Data Modelling Jobs

Data Modelling
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies requiring Data Modelling skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Data Modelling over the 6 months leading up to 28 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 153 109 107
Rank change year-on-year -44 -2 -4
Permanent jobs citing Data Modelling 1,155 2,473 3,020
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 2.11% 2.42% 3.08%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.25% 2.87% 3.23%
Number of salaries quoted 582 1,498 1,735
10th Percentile £44,100 £40,000 £42,500
25th Percentile £52,500 £50,000 £51,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £65,000 £67,500
Median % change year-on-year - -3.70% +3.85%
75th Percentile £82,500 £86,250 £85,000
90th Percentile £103,750 £100,000 £101,185
UK excluding London median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year - +4.35% +4.55%

All Process and 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 51,242 86,144 93,565
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 93.71% 84.33% 95.55%
Number of salaries quoted 25,211 60,433 55,406
10th Percentile £29,000 £29,250 £34,000
25th Percentile £41,250 £40,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £55,000 £61,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.55% -9.84% +1.67%
75th Percentile £75,000 £72,500 £81,250
90th Percentile £97,500 £92,500 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £51,645 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +3.29% -9.09% +4.76%

Data Modelling
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Data Modelling as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Data Modelling in the UK

Data Modelling
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Data Modelling.

Salary trend for Data Modelling in the UK

Data Modelling
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Data Modelling over the 6 months to 28 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Data Modelling in the UK

Data Modelling
Top 18 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 28 May 2025. 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 -45 1,008 £65,750 -2.59% 4,859
UK excluding London -39 673 £60,000 - 4,454
Work from Home -38 420 £65,000 +4.00% 2,503
London -31 399 £75,000 - 992
South East +44 230 £65,000 +1.17% 1,282
North of England -131 112 £57,500 -6.05% 974
Midlands -61 101 £62,500 +13.64% 821
Scotland +17 100 £52,000 -20.00% 216
South West +64 92 £60,000 +9.09% 522
North West -118 76 £52,500 -22.22% 452
West Midlands -37 68 £60,000 +4.80% 449
Yorkshire -7 34 £60,000 +26.32% 402
East Midlands +1 33 £63,500 +41.11% 322
East of England +1 33 £70,000 +48.48% 639
North East -3 6 £48,750 -23.83% 124
Northern Ireland +42 4 - - 59
Channel Islands - 2 £78,750 - 4
Wales +1 1 - - 106

Data Modelling
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 81 (7.01%) Apache Spark
2 76 (6.58%) Oracle Application Server
3 43 (3.72%) Apache Airflow
4 39 (3.38%) Apache
5 15 (1.30%) Confluence
5 15 (1.30%) SAS
5 15 (1.30%) SharePoint
6 8 (0.69%) Luigi
6 8 (0.69%) Microsoft Exchange
7 2 (0.17%) Appian
7 2 (0.17%) BizTalk Server
7 2 (0.17%) IBM Domino
7 2 (0.17%) Oracle Workflow
8 1 (0.087%) ArcGIS
8 1 (0.087%) CMS
8 1 (0.087%) Headless CMS
8 1 (0.087%) Jupyter
Applications
1 88 (7.62%) Microsoft Excel
2 29 (2.51%) Microsoft Office
3 15 (1.30%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 10 (0.87%) MS Visio
5 3 (0.26%) Spreadsheet
6 2 (0.17%) Microsoft Project
7 1 (0.087%) Simulink
7 1 (0.087%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 25 (2.16%) NetSuite
2 16 (1.39%) Dynamics CRM
3 6 (0.52%) Infor M3
3 6 (0.52%) Salesforce CRM
4 4 (0.35%) Endur
4 4 (0.35%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
5 2 (0.17%) Dynamics AX
5 2 (0.17%) Dynamics GP
5 2 (0.17%) SAP S/4HANA
5 2 (0.17%) Shopify
6 1 (0.087%) Aladdin
6 1 (0.087%) Dynamics NAV
6 1 (0.087%) Maximo
6 1 (0.087%) Oracle EBS
6 1 (0.087%) Oracle ERP
6 1 (0.087%) Payment Gateway
6 1 (0.087%) SAP CAR
6 1 (0.087%) SAP HCM
6 1 (0.087%) SAP HR
6 1 (0.087%) SAP Retail
Cloud Services
1 465 (40.26%) Azure
2 316 (27.36%) Power Platform
3 273 (23.64%) AWS
4 156 (13.51%) GCP
5 112 (9.70%) Azure Data Factory
6 100 (8.66%) Snowflake
7 62 (5.37%) Azure Synapse Analytics
8 54 (4.68%) SaaS
9 50 (4.33%) Serverless
10 49 (4.24%) dbt
11 48 (4.16%) Azure DevOps
12 43 (3.72%) Microsoft 365
12 43 (3.72%) Power Automate
13 39 (3.38%) PowerApps
14 37 (3.20%) Dynamics 365
15 35 (3.03%) Azure Logic Apps
16 33 (2.86%) Amazon S3
17 31 (2.68%) Microsoft Purview
18 23 (1.99%) AWS Lambda
19 22 (1.90%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 12 (1.04%) Broadband
2 6 (0.52%) HTTP
3 3 (0.26%) Firewall
4 2 (0.17%) ADSL2
5 1 (0.087%) PuTTY
5 1 (0.087%) X.21
Database & Business Intelligence
1 377 (32.64%) Data Warehouse
2 298 (25.80%) Power BI
3 161 (13.94%) Data Lake
4 117 (10.13%) Metadata
5 112 (9.70%) Tableau
6 99 (8.57%) SQL Server
7 83 (7.19%) Big Data
8 82 (7.10%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
8 82 (7.10%) NoSQL
9 79 (6.84%) Oracle Reports
10 59 (5.11%) Relational Database
11 52 (4.50%) Amazon Redshift
12 50 (4.33%) SQL Server Integration Services
13 47 (4.07%) Power Query
14 44 (3.81%) BigQuery
15 39 (3.38%) Hadoop
16 37 (3.20%) Azure SQL Database
17 31 (2.68%) SQL Server Reporting Services
18 27 (2.34%) Looker
19 24 (2.08%) Data Mining
Development Applications
1 82 (7.10%) JIRA
2 47 (4.07%) Git
3 15 (1.30%) ERwin
4 14 (1.21%) MagicDraw
5 12 (1.04%) Jenkins
6 10 (0.87%) ER Studio
7 9 (0.78%) Bitbucket
8 5 (0.43%) Eclipse
8 5 (0.43%) MLflow
8 5 (0.43%) Subversion
9 4 (0.35%) JUnit
10 3 (0.26%) Visual Studio
11 2 (0.17%) Axure RP
11 2 (0.17%) PowerDesigner
11 2 (0.17%) Team Foundation Server
12 1 (0.087%) GitLab
12 1 (0.087%) Liquibase
12 1 (0.087%) LSMW
12 1 (0.087%) Robot Framework
12 1 (0.087%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 459 (39.74%) Social Skills
2 347 (30.04%) Finance
3 338 (29.26%) Analytical Skills
4 177 (15.32%) Law
5 88 (7.62%) Marketing
6 84 (7.27%) Organisational Skills
7 78 (6.75%) Banking
8 75 (6.49%) Military
9 68 (5.89%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 43 (3.72%) Public Sector
11 36 (3.12%) Retail
12 28 (2.42%) Manufacturing
13 27 (2.34%) Legal
14 21 (1.82%) Financial Institution
14 21 (1.82%) Retail Banking
15 18 (1.56%) Telecoms
16 16 (1.39%) Pharmaceutical
17 14 (1.21%) Advertising
18 12 (1.04%) Games
19 11 (0.95%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 233 (20.17%) Senior
2 213 (18.44%) Data Engineer
3 209 (18.10%) Lead
4 194 (16.80%) Architect
5 142 (12.29%) Developer
6 141 (12.21%) Analyst
7 110 (9.52%) Data Architect
8 73 (6.32%) Senior Data Engineer
9 47 (4.07%) Enterprise Architect
9 47 (4.07%) Senior Analyst
10 44 (3.81%) Business Intelligence Developer
11 42 (3.64%) Business Intelligence Analyst
12 40 (3.46%) Senior Developer
13 38 (3.29%) Business Analyst
13 38 (3.29%) Principal Engineer
14 36 (3.12%) Data Analyst
15 35 (3.03%) Solutions Architect
16 30 (2.60%) Lead Data Engineer
17 29 (2.51%) Consultant
18 26 (2.25%) Database Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 66 (5.71%) REST
2 64 (5.54%) Kafka
3 58 (5.02%) XML
4 50 (4.33%) PySpark
5 45 (3.90%) SOAP
6 40 (3.46%) Middleware
7 38 (3.29%) Lightning Web Components
8 36 (3.12%) HTML
9 32 (2.77%) .NET
10 28 (2.42%) RESTful
11 27 (2.34%) CSS
12 22 (1.90%) JSON
13 21 (1.82%) Web Services
14 18 (1.56%) ASP.NET
14 18 (1.56%) Restlet
15 14 (1.21%) .NET Core
15 14 (1.21%) AngularJS
16 13 (1.13%) Spring Boot
17 12 (1.04%) OAuth
17 12 (1.04%) Pandas
Miscellaneous
1 67 (5.80%) Enterprise Software
2 66 (5.71%) Product Ownership
3 61 (5.28%) Management Information System
4 49 (4.24%) Cloud Native
5 40 (3.46%) Data Structures
6 35 (3.03%) Legacy Systems
7 27 (2.34%) Algorithms
8 20 (1.73%) Life Science
9 18 (1.56%) Self-Motivation
10 15 (1.30%) CMDB
11 13 (1.13%) Distributed Systems
11 13 (1.13%) NHS
11 13 (1.13%) Taxonomies
12 12 (1.04%) Analytical Mindset
12 12 (1.04%) Social Media
13 11 (0.95%) Virtual Team
14 8 (0.69%) FMCG
14 8 (0.69%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
14 8 (0.69%) Low-Code
14 8 (0.69%) Reinsurance
Operating Systems
1 15 (1.30%) Windows
2 13 (1.13%) Linux
3 10 (0.87%) Unix
4 2 (0.17%) Android
4 2 (0.17%) Apple iOS
5 1 (0.087%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 499 (43.20%) Analytics
2 395 (34.20%) Business Intelligence
3 368 (31.86%) Data Management
4 328 (28.40%) Agile
5 324 (28.05%) ETL
6 289 (25.02%) Data Architecture
7 252 (21.82%) Data Governance
8 245 (21.21%) Data Engineering
9 242 (20.95%) DevOps
10 235 (20.35%) Problem-Solving
11 223 (19.31%) Data Pipeline
12 216 (18.70%) Visualisation
13 194 (16.80%) Decision-Making
14 182 (15.76%) Data Integration
15 162 (14.03%) Computer Science
16 161 (13.94%) Stakeholder Management
17 154 (13.33%) Data Visualisation
18 152 (13.16%) CI/CD
19 149 (12.90%) Data Strategy
20 142 (12.29%) Data Science
Programming Languages
1 539 (46.67%) SQL
2 327 (28.31%) Python
3 89 (7.71%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 67 (5.80%) Java
5 47 (4.07%) JavaScript
6 44 (3.81%) C#
7 40 (3.46%) R
8 37 (3.20%) T-SQL
9 36 (3.12%) Apex Code
10 34 (2.94%) Scala
11 20 (1.73%) PowerShell
12 17 (1.47%) TypeScript
13 13 (1.13%) SPARQL
14 12 (1.04%) Bash
14 12 (1.04%) C++
15 10 (0.87%) PL/SQL
16 7 (0.61%) VBA
17 6 (0.52%) MATLAB
17 6 (0.52%) Shell Script
18 5 (0.43%) Go
Qualifications
1 239 (20.69%) Degree
2 96 (8.31%) DBS Check
3 86 (7.45%) Computer Science Degree
4 67 (5.80%) Azure Certification
5 65 (5.63%) Master's Degree
6 47 (4.07%) Security Cleared
7 42 (3.64%) AWS Certification
8 35 (3.03%) SC Cleared
9 19 (1.65%) Microsoft Certification
10 18 (1.56%) PhD
11 15 (1.30%) BPSS Clearance
12 9 (0.78%) TOGAF Certification
13 7 (0.61%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
14 6 (0.52%) DV Cleared
14 6 (0.52%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
15 4 (0.35%) Numerate Degree
15 4 (0.35%) PMI Certification
16 3 (0.26%) PMP
16 3 (0.26%) Postgraduate
16 3 (0.26%) SnowPro
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 247 (21.39%) Data Quality
2 69 (5.97%) Accessibility
3 63 (5.45%) GDPR
4 55 (4.76%) QA
5 12 (1.04%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 10 (0.87%) California Consumer Privacy Act
7 6 (0.52%) GxP
8 5 (0.43%) NIST
8 5 (0.43%) SOC 2
9 4 (0.35%) Cyber Essentials
10 3 (0.26%) HIPAA
11 2 (0.17%) Actionable Recommendations
11 2 (0.17%) Dublin Core
11 2 (0.17%) IEC 62304
11 2 (0.17%) ISO 13485
11 2 (0.17%) PCI DSS
11 2 (0.17%) PMO
12 1 (0.087%) ISO 9001
12 1 (0.087%) MiFID
System Software
1 42 (3.64%) Docker
2 12 (1.04%) HDFS
3 7 (0.61%) Active Directory
4 2 (0.17%) Virtual Machines
5 1 (0.087%) Apache Flume
Systems Management
1 43 (3.72%) Kubernetes
2 38 (3.29%) Terraform
3 9 (0.78%) Single Sign-On
4 6 (0.52%) Ansible
5 3 (0.26%) Grafana
5 3 (0.26%) Prometheus
6 1 (0.087%) Argo
6 1 (0.087%) Kiali
6 1 (0.087%) Kibana
6 1 (0.087%) logstash
6 1 (0.087%) Oozie
Vendors
1 275 (23.81%) Microsoft
2 134 (11.60%) Oracle
3 118 (10.22%) Databricks
4 80 (6.93%) Google
5 77 (6.67%) Salesforce
6 75 (6.49%) SAP
7 43 (3.72%) Informatica
8 22 (1.90%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
9 19 (1.65%) ServiceNow
10 13 (1.13%) IBM
11 12 (1.04%) MuleSoft
12 11 (0.95%) Talend
13 7 (0.61%) OpenAI
13 7 (0.61%) Red Hat
14 6 (0.52%) Infor
15 5 (0.43%) Adobe
15 5 (0.43%) Intel
15 5 (0.43%) Teradata
16 4 (0.35%) OpenLink
16 4 (0.35%) Sybase