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 21 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 110 150 122
Rank change year-on-year +40 -28 +40
Permanent jobs citing Data Management 366 430 587
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 2.38% 2.18% 2.74%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.61% 2.45% 2.89%
Number of salaries quoted 208 236 409
10th Percentile £28,513 £39,500 £42,500
25th Percentile £42,500 £45,000 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £65,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -3.85% +4.00% -10.71%
75th Percentile £83,750 £82,500 £95,000
90th Percentile £112,500 £108,750 £110,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £60,500 £64,000
% change year-on-year -0.83% -5.47% -5.19%

All Process and 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 14,039 17,559 20,327
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 91.39% 88.91% 94.99%
Number of salaries quoted 8,801 10,479 16,445
10th Percentile £29,500 £36,250 £36,750
25th Percentile £40,000 £46,250 £46,306
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £62,500 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -8.00% - -
75th Percentile £77,500 £81,250 £80,070
90th Percentile £98,000 £100,000 £97,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -

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 21 November 2025.

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 (2.19%) Confluence
1 8 (2.19%) SharePoint
2 5 (1.37%) IIS
2 5 (1.37%) SAS
3 4 (1.09%) Apache
4 3 (0.82%) ArcGIS
5 2 (0.55%) Apache Airflow
5 2 (0.55%) Apache Spark
5 2 (0.55%) Moodle
5 2 (0.55%) Umbraco
6 1 (0.27%) GeoServer
6 1 (0.27%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 27 (7.38%) Microsoft Excel
2 8 (2.19%) Oracle Smart View
3 5 (1.37%) Microsoft Office
4 1 (0.27%) Adobe Creative Suite
4 1 (0.27%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.27%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 16 (4.37%) Oracle Assets
1 16 (4.37%) Oracle Financials
1 16 (4.37%) Oracle General Ledger
1 16 (4.37%) Oracle Payables
1 16 (4.37%) Oracle Receivables
2 12 (3.28%) Oracle ERP
3 9 (2.46%) Dynamics CRM
4 8 (2.19%) Adaptiv
4 8 (2.19%) Hyperion Planning
5 5 (1.37%) Salesforce CRM
6 3 (0.82%) Dynamics GP
6 3 (0.82%) SAP S/4HANA
7 2 (0.55%) Infor SunSystems
7 2 (0.55%) Markit EDM
7 2 (0.55%) NetSuite
7 2 (0.55%) Oracle EBS
7 2 (0.55%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
8 1 (0.27%) iTrent
8 1 (0.27%) Primavera
Cloud Services
1 129 (35.25%) Azure
2 68 (18.58%) Power Platform
3 50 (13.66%) Snowflake
4 32 (8.74%) GCP
5 31 (8.47%) AWS
6 16 (4.37%) Azure DevOps
7 12 (3.28%) Dynamics 365
8 11 (3.01%) Azure Data Factory
8 11 (3.01%) Microsoft Purview
9 9 (2.46%) SaaS
10 8 (2.19%) GitHub
11 7 (1.91%) Collibra
11 7 (1.91%) Microsoft 365
11 7 (1.91%) PowerApps
12 6 (1.64%) Alation
13 5 (1.37%) iPaaS
13 5 (1.37%) Power Automate
14 4 (1.09%) Azure Logic Apps
14 4 (1.09%) Azure Synapse Analytics
14 4 (1.09%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 3 (0.82%) DHCP
1 3 (0.82%) DNS
1 3 (0.82%) InfiniBand
2 2 (0.55%) Broadband
3 1 (0.27%) ADSL
3 1 (0.27%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 83 (22.68%) Data Warehouse
2 62 (16.94%) Power BI
3 38 (10.38%) Tableau
4 29 (7.92%) Metadata
5 26 (7.10%) SQL Server
6 20 (5.46%) Data Lake
6 20 (5.46%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 16 (4.37%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 10 (2.73%) Amazon Redshift
8 10 (2.73%) BigQuery
8 10 (2.73%) NoSQL
9 9 (2.46%) Tick Data
10 8 (2.19%) BusinessObjects
10 8 (2.19%) Essbase
10 8 (2.19%) MySQL
10 8 (2.19%) Oracle BI Publisher
11 7 (1.91%) Geospatial Data
12 6 (1.64%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
12 6 (1.64%) QlikView
13 5 (1.37%) Azure SQL Database
Development Applications
1 16 (4.37%) Oracle Forms
2 9 (2.46%) JIRA
3 8 (2.19%) Git
4 5 (1.37%) ERwin
5 4 (1.09%) ER Studio
5 4 (1.09%) PowerDesigner
6 2 (0.55%) GitLab
7 1 (0.27%) Jenkins
7 1 (0.27%) JUnit
7 1 (0.27%) Mockito
7 1 (0.27%) Postman
General
1 145 (39.62%) Social Skills
2 132 (36.07%) Finance
3 90 (24.59%) Analytical Skills
4 43 (11.75%) Marketing
5 34 (9.29%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 32 (8.74%) Banking
7 25 (6.83%) Organisational Skills
8 24 (6.56%) Retail
9 18 (4.92%) Public Sector
10 17 (4.64%) Manufacturing
11 15 (4.10%) Influencing Skills
12 12 (3.28%) Legal
13 9 (2.46%) Law
14 8 (2.19%) Billing
14 8 (2.19%) Games
14 8 (2.19%) Telecoms
15 6 (1.64%) Advertising
15 6 (1.64%) Aerospace
15 6 (1.64%) Local Government
16 4 (1.09%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 72 (19.67%) Analyst
2 67 (18.31%) Architect
3 52 (14.21%) Senior
4 48 (13.11%) Data Architect
5 45 (12.30%) Developer
6 28 (7.65%) Lead
7 25 (6.83%) Business Analyst
7 25 (6.83%) Data Analyst
8 23 (6.28%) Data Manager
9 22 (6.01%) Senior Analyst
10 21 (5.74%) Administrator
11 17 (4.64%) Data Engineer
12 16 (4.37%) Oracle Analyst
12 16 (4.37%) Senior Oracle Analyst
13 15 (4.10%) Consultant
14 11 (3.01%) Data Business Analyst
14 11 (3.01%) Data Warehouse Developer
14 11 (3.01%) ETL Developer
14 11 (3.01%) Report Developer
14 11 (3.01%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (2.46%) .NET
2 6 (1.64%) .NET Framework
2 6 (1.64%) Middleware
3 5 (1.37%) Entity Framework
3 5 (1.37%) WinForms
4 4 (1.09%) CSS
4 4 (1.09%) HTML
5 3 (0.82%) JSON
5 3 (0.82%) Pandas
5 3 (0.82%) React
5 3 (0.82%) RESTful
5 3 (0.82%) Spring
5 3 (0.82%) Spring Boot
5 3 (0.82%) XML
6 2 (0.55%) CSS3
6 2 (0.55%) Express.js
6 2 (0.55%) Grails
6 2 (0.55%) HTML5
6 2 (0.55%) Node.js
6 2 (0.55%) OAuth
Miscellaneous
1 49 (13.39%) Management Information System
2 24 (6.56%) Legacy Systems
3 17 (4.64%) Blog
4 16 (4.37%) Analytical Mindset
5 15 (4.10%) Self-Motivation
6 12 (3.28%) Product Ownership
7 11 (3.01%) Reference Data
8 10 (2.73%) Credit Risk
8 10 (2.73%) Onboarding
9 9 (2.46%) Market Risk
10 8 (2.19%) Cloud Native
11 6 (1.64%) Reinsurance
12 5 (1.37%) Data Structures
12 5 (1.37%) IoT
12 5 (1.37%) NHS
13 4 (1.09%) Freedom of Information
14 3 (0.82%) Enterprise Software
14 3 (0.82%) Housing Association
14 3 (0.82%) PKI
14 3 (0.82%) Taxonomies
Operating Systems
1 7 (1.91%) Windows
2 4 (1.09%) Linux
3 2 (0.55%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 130 (35.52%) Analytics
2 96 (26.23%) Business Intelligence
3 92 (25.14%) Problem-Solving
4 80 (21.86%) Agile
5 79 (21.58%) Data Modelling
6 76 (20.77%) Data Governance
7 73 (19.95%) Continuous Improvement
8 68 (18.58%) Data Architecture
9 63 (17.21%) Data Engineering
9 63 (17.21%) Data Integration
9 63 (17.21%) Decision-Making
10 60 (16.39%) Visualisation
11 52 (14.21%) Data Visualisation
11 52 (14.21%) ETL
12 47 (12.84%) AI
13 45 (12.30%) Migration
14 44 (12.02%) DevOps
15 43 (11.75%) Validation
16 37 (10.11%) Data Strategy
16 37 (10.11%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 119 (32.51%) SQL
2 64 (17.49%) Python
3 20 (5.46%) Java
4 13 (3.55%) C#
5 9 (2.46%) T-SQL
6 8 (2.19%) Groovy
6 8 (2.19%) R
7 6 (1.64%) JavaScript
7 6 (1.64%) PL/SQL
8 4 (1.09%) Fortran
9 3 (0.82%) Bash
9 3 (0.82%) Perl
10 2 (0.55%) C++
11 1 (0.27%) ANSI SQL
11 1 (0.27%) PowerShell
11 1 (0.27%) TypeScript
11 1 (0.27%) VBA
Qualifications
1 70 (19.13%) Degree
2 22 (6.01%) Computer Science Degree
3 17 (4.64%) DBS Check
4 14 (3.83%) CFA
4 14 (3.83%) PMI Certification
4 14 (3.83%) PMP
5 13 (3.55%) ITIL Certification
6 12 (3.28%) Azure Certification
7 11 (3.01%) Security Cleared
8 9 (2.46%) Master's Degree
8 9 (2.46%) SC Cleared
9 8 (2.19%) Microsoft Certification
10 7 (1.91%) AWS Certification
10 7 (1.91%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
11 5 (1.37%) BPSS Clearance
11 5 (1.37%) CISA
11 5 (1.37%) CISM
11 5 (1.37%) CISSP
11 5 (1.37%) CRISC
12 4 (1.09%) MCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 80 (21.86%) Data Quality
2 47 (12.84%) Accessibility
3 30 (8.20%) GDPR
4 12 (3.28%) NIST
4 12 (3.28%) QA
5 8 (2.19%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 7 (1.91%) HIPAA
7 5 (1.37%) COBIT
7 5 (1.37%) GRC
7 5 (1.37%) ITGC
8 4 (1.09%) ISO 9001
9 2 (0.55%) ECSS
9 2 (0.55%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 1 (0.27%) Actionable Recommendations
10 1 (0.27%) California Consumer Privacy Act
System Software
1 23 (6.28%) Docker
2 3 (0.82%) GPFS
2 3 (0.82%) Lustre
2 3 (0.82%) NFS
3 2 (0.55%) Firmware
3 2 (0.55%) Virtual Machines
4 1 (0.27%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (0.27%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 13 (3.55%) Kubernetes
2 5 (1.37%) Terraform
3 2 (0.55%) Microsoft Intune
4 1 (0.27%) vRealize Orchestrator
Vendors
1 96 (26.23%) Microsoft
2 33 (9.02%) Databricks
3 31 (8.47%) Google
4 21 (5.74%) Oracle
5 17 (4.64%) SAP
6 14 (3.83%) Murex
7 13 (3.55%) Informatica
8 10 (2.73%) Salesforce
9 9 (2.46%) Alteryx
10 8 (2.19%) FIS
10 8 (2.19%) Hyperion
11 7 (1.91%) Sage
12 6 (1.64%) IBM
13 5 (1.37%) Xamarin
13 5 (1.37%) Zoho
14 3 (0.82%) Teradata
15 2 (0.55%) Adobe
15 2 (0.55%) HubSpot
15 2 (0.55%) ServiceNow
15 2 (0.55%) Talend