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

6 months to
19 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 160 101 103
Rank change year-on-year -59 +2 -4
Permanent jobs citing Data Management 323 565 951
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 1.61% 3.66% 2.74%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.96% 3.87% 3.08%
Number of salaries quoted 173 291 490
10th Percentile £31,300 £34,750 £36,250
25th Percentile £45,000 £52,500 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £58,000 £80,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -27.50% +33.33% -7.69%
75th Percentile £76,201 £122,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £148,750 £95,000
UK median annual salary £59,450 £65,684 £59,300
% change year-on-year -9.49% +10.76% -8.03%

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 16,449 14,587 30,837
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 81.87% 94.52% 88.90%
Number of salaries quoted 11,886 8,474 23,847
10th Percentile £35,000 £29,750 £33,750
25th Percentile £45,000 £42,500 £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 £80,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £105,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +4.35% +4.55% -9.54%

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 19 June 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 11 (3.41%) SharePoint
2 4 (1.24%) Apache Airflow
2 4 (1.24%) Apache Spark
3 2 (0.62%) SAS
3 2 (0.62%) WordPress
4 1 (0.31%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 52 (16.10%) Microsoft Excel
2 14 (4.33%) Microsoft Office
3 13 (4.02%) Microsoft Project
4 11 (3.41%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 4 (1.24%) Spreadsheet
5 4 (1.24%) Windchill
6 3 (0.93%) Blender
6 3 (0.93%) Maya
7 2 (0.62%) Adobe Creative Suite
8 1 (0.31%) Adobe XD
8 1 (0.31%) Chatbot
8 1 (0.31%) EngageOne
8 1 (0.31%) Oracle Smart View
Business Applications
1 34 (10.53%) Adobe Campaign
2 12 (3.72%) Dynamics CRM
3 5 (1.55%) Dynamics NAV
3 5 (1.55%) Magento
3 5 (1.55%) NetSuite
3 5 (1.55%) Shopify
4 3 (0.93%) Raiser’s Edge
5 2 (0.62%) Oracle Assets
5 2 (0.62%) Oracle Financials
5 2 (0.62%) Oracle General Ledger
5 2 (0.62%) Oracle Payables
5 2 (0.62%) Oracle Receivables
6 1 (0.31%) HFM
6 1 (0.31%) Hyperion Planning
6 1 (0.31%) Oracle ERP
6 1 (0.31%) Salesforce CRM
6 1 (0.31%) SAP S/4HANA
6 1 (0.31%) TIBCO iProcess
Cloud Services
1 70 (21.67%) Power Platform
2 67 (20.74%) Azure
3 46 (14.24%) AWS
4 24 (7.43%) GCP
5 22 (6.81%) Power Automate
6 16 (4.95%) Dynamics 365
7 15 (4.64%) Microsoft 365
7 15 (4.64%) Microsoft Purview
8 10 (3.10%) Entra ID
9 8 (2.48%) PowerApps
10 7 (2.17%) Amazon S3
10 7 (2.17%) Azure Logic Apps
10 7 (2.17%) dbt
10 7 (2.17%) GitHub
11 6 (1.86%) Azure Machine Learning
11 6 (1.86%) SaaS
12 5 (1.55%) Snowflake
13 4 (1.24%) Azure DevOps
14 3 (0.93%) Amazon EKS
14 3 (0.93%) Azure Data Factory
Communications & Networking
1 37 (11.46%) Broadband
2 14 (4.33%) Firewall
3 12 (3.72%) Cisco ASA
4 11 (3.41%) LAN
4 11 (3.41%) VLAN
4 11 (3.41%) WAN
5 9 (2.79%) Cisco Firepower
5 9 (2.79%) Unified Communications
5 9 (2.79%) WebEx
6 5 (1.55%) BGP
7 2 (0.62%) MPLS
7 2 (0.62%) Network Security
7 2 (0.62%) OSPF
7 2 (0.62%) TCP/IP
8 1 (0.31%) DHCP
8 1 (0.31%) DNS
8 1 (0.31%) Software-Defined Networking
8 1 (0.31%) Structured Cabling
8 1 (0.31%) VoIP
8 1 (0.31%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 59 (18.27%) Power BI
2 27 (8.36%) Metadata
3 20 (6.19%) Tableau
4 12 (3.72%) Data Warehouse
4 12 (3.72%) SQL Server
5 11 (3.41%) Data Lake
6 8 (2.48%) PostgreSQL
6 8 (2.48%) Relational Database
7 6 (1.86%) BigQuery
8 4 (1.24%) Elasticsearch
8 4 (1.24%) MySQL
9 3 (0.93%) Delta Lake
9 3 (0.93%) GIS
9 3 (0.93%) MongoDB
9 3 (0.93%) Power Query
10 2 (0.62%) Amazon Athena
10 2 (0.62%) Electronic Patient Records
10 2 (0.62%) Neo4j
10 2 (0.62%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 1 (0.31%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 10 (3.10%) JIRA
2 9 (2.79%) GitLab
3 6 (1.86%) Git
4 2 (0.62%) Oracle Forms
4 2 (0.62%) REST Assured
5 1 (0.31%) ER Studio
5 1 (0.31%) ERwin
5 1 (0.31%) Jenkins
5 1 (0.31%) Mocha
5 1 (0.31%) Toad
General
1 125 (38.70%) Social Skills
2 89 (27.55%) Analytical Skills
3 87 (26.93%) Finance
4 62 (19.20%) Marketing
5 51 (15.79%) Public Sector
6 35 (10.84%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 31 (9.60%) Retail
7 31 (9.60%) Telecoms
8 22 (6.81%) Banking
9 20 (6.19%) Organisational Skills
10 8 (2.48%) Back Office
11 6 (1.86%) Billing
11 6 (1.86%) Law
12 4 (1.24%) Advertising
12 4 (1.24%) Environmental Health
12 4 (1.24%) General Ledger
12 4 (1.24%) Military
13 3 (0.93%) Humanities
13 3 (0.93%) Legal
13 3 (0.93%) Social Science
Job Titles
1 95 (29.41%) Senior
2 53 (16.41%) Analyst
3 39 (12.07%) Architect
4 36 (11.15%) Administrator
4 36 (11.15%) Campaign Manager
5 34 (10.53%) Data Manager
6 33 (10.22%) Senior Manager
7 30 (9.29%) Data Architect
8 28 (8.67%) Data Governance Analyst
8 28 (8.67%) Data Governance Manager
8 28 (8.67%) Governance Manager
9 26 (8.05%) Data Analyst
9 26 (8.05%) Product Manager
10 25 (7.74%) Senior Analyst
11 18 (5.57%) Data Engineer
11 18 (5.57%) Lead
12 17 (5.26%) Senior Data Analyst
13 16 (4.95%) Applications Support
13 16 (4.95%) Senior Campaign Manager
14 15 (4.64%) Senior Data Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (3.10%) Node.js
2 9 (2.79%) XMPP
3 7 (2.17%) Middleware
4 6 (1.86%) AngularJS
4 6 (1.86%) EDI
4 6 (1.86%) RESTful
5 5 (1.55%) Kafka
5 5 (1.55%) OAuth
5 5 (1.55%) REST
5 5 (1.55%) SOAP
6 4 (1.24%) .NET
6 4 (1.24%) OpenID
6 4 (1.24%) PySpark
7 3 (0.93%) ASP.NET
7 3 (0.93%) Express.js
7 3 (0.93%) Godot
7 3 (0.93%) React
7 3 (0.93%) Unity (Game Engine)
7 3 (0.93%) Unreal Engine
7 3 (0.93%) WebXR
Miscellaneous
1 49 (15.17%) Product Ownership
2 40 (12.38%) Social Media
3 34 (10.53%) Management Information System
3 34 (10.53%) Marketing Technology
3 34 (10.53%) Over-the-Top Content
4 20 (6.19%) Data Structures
5 11 (3.41%) Onboarding
6 10 (3.10%) Algorithms
7 9 (2.79%) Blog
7 9 (2.79%) FlexPod
7 9 (2.79%) Hybrid Cloud
7 9 (2.79%) Public Cloud
7 9 (2.79%) Video Conferencing
8 7 (2.17%) Cloud Native
8 7 (2.17%) Reference Data
9 6 (1.86%) Legacy Systems
9 6 (1.86%) Replication
9 6 (1.86%) Self-Motivation
10 5 (1.55%) Data Centre
10 5 (1.55%) Web Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 14 (4.33%) Linux
2 7 (2.17%) Windows
2 7 (2.17%) Windows Server
3 1 (0.31%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 115 (35.60%) Analytics
2 109 (33.75%) Decision-Making
3 88 (27.24%) Data Governance
4 84 (26.01%) Problem-Solving
5 73 (22.60%) Roadmaps
6 68 (21.05%) Business Intelligence
7 61 (18.89%) CRM
8 59 (18.27%) Data Strategy
9 54 (16.72%) Agile
10 51 (15.79%) Continuous Improvement
10 51 (15.79%) Data Modelling
11 45 (13.93%) DevOps
12 44 (13.62%) Stakeholder Engagement
13 42 (13.00%) AI
13 42 (13.00%) Data Analysis
14 41 (12.69%) Visualisation
15 39 (12.07%) CI/CD
15 39 (12.07%) Data Architecture
16 36 (11.15%) Mentoring
16 36 (11.15%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 71 (21.98%) SQL
2 64 (19.81%) Python
3 10 (3.10%) Java
4 8 (2.48%) TypeScript
5 7 (2.17%) JavaScript
6 6 (1.86%) C#
6 6 (1.86%) Scala
6 6 (1.86%) T-SQL
7 3 (0.93%) R
7 3 (0.93%) VBA
8 2 (0.62%) PHP
8 2 (0.62%) PowerShell
9 1 (0.31%) Apex Code
9 1 (0.31%) Groovy
9 1 (0.31%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 32 (9.91%) Degree
2 22 (6.81%) Security Cleared
3 16 (4.95%) SC Cleared
4 8 (2.48%) DBS Check
5 6 (1.86%) CIPD
5 6 (1.86%) CITP
6 5 (1.55%) CISA
6 5 (1.55%) CISM
6 5 (1.55%) CISSP
6 5 (1.55%) ISACA
6 5 (1.55%) Microsoft Certification
6 5 (1.55%) PMI Certification
6 5 (1.55%) PMP
6 5 (1.55%) SANS
7 4 (1.24%) Azure Certification
8 3 (0.93%) BPSS Clearance
9 2 (0.62%) AWS Certification
9 2 (0.62%) CRISC
9 2 (0.62%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
9 2 (0.62%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 90 (27.86%) Data Quality
2 36 (11.15%) GDPR
3 21 (6.50%) QA
4 16 (4.95%) California Consumer Privacy Act
5 8 (2.48%) Accessibility
6 7 (2.17%) Actionable Recommendations
7 5 (1.55%) GRC
7 5 (1.55%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 5 (1.55%) NIST
7 5 (1.55%) NIST 800
8 4 (1.24%) Def Stans
8 4 (1.24%) ISO 9000
8 4 (1.24%) ISO/IEC 15288
9 2 (0.62%) PMO
10 1 (0.31%) Cyber Essentials
10 1 (0.31%) IFRS
10 1 (0.31%) IFRS 17
10 1 (0.31%) SLA
10 1 (0.31%) Solvency II
System Software
1 13 (4.02%) Docker
2 10 (3.10%) Active Directory
3 9 (2.79%) VMware Infrastructure
4 6 (1.86%) Microsoft Virtual Server
4 6 (1.86%) Virtual Servers
4 6 (1.86%) vSphere
5 4 (1.24%) VMware NSX
6 1 (0.31%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 16 (4.95%) Kubernetes
1 16 (4.95%) Terraform
2 13 (4.02%) Ansible
3 9 (2.79%) Cisco CUCM
3 9 (2.79%) Grafana
4 5 (1.55%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
4 5 (1.55%) RSA Archer
5 1 (0.31%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 88 (27.24%) Microsoft
2 37 (11.46%) Adobe
3 21 (6.50%) Salesforce
4 14 (4.33%) Cisco
5 11 (3.41%) Google
6 10 (3.10%) Databricks
6 10 (3.10%) Fortinet
6 10 (3.10%) Palo Alto
6 10 (3.10%) SAP
6 10 (3.10%) VMware
7 9 (2.79%) Oracle
7 9 (2.79%) Splunk
8 8 (2.48%) Planon
8 8 (2.48%) ServiceNow
9 7 (2.17%) HubSpot
10 6 (1.86%) NetApp
11 5 (1.55%) ConnectWise
11 5 (1.55%) WooCommerce
12 4 (1.24%) CheckPoint
12 4 (1.24%) OpenAI