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

6 months to
3 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 129 77 98
Rank change year-on-year -52 +21 +19
Permanent jobs citing Data Management 366 537 954
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 2.01% 3.95% 2.93%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.43% 4.17% 3.21%
Number of salaries quoted 198 291 488
10th Percentile £30,100 £41,250 £36,250
25th Percentile £41,250 £53,750 £42,423
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,660 £80,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -32.92% +33.33% -11.11%
75th Percentile £68,750 £122,500 £83,750
90th Percentile £85,195 £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 15,065 12,887 29,687
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 82.77% 94.73% 91.30%
Number of salaries quoted 10,575 8,882 23,564
10th Percentile £32,500 £31,250 £33,750
25th Percentile £45,000 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year - +4.35% -8.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £80,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £105,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £58,599 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -2.34% +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 3 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 (3.55%) SharePoint
2 6 (1.64%) Apache Airflow
3 4 (1.09%) Apache Spark
4 2 (0.55%) Moodle
4 2 (0.55%) SAS
4 2 (0.55%) Umbraco
4 2 (0.55%) WordPress
Applications
1 41 (11.20%) Microsoft Excel
2 16 (4.37%) Microsoft Office
3 12 (3.28%) Microsoft Project
4 8 (2.19%) Oracle Smart View
5 7 (1.91%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 4 (1.09%) Spreadsheet
7 3 (0.82%) MS Visio
8 2 (0.55%) Adobe Creative Suite
9 1 (0.27%) Adobe XD
9 1 (0.27%) EngageOne
9 1 (0.27%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 34 (9.29%) Adobe Campaign
2 16 (4.37%) Oracle Assets
2 16 (4.37%) Oracle Financials
2 16 (4.37%) Oracle General Ledger
2 16 (4.37%) Oracle Payables
2 16 (4.37%) Oracle Receivables
3 12 (3.28%) Dynamics CRM
4 9 (2.46%) Dynamics NAV
4 9 (2.46%) Magento
4 9 (2.46%) Oracle ERP
4 9 (2.46%) Shopify
5 8 (2.19%) Hyperion Planning
6 7 (1.91%) NetSuite
7 2 (0.55%) SAP S/4HANA
8 1 (0.27%) HFM
8 1 (0.27%) Raiser’s Edge
8 1 (0.27%) TIBCO iProcess
Cloud Services
1 104 (28.42%) Azure
2 72 (19.67%) Power Platform
3 45 (12.30%) AWS
4 33 (9.02%) Snowflake
5 21 (5.74%) GCP
6 20 (5.46%) Power Automate
7 17 (4.64%) Dynamics 365
7 17 (4.64%) Microsoft 365
8 10 (2.73%) Entra ID
9 9 (2.46%) Amazon S3
9 9 (2.46%) Azure Machine Learning
10 8 (2.19%) dbt
11 6 (1.64%) Azure Logic Apps
11 6 (1.64%) PowerApps
11 6 (1.64%) SaaS
12 5 (1.37%) Azure DevOps
13 4 (1.09%) Collibra
13 4 (1.09%) GitHub
14 3 (0.82%) Azure Synapse Analytics
14 3 (0.82%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 36 (9.84%) Broadband
2 13 (3.55%) Cisco ASA
2 13 (3.55%) Firewall
3 9 (2.46%) LAN
3 9 (2.46%) VLAN
3 9 (2.46%) WAN
4 8 (2.19%) Cisco Firepower
4 8 (2.19%) Unified Communications
4 8 (2.19%) WebEx
5 6 (1.64%) BGP
6 3 (0.82%) PuTTY
7 1 (0.27%) ADSL
7 1 (0.27%) Ethernet VPN
7 1 (0.27%) Internet
7 1 (0.27%) MPLS
7 1 (0.27%) Network Security
7 1 (0.27%) OSPF
7 1 (0.27%) Structured Cabling
Database & Business Intelligence
1 62 (16.94%) Power BI
2 41 (11.20%) Data Warehouse
3 27 (7.38%) Metadata
4 21 (5.74%) SQL Server
5 11 (3.01%) Tableau
6 10 (2.73%) Data Lake
7 8 (2.19%) BigQuery
7 8 (2.19%) Essbase
7 8 (2.19%) Oracle BI Publisher
8 7 (1.91%) Relational Database
9 5 (1.37%) PostgreSQL
9 5 (1.37%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 4 (1.09%) Amazon Redshift
10 4 (1.09%) BusinessObjects
10 4 (1.09%) Elasticsearch
10 4 (1.09%) MySQL
10 4 (1.09%) Power Query
11 3 (0.82%) Azure SQL Database
11 3 (0.82%) GIS
11 3 (0.82%) MongoDB
Development Applications
1 16 (4.37%) Oracle Forms
2 10 (2.73%) JIRA
3 6 (1.64%) Git
3 6 (1.64%) GitLab
4 4 (1.09%) Jenkins
5 3 (0.82%) Maven
5 3 (0.82%) Sonatype Nexus
6 2 (0.55%) REST Assured
7 1 (0.27%) Mocha
7 1 (0.27%) Toad
General
1 116 (31.69%) Social Skills
2 92 (25.14%) Finance
3 88 (24.04%) Analytical Skills
4 76 (20.77%) Marketing
5 52 (14.21%) Public Sector
6 38 (10.38%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 32 (8.74%) Retail
8 26 (7.10%) Banking
9 25 (6.83%) Telecoms
10 20 (5.46%) Organisational Skills
11 12 (3.28%) Back Office
12 6 (1.64%) Advertising
13 5 (1.37%) Law
14 4 (1.09%) General Ledger
15 3 (0.82%) Legal
16 2 (0.55%) Influencing Skills
16 2 (0.55%) Investment Banking
16 2 (0.55%) Manufacturing
16 2 (0.55%) Welsh Language
17 1 (0.27%) Environmental Health
Job Titles
1 96 (26.23%) Senior
2 58 (15.85%) Analyst
3 55 (15.03%) Architect
4 46 (12.57%) Data Architect
5 35 (9.56%) Senior Manager
6 34 (9.29%) Campaign Manager
7 31 (8.47%) Administrator
8 29 (7.92%) Senior Analyst
9 26 (7.10%) Product Manager
10 23 (6.28%) Data Manager
10 23 (6.28%) Lead
11 20 (5.46%) Data Engineer
11 20 (5.46%) Governance Manager
12 19 (5.19%) Data Governance Analyst
12 19 (5.19%) Data Governance Manager
13 17 (4.64%) Data Analyst
14 16 (4.37%) Applications Support
14 16 (4.37%) Oracle Analyst
14 16 (4.37%) Senior Campaign Manager
14 16 (4.37%) Senior Oracle Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (3.28%) REST
1 12 (3.28%) SOAP
2 10 (2.73%) Middleware
3 8 (2.19%) XMPP
4 7 (1.91%) EDI
4 7 (1.91%) Node.js
5 6 (1.64%) AngularJS
6 5 (1.37%) OAuth
7 4 (1.09%) Kafka
7 4 (1.09%) OpenID
8 3 (0.82%) ActiveMQ
8 3 (0.82%) PySpark
8 3 (0.82%) RAML
8 3 (0.82%) React
8 3 (0.82%) RESTful
9 2 (0.55%) JSON
9 2 (0.55%) Playwright
10 1 (0.27%) .NET
10 1 (0.27%) Spring
10 1 (0.27%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 42 (11.48%) Product Ownership
2 41 (11.20%) Management Information System
3 39 (10.66%) Social Media
4 35 (9.56%) Marketing Technology
5 34 (9.29%) Over-the-Top Content
6 21 (5.74%) Data Structures
7 18 (4.92%) Blog
8 13 (3.55%) Legacy Systems
9 12 (3.28%) Onboarding
10 10 (2.73%) Algorithms
10 10 (2.73%) Public Cloud
11 9 (2.46%) Reference Data
12 8 (2.19%) FlexPod
12 8 (2.19%) Hybrid Cloud
12 8 (2.19%) Video Conferencing
13 6 (1.64%) Data Centre
13 6 (1.64%) Self-Motivation
14 5 (1.37%) Cloud Native
14 5 (1.37%) Security Posture
14 5 (1.37%) Web Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 13 (3.55%) Linux
2 6 (1.64%) Windows
3 5 (1.37%) Windows Server
4 1 (0.27%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 142 (38.80%) Analytics
2 89 (24.32%) Decision-Making
3 80 (21.86%) Business Intelligence
3 80 (21.86%) Data Governance
4 71 (19.40%) Problem-Solving
5 68 (18.58%) Data Modelling
6 67 (18.31%) Data Strategy
7 65 (17.76%) Roadmaps
8 59 (16.12%) CRM
8 59 (16.12%) Data Architecture
9 54 (14.75%) Continuous Improvement
9 54 (14.75%) DevOps
10 52 (14.21%) Data Integration
10 52 (14.21%) Visualisation
11 51 (13.93%) ERP
12 48 (13.11%) Customer Experience
13 46 (12.57%) Mentoring
14 42 (11.48%) Agile
14 42 (11.48%) E-Commerce
15 41 (11.20%) Coaching
Programming Languages
1 92 (25.14%) SQL
2 53 (14.48%) Python
3 13 (3.55%) Java
4 10 (2.73%) T-SQL
5 8 (2.19%) Groovy
6 6 (1.64%) Scala
7 5 (1.37%) TypeScript
8 4 (1.09%) JavaScript
8 4 (1.09%) R
9 3 (0.82%) PowerShell
9 3 (0.82%) VBA
10 2 (0.55%) C#
10 2 (0.55%) PHP
11 1 (0.27%) ANSI SQL
11 1 (0.27%) Apex Code
11 1 (0.27%) PL/SQL
11 1 (0.27%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 42 (11.48%) Degree
2 25 (6.83%) Security Cleared
3 18 (4.92%) SC Cleared
4 10 (2.73%) DBS Check
5 7 (1.91%) CITP
6 6 (1.64%) ISACA
7 5 (1.37%) CISA
7 5 (1.37%) CISM
7 5 (1.37%) CISSP
7 5 (1.37%) Microsoft Certification
7 5 (1.37%) SANS
8 4 (1.09%) Computer Science Degree
9 3 (0.82%) BPSS Clearance
10 2 (0.55%) CRISC
10 2 (0.55%) ISTQB
10 2 (0.55%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
10 2 (0.55%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
10 2 (0.55%) TOGAF Certification
11 1 (0.27%) LPIC
11 1 (0.27%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 79 (21.58%) Data Quality
2 31 (8.47%) Accessibility
3 19 (5.19%) QA
4 18 (4.92%) GDPR
5 7 (1.91%) Actionable Recommendations
6 5 (1.37%) GRC
6 5 (1.37%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 5 (1.37%) NIST
6 5 (1.37%) NIST 800
7 3 (0.82%) California Consumer Privacy Act
8 1 (0.27%) Def Stans
8 1 (0.27%) IFRS
8 1 (0.27%) IFRS 17
8 1 (0.27%) ISO 9000
8 1 (0.27%) ISO/IEC 15288
8 1 (0.27%) PMO
8 1 (0.27%) SLA
8 1 (0.27%) Solvency II
System Software
1 11 (3.01%) Docker
1 11 (3.01%) VMware Infrastructure
2 8 (2.19%) Active Directory
3 6 (1.64%) vSphere
4 5 (1.37%) Microsoft Virtual Server
4 5 (1.37%) Virtual Servers
4 5 (1.37%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 15 (4.10%) Terraform
2 13 (3.55%) Kubernetes
3 11 (3.01%) Ansible
4 8 (2.19%) Cisco CUCM
4 8 (2.19%) Grafana
5 5 (1.37%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
5 5 (1.37%) RSA Archer
6 2 (0.55%) Microsoft Intune
7 1 (0.27%) Single Sign-On
7 1 (0.27%) vRealize Orchestrator
Vendors
1 122 (33.33%) Microsoft
2 38 (10.38%) Adobe
3 25 (6.83%) Oracle
4 17 (4.64%) Salesforce
5 15 (4.10%) Cisco
6 13 (3.55%) SAP
6 13 (3.55%) ServiceNow
7 12 (3.28%) Databricks
8 11 (3.01%) Google
8 11 (3.01%) VMware
9 9 (2.46%) ConnectWise
9 9 (2.46%) Planon
9 9 (2.46%) WooCommerce
10 8 (2.19%) Fortinet
10 8 (2.19%) Hyperion
10 8 (2.19%) Palo Alto
10 8 (2.19%) Splunk
11 6 (1.64%) HubSpot
11 6 (1.64%) Informatica
12 5 (1.37%) NetApp