Hybrid/Remote Data Management Job Trends

Data Management
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for remote or hybrid work requiring Data Management skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 22 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
22 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 112 150 123
Rank change year-on-year +38 -27 +42
Permanent jobs citing Data Management 363 440 580
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 2.37% 2.18% 2.70%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.60% 2.45% 2.84%
Number of salaries quoted 205 247 402
10th Percentile £30,050 £38,600 £42,500
25th Percentile £42,500 £44,225 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £65,000 £63,750
Median % change year-on-year -3.85% +1.96% -8.93%
75th Percentile £83,750 £82,500 £95,000
90th Percentile £112,500 £107,500 £110,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £60,453 £64,000
% change year-on-year -0.75% -5.54% -5.19%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Work from Home

Data Management 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 13,960 17,980 20,394
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 91.28% 89.12% 94.99%
Number of salaries quoted 8,790 10,859 16,513
10th Percentile £29,500 £36,250 £36,644
25th Percentile £40,000 £46,250 £46,306
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £62,500 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -8.00% - -
75th Percentile £77,500 £81,250 £80,070
90th Percentile £98,000 £100,000 £97,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -

Data Management
Job Vacancy Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Data Management and offering remote or hybrid work options relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised.

Data Management job vacancy trend for remote/hybrid jobs

Data Management
Salary Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Salary distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Data Management.

Salary distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Data Management

Data Management
Salary Histogram for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Salary distribution for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Data Management over the 6 months to 22 November 2025.

Data Management salary histogram for jobs with remote/hybrid work options

Data Management
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Remote/Hybrid Jobs 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 8 (2.20%) Confluence
1 8 (2.20%) SharePoint
2 5 (1.38%) IIS
2 5 (1.38%) SAS
3 4 (1.10%) Apache
4 3 (0.83%) ArcGIS
5 2 (0.55%) Apache Airflow
5 2 (0.55%) Apache Spark
5 2 (0.55%) Moodle
5 2 (0.55%) Umbraco
6 1 (0.28%) GeoServer
6 1 (0.28%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 26 (7.16%) Microsoft Excel
2 9 (2.48%) Oracle Smart View
3 5 (1.38%) Microsoft Office
4 1 (0.28%) Adobe Creative Suite
4 1 (0.28%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.28%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 18 (4.96%) Oracle Assets
1 18 (4.96%) Oracle Financials
1 18 (4.96%) Oracle General Ledger
1 18 (4.96%) Oracle Payables
1 18 (4.96%) Oracle Receivables
2 13 (3.58%) Oracle ERP
3 9 (2.48%) Hyperion Planning
4 8 (2.20%) Adaptiv
4 8 (2.20%) Dynamics CRM
5 5 (1.38%) Salesforce CRM
6 3 (0.83%) SAP S/4HANA
7 2 (0.55%) Dynamics GP
7 2 (0.55%) Infor SunSystems
7 2 (0.55%) Markit EDM
7 2 (0.55%) NetSuite
7 2 (0.55%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
8 1 (0.28%) iTrent
8 1 (0.28%) Oracle EBS
8 1 (0.28%) Primavera
Cloud Services
1 128 (35.26%) Azure
2 67 (18.46%) Power Platform
3 51 (14.05%) Snowflake
4 31 (8.54%) GCP
5 30 (8.26%) AWS
6 16 (4.41%) Azure DevOps
7 12 (3.31%) Dynamics 365
8 11 (3.03%) Azure Data Factory
8 11 (3.03%) Microsoft Purview
9 9 (2.48%) SaaS
10 8 (2.20%) GitHub
11 7 (1.93%) Collibra
11 7 (1.93%) Microsoft 365
11 7 (1.93%) PowerApps
12 6 (1.65%) Alation
13 5 (1.38%) iPaaS
13 5 (1.38%) Power Automate
14 4 (1.10%) Azure Logic Apps
14 4 (1.10%) Azure Synapse Analytics
14 4 (1.10%) Cloud Composer
Communications & Networking
1 2 (0.55%) Broadband
1 2 (0.55%) DHCP
1 2 (0.55%) DNS
1 2 (0.55%) InfiniBand
2 1 (0.28%) ADSL
2 1 (0.28%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 83 (22.87%) Data Warehouse
2 61 (16.80%) Power BI
3 38 (10.47%) Tableau
4 29 (7.99%) Metadata
5 26 (7.16%) SQL Server
6 20 (5.51%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 19 (5.23%) Data Lake
8 16 (4.41%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 11 (3.03%) BigQuery
10 10 (2.75%) Amazon Redshift
10 10 (2.75%) NoSQL
11 9 (2.48%) Essbase
11 9 (2.48%) Oracle BI Publisher
11 9 (2.48%) Tick Data
12 8 (2.20%) BusinessObjects
12 8 (2.20%) MySQL
13 7 (1.93%) Geospatial Data
14 6 (1.65%) QlikView
15 5 (1.38%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
15 5 (1.38%) Azure SQL Database
Development Applications
1 18 (4.96%) Oracle Forms
2 9 (2.48%) JIRA
3 8 (2.20%) Git
4 5 (1.38%) ERwin
5 4 (1.10%) ER Studio
5 4 (1.10%) PowerDesigner
6 2 (0.55%) GitLab
7 1 (0.28%) Jenkins
7 1 (0.28%) JUnit
7 1 (0.28%) Mockito
7 1 (0.28%) Postman
General
1 143 (39.39%) Social Skills
2 130 (35.81%) Finance
3 90 (24.79%) Analytical Skills
4 43 (11.85%) Marketing
5 35 (9.64%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 32 (8.82%) Banking
7 25 (6.89%) Organisational Skills
8 23 (6.34%) Retail
9 18 (4.96%) Public Sector
10 16 (4.41%) Manufacturing
11 15 (4.13%) Influencing Skills
12 12 (3.31%) Legal
13 9 (2.48%) Law
14 8 (2.20%) Games
14 8 (2.20%) Telecoms
15 7 (1.93%) Billing
16 6 (1.65%) Advertising
16 6 (1.65%) Aerospace
16 6 (1.65%) Local Government
17 4 (1.10%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 74 (20.39%) Analyst
2 67 (18.46%) Architect
3 54 (14.88%) Senior
4 49 (13.50%) Data Architect
5 45 (12.40%) Developer
6 28 (7.71%) Lead
7 25 (6.89%) Business Analyst
7 25 (6.89%) Data Analyst
8 24 (6.61%) Senior Analyst
9 23 (6.34%) Data Manager
10 19 (5.23%) Administrator
11 18 (4.96%) Oracle Analyst
11 18 (4.96%) Senior Oracle Analyst
12 16 (4.41%) Data Engineer
13 15 (4.13%) Consultant
14 11 (3.03%) Data Business Analyst
14 11 (3.03%) Data Warehouse Developer
14 11 (3.03%) ETL Developer
14 11 (3.03%) Report Developer
14 11 (3.03%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (2.48%) .NET
2 6 (1.65%) .NET Framework
2 6 (1.65%) Middleware
3 5 (1.38%) Entity Framework
3 5 (1.38%) WinForms
4 4 (1.10%) CSS
4 4 (1.10%) HTML
5 3 (0.83%) JSON
5 3 (0.83%) Pandas
5 3 (0.83%) React
5 3 (0.83%) RESTful
5 3 (0.83%) Spring
5 3 (0.83%) Spring Boot
5 3 (0.83%) XML
6 2 (0.55%) CSS3
6 2 (0.55%) Express.js
6 2 (0.55%) Grails
6 2 (0.55%) HTML5
6 2 (0.55%) Node.js
6 2 (0.55%) OAuth
Miscellaneous
1 47 (12.95%) Management Information System
2 23 (6.34%) Legacy Systems
3 17 (4.68%) Blog
4 16 (4.41%) Analytical Mindset
5 14 (3.86%) Self-Motivation
6 12 (3.31%) Product Ownership
6 12 (3.31%) Reference Data
7 10 (2.75%) Credit Risk
7 10 (2.75%) Onboarding
8 9 (2.48%) Market Risk
9 8 (2.20%) Cloud Native
10 6 (1.65%) Reinsurance
11 5 (1.38%) Data Structures
11 5 (1.38%) IoT
11 5 (1.38%) NHS
12 4 (1.10%) Freedom of Information
13 3 (0.83%) Enterprise Software
13 3 (0.83%) Housing Association
13 3 (0.83%) PKI
14 2 (0.55%) Team-Oriented Environment
Operating Systems
1 7 (1.93%) Windows
2 3 (0.83%) Linux
3 2 (0.55%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 130 (35.81%) Analytics
2 96 (26.45%) Business Intelligence
3 89 (24.52%) Problem-Solving
4 79 (21.76%) Data Modelling
5 77 (21.21%) Agile
6 75 (20.66%) Data Governance
7 71 (19.56%) Continuous Improvement
8 68 (18.73%) Data Architecture
9 65 (17.91%) Data Integration
10 64 (17.63%) Data Engineering
11 61 (16.80%) Decision-Making
12 59 (16.25%) Visualisation
13 52 (14.33%) ETL
14 51 (14.05%) Data Visualisation
15 47 (12.95%) AI
16 44 (12.12%) Migration
17 43 (11.85%) DevOps
18 42 (11.57%) Validation
19 39 (10.74%) Roadmaps
20 37 (10.19%) Data Strategy
Programming Languages
1 120 (33.06%) SQL
2 62 (17.08%) Python
3 20 (5.51%) Java
4 13 (3.58%) C#
5 9 (2.48%) Groovy
5 9 (2.48%) T-SQL
6 7 (1.93%) R
7 6 (1.65%) JavaScript
7 6 (1.65%) PL/SQL
8 4 (1.10%) Fortran
9 2 (0.55%) Bash
9 2 (0.55%) C++
9 2 (0.55%) Perl
10 1 (0.28%) ANSI SQL
10 1 (0.28%) PowerShell
10 1 (0.28%) TypeScript
10 1 (0.28%) VBA
Qualifications
1 69 (19.01%) Degree
2 21 (5.79%) Computer Science Degree
3 17 (4.68%) DBS Check
4 14 (3.86%) CFA
4 14 (3.86%) PMI Certification
4 14 (3.86%) PMP
5 13 (3.58%) ITIL Certification
6 12 (3.31%) Azure Certification
7 11 (3.03%) Security Cleared
8 9 (2.48%) Master's Degree
8 9 (2.48%) SC Cleared
9 7 (1.93%) AWS Certification
9 7 (1.93%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 7 (1.93%) Microsoft Certification
10 5 (1.38%) BPSS Clearance
10 5 (1.38%) CISA
10 5 (1.38%) CISM
10 5 (1.38%) CISSP
10 5 (1.38%) CRISC
11 3 (0.83%) MCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 80 (22.04%) Data Quality
2 48 (13.22%) Accessibility
3 29 (7.99%) GDPR
4 12 (3.31%) NIST
5 11 (3.03%) QA
6 8 (2.20%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 7 (1.93%) HIPAA
8 5 (1.38%) COBIT
8 5 (1.38%) GRC
8 5 (1.38%) ITGC
9 4 (1.10%) ISO 9001
10 2 (0.55%) ECSS
10 2 (0.55%) Sarbanes-Oxley
11 1 (0.28%) Actionable Recommendations
11 1 (0.28%) California Consumer Privacy Act
System Software
1 23 (6.34%) Docker
2 2 (0.55%) Firmware
2 2 (0.55%) GPFS
2 2 (0.55%) Lustre
2 2 (0.55%) NFS
2 2 (0.55%) Virtual Machines
3 1 (0.28%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (0.28%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 13 (3.58%) Kubernetes
2 5 (1.38%) Terraform
3 2 (0.55%) Microsoft Intune
4 1 (0.28%) vRealize Orchestrator
Vendors
1 96 (26.45%) Microsoft
2 33 (9.09%) Databricks
3 30 (8.26%) Google
4 22 (6.06%) Oracle
5 16 (4.41%) SAP
6 14 (3.86%) Murex
7 13 (3.58%) Informatica
8 10 (2.75%) Salesforce
9 9 (2.48%) Alteryx
9 9 (2.48%) Hyperion
10 8 (2.20%) FIS
11 6 (1.65%) IBM
11 6 (1.65%) Sage
12 5 (1.38%) Xamarin
12 5 (1.38%) Zoho
13 3 (0.83%) Teradata
14 2 (0.55%) Adobe
14 2 (0.55%) HubSpot
14 2 (0.55%) ServiceNow
14 2 (0.55%) Talend