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

6 months to
25 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 169 155 91
Rank change year-on-year -14 -64 +26
Permanent jobs citing Data Management 374 353 719
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 1.51% 2.14% 3.12%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.86% 2.29% 3.55%
Number of salaries quoted 151 186 290
10th Percentile £34,750 £32,500 £39,900
25th Percentile £43,617 £44,397 £47,125
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,946 £65,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.85% - +4.00%
75th Percentile £76,201 £86,875 £85,000
90th Percentile £92,500 £112,000 £107,500
UK median annual salary £57,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -4.17% - -6.60%

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 20,059 15,400 20,238
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 81.18% 93.41% 87.87%
Number of salaries quoted 14,331 8,552 12,205
10th Percentile £34,000 £30,000 £35,500
25th Percentile £44,972 £40,537 £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 £57,560
% change year-on-year +9.09% -4.45% -4.07%

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 25 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 (4.01%) SharePoint
2 5 (1.34%) Microsoft Exchange
3 2 (0.53%) Apache
3 2 (0.53%) ArcGIS
4 1 (0.27%) Apache Airflow
4 1 (0.27%) Apache Spark
4 1 (0.27%) Confluence
4 1 (0.27%) Oracle Coherence
Applications
1 60 (16.04%) Microsoft Excel
2 11 (2.94%) Microsoft Office
3 9 (2.41%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 8 (2.14%) Microsoft Project
4 8 (2.14%) 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 (9.89%) Dynamics CRM
2 27 (7.22%) Dynamics GP
3 20 (5.35%) Adobe Campaign
4 5 (1.34%) Raiser’s Edge
5 4 (1.07%) Teamcenter
6 2 (0.53%) NetSuite
6 2 (0.53%) Salesforce CRM
7 1 (0.27%) Aladdin
7 1 (0.27%) HFM
7 1 (0.27%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 64 (17.11%) Power Platform
2 63 (16.84%) Azure
3 61 (16.31%) SaaS
4 36 (9.63%) AWS
5 20 (5.35%) Microsoft Purview
6 17 (4.55%) Microsoft 365
7 16 (4.28%) Azure Data Factory
7 16 (4.28%) Power Automate
8 15 (4.01%) Dynamics 365
8 15 (4.01%) GCP
9 14 (3.74%) Azure DevOps
10 13 (3.48%) Entra ID
10 13 (3.48%) PowerApps
11 10 (2.67%) Azure Synapse Analytics
12 9 (2.41%) Azure Cosmos DB
12 9 (2.41%) GitHub
13 7 (1.87%) Azure Logic Apps
14 6 (1.60%) Collibra
15 5 (1.34%) Snowflake
16 4 (1.07%) Amazon EKS
Communications & Networking
1 24 (6.42%) Broadband
2 19 (5.08%) Firewall
3 18 (4.81%) LAN
4 17 (4.55%) VLAN
5 16 (4.28%) WAN
6 11 (2.94%) TCP/IP
7 10 (2.67%) BGP
7 10 (2.67%) OSPF
8 9 (2.41%) Network Security
9 8 (2.14%) DHCP
9 8 (2.14%) DNS
10 7 (1.87%) Cisco Nexus
10 7 (1.87%) Structured Cabling
11 6 (1.60%) Cisco ASA
11 6 (1.60%) Cisco Firepower
11 6 (1.60%) MPLS
11 6 (1.60%) Unified Communications
11 6 (1.60%) WebEx
12 5 (1.34%) VPN
12 5 (1.34%) VXLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 52 (13.90%) Power BI
2 39 (10.43%) Metadata
3 26 (6.95%) SQL Server
4 25 (6.68%) Data Warehouse
5 15 (4.01%) Tableau
6 11 (2.94%) MongoDB
7 10 (2.67%) Data Lake
8 9 (2.41%) Amazon QuickSight
8 9 (2.41%) Azure SQL Database
8 9 (2.41%) DynamoDB
8 9 (2.41%) NoSQL
8 9 (2.41%) Snowflake Schema
8 9 (2.41%) Star Schema
9 6 (1.60%) PostgreSQL
10 5 (1.34%) MySQL
10 5 (1.34%) Relational Database
11 4 (1.07%) Delta Lake
11 4 (1.07%) Geospatial Data
12 3 (0.80%) GIS
13 2 (0.53%) Neo4j
Development Applications
1 20 (5.35%) Git
2 9 (2.41%) JIRA
3 6 (1.60%) GitLab
4 4 (1.07%) Sonatype Nexus
5 2 (0.53%) ER Studio
5 2 (0.53%) ERwin
5 2 (0.53%) MLflow
6 1 (0.27%) Jenkins
6 1 (0.27%) Rational DOORS
6 1 (0.27%) RStudio
General
1 190 (50.80%) Social Skills
2 93 (24.87%) Analytical Skills
3 88 (23.53%) Legal
4 80 (21.39%) Marketing
5 75 (20.05%) Finance
6 46 (12.30%) Public Sector
7 38 (10.16%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 36 (9.63%) Law
9 33 (8.82%) Telecoms
10 29 (7.75%) Retail
11 28 (7.49%) Banking
12 22 (5.88%) Organisational Skills
13 8 (2.14%) Aerospace
13 8 (2.14%) Military
14 7 (1.87%) Billing
14 7 (1.87%) Influencing Skills
15 5 (1.34%) Presentation Skills
15 5 (1.34%) Welsh Language
16 4 (1.07%) Environmental Health
16 4 (1.07%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 128 (34.22%) Senior
2 63 (16.84%) Senior Manager
3 49 (13.10%) Testing Manager
4 39 (10.43%) Architect
5 37 (9.89%) Analyst
6 30 (8.02%) Data Architect
7 28 (7.49%) Marketing Manager
8 27 (7.22%) Administrator
8 27 (7.22%) Technology Manager
9 24 (6.42%) Campaign Manager
10 22 (5.88%) Data Analyst
10 22 (5.88%) Senior Analyst
11 21 (5.61%) Data Manager
12 19 (5.08%) Lead
13 17 (4.55%) Data Governance Analyst
13 17 (4.55%) Data Governance Manager
13 17 (4.55%) Governance Manager
13 17 (4.55%) Senior Data Analyst
14 16 (4.28%) Network Engineer
15 15 (4.01%) Product Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 19 (5.08%) .NET
2 15 (4.01%) ASP.NET
3 12 (3.21%) Terraform
4 11 (2.94%) 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%) RESTful
7 6 (1.60%) XMPP
8 5 (1.34%) Node.js
9 4 (1.07%) EDI
9 4 (1.07%) Kafka
9 4 (1.07%) Middleware
9 4 (1.07%) PySpark
9 4 (1.07%) React
9 4 (1.07%) REST
9 4 (1.07%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 53 (14.17%) Virtual Team
2 49 (13.10%) Marketing Technology
3 44 (11.76%) Product Ownership
4 36 (9.63%) Management Information System
5 31 (8.29%) Blog
6 25 (6.68%) Social Media
7 20 (5.35%) Over-the-Top Content
8 12 (3.21%) Enterprise Software
9 11 (2.94%) Data Structures
10 10 (2.67%) Data Centre
10 10 (2.67%) Legacy Systems
10 10 (2.67%) Onboarding
11 9 (2.41%) Cloud Native
12 8 (2.14%) Distributed Systems
12 8 (2.14%) Hybrid Cloud
13 6 (1.60%) FlexPod
13 6 (1.60%) Reference Data
13 6 (1.60%) Self-Motivation
13 6 (1.60%) Video Conferencing
14 5 (1.34%) Taxonomies
Operating Systems
1 16 (4.28%) Windows
2 13 (3.48%) Linux
3 7 (1.87%) Windows Server
4 5 (1.34%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 138 (36.90%) Decision-Making
2 136 (36.36%) Continuous Improvement
3 123 (32.89%) Analytics
4 109 (29.14%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 94 (25.13%) AI
6 90 (24.06%) Business Intelligence
7 89 (23.80%) DevOps
8 86 (22.99%) Problem-Solving
9 82 (21.93%) Test Automation
10 81 (21.66%) Data Governance
11 77 (20.59%) Agile
12 76 (20.32%) Software Engineering
13 72 (19.25%) Project Delivery
14 71 (18.98%) Mentoring
15 70 (18.72%) Roadmaps
16 66 (17.65%) Performance Management
17 63 (16.84%) CRM
17 63 (16.84%) Data Modelling
18 59 (15.78%) Enterprise Architecture
19 54 (14.44%) Data Architecture
Programming Languages
1 124 (33.16%) Python
2 79 (21.12%) C#
3 71 (18.98%) SQL
4 67 (17.91%) JavaScript
5 55 (14.71%) TypeScript
6 50 (13.37%) PowerShell
7 10 (2.67%) Java
8 2 (0.53%) PHP
8 2 (0.53%) Scala
9 1 (0.27%) Data Analysis Expressions
9 1 (0.27%) R
9 1 (0.27%) T-SQL
9 1 (0.27%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 38 (10.16%) Degree
2 28 (7.49%) Security Cleared
3 25 (6.68%) SC Cleared
4 9 (2.41%) CIPD
4 9 (2.41%) Microsoft Certification
5 8 (2.14%) Azure Certification
6 6 (1.60%) PMI Certification
6 6 (1.60%) PMP
7 5 (1.34%) AWS Certification
8 4 (1.07%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
8 4 (1.07%) BPSS Clearance
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
1 100 (26.74%) Data Quality
2 68 (18.18%) QA
3 59 (15.78%) GDPR
4 28 (7.49%) California Consumer Privacy Act
5 18 (4.81%) Accessibility
6 5 (1.34%) 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%) ISO 14001
9 2 (0.53%) ISO 22301
9 2 (0.53%) ISO 9001
9 2 (0.53%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 2 (0.53%) NIST
9 2 (0.53%) PERC
9 2 (0.53%) Solvency II
10 1 (0.27%) ECSS
System Software
1 13 (3.48%) Active Directory
2 9 (2.41%) Docker
3 4 (1.07%) Hyper-V
4 3 (0.80%) Microsoft Virtual Server
4 3 (0.80%) Virtual Servers
4 3 (0.80%) VMware Infrastructure
4 3 (0.80%) VMware NSX
4 3 (0.80%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 15 (4.01%) Ansible
2 8 (2.14%) Grafana
2 8 (2.14%) Kubernetes
3 6 (1.60%) Cisco CUCM
Vendors
1 93 (24.87%) Microsoft
2 21 (5.61%) Adobe
3 16 (4.28%) Cisco
3 16 (4.28%) Informatica
4 15 (4.01%) Databricks
5 13 (3.48%) Google
6 12 (3.21%) Salesforce
7 11 (2.94%) Fortinet
7 11 (2.94%) Oracle
8 10 (2.67%) SAP
9 9 (2.41%) Palo Alto
9 9 (2.41%) Talend
10 7 (1.87%) ServiceNow
11 6 (1.60%) Splunk
11 6 (1.60%) VMware
12 4 (1.07%) Epicor
12 4 (1.07%) HubSpot
12 4 (1.07%) IFS
12 4 (1.07%) Infor
12 4 (1.07%) Veeam