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

6 months to
1 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 151 98 100
Rank change year-on-year -53 +2 +12
Permanent jobs citing Data Management 324 564 957
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 1.69% 3.77% 2.87%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.04% 3.97% 3.19%
Number of salaries quoted 171 297 499
10th Percentile £31,650 £37,650 £36,710
25th Percentile £41,250 £52,500 £42,439
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £54,150 £80,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -32.31% +33.33% -7.69%
75th Percentile £68,250 £122,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £92,500 £152,500 £95,000
UK median annual salary £58,500 £69,840 £60,000
% change year-on-year -16.24% +16.40% -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 15,868 14,194 30,016
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 82.65% 94.78% 89.89%
Number of salaries quoted 11,361 8,349 23,518
10th Percentile £35,000 £30,000 £33,750
25th Percentile £45,000 £42,500 £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 £60,000 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +4.35% +4.55% -9.69%

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 1 June 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 9 (2.78%) SharePoint
2 5 (1.54%) Apache Airflow
3 4 (1.23%) Apache Spark
4 2 (0.62%) SAS
4 2 (0.62%) WordPress
Applications
1 50 (15.43%) Microsoft Excel
2 16 (4.94%) Microsoft Office
3 13 (4.01%) Microsoft Project
4 11 (3.40%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 4 (1.23%) Spreadsheet
5 4 (1.23%) Windchill
6 3 (0.93%) Oracle Smart View
7 2 (0.62%) Adobe Creative Suite
7 2 (0.62%) Blender
7 2 (0.62%) Maya
7 2 (0.62%) MS Visio
8 1 (0.31%) Adobe XD
8 1 (0.31%) EngageOne
Business Applications
1 34 (10.49%) Adobe Campaign
2 15 (4.63%) Dynamics CRM
3 9 (2.78%) Dynamics NAV
3 9 (2.78%) Magento
3 9 (2.78%) Shopify
4 6 (1.85%) NetSuite
4 6 (1.85%) Oracle Assets
4 6 (1.85%) Oracle Financials
4 6 (1.85%) Oracle General Ledger
4 6 (1.85%) Oracle Payables
4 6 (1.85%) Oracle Receivables
5 4 (1.23%) Oracle ERP
6 3 (0.93%) Hyperion Planning
6 3 (0.93%) Raiser’s Edge
7 1 (0.31%) HFM
7 1 (0.31%) SAP S/4HANA
7 1 (0.31%) TIBCO iProcess
Cloud Services
1 75 (23.15%) Power Platform
2 70 (21.60%) Azure
3 44 (13.58%) AWS
4 22 (6.79%) GCP
5 21 (6.48%) Power Automate
6 18 (5.56%) Dynamics 365
7 15 (4.63%) Microsoft 365
7 15 (4.63%) Microsoft Purview
8 9 (2.78%) Azure Machine Learning
8 9 (2.78%) dbt
8 9 (2.78%) Entra ID
9 8 (2.47%) Amazon S3
10 7 (2.16%) Azure Logic Apps
10 7 (2.16%) GitHub
10 7 (2.16%) PowerApps
11 5 (1.54%) Azure DevOps
11 5 (1.54%) Snowflake
12 4 (1.23%) SaaS
13 3 (0.93%) Anthropic Claude
14 2 (0.62%) GitHub Copilot
Communications & Networking
1 36 (11.11%) Broadband
2 14 (4.32%) Cisco ASA
2 14 (4.32%) Firewall
3 10 (3.09%) LAN
3 10 (3.09%) VLAN
3 10 (3.09%) WAN
4 9 (2.78%) Cisco Firepower
4 9 (2.78%) Unified Communications
4 9 (2.78%) WebEx
5 6 (1.85%) BGP
6 2 (0.62%) PuTTY
7 1 (0.31%) Ethernet VPN
7 1 (0.31%) MPLS
7 1 (0.31%) Network Security
7 1 (0.31%) OSPF
7 1 (0.31%) Structured Cabling
Database & Business Intelligence
1 64 (19.75%) Power BI
2 21 (6.48%) Metadata
3 20 (6.17%) Tableau
4 17 (5.25%) SQL Server
5 11 (3.40%) Data Warehouse
6 10 (3.09%) Data Lake
7 7 (2.16%) BigQuery
7 7 (2.16%) Relational Database
8 5 (1.54%) PostgreSQL
9 4 (1.23%) Elasticsearch
9 4 (1.23%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 3 (0.93%) Essbase
10 3 (0.93%) GIS
10 3 (0.93%) MongoDB
10 3 (0.93%) Oracle BI Publisher
10 3 (0.93%) Power Query
11 2 (0.62%) Amazon Athena
11 2 (0.62%) Electronic Patient Records
11 2 (0.62%) Neo4j
12 1 (0.31%) Spatial Data
Development Applications
1 10 (3.09%) JIRA
2 6 (1.85%) GitLab
2 6 (1.85%) Oracle Forms
3 5 (1.54%) Git
4 3 (0.93%) Jenkins
5 2 (0.62%) Maven
5 2 (0.62%) REST Assured
5 2 (0.62%) Sonatype Nexus
6 1 (0.31%) Mocha
6 1 (0.31%) Toad
General
1 124 (38.27%) Social Skills
2 91 (28.09%) Finance
3 90 (27.78%) Analytical Skills
4 62 (19.14%) Marketing
5 53 (16.36%) Public Sector
6 36 (11.11%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 31 (9.57%) Retail
8 29 (8.95%) Telecoms
9 23 (7.10%) Banking
10 19 (5.86%) Organisational Skills
11 12 (3.70%) Back Office
12 6 (1.85%) Billing
12 6 (1.85%) Law
13 5 (1.54%) Legal
14 4 (1.23%) Advertising
14 4 (1.23%) Environmental Health
14 4 (1.23%) General Ledger
14 4 (1.23%) Military
15 2 (0.62%) Humanities
15 2 (0.62%) Social Science
Job Titles
1 91 (28.09%) Senior
2 54 (16.67%) Analyst
3 36 (11.11%) Campaign Manager
4 35 (10.80%) Administrator
5 34 (10.49%) Senior Manager
6 33 (10.19%) Data Manager
7 30 (9.26%) Architect
8 29 (8.95%) Governance Manager
9 28 (8.64%) Data Governance Analyst
9 28 (8.64%) Data Governance Manager
10 27 (8.33%) Senior Analyst
11 26 (8.02%) Product Manager
12 22 (6.79%) Data Architect
13 21 (6.48%) Data Analyst
14 20 (6.17%) Data Engineer
14 20 (6.17%) Lead
15 16 (4.94%) Applications Support
15 16 (4.94%) Senior Campaign Manager
16 13 (4.01%) IT Manager
17 12 (3.70%) Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (3.40%) REST
1 11 (3.40%) SOAP
2 9 (2.78%) Middleware
2 9 (2.78%) Node.js
2 9 (2.78%) XMPP
3 7 (2.16%) EDI
4 6 (1.85%) AngularJS
5 5 (1.54%) Kafka
5 5 (1.54%) OAuth
6 4 (1.23%) OpenID
7 3 (0.93%) PySpark
7 3 (0.93%) React
7 3 (0.93%) RESTful
8 2 (0.62%) Express.js
8 2 (0.62%) Godot
8 2 (0.62%) Playwright
8 2 (0.62%) RAML
8 2 (0.62%) Unity (Game Engine)
8 2 (0.62%) Unreal Engine
8 2 (0.62%) WebXR
Miscellaneous
1 49 (15.12%) Product Ownership
2 41 (12.65%) Social Media
3 37 (11.42%) Management Information System
4 35 (10.80%) Marketing Technology
5 34 (10.49%) Over-the-Top Content
6 21 (6.48%) Data Structures
7 12 (3.70%) Algorithms
7 12 (3.70%) Onboarding
8 9 (2.78%) FlexPod
8 9 (2.78%) Hybrid Cloud
8 9 (2.78%) Public Cloud
8 9 (2.78%) Video Conferencing
9 8 (2.47%) Blog
9 8 (2.47%) Legacy Systems
10 7 (2.16%) Reference Data
10 7 (2.16%) Self-Motivation
11 6 (1.85%) Cloud Native
11 6 (1.85%) Data Centre
11 6 (1.85%) Replication
12 5 (1.54%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 13 (4.01%) Linux
2 6 (1.85%) Windows
2 6 (1.85%) Windows Server
3 1 (0.31%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 113 (34.88%) Analytics
2 97 (29.94%) Decision-Making
3 84 (25.93%) Data Governance
4 80 (24.69%) Problem-Solving
5 73 (22.53%) Business Intelligence
6 64 (19.75%) CRM
6 64 (19.75%) Roadmaps
7 56 (17.28%) Continuous Improvement
8 52 (16.05%) Data Strategy
9 50 (15.43%) DevOps
10 46 (14.20%) Agile
11 44 (13.58%) Visualisation
12 43 (13.27%) Data Modelling
13 40 (12.35%) Mentoring
14 39 (12.04%) Data Analysis
15 38 (11.73%) CI/CD
16 36 (11.11%) ERP
17 35 (10.80%) Stakeholder Engagement
17 35 (10.80%) Stakeholder Management
17 35 (10.80%) User Stories
Programming Languages
1 76 (23.46%) SQL
2 59 (18.21%) Python
3 12 (3.70%) Java
4 10 (3.09%) T-SQL
5 7 (2.16%) TypeScript
6 6 (1.85%) Scala
7 5 (1.54%) JavaScript
8 4 (1.23%) PowerShell
9 3 (0.93%) Groovy
9 3 (0.93%) R
9 3 (0.93%) VBA
10 2 (0.62%) C#
10 2 (0.62%) PHP
11 1 (0.31%) Apex Code
11 1 (0.31%) PL/SQL
11 1 (0.31%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 30 (9.26%) Degree
2 26 (8.02%) Security Cleared
3 19 (5.86%) SC Cleared
4 8 (2.47%) DBS Check
5 7 (2.16%) CITP
6 5 (1.54%) CISA
6 5 (1.54%) CISM
6 5 (1.54%) CISSP
6 5 (1.54%) ISACA
6 5 (1.54%) SANS
7 4 (1.23%) PMI Certification
7 4 (1.23%) PMP
8 3 (0.93%) BPSS Clearance
9 2 (0.62%) Computer Science Degree
9 2 (0.62%) CRISC
9 2 (0.62%) ISTQB
9 2 (0.62%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
9 2 (0.62%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
9 2 (0.62%) Microsoft Certification
9 2 (0.62%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 87 (26.85%) Data Quality
2 32 (9.88%) GDPR
3 22 (6.79%) QA
4 15 (4.63%) California Consumer Privacy Act
5 8 (2.47%) Accessibility
6 7 (2.16%) Actionable Recommendations
7 5 (1.54%) GRC
7 5 (1.54%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 5 (1.54%) NIST
7 5 (1.54%) NIST 800
8 4 (1.23%) Def Stans
8 4 (1.23%) ISO 9000
8 4 (1.23%) ISO/IEC 15288
9 1 (0.31%) IFRS
9 1 (0.31%) IFRS 17
9 1 (0.31%) PMO
9 1 (0.31%) SLA
9 1 (0.31%) Solvency II
System Software
1 11 (3.40%) VMware Infrastructure
2 10 (3.09%) Docker
3 9 (2.78%) Active Directory
4 6 (1.85%) Microsoft Virtual Server
4 6 (1.85%) Virtual Servers
4 6 (1.85%) vSphere
5 5 (1.54%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 16 (4.94%) Terraform
2 13 (4.01%) Kubernetes
3 12 (3.70%) Ansible
4 9 (2.78%) Cisco CUCM
4 9 (2.78%) Grafana
5 5 (1.54%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
5 5 (1.54%) RSA Archer
6 1 (0.31%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 94 (29.01%) Microsoft
2 38 (11.73%) Adobe
3 19 (5.86%) Salesforce
4 15 (4.63%) Cisco
5 13 (4.01%) Oracle
6 12 (3.70%) ServiceNow
7 11 (3.40%) Google
7 11 (3.40%) VMware
8 9 (2.78%) ConnectWise
8 9 (2.78%) Fortinet
8 9 (2.78%) Palo Alto
8 9 (2.78%) Planon
8 9 (2.78%) Splunk
8 9 (2.78%) WooCommerce
9 8 (2.47%) Databricks
10 7 (2.16%) HubSpot
11 6 (1.85%) NetApp
11 6 (1.85%) SAP
12 5 (1.54%) CheckPoint
13 4 (1.23%) OpenAI