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

6 months to
3 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 104 117 105
Rank change year-on-year +13 -12 +4
Permanent jobs citing Data Modelling 1,490 1,072 2,376
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 1.86% 2.62% 2.63%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.43% 2.82% 3.05%
Number of salaries quoted 911 574 1,523
10th Percentile £42,500 £41,250 £41,250
25th Percentile £53,750 £52,500 £50,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £64,750 £67,500
Median % change year-on-year +8.11% -4.07% +2.76%
75th Percentile £87,500 £80,000 £87,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £102,410 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £65,000 £60,000 £59,300
% change year-on-year +8.33% +1.18% +4.96%

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 61,258 38,052 77,913
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 76.49% 93.03% 86.40%
Number of salaries quoted 37,754 22,305 57,991
10th Percentile £30,000 £31,250 £29,079
25th Percentile £40,000 £43,750 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -10.57%
75th Percentile £77,500 £80,000 £73,410
90th Percentile £97,500 £102,500 £92,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% +10.00% -8.26%

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 3 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 3 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 +7 1,291 £70,000 +7.69% 796
UK excluding London -22 722 £65,000 +8.33% 585
London +55 628 £80,000 +6.67% 335
Work from Home +28 555 £67,500 +4.25% 367
North of England -7 191 £70,932 +35.11% 151
South East -28 188 £60,500 -3.20% 200
Midlands -8 137 £60,000 - 102
West Midlands +4 106 £60,000 +4.35% 58
Yorkshire +7 96 £72,500 +26.09% 55
Scotland -4 82 £78,750 +25.00% 24
North West -28 77 £70,000 +33.33% 76
East of England +3 59 £65,000 - 55
South West -70 51 £55,200 +0.36% 47
East Midlands -41 29 £49,500 -23.55% 44
North East -10 18 £55,000 -1.08% 24
Wales -17 8 £67,586 +80.23% 13
Northern Ireland -34 6 £40,500 - 3

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
1 130 (8.72%) Apache Airflow
2 83 (5.57%) Apache Spark
3 54 (3.62%) Apache
4 27 (1.81%) SharePoint
5 21 (1.41%) Confluence
6 20 (1.34%) Palantir Foundry
7 17 (1.14%) SAS
8 15 (1.01%) Appian
9 10 (0.67%) CMS
10 8 (0.54%) Microsoft Exchange
11 4 (0.27%) Camunda
11 4 (0.27%) Oracle Workflow
12 3 (0.20%) Apache Superset
12 3 (0.20%) IIS
12 3 (0.20%) Oracle Application Server
13 2 (0.13%) CICS
13 2 (0.13%) Jupyter
13 2 (0.13%) Mendix
14 1 (0.067%) Apache Synapse
14 1 (0.067%) OpenStack
Applications
1 80 (5.37%) Microsoft Excel
2 18 (1.21%) Microsoft Office
3 11 (0.74%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 6 (0.40%) Chatbot
5 4 (0.27%) MS Visio
6 3 (0.20%) Sketch
7 2 (0.13%) Windchill
8 1 (0.067%) Microsoft Project
8 1 (0.067%) Notion
8 1 (0.067%) Siemens NX
8 1 (0.067%) Spreadsheet
8 1 (0.067%) SPSS
Business Applications
1 19 (1.28%) SAP S/4HANA
2 14 (0.94%) Dynamics CRM
3 13 (0.87%) NetSuite
4 8 (0.54%) Workday HCM
5 6 (0.40%) Salesforce CRM
6 5 (0.34%) Oracle ERP
7 4 (0.27%) Markit EDM
7 4 (0.27%) SAP MDG
8 3 (0.20%) FLEXCUBE
8 3 (0.20%) Misys Opics
9 2 (0.13%) Aladdin
9 2 (0.13%) Infor M3
9 2 (0.13%) Teamcenter
9 2 (0.13%) Unit4 Business World
10 1 (0.067%) FIS Private Capital Suite
10 1 (0.067%) Integrated Workplace Management System
10 1 (0.067%) SAP MDG-BP
10 1 (0.067%) SAP MDG-F
10 1 (0.067%) SAP MDG-M
10 1 (0.067%) SAP MDG-S
Cloud Services
1 726 (48.72%) Azure
2 428 (28.72%) Power Platform
3 335 (22.48%) AWS
4 211 (14.16%) Azure Data Factory
5 205 (13.76%) Snowflake
6 204 (13.69%) GCP
7 172 (11.54%) Azure Synapse Analytics
8 149 (10.00%) dbt
9 133 (8.93%) Azure DevOps
10 84 (5.64%) Serverless
11 77 (5.17%) GitHub
12 66 (4.43%) Amazon S3
13 55 (3.69%) Power Automate
14 52 (3.49%) SaaS
15 43 (2.89%) AWS Lambda
16 41 (2.75%) Salesforce Service Cloud
17 40 (2.68%) PowerApps
18 37 (2.48%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
19 36 (2.42%) GitHub Copilot
20 34 (2.28%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 16 (1.07%) Broadband
2 4 (0.27%) HTTP
3 3 (0.20%) NGN
3 3 (0.20%) Remote Desktop
3 3 (0.20%) VPN
4 2 (0.13%) Tactical Data Link
5 1 (0.067%) 4G
5 1 (0.067%) 5G
5 1 (0.067%) ADSL
5 1 (0.067%) CTI
5 1 (0.067%) DHCP
5 1 (0.067%) DNS
5 1 (0.067%) Internet
5 1 (0.067%) Modbus
5 1 (0.067%) MQTT
5 1 (0.067%) Network Security
5 1 (0.067%) Radio Access Network
5 1 (0.067%) SMS
5 1 (0.067%) TCAP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 392 (26.31%) Power BI
2 386 (25.91%) Data Warehouse
3 202 (13.56%) Data Lake
4 193 (12.95%) Metadata
5 123 (8.26%) SQL Server
6 115 (7.72%) Tableau
7 91 (6.11%) Relational Database
8 89 (5.97%) Amazon Redshift
9 73 (4.90%) BigQuery
10 68 (4.56%) Azure SQL Database
11 66 (4.43%) PostgreSQL
12 59 (3.96%) NoSQL
13 58 (3.89%) Power Query
14 57 (3.83%) SQL Server Integration Services
15 51 (3.42%) Snowflake Schema
16 48 (3.22%) MySQL
17 46 (3.09%) SQL Server Reporting Services
18 44 (2.95%) Looker
19 31 (2.08%) Big Data
19 31 (2.08%) Delta Lake
Development Applications
1 101 (6.78%) Git
2 55 (3.69%) JIRA
3 40 (2.68%) MLflow
4 23 (1.54%) ERwin
5 20 (1.34%) Postman
6 14 (0.94%) Jenkins
7 10 (0.67%) GitLab
8 8 (0.54%) ER Studio
8 8 (0.54%) PowerDesigner
9 6 (0.40%) JUnit
10 5 (0.34%) Claude Code
11 4 (0.27%) git-flow
12 3 (0.20%) Eclipse
12 3 (0.20%) Gradle
12 3 (0.20%) IntelliJ
12 3 (0.20%) NUnit
12 3 (0.20%) Selenium
12 3 (0.20%) SonarQube
12 3 (0.20%) TestNG
12 3 (0.20%) Visual Studio
General
1 524 (35.17%) Social Skills
2 501 (33.62%) Finance
3 413 (27.72%) Analytical Skills
4 115 (7.72%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 106 (7.11%) Public Sector
6 76 (5.10%) Marketing
7 70 (4.70%) Law
8 61 (4.09%) Banking
9 55 (3.69%) Financial Institution
10 42 (2.82%) Influencing Skills
11 37 (2.48%) Retail
12 32 (2.15%) Organisational Skills
13 29 (1.95%) Manufacturing
14 28 (1.88%) Documentation Skills
15 23 (1.54%) Legal
15 23 (1.54%) Retail Banking
16 21 (1.41%) Advertising
17 19 (1.28%) Telecoms
18 15 (1.01%) Presentation Skills
18 15 (1.01%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 336 (22.55%) Architect
2 329 (22.08%) Data Engineer
3 299 (20.07%) Senior
4 226 (15.17%) Data Architect
5 205 (13.76%) Analyst
6 165 (11.07%) Developer
7 150 (10.07%) Lead
8 119 (7.99%) Data Analyst
9 97 (6.51%) Senior Data Engineer
10 67 (4.50%) Consultant
11 49 (3.29%) Business Analyst
11 49 (3.29%) Business Intelligence Developer
12 47 (3.15%) Lead Data Engineer
13 44 (2.95%) Senior Analyst
14 41 (2.75%) Azure Engineer
15 40 (2.68%) Business Intelligence Analyst
16 36 (2.42%) Senior Architect
17 35 (2.35%) Data Manager
18 33 (2.21%) Senior Developer
19 32 (2.15%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 127 (8.52%) REST
2 100 (6.71%) Kafka
3 78 (5.23%) PySpark
4 67 (4.50%) SOAP
5 55 (3.69%) Lightning Web Components
6 52 (3.49%) .NET
7 51 (3.42%) RESTful
8 50 (3.36%) JSON
9 43 (2.89%) Middleware
9 43 (2.89%) PyTorch
9 43 (2.89%) TensorFlow
10 41 (2.75%) scikit-learn
11 40 (2.68%) React
11 40 (2.68%) XML
12 35 (2.35%) CSS
13 33 (2.21%) LangChain
13 33 (2.21%) OpenAPI
13 33 (2.21%) Swagger
14 30 (2.01%) HTML
14 30 (2.01%) Visualforce
Miscellaneous
1 122 (8.19%) Cloud Native
2 111 (7.45%) Product Ownership
3 106 (7.11%) Data Structures
4 63 (4.23%) Management Information System
5 49 (3.29%) Legacy Systems
6 44 (2.95%) Low-Code
7 40 (2.68%) Distributed Systems
8 38 (2.55%) Self-Motivation
9 36 (2.42%) Onboarding
10 35 (2.35%) Greenfield Project
11 34 (2.28%) Analytical Mindset
12 32 (2.15%) Public Cloud
13 24 (1.61%) Enterprise Software
14 23 (1.54%) Clustering
14 23 (1.54%) e-Learning
15 20 (1.34%) Reinsurance
16 16 (1.07%) Taxonomies
17 15 (1.01%) Fixed Income
18 14 (0.94%) FMCG
19 12 (0.81%) Distributed Computing
Operating Systems
1 12 (0.81%) Linux
1 12 (0.81%) Windows
2 4 (0.27%) Android
2 4 (0.27%) Unix
3 3 (0.20%) Windows Server
4 1 (0.067%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 719 (48.26%) Analytics
2 519 (34.83%) Business Intelligence
3 502 (33.69%) ETL
4 452 (30.34%) Data Governance
5 448 (30.07%) Data Engineering
6 415 (27.85%) Agile
7 381 (25.57%) Data Pipeline
8 357 (23.96%) Data Architecture
9 354 (23.76%) AI
9 354 (23.76%) Decision-Making
10 345 (23.15%) CI/CD
11 340 (22.82%) Problem-Solving
12 291 (19.53%) DevOps
13 223 (14.97%) Data Integration
14 222 (14.90%) Mentoring
15 214 (14.36%) Continuous Improvement
16 205 (13.76%) Machine Learning
17 199 (13.36%) Data Management
18 180 (12.08%) Data Science
19 167 (11.21%) Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 768 (51.54%) SQL
2 641 (43.02%) Python
3 111 (7.45%) Java
4 102 (6.85%) Data Analysis Expressions
5 86 (5.77%) JavaScript
6 71 (4.77%) C#
7 65 (4.36%) TypeScript
8 52 (3.49%) Apex Code
9 46 (3.09%) T-SQL
10 41 (2.75%) Scala
11 34 (2.28%) R
12 31 (2.08%) PowerShell
13 20 (1.34%) Bash
14 18 (1.21%) C++
15 17 (1.14%) PL/SQL
16 10 (0.67%) VBA
17 8 (0.54%) Go
17 8 (0.54%) Perl
17 8 (0.54%) SOQL
17 8 (0.54%) SOSL
Qualifications
1 197 (13.22%) Degree
2 133 (8.93%) Security Cleared
3 94 (6.31%) SC Cleared
4 84 (5.64%) Computer Science Degree
5 64 (4.30%) Azure Certification
6 54 (3.62%) AWS Certification
7 38 (2.55%) Microsoft Certification
8 36 (2.42%) Master's Degree
9 27 (1.81%) TOGAF Certification
10 26 (1.74%) DBS Check
11 24 (1.61%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
12 23 (1.54%) DV Cleared
13 13 (0.87%) ACCA
13 13 (0.87%) CIMA
14 12 (0.81%) Six Sigma Green Belt
15 11 (0.74%) PMI Certification
16 10 (0.67%) PMP
17 8 (0.54%) SAP Certification
18 5 (0.34%) SnowPro
19 4 (0.27%) CBAP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 444 (29.80%) Data Quality
2 93 (6.24%) GDPR
3 75 (5.03%) Accessibility
4 43 (2.89%) QA
5 27 (1.81%) California Consumer Privacy Act
6 24 (1.61%) Actionable Recommendations
7 14 (0.94%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 10 (0.67%) SLA
9 8 (0.54%) MiFID
10 5 (0.34%) GRC
10 5 (0.34%) Solvency II
11 3 (0.20%) IFRS
11 3 (0.20%) IFRS 17
11 3 (0.20%) PCI DSS
11 3 (0.20%) PERC
12 2 (0.13%) PMO
12 2 (0.13%) PSD2
12 2 (0.13%) WCAG
13 1 (0.067%) Sarbanes-Oxley
13 1 (0.067%) SOC 2
System Software
1 59 (3.96%) Docker
2 13 (0.87%) Active Directory
3 3 (0.20%) HDFS
3 3 (0.20%) Oracle RAC
4 1 (0.067%) Apache Flume
4 1 (0.067%) Firmware
4 1 (0.067%) iptables
4 1 (0.067%) KVM
4 1 (0.067%) QEMU
Systems Management
1 73 (4.90%) Terraform
2 52 (3.49%) Kubernetes
3 13 (0.87%) Grafana
4 10 (0.67%) Single Sign-On
5 9 (0.60%) Prometheus
6 7 (0.47%) Control-M
7 3 (0.20%) Ansible
7 3 (0.20%) Data Guard
7 3 (0.20%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
7 3 (0.20%) Oracle RMAN
8 1 (0.067%) Argo
8 1 (0.067%) RSA Archer
8 1 (0.067%) SCCM
Vendors
1 354 (23.76%) Microsoft
2 284 (19.06%) Databricks
3 100 (6.71%) Salesforce
4 81 (5.44%) Oracle
5 63 (4.23%) SAP
6 53 (3.56%) Informatica
7 45 (3.02%) Google
8 36 (2.42%) Palantir
9 31 (2.08%) Foundry
9 31 (2.08%) Talend
10 30 (2.01%) Cloudera
11 25 (1.68%) MuleSoft
12 23 (1.54%) Dell
13 22 (1.48%) OpenAI
14 18 (1.21%) Sparx
15 16 (1.07%) IBM
16 15 (1.01%) ServiceNow
17 14 (0.94%) UiPath
18 13 (0.87%) Automation Anywhere
19 12 (0.81%) Workday