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

6 months to
15 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 142 91 98
Rank change year-on-year -51 +7 +16
Permanent jobs citing Data Management 330 558 962
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 1.78% 3.81% 2.97%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.15% 4.01% 3.26%
Number of salaries quoted 177 291 497
10th Percentile £30,400 £41,250 £36,595
25th Percentile £41,250 £53,750 £42,439
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,000 £80,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -33.75% +33.33% -7.69%
75th Percentile £67,500 £122,500 £83,750
90th Percentile £82,969 £152,500 £95,616
UK median annual salary £57,750 £75,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -23.00% +25.00% -7.69%

All Process & 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 15,340 13,907 29,523
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 82.77% 95.05% 91.04%
Number of salaries quoted 10,890 8,636 23,352
10th Percentile £33,750 £31,250 £33,750
25th Percentile £45,000 £44,188 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,100 £60,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +0.17% +4.35% -8.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £80,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £105,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year - +9.09% -10.10%

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 15 May 2026.

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 12 (3.64%) SharePoint
2 6 (1.82%) Apache Airflow
3 4 (1.21%) Apache Spark
4 2 (0.61%) Moodle
4 2 (0.61%) SAS
4 2 (0.61%) Umbraco
4 2 (0.61%) WordPress
Applications
1 44 (13.33%) Microsoft Excel
2 16 (4.85%) Microsoft Office
3 12 (3.64%) Microsoft Project
4 8 (2.42%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 6 (1.82%) Oracle Smart View
6 4 (1.21%) Spreadsheet
7 3 (0.91%) MS Visio
8 2 (0.61%) Adobe Creative Suite
8 2 (0.61%) Windchill
9 1 (0.30%) Adobe XD
9 1 (0.30%) EngageOne
Business Applications
1 34 (10.30%) Adobe Campaign
2 12 (3.64%) Dynamics CRM
2 12 (3.64%) Oracle Assets
2 12 (3.64%) Oracle Financials
2 12 (3.64%) Oracle General Ledger
2 12 (3.64%) Oracle Payables
2 12 (3.64%) Oracle Receivables
3 9 (2.73%) Dynamics NAV
3 9 (2.73%) Magento
3 9 (2.73%) Shopify
4 7 (2.12%) Oracle ERP
5 6 (1.82%) Hyperion Planning
5 6 (1.82%) NetSuite
6 2 (0.61%) Raiser’s Edge
7 1 (0.30%) HFM
7 1 (0.30%) SAP S/4HANA
7 1 (0.30%) TIBCO iProcess
Cloud Services
1 80 (24.24%) Azure
2 73 (22.12%) Power Platform
3 45 (13.64%) AWS
4 22 (6.67%) GCP
5 21 (6.36%) Power Automate
6 18 (5.45%) Microsoft 365
7 15 (4.55%) Dynamics 365
8 12 (3.64%) Snowflake
9 11 (3.33%) Entra ID
10 9 (2.73%) Amazon S3
10 9 (2.73%) Azure Machine Learning
10 9 (2.73%) dbt
11 8 (2.42%) Microsoft Purview
12 7 (2.12%) Azure Logic Apps
12 7 (2.12%) PowerApps
13 5 (1.52%) Azure DevOps
13 5 (1.52%) GitHub
13 5 (1.52%) SaaS
14 3 (0.91%) Anthropic Claude
15 2 (0.61%) GitHub Copilot
Communications & Networking
1 36 (10.91%) Broadband
2 14 (4.24%) Cisco ASA
2 14 (4.24%) Firewall
3 10 (3.03%) LAN
3 10 (3.03%) VLAN
3 10 (3.03%) WAN
4 9 (2.73%) Cisco Firepower
4 9 (2.73%) Unified Communications
4 9 (2.73%) WebEx
5 6 (1.82%) BGP
6 3 (0.91%) PuTTY
7 1 (0.30%) Ethernet VPN
7 1 (0.30%) MPLS
7 1 (0.30%) Network Security
7 1 (0.30%) OSPF
7 1 (0.30%) Structured Cabling
Database & Business Intelligence
1 62 (18.79%) Power BI
2 23 (6.97%) Metadata
3 19 (5.76%) SQL Server
4 17 (5.15%) Data Warehouse
5 15 (4.55%) Tableau
6 9 (2.73%) BigQuery
7 8 (2.42%) Data Lake
8 7 (2.12%) Relational Database
9 6 (1.82%) Essbase
9 6 (1.82%) Oracle BI Publisher
10 5 (1.52%) PostgreSQL
11 4 (1.21%) Elasticsearch
11 4 (1.21%) SQL Server Integration Services
12 3 (0.91%) GIS
12 3 (0.91%) MongoDB
12 3 (0.91%) Power Query
13 2 (0.61%) Amazon Athena
13 2 (0.61%) Neo4j
14 1 (0.30%) Apache Cassandra
14 1 (0.30%) Redis
Development Applications
1 12 (3.64%) Oracle Forms
2 10 (3.03%) JIRA
3 6 (1.82%) Git
3 6 (1.82%) GitLab
4 4 (1.21%) Jenkins
5 3 (0.91%) Maven
5 3 (0.91%) Sonatype Nexus
6 2 (0.61%) REST Assured
7 1 (0.30%) Mocha
7 1 (0.30%) Toad
General
1 116 (35.15%) Social Skills
2 88 (26.67%) Finance
3 85 (25.76%) Analytical Skills
4 72 (21.82%) Marketing
5 53 (16.06%) Public Sector
6 39 (11.82%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 32 (9.70%) Retail
8 28 (8.48%) Telecoms
9 25 (7.58%) Banking
10 18 (5.45%) Organisational Skills
11 12 (3.64%) Back Office
12 6 (1.82%) Law
13 4 (1.21%) Advertising
13 4 (1.21%) Billing
13 4 (1.21%) General Ledger
13 4 (1.21%) Legal
14 2 (0.61%) Environmental Health
14 2 (0.61%) Influencing Skills
14 2 (0.61%) Military
14 2 (0.61%) Welsh Language
Job Titles
1 92 (27.88%) Senior
2 57 (17.27%) Analyst
3 35 (10.61%) Campaign Manager
4 34 (10.30%) Architect
4 34 (10.30%) Senior Manager
5 32 (9.70%) Administrator
6 27 (8.18%) Senior Analyst
7 26 (7.88%) Data Architect
7 26 (7.88%) Data Manager
7 26 (7.88%) Product Manager
8 23 (6.97%) Governance Manager
9 22 (6.67%) Data Governance Analyst
9 22 (6.67%) Data Governance Manager
10 21 (6.36%) Data Engineer
11 20 (6.06%) Lead
12 18 (5.45%) Data Analyst
13 16 (4.85%) Applications Support
13 16 (4.85%) Senior Campaign Manager
14 13 (3.94%) IT Support
14 13 (3.94%) Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (3.64%) REST
1 12 (3.64%) SOAP
2 10 (3.03%) Middleware
3 9 (2.73%) XMPP
4 7 (2.12%) EDI
4 7 (2.12%) Node.js
5 6 (1.82%) AngularJS
6 5 (1.52%) Kafka
6 5 (1.52%) OAuth
7 4 (1.21%) OpenID
8 3 (0.91%) ActiveMQ
8 3 (0.91%) PySpark
8 3 (0.91%) RAML
8 3 (0.91%) React
8 3 (0.91%) RESTful
9 2 (0.61%) JSON
9 2 (0.61%) Playwright
10 1 (0.30%) Grails
10 1 (0.30%) Spring
10 1 (0.30%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 44 (13.33%) Product Ownership
2 40 (12.12%) Social Media
3 38 (11.52%) Management Information System
4 35 (10.61%) Marketing Technology
5 34 (10.30%) Over-the-Top Content
6 21 (6.36%) Data Structures
7 15 (4.55%) Blog
8 12 (3.64%) Legacy Systems
8 12 (3.64%) Onboarding
9 10 (3.03%) Algorithms
10 9 (2.73%) FlexPod
10 9 (2.73%) Hybrid Cloud
10 9 (2.73%) Public Cloud
10 9 (2.73%) Video Conferencing
11 7 (2.12%) Reference Data
12 6 (1.82%) Cloud Native
12 6 (1.82%) Data Centre
12 6 (1.82%) Replication
12 6 (1.82%) Self-Motivation
13 5 (1.52%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 14 (4.24%) Linux
2 6 (1.82%) Windows
2 6 (1.82%) Windows Server
3 1 (0.30%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 116 (35.15%) Analytics
2 83 (25.15%) Decision-Making
3 77 (23.33%) Data Governance
4 75 (22.73%) Business Intelligence
5 68 (20.61%) Problem-Solving
6 63 (19.09%) Roadmaps
7 60 (18.18%) CRM
8 59 (17.88%) Data Strategy
9 54 (16.36%) Continuous Improvement
10 53 (16.06%) DevOps
11 48 (14.55%) Visualisation
12 45 (13.64%) Data Modelling
13 44 (13.33%) Customer Experience
13 44 (13.33%) Mentoring
14 42 (12.73%) Agile
14 42 (12.73%) ERP
15 38 (11.52%) Data Visualisation
16 37 (11.21%) CI/CD
16 37 (11.21%) Coaching
16 37 (11.21%) Data Architecture
Programming Languages
1 82 (24.85%) SQL
2 53 (16.06%) Python
3 14 (4.24%) Java
4 9 (2.73%) T-SQL
5 6 (1.82%) Groovy
5 6 (1.82%) Scala
6 5 (1.52%) TypeScript
7 4 (1.21%) JavaScript
7 4 (1.21%) R
8 3 (0.91%) PowerShell
8 3 (0.91%) VBA
9 2 (0.61%) C#
9 2 (0.61%) PHP
10 1 (0.30%) Apex Code
10 1 (0.30%) PL/SQL
10 1 (0.30%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 38 (11.52%) Degree
2 26 (7.88%) Security Cleared
3 19 (5.76%) SC Cleared
4 8 (2.42%) DBS Check
5 7 (2.12%) CITP
6 5 (1.52%) CISA
6 5 (1.52%) CISM
6 5 (1.52%) CISSP
6 5 (1.52%) ISACA
6 5 (1.52%) SANS
7 3 (0.91%) BPSS Clearance
7 3 (0.91%) Computer Science Degree
8 2 (0.61%) CRISC
8 2 (0.61%) ISTQB
8 2 (0.61%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
8 2 (0.61%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
8 2 (0.61%) Microsoft Certification
8 2 (0.61%) PMI Certification
8 2 (0.61%) PMP
8 2 (0.61%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 79 (23.94%) Data Quality
2 24 (7.27%) GDPR
3 21 (6.36%) QA
4 12 (3.64%) Accessibility
5 9 (2.73%) California Consumer Privacy Act
6 7 (2.12%) Actionable Recommendations
7 5 (1.52%) GRC
7 5 (1.52%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 5 (1.52%) NIST
7 5 (1.52%) NIST 800
8 2 (0.61%) Def Stans
8 2 (0.61%) ISO 9000
8 2 (0.61%) ISO/IEC 15288
9 1 (0.30%) IFRS
9 1 (0.30%) IFRS 17
9 1 (0.30%) PMO
9 1 (0.30%) SLA
9 1 (0.30%) Solvency II
System Software
1 11 (3.33%) Docker
1 11 (3.33%) VMware Infrastructure
2 9 (2.73%) Active Directory
3 6 (1.82%) Microsoft Virtual Server
3 6 (1.82%) Virtual Servers
3 6 (1.82%) vSphere
4 5 (1.52%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 16 (4.85%) Terraform
2 14 (4.24%) Kubernetes
3 12 (3.64%) Ansible
4 9 (2.73%) Cisco CUCM
4 9 (2.73%) Grafana
5 5 (1.52%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
5 5 (1.52%) RSA Archer
6 2 (0.61%) Microsoft Intune
7 1 (0.30%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 100 (30.30%) Microsoft
2 38 (11.52%) Adobe
3 21 (6.36%) Oracle
4 18 (5.45%) Salesforce
5 15 (4.55%) Cisco
6 13 (3.94%) ServiceNow
7 11 (3.33%) Google
7 11 (3.33%) VMware
8 9 (2.73%) ConnectWise
8 9 (2.73%) Databricks
8 9 (2.73%) Fortinet
8 9 (2.73%) Palo Alto
8 9 (2.73%) Planon
8 9 (2.73%) SAP
8 9 (2.73%) Splunk
8 9 (2.73%) WooCommerce
9 6 (1.82%) HubSpot
9 6 (1.82%) Hyperion
9 6 (1.82%) NetApp
10 5 (1.52%) CheckPoint