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

6 months to
2 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 114 114 130
Rank change year-on-year 0 +16 +8
Permanent jobs citing Data Management 372 482 668
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 2.36% 3.00% 2.43%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.72% 3.18% 2.62%
Number of salaries quoted 217 288 467
10th Percentile £20,000 £41,250 £38,734
25th Percentile £42,500 £53,750 £46,904
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,000 £77,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -20.00% +29.17% -16.23%
75th Percentile £77,424 £122,500 £85,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £160,000 £103,750
UK median annual salary £60,000 £73,833 £60,000
% change year-on-year -18.74% +23.06% -14.29%

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 13,657 15,174 25,524
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 86.56% 94.51% 92.89%
Number of salaries quoted 8,670 8,919 21,083
10th Percentile £30,000 £36,250 £35,000
25th Percentile £42,500 £47,500 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £62,779 £59,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.43% +6.40% -5.60%
75th Percentile £80,000 £82,500 £77,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £102,500 £95,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -12.00%

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 2 February 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 10 (2.69%) SharePoint
2 8 (2.15%) Apache Airflow
2 8 (2.15%) Confluence
3 6 (1.61%) SAS
4 5 (1.34%) IIS
5 2 (0.54%) Apache
5 2 (0.54%) Moodle
5 2 (0.54%) Umbraco
6 1 (0.27%) ArcGIS
6 1 (0.27%) GeoServer
6 1 (0.27%) Oracle Workflow
6 1 (0.27%) WordPress
Applications
1 29 (7.80%) Microsoft Excel
2 14 (3.76%) Oracle Smart View
3 10 (2.69%) Microsoft Office
4 3 (0.81%) MS Visio
5 2 (0.54%) Adobe Creative Suite
6 1 (0.27%) EngageOne
6 1 (0.27%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 28 (7.53%) Oracle Assets
1 28 (7.53%) Oracle Financials
1 28 (7.53%) Oracle General Ledger
1 28 (7.53%) Oracle Payables
1 28 (7.53%) Oracle Receivables
2 19 (5.11%) Oracle ERP
3 14 (3.76%) Hyperion Planning
4 11 (2.96%) Dynamics CRM
5 7 (1.88%) Dynamics NAV
5 7 (1.88%) Magento
5 7 (1.88%) Shopify
6 4 (1.08%) Salesforce CRM
6 4 (1.08%) SAP S/4HANA
7 3 (0.81%) NetSuite
8 2 (0.54%) Adaptiv
8 2 (0.54%) Infor SunSystems
8 2 (0.54%) Markit EDM
9 1 (0.27%) Dynamics GP
9 1 (0.27%) Primavera
9 1 (0.27%) TIBCO iProcess
Cloud Services
1 137 (36.83%) Azure
2 70 (18.82%) Power Platform
3 51 (13.71%) Snowflake
4 40 (10.75%) AWS
5 34 (9.14%) GCP
6 19 (5.11%) Azure DevOps
7 18 (4.84%) Dynamics 365
8 10 (2.69%) SaaS
9 9 (2.42%) Azure Data Factory
9 9 (2.42%) Azure Machine Learning
10 8 (2.15%) dbt
10 8 (2.15%) Microsoft 365
11 7 (1.88%) GitHub
12 6 (1.61%) Amazon S3
13 5 (1.34%) Alation
13 5 (1.34%) Microsoft Purview
14 4 (1.08%) Azure Synapse Analytics
14 4 (1.08%) Cloud Composer
14 4 (1.08%) Collibra
14 4 (1.08%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 5 (1.34%) BGP
2 4 (1.08%) Broadband
2 4 (1.08%) Cisco ASA
2 4 (1.08%) Firewall
3 3 (0.81%) PuTTY
4 1 (0.27%) ADSL
4 1 (0.27%) Ethernet VPN
4 1 (0.27%) Internet
4 1 (0.27%) LAN
4 1 (0.27%) MPLS
4 1 (0.27%) Network Security
4 1 (0.27%) OSPF
4 1 (0.27%) Structured Cabling
4 1 (0.27%) VLAN
4 1 (0.27%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 71 (19.09%) Data Warehouse
2 65 (17.47%) Power BI
3 39 (10.48%) Metadata
4 29 (7.80%) SQL Server
5 28 (7.53%) Tableau
6 21 (5.65%) Data Lake
7 17 (4.57%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 16 (4.30%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 14 (3.76%) BigQuery
9 14 (3.76%) Essbase
9 14 (3.76%) Oracle BI Publisher
10 9 (2.42%) Amazon Redshift
10 9 (2.42%) MySQL
11 8 (2.15%) BusinessObjects
11 8 (2.15%) Relational Database
12 6 (1.61%) Geospatial Data
12 6 (1.61%) QlikView
13 5 (1.34%) Metadata Repository
13 5 (1.34%) SAS EBI
14 4 (1.08%) Azure SQL Database
Development Applications
1 28 (7.53%) Oracle Forms
2 15 (4.03%) JIRA
3 10 (2.69%) Git
4 4 (1.08%) ER Studio
4 4 (1.08%) ERwin
4 4 (1.08%) GitLab
4 4 (1.08%) Jenkins
4 4 (1.08%) PowerDesigner
5 3 (0.81%) Maven
5 3 (0.81%) Sonatype Nexus
6 2 (0.54%) REST Assured
7 1 (0.27%) JUnit
7 1 (0.27%) Mocha
7 1 (0.27%) Mockito
7 1 (0.27%) Postman
General
1 135 (36.29%) Social Skills
2 117 (31.45%) Finance
3 108 (29.03%) Analytical Skills
4 47 (12.63%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 43 (11.56%) Public Sector
6 42 (11.29%) Marketing
7 24 (6.45%) Banking
8 23 (6.18%) Organisational Skills
8 23 (6.18%) Retail
9 14 (3.76%) Telecoms
10 11 (2.96%) Influencing Skills
10 11 (2.96%) Law
10 11 (2.96%) Legal
11 9 (2.42%) Manufacturing
12 8 (2.15%) Advertising
13 7 (1.88%) Back Office
14 6 (1.61%) Aerospace
15 4 (1.08%) Aviation
15 4 (1.08%) Retail Banking
16 3 (0.81%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 87 (23.39%) Senior
2 76 (20.43%) Architect
3 71 (19.09%) Analyst
4 61 (16.40%) Data Architect
5 33 (8.87%) Data Manager
5 33 (8.87%) Developer
5 33 (8.87%) Senior Analyst
6 28 (7.53%) Oracle Analyst
6 28 (7.53%) Senior Oracle Analyst
7 24 (6.45%) Lead
8 21 (5.65%) Data Engineer
8 21 (5.65%) Governance Manager
9 20 (5.38%) Data Governance Analyst
9 20 (5.38%) Data Governance Manager
10 19 (5.11%) Senior Manager
11 16 (4.30%) Data Analyst
12 13 (3.49%) Business Analyst
12 13 (3.49%) Consultant
13 12 (3.23%) Report Developer
14 10 (2.69%) Data Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (3.23%) Middleware
2 11 (2.96%) REST
3 10 (2.69%) SOAP
4 5 (1.34%) .NET
4 5 (1.34%) .NET Framework
4 5 (1.34%) EDI
4 5 (1.34%) Entity Framework
4 5 (1.34%) WinForms
5 4 (1.08%) JSON
6 3 (0.81%) ActiveMQ
6 3 (0.81%) Kafka
6 3 (0.81%) OAuth
6 3 (0.81%) PySpark
6 3 (0.81%) RAML
6 3 (0.81%) RESTful
6 3 (0.81%) Spring
6 3 (0.81%) Spring Boot
6 3 (0.81%) XML
7 2 (0.54%) Pandas
7 2 (0.54%) Playwright
Miscellaneous
1 36 (9.68%) Management Information System
2 27 (7.26%) Legacy Systems
3 26 (6.99%) Blog
4 15 (4.03%) Reference Data
5 13 (3.49%) Analytical Mindset
5 13 (3.49%) Product Ownership
6 10 (2.69%) Onboarding
6 10 (2.69%) Public Cloud
7 9 (2.42%) Algorithms
8 8 (2.15%) Data Structures
9 7 (1.88%) NHS
9 7 (1.88%) Reinsurance
10 5 (1.34%) Data Centre
11 4 (1.08%) Cloud Native
11 4 (1.08%) Data Protection Act
11 4 (1.08%) Housing Association
11 4 (1.08%) Security Posture
12 3 (0.81%) Credit Risk
12 3 (0.81%) PKI
12 3 (0.81%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 8 (2.15%) Linux
2 6 (1.61%) Windows
3 2 (0.54%) VMS
4 1 (0.27%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 136 (36.56%) Analytics
2 95 (25.54%) Business Intelligence
2 95 (25.54%) Data Governance
3 83 (22.31%) Data Modelling
3 83 (22.31%) Problem-Solving
4 79 (21.24%) Data Architecture
5 75 (20.16%) Data Strategy
6 73 (19.62%) Visualisation
7 68 (18.28%) Data Integration
8 67 (18.01%) Agile
9 65 (17.47%) DevOps
10 63 (16.94%) Continuous Improvement
11 61 (16.40%) Coaching
12 59 (15.86%) Data Visualisation
13 58 (15.59%) Data Engineering
13 58 (15.59%) Decision-Making
14 56 (15.05%) Mentoring
15 53 (14.25%) ERP
15 53 (14.25%) ETL
16 48 (12.90%) E-Commerce
Programming Languages
1 124 (33.33%) SQL
2 47 (12.63%) Python
3 16 (4.30%) Java
4 14 (3.76%) Groovy
4 14 (3.76%) T-SQL
5 6 (1.61%) C#
6 4 (1.08%) PowerShell
7 3 (0.81%) JavaScript
7 3 (0.81%) R
7 3 (0.81%) TypeScript
8 2 (0.54%) C++
9 1 (0.27%) ANSI SQL
9 1 (0.27%) Apex Code
9 1 (0.27%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 66 (17.74%) Degree
2 23 (6.18%) Security Cleared
3 20 (5.38%) Computer Science Degree
3 20 (5.38%) SC Cleared
4 17 (4.57%) DBS Check
5 10 (2.69%) CISA
5 10 (2.69%) CISM
5 10 (2.69%) CISSP
6 7 (1.88%) CRISC
6 7 (1.88%) Master's Degree
7 6 (1.61%) ISACA
8 5 (1.34%) CITP
8 5 (1.34%) SANS
9 4 (1.08%) Azure Certification
9 4 (1.08%) ITIL Certification
9 4 (1.08%) Microsoft Certification
10 3 (0.81%) BPSS Clearance
11 2 (0.54%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
11 2 (0.54%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
11 2 (0.54%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 85 (22.85%) Data Quality
2 45 (12.10%) Accessibility
3 12 (3.23%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 12 (3.23%) QA
4 11 (2.96%) GDPR
5 10 (2.69%) GRC
5 10 (2.69%) NIST
6 5 (1.34%) COBIT
6 5 (1.34%) ITGC
6 5 (1.34%) NIST 800
7 3 (0.81%) Actionable Recommendations
8 2 (0.54%) ECSS
8 2 (0.54%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 1 (0.27%) California Consumer Privacy Act
9 1 (0.27%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 10 (2.69%) Docker
2 5 (1.34%) VMware Infrastructure
3 4 (1.08%) VMware NSX
4 2 (0.54%) Firmware
4 2 (0.54%) Virtual Machines
5 1 (0.27%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 12 (3.23%) Terraform
2 10 (2.69%) Kubernetes
3 5 (1.34%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
3 5 (1.34%) RSA Archer
4 2 (0.54%) Microsoft Intune
5 1 (0.27%) Ansible
5 1 (0.27%) Single Sign-On
5 1 (0.27%) vRealize Orchestrator
Vendors
1 116 (31.18%) Microsoft
2 35 (9.41%) Oracle
3 25 (6.72%) Google
4 23 (6.18%) Databricks
5 17 (4.57%) SAP
6 14 (3.76%) Hyperion
7 12 (3.23%) Salesforce
8 11 (2.96%) Informatica
9 9 (2.42%) ServiceNow
10 7 (1.88%) ConnectWise
10 7 (1.88%) WooCommerce
11 6 (1.61%) Cisco
11 6 (1.61%) Planon
12 5 (1.34%) HubSpot
12 5 (1.34%) Sage
12 5 (1.34%) VMware
12 5 (1.34%) Xamarin
12 5 (1.34%) Zoho
13 4 (1.08%) Alteryx
13 4 (1.08%) MuleSoft