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

6 months to
12 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 172 148 85
Rank change year-on-year -24 -63 +38
Permanent jobs citing Data Management 375 363 758
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 1.57% 2.24% 3.23%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.92% 2.40% 3.69%
Number of salaries quoted 151 191 303
10th Percentile £31,250 £31,250 £40,000
25th Percentile £40,928 £45,313 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £65,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -15.38% - +0.78%
75th Percentile £67,500 £91,875 £85,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £112,000 £107,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,409
% change year-on-year -8.33% -0.68% -7.06%

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 19,546 15,102 20,547
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 81.74% 93.04% 87.68%
Number of salaries quoted 14,050 8,683 12,951
10th Percentile £34,000 £29,750 £35,225
25th Percentile £44,972 £40,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year - - -4.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £78,750 £80,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £100,000 £100,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year +9.09% -4.35% -4.17%

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 12 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 (4.00%) SharePoint
2 5 (1.33%) Microsoft Exchange
3 3 (0.80%) Apache Spark
4 2 (0.53%) Apache
4 2 (0.53%) ArcGIS
5 1 (0.27%) Apache Airflow
5 1 (0.27%) Confluence
5 1 (0.27%) Oracle Coherence
Applications
1 64 (17.07%) Microsoft Excel
2 11 (2.93%) Microsoft Office
2 11 (2.93%) Microsoft Project
3 10 (2.67%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 6 (1.60%) Spreadsheet
5 4 (1.07%) Windchill
6 3 (0.80%) Blender
6 3 (0.80%) Maya
7 2 (0.53%) Chatbot
8 1 (0.27%) Adobe XD
8 1 (0.27%) Stata
Business Applications
1 37 (9.87%) Dynamics CRM
2 27 (7.20%) Adobe Campaign
2 27 (7.20%) Dynamics GP
3 5 (1.33%) Raiser’s Edge
4 4 (1.07%) Teamcenter
5 2 (0.53%) NetSuite
5 2 (0.53%) Salesforce CRM
6 1 (0.27%) HFM
6 1 (0.27%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 69 (18.40%) Power Platform
2 61 (16.27%) SaaS
3 60 (16.00%) Azure
4 38 (10.13%) AWS
5 20 (5.33%) Microsoft 365
6 19 (5.07%) Power Automate
7 18 (4.80%) Microsoft Purview
8 15 (4.00%) Dynamics 365
9 14 (3.73%) GCP
10 13 (3.47%) Azure Data Factory
10 13 (3.47%) Entra ID
11 12 (3.20%) Azure DevOps
11 12 (3.20%) PowerApps
12 8 (2.13%) Azure Synapse Analytics
13 7 (1.87%) Azure Cosmos DB
13 7 (1.87%) Azure Logic Apps
14 6 (1.60%) GitHub
15 5 (1.33%) Collibra
15 5 (1.33%) Snowflake
16 4 (1.07%) Amazon EKS
Communications & Networking
1 31 (8.27%) Broadband
2 18 (4.80%) Firewall
2 18 (4.80%) VLAN
3 17 (4.53%) LAN
3 17 (4.53%) WAN
4 11 (2.93%) TCP/IP
5 10 (2.67%) BGP
5 10 (2.67%) OSPF
6 8 (2.13%) DHCP
6 8 (2.13%) DNS
7 7 (1.87%) Cisco ASA
7 7 (1.87%) Cisco Firepower
7 7 (1.87%) Cisco Nexus
7 7 (1.87%) Network Security
7 7 (1.87%) Structured Cabling
7 7 (1.87%) Unified Communications
7 7 (1.87%) WebEx
8 6 (1.60%) MPLS
9 5 (1.33%) Ethernet VPN
9 5 (1.33%) VXLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 57 (15.20%) Power BI
2 30 (8.00%) Metadata
3 24 (6.40%) SQL Server
4 22 (5.87%) Data Warehouse
5 17 (4.53%) Tableau
6 10 (2.67%) Data Lake
7 9 (2.40%) MongoDB
8 7 (1.87%) Amazon QuickSight
8 7 (1.87%) Azure SQL Database
8 7 (1.87%) DynamoDB
8 7 (1.87%) NoSQL
8 7 (1.87%) Snowflake Schema
8 7 (1.87%) Star Schema
9 6 (1.60%) PostgreSQL
10 5 (1.33%) MySQL
11 4 (1.07%) Delta Lake
11 4 (1.07%) Geospatial Data
11 4 (1.07%) Relational Database
12 2 (0.53%) Amazon Athena
12 2 (0.53%) Spatial Data
Development Applications
1 18 (4.80%) Git
2 8 (2.13%) JIRA
3 6 (1.60%) GitLab
4 4 (1.07%) Sonatype Nexus
5 2 (0.53%) ER Studio
5 2 (0.53%) ERwin
6 1 (0.27%) Jenkins
6 1 (0.27%) Rational DOORS
6 1 (0.27%) Toad
General
1 187 (49.87%) Social Skills
2 91 (24.27%) Analytical Skills
3 84 (22.40%) Legal
3 84 (22.40%) Marketing
4 73 (19.47%) Finance
5 42 (11.20%) Public Sector
6 35 (9.33%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 34 (9.07%) Law
8 32 (8.53%) Telecoms
9 29 (7.73%) Retail
10 24 (6.40%) Banking
11 20 (5.33%) Organisational Skills
12 8 (2.13%) Military
13 7 (1.87%) Aerospace
13 7 (1.87%) Billing
14 6 (1.60%) Influencing Skills
15 5 (1.33%) Welsh Language
16 4 (1.07%) Environmental Health
16 4 (1.07%) Local Government
16 4 (1.07%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 125 (33.33%) Senior
2 63 (16.80%) Senior Manager
3 49 (13.07%) Testing Manager
4 40 (10.67%) Analyst
5 36 (9.60%) Architect
6 31 (8.27%) Campaign Manager
7 30 (8.00%) Administrator
8 28 (7.47%) Data Architect
8 28 (7.47%) Marketing Manager
9 27 (7.20%) Technology Manager
10 24 (6.40%) Data Analyst
11 22 (5.87%) Senior Analyst
12 20 (5.33%) Product Manager
13 18 (4.80%) Data Manager
14 17 (4.53%) Senior Data Analyst
15 14 (3.73%) Data Governance Analyst
15 14 (3.73%) Data Governance Manager
15 14 (3.73%) Governance Manager
15 14 (3.73%) Lead
15 14 (3.73%) Network Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 17 (4.53%) .NET
2 15 (4.00%) ASP.NET
3 13 (3.47%) Terraform
4 11 (2.93%) JSON
5 10 (2.67%) .NET Framework
5 10 (2.67%) ASP.NET MVC
5 10 (2.67%) Classic ASP
5 10 (2.67%) Entity Framework
5 10 (2.67%) Google Maps API
5 10 (2.67%) XML
6 7 (1.87%) Node.js
6 7 (1.87%) RESTful
6 7 (1.87%) XMPP
7 4 (1.07%) AngularJS
7 4 (1.07%) EDI
7 4 (1.07%) Kafka
7 4 (1.07%) Middleware
7 4 (1.07%) PySpark
7 4 (1.07%) React
7 4 (1.07%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 55 (14.67%) Marketing Technology
2 53 (14.13%) Virtual Team
3 48 (12.80%) Product Ownership
4 37 (9.87%) Management Information System
5 32 (8.53%) Social Media
6 31 (8.27%) Blog
7 27 (7.20%) Over-the-Top Content
8 13 (3.47%) Data Structures
9 10 (2.67%) Data Centre
9 10 (2.67%) Enterprise Software
9 10 (2.67%) Onboarding
10 9 (2.40%) Cloud Native
11 8 (2.13%) Legacy Systems
12 7 (1.87%) FlexPod
12 7 (1.87%) Hybrid Cloud
12 7 (1.87%) Video Conferencing
13 6 (1.60%) Distributed Systems
13 6 (1.60%) Reference Data
14 5 (1.33%) Taxonomies
15 4 (1.07%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 15 (4.00%) Windows
2 14 (3.73%) Linux
3 8 (2.13%) Windows Server
4 5 (1.33%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 144 (38.40%) Decision-Making
2 132 (35.20%) Continuous Improvement
3 126 (33.60%) Analytics
4 106 (28.27%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 92 (24.53%) AI
6 88 (23.47%) Business Intelligence
7 86 (22.93%) DevOps
8 85 (22.67%) Problem-Solving
9 79 (21.07%) Test Automation
10 75 (20.00%) Roadmaps
10 75 (20.00%) Software Engineering
11 73 (19.47%) Agile
11 73 (19.47%) Data Governance
12 72 (19.20%) Project Delivery
13 68 (18.13%) Mentoring
14 67 (17.87%) Performance Management
15 66 (17.60%) CRM
16 59 (15.73%) Enterprise Architecture
17 56 (14.93%) Data Modelling
18 54 (14.40%) Digital Marketing
Programming Languages
1 122 (32.53%) Python
2 75 (20.00%) C#
3 67 (17.87%) JavaScript
4 66 (17.60%) SQL
5 55 (14.67%) TypeScript
6 50 (13.33%) PowerShell
7 10 (2.67%) Java
8 4 (1.07%) Scala
9 2 (0.53%) PHP
10 1 (0.27%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 1 (0.27%) R
10 1 (0.27%) T-SQL
10 1 (0.27%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 37 (9.87%) Degree
2 24 (6.40%) Security Cleared
3 20 (5.33%) SC Cleared
4 9 (2.40%) CIPD
4 9 (2.40%) Microsoft Certification
5 8 (2.13%) Azure Certification
6 6 (1.60%) PMI Certification
6 6 (1.60%) PMP
7 5 (1.33%) AWS Certification
7 5 (1.33%) BPSS Clearance
8 4 (1.07%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
8 4 (1.07%) CCNP
8 4 (1.07%) Cisco Certification
9 3 (0.80%) CCNA
9 3 (0.80%) Computer Science Degree
9 3 (0.80%) DBS Check
9 3 (0.80%) DV Cleared
10 2 (0.53%) CITP
11 1 (0.27%) OCP
11 1 (0.27%) Oracle Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 93 (24.80%) Data Quality
2 69 (18.40%) QA
3 54 (14.40%) GDPR
4 26 (6.93%) California Consumer Privacy Act
5 16 (4.27%) Accessibility
6 5 (1.33%) Cyber Essentials
7 4 (1.07%) Def Stans
7 4 (1.07%) ISO 9000
7 4 (1.07%) ISO/IEC 15288
8 3 (0.80%) ISO 19650
9 2 (0.53%) IFRS
9 2 (0.53%) IFRS 17
9 2 (0.53%) PERC
9 2 (0.53%) PMO
9 2 (0.53%) Solvency II
10 1 (0.27%) ECSS
10 1 (0.27%) ISO 14001
10 1 (0.27%) ISO 22301
10 1 (0.27%) ISO 9001
10 1 (0.27%) SLA
System Software
1 13 (3.47%) Active Directory
2 9 (2.40%) Docker
3 4 (1.07%) Hyper-V
3 4 (1.07%) Microsoft Virtual Server
3 4 (1.07%) Virtual Servers
3 4 (1.07%) VMware Infrastructure
3 4 (1.07%) vSphere
4 3 (0.80%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 16 (4.27%) Ansible
2 10 (2.67%) Kubernetes
3 7 (1.87%) Cisco CUCM
3 7 (1.87%) Grafana
Vendors
1 93 (24.80%) Microsoft
2 28 (7.47%) Adobe
3 17 (4.53%) Cisco
4 13 (3.47%) Google
4 13 (3.47%) Informatica
4 13 (3.47%) Salesforce
5 12 (3.20%) Databricks
6 11 (2.93%) Oracle
6 11 (2.93%) SAP
7 10 (2.67%) Fortinet
7 10 (2.67%) Palo Alto
8 7 (1.87%) ServiceNow
8 7 (1.87%) Splunk
8 7 (1.87%) Talend
8 7 (1.87%) VMware
9 6 (1.60%) IFS
10 4 (1.07%) Epicor
10 4 (1.07%) HubSpot
10 4 (1.07%) Infor
10 4 (1.07%) Veeam