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

6 months to
23 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 160 109 93
Rank change year-on-year -51 -16 +17
Permanent jobs citing Data Management 375 512 849
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 1.73% 3.11% 2.95%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.09% 3.33% 3.34%
Number of salaries quoted 153 242 408
10th Percentile £31,250 £32,025 £37,500
25th Percentile £36,457 £49,250 £43,438
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,000 £68,525 £61,575
Median % change year-on-year -22.66% +11.29% -2.65%
75th Percentile £67,250 £105,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £87,500 £126,247 £95,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £63,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -13.39% +5.83% -4.00%

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 17,957 15,368 25,424
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 82.85% 93.21% 88.45%
Number of salaries quoted 13,054 9,086 18,978
10th Percentile £35,000 £29,750 £34,711
25th Percentile £44,972 £41,250 £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 £78,750 £76,250
90th Percentile £100,000 £102,500 £95,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,043 £55,000
% change year-on-year +9.01% +0.08% -8.71%

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 July 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 (4.00%) SharePoint
2 5 (1.33%) Microsoft Exchange
3 4 (1.07%) Apache Spark
4 3 (0.80%) Apache Airflow
5 2 (0.53%) ArcGIS
5 2 (0.53%) WordPress
6 1 (0.27%) Apache
6 1 (0.27%) SAS
Applications
1 55 (14.67%) Microsoft Excel
2 14 (3.73%) Microsoft Office
3 13 (3.47%) Microsoft Project
4 11 (2.93%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 4 (1.07%) Spreadsheet
5 4 (1.07%) Windchill
6 3 (0.80%) Blender
6 3 (0.80%) Maya
7 2 (0.53%) Adobe Creative Suite
7 2 (0.53%) Chatbot
8 1 (0.27%) Adobe XD
Business Applications
1 40 (10.67%) Dynamics CRM
2 34 (9.07%) Adobe Campaign
3 27 (7.20%) Dynamics GP
4 6 (1.60%) NetSuite
5 5 (1.33%) Raiser’s Edge
6 3 (0.80%) Dynamics NAV
6 3 (0.80%) Magento
6 3 (0.80%) Shopify
7 1 (0.27%) HFM
7 1 (0.27%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 66 (17.60%) Power Platform
2 57 (15.20%) SaaS
3 49 (13.07%) Azure
4 37 (9.87%) AWS
5 24 (6.40%) Power Automate
6 20 (5.33%) Microsoft 365
7 16 (4.27%) Dynamics 365
8 15 (4.00%) Microsoft Purview
9 13 (3.47%) Entra ID
10 12 (3.20%) GCP
11 9 (2.40%) PowerApps
12 7 (1.87%) Azure Logic Apps
12 7 (1.87%) GitHub
13 5 (1.33%) Azure Data Factory
13 5 (1.33%) Snowflake
14 4 (1.07%) Amazon EKS
14 4 (1.07%) Amazon S3
14 4 (1.07%) dbt
15 3 (0.80%) Anthropic Claude
15 3 (0.80%) Azure DevOps
Communications & Networking
1 38 (10.13%) Broadband
2 17 (4.53%) Firewall
3 13 (3.47%) VLAN
4 12 (3.20%) LAN
4 12 (3.20%) WAN
5 10 (2.67%) Cisco ASA
6 9 (2.40%) Cisco Firepower
6 9 (2.40%) Unified Communications
6 9 (2.40%) WebEx
7 7 (1.87%) TCP/IP
8 4 (1.07%) BGP
8 4 (1.07%) DHCP
8 4 (1.07%) DNS
8 4 (1.07%) Network Security
8 4 (1.07%) VoIP
9 3 (0.80%) MPLS
9 3 (0.80%) OSPF
9 3 (0.80%) SD-WAN
9 3 (0.80%) Software-Defined Networking
9 3 (0.80%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 55 (14.67%) Power BI
2 23 (6.13%) Metadata
3 21 (5.60%) SQL Server
4 19 (5.07%) Tableau
5 10 (2.67%) Data Lake
5 10 (2.67%) Data Warehouse
6 7 (1.87%) PostgreSQL
7 6 (1.60%) Relational Database
8 5 (1.33%) Geospatial Data
8 5 (1.33%) GIS
8 5 (1.33%) MySQL
9 4 (1.07%) Delta Lake
9 4 (1.07%) Elasticsearch
10 3 (0.80%) Power Query
10 3 (0.80%) Spatial Data
11 2 (0.53%) Amazon Athena
11 2 (0.53%) BigQuery
11 2 (0.53%) Electronic Patient Records
11 2 (0.53%) MongoDB
11 2 (0.53%) Neo4j
Development Applications
1 9 (2.40%) JIRA
2 8 (2.13%) GitLab
3 7 (1.87%) Git
4 1 (0.27%) ER Studio
4 1 (0.27%) ERwin
4 1 (0.27%) Jenkins
4 1 (0.27%) Rational DOORS
4 1 (0.27%) Toad
General
1 193 (51.47%) Social Skills
2 100 (26.67%) Analytical Skills
3 88 (23.47%) Marketing
4 81 (21.60%) Legal
5 75 (20.00%) Finance
6 30 (8.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 30 (8.00%) Public Sector
6 30 (8.00%) Retail
6 30 (8.00%) Telecoms
7 29 (7.73%) Law
8 21 (5.60%) Organisational Skills
9 18 (4.80%) Banking
10 7 (1.87%) Billing
10 7 (1.87%) Welsh Language
11 6 (1.60%) Back Office
12 4 (1.07%) Environmental Health
12 4 (1.07%) Influencing Skills
12 4 (1.07%) Military
13 3 (0.80%) Humanities
13 3 (0.80%) Social Science
Job Titles
1 115 (30.67%) Senior
2 66 (17.60%) Senior Manager
3 49 (13.07%) Testing Manager
4 47 (12.53%) Analyst
5 38 (10.13%) Administrator
5 38 (10.13%) Campaign Manager
6 33 (8.80%) Architect
7 27 (7.20%) Marketing Manager
7 27 (7.20%) Technology Manager
8 26 (6.93%) Product Manager
9 25 (6.67%) Data Analyst
10 24 (6.40%) Data Architect
11 23 (6.13%) Senior Analyst
12 21 (5.60%) Data Manager
13 17 (4.53%) Senior Data Analyst
14 16 (4.27%) Data Governance Analyst
14 16 (4.27%) Data Governance Manager
14 16 (4.27%) Governance Manager
14 16 (4.27%) IT Support
14 16 (4.27%) Senior Campaign Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 15 (4.00%) .NET
2 14 (3.73%) ASP.NET
3 11 (2.93%) JSON
4 10 (2.67%) .NET Framework
4 10 (2.67%) ASP.NET MVC
4 10 (2.67%) Classic ASP
4 10 (2.67%) Entity Framework
4 10 (2.67%) Google Maps API
4 10 (2.67%) XML
5 9 (2.40%) Node.js
5 9 (2.40%) XMPP
6 7 (1.87%) Middleware
7 5 (1.33%) AngularJS
7 5 (1.33%) RESTful
8 4 (1.07%) Kafka
8 4 (1.07%) OAuth
8 4 (1.07%) OpenID
8 4 (1.07%) PySpark
9 3 (0.80%) Django
9 3 (0.80%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 62 (16.53%) Marketing Technology
2 53 (14.13%) Virtual Team
3 49 (13.07%) Product Ownership
4 42 (11.20%) Social Media
5 37 (9.87%) Management Information System
6 34 (9.07%) Blog
6 34 (9.07%) Over-the-Top Content
7 20 (5.33%) Data Structures
8 11 (2.93%) Onboarding
9 9 (2.40%) FlexPod
9 9 (2.40%) Hybrid Cloud
9 9 (2.40%) Video Conferencing
10 7 (1.87%) Reference Data
10 7 (1.87%) Self-Motivation
11 6 (1.60%) Algorithms
11 6 (1.60%) Replication
11 6 (1.60%) Web Conferencing
12 5 (1.33%) Cloud Native
12 5 (1.33%) Distributed Systems
13 4 (1.07%) Legacy Systems
Operating Systems
1 17 (4.53%) Linux
2 10 (2.67%) Windows
2 10 (2.67%) Windows Server
3 5 (1.33%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 144 (38.40%) Decision-Making
2 129 (34.40%) Continuous Improvement
3 127 (33.87%) Analytics
4 99 (26.40%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 90 (24.00%) CRM
6 85 (22.67%) Problem-Solving
7 81 (21.60%) DevOps
8 80 (21.33%) Test Automation
9 75 (20.00%) AI
10 71 (18.93%) Roadmaps
10 71 (18.93%) Software Engineering
11 69 (18.40%) Business Intelligence
12 68 (18.13%) Data Governance
13 61 (16.27%) Digital Marketing
13 61 (16.27%) Mentoring
13 61 (16.27%) Performance Management
14 60 (16.00%) Project Delivery
15 58 (15.47%) Agile
16 57 (15.20%) Enterprise Architecture
17 52 (13.87%) Software Testing
Programming Languages
1 114 (30.40%) Python
2 67 (17.87%) C#
3 66 (17.60%) JavaScript
4 65 (17.33%) SQL
5 54 (14.40%) TypeScript
6 50 (13.33%) PowerShell
7 10 (2.67%) Java
8 6 (1.60%) Scala
9 4 (1.07%) T-SQL
10 3 (0.80%) R
10 3 (0.80%) VBA
11 2 (0.53%) PHP
12 1 (0.27%) Data Analysis Expressions
12 1 (0.27%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 36 (9.60%) Degree
2 18 (4.80%) Security Cleared
3 12 (3.20%) SC Cleared
4 9 (2.40%) CIPD
5 8 (2.13%) Microsoft Certification
6 7 (1.87%) Azure Certification
7 5 (1.33%) PMI Certification
7 5 (1.33%) PMP
8 4 (1.07%) AWS Certification
8 4 (1.07%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
8 4 (1.07%) BPSS Clearance
9 3 (0.80%) CCNA
9 3 (0.80%) CCNP
9 3 (0.80%) Cisco Certification
9 3 (0.80%) DBS Check
10 2 (0.53%) CITP
10 2 (0.53%) TOGAF Certification
11 1 (0.27%) CBAP
11 1 (0.27%) IIBA
11 1 (0.27%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 80 (21.33%) Data Quality
2 66 (17.60%) QA
3 44 (11.73%) GDPR
4 18 (4.80%) California Consumer Privacy Act
5 9 (2.40%) Accessibility
6 6 (1.60%) Actionable Recommendations
7 5 (1.33%) Cyber Essentials
8 4 (1.07%) Def Stans
8 4 (1.07%) ISO 9000
8 4 (1.07%) ISO/IEC 15288
9 2 (0.53%) PMO
10 1 (0.27%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 1 (0.27%) ECSS
10 1 (0.27%) IFRS
10 1 (0.27%) IFRS 17
10 1 (0.27%) SLA
10 1 (0.27%) Solvency II
System Software
1 13 (3.47%) Active Directory
2 10 (2.67%) Docker
3 7 (1.87%) VMware Infrastructure
4 6 (1.60%) Microsoft Virtual Server
4 6 (1.60%) Virtual Servers
4 6 (1.60%) vSphere
5 4 (1.07%) Hyper-V
5 4 (1.07%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 14 (3.73%) Ansible
2 12 (3.20%) Kubernetes
3 11 (2.93%) Terraform
4 9 (2.40%) Cisco CUCM
4 9 (2.40%) Grafana
Vendors
1 91 (24.27%) Microsoft
2 37 (9.87%) Adobe
3 19 (5.07%) Salesforce
4 13 (3.47%) Cisco
4 13 (3.47%) Google
5 12 (3.20%) Fortinet
5 12 (3.20%) Palo Alto
6 11 (2.93%) Oracle
7 10 (2.67%) Databricks
7 10 (2.67%) ServiceNow
7 10 (2.67%) VMware
8 9 (2.40%) SAP
8 9 (2.40%) Splunk
9 8 (2.13%) HubSpot
10 6 (1.60%) IFS
10 6 (1.60%) NetApp
11 4 (1.07%) CheckPoint
11 4 (1.07%) Epicor
11 4 (1.07%) ESRI
11 4 (1.07%) Infor