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

6 months to
2 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 163 107 103
Rank change year-on-year -56 -4 -3
Permanent jobs citing Data Management 334 546 927
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 1.60% 3.42% 2.77%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.95% 3.65% 3.11%
Number of salaries quoted 175 277 477
10th Percentile £31,250 £34,735 £36,002
25th Percentile £41,250 £51,750 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £75,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -23.33% +25.00% -7.69%
75th Percentile £76,201 £118,750 £80,000
90th Percentile £90,750 £144,190 £95,000
UK median annual salary £58,250 £65,000 £59,300
% change year-on-year -10.38% +9.61% -5.87%

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 17,138 14,975 29,784
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 82.33% 93.80% 89.02%
Number of salaries quoted 12,509 8,834 22,919
10th Percentile £35,000 £29,913 £33,750
25th Percentile £45,000 £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 £80,000 £75,662
90th Percentile £100,000 £103,750 £95,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +4.35% +4.55% -9.09%

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 2 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 14 (4.19%) SharePoint
2 4 (1.20%) Apache Spark
3 3 (0.90%) Microsoft Exchange
4 2 (0.60%) Apache Airflow
4 2 (0.60%) SAS
4 2 (0.60%) WordPress
Applications
1 57 (17.07%) Microsoft Excel
2 14 (4.19%) Microsoft Office
3 13 (3.89%) Microsoft Project
4 11 (3.29%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 4 (1.20%) Spreadsheet
5 4 (1.20%) Windchill
6 3 (0.90%) Blender
6 3 (0.90%) Maya
7 2 (0.60%) Adobe Creative Suite
7 2 (0.60%) Chatbot
8 1 (0.30%) Adobe XD
8 1 (0.30%) EngageOne
Business Applications
1 34 (10.18%) Adobe Campaign
2 14 (4.19%) Dynamics CRM
3 6 (1.80%) NetSuite
4 4 (1.20%) Dynamics NAV
4 4 (1.20%) Magento
4 4 (1.20%) Shopify
5 3 (0.90%) Raiser’s Edge
6 1 (0.30%) HFM
6 1 (0.30%) Salesforce CRM
6 1 (0.30%) SAP S/4HANA
6 1 (0.30%) TIBCO iProcess
Cloud Services
1 70 (20.96%) Power Platform
2 61 (18.26%) Azure
3 46 (13.77%) AWS
4 23 (6.89%) Power Automate
5 21 (6.29%) GCP
6 19 (5.69%) Dynamics 365
7 18 (5.39%) SaaS
8 17 (5.09%) Microsoft 365
9 15 (4.49%) Microsoft Purview
10 12 (3.59%) Entra ID
11 9 (2.69%) PowerApps
12 7 (2.10%) Azure Logic Apps
12 7 (2.10%) dbt
12 7 (2.10%) GitHub
13 5 (1.50%) Amazon S3
14 4 (1.20%) Amazon EKS
14 4 (1.20%) Azure DevOps
14 4 (1.20%) Azure Machine Learning
15 3 (0.90%) Azure Data Factory
15 3 (0.90%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 38 (11.38%) Broadband
2 16 (4.79%) Firewall
3 13 (3.89%) VLAN
4 12 (3.59%) Cisco ASA
5 11 (3.29%) LAN
5 11 (3.29%) WAN
6 9 (2.69%) Cisco Firepower
6 9 (2.69%) Unified Communications
6 9 (2.69%) WebEx
7 5 (1.50%) BGP
8 4 (1.20%) Network Security
8 4 (1.20%) TCP/IP
9 3 (0.90%) DHCP
9 3 (0.90%) DNS
9 3 (0.90%) VoIP
10 2 (0.60%) MPLS
10 2 (0.60%) OSPF
11 1 (0.30%) SD-WAN
11 1 (0.30%) Software-Defined Networking
11 1 (0.30%) Structured Cabling
Database & Business Intelligence
1 59 (17.66%) Power BI
2 30 (8.98%) Metadata
3 20 (5.99%) Tableau
4 12 (3.59%) Data Warehouse
4 12 (3.59%) SQL Server
5 11 (3.29%) Data Lake
6 9 (2.69%) PostgreSQL
7 8 (2.40%) Relational Database
8 5 (1.50%) MySQL
9 4 (1.20%) BigQuery
9 4 (1.20%) Delta Lake
9 4 (1.20%) Elasticsearch
10 3 (0.90%) GIS
10 3 (0.90%) MongoDB
10 3 (0.90%) Power Query
11 2 (0.60%) Amazon Athena
11 2 (0.60%) Electronic Patient Records
11 2 (0.60%) Neo4j
12 1 (0.30%) Geospatial Data
12 1 (0.30%) Semantic Layer
Development Applications
1 10 (2.99%) JIRA
2 8 (2.40%) GitLab
3 7 (2.10%) Git
4 1 (0.30%) ER Studio
4 1 (0.30%) ERwin
4 1 (0.30%) Jenkins
4 1 (0.30%) Mocha
4 1 (0.30%) Toad
General
1 137 (41.02%) Social Skills
2 87 (26.05%) Analytical Skills
3 86 (25.75%) Finance
4 62 (18.56%) Marketing
5 53 (15.87%) Public Sector
6 34 (10.18%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 32 (9.58%) Retail
7 32 (9.58%) Telecoms
8 22 (6.59%) Banking
9 20 (5.99%) Organisational Skills
10 16 (4.79%) Law
11 13 (3.89%) Legal
12 7 (2.10%) Back Office
13 6 (1.80%) Billing
14 4 (1.20%) Advertising
14 4 (1.20%) Environmental Health
14 4 (1.20%) General Ledger
14 4 (1.20%) Military
14 4 (1.20%) Welsh Language
15 3 (0.90%) Humanities
Job Titles
1 102 (30.54%) Senior
2 50 (14.97%) Analyst
3 43 (12.87%) Senior Manager
4 42 (12.57%) Architect
5 39 (11.68%) Administrator
6 36 (10.78%) Campaign Manager
7 33 (9.88%) Data Architect
7 33 (9.88%) Data Manager
8 28 (8.38%) Data Governance Analyst
8 28 (8.38%) Data Governance Manager
8 28 (8.38%) Governance Manager
9 26 (7.78%) Data Analyst
9 26 (7.78%) Product Manager
10 22 (6.59%) Senior Analyst
11 18 (5.39%) Senior Architect
11 18 (5.39%) Senior Data Architect
12 17 (5.09%) Senior Data Analyst
13 16 (4.79%) Applications Support
13 16 (4.79%) Data Engineer
13 16 (4.79%) Senior Campaign Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (2.99%) Node.js
2 9 (2.69%) XMPP
3 7 (2.10%) Middleware
4 6 (1.80%) AngularJS
5 5 (1.50%) .NET
5 5 (1.50%) EDI
5 5 (1.50%) Kafka
5 5 (1.50%) OAuth
5 5 (1.50%) PySpark
5 5 (1.50%) RESTful
6 4 (1.20%) ASP.NET
6 4 (1.20%) OpenID
6 4 (1.20%) REST
6 4 (1.20%) SOAP
7 3 (0.90%) Django
7 3 (0.90%) Express.js
7 3 (0.90%) Godot
7 3 (0.90%) React
7 3 (0.90%) Unity (Game Engine)
7 3 (0.90%) Unreal Engine
Miscellaneous
1 49 (14.67%) Product Ownership
2 40 (11.98%) Social Media
3 35 (10.48%) Management Information System
4 34 (10.18%) Marketing Technology
4 34 (10.18%) Over-the-Top Content
5 19 (5.69%) Data Structures
6 14 (4.19%) Virtual Team
7 11 (3.29%) Onboarding
8 9 (2.69%) Blog
8 9 (2.69%) FlexPod
8 9 (2.69%) Hybrid Cloud
8 9 (2.69%) Public Cloud
8 9 (2.69%) Video Conferencing
9 8 (2.40%) Algorithms
10 7 (2.10%) Cloud Native
10 7 (2.10%) Reference Data
11 6 (1.80%) Replication
11 6 (1.80%) Self-Motivation
12 5 (1.50%) Data Centre
12 5 (1.50%) Legacy Systems
Operating Systems
1 17 (5.09%) Linux
2 9 (2.69%) Windows
2 9 (2.69%) Windows Server
3 3 (0.90%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 112 (33.53%) Decision-Making
2 111 (33.23%) Analytics
3 92 (27.54%) Problem-Solving
4 91 (27.25%) Data Governance
5 75 (22.46%) Roadmaps
6 69 (20.66%) Business Intelligence
7 63 (18.86%) CRM
8 61 (18.26%) Continuous Improvement
9 58 (17.37%) Agile
9 58 (17.37%) Data Strategy
9 58 (17.37%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 55 (16.47%) Data Modelling
11 53 (15.87%) DevOps
12 46 (13.77%) AI
13 45 (13.47%) Mentoring
14 42 (12.57%) Data Architecture
15 41 (12.28%) Data Analysis
16 38 (11.38%) Visualisation
17 36 (10.78%) CI/CD
18 35 (10.48%) Customer Experience
Programming Languages
1 72 (21.56%) Python
2 68 (20.36%) SQL
3 18 (5.39%) C#
3 18 (5.39%) JavaScript
4 16 (4.79%) TypeScript
5 12 (3.59%) PowerShell
6 10 (2.99%) Java
7 6 (1.80%) Scala
8 5 (1.50%) T-SQL
9 3 (0.90%) R
9 3 (0.90%) VBA
10 2 (0.60%) PHP
11 1 (0.30%) Apex Code
11 1 (0.30%) Data Analysis Expressions
11 1 (0.30%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 35 (10.48%) Degree
2 19 (5.69%) Security Cleared
3 13 (3.89%) SC Cleared
4 9 (2.69%) CIPD
5 8 (2.40%) DBS Check
6 7 (2.10%) Microsoft Certification
7 6 (1.80%) Azure Certification
8 5 (1.50%) CISA
8 5 (1.50%) CISM
8 5 (1.50%) CISSP
8 5 (1.50%) CITP
8 5 (1.50%) ISACA
8 5 (1.50%) PMI Certification
8 5 (1.50%) PMP
8 5 (1.50%) SANS
9 3 (0.90%) AWS Certification
9 3 (0.90%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 3 (0.90%) BPSS Clearance
10 2 (0.60%) CRISC
10 2 (0.60%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 91 (27.25%) Data Quality
2 40 (11.98%) GDPR
3 29 (8.68%) QA
4 17 (5.09%) California Consumer Privacy Act
5 7 (2.10%) Actionable Recommendations
6 6 (1.80%) Accessibility
7 5 (1.50%) GRC
7 5 (1.50%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 5 (1.50%) NIST
7 5 (1.50%) NIST 800
8 4 (1.20%) Def Stans
8 4 (1.20%) ISO 9000
8 4 (1.20%) ISO/IEC 15288
9 3 (0.90%) Cyber Essentials
10 2 (0.60%) PMO
11 1 (0.30%) IFRS
11 1 (0.30%) IFRS 17
11 1 (0.30%) SLA
11 1 (0.30%) Solvency II
System Software
1 12 (3.59%) Active Directory
1 12 (3.59%) Docker
2 9 (2.69%) VMware Infrastructure
3 6 (1.80%) Microsoft Virtual Server
3 6 (1.80%) Virtual Servers
3 6 (1.80%) vSphere
4 4 (1.20%) VMware NSX
5 3 (0.90%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 15 (4.49%) Kubernetes
2 14 (4.19%) Terraform
3 13 (3.89%) Ansible
4 9 (2.69%) Cisco CUCM
4 9 (2.69%) Grafana
5 5 (1.50%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
5 5 (1.50%) RSA Archer
6 1 (0.30%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 91 (27.25%) Microsoft
2 37 (11.08%) Adobe
3 20 (5.99%) Salesforce
4 14 (4.19%) Cisco
5 11 (3.29%) Google
5 11 (3.29%) SAP
6 10 (2.99%) Databricks
6 10 (2.99%) Fortinet
6 10 (2.99%) Oracle
6 10 (2.99%) Palo Alto
6 10 (2.99%) VMware
7 9 (2.69%) ServiceNow
7 9 (2.69%) Splunk
8 7 (2.10%) HubSpot
8 7 (2.10%) Planon
9 6 (1.80%) NetApp
10 5 (1.50%) IFS
11 4 (1.20%) ConnectWise
11 4 (1.20%) OpenAI
11 4 (1.20%) WooCommerce