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

6 months to
4 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 104 111 102
Rank change year-on-year +7 -9 +9
Permanent jobs citing Data Modelling 1,494 1,075 2,392
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 1.86% 2.63% 2.63%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.43% 2.82% 3.04%
Number of salaries quoted 922 575 1,536
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% +0.74%
75th Percentile £87,500 £80,000 £87,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £102,410 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £63,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +5.83% - +4.35%

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 61,485 38,072 78,558
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 76.40% 93.03% 86.34%
Number of salaries quoted 37,986 22,481 58,309
10th Percentile £30,000 £31,250 £29,241
25th Percentile £40,000 £43,750 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,500 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -7.50% +9.09% -11.00%
75th Percentile £77,500 £80,000 £73,000
90th Percentile £97,500 £102,500 £92,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £54,321 £50,000
% change year-on-year -7.95% +8.64% -8.41%

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 4 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 4 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 1,295 £70,000 +7.69% 796
UK excluding London -23 722 £63,500 +5.83% 585
London +53 632 £77,500 +3.33% 335
Work from Home +32 560 £67,500 +4.25% 367
North of England -5 194 £70,932 +35.11% 151
South East -33 184 £60,000 -4.00% 200
Midlands -20 138 £60,000 - 102
West Midlands +6 107 £60,000 +4.35% 58
Yorkshire +12 98 £72,500 +26.09% 55
Scotland -4 82 £78,750 +25.00% 24
North West -28 78 £70,000 +33.33% 76
East of England +4 59 £65,000 - 55
South West -65 51 £55,200 +0.36% 47
East Midlands -42 29 £49,500 -23.55% 44
North East -10 18 £55,000 -1.08% 24
Wales -21 8 £67,586 +80.23% 13
Northern Ireland -37 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 (8.70%) Apache Airflow
2 84 (5.62%) Apache Spark
3 55 (3.68%) Apache
4 27 (1.81%) SharePoint
5 21 (1.41%) Confluence
6 20 (1.34%) Palantir Foundry
7 17 (1.14%) SAS
8 15 (1.00%) 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 (5.35%) Microsoft Excel
2 18 (1.20%) 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 (1.27%) 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 (0.33%) 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
1 723 (48.39%) Azure
2 432 (28.92%) Power Platform
3 336 (22.49%) AWS
4 212 (14.19%) Azure Data Factory
5 206 (13.79%) Snowflake
6 205 (13.72%) GCP
7 171 (11.45%) Azure Synapse Analytics
8 150 (10.04%) dbt
9 134 (8.97%) Azure DevOps
10 83 (5.56%) Serverless
11 77 (5.15%) GitHub
12 66 (4.42%) Amazon S3
13 54 (3.61%) Power Automate
14 52 (3.48%) SaaS
15 43 (2.88%) AWS Lambda
16 41 (2.74%) Salesforce Service Cloud
17 39 (2.61%) PowerApps
18 37 (2.48%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
19 36 (2.41%) 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
1 396 (26.51%) Power BI
2 388 (25.97%) Data Warehouse
3 202 (13.52%) Data Lake
4 191 (12.78%) Metadata
5 125 (8.37%) SQL Server
6 115 (7.70%) Tableau
7 93 (6.22%) Relational Database
8 89 (5.96%) Amazon Redshift
9 73 (4.89%) BigQuery
10 68 (4.55%) Azure SQL Database
11 67 (4.48%) PostgreSQL
12 59 (3.95%) NoSQL
13 58 (3.88%) SQL Server Integration Services
14 57 (3.82%) Power Query
15 51 (3.41%) Snowflake Schema
16 48 (3.21%) MySQL
17 46 (3.08%) SQL Server Reporting Services
18 44 (2.95%) Looker
19 32 (2.14%) Big Data
20 31 (2.07%) Delta Lake
Development Applications
1 102 (6.83%) Git
2 55 (3.68%) JIRA
3 40 (2.68%) MLflow
4 20 (1.34%) ERwin
4 20 (1.34%) Postman
5 14 (0.94%) Jenkins
6 10 (0.67%) GitLab
7 8 (0.54%) ER Studio
8 6 (0.40%) Claude Code
8 6 (0.40%) JUnit
9 5 (0.33%) PowerDesigner
10 4 (0.27%) git-flow
11 3 (0.20%) Eclipse
11 3 (0.20%) Gradle
11 3 (0.20%) IntelliJ
11 3 (0.20%) Maven
11 3 (0.20%) NUnit
11 3 (0.20%) Selenium
11 3 (0.20%) SonarQube
11 3 (0.20%) TestNG
General
1 522 (34.94%) Social Skills
2 499 (33.40%) Finance
3 418 (27.98%) Analytical Skills
4 115 (7.70%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 106 (7.10%) Public Sector
6 76 (5.09%) Marketing
7 70 (4.69%) Law
8 61 (4.08%) Banking
9 55 (3.68%) Financial Institution
10 42 (2.81%) Influencing Skills
11 37 (2.48%) Retail
12 33 (2.21%) Organisational Skills
13 29 (1.94%) Manufacturing
14 28 (1.87%) Documentation Skills
15 23 (1.54%) Legal
15 23 (1.54%) Retail Banking
16 21 (1.41%) Advertising
17 19 (1.27%) Telecoms
18 15 (1.00%) Presentation Skills
19 12 (0.80%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 337 (22.56%) Architect
2 331 (22.16%) Data Engineer
3 299 (20.01%) Senior
4 227 (15.19%) Data Architect
5 205 (13.72%) Analyst
6 167 (11.18%) Developer
7 147 (9.84%) Lead
8 119 (7.97%) Data Analyst
9 97 (6.49%) Senior Data Engineer
10 67 (4.48%) Consultant
11 51 (3.41%) Business Intelligence Developer
12 49 (3.28%) Business Analyst
13 47 (3.15%) Lead Data Engineer
14 44 (2.95%) Senior Analyst
15 41 (2.74%) Azure Engineer
16 40 (2.68%) Business Intelligence Analyst
17 36 (2.41%) Senior Architect
18 33 (2.21%) Senior Developer
19 32 (2.14%) Data Manager
19 32 (2.14%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 127 (8.50%) REST
2 101 (6.76%) Kafka
3 81 (5.42%) PySpark
4 67 (4.48%) SOAP
5 55 (3.68%) Lightning Web Components
6 54 (3.61%) .NET
7 51 (3.41%) RESTful
8 50 (3.35%) JSON
9 43 (2.88%) Middleware
9 43 (2.88%) PyTorch
9 43 (2.88%) TensorFlow
10 41 (2.74%) React
10 41 (2.74%) scikit-learn
11 40 (2.68%) XML
12 36 (2.41%) CSS
13 34 (2.28%) LangChain
14 33 (2.21%) OpenAPI
14 33 (2.21%) Swagger
15 31 (2.07%) HTML
16 30 (2.01%) Visualforce
Miscellaneous
1 122 (8.17%) Cloud Native
2 106 (7.10%) Data Structures
3 105 (7.03%) Product Ownership
4 60 (4.02%) Management Information System
5 49 (3.28%) Legacy Systems
6 44 (2.95%) Low-Code
7 40 (2.68%) Distributed Systems
8 38 (2.54%) Self-Motivation
9 36 (2.41%) Onboarding
10 35 (2.34%) Analytical Mindset
10 35 (2.34%) Greenfield Project
11 32 (2.14%) Public Cloud
12 24 (1.61%) Enterprise Software
13 23 (1.54%) Clustering
13 23 (1.54%) e-Learning
14 22 (1.47%) Reinsurance
15 16 (1.07%) Taxonomies
16 15 (1.00%) Fixed Income
17 14 (0.94%) FMCG
18 13 (0.87%) AI Agents
Operating Systems
1 13 (0.87%) Windows
2 12 (0.80%) Linux
3 4 (0.27%) Android
3 4 (0.27%) Unix
4 3 (0.20%) Windows Server
5 1 (0.067%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 716 (47.93%) Analytics
2 520 (34.81%) Business Intelligence
3 503 (33.67%) ETL
4 451 (30.19%) Data Engineering
4 451 (30.19%) Data Governance
5 415 (27.78%) Agile
6 383 (25.64%) Data Pipeline
7 359 (24.03%) Decision-Making
8 356 (23.83%) AI
9 354 (23.69%) Data Architecture
10 346 (23.16%) CI/CD
11 343 (22.96%) Problem-Solving
12 293 (19.61%) DevOps
13 221 (14.79%) Data Integration
14 219 (14.66%) Mentoring
15 215 (14.39%) Continuous Improvement
16 206 (13.79%) Machine Learning
17 196 (13.12%) Data Management
18 177 (11.85%) Data Science
19 168 (11.24%) Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 772 (51.67%) SQL
2 648 (43.37%) Python
3 111 (7.43%) Java
4 103 (6.89%) Data Analysis Expressions
5 87 (5.82%) JavaScript
6 72 (4.82%) C#
7 66 (4.42%) TypeScript
8 52 (3.48%) Apex Code
9 46 (3.08%) T-SQL
10 41 (2.74%) Scala
11 34 (2.28%) R
12 31 (2.07%) PowerShell
13 20 (1.34%) Bash
14 19 (1.27%) 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 (13.19%) Degree
2 132 (8.84%) Security Cleared
3 93 (6.22%) SC Cleared
4 81 (5.42%) Computer Science Degree
5 65 (4.35%) Azure Certification
6 54 (3.61%) AWS Certification
7 38 (2.54%) Microsoft Certification
8 33 (2.21%) 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 (0.80%) Six Sigma Green Belt
15 8 (0.54%) PMI Certification
16 7 (0.47%) PMP
17 5 (0.33%) SAP Certification
17 5 (0.33%) SnowPro
18 4 (0.27%) Oracle Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 445 (29.79%) Data Quality
2 95 (6.36%) GDPR
3 72 (4.82%) Accessibility
4 43 (2.88%) QA
5 27 (1.81%) California Consumer Privacy Act
6 24 (1.61%) Actionable Recommendations
7 15 (1.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 10 (0.67%) SLA
9 8 (0.54%) MiFID
10 5 (0.33%) GRC
10 5 (0.33%) 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%) P3O
13 1 (0.067%) SOC 2
System Software
1 59 (3.95%) 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 (4.89%) Terraform
2 52 (3.48%) 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
1 353 (23.63%) Microsoft
2 287 (19.21%) Databricks
3 100 (6.69%) Salesforce
4 82 (5.49%) Oracle
5 57 (3.82%) SAP
6 53 (3.55%) Informatica
7 46 (3.08%) Google
8 36 (2.41%) Palantir
9 31 (2.07%) Foundry
9 31 (2.07%) Talend
10 30 (2.01%) Cloudera
11 25 (1.67%) MuleSoft
12 23 (1.54%) Dell
13 22 (1.47%) OpenAI
14 18 (1.20%) Sparx
15 16 (1.07%) IBM
16 15 (1.00%) ServiceNow
17 14 (0.94%) UiPath
18 13 (0.87%) Automation Anywhere
19 12 (0.80%) Workday