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

6 months to
6 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 137 84 98
Rank change year-on-year -53 +14 +17
Permanent jobs citing Data Management 356 545 954
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 1.94% 3.86% 2.94%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.35% 4.07% 3.22%
Number of salaries quoted 195 291 489
10th Percentile £29,950 £42,000 £36,250
25th Percentile £41,250 £53,750 £42,439
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,171 £80,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -33.54% +33.33% -10.14%
75th Percentile £68,750 £122,500 £83,750
90th Percentile £86,719 £152,500 £95,000
UK median annual salary £59,450 £75,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -20.73% +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 15,141 13,407 29,643
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 82.62% 94.90% 91.27%
Number of salaries quoted 10,685 8,886 23,498
10th Percentile £33,000 £31,250 £33,750
25th Percentile £45,000 £45,000 £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 £59,500 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -0.83% +9.09% -10.57%

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 6 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 13 (3.65%) SharePoint
2 6 (1.69%) Apache Airflow
3 4 (1.12%) Apache Spark
4 2 (0.56%) Moodle
4 2 (0.56%) SAS
4 2 (0.56%) Umbraco
4 2 (0.56%) WordPress
Applications
1 42 (11.80%) Microsoft Excel
2 16 (4.49%) Microsoft Office
3 12 (3.37%) Microsoft Project
4 8 (2.25%) Oracle Smart View
5 7 (1.97%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 4 (1.12%) Spreadsheet
7 3 (0.84%) MS Visio
8 2 (0.56%) Adobe Creative Suite
9 1 (0.28%) Adobe XD
9 1 (0.28%) EngageOne
9 1 (0.28%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 34 (9.55%) Adobe Campaign
2 16 (4.49%) Oracle Assets
2 16 (4.49%) Oracle Financials
2 16 (4.49%) Oracle General Ledger
2 16 (4.49%) Oracle Payables
2 16 (4.49%) Oracle Receivables
3 12 (3.37%) Dynamics CRM
4 9 (2.53%) Dynamics NAV
4 9 (2.53%) Magento
4 9 (2.53%) Oracle ERP
4 9 (2.53%) Shopify
5 8 (2.25%) Hyperion Planning
6 7 (1.97%) NetSuite
7 2 (0.56%) SAP S/4HANA
8 1 (0.28%) HFM
8 1 (0.28%) Raiser’s Edge
8 1 (0.28%) TIBCO iProcess
Cloud Services
1 97 (27.25%) Azure
2 73 (20.51%) Power Platform
3 45 (12.64%) AWS
4 27 (7.58%) Snowflake
5 21 (5.90%) GCP
6 20 (5.62%) Power Automate
7 17 (4.78%) Microsoft 365
8 16 (4.49%) Dynamics 365
9 10 (2.81%) Entra ID
10 9 (2.53%) Amazon S3
10 9 (2.53%) Azure Machine Learning
11 8 (2.25%) dbt
12 6 (1.69%) Azure Logic Apps
12 6 (1.69%) PowerApps
12 6 (1.69%) SaaS
13 5 (1.40%) Azure DevOps
13 5 (1.40%) Microsoft Purview
14 4 (1.12%) Collibra
14 4 (1.12%) GitHub
15 3 (0.84%) Azure Synapse Analytics
Communications & Networking
1 36 (10.11%) Broadband
2 13 (3.65%) Cisco ASA
2 13 (3.65%) Firewall
3 9 (2.53%) LAN
3 9 (2.53%) VLAN
3 9 (2.53%) WAN
4 8 (2.25%) Cisco Firepower
4 8 (2.25%) Unified Communications
4 8 (2.25%) WebEx
5 6 (1.69%) BGP
6 3 (0.84%) PuTTY
7 1 (0.28%) Ethernet VPN
7 1 (0.28%) MPLS
7 1 (0.28%) Network Security
7 1 (0.28%) OSPF
7 1 (0.28%) Structured Cabling
Database & Business Intelligence
1 63 (17.70%) Power BI
2 34 (9.55%) Data Warehouse
3 26 (7.30%) Metadata
4 20 (5.62%) SQL Server
5 13 (3.65%) Tableau
6 10 (2.81%) Data Lake
7 8 (2.25%) BigQuery
7 8 (2.25%) Essbase
7 8 (2.25%) Oracle BI Publisher
8 7 (1.97%) Relational Database
9 5 (1.40%) PostgreSQL
10 4 (1.12%) Elasticsearch
10 4 (1.12%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 3 (0.84%) Amazon Redshift
11 3 (0.84%) BusinessObjects
11 3 (0.84%) GIS
11 3 (0.84%) MongoDB
11 3 (0.84%) MySQL
11 3 (0.84%) Power Query
12 2 (0.56%) Amazon Athena
Development Applications
1 16 (4.49%) Oracle Forms
2 10 (2.81%) JIRA
3 6 (1.69%) Git
3 6 (1.69%) GitLab
4 4 (1.12%) Jenkins
5 3 (0.84%) Maven
5 3 (0.84%) Sonatype Nexus
6 2 (0.56%) REST Assured
7 1 (0.28%) Mocha
7 1 (0.28%) Toad
General
1 117 (32.87%) Social Skills
2 90 (25.28%) Finance
3 86 (24.16%) Analytical Skills
4 76 (21.35%) Marketing
5 52 (14.61%) Public Sector
6 38 (10.67%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 32 (8.99%) Retail
8 26 (7.30%) Banking
8 26 (7.30%) Telecoms
9 19 (5.34%) Organisational Skills
10 12 (3.37%) Back Office
11 5 (1.40%) Advertising
11 5 (1.40%) Law
12 4 (1.12%) General Ledger
13 3 (0.84%) Legal
14 2 (0.56%) Billing
14 2 (0.56%) Influencing Skills
14 2 (0.56%) Investment Banking
14 2 (0.56%) Manufacturing
14 2 (0.56%) Welsh Language
Job Titles
1 96 (26.97%) Senior
2 58 (16.29%) Analyst
3 48 (13.48%) Architect
4 39 (10.96%) Data Architect
5 35 (9.83%) Senior Manager
6 34 (9.55%) Campaign Manager
7 31 (8.71%) Administrator
8 29 (8.15%) Senior Analyst
9 26 (7.30%) Product Manager
10 25 (7.02%) Data Manager
11 22 (6.18%) Governance Manager
11 22 (6.18%) Lead
12 21 (5.90%) Data Governance Analyst
12 21 (5.90%) Data Governance Manager
13 20 (5.62%) Data Engineer
14 17 (4.78%) Data Analyst
15 16 (4.49%) Applications Support
15 16 (4.49%) Oracle Analyst
15 16 (4.49%) Senior Campaign Manager
15 16 (4.49%) Senior Oracle Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (3.37%) REST
1 12 (3.37%) SOAP
2 10 (2.81%) Middleware
3 8 (2.25%) XMPP
4 7 (1.97%) EDI
4 7 (1.97%) Node.js
5 6 (1.69%) AngularJS
6 5 (1.40%) OAuth
7 4 (1.12%) Kafka
7 4 (1.12%) OpenID
8 3 (0.84%) ActiveMQ
8 3 (0.84%) PySpark
8 3 (0.84%) RAML
8 3 (0.84%) React
8 3 (0.84%) RESTful
9 2 (0.56%) JSON
9 2 (0.56%) Playwright
10 1 (0.28%) Jest
10 1 (0.28%) Lightning Web Components
10 1 (0.28%) PyTorch
Miscellaneous
1 43 (12.08%) Product Ownership
2 39 (10.96%) Management Information System
2 39 (10.96%) Social Media
3 35 (9.83%) Marketing Technology
4 34 (9.55%) Over-the-Top Content
5 20 (5.62%) Data Structures
6 18 (5.06%) Blog
7 13 (3.65%) Legacy Systems
8 12 (3.37%) Onboarding
9 10 (2.81%) Algorithms
9 10 (2.81%) Public Cloud
10 9 (2.53%) Reference Data
11 8 (2.25%) FlexPod
11 8 (2.25%) Hybrid Cloud
11 8 (2.25%) Video Conferencing
12 6 (1.69%) Data Centre
12 6 (1.69%) Self-Motivation
13 5 (1.40%) Cloud Native
13 5 (1.40%) Security Posture
13 5 (1.40%) Web Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 13 (3.65%) Linux
2 6 (1.69%) Windows
3 5 (1.40%) Windows Server
4 1 (0.28%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 134 (37.64%) Analytics
2 87 (24.44%) Decision-Making
3 81 (22.75%) Data Governance
4 80 (22.47%) Business Intelligence
5 71 (19.94%) Problem-Solving
6 65 (18.26%) Data Strategy
6 65 (18.26%) Roadmaps
7 60 (16.85%) Data Modelling
8 59 (16.57%) CRM
9 54 (15.17%) DevOps
10 52 (14.61%) Continuous Improvement
10 52 (14.61%) Data Architecture
10 52 (14.61%) Visualisation
11 49 (13.76%) ERP
12 48 (13.48%) Customer Experience
13 46 (12.92%) Mentoring
14 45 (12.64%) Data Integration
15 42 (11.80%) Agile
16 41 (11.52%) Coaching
17 40 (11.24%) Data Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 90 (25.28%) SQL
2 53 (14.89%) Python
3 13 (3.65%) Java
4 9 (2.53%) T-SQL
5 8 (2.25%) Groovy
6 6 (1.69%) Scala
7 5 (1.40%) TypeScript
8 4 (1.12%) JavaScript
8 4 (1.12%) R
9 3 (0.84%) PowerShell
9 3 (0.84%) VBA
10 2 (0.56%) C#
10 2 (0.56%) PHP
11 1 (0.28%) ANSI SQL
11 1 (0.28%) Apex Code
11 1 (0.28%) PL/SQL
11 1 (0.28%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 42 (11.80%) Degree
2 25 (7.02%) Security Cleared
3 18 (5.06%) SC Cleared
4 10 (2.81%) DBS Check
5 7 (1.97%) CITP
6 6 (1.69%) ISACA
7 5 (1.40%) CISA
7 5 (1.40%) CISM
7 5 (1.40%) CISSP
7 5 (1.40%) Microsoft Certification
7 5 (1.40%) SANS
8 4 (1.12%) Computer Science Degree
9 3 (0.84%) BPSS Clearance
10 2 (0.56%) CRISC
10 2 (0.56%) ISTQB
10 2 (0.56%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
10 2 (0.56%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
10 2 (0.56%) TOGAF Certification
11 1 (0.28%) DV Cleared
11 1 (0.28%) RHCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 80 (22.47%) Data Quality
2 25 (7.02%) Accessibility
3 20 (5.62%) GDPR
4 19 (5.34%) QA
5 7 (1.97%) Actionable Recommendations
6 5 (1.40%) California Consumer Privacy Act
6 5 (1.40%) GRC
6 5 (1.40%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 5 (1.40%) NIST
6 5 (1.40%) NIST 800
7 1 (0.28%) Def Stans
7 1 (0.28%) IFRS
7 1 (0.28%) IFRS 17
7 1 (0.28%) ISO 9000
7 1 (0.28%) ISO/IEC 15288
7 1 (0.28%) PMO
7 1 (0.28%) SLA
7 1 (0.28%) Solvency II
System Software
1 11 (3.09%) Docker
1 11 (3.09%) VMware Infrastructure
2 8 (2.25%) Active Directory
3 6 (1.69%) vSphere
4 5 (1.40%) Microsoft Virtual Server
4 5 (1.40%) Virtual Servers
4 5 (1.40%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 15 (4.21%) Terraform
2 13 (3.65%) Kubernetes
3 11 (3.09%) Ansible
4 8 (2.25%) Cisco CUCM
4 8 (2.25%) Grafana
5 5 (1.40%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
5 5 (1.40%) RSA Archer
6 2 (0.56%) Microsoft Intune
7 1 (0.28%) Single Sign-On
7 1 (0.28%) vRealize Orchestrator
Vendors
1 115 (32.30%) Microsoft
2 38 (10.67%) Adobe
3 25 (7.02%) Oracle
4 17 (4.78%) Salesforce
5 15 (4.21%) Cisco
6 13 (3.65%) ServiceNow
7 12 (3.37%) Databricks
7 12 (3.37%) SAP
8 11 (3.09%) Google
8 11 (3.09%) VMware
9 9 (2.53%) ConnectWise
9 9 (2.53%) Planon
9 9 (2.53%) WooCommerce
10 8 (2.25%) Fortinet
10 8 (2.25%) Hyperion
10 8 (2.25%) Palo Alto
10 8 (2.25%) Splunk
11 6 (1.69%) HubSpot
11 6 (1.69%) Informatica
12 5 (1.40%) NetApp