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

6 months to
12 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 169 105 102
Rank change year-on-year -64 -3 +13
Permanent jobs citing Data Management 363 531 904
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 1.70% 3.21% 2.83%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.05% 3.44% 3.19%
Number of salaries quoted 186 259 451
10th Percentile £31,250 £32,500 £37,199
25th Percentile £41,250 £50,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £69,840 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -21.25% +16.40% -5.14%
75th Percentile £74,750 £108,750 £80,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £132,500 £95,000
UK median annual salary £57,500 £64,814 £60,000
% change year-on-year -11.28% +8.02% -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 17,688 15,434 28,381
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 82.75% 93.34% 88.85%
Number of salaries quoted 12,944 9,142 21,602
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 £78,750 £75,772
90th Percentile £100,000 £102,500 £95,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +4.35% +4.55% -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 12 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 (4.13%) SharePoint
2 4 (1.10%) Apache Spark
2 4 (1.10%) Microsoft Exchange
3 3 (0.83%) Apache Airflow
4 2 (0.55%) ArcGIS
4 2 (0.55%) SAS
4 2 (0.55%) WordPress
5 1 (0.28%) Apache
Applications
1 55 (15.15%) Microsoft Excel
2 14 (3.86%) Microsoft Office
3 13 (3.58%) Microsoft Project
4 11 (3.03%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 4 (1.10%) Spreadsheet
5 4 (1.10%) Windchill
6 3 (0.83%) Blender
6 3 (0.83%) Maya
7 2 (0.55%) Adobe Creative Suite
7 2 (0.55%) Chatbot
8 1 (0.28%) Adobe XD
8 1 (0.28%) EngageOne
Business Applications
1 34 (9.37%) Adobe Campaign
2 14 (3.86%) Dynamics CRM
3 6 (1.65%) NetSuite
4 4 (1.10%) Dynamics NAV
4 4 (1.10%) Magento
4 4 (1.10%) Raiser’s Edge
4 4 (1.10%) Shopify
5 1 (0.28%) HFM
5 1 (0.28%) Salesforce CRM
5 1 (0.28%) TIBCO iProcess
Cloud Services
1 69 (19.01%) Power Platform
2 62 (17.08%) Azure
3 49 (13.50%) AWS
4 33 (9.09%) SaaS
5 23 (6.34%) GCP
5 23 (6.34%) Power Automate
6 18 (4.96%) Microsoft 365
7 17 (4.68%) Dynamics 365
8 15 (4.13%) Microsoft Purview
9 13 (3.58%) Entra ID
10 9 (2.48%) PowerApps
11 7 (1.93%) Azure Logic Apps
11 7 (1.93%) dbt
11 7 (1.93%) GitHub
12 5 (1.38%) Amazon S3
13 4 (1.10%) Amazon EKS
13 4 (1.10%) Azure Data Factory
13 4 (1.10%) Azure DevOps
13 4 (1.10%) Snowflake
14 3 (0.83%) Anthropic Claude
Communications & Networking
1 38 (10.47%) Broadband
2 19 (5.23%) Firewall
3 14 (3.86%) VLAN
4 13 (3.58%) LAN
4 13 (3.58%) WAN
5 12 (3.31%) Cisco ASA
6 9 (2.48%) Cisco Firepower
6 9 (2.48%) Unified Communications
6 9 (2.48%) WebEx
7 7 (1.93%) BGP
7 7 (1.93%) TCP/IP
8 5 (1.38%) Network Security
9 4 (1.10%) DHCP
9 4 (1.10%) DNS
9 4 (1.10%) MPLS
9 4 (1.10%) OSPF
9 4 (1.10%) VoIP
10 3 (0.83%) SD-WAN
10 3 (0.83%) Software-Defined Networking
10 3 (0.83%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 58 (15.98%) Power BI
2 33 (9.09%) Metadata
3 21 (5.79%) SQL Server
4 20 (5.51%) Tableau
5 11 (3.03%) Data Lake
5 11 (3.03%) Data Warehouse
6 9 (2.48%) PostgreSQL
7 8 (2.20%) Relational Database
8 5 (1.38%) Geospatial Data
8 5 (1.38%) GIS
8 5 (1.38%) MySQL
9 4 (1.10%) BigQuery
9 4 (1.10%) Delta Lake
9 4 (1.10%) Elasticsearch
10 3 (0.83%) MongoDB
10 3 (0.83%) Power Query
10 3 (0.83%) Spatial Data
11 2 (0.55%) Amazon Athena
11 2 (0.55%) Electronic Patient Records
11 2 (0.55%) Neo4j
Development Applications
1 10 (2.75%) JIRA
2 8 (2.20%) Git
2 8 (2.20%) GitLab
3 1 (0.28%) ER Studio
3 1 (0.28%) ERwin
3 1 (0.28%) Jenkins
3 1 (0.28%) Mocha
3 1 (0.28%) Toad
General
1 154 (42.42%) Social Skills
2 87 (23.97%) Analytical Skills
3 84 (23.14%) Finance
4 65 (17.91%) Marketing
5 54 (14.88%) Public Sector
6 35 (9.64%) Retail
7 34 (9.37%) Telecoms
8 32 (8.82%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 31 (8.54%) Law
10 29 (7.99%) Legal
11 24 (6.61%) Banking
12 20 (5.51%) Organisational Skills
13 7 (1.93%) Back Office
13 7 (1.93%) Billing
14 5 (1.38%) Welsh Language
15 4 (1.10%) Advertising
15 4 (1.10%) Environmental Health
15 4 (1.10%) General Ledger
15 4 (1.10%) Influencing Skills
15 4 (1.10%) Military
Job Titles
1 117 (32.23%) Senior
2 58 (15.98%) Senior Manager
3 48 (13.22%) Analyst
4 45 (12.40%) Architect
5 39 (10.74%) Administrator
6 37 (10.19%) Campaign Manager
7 35 (9.64%) Data Architect
8 32 (8.82%) Data Manager
9 28 (7.71%) Data Governance Analyst
9 28 (7.71%) Data Governance Manager
9 28 (7.71%) Governance Manager
10 26 (7.16%) Product Manager
11 25 (6.89%) Testing Manager
12 24 (6.61%) Data Analyst
13 22 (6.06%) Senior Analyst
14 19 (5.23%) Senior Architect
14 19 (5.23%) Senior Data Architect
15 17 (4.68%) Data Engineer
15 17 (4.68%) Senior Data Analyst
16 16 (4.41%) Applications Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 14 (3.86%) .NET
2 13 (3.58%) ASP.NET
3 11 (3.03%) JSON
4 10 (2.75%) Node.js
5 9 (2.48%) .NET Framework
5 9 (2.48%) ASP.NET MVC
5 9 (2.48%) Classic ASP
5 9 (2.48%) Entity Framework
5 9 (2.48%) Google Maps API
5 9 (2.48%) XML
5 9 (2.48%) XMPP
6 8 (2.20%) Middleware
7 6 (1.65%) AngularJS
7 6 (1.65%) Kafka
8 5 (1.38%) OAuth
8 5 (1.38%) PySpark
8 5 (1.38%) RESTful
9 4 (1.10%) OpenID
9 4 (1.10%) REST
9 4 (1.10%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 49 (13.50%) Product Ownership
2 41 (11.29%) Social Media
3 35 (9.64%) Management Information System
3 35 (9.64%) Marketing Technology
4 34 (9.37%) Over-the-Top Content
5 29 (7.99%) Virtual Team
6 20 (5.51%) Data Structures
7 11 (3.03%) Onboarding
8 9 (2.48%) Blog
8 9 (2.48%) FlexPod
8 9 (2.48%) Hybrid Cloud
8 9 (2.48%) Public Cloud
8 9 (2.48%) Video Conferencing
9 7 (1.93%) Algorithms
9 7 (1.93%) Cloud Native
9 7 (1.93%) Data Centre
9 7 (1.93%) Reference Data
9 7 (1.93%) Self-Motivation
10 6 (1.65%) Replication
11 5 (1.38%) Distributed Systems
Operating Systems
1 18 (4.96%) Linux
2 10 (2.75%) Windows
2 10 (2.75%) Windows Server
3 4 (1.10%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 117 (32.23%) Decision-Making
2 113 (31.13%) Analytics
3 96 (26.45%) Problem-Solving
4 91 (25.07%) Data Governance
5 81 (22.31%) Continuous Improvement
6 75 (20.66%) Roadmaps
7 74 (20.39%) Business Intelligence
7 74 (20.39%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 69 (19.01%) Agile
8 69 (19.01%) DevOps
9 64 (17.63%) CRM
10 61 (16.80%) Mentoring
11 60 (16.53%) Data Modelling
12 55 (15.15%) Data Strategy
13 47 (12.95%) AI
14 45 (12.40%) Software Engineering
15 43 (11.85%) Data Architecture
16 40 (11.02%) Data Analysis
17 38 (10.47%) Customer Experience
17 38 (10.47%) Performance Management
Programming Languages
1 92 (25.34%) Python
2 69 (19.01%) SQL
3 42 (11.57%) C#
3 42 (11.57%) JavaScript
4 31 (8.54%) TypeScript
5 27 (7.44%) PowerShell
6 11 (3.03%) Java
7 6 (1.65%) Scala
8 5 (1.38%) T-SQL
9 3 (0.83%) R
9 3 (0.83%) VBA
10 2 (0.55%) PHP
11 1 (0.28%) Apex Code
11 1 (0.28%) Data Analysis Expressions
11 1 (0.28%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 36 (9.92%) Degree
2 19 (5.23%) Security Cleared
3 13 (3.58%) SC Cleared
4 9 (2.48%) CIPD
5 8 (2.20%) DBS Check
5 8 (2.20%) Microsoft Certification
6 7 (1.93%) Azure Certification
7 5 (1.38%) CISA
7 5 (1.38%) CISM
7 5 (1.38%) CISSP
7 5 (1.38%) ISACA
7 5 (1.38%) PMI Certification
7 5 (1.38%) PMP
7 5 (1.38%) SANS
8 4 (1.10%) AWS Certification
8 4 (1.10%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 3 (0.83%) BPSS Clearance
9 3 (0.83%) CCNA
9 3 (0.83%) CCNP
9 3 (0.83%) Cisco Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 92 (25.34%) Data Quality
2 44 (12.12%) QA
3 43 (11.85%) GDPR
4 18 (4.96%) California Consumer Privacy Act
5 7 (1.93%) Actionable Recommendations
6 6 (1.65%) Accessibility
7 5 (1.38%) GRC
7 5 (1.38%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 5 (1.38%) NIST
7 5 (1.38%) NIST 800
8 4 (1.10%) Cyber Essentials
8 4 (1.10%) Def Stans
8 4 (1.10%) ISO 9000
8 4 (1.10%) ISO/IEC 15288
9 2 (0.55%) PMO
10 1 (0.28%) IFRS
10 1 (0.28%) IFRS 17
10 1 (0.28%) SLA
10 1 (0.28%) Solvency II
System Software
1 13 (3.58%) Active Directory
2 12 (3.31%) Docker
3 9 (2.48%) VMware Infrastructure
4 6 (1.65%) Microsoft Virtual Server
4 6 (1.65%) Virtual Servers
4 6 (1.65%) VMware NSX
4 6 (1.65%) vSphere
5 4 (1.10%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 15 (4.13%) Ansible
1 15 (4.13%) Kubernetes
1 15 (4.13%) Terraform
2 9 (2.48%) Cisco CUCM
2 9 (2.48%) Grafana
3 5 (1.38%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
3 5 (1.38%) RSA Archer
4 1 (0.28%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 101 (27.82%) Microsoft
2 37 (10.19%) Adobe
3 21 (5.79%) Google
4 19 (5.23%) Salesforce
5 16 (4.41%) Cisco
6 12 (3.31%) Fortinet
6 12 (3.31%) Palo Alto
6 12 (3.31%) VMware
7 11 (3.03%) Oracle
8 10 (2.75%) Databricks
8 10 (2.75%) ServiceNow
9 9 (2.48%) SAP
9 9 (2.48%) Splunk
10 8 (2.20%) HubSpot
11 6 (1.65%) CheckPoint
11 6 (1.65%) IFS
11 6 (1.65%) NetApp
12 5 (1.38%) Planon
13 4 (1.10%) OpenAI
13 4 (1.10%) WooCommerce