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

6 months to
26 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 114 126 115
Rank change year-on-year +12 -11 -4
Permanent jobs citing Data Modelling 1,769 1,251 1,859
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 1.62% 2.50% 2.23%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.22% 2.82% 2.76%
Number of salaries quoted 1,148 655 1,083
10th Percentile £43,750 £43,850 £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% +4.47%
75th Percentile £87,500 £85,000 £86,500
90th Percentile £107,500 £106,250 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £62,500 £62,500 £62,500
% change year-on-year - - +13.64%

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 79,759 44,399 67,357
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 73.20% 88.84% 80.67%
Number of salaries quoted 55,200 25,247 42,330
10th Percentile £31,000 £28,500 £31,250
25th Percentile £41,250 £36,250 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% - -8.33%
75th Percentile £78,750 £75,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £96,250 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £47,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year +15.79% -5.00% -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 26 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 26 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 +5 1,639 £69,986 +3.68% 563
UK excluding London +1 873 £62,500 - 311
London +8 747 £82,500 +6.45% 312
Work from Home +42 542 £65,000 -3.70% 280
North of England +72 348 £63,500 +5.83% 85
South East -77 192 £62,500 -3.85% 66
North West +69 153 £62,500 +6.84% 44
Midlands -7 145 £60,000 -5.51% 60
Yorkshire +15 113 £67,500 +1.89% 29
West Midlands -10 100 £60,900 +1.50% 45
South West -35 100 £65,500 -1.13% 54
North East +5 82 £55,000 +10.00% 12
East of England -16 51 £70,500 +17.50% 15
East Midlands -22 45 £59,366 -8.67% 15
Scotland -8 25 £70,000 +14.29% 21
Wales - 13 £63,500 - 9
Northern Ireland -80 2 £60,000 - 4

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
1 123 (6.95%) Apache Airflow
2 121 (6.84%) Apache Spark
3 84 (4.75%) Apache
4 29 (1.64%) SharePoint
5 18 (1.02%) Confluence
5 18 (1.02%) Jupyter
6 11 (0.62%) Palantir Foundry
6 11 (0.62%) SAS
7 7 (0.40%) CMS
8 5 (0.28%) Oracle SOA Suite
9 4 (0.23%) Luigi
9 4 (0.23%) WordPress
10 3 (0.17%) Apache Solr
10 3 (0.17%) ArcGIS
10 3 (0.17%) IIS
11 2 (0.11%) CICS
11 2 (0.11%) Oracle Application Server
11 2 (0.11%) Tornado
12 1 (0.057%) PegaRULES
12 1 (0.057%) Umbraco
Applications
1 76 (4.30%) Microsoft Excel
2 12 (0.68%) Microsoft Office
3 9 (0.51%) Spreadsheet
4 5 (0.28%) MS Visio
5 3 (0.17%) Blender
5 3 (0.17%) Maya
5 3 (0.17%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 2 (0.11%) Chatbot
6 2 (0.11%) Microsoft Project
6 2 (0.11%) PTC Creo
6 2 (0.11%) Windchill
7 1 (0.057%) FrameMaker
Business Applications
1 31 (1.75%) SAP S/4HANA
2 28 (1.58%) Dynamics CRM
3 19 (1.07%) SAP MDG
4 13 (0.73%) Oracle ERP
5 12 (0.68%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
6 10 (0.57%) Oracle EBS
7 8 (0.45%) SAP MDG-BP
8 7 (0.40%) Salesforce CRM
9 6 (0.34%) NetSuite
9 6 (0.34%) SAP ERP
10 5 (0.28%) JDE EnterpriseOne
10 5 (0.28%) SAP MDG-F
11 3 (0.17%) FLEXCUBE
11 3 (0.17%) Oracle Payables
11 3 (0.17%) Oracle Receivables
12 2 (0.11%) Infor M3
12 2 (0.11%) Misys Opics
12 2 (0.11%) Oracle Applications
12 2 (0.11%) SAP IBP
13 1 (0.057%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 691 (39.06%) Azure
2 508 (28.72%) Power Platform
3 466 (26.34%) AWS
4 258 (14.58%) GCP
5 187 (10.57%) Azure Data Factory
6 168 (9.50%) Snowflake
7 143 (8.08%) dbt
8 136 (7.69%) Azure Synapse Analytics
9 115 (6.50%) Azure DevOps
10 94 (5.31%) Amazon S3
11 89 (5.03%) Serverless
12 69 (3.90%) SaaS
13 60 (3.39%) GitHub
13 60 (3.39%) Microsoft Purview
14 59 (3.34%) Power Automate
15 57 (3.22%) AWS Lambda
16 52 (2.94%) PowerApps
17 47 (2.66%) Dynamics 365
18 39 (2.20%) Amazon EMR
19 33 (1.87%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 39 (2.20%) Broadband
2 9 (0.51%) VPN
3 6 (0.34%) BGP
3 6 (0.34%) DNS
3 6 (0.34%) IPsec
4 4 (0.23%) Internet
4 4 (0.23%) NGN
5 3 (0.17%) DMZ
5 3 (0.17%) Ethernet
5 3 (0.17%) IPv4
5 3 (0.17%) LTE
5 3 (0.17%) Modbus
5 3 (0.17%) OSPF
5 3 (0.17%) SMS
5 3 (0.17%) VLAN
6 2 (0.11%) Network Security
7 1 (0.057%) 4G
7 1 (0.057%) 5G
7 1 (0.057%) ATM
7 1 (0.057%) X.509
Database & Business Intelligence
1 471 (26.63%) Power BI
2 362 (20.46%) Data Warehouse
3 230 (13.00%) Data Lake
4 222 (12.55%) Metadata
5 143 (8.08%) Tableau
6 127 (7.18%) SQL Server
7 112 (6.33%) Relational Database
8 94 (5.31%) BigQuery
9 92 (5.20%) PostgreSQL
10 91 (5.14%) Amazon Redshift
11 85 (4.80%) Star Schema
12 82 (4.64%) Big Data
13 73 (4.13%) Semantic Layer
14 67 (3.79%) Delta Lake
15 66 (3.73%) NoSQL
16 59 (3.34%) Looker
17 58 (3.28%) Snowflake Schema
18 57 (3.22%) Data Vault
19 55 (3.11%) Azure SQL Database
20 52 (2.94%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 131 (7.41%) Git
2 46 (2.60%) Jenkins
3 43 (2.43%) JIRA
4 35 (1.98%) Claude Code
5 33 (1.87%) MLflow
6 24 (1.36%) GitLab
7 9 (0.51%) ERwin
8 6 (0.34%) Toad
9 5 (0.28%) Ant
10 4 (0.23%) Maven
10 4 (0.23%) Oracle APEX
11 3 (0.17%) Bitbucket
11 3 (0.17%) Eclipse
11 3 (0.17%) ER Studio
11 3 (0.17%) IntelliJ
11 3 (0.17%) Visual Studio Code
12 2 (0.11%) Gradle
12 2 (0.11%) IBM UrbanCode
12 2 (0.11%) Jasmine
12 2 (0.11%) JUnit
General
1 601 (33.97%) Social Skills
2 559 (31.60%) Finance
3 472 (26.68%) Analytical Skills
4 143 (8.08%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 128 (7.24%) Public Sector
6 89 (5.03%) Marketing
7 83 (4.69%) Retail
8 76 (4.30%) Law
9 64 (3.62%) Legal
10 63 (3.56%) Manufacturing
11 56 (3.17%) Influencing Skills
12 46 (2.60%) Banking
13 26 (1.47%) Pharmaceutical
14 24 (1.36%) Billing
14 24 (1.36%) Financial Institution
14 24 (1.36%) Presentation Skills
15 21 (1.19%) Documentation Skills
16 15 (0.85%) Advertising
17 14 (0.79%) Front Office
17 14 (0.79%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 423 (23.91%) Data Engineer
2 404 (22.84%) Architect
3 380 (21.48%) Senior
4 299 (16.90%) Data Architect
5 199 (11.25%) Analyst
6 189 (10.68%) Developer
7 180 (10.18%) Lead
8 101 (5.71%) Senior Data Engineer
9 93 (5.26%) Data Analyst
10 74 (4.18%) Consultant
11 58 (3.28%) Business Analyst
11 58 (3.28%) Data Modeller
11 58 (3.28%) Senior Architect
12 50 (2.83%) Business Intelligence Developer
13 49 (2.77%) Senior Data Architect
14 46 (2.60%) Senior Analyst
15 44 (2.49%) Senior Developer
16 42 (2.37%) Solutions Architect
17 38 (2.15%) Data Consultant
17 38 (2.15%) Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 142 (8.03%) PySpark
2 125 (7.07%) REST
3 117 (6.61%) Kafka
4 112 (6.33%) Terraform
5 69 (3.90%) React
6 68 (3.84%) Node.js
7 57 (3.22%) .NET
8 52 (2.94%) Lightning Web Components
9 50 (2.83%) SOAP
10 49 (2.77%) Middleware
11 44 (2.49%) LangChain
12 43 (2.43%) JSON
13 37 (2.09%) CSS
14 33 (1.87%) AngularJS
15 32 (1.81%) XML
16 29 (1.64%) pgvector
16 29 (1.64%) PyTorch
16 29 (1.64%) TensorFlow
17 26 (1.47%) RESTful
17 26 (1.47%) scikit-learn
Miscellaneous
1 186 (10.51%) Cloud Native
2 117 (6.61%) Data Structures
3 95 (5.37%) Product Ownership
4 72 (4.07%) Onboarding
5 66 (3.73%) Distributed Systems
6 40 (2.26%) Management Information System
7 37 (2.09%) Greenfield Project
8 34 (1.92%) Analytical Mindset
9 33 (1.87%) Public Cloud
10 31 (1.75%) AI Agents
11 30 (1.70%) Clustering
12 29 (1.64%) Distributed Computing
12 29 (1.64%) Self-Motivation
13 27 (1.53%) Legacy Systems
14 24 (1.36%) Enterprise Software
15 20 (1.13%) Low-Code
16 19 (1.07%) Mobile App
16 19 (1.07%) Reinsurance
16 19 (1.07%) Replication
16 19 (1.07%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 23 (1.30%) Linux
2 19 (1.07%) Windows
3 3 (0.17%) Windows Server
4 2 (0.11%) Solaris
5 1 (0.057%) Apple iOS
5 1 (0.057%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 830 (46.92%) Analytics
2 628 (35.50%) Business Intelligence
3 595 (33.63%) AI
4 539 (30.47%) Data Governance
5 507 (28.66%) Data Engineering
6 493 (27.87%) ETL
7 483 (27.30%) Data Pipeline
8 443 (25.04%) Decision-Making
9 442 (24.99%) Data Architecture
10 433 (24.48%) Agile
11 417 (23.57%) CI/CD
12 388 (21.93%) Problem-Solving
13 315 (17.81%) Roadmaps
14 307 (17.35%) DevOps
15 290 (16.39%) Machine Learning
16 279 (15.77%) Data Strategy
16 279 (15.77%) Mentoring
17 237 (13.40%) Continuous Improvement
18 230 (13.00%) Stakeholder Management
19 225 (12.72%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 908 (51.33%) SQL
2 713 (40.31%) Python
3 112 (6.33%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 101 (5.71%) Java
5 83 (4.69%) TypeScript
6 80 (4.52%) C#
7 74 (4.18%) Scala
8 66 (3.73%) JavaScript
9 45 (2.54%) Apex Code
10 36 (2.04%) T-SQL
11 26 (1.47%) R
12 20 (1.13%) Bicep
13 18 (1.02%) PowerShell
14 17 (0.96%) PL/SQL
14 17 (0.96%) SOQL
14 17 (0.96%) SOSL
15 11 (0.62%) Bash
15 11 (0.62%) Kusto Query Language
16 9 (0.51%) Go
17 8 (0.45%) Kotlin
Qualifications
1 226 (12.78%) Security Cleared
2 189 (10.68%) Degree
3 135 (7.63%) SC Cleared
4 72 (4.07%) Computer Science Degree
5 61 (3.45%) Azure Certification
6 50 (2.83%) DV Cleared
7 42 (2.37%) Microsoft Certification
8 32 (1.81%) AWS Certification
9 30 (1.70%) Master's Degree
10 28 (1.58%) BPSS Clearance
11 25 (1.41%) DBS Check
12 17 (0.96%) SnowPro
13 16 (0.90%) TOGAF Certification
14 11 (0.62%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
15 9 (0.51%) CIPD
16 6 (0.34%) IIBA
16 6 (0.34%) SAP Certification
17 5 (0.28%) Microsoft Certified Professional
17 5 (0.28%) PMI Certification
18 4 (0.23%) CCA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 621 (35.10%) Data Quality
2 128 (7.24%) GDPR
3 72 (4.07%) Accessibility
4 67 (3.79%) QA
5 31 (1.75%) California Consumer Privacy Act
6 7 (0.40%) PMO
6 7 (0.40%) Solvency II
7 6 (0.34%) IFRS
8 5 (0.28%) IFRS 17
9 4 (0.23%) MiFID
9 4 (0.23%) PERC
10 3 (0.17%) GRC
10 3 (0.17%) ISO/IEC 27001
10 3 (0.17%) SLA
10 3 (0.17%) UCITS
11 2 (0.11%) Actionable Recommendations
11 2 (0.11%) SOC 2
12 1 (0.057%) ISO 20022
12 1 (0.057%) ISO 22301
12 1 (0.057%) NIST
System Software
1 91 (5.14%) Docker
2 6 (0.34%) Active Directory
3 4 (0.23%) NDS
4 1 (0.057%) Apache Flume
Systems Management
1 59 (3.34%) Kubernetes
2 18 (1.02%) Ansible
3 8 (0.45%) Packer
4 6 (0.34%) Hadoop YARN
5 4 (0.23%) Argo
5 4 (0.23%) Grafana
5 4 (0.23%) Prometheus
6 3 (0.17%) Kibana
7 2 (0.11%) Progress Chef
7 2 (0.11%) Puppet
8 1 (0.057%) Consul
8 1 (0.057%) QRadar
8 1 (0.057%) RSA Archer
8 1 (0.057%) SCCM
Vendors
1 392 (22.16%) Microsoft
2 357 (20.18%) Databricks
3 112 (6.33%) Oracle
4 104 (5.88%) Salesforce
5 99 (5.60%) SAP
6 63 (3.56%) Google
7 28 (1.58%) Informatica
8 26 (1.47%) Cloudera
9 23 (1.30%) Dell
10 19 (1.07%) Foundry
11 18 (1.02%) Palantir
11 18 (1.02%) Talend
12 17 (0.96%) ServiceNow
13 14 (0.79%) OpenAI
13 14 (0.79%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
14 13 (0.73%) IBM
15 11 (0.62%) Bloomberg
16 9 (0.51%) HubSpot
16 9 (0.51%) MuleSoft
17 8 (0.45%) SYSPRO