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

6 months to
11 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 121 122 122
Rank change year-on-year +1 0 +17
Permanent jobs citing Data Management 330 460 581
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 2.20% 2.79% 2.68%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.52% 2.98% 2.86%
Number of salaries quoted 185 264 397
10th Percentile £20,000 £41,250 £38,734
25th Percentile £42,000 £52,313 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £75,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -20.00% +20.00% -10.71%
75th Percentile £80,000 £118,750 £90,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £152,500 £107,500
UK median annual salary £60,000 £70,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year -14.29% +12.00% -10.71%

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 13,114 15,432 20,281
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 87.46% 93.53% 93.47%
Number of salaries quoted 8,324 9,112 16,422
10th Percentile £30,000 £36,250 £36,250
25th Percentile £41,250 £46,938 £45,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% +4.17% -4.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £82,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £100,000 £97,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -4.00%

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 11 January 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 8 (2.42%) Confluence
1 8 (2.42%) SharePoint
2 6 (1.82%) Apache Airflow
3 5 (1.52%) IIS
3 5 (1.52%) SAS
4 2 (0.61%) Apache
4 2 (0.61%) Moodle
4 2 (0.61%) Umbraco
5 1 (0.30%) ArcGIS
5 1 (0.30%) GeoServer
5 1 (0.30%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 26 (7.88%) Microsoft Excel
2 14 (4.24%) Oracle Smart View
3 7 (2.12%) Microsoft Office
4 3 (0.91%) MS Visio
5 1 (0.30%) Adobe Creative Suite
5 1 (0.30%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 28 (8.48%) Oracle Assets
1 28 (8.48%) Oracle Financials
1 28 (8.48%) Oracle General Ledger
1 28 (8.48%) Oracle Payables
1 28 (8.48%) Oracle Receivables
2 19 (5.76%) Oracle ERP
3 14 (4.24%) Hyperion Planning
4 10 (3.03%) Dynamics CRM
5 5 (1.52%) Dynamics NAV
5 5 (1.52%) Magento
5 5 (1.52%) Shopify
6 4 (1.21%) Salesforce CRM
6 4 (1.21%) SAP S/4HANA
7 3 (0.91%) NetSuite
8 2 (0.61%) Adaptiv
8 2 (0.61%) Infor SunSystems
8 2 (0.61%) Markit EDM
9 1 (0.30%) Dynamics GP
9 1 (0.30%) Primavera
Cloud Services
1 126 (38.18%) Azure
2 66 (20.00%) Power Platform
3 52 (15.76%) Snowflake
4 24 (7.27%) AWS
5 21 (6.36%) GCP
6 17 (5.15%) Azure DevOps
7 16 (4.85%) Dynamics 365
8 10 (3.03%) SaaS
9 9 (2.73%) Azure Data Factory
10 8 (2.42%) Microsoft 365
11 6 (1.82%) Azure Machine Learning
11 6 (1.82%) GitHub
11 6 (1.82%) Microsoft Purview
12 5 (1.52%) Alation
12 5 (1.52%) Amazon S3
13 4 (1.21%) Azure Synapse Analytics
13 4 (1.21%) Cloud Composer
13 4 (1.21%) Collibra
13 4 (1.21%) OCI
13 4 (1.21%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 4 (1.21%) Broadband
2 3 (0.91%) PuTTY
3 2 (0.61%) BGP
3 2 (0.61%) Cisco ASA
3 2 (0.61%) Firewall
4 1 (0.30%) ADSL
4 1 (0.30%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 76 (23.03%) Data Warehouse
2 61 (18.48%) Power BI
3 31 (9.39%) Tableau
4 28 (8.48%) SQL Server
5 26 (7.88%) Metadata
6 21 (6.36%) Data Lake
7 18 (5.45%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 16 (4.85%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 14 (4.24%) Essbase
9 14 (4.24%) Oracle BI Publisher
10 11 (3.33%) BigQuery
11 9 (2.73%) Amazon Redshift
11 9 (2.73%) MySQL
12 8 (2.42%) BusinessObjects
13 6 (1.82%) Geospatial Data
13 6 (1.82%) QlikView
14 5 (1.52%) Metadata Repository
14 5 (1.52%) SAS EBI
15 4 (1.21%) Looker
15 4 (1.21%) Power Query
Development Applications
1 28 (8.48%) Oracle Forms
2 13 (3.94%) JIRA
3 9 (2.73%) Git
4 4 (1.21%) ER Studio
4 4 (1.21%) ERwin
4 4 (1.21%) GitLab
4 4 (1.21%) Jenkins
4 4 (1.21%) PowerDesigner
5 3 (0.91%) Maven
5 3 (0.91%) Sonatype Nexus
6 2 (0.61%) REST Assured
7 1 (0.30%) JUnit
7 1 (0.30%) Mockito
7 1 (0.30%) Postman
General
1 120 (36.36%) Social Skills
2 109 (33.03%) Finance
3 94 (28.48%) Analytical Skills
4 42 (12.73%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 41 (12.42%) Marketing
6 24 (7.27%) Organisational Skills
7 19 (5.76%) Public Sector
8 18 (5.45%) Banking
9 15 (4.55%) Retail
10 14 (4.24%) Influencing Skills
11 11 (3.33%) Legal
12 10 (3.03%) Manufacturing
13 9 (2.73%) Telecoms
14 8 (2.42%) Law
15 6 (1.82%) Advertising
15 6 (1.82%) Aerospace
15 6 (1.82%) Back Office
16 4 (1.21%) Aviation
16 4 (1.21%) Games
16 4 (1.21%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 72 (21.82%) Analyst
2 65 (19.70%) Architect
3 59 (17.88%) Senior
4 50 (15.15%) Data Architect
5 35 (10.61%) Developer
6 33 (10.00%) Senior Analyst
7 28 (8.48%) Oracle Analyst
7 28 (8.48%) Senior Oracle Analyst
8 22 (6.67%) Lead
9 21 (6.36%) Data Manager
10 19 (5.76%) Data Analyst
11 16 (4.85%) Business Analyst
11 16 (4.85%) Data Engineer
12 12 (3.64%) Consultant
12 12 (3.64%) Report Developer
13 10 (3.03%) Enterprise Architect
13 10 (3.03%) ERP Analyst
14 9 (2.73%) Administrator
15 8 (2.42%) Data Business Analyst
15 8 (2.42%) Senior Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (3.33%) Middleware
2 9 (2.73%) REST
3 8 (2.42%) SOAP
4 5 (1.52%) .NET
4 5 (1.52%) .NET Framework
4 5 (1.52%) Entity Framework
4 5 (1.52%) WinForms
5 4 (1.21%) EDI
6 3 (0.91%) ActiveMQ
6 3 (0.91%) JSON
6 3 (0.91%) RAML
6 3 (0.91%) RESTful
6 3 (0.91%) Spring
6 3 (0.91%) Spring Boot
6 3 (0.91%) XML
7 2 (0.61%) Grails
7 2 (0.61%) Hibernate
7 2 (0.61%) Pandas
7 2 (0.61%) Playwright
7 2 (0.61%) PySpark
Miscellaneous
1 35 (10.61%) Management Information System
2 27 (8.18%) Legacy Systems
3 22 (6.67%) Blog
4 14 (4.24%) Analytical Mindset
5 13 (3.94%) Product Ownership
6 12 (3.64%) Reference Data
7 10 (3.03%) Onboarding
8 7 (2.12%) NHS
9 6 (1.82%) Algorithms
9 6 (1.82%) Reinsurance
10 5 (1.52%) Data Protection Act
10 5 (1.52%) Data Structures
10 5 (1.52%) Self-Motivation
11 4 (1.21%) Housing Association
12 3 (0.91%) Enterprise Software
12 3 (0.91%) PKI
13 2 (0.61%) Credit Risk
13 2 (0.61%) FMCG
13 2 (0.61%) Semantic Web
13 2 (0.61%) Taxonomies
Operating Systems
1 6 (1.82%) Windows
2 4 (1.21%) Linux
3 2 (0.61%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 122 (36.97%) Analytics
2 94 (28.48%) Business Intelligence
3 72 (21.82%) Data Modelling
3 72 (21.82%) Visualisation
4 70 (21.21%) Data Architecture
4 70 (21.21%) Problem-Solving
5 69 (20.91%) Data Integration
6 67 (20.30%) Data Governance
7 59 (17.88%) Continuous Improvement
7 59 (17.88%) Data Visualisation
8 58 (17.58%) Agile
9 55 (16.67%) Data Engineering
9 55 (16.67%) Decision-Making
10 51 (15.45%) ETL
11 50 (15.15%) Data Strategy
12 49 (14.85%) DevOps
12 49 (14.85%) Migration
13 48 (14.55%) ERP
14 46 (13.94%) E-Commerce
15 44 (13.33%) AI
Programming Languages
1 118 (35.76%) SQL
2 45 (13.64%) Python
3 14 (4.24%) Groovy
4 13 (3.94%) Java
5 12 (3.64%) T-SQL
6 7 (2.12%) C#
7 5 (1.52%) PL/SQL
8 4 (1.21%) Fortran
9 3 (0.91%) PowerShell
9 3 (0.91%) R
10 2 (0.61%) C++
10 2 (0.61%) JavaScript
10 2 (0.61%) TypeScript
11 1 (0.30%) ANSI SQL
Qualifications
1 64 (19.39%) Degree
2 20 (6.06%) Computer Science Degree
3 19 (5.76%) Security Cleared
4 17 (5.15%) SC Cleared
5 13 (3.94%) DBS Check
6 7 (2.12%) Master's Degree
7 5 (1.52%) Azure Certification
7 5 (1.52%) CISA
7 5 (1.52%) CISM
7 5 (1.52%) CISSP
7 5 (1.52%) CRISC
7 5 (1.52%) ITIL Certification
8 4 (1.21%) CITP
8 4 (1.21%) Microsoft Certification
9 3 (0.91%) BPSS Clearance
10 2 (0.61%) CFA
10 2 (0.61%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
10 2 (0.61%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
10 2 (0.61%) PMI Certification
10 2 (0.61%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 72 (21.82%) Data Quality
2 46 (13.94%) Accessibility
3 13 (3.94%) GDPR
4 12 (3.64%) QA
5 8 (2.42%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 6 (1.82%) NIST
7 5 (1.52%) COBIT
7 5 (1.52%) GRC
7 5 (1.52%) ITGC
8 2 (0.61%) ECSS
8 2 (0.61%) ISO 9001
8 2 (0.61%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 1 (0.30%) Actionable Recommendations
9 1 (0.30%) California Consumer Privacy Act
9 1 (0.30%) HIPAA
System Software
1 11 (3.33%) Docker
2 3 (0.91%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (0.61%) Firmware
3 2 (0.61%) Virtual Machines
3 2 (0.61%) VMware NSX
4 1 (0.30%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 7 (2.12%) Kubernetes
1 7 (2.12%) Terraform
2 2 (0.61%) Microsoft Intune
3 1 (0.30%) vRealize Orchestrator
Vendors
1 98 (29.70%) Microsoft
2 35 (10.61%) Oracle
3 25 (7.58%) Databricks
4 17 (5.15%) Google
5 16 (4.85%) SAP
6 14 (4.24%) Hyperion
7 12 (3.64%) Salesforce
8 11 (3.33%) Informatica
9 6 (1.82%) ServiceNow
10 5 (1.52%) ConnectWise
10 5 (1.52%) Sage
10 5 (1.52%) WooCommerce
10 5 (1.52%) Xamarin
10 5 (1.52%) Zoho
11 4 (1.21%) Alteryx
11 4 (1.21%) IBM
11 4 (1.21%) MuleSoft
11 4 (1.21%) Planon
12 3 (0.91%) Teradata
12 3 (0.91%) VMware