
15 28 (1.68%) HTML
15 28 (1.68%) scikit-learn
16 27 (1.62%) Visualforce
Miscellaneous
1 164 (9.84%) Cloud Native
2 133 (7.98%) Data Structures
3 82 (4.92%) Onboarding
3 82 (4.92%) Product Ownership
4 55 (3.30%) Distributed Systems
5 42 (2.52%) Greenfield Project
6 40 (2.40%) Management Information System
7 33 (1.98%) Public Cloud
8 32 (1.92%) Analytical Mindset
8 32 (1.92%) Legacy Systems
9 29 (1.74%) Self-Motivation
10 27 (1.62%) Clustering
11 26 (1.56%) AI Agents
11 26 (1.56%) Low-Code
12 24 (1.44%) Reinsurance
13 22 (1.32%) Distributed Computing
13 22 (1.32%) Social Media
14 20 (1.20%) Mobile App
15 18 (1.08%) Replication
16 15 (0.90%) Reference Data
Operating Systems
1 21 (1.26%) Linux
2 16 (0.96%) Windows
3 1 (0.060%) Unix
3 1 (0.060%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 792 (47.51%) Analytics
2 579 (34.73%) Business Intelligence
3 525 (31.49%) Data Governance
4 507 (30.41%) AI
5 478 (28.67%) Data Engineering
6 459 (27.53%) ETL
7 446 (26.75%) Data Pipeline
8 431 (25.85%) Decision-Making
9 394 (23.64%) Agile
10 385 (23.10%) Problem-Solving
11 379 (22.74%) CI/CD
12 375 (22.50%) Data Architecture
13 285 (17.10%) DevOps
14 270 (16.20%) Roadmaps
15 268 (16.08%) Machine Learning
16 266 (15.96%) Mentoring
17 244 (14.64%) Data Strategy
18 231 (13.86%) Continuous Improvement
19 183 (10.98%) Stakeholder Engagement
20 180 (10.80%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 866 (51.95%) SQL
2 696 (41.75%) Python
3 110 (6.60%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 103 (6.18%) Java
5 80 (4.80%) TypeScript
6 76 (4.56%) JavaScript
7 75 (4.50%) C#
8 58 (3.48%) Scala
9 47 (2.82%) Apex Code
10 41 (2.46%) T-SQL
11 24 (1.44%) PowerShell
12 22 (1.32%) R
13 20 (1.20%) PL/SQL
14 18 (1.08%) SOQL
14 18 (1.08%) SOSL
15 14 (0.84%) Bicep
16 13 (0.78%) Bash
17 11 (0.66%) C++
17 11 (0.66%) Kusto Query Language
18 9 (0.54%) PHP
Qualifications
1 201 (12.06%) Security Cleared
2 187 (11.22%) Degree
3 126 (7.56%) SC Cleared
4 66 (3.96%) Computer Science Degree
5 55 (3.30%) Azure Certification
6 37 (2.22%) DV Cleared
7 32 (1.92%) AWS Certification
8 31 (1.86%) DBS Check
9 29 (1.74%) Microsoft Certification
10 25 (1.50%) Master's Degree
11 18 (1.08%) TOGAF Certification
12 12 (0.72%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
12 12 (0.72%) BPSS Clearance
13 10 (0.60%) SnowPro
14 9 (0.54%) CIPD
15 8 (0.48%) SAP Certification
16 7 (0.42%) ACCA
16 7 (0.42%) CIMA
17 6 (0.36%) IIBA
18 5 (0.30%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 566 (33.95%) Data Quality
2 122 (7.32%) GDPR
3 59 (3.54%) Accessibility
4 53 (3.18%) QA
5 28 (1.68%) California Consumer Privacy Act
6 12 (0.72%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 7 (0.42%) GRC
7 7 (0.42%) PMO
8 6 (0.36%) Solvency II
9 5 (0.30%) Actionable Recommendations
9 5 (0.30%) MiFID
10 4 (0.24%) IFRS
10 4 (0.24%) IFRS 17
10 4 (0.24%) PERC
10 4 (0.24%) SLA
11 3 (0.18%) WCAG
12 2 (0.12%) HL7
12 2 (0.12%) SOC 2
13 1 (0.060%) EU AI Act
13 1 (0.060%) NIST
System Software
1 86 (5.16%) Docker
2 13 (0.78%) Active Directory
3 3 (0.18%) NDS
4 1 (0.060%) Apache Flume
Systems Management
1 101 (6.06%) Terraform
2 57 (3.42%) Kubernetes
3 13 (0.78%) Ansible
4 8 (0.48%) Grafana
4 8 (0.48%) Packer
5 7 (0.42%) Prometheus
6 6 (0.36%) Hadoop YARN
7 5 (0.30%) Single Sign-On
8 3 (0.18%) Kibana
9 1 (0.060%) QRadar
9 1 (0.060%) RSA Archer
9 1 (0.060%) SCCM
Vendors
1 346 (20.76%) Microsoft
2 339 (20.34%) Databricks
3 117 (7.02%) Oracle
4 108 (6.48%) Salesforce
5 101 (6.06%) SAP
6 51 (3.06%) Google
7 29 (1.74%) Informatica
8 27 (1.62%) Cloudera
9 25 (1.50%) Palantir
10 23 (1.38%) Dell
11 21 (1.26%) Foundry
12 17 (1.02%) ServiceNow
12 17 (1.02%) Talend
13 14 (0.84%) MuleSoft
14 13 (0.78%) OpenAI
15 12 (0.72%) IBM
16 11 (0.66%) Workday
17 10 (0.60%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
18 9 (0.54%) HubSpot
19 7 (0.42%) SYSPRO