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 27 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
27 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 176 153 90
Rank change year-on-year -23 -63 +29
Permanent jobs citing Data Management 369 351 717
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 1.49% 2.12% 3.15%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.84% 2.26% 3.58%
Number of salaries quoted 150 186 285
10th Percentile £34,638 £32,500 £39,400
25th Percentile £42,925 £44,196 £47,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,946 £65,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.85% - +4.00%
75th Percentile £76,201 £86,875 £85,000
90th Percentile £91,375 £112,000 £107,500
UK median annual salary £57,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -4.17% - -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 20,082 15,514 20,012
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 81.02% 93.49% 88.00%
Number of salaries quoted 14,336 8,545 11,983
10th Percentile £34,000 £29,913 £35,500
25th Percentile £44,972 £40,312 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £58,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +2.56% -2.50% -4.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £78,750 £80,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £100,000 £100,600
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £58,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% -5.17% -3.33%

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 27 September 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 15 (4.07%) SharePoint
2 5 (1.36%) Microsoft Exchange
3 2 (0.54%) Apache
3 2 (0.54%) ArcGIS
4 1 (0.27%) Apache Airflow
4 1 (0.27%) Apache Spark
4 1 (0.27%) Confluence
4 1 (0.27%) Oracle Coherence
Applications
1 60 (16.26%) Microsoft Excel
2 11 (2.98%) Microsoft Office
3 9 (2.44%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 9 (2.44%) Microsoft Project
4 8 (2.17%) Spreadsheet
5 4 (1.08%) Windchill
6 3 (0.81%) Blender
6 3 (0.81%) Maya
7 2 (0.54%) Chatbot
8 1 (0.27%) Adobe XD
8 1 (0.27%) Stata
Business Applications
1 37 (10.03%) Dynamics CRM
2 27 (7.32%) Dynamics GP
3 14 (3.79%) Adobe Campaign
4 5 (1.36%) Raiser’s Edge
5 4 (1.08%) Teamcenter
6 2 (0.54%) NetSuite
6 2 (0.54%) Salesforce CRM
7 1 (0.27%) Aladdin
7 1 (0.27%) HFM
7 1 (0.27%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 64 (17.34%) Power Platform
2 63 (17.07%) Azure
3 61 (16.53%) SaaS
4 35 (9.49%) AWS
5 20 (5.42%) Microsoft Purview
6 16 (4.34%) Azure Data Factory
6 16 (4.34%) Microsoft 365
6 16 (4.34%) Power Automate
7 15 (4.07%) Dynamics 365
7 15 (4.07%) GCP
8 14 (3.79%) Azure DevOps
9 13 (3.52%) Entra ID
9 13 (3.52%) PowerApps
10 10 (2.71%) Azure Synapse Analytics
11 9 (2.44%) Azure Cosmos DB
11 9 (2.44%) GitHub
12 7 (1.90%) Azure Logic Apps
13 5 (1.36%) Collibra
14 4 (1.08%) Amazon EKS
14 4 (1.08%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 18 (4.88%) Broadband
1 18 (4.88%) Firewall
2 17 (4.61%) LAN
3 16 (4.34%) VLAN
4 15 (4.07%) WAN
5 11 (2.98%) TCP/IP
6 10 (2.71%) BGP
6 10 (2.71%) OSPF
7 9 (2.44%) Network Security
8 8 (2.17%) DHCP
8 8 (2.17%) DNS
9 7 (1.90%) Cisco Nexus
9 7 (1.90%) Structured Cabling
10 6 (1.63%) MPLS
11 5 (1.36%) Cisco ASA
11 5 (1.36%) Cisco Firepower
11 5 (1.36%) Ethernet VPN
11 5 (1.36%) VPN
11 5 (1.36%) VXLAN
11 5 (1.36%) WebEx
Database & Business Intelligence
1 52 (14.09%) Power BI
2 38 (10.30%) Metadata
3 26 (7.05%) SQL Server
4 25 (6.78%) Data Warehouse
5 15 (4.07%) Tableau
6 11 (2.98%) MongoDB
7 10 (2.71%) Data Lake
8 9 (2.44%) Amazon QuickSight
8 9 (2.44%) Azure SQL Database
8 9 (2.44%) DynamoDB
8 9 (2.44%) NoSQL
8 9 (2.44%) Snowflake Schema
8 9 (2.44%) Star Schema
9 6 (1.63%) PostgreSQL
10 5 (1.36%) MySQL
10 5 (1.36%) Relational Database
11 4 (1.08%) Delta Lake
11 4 (1.08%) Geospatial Data
12 3 (0.81%) GIS
13 2 (0.54%) Neo4j
Development Applications
1 20 (5.42%) Git
2 10 (2.71%) JIRA
3 6 (1.63%) GitLab
4 4 (1.08%) Sonatype Nexus
5 2 (0.54%) ER Studio
5 2 (0.54%) ERwin
5 2 (0.54%) MLflow
6 1 (0.27%) Jenkins
6 1 (0.27%) Rational DOORS
6 1 (0.27%) RStudio
General
1 191 (51.76%) Social Skills
2 95 (25.75%) Analytical Skills
3 88 (23.85%) Legal
4 77 (20.87%) Finance
5 73 (19.78%) Marketing
6 45 (12.20%) Public Sector
7 40 (10.84%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 37 (10.03%) Law
9 32 (8.67%) Telecoms
10 28 (7.59%) Retail
11 27 (7.32%) Banking
12 23 (6.23%) Organisational Skills
13 8 (2.17%) Aerospace
13 8 (2.17%) Military
14 7 (1.90%) Billing
14 7 (1.90%) Influencing Skills
15 5 (1.36%) Presentation Skills
15 5 (1.36%) Welsh Language
16 4 (1.08%) Local Government
16 4 (1.08%) Police
Job Titles
1 125 (33.88%) Senior
2 61 (16.53%) Senior Manager
3 49 (13.28%) Testing Manager
4 39 (10.57%) Architect
5 37 (10.03%) Analyst
6 30 (8.13%) Data Architect
7 28 (7.59%) Marketing Manager
8 27 (7.32%) Administrator
8 27 (7.32%) Technology Manager
9 22 (5.96%) Data Analyst
9 22 (5.96%) Senior Analyst
10 21 (5.69%) Data Manager
11 20 (5.42%) Lead
12 18 (4.88%) Campaign Manager
13 17 (4.61%) Data Governance Analyst
13 17 (4.61%) Data Governance Manager
13 17 (4.61%) Governance Manager
13 17 (4.61%) Senior Data Analyst
14 16 (4.34%) Network Engineer
15 13 (3.52%) Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 19 (5.15%) .NET
2 15 (4.07%) ASP.NET
3 11 (2.98%) JSON
3 11 (2.98%) Terraform
4 10 (2.71%) .NET Framework
4 10 (2.71%) ASP.NET MVC
4 10 (2.71%) Classic ASP
4 10 (2.71%) Entity Framework
4 10 (2.71%) Google Maps API
4 10 (2.71%) XML
5 7 (1.90%) RESTful
6 5 (1.36%) EDI
6 5 (1.36%) Node.js
6 5 (1.36%) XMPP
7 4 (1.08%) Kafka
7 4 (1.08%) Middleware
7 4 (1.08%) PySpark
7 4 (1.08%) React
7 4 (1.08%) REST
7 4 (1.08%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 53 (14.36%) Virtual Team
2 43 (11.65%) Marketing Technology
3 38 (10.30%) Product Ownership
4 36 (9.76%) Management Information System
5 31 (8.40%) Blog
6 19 (5.15%) Social Media
7 14 (3.79%) Over-the-Top Content
8 12 (3.25%) Enterprise Software
9 11 (2.98%) Data Structures
10 10 (2.71%) Data Centre
10 10 (2.71%) Legacy Systems
11 9 (2.44%) Cloud Native
11 9 (2.44%) Onboarding
12 8 (2.17%) Distributed Systems
13 7 (1.90%) Hybrid Cloud
14 6 (1.63%) Self-Motivation
15 5 (1.36%) Analytical Mindset
15 5 (1.36%) FlexPod
15 5 (1.36%) Reference Data
15 5 (1.36%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 15 (4.07%) Windows
2 12 (3.25%) Linux
3 6 (1.63%) Windows Server
4 5 (1.36%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 138 (37.40%) Continuous Improvement
2 132 (35.77%) Decision-Making
3 116 (31.44%) Analytics
4 108 (29.27%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 93 (25.20%) AI
6 89 (24.12%) DevOps
7 88 (23.85%) Business Intelligence
8 86 (23.31%) Problem-Solving
9 82 (22.22%) Test Automation
10 81 (21.95%) Data Governance
11 78 (21.14%) Agile
12 76 (20.60%) Software Engineering
13 74 (20.05%) Project Delivery
14 71 (19.24%) Mentoring
15 65 (17.62%) Performance Management
16 63 (17.07%) CRM
16 63 (17.07%) Roadmaps
17 62 (16.80%) Data Modelling
18 59 (15.99%) Enterprise Architecture
19 55 (14.91%) Budget Management
Programming Languages
1 123 (33.33%) Python
2 79 (21.41%) C#
3 71 (19.24%) SQL
4 67 (18.16%) JavaScript
5 55 (14.91%) TypeScript
6 50 (13.55%) PowerShell
7 10 (2.71%) Java
8 2 (0.54%) PHP
8 2 (0.54%) Scala
9 1 (0.27%) Data Analysis Expressions
9 1 (0.27%) R
9 1 (0.27%) T-SQL
9 1 (0.27%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 38 (10.30%) Degree
2 28 (7.59%) Security Cleared
3 25 (6.78%) SC Cleared
4 9 (2.44%) CIPD
4 9 (2.44%) Microsoft Certification
5 8 (2.17%) Azure Certification
6 6 (1.63%) PMI Certification
6 6 (1.63%) PMP
7 5 (1.36%) AWS Certification
8 4 (1.08%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
8 4 (1.08%) BPSS Clearance
8 4 (1.08%) CCNP
8 4 (1.08%) Cisco Certification
9 3 (0.81%) CCNA
9 3 (0.81%) Computer Science Degree
9 3 (0.81%) DBS Check
9 3 (0.81%) DV Cleared
10 2 (0.54%) CITP
11 1 (0.27%) OCP
11 1 (0.27%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 100 (27.10%) Data Quality
2 68 (18.43%) QA
3 58 (15.72%) GDPR
4 28 (7.59%) California Consumer Privacy Act
5 18 (4.88%) Accessibility
6 5 (1.36%) Cyber Essentials
7 4 (1.08%) Def Stans
7 4 (1.08%) ISO 9000
7 4 (1.08%) ISO/IEC 15288
8 3 (0.81%) ISO 19650
9 2 (0.54%) ISO 14001
9 2 (0.54%) ISO 22301
9 2 (0.54%) ISO 9001
9 2 (0.54%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 2 (0.54%) NIST
9 2 (0.54%) PERC
9 2 (0.54%) PMO
10 1 (0.27%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 1 (0.27%) ECSS
10 1 (0.27%) IFRS
System Software
1 13 (3.52%) Active Directory
2 9 (2.44%) Docker
3 4 (1.08%) Hyper-V
4 3 (0.81%) VMware NSX
5 2 (0.54%) Microsoft Virtual Server
5 2 (0.54%) Virtual Servers
5 2 (0.54%) VMware Infrastructure
5 2 (0.54%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 14 (3.79%) Ansible
2 8 (2.17%) Kubernetes
3 7 (1.90%) Grafana
4 5 (1.36%) Cisco CUCM
Vendors
1 92 (24.93%) Microsoft
2 15 (4.07%) Adobe
2 15 (4.07%) Cisco
2 15 (4.07%) Informatica
3 14 (3.79%) Databricks
4 13 (3.52%) Google
5 12 (3.25%) Salesforce
6 11 (2.98%) Oracle
7 10 (2.71%) Fortinet
7 10 (2.71%) SAP
8 9 (2.44%) Talend
9 8 (2.17%) Palo Alto
10 7 (1.90%) ServiceNow
11 5 (1.36%) Splunk
11 5 (1.36%) VMware
12 4 (1.08%) Epicor
12 4 (1.08%) HubSpot
12 4 (1.08%) IFS
12 4 (1.08%) Infor
12 4 (1.08%) Veeam