Senior Data Modeller Job Trends

Senior Data Modeller
UK

The median Senior Data Modeller salary in the UK is £90,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 12 January 2026.

The table below compares current salary benchmarking and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 641 700 723
Rank change year-on-year +59 +23 -
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior Data Modeller 1 7 12
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.002% 0.013% 0.021%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.002% 0.014% 0.022%
Number of salaries quoted 1 7 5
10th Percentile - £62,650 £56,750
25th Percentile £85,000 £64,125 £57,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £90,000 £65,000 £70,576
Median % change year-on-year +38.46% -7.90% -
75th Percentile £95,000 £70,000 £72,433
90th Percentile - - -
UK excluding London median annual salary - £70,000 £70,576
% change year-on-year - -0.82% -

All Permanent IT Job Roles
UK

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of permanent jobs in our overall sample.

Permanent vacancies in the UK with a recognized job title 53,744 49,685 53,403
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.63% 92.91% 95.27%
Number of salaries quoted 33,208 25,763 41,197
10th Percentile £28,500 £33,500 £30,000
25th Percentile £36,250 £45,000 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +4.35% -4.17%
75th Percentile £75,000 £78,750 £77,500
90th Percentile £95,000 £97,500 £96,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% -4.76%

Senior Data Modeller
Job Vacancy Trend

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring 'Senior Data Modeller' in the job title relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised.

Senior Data Modeller job vacancy trend in the UK

Senior Data Modeller
Salary Trend

Salary distribution trend for Senior Data Modeller job vacancies in the UK.

Salary distribution trend for Senior Data Modeller job vacancies in the UK

Senior Data Modeller
Top 2 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Senior Data Modeller within the UK over the 6 months to 12 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 +76 1 £90,000 +38.46% 2
London - 1 £90,000 - 1

Senior Data Modeller Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities

For the 6 months to 12 January 2026, Senior Data Modeller job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads featuring Senior Data Modeller in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Analytics
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Data Architecture
1 1 (100.00%) Data Governance
1 1 (100.00%) Data Lake
1 1 (100.00%) Data Modelling
1 1 (100.00%) Data Quality
1 1 (100.00%) Data Transformation
1 1 (100.00%) Data Vault
1 1 (100.00%) Data Warehouse
1 1 (100.00%) Dimensional Modelling
1 1 (100.00%) ER Studio
1 1 (100.00%) ERwin
1 1 (100.00%) ETL
1 1 (100.00%) IFRS
1 1 (100.00%) IFRS 17
1 1 (100.00%) Logical Data Model
1 1 (100.00%) Master Data Management
1 1 (100.00%) Metadata
1 1 (100.00%) Metadata Management
1 1 (100.00%) Migration
1 1 (100.00%) Physical Data Model
1 1 (100.00%) PowerDesigner
1 1 (100.00%) Snowflake
1 1 (100.00%) Solvency II
1 1 (100.00%) Sparx
1 1 (100.00%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
1 1 (100.00%) SQL
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management

Senior Data Modeller Skill Set
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:

Business Applications
1 1 (100.00%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) Snowflake
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Data Lake
1 1 (100.00%) Data Vault
1 1 (100.00%) Data Warehouse
1 1 (100.00%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 1 (100.00%) ER Studio
1 1 (100.00%) ERwin
1 1 (100.00%) PowerDesigner
General
1 1 (100.00%) Billing
1 1 (100.00%) Finance
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Data Structures
1 1 (100.00%) Product Ownership
1 1 (100.00%) Reinsurance
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Analytics
1 1 (100.00%) Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Data Architecture
1 1 (100.00%) Data Governance
1 1 (100.00%) Data Modelling
1 1 (100.00%) Data Transformation
1 1 (100.00%) Dimensional Modelling
1 1 (100.00%) ETL
1 1 (100.00%) Logical Data Model
1 1 (100.00%) Master Data Management
1 1 (100.00%) Metadata Management
1 1 (100.00%) Migration
1 1 (100.00%) Physical Data Model
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management
1 1 (100.00%) Translating Business Requirements
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) SQL
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) Data Quality
1 1 (100.00%) IFRS
1 1 (100.00%) IFRS 17
1 1 (100.00%) Solvency II
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Sparx