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 11 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 111 121 104
Rank change year-on-year +10 -17 +1
Permanent jobs citing Data Modelling 1,552 1,127 2,459
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 1.72% 2.57% 2.55%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.32% 2.75% 2.99%
Number of salaries quoted 991 591 1,524
10th Percentile £42,500 £42,500 £41,250
25th Percentile £52,500 £52,500 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £65,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +7.69% - -2.99%
75th Percentile £87,500 £83,125 £86,250
90th Percentile £98,750 £105,000 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £65,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +8.33% - +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 66,871 40,971 82,332
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 73.97% 93.32% 85.23%
Number of salaries quoted 42,937 22,765 59,727
10th Percentile £30,000 £30,000 £29,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £42,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - +9.09% -10.10%
75th Percentile £78,750 £80,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £102,410 £92,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year - +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 11 May 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 11 May 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 +15 1,366 £68,510 +5.40% 696
UK excluding London -5 759 £65,000 +8.33% 456
London +32 634 £80,000 +6.67% 347
Work from Home +35 527 £70,000 +7.69% 347
North of England +42 231 £70,932 +23.36% 122
South East -24 189 £60,000 -7.69% 165
Midlands -5 148 £60,000 -4.00% 76
Yorkshire +19 114 £75,000 +25.00% 40
West Midlands +4 109 £60,000 - 52
North West +10 99 £70,000 +33.33% 63
Scotland +4 65 £70,000 +15.24% 21
South West -73 59 £55,000 -8.33% 31
East of England +13 58 £67,500 - 25
East Midlands -20 37 £51,825 -19.96% 24
North East -30 18 £60,000 -1.97% 20
Wales -21 8 £67,586 +80.23% 15
Northern Ireland -38 1 - - 5

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
1 143 (9.21%) Apache Airflow
2 87 (5.61%) Apache Spark
3 58 (3.74%) Apache
4 32 (2.06%) SharePoint
5 21 (1.35%) Palantir Foundry
6 18 (1.16%) Confluence
6 18 (1.16%) SAS
7 12 (0.77%) Appian
8 11 (0.71%) CMS
9 8 (0.52%) Microsoft Exchange
10 4 (0.26%) Camunda
11 3 (0.19%) Apache Solr
11 3 (0.19%) Apache Superset
11 3 (0.19%) IIS
11 3 (0.19%) Oracle Application Server
11 3 (0.19%) Oracle Workflow
12 2 (0.13%) CICS
12 2 (0.13%) Jupyter
12 2 (0.13%) Luigi
12 2 (0.13%) WordPress
Applications
1 73 (4.70%) Microsoft Excel
2 21 (1.35%) Microsoft Office
3 7 (0.45%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 5 (0.32%) Spreadsheet
5 3 (0.19%) Chatbot
5 3 (0.19%) MS Visio
6 2 (0.13%) Sketch
7 1 (0.064%) Notion
7 1 (0.064%) Siemens NX
7 1 (0.064%) SPSS
7 1 (0.064%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 35 (2.26%) SAP S/4HANA
2 16 (1.03%) SAP MDG
3 12 (0.77%) Dynamics CRM
3 12 (0.77%) NetSuite
3 12 (0.77%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
4 8 (0.52%) SAP MDG-BP
4 8 (0.52%) Workday HCM
5 7 (0.45%) Oracle ERP
5 7 (0.45%) Salesforce CRM
6 5 (0.32%) SAP MDG-F
7 4 (0.26%) Markit EDM
7 4 (0.26%) SAP ERP
8 3 (0.19%) FLEXCUBE
8 3 (0.19%) Misys Opics
9 2 (0.13%) Aladdin
9 2 (0.13%) Infor M3
9 2 (0.13%) Unit4 Business World
10 1 (0.064%) FIS Private Capital Suite
10 1 (0.064%) Integrated Workplace Management System
10 1 (0.064%) SAP MDG-M
Cloud Services
1 708 (45.62%) Azure
2 430 (27.71%) Power Platform
3 367 (23.65%) AWS
4 222 (14.30%) GCP
5 194 (12.50%) Azure Data Factory
6 169 (10.89%) Snowflake
7 144 (9.28%) Azure Synapse Analytics
8 143 (9.21%) dbt
9 142 (9.15%) Azure DevOps
10 87 (5.61%) Serverless
11 69 (4.45%) GitHub
12 66 (4.25%) Amazon S3
13 62 (3.99%) Power Automate
14 52 (3.35%) SaaS
15 46 (2.96%) PowerApps
16 45 (2.90%) AWS Lambda
17 38 (2.45%) Salesforce Service Cloud
18 34 (2.19%) Microsoft 365
18 34 (2.19%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
19 27 (1.74%) Dynamics 365
Communications & Networking
1 32 (2.06%) Broadband
2 4 (0.26%) HTTP
3 3 (0.19%) Network Security
3 3 (0.19%) NGN
3 3 (0.19%) Remote Desktop
3 3 (0.19%) VPN
4 2 (0.13%) 4G
4 2 (0.13%) 5G
4 2 (0.13%) LTE
4 2 (0.13%) Tactical Data Link
5 1 (0.064%) CTI
5 1 (0.064%) DHCP
5 1 (0.064%) DNS
5 1 (0.064%) Modbus
5 1 (0.064%) MQTT
5 1 (0.064%) Radio Access Network
5 1 (0.064%) SMS
5 1 (0.064%) TCAP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 393 (25.32%) Power BI
2 326 (21.01%) Data Warehouse
3 205 (13.21%) Data Lake
4 194 (12.50%) Metadata
5 118 (7.60%) SQL Server
6 117 (7.54%) Tableau
7 102 (6.57%) Relational Database
8 88 (5.67%) Amazon Redshift
9 85 (5.48%) BigQuery
10 71 (4.57%) PostgreSQL
11 67 (4.32%) NoSQL
12 56 (3.61%) SQL Server Integration Services
13 54 (3.48%) Azure SQL Database
14 53 (3.41%) Power Query
15 46 (2.96%) Looker
16 45 (2.90%) MySQL
17 41 (2.64%) Snowflake Schema
18 40 (2.58%) Delta Lake
18 40 (2.58%) Star Schema
19 39 (2.51%) Semantic Layer
Development Applications
1 119 (7.67%) Git
2 50 (3.22%) JIRA
3 42 (2.71%) MLflow
4 19 (1.22%) Jenkins
5 17 (1.10%) Postman
6 16 (1.03%) ERwin
7 10 (0.64%) GitLab
8 9 (0.58%) Claude Code
9 6 (0.39%) JUnit
10 5 (0.32%) ER Studio
11 4 (0.26%) Toad
12 3 (0.19%) Eclipse
12 3 (0.19%) Gradle
12 3 (0.19%) IntelliJ
12 3 (0.19%) Maven
12 3 (0.19%) NUnit
12 3 (0.19%) TestNG
12 3 (0.19%) Visual Studio
13 2 (0.13%) ESLint
13 2 (0.13%) SonarQube
General
1 523 (33.70%) Social Skills
2 501 (32.28%) Finance
3 432 (27.84%) Analytical Skills
4 122 (7.86%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 116 (7.47%) Public Sector
6 76 (4.90%) Marketing
7 68 (4.38%) Law
8 51 (3.29%) Banking
8 51 (3.29%) Retail
9 46 (2.96%) Financial Institution
10 43 (2.77%) Influencing Skills
11 34 (2.19%) Organisational Skills
12 30 (1.93%) Documentation Skills
13 27 (1.74%) Manufacturing
14 23 (1.48%) Legal
15 22 (1.42%) Advertising
16 18 (1.16%) Telecoms
17 15 (0.97%) Retail Banking
18 14 (0.90%) Billing
18 14 (0.90%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 360 (23.20%) Data Engineer
2 326 (21.01%) Architect
3 314 (20.23%) Senior
4 209 (13.47%) Data Architect
5 206 (13.27%) Analyst
6 185 (11.92%) Developer
7 172 (11.08%) Lead
8 121 (7.80%) Data Analyst
9 92 (5.93%) Senior Data Engineer
10 78 (5.03%) Consultant
11 57 (3.67%) Business Intelligence Developer
12 47 (3.03%) Business Analyst
13 46 (2.96%) Data Modeller
14 45 (2.90%) Lead Data Engineer
14 45 (2.90%) Senior Analyst
15 43 (2.77%) Azure Engineer
16 42 (2.71%) Senior Architect
17 37 (2.38%) Senior Developer
18 34 (2.19%) Data Manager
18 34 (2.19%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 147 (9.47%) REST
2 108 (6.96%) Kafka
3 100 (6.44%) PySpark
4 75 (4.83%) SOAP
5 63 (4.06%) .NET
6 58 (3.74%) JSON
6 58 (3.74%) Lightning Web Components
7 55 (3.54%) Middleware
8 51 (3.29%) RESTful
9 50 (3.22%) React
10 45 (2.90%) CSS
10 45 (2.90%) XML
11 42 (2.71%) PyTorch
11 42 (2.71%) TensorFlow
12 40 (2.58%) scikit-learn
13 37 (2.38%) LangChain
14 36 (2.32%) HTML
15 34 (2.19%) Node.js
16 31 (2.00%) Pandas
16 31 (2.00%) Visualforce
Miscellaneous
1 128 (8.25%) Cloud Native
2 125 (8.05%) Data Structures
3 108 (6.96%) Product Ownership
4 56 (3.61%) Distributed Systems
5 55 (3.54%) Management Information System
6 52 (3.35%) Legacy Systems
7 50 (3.22%) Onboarding
8 46 (2.96%) Self-Motivation
9 41 (2.64%) Low-Code
10 39 (2.51%) Greenfield Project
11 33 (2.13%) Public Cloud
12 32 (2.06%) Analytical Mindset
13 26 (1.68%) Reinsurance
14 23 (1.48%) Clustering
15 21 (1.35%) Social Media
16 19 (1.22%) Enterprise Software
17 18 (1.16%) Replication
18 16 (1.03%) AI Agents
19 15 (0.97%) e-Learning
19 15 (0.97%) FMCG
Operating Systems
1 16 (1.03%) Windows
2 13 (0.84%) Linux
3 4 (0.26%) Unix
4 3 (0.19%) Android
4 3 (0.19%) Windows Server
5 1 (0.064%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 705 (45.43%) Analytics
2 524 (33.76%) Business Intelligence
3 488 (31.44%) ETL
4 483 (31.12%) Data Governance
5 440 (28.35%) Data Engineering
6 416 (26.80%) Data Pipeline
7 410 (26.42%) Agile
8 379 (24.42%) CI/CD
9 372 (23.97%) AI
10 359 (23.13%) Problem-Solving
11 353 (22.74%) Decision-Making
12 345 (22.23%) Data Architecture
13 319 (20.55%) DevOps
14 230 (14.82%) Mentoring
15 224 (14.43%) Machine Learning
16 212 (13.66%) Continuous Improvement
17 182 (11.73%) Data Integration
18 175 (11.28%) Data Strategy
19 174 (11.21%) Data Science
20 169 (10.89%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 806 (51.93%) SQL
2 676 (43.56%) Python
3 124 (7.99%) Java
4 96 (6.19%) Data Analysis Expressions
5 85 (5.48%) JavaScript
6 69 (4.45%) C#
7 65 (4.19%) TypeScript
8 53 (3.41%) Apex Code
9 45 (2.90%) Scala
10 43 (2.77%) T-SQL
11 35 (2.26%) PowerShell
12 31 (2.00%) R
13 24 (1.55%) Bash
14 17 (1.10%) SOQL
14 17 (1.10%) SOSL
15 13 (0.84%) C++
15 13 (0.84%) PL/SQL
16 10 (0.64%) Perl
16 10 (0.64%) VBA
17 8 (0.52%) Go
Qualifications
1 191 (12.31%) Degree
2 150 (9.66%) Security Cleared
3 96 (6.19%) SC Cleared
4 77 (4.96%) Computer Science Degree
5 58 (3.74%) Azure Certification
6 41 (2.64%) AWS Certification
7 34 (2.19%) Microsoft Certification
8 33 (2.13%) Master's Degree
9 28 (1.80%) DBS Check
10 24 (1.55%) DV Cleared
11 22 (1.42%) TOGAF Certification
12 19 (1.22%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
13 14 (0.90%) ACCA
13 14 (0.90%) CIMA
14 8 (0.52%) PMI Certification
15 7 (0.45%) PMP
15 7 (0.45%) SAP Certification
16 6 (0.39%) BPSS Clearance
17 4 (0.26%) CBAP
17 4 (0.26%) IIBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 492 (31.70%) Data Quality
2 100 (6.44%) GDPR
3 51 (3.29%) QA
4 48 (3.09%) Accessibility
5 26 (1.68%) California Consumer Privacy Act
6 14 (0.90%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 9 (0.58%) SLA
8 7 (0.45%) Actionable Recommendations
8 7 (0.45%) Solvency II
9 5 (0.32%) GRC
9 5 (0.32%) IFRS
9 5 (0.32%) IFRS 17
9 5 (0.32%) MiFID
10 3 (0.19%) PERC
11 2 (0.13%) HL7
11 2 (0.13%) WCAG
12 1 (0.064%) ISO 22301
12 1 (0.064%) PCI DSS
12 1 (0.064%) PMO
12 1 (0.064%) SNOMED CT
System Software
1 67 (4.32%) Docker
2 13 (0.84%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.064%) Apache Flume
3 1 (0.064%) Firmware
3 1 (0.064%) iptables
Systems Management
1 88 (5.67%) Terraform
2 64 (4.12%) Kubernetes
3 13 (0.84%) Grafana
4 10 (0.64%) Single Sign-On
5 9 (0.58%) Prometheus
6 7 (0.45%) Control-M
7 4 (0.26%) Ansible
8 3 (0.19%) Packer
9 1 (0.064%) Argo
9 1 (0.064%) QRadar
9 1 (0.064%) RSA Archer
9 1 (0.064%) SCCM
Vendors
1 328 (21.13%) Microsoft
2 319 (20.55%) Databricks
3 112 (7.22%) Salesforce
4 104 (6.70%) Oracle
5 86 (5.54%) SAP
6 50 (3.22%) Informatica
7 47 (3.03%) Google
8 33 (2.13%) Palantir
9 32 (2.06%) Cloudera
10 31 (2.00%) Foundry
10 31 (2.00%) Talend
11 25 (1.61%) OpenAI
12 23 (1.48%) Dell
13 21 (1.35%) MuleSoft
14 19 (1.22%) ServiceNow
15 17 (1.10%) Sparx
16 13 (0.84%) Automation Anywhere
16 13 (0.84%) UiPath
17 12 (0.77%) IBM
18 11 (0.71%) Workday