Hybrid/Remote Data Discovery Job Trends

Data Discovery
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for remote or hybrid work requiring Data Discovery skills. It covers vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 26 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 420 475 512
Rank change year-on-year +55 +37 +306
Permanent jobs citing Data Discovery 4 5 13
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 0.024% 0.022% 0.054%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.026% 0.025% 0.056%
Number of salaries quoted 4 2 13
10th Percentile £64,625 £40,625 -
25th Percentile £69,688 £47,188 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £58,750 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +27.66% +17.50% -33.33%
75th Percentile £78,125 £69,688 £52,500
90th Percentile £79,250 £75,875 £92,500
UK median annual salary £75,000 £58,500 £75,000
% change year-on-year +28.21% -22.00% -

All Process and Methodology Skills
Work from Home

Data Discovery falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with remote or hybrid options requiring process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 15,435 20,155 23,072
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 93.46% 87.99% 95.26%
Number of salaries quoted 8,541 12,114 18,991
10th Percentile £30,000 £35,500 £37,500
25th Percentile £40,500 £45,000 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £59,460 £60,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -0.90% -4.00% +1.08%
75th Percentile £78,750 £80,000 £80,627
90th Percentile £100,000 £100,000 £97,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £57,965 £60,000
% change year-on-year -5.11% -3.39% -

Data Discovery
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with remote working options citing Data Discovery as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Data Discovery trend for jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH options

Data Discovery
Salary Trend for Jobs with Hybrid Work Options

Salary distribution trend for jobs with remote work options citing Data Discovery.

Salary distribution trend for jobs with remote work options citing Data Discovery

Data Discovery
Salary Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Salary distribution for jobs with remote working options citing Data Discovery over the 6 months to 26 September 2025.

Data Discovery salary histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Data Discovery
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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:

Applications
1 1 (25.00%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 2 (50.00%) Azure
1 2 (50.00%) Azure Data Factory
1 2 (50.00%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (50.00%) Power BI
2 1 (25.00%) Data Warehouse
General
1 3 (75.00%) Social Skills
2 2 (50.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 2 (50.00%) Public Sector
3 1 (25.00%) Finance
Job Titles
1 2 (50.00%) Consultant
1 2 (50.00%) Lead
1 2 (50.00%) Technical Leader
2 1 (25.00%) Data Consultant
2 1 (25.00%) Infrastructure Consultant
2 1 (25.00%) IT Consultant
2 1 (25.00%) Senior
2 1 (25.00%) Senior Consultant
2 1 (25.00%) Technical Consultant
2 1 (25.00%) Technical Infrastructure Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (50.00%) JSON
1 2 (50.00%) XML
Operating Systems
1 1 (25.00%) Linux
1 1 (25.00%) Unix
1 1 (25.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (75.00%) Analytics
1 3 (75.00%) Data Engineering
1 3 (75.00%) Data Modelling
1 3 (75.00%) ETL
2 2 (50.00%) Business Intelligence
2 2 (50.00%) Coaching
2 2 (50.00%) Dashboard Development
2 2 (50.00%) Data Integration
2 2 (50.00%) Data Mapping
2 2 (50.00%) Data Visualisation
2 2 (50.00%) DataOps
2 2 (50.00%) Logical Data Model
2 2 (50.00%) Mentoring
2 2 (50.00%) Physical Data Model
2 2 (50.00%) Reverse Engineering
2 2 (50.00%) Translating Business Requirements
2 2 (50.00%) Visual Analytics
2 2 (50.00%) Visualisation
2 2 (50.00%) Wireframes
3 1 (25.00%) Data Architecture
Programming Languages
1 2 (50.00%) PowerShell
1 2 (50.00%) Python
1 2 (50.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (25.00%) CCNA
1 1 (25.00%) Cisco Certification
Vendors
1 2 (50.00%) Microsoft
1 2 (50.00%) SAP
2 1 (25.00%) Databricks