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

6 months to
4 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 98 119 93
Rank change year-on-year +21 -26 +12
Permanent jobs citing Data Modelling 1,344 1,341 1,661
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 2.28% 2.46% 3.15%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.79% 2.73% 3.45%
Number of salaries quoted 702 683 1,095
10th Percentile £46,250 £38,750 £42,500
25th Percentile £57,500 £51,474 £51,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £65,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +7.69% - -
75th Percentile £87,500 £82,500 £85,000
90th Percentile £109,750 £100,000 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £65,000 £60,000 £55,148
% change year-on-year +8.33% +8.80% -0.64%

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 48,217 49,041 48,085
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 81.67% 90.12% 91.17%
Number of salaries quoted 28,251 24,093 36,700
10th Percentile £28,456 £35,000 £31,250
25th Percentile £36,750 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% - -4.00%
75th Percentile £75,000 £80,000 £79,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £100,000 £97,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% -4.55%

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 January 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 January 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 +22 1,196 £70,000 +7.69% 1,071
UK excluding London +22 717 £65,000 +8.33% 876
London +33 565 £85,000 +17.24% 317
Work from Home +29 469 £70,000 +7.69% 436
South East +22 257 £64,250 +2.80% 278
North of England -1 163 £67,500 +25.58% 174
Midlands +23 116 £62,500 +4.17% 161
Yorkshire +17 97 £70,000 +33.33% 79
Scotland +12 88 £87,500 +52.17% 37
West Midlands +26 80 £60,000 +6.67% 92
North West -25 56 £67,500 +17.39% 80
South West -15 45 £64,350 +7.25% 85
East of England +26 41 £56,250 -3.31% 136
East Midlands +10 34 £65,000 - 62
North East +4 10 £53,750 -3.33% 15
Northern Ireland -2 6 £40,500 - 7
Wales +4 5 £37,500 -12.28% 23

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 68 (5.06%) Apache Spark
2 60 (4.46%) Apache Airflow
3 39 (2.90%) Apache
4 23 (1.71%) Confluence
5 16 (1.19%) Appian
6 14 (1.04%) SharePoint
7 9 (0.67%) SAS
8 6 (0.45%) CMS
9 5 (0.37%) Oracle Workflow
10 4 (0.30%) Apache Superset
11 3 (0.22%) IIS
12 2 (0.15%) Luigi
12 2 (0.15%) Mendix
13 1 (0.074%) Apache Synapse
13 1 (0.074%) Camunda
13 1 (0.074%) Jupyter
13 1 (0.074%) OpenStack
Applications
1 160 (11.90%) Microsoft Excel
2 17 (1.26%) Microsoft Office
3 7 (0.52%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 6 (0.45%) Chatbot
5 4 (0.30%) MS Visio
5 4 (0.30%) PlantUML
6 3 (0.22%) Sketch
6 3 (0.22%) Spreadsheet
7 2 (0.15%) Windchill
8 1 (0.074%) Microsoft Project
8 1 (0.074%) Notion
8 1 (0.074%) Oracle Smart View
8 1 (0.074%) Siemens NX
8 1 (0.074%) SPSS
Business Applications
1 37 (2.75%) SAP S/4HANA
2 18 (1.34%) Dynamics CRM
3 9 (0.67%) NetSuite
4 7 (0.52%) SAP CO
4 7 (0.52%) SAP FI
4 7 (0.52%) SAP FI/CO
5 6 (0.45%) Markit EDM
6 3 (0.22%) Aladdin
6 3 (0.22%) SAP MDG
7 2 (0.15%) iTrent
7 2 (0.15%) Salesforce CRM
7 2 (0.15%) Teamcenter
8 1 (0.074%) Endur
8 1 (0.074%) SAP ERP
8 1 (0.074%) SAP EWM
8 1 (0.074%) SAP IBP
8 1 (0.074%) SAP MM
8 1 (0.074%) SimCorp Dimension
8 1 (0.074%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
8 1 (0.074%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 706 (52.53%) Azure
2 419 (31.18%) Power Platform
3 287 (21.35%) AWS
4 196 (14.58%) Snowflake
5 159 (11.83%) GCP
6 151 (11.24%) Azure Data Factory
7 137 (10.19%) Azure Synapse Analytics
8 122 (9.08%) Azure DevOps
9 107 (7.96%) dbt
10 88 (6.55%) GitHub
11 74 (5.51%) Serverless
12 57 (4.24%) SaaS
13 56 (4.17%) Amazon S3
14 48 (3.57%) GitHub Copilot
15 40 (2.98%) AWS Lambda
16 37 (2.75%) Power Automate
17 31 (2.31%) PowerApps
18 29 (2.16%) Collibra
19 28 (2.08%) Dynamics 365
20 23 (1.71%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 5 (0.37%) HTTP
2 3 (0.22%) Remote Desktop
2 3 (0.22%) VPN
3 2 (0.15%) Broadband
4 1 (0.074%) ADSL
4 1 (0.074%) DHCP
4 1 (0.074%) DNS
4 1 (0.074%) Internet
4 1 (0.074%) Kerberos
4 1 (0.074%) Modbus
4 1 (0.074%) MQTT
4 1 (0.074%) TCAP
4 1 (0.074%) X.21
Database & Business Intelligence
1 418 (31.10%) Data Warehouse
2 392 (29.17%) Power BI
3 239 (17.78%) Data Lake
4 166 (12.35%) Metadata
5 118 (8.78%) SQL Server
6 87 (6.47%) Tableau
7 76 (5.65%) SAP BW
8 69 (5.13%) Amazon Redshift
9 67 (4.99%) NoSQL
10 59 (4.39%) Azure SQL Database
11 55 (4.09%) Big Data
11 55 (4.09%) Power Query
12 53 (3.94%) Relational Database
13 52 (3.87%) MySQL
14 47 (3.50%) PostgreSQL
15 45 (3.35%) SQL Server Integration Services
16 43 (3.20%) Snowflake Schema
17 41 (3.05%) SQL Server Reporting Services
18 39 (2.90%) Hadoop
19 37 (2.75%) BigQuery
Development Applications
1 74 (5.51%) Git
2 60 (4.46%) JIRA
3 33 (2.46%) ERwin
4 20 (1.49%) ER Studio
5 15 (1.12%) Jenkins
6 13 (0.97%) GitLab
6 13 (0.97%) MLflow
7 9 (0.67%) Postman
8 8 (0.60%) Selenium
9 7 (0.52%) JUnit
9 7 (0.52%) PowerDesigner
10 5 (0.37%) git-flow
10 5 (0.37%) Robot Framework
10 5 (0.37%) Snyk
11 3 (0.22%) CircleCI
11 3 (0.22%) Gradle
11 3 (0.22%) Maven
11 3 (0.22%) SonarQube
11 3 (0.22%) TestNG
12 2 (0.15%) Checkstyle
General
1 537 (39.96%) Social Skills
2 473 (35.19%) Finance
3 353 (26.26%) Analytical Skills
4 110 (8.18%) Marketing
5 97 (7.22%) Law
6 88 (6.55%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 68 (5.06%) Retail
8 65 (4.84%) Banking
8 65 (4.84%) Public Sector
9 52 (3.87%) Financial Institution
10 34 (2.53%) Manufacturing
11 31 (2.31%) Retail Banking
12 26 (1.93%) Legal
13 23 (1.71%) Influencing Skills
14 21 (1.56%) Telecoms
15 19 (1.41%) Advertising
15 19 (1.41%) Organisational Skills
16 18 (1.34%) Presentation Skills
17 17 (1.26%) Documentation Skills
18 13 (0.97%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 326 (24.26%) Architect
2 279 (20.76%) Senior
3 254 (18.90%) Data Engineer
4 234 (17.41%) Data Architect
5 176 (13.10%) Lead
6 174 (12.95%) Analyst
7 128 (9.52%) Developer
8 104 (7.74%) Senior Data Engineer
9 72 (5.36%) Data Analyst
10 56 (4.17%) Azure Engineer
11 46 (3.42%) Azure Data Engineer
12 42 (3.13%) Report Analyst
13 41 (3.05%) Consultant
14 38 (2.83%) Business Intelligence Developer
15 36 (2.68%) Solutions Architect
16 35 (2.60%) Senior Architect
17 33 (2.46%) Business Intelligence Lead
17 33 (2.46%) Lead Data Engineer
18 32 (2.38%) Business Analyst
18 32 (2.38%) Senior Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 83 (6.18%) REST
2 70 (5.21%) Kafka
3 43 (3.20%) SOAP
4 37 (2.75%) PySpark
5 35 (2.60%) .NET
6 31 (2.31%) RESTful
7 29 (2.16%) Lightning Web Components
8 28 (2.08%) JSON
9 27 (2.01%) CSS
10 24 (1.79%) HTML
10 24 (1.79%) React
11 23 (1.71%) XML
12 19 (1.41%) OpenAPI
12 19 (1.41%) Swagger
13 18 (1.34%) Web Services
14 17 (1.26%) Middleware
14 17 (1.26%) Pandas
15 15 (1.12%) Django
15 15 (1.12%) PyTorch
15 15 (1.12%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 107 (7.96%) Product Ownership
2 79 (5.88%) Cloud Native
3 70 (5.21%) Data Structures
4 58 (4.32%) Management Information System
5 50 (3.72%) Legacy Systems
6 43 (3.20%) Distributed Systems
7 29 (2.16%) Enterprise Software
8 28 (2.08%) Analytical Mindset
9 26 (1.93%) Greenfield Project
10 25 (1.86%) Low-Code
11 18 (1.34%) Self-Motivation
12 17 (1.26%) Reinsurance
13 16 (1.19%) e-Learning
13 16 (1.19%) FMCG
14 14 (1.04%) Onboarding
15 12 (0.89%) Hybrid Cloud
16 11 (0.82%) Fixed Income
17 10 (0.74%) Biopharmaceutical
17 10 (0.74%) Life Science
18 9 (0.67%) IoT
Operating Systems
1 10 (0.74%) Unix
2 9 (0.67%) Windows
3 8 (0.60%) Linux
4 6 (0.45%) Android
5 3 (0.22%) Apple iOS
5 3 (0.22%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 596 (44.35%) Analytics
2 500 (37.20%) Business Intelligence
3 449 (33.41%) ETL
4 402 (29.91%) Data Governance
5 383 (28.50%) Agile
6 350 (26.04%) Problem-Solving
7 348 (25.89%) Data Architecture
8 333 (24.78%) Data Engineering
9 320 (23.81%) Data Pipeline
10 298 (22.17%) CI/CD
11 271 (20.16%) AI
12 268 (19.94%) Decision-Making
13 267 (19.87%) DevOps
14 244 (18.15%) Data Integration
15 208 (15.48%) Mentoring
16 202 (15.03%) Data Strategy
17 186 (13.84%) Continuous Improvement
18 181 (13.47%) Data Management
19 177 (13.17%) Data Science
20 160 (11.90%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 624 (46.43%) SQL
2 521 (38.76%) Python
3 97 (7.22%) Java
4 82 (6.10%) Data Analysis Expressions
5 76 (5.65%) C#
6 70 (5.21%) JavaScript
7 57 (4.24%) TypeScript
8 53 (3.94%) Scala
9 38 (2.83%) T-SQL
10 30 (2.23%) Apex Code
11 28 (2.08%) PowerShell
12 27 (2.01%) R
13 14 (1.04%) Bash
14 13 (0.97%) PL/SQL
15 11 (0.82%) ANSI SQL
15 11 (0.82%) C++
15 11 (0.82%) VBA
16 6 (0.45%) Kotlin
17 5 (0.37%) Shell Script
18 4 (0.30%) PHP
Qualifications
1 283 (21.06%) Degree
2 83 (6.18%) Computer Science Degree
3 79 (5.88%) Security Cleared
4 69 (5.13%) Azure Certification
5 62 (4.61%) SC Cleared
6 61 (4.54%) AWS Certification
7 49 (3.65%) Microsoft Certification
8 34 (2.53%) TOGAF Certification
9 32 (2.38%) Master's Degree
10 26 (1.93%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
11 18 (1.34%) DV Cleared
12 12 (0.89%) Six Sigma Green Belt
13 10 (0.74%) Oracle Certification
14 9 (0.67%) OCP
14 9 (0.67%) PMI Certification
14 9 (0.67%) PMP
14 9 (0.67%) SnowPro
15 8 (0.60%) DBS Check
16 7 (0.52%) CISA
16 7 (0.52%) CRISC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 397 (29.54%) Data Quality
2 84 (6.25%) GDPR
3 70 (5.21%) Accessibility
4 37 (2.75%) QA
5 26 (1.93%) Actionable Recommendations
6 14 (1.04%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 7 (0.52%) COBIT
7 7 (0.52%) GRC
7 7 (0.52%) ITGC
7 7 (0.52%) NIST
8 5 (0.37%) MiFID
8 5 (0.37%) PCI DSS
8 5 (0.37%) SLA
9 3 (0.22%) California Consumer Privacy Act
10 2 (0.15%) PMO
10 2 (0.15%) PSD2
10 2 (0.15%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 2 (0.15%) SNOMED CT
11 1 (0.074%) CDISC
11 1 (0.074%) HL7
System Software
1 41 (3.05%) Docker
2 8 (0.60%) HDFS
2 8 (0.60%) Oracle RAC
3 6 (0.45%) Active Directory
4 3 (0.22%) Firmware
5 1 (0.074%) iptables
5 1 (0.074%) KVM
5 1 (0.074%) QEMU
Systems Management
1 53 (3.94%) Terraform
2 36 (2.68%) Kubernetes
3 9 (0.67%) Ansible
4 8 (0.60%) Data Guard
4 8 (0.60%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
4 8 (0.60%) Oracle RMAN
5 6 (0.45%) Control-M
6 5 (0.37%) RSA Archer
7 4 (0.30%) Grafana
8 3 (0.22%) Prometheus
8 3 (0.22%) Single Sign-On
9 1 (0.074%) Argo
9 1 (0.074%) Progress Chef
9 1 (0.074%) Puppet
Vendors
1 303 (22.54%) Microsoft
2 201 (14.96%) Databricks
3 171 (12.72%) SAP
4 74 (5.51%) Oracle
5 70 (5.21%) Salesforce
6 47 (3.50%) Informatica
7 39 (2.90%) Google
8 32 (2.38%) Talend
9 21 (1.56%) Palantir
10 16 (1.19%) Foundry
11 15 (1.12%) MuleSoft
11 15 (1.12%) OpenAI
11 15 (1.12%) ServiceNow
12 13 (0.97%) IBM
12 13 (0.97%) UiPath
13 11 (0.82%) Sparx
14 10 (0.74%) Dataiku
15 8 (0.60%) Automation Anywhere
15 8 (0.60%) Delphix
15 8 (0.60%) Siemens