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 23 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
23 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 111 93 142
Rank change year-on-year -18 +49 -4
Permanent jobs citing Data Management 375 530 662
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 2.30% 3.47% 2.38%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.68% 3.65% 2.57%
Number of salaries quoted 222 292 449
10th Percentile £28,125 £41,250 £38,734
25th Percentile £41,438 £53,750 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £80,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -25.00% +33.33% -14.29%
75th Percentile £77,424 £122,500 £80,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £152,500 £97,500
UK median annual salary £60,000 £73,833 £60,000
% change year-on-year -18.74% +23.06% -12.74%

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 14,012 14,514 25,744
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 85.84% 95.01% 92.69%
Number of salaries quoted 9,096 8,740 21,398
10th Percentile £30,625 £36,250 £34,757
25th Percentile £42,500 £47,500 £43,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £62,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% +8.70% -8.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £82,500 £76,250
90th Percentile £100,000 £103,750 £95,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -12.00%

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 23 February 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 (3.20%) SharePoint
2 8 (2.13%) Apache Airflow
2 8 (2.13%) Confluence
3 7 (1.87%) SAS
4 5 (1.33%) IIS
5 2 (0.53%) Apache
5 2 (0.53%) Moodle
5 2 (0.53%) Umbraco
5 2 (0.53%) WordPress
6 1 (0.27%) ArcGIS
6 1 (0.27%) GeoServer
6 1 (0.27%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 35 (9.33%) Microsoft Excel
2 16 (4.27%) Microsoft Office
3 12 (3.20%) Oracle Smart View
4 5 (1.33%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 3 (0.80%) Adobe Creative Suite
5 3 (0.80%) Microsoft Project
5 3 (0.80%) MS Visio
5 3 (0.80%) Spreadsheet
6 1 (0.27%) EngageOne
Business Applications
1 24 (6.40%) Oracle Assets
1 24 (6.40%) Oracle Financials
1 24 (6.40%) Oracle General Ledger
1 24 (6.40%) Oracle Payables
1 24 (6.40%) Oracle Receivables
2 15 (4.00%) Oracle ERP
3 14 (3.73%) Dynamics CRM
4 12 (3.20%) Hyperion Planning
5 9 (2.40%) Dynamics NAV
5 9 (2.40%) Magento
5 9 (2.40%) Shopify
6 4 (1.07%) SAP S/4HANA
7 3 (0.80%) NetSuite
7 3 (0.80%) Salesforce CRM
8 2 (0.53%) Adaptiv
8 2 (0.53%) Markit EDM
9 1 (0.27%) Adobe Campaign
9 1 (0.27%) Primavera
9 1 (0.27%) TIBCO iProcess
Cloud Services
1 137 (36.53%) Azure
2 70 (18.67%) Power Platform
3 51 (13.60%) Snowflake
4 40 (10.67%) AWS
5 33 (8.80%) GCP
6 19 (5.07%) Azure DevOps
6 19 (5.07%) Dynamics 365
7 10 (2.67%) Microsoft 365
8 9 (2.40%) Azure Data Factory
8 9 (2.40%) Azure Machine Learning
9 8 (2.13%) dbt
9 8 (2.13%) GitHub
10 6 (1.60%) Amazon S3
10 6 (1.60%) SaaS
11 5 (1.33%) Alation
11 5 (1.33%) Azure Synapse Analytics
11 5 (1.33%) Power Automate
12 4 (1.07%) Cloud Composer
12 4 (1.07%) Collibra
12 4 (1.07%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 5 (1.33%) BGP
1 5 (1.33%) Cisco ASA
1 5 (1.33%) Firewall
2 4 (1.07%) Broadband
3 3 (0.80%) PuTTY
4 2 (0.53%) LAN
4 2 (0.53%) VLAN
4 2 (0.53%) WAN
5 1 (0.27%) ADSL
5 1 (0.27%) Cisco Firepower
5 1 (0.27%) Ethernet VPN
5 1 (0.27%) Internet
5 1 (0.27%) MPLS
5 1 (0.27%) Network Security
5 1 (0.27%) OSPF
5 1 (0.27%) Structured Cabling
5 1 (0.27%) Unified Communications
5 1 (0.27%) WebEx
Database & Business Intelligence
1 69 (18.40%) Data Warehouse
2 66 (17.60%) Power BI
3 38 (10.13%) Metadata
4 29 (7.73%) SQL Server
5 23 (6.13%) Tableau
6 21 (5.60%) Data Lake
7 17 (4.53%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 16 (4.27%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 14 (3.73%) BigQuery
10 12 (3.20%) Essbase
10 12 (3.20%) Oracle BI Publisher
11 9 (2.40%) Amazon Redshift
11 9 (2.40%) MySQL
12 8 (2.13%) BusinessObjects
12 8 (2.13%) Relational Database
13 7 (1.87%) Geospatial Data
14 6 (1.60%) QlikView
15 5 (1.33%) Metadata Repository
15 5 (1.33%) Power Query
15 5 (1.33%) SAS EBI
Development Applications
1 24 (6.40%) Oracle Forms
2 17 (4.53%) JIRA
3 11 (2.93%) Git
4 4 (1.07%) ER Studio
4 4 (1.07%) ERwin
4 4 (1.07%) GitLab
4 4 (1.07%) Jenkins
4 4 (1.07%) PowerDesigner
5 3 (0.80%) Maven
5 3 (0.80%) Sonatype Nexus
6 2 (0.53%) REST Assured
7 1 (0.27%) JUnit
7 1 (0.27%) Mocha
7 1 (0.27%) Mockito
7 1 (0.27%) Postman
General
1 134 (35.73%) Social Skills
2 105 (28.00%) Analytical Skills
3 103 (27.47%) Finance
4 48 (12.80%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 43 (11.47%) Public Sector
6 40 (10.67%) Marketing
7 26 (6.93%) Organisational Skills
7 26 (6.93%) Retail
8 25 (6.67%) Banking
9 17 (4.53%) Telecoms
10 11 (2.93%) Law
10 11 (2.93%) Legal
11 10 (2.67%) Advertising
12 9 (2.40%) Back Office
13 6 (1.60%) Aerospace
13 6 (1.60%) Influencing Skills
13 6 (1.60%) Manufacturing
14 4 (1.07%) Aviation
14 4 (1.07%) General Ledger
14 4 (1.07%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 82 (21.87%) Senior
2 77 (20.53%) Architect
3 67 (17.87%) Analyst
4 60 (16.00%) Data Architect
5 33 (8.80%) Data Manager
6 31 (8.27%) Developer
7 29 (7.73%) Senior Analyst
8 24 (6.40%) Oracle Analyst
8 24 (6.40%) Senior Oracle Analyst
9 23 (6.13%) Lead
10 22 (5.87%) Data Engineer
10 22 (5.87%) Governance Manager
11 21 (5.60%) Data Governance Analyst
11 21 (5.60%) Data Governance Manager
12 19 (5.07%) Senior Manager
13 14 (3.73%) Administrator
14 13 (3.47%) Consultant
14 13 (3.47%) Data Analyst
14 13 (3.47%) Support Analyst
15 12 (3.20%) Report Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (3.47%) Middleware
1 13 (3.47%) REST
2 12 (3.20%) SOAP
3 5 (1.33%) .NET
3 5 (1.33%) .NET Framework
3 5 (1.33%) EDI
3 5 (1.33%) Entity Framework
3 5 (1.33%) WinForms
4 3 (0.80%) ActiveMQ
4 3 (0.80%) JSON
4 3 (0.80%) Kafka
4 3 (0.80%) OAuth
4 3 (0.80%) PySpark
4 3 (0.80%) RAML
4 3 (0.80%) RESTful
4 3 (0.80%) Spring
4 3 (0.80%) Spring Boot
5 2 (0.53%) Hibernate
5 2 (0.53%) Playwright
5 2 (0.53%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 39 (10.40%) Management Information System
2 30 (8.00%) Legacy Systems
3 27 (7.20%) Blog
4 15 (4.00%) Product Ownership
5 14 (3.73%) Reference Data
6 11 (2.93%) Analytical Mindset
7 10 (2.67%) Algorithms
7 10 (2.67%) Onboarding
7 10 (2.67%) Public Cloud
8 9 (2.40%) Data Structures
9 6 (1.60%) Social Media
10 5 (1.33%) Data Centre
10 5 (1.33%) NHS
10 5 (1.33%) Reinsurance
11 4 (1.07%) Cloud Native
11 4 (1.07%) Security Posture
11 4 (1.07%) Self-Motivation
12 3 (0.80%) Hybrid Cloud
12 3 (0.80%) PKI
12 3 (0.80%) Web Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 9 (2.40%) Linux
2 7 (1.87%) Windows
3 2 (0.53%) VMS
4 1 (0.27%) Unix
4 1 (0.27%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 131 (34.93%) Analytics
2 95 (25.33%) Business Intelligence
3 94 (25.07%) Data Governance
4 83 (22.13%) Data Modelling
5 79 (21.07%) Problem-Solving
6 78 (20.80%) Data Architecture
7 74 (19.73%) Data Strategy
8 70 (18.67%) Visualisation
9 67 (17.87%) DevOps
10 66 (17.60%) Data Integration
11 64 (17.07%) Agile
12 62 (16.53%) Continuous Improvement
13 61 (16.27%) Decision-Making
14 58 (15.47%) Data Engineering
14 58 (15.47%) Mentoring
15 57 (15.20%) Coaching
16 56 (14.93%) ERP
17 55 (14.67%) Data Visualisation
18 53 (14.13%) ETL
19 49 (13.07%) E-Commerce
Programming Languages
1 120 (32.00%) SQL
2 45 (12.00%) Python
3 16 (4.27%) Java
3 16 (4.27%) T-SQL
4 12 (3.20%) Groovy
5 6 (1.60%) C#
6 5 (1.33%) R
7 4 (1.07%) PowerShell
8 3 (0.80%) JavaScript
8 3 (0.80%) TypeScript
9 2 (0.53%) C++
9 2 (0.53%) VBA
10 1 (0.27%) ANSI SQL
10 1 (0.27%) Apex Code
10 1 (0.27%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 64 (17.07%) Degree
2 23 (6.13%) Security Cleared
3 20 (5.33%) Computer Science Degree
3 20 (5.33%) SC Cleared
4 15 (4.00%) DBS Check
5 7 (1.87%) CISA
5 7 (1.87%) CISM
5 7 (1.87%) CISSP
6 6 (1.60%) ISACA
6 6 (1.60%) Master's Degree
7 5 (1.33%) CITP
7 5 (1.33%) SANS
8 4 (1.07%) Azure Certification
8 4 (1.07%) CRISC
8 4 (1.07%) Microsoft Certification
9 3 (0.80%) BPSS Clearance
9 3 (0.80%) ITIL Certification
10 2 (0.53%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
10 2 (0.53%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
10 2 (0.53%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 84 (22.40%) Data Quality
2 41 (10.93%) Accessibility
3 14 (3.73%) GDPR
4 11 (2.93%) QA
5 9 (2.40%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 7 (1.87%) Actionable Recommendations
6 7 (1.87%) GRC
6 7 (1.87%) NIST
7 5 (1.33%) NIST 800
8 2 (0.53%) COBIT
8 2 (0.53%) ECSS
8 2 (0.53%) ITGC
9 1 (0.27%) California Consumer Privacy Act
System Software
1 9 (2.40%) Docker
2 6 (1.60%) VMware Infrastructure
3 4 (1.07%) VMware NSX
4 2 (0.53%) Virtual Machines
4 2 (0.53%) vSphere
5 1 (0.27%) Firmware
5 1 (0.27%) Microsoft Virtual Server
5 1 (0.27%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 13 (3.47%) Terraform
2 10 (2.67%) Kubernetes
3 5 (1.33%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
3 5 (1.33%) RSA Archer
4 2 (0.53%) Ansible
4 2 (0.53%) Microsoft Intune
5 1 (0.27%) Cisco CUCM
5 1 (0.27%) Grafana
5 1 (0.27%) Single Sign-On
5 1 (0.27%) vRealize Orchestrator
Vendors
1 127 (33.87%) Microsoft
2 31 (8.27%) Oracle
3 22 (5.87%) Google
4 19 (5.07%) Databricks
5 16 (4.27%) SAP
6 12 (3.20%) Hyperion
7 11 (2.93%) Informatica
7 11 (2.93%) Salesforce
7 11 (2.93%) ServiceNow
8 9 (2.40%) ConnectWise
8 9 (2.40%) WooCommerce
9 8 (2.13%) HubSpot
10 7 (1.87%) Cisco
11 6 (1.60%) Planon
11 6 (1.60%) VMware
12 5 (1.33%) Adobe
12 5 (1.33%) Alteryx
12 5 (1.33%) Sage
12 5 (1.33%) Xamarin
12 5 (1.33%) Zoho