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

6 months to
1 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 167 148 87
Rank change year-on-year -19 -61 +27
Permanent jobs citing Data Management 366 367 781
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 1.57% 2.23% 3.21%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.91% 2.40% 3.67%
Number of salaries quoted 154 200 336
10th Percentile £32,138 £29,848 £39,500
25th Percentile £40,075 £46,438 £49,894
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £65,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -15.38% - +4.00%
75th Percentile £67,500 £95,000 £85,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £115,000 £105,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -6.25%

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 19,126 15,292 21,289
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 81.98% 93.01% 87.62%
Number of salaries quoted 13,800 8,904 14,205
10th Percentile £35,000 £29,750 £35,000
25th Percentile £44,972 £40,750 £44,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £59,400 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +1.01% -1.00% -4.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £77,500 £79,225
90th Percentile £100,000 £100,000 £100,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £56,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% -1.79% -6.67%

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 1 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 16 (4.37%) SharePoint
2 5 (1.37%) Microsoft Exchange
3 4 (1.09%) Apache Spark
4 2 (0.55%) Apache
4 2 (0.55%) ArcGIS
5 1 (0.27%) Apache Airflow
5 1 (0.27%) Confluence
5 1 (0.27%) Oracle Coherence
Applications
1 55 (15.03%) Microsoft Excel
2 11 (3.01%) Microsoft Project
3 9 (2.46%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 7 (1.91%) Microsoft Office
5 4 (1.09%) Windchill
6 3 (0.82%) Blender
6 3 (0.82%) Maya
7 2 (0.55%) Chatbot
8 1 (0.27%) Adobe XD
8 1 (0.27%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 37 (10.11%) Dynamics CRM
2 28 (7.65%) Adobe Campaign
3 27 (7.38%) Dynamics GP
4 5 (1.37%) Raiser’s Edge
5 4 (1.09%) NetSuite
6 2 (0.55%) Salesforce CRM
7 1 (0.27%) HFM
7 1 (0.27%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
7 1 (0.27%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 65 (17.76%) Power Platform
2 60 (16.39%) SaaS
3 56 (15.30%) Azure
4 39 (10.66%) AWS
5 21 (5.74%) Microsoft 365
6 20 (5.46%) Power Automate
7 17 (4.64%) Microsoft Purview
8 15 (4.10%) Dynamics 365
9 14 (3.83%) GCP
10 13 (3.55%) Entra ID
11 12 (3.28%) PowerApps
12 11 (3.01%) Azure Data Factory
13 10 (2.73%) Azure DevOps
14 7 (1.91%) Azure Logic Apps
15 6 (1.64%) Azure Synapse Analytics
15 6 (1.64%) GitHub
16 5 (1.37%) Azure Cosmos DB
16 5 (1.37%) Snowflake
17 4 (1.09%) Amazon EKS
17 4 (1.09%) Collibra
Communications & Networking
1 32 (8.74%) Broadband
2 17 (4.64%) Firewall
2 17 (4.64%) VLAN
3 16 (4.37%) LAN
3 16 (4.37%) WAN
4 9 (2.46%) TCP/IP
5 8 (2.19%) BGP
5 8 (2.19%) Cisco ASA
5 8 (2.19%) Cisco Firepower
5 8 (2.19%) OSPF
5 8 (2.19%) Unified Communications
5 8 (2.19%) WebEx
6 7 (1.91%) Network Security
7 6 (1.64%) DHCP
7 6 (1.64%) DNS
7 6 (1.64%) MPLS
8 5 (1.37%) Cisco Nexus
8 5 (1.37%) Structured Cabling
9 4 (1.09%) VoIP
10 3 (0.82%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 53 (14.48%) Power BI
2 27 (7.38%) Metadata
3 23 (6.28%) SQL Server
4 20 (5.46%) Data Warehouse
5 17 (4.64%) Tableau
6 9 (2.46%) Data Lake
7 7 (1.91%) MongoDB
8 6 (1.64%) PostgreSQL
9 5 (1.37%) Amazon QuickSight
9 5 (1.37%) Azure SQL Database
9 5 (1.37%) DynamoDB
9 5 (1.37%) MySQL
9 5 (1.37%) NoSQL
9 5 (1.37%) Snowflake Schema
9 5 (1.37%) Star Schema
10 4 (1.09%) Delta Lake
10 4 (1.09%) Geospatial Data
10 4 (1.09%) Relational Database
11 3 (0.82%) Elasticsearch
12 2 (0.55%) Electronic Patient Records
Development Applications
1 14 (3.83%) Git
2 8 (2.19%) JIRA
3 7 (1.91%) GitLab
4 2 (0.55%) ER Studio
4 2 (0.55%) ERwin
4 2 (0.55%) Sonatype Nexus
5 1 (0.27%) Jenkins
5 1 (0.27%) Rational DOORS
5 1 (0.27%) Toad
General
1 190 (51.91%) Social Skills
2 91 (24.86%) Analytical Skills
3 85 (23.22%) Marketing
4 83 (22.68%) Legal
5 72 (19.67%) Finance
6 39 (10.66%) Public Sector
7 30 (8.20%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 30 (8.20%) Law
7 30 (8.20%) Retail
7 30 (8.20%) Telecoms
8 23 (6.28%) Banking
9 17 (4.64%) Organisational Skills
10 8 (2.19%) Military
11 7 (1.91%) Billing
12 6 (1.64%) Aerospace
12 6 (1.64%) Influencing Skills
13 5 (1.37%) Welsh Language
14 4 (1.09%) Environmental Health
14 4 (1.09%) Local Government
15 3 (0.82%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 123 (33.61%) Senior
2 64 (17.49%) Senior Manager
3 49 (13.39%) Testing Manager
4 42 (11.48%) Analyst
5 34 (9.29%) Architect
6 32 (8.74%) Campaign Manager
7 31 (8.47%) Administrator
8 28 (7.65%) Marketing Manager
9 27 (7.38%) Technology Manager
10 26 (7.10%) Data Architect
11 24 (6.56%) Data Analyst
11 24 (6.56%) Senior Analyst
12 21 (5.74%) Product Manager
13 18 (4.92%) Data Manager
14 17 (4.64%) Senior Data Analyst
15 14 (3.83%) Data Governance Analyst
15 14 (3.83%) Data Governance Manager
15 14 (3.83%) Governance Manager
16 13 (3.55%) Senior Campaign Manager
17 12 (3.28%) Lead
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 17 (4.64%) .NET
2 15 (4.10%) ASP.NET
3 12 (3.28%) Terraform
4 11 (3.01%) JSON
5 10 (2.73%) .NET Framework
5 10 (2.73%) ASP.NET MVC
5 10 (2.73%) Classic ASP
5 10 (2.73%) Entity Framework
5 10 (2.73%) Google Maps API
5 10 (2.73%) XML
6 8 (2.19%) Node.js
6 8 (2.19%) XMPP
7 7 (1.91%) RESTful
8 5 (1.37%) AngularJS
9 4 (1.09%) Kafka
9 4 (1.09%) Middleware
9 4 (1.09%) PySpark
9 4 (1.09%) React
10 3 (0.82%) Godot
10 3 (0.82%) PyTorch
Miscellaneous
1 56 (15.30%) Marketing Technology
2 53 (14.48%) Virtual Team
3 47 (12.84%) Product Ownership
4 33 (9.02%) Social Media
5 31 (8.47%) Blog
5 31 (8.47%) Management Information System
6 28 (7.65%) Over-the-Top Content
7 14 (3.83%) Data Structures
8 11 (3.01%) Onboarding
9 8 (2.19%) Cloud Native
9 8 (2.19%) Data Centre
9 8 (2.19%) Enterprise Software
9 8 (2.19%) FlexPod
9 8 (2.19%) Hybrid Cloud
9 8 (2.19%) Video Conferencing
10 6 (1.64%) Distributed Systems
10 6 (1.64%) Legacy Systems
10 6 (1.64%) Reference Data
11 5 (1.37%) Replication
11 5 (1.37%) Taxonomies
Operating Systems
1 15 (4.10%) Linux
2 14 (3.83%) Windows
3 9 (2.46%) Windows Server
4 5 (1.37%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 136 (37.16%) Decision-Making
2 130 (35.52%) Continuous Improvement
3 122 (33.33%) Analytics
4 104 (28.42%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 88 (24.04%) AI
6 85 (23.22%) DevOps
7 84 (22.95%) Problem-Solving
8 80 (21.86%) Business Intelligence
9 78 (21.31%) Test Automation
10 75 (20.49%) Software Engineering
11 74 (20.22%) Roadmaps
12 71 (19.40%) Agile
12 71 (19.40%) CRM
13 70 (19.13%) Project Delivery
14 69 (18.85%) Mentoring
15 68 (18.58%) Data Governance
16 65 (17.76%) Performance Management
17 59 (16.12%) Enterprise Architecture
18 55 (15.03%) Digital Marketing
19 54 (14.75%) Data Modelling
Programming Languages
1 120 (32.79%) Python
2 73 (19.95%) C#
3 67 (18.31%) JavaScript
4 64 (17.49%) SQL
5 55 (15.03%) TypeScript
6 50 (13.66%) PowerShell
7 10 (2.73%) Java
8 5 (1.37%) Scala
9 2 (0.55%) PHP
10 1 (0.27%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 1 (0.27%) T-SQL
10 1 (0.27%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 33 (9.02%) Degree
2 22 (6.01%) Security Cleared
3 17 (4.64%) SC Cleared
4 9 (2.46%) CIPD
5 8 (2.19%) Azure Certification
5 8 (2.19%) Microsoft Certification
6 6 (1.64%) BPSS Clearance
6 6 (1.64%) PMI Certification
6 6 (1.64%) PMP
7 5 (1.37%) AWS Certification
8 4 (1.09%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 3 (0.82%) CCNA
9 3 (0.82%) CCNP
9 3 (0.82%) Cisco Certification
9 3 (0.82%) Computer Science Degree
9 3 (0.82%) DV Cleared
10 2 (0.55%) CITP
11 1 (0.27%) ACCA
11 1 (0.27%) CCAB
11 1 (0.27%) CIPFA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 85 (23.22%) Data Quality
2 66 (18.03%) QA
3 50 (13.66%) GDPR
4 24 (6.56%) California Consumer Privacy Act
5 14 (3.83%) Accessibility
6 5 (1.37%) Cyber Essentials
7 4 (1.09%) Def Stans
7 4 (1.09%) ISO 9000
7 4 (1.09%) ISO/IEC 15288
8 2 (0.55%) IFRS
8 2 (0.55%) IFRS 17
8 2 (0.55%) ISO 19650
8 2 (0.55%) PERC
8 2 (0.55%) PMO
8 2 (0.55%) Solvency II
9 1 (0.27%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 1 (0.27%) ECSS
9 1 (0.27%) HIPAA
9 1 (0.27%) SLA
System Software
1 13 (3.55%) Active Directory
2 10 (2.73%) Docker
3 5 (1.37%) Microsoft Virtual Server
3 5 (1.37%) Virtual Servers
3 5 (1.37%) VMware Infrastructure
3 5 (1.37%) vSphere
4 4 (1.09%) Hyper-V
5 3 (0.82%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 15 (4.10%) Ansible
2 11 (3.01%) Kubernetes
3 8 (2.19%) Cisco CUCM
3 8 (2.19%) Grafana
Vendors
1 87 (23.77%) Microsoft
2 29 (7.92%) Adobe
3 19 (5.19%) Salesforce
4 16 (4.37%) Cisco
5 13 (3.55%) Google
6 12 (3.28%) Oracle
7 11 (3.01%) Databricks
7 11 (3.01%) Fortinet
7 11 (3.01%) Palo Alto
8 10 (2.73%) Informatica
8 10 (2.73%) SAP
9 8 (2.19%) Splunk
9 8 (2.19%) VMware
10 7 (1.91%) ServiceNow
11 6 (1.64%) IFS
12 5 (1.37%) NetApp
12 5 (1.37%) Talend
13 4 (1.09%) HubSpot
13 4 (1.09%) Infor
13 4 (1.09%) Veeam