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

6 months to
2 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 108 80 132
Rank change year-on-year -28 +52 -9
Permanent jobs citing Data Management 388 512 756
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 2.30% 3.99% 2.43%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.75% 4.20% 2.65%
Number of salaries quoted 225 291 482
10th Percentile £27,000 £41,250 £37,020
25th Percentile £41,250 £53,125 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £80,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -28.13% +33.33% -13.01%
75th Percentile £72,500 £122,500 £81,213
90th Percentile £98,000 £152,500 £96,539
UK median annual salary £59,732 £75,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -20.36% +25.00% -8.36%

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 14,100 12,183 28,520
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 83.68% 94.83% 91.65%
Number of salaries quoted 9,815 8,806 23,283
10th Percentile £31,250 £32,500 £33,750
25th Percentile £43,000 £46,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £62,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% +8.70% -8.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £81,250 £75,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £105,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -10.57%

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 April 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 14 (3.61%) SharePoint
2 8 (2.06%) Apache Airflow
3 4 (1.03%) Apache Spark
3 4 (1.03%) SAS
4 3 (0.77%) IIS
5 2 (0.52%) Apache
5 2 (0.52%) Confluence
5 2 (0.52%) Moodle
5 2 (0.52%) Umbraco
5 2 (0.52%) WordPress
6 1 (0.26%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 39 (10.05%) Microsoft Excel
2 16 (4.12%) Microsoft Office
3 10 (2.58%) Microsoft Project
3 10 (2.58%) Oracle Smart View
4 6 (1.55%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 4 (1.03%) Spreadsheet
6 3 (0.77%) MS Visio
7 2 (0.52%) Adobe Creative Suite
8 1 (0.26%) EngageOne
Business Applications
1 21 (5.41%) Adobe Campaign
2 20 (5.15%) Oracle Assets
2 20 (5.15%) Oracle Financials
2 20 (5.15%) Oracle General Ledger
2 20 (5.15%) Oracle Payables
2 20 (5.15%) Oracle Receivables
3 13 (3.35%) Dynamics CRM
4 11 (2.84%) Oracle ERP
5 10 (2.58%) Hyperion Planning
6 9 (2.32%) Dynamics NAV
6 9 (2.32%) Magento
6 9 (2.32%) Shopify
7 6 (1.55%) NetSuite
8 4 (1.03%) SAP S/4HANA
9 1 (0.26%) TIBCO iProcess
Cloud Services
1 118 (30.41%) Azure
2 67 (17.27%) Power Platform
3 48 (12.37%) Snowflake
4 47 (12.11%) AWS
5 30 (7.73%) GCP
6 17 (4.38%) Microsoft 365
7 16 (4.12%) Dynamics 365
8 12 (3.09%) Azure DevOps
9 11 (2.84%) Power Automate
10 9 (2.32%) Amazon S3
10 9 (2.32%) Azure Machine Learning
11 8 (2.06%) dbt
11 8 (2.06%) GitHub
12 7 (1.80%) SaaS
13 6 (1.55%) Azure Data Factory
14 5 (1.29%) Alation
14 5 (1.29%) Collibra
15 4 (1.03%) Azure Synapse Analytics
15 4 (1.03%) Cloud Composer
16 3 (0.77%) Cloud Computing
Communications & Networking
1 23 (5.93%) Broadband
2 11 (2.84%) Cisco ASA
2 11 (2.84%) Firewall
3 7 (1.80%) LAN
3 7 (1.80%) VLAN
3 7 (1.80%) WAN
4 6 (1.55%) BGP
4 6 (1.55%) Cisco Firepower
4 6 (1.55%) Unified Communications
4 6 (1.55%) WebEx
5 3 (0.77%) PuTTY
6 1 (0.26%) ADSL
6 1 (0.26%) Ethernet VPN
6 1 (0.26%) Internet
6 1 (0.26%) MPLS
6 1 (0.26%) Network Security
6 1 (0.26%) OSPF
6 1 (0.26%) Structured Cabling
Database & Business Intelligence
1 65 (16.75%) Power BI
2 57 (14.69%) Data Warehouse
3 32 (8.25%) Metadata
4 26 (6.70%) SQL Server
5 17 (4.38%) Tableau
6 16 (4.12%) Data Lake
7 14 (3.61%) BigQuery
8 11 (2.84%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 10 (2.58%) Essbase
9 10 (2.58%) Oracle BI Publisher
9 10 (2.58%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 9 (2.32%) MySQL
11 8 (2.06%) Amazon Redshift
11 8 (2.06%) BusinessObjects
11 8 (2.06%) Relational Database
12 6 (1.55%) Power Query
12 6 (1.55%) QlikView
13 4 (1.03%) Azure SQL Database
13 4 (1.03%) DataStage
13 4 (1.03%) Elasticsearch
Development Applications
1 20 (5.15%) Oracle Forms
2 12 (3.09%) JIRA
3 9 (2.32%) Git
4 8 (2.06%) GitLab
5 4 (1.03%) ER Studio
5 4 (1.03%) ERwin
5 4 (1.03%) Jenkins
5 4 (1.03%) PowerDesigner
6 3 (0.77%) Maven
6 3 (0.77%) Sonatype Nexus
7 2 (0.52%) REST Assured
8 1 (0.26%) JUnit
8 1 (0.26%) Mocha
8 1 (0.26%) Mockito
8 1 (0.26%) Toad
General
1 132 (34.02%) Social Skills
2 93 (23.97%) Analytical Skills
3 87 (22.42%) Finance
4 67 (17.27%) Marketing
5 46 (11.86%) Public Sector
6 45 (11.60%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 34 (8.76%) Retail
8 29 (7.47%) Banking
9 23 (5.93%) Telecoms
10 20 (5.15%) Organisational Skills
11 11 (2.84%) Back Office
12 8 (2.06%) Advertising
13 7 (1.80%) Law
14 5 (1.29%) Manufacturing
15 4 (1.03%) Aviation
15 4 (1.03%) General Ledger
15 4 (1.03%) Legal
15 4 (1.03%) Retail Banking
16 3 (0.77%) Aerospace
17 2 (0.52%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 90 (23.20%) Senior
2 71 (18.30%) Architect
3 59 (15.21%) Data Architect
4 56 (14.43%) Analyst
5 28 (7.22%) Senior Manager
6 27 (6.96%) Data Manager
6 27 (6.96%) Senior Analyst
7 25 (6.44%) Developer
8 23 (5.93%) Administrator
9 22 (5.67%) Lead
10 21 (5.41%) Campaign Manager
10 21 (5.41%) Governance Manager
11 20 (5.15%) Data Governance Analyst
11 20 (5.15%) Data Governance Manager
11 20 (5.15%) Oracle Analyst
11 20 (5.15%) Senior Oracle Analyst
12 19 (4.90%) Data Engineer
13 16 (4.12%) Product Manager
14 14 (3.61%) Applications Support
14 14 (3.61%) IT Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (3.09%) Middleware
1 12 (3.09%) REST
1 12 (3.09%) SOAP
2 6 (1.55%) EDI
2 6 (1.55%) OAuth
2 6 (1.55%) XMPP
3 5 (1.29%) Node.js
4 4 (1.03%) AngularJS
4 4 (1.03%) OpenID
5 3 (0.77%) .NET
5 3 (0.77%) .NET Framework
5 3 (0.77%) ActiveMQ
5 3 (0.77%) Entity Framework
5 3 (0.77%) Kafka
5 3 (0.77%) PySpark
5 3 (0.77%) RAML
5 3 (0.77%) RESTful
5 3 (0.77%) Spring
5 3 (0.77%) Spring Boot
5 3 (0.77%) WinForms
Miscellaneous
1 46 (11.86%) Management Information System
2 31 (7.99%) Product Ownership
3 26 (6.70%) Blog
4 25 (6.44%) Social Media
5 22 (5.67%) Marketing Technology
6 21 (5.41%) Over-the-Top Content
7 15 (3.87%) Legacy Systems
8 14 (3.61%) Data Structures
8 14 (3.61%) Onboarding
9 11 (2.84%) Reference Data
10 10 (2.58%) Algorithms
10 10 (2.58%) Public Cloud
11 8 (2.06%) Hybrid Cloud
12 6 (1.55%) Data Centre
12 6 (1.55%) FlexPod
12 6 (1.55%) Video Conferencing
13 5 (1.29%) Reinsurance
13 5 (1.29%) Replication
13 5 (1.29%) Security Posture
13 5 (1.29%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 13 (3.35%) Linux
2 9 (2.32%) Windows
3 5 (1.29%) Windows Server
4 1 (0.26%) Unix
4 1 (0.26%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 145 (37.37%) Analytics
2 91 (23.45%) Business Intelligence
3 88 (22.68%) Data Governance
4 86 (22.16%) Decision-Making
5 84 (21.65%) Data Modelling
6 81 (20.88%) Data Strategy
7 76 (19.59%) Problem-Solving
8 74 (19.07%) Data Architecture
9 66 (17.01%) Visualisation
10 64 (16.49%) Data Integration
11 60 (15.46%) ERP
12 58 (14.95%) CRM
12 58 (14.95%) Roadmaps
13 57 (14.69%) DevOps
14 54 (13.92%) Data Engineering
15 52 (13.40%) Data Visualisation
16 51 (13.14%) Agile
16 51 (13.14%) E-Commerce
17 50 (12.89%) Mentoring
18 49 (12.63%) ETL
Programming Languages
1 104 (26.80%) SQL
2 49 (12.63%) Python
3 14 (3.61%) Java
3 14 (3.61%) T-SQL
4 10 (2.58%) Groovy
5 5 (1.29%) R
6 4 (1.03%) Scala
7 3 (0.77%) C#
7 3 (0.77%) JavaScript
7 3 (0.77%) PowerShell
7 3 (0.77%) TypeScript
7 3 (0.77%) VBA
8 2 (0.52%) C++
9 1 (0.26%) ANSI SQL
9 1 (0.26%) Apex Code
9 1 (0.26%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 60 (15.46%) Degree
2 24 (6.19%) Security Cleared
3 17 (4.38%) SC Cleared
4 15 (3.87%) Computer Science Degree
5 14 (3.61%) DBS Check
6 6 (1.55%) CITP
6 6 (1.55%) ISACA
6 6 (1.55%) Master's Degree
7 5 (1.29%) CISA
7 5 (1.29%) CISM
7 5 (1.29%) CISSP
7 5 (1.29%) SANS
8 4 (1.03%) Azure Certification
9 3 (0.77%) BPSS Clearance
9 3 (0.77%) Microsoft Certification
10 2 (0.52%) CRISC
10 2 (0.52%) ISTQB
10 2 (0.52%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
10 2 (0.52%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
10 2 (0.52%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 81 (20.88%) Data Quality
2 39 (10.05%) Accessibility
3 18 (4.64%) GDPR
4 14 (3.61%) QA
5 7 (1.80%) Actionable Recommendations
6 5 (1.29%) GRC
6 5 (1.29%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 5 (1.29%) NIST
6 5 (1.29%) NIST 800
7 2 (0.52%) ECSS
8 1 (0.26%) California Consumer Privacy Act
8 1 (0.26%) IFRS
8 1 (0.26%) IFRS 17
8 1 (0.26%) PMO
8 1 (0.26%) SLA
8 1 (0.26%) Solvency II
System Software
1 13 (3.35%) Docker
2 11 (2.84%) VMware Infrastructure
3 6 (1.55%) vSphere
4 5 (1.29%) Microsoft Virtual Server
4 5 (1.29%) Virtual Servers
4 5 (1.29%) VMware NSX
5 1 (0.26%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 17 (4.38%) Terraform
2 14 (3.61%) Kubernetes
3 7 (1.80%) Ansible
4 6 (1.55%) Cisco CUCM
4 6 (1.55%) Grafana
5 5 (1.29%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
5 5 (1.29%) RSA Archer
6 2 (0.52%) Microsoft Intune
7 1 (0.26%) Single Sign-On
7 1 (0.26%) vRealize Orchestrator
Vendors
1 128 (32.99%) Microsoft
2 28 (7.22%) Oracle
3 24 (6.19%) Adobe
4 19 (4.90%) Databricks
4 19 (4.90%) Google
4 19 (4.90%) SAP
5 16 (4.12%) Salesforce
6 13 (3.35%) Cisco
6 13 (3.35%) Informatica
7 11 (2.84%) ServiceNow
7 11 (2.84%) VMware
8 10 (2.58%) Hyperion
9 9 (2.32%) ConnectWise
9 9 (2.32%) WooCommerce
10 8 (2.06%) Planon
11 6 (1.55%) Fortinet
11 6 (1.55%) HubSpot
11 6 (1.55%) Palo Alto
11 6 (1.55%) Splunk
12 5 (1.29%) NetApp