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

6 months to
28 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 174 152 89
Rank change year-on-year -22 -63 +34
Permanent jobs citing Data Management 363 349 718
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 1.47% 2.11% 3.16%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.81% 2.25% 3.59%
Number of salaries quoted 144 184 285
10th Percentile £33,963 £32,500 £38,718
25th Percentile £42,233 £44,196 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,973 £65,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.81% - +4.00%
75th Percentile £76,201 £85,938 £85,000
90th Percentile £92,125 £112,000 £107,500
UK median annual salary £57,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -4.17% - -7.69%

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 20,031 15,502 19,983
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 80.96% 93.59% 87.98%
Number of salaries quoted 14,302 8,471 11,957
10th Percentile £34,000 £29,913 £35,500
25th Percentile £44,972 £40,245 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £58,300 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +2.92% -2.83% -4.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £78,750 £80,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £100,000 £100,300
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £58,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% -5.17% -3.33%

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 28 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 (4.13%) SharePoint
2 5 (1.38%) Microsoft Exchange
3 2 (0.55%) Apache
3 2 (0.55%) ArcGIS
4 1 (0.28%) Apache Airflow
4 1 (0.28%) Apache Spark
4 1 (0.28%) Confluence
4 1 (0.28%) Oracle Coherence
Applications
1 60 (16.53%) Microsoft Excel
2 11 (3.03%) Microsoft Office
3 9 (2.48%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 9 (2.48%) Microsoft Project
4 8 (2.20%) Spreadsheet
5 4 (1.10%) Windchill
6 3 (0.83%) Blender
6 3 (0.83%) Maya
7 2 (0.55%) Chatbot
8 1 (0.28%) Adobe XD
8 1 (0.28%) Stata
Business Applications
1 37 (10.19%) Dynamics CRM
2 27 (7.44%) Dynamics GP
3 13 (3.58%) Adobe Campaign
4 5 (1.38%) Raiser’s Edge
5 4 (1.10%) Teamcenter
6 2 (0.55%) NetSuite
6 2 (0.55%) Salesforce CRM
7 1 (0.28%) Aladdin
7 1 (0.28%) HFM
7 1 (0.28%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 64 (17.63%) Power Platform
2 62 (17.08%) Azure
3 61 (16.80%) SaaS
4 34 (9.37%) AWS
5 20 (5.51%) Microsoft Purview
6 16 (4.41%) Azure Data Factory
6 16 (4.41%) Microsoft 365
6 16 (4.41%) Power Automate
7 15 (4.13%) GCP
8 14 (3.86%) Azure DevOps
8 14 (3.86%) Dynamics 365
9 13 (3.58%) Entra ID
9 13 (3.58%) PowerApps
10 10 (2.75%) Azure Synapse Analytics
11 9 (2.48%) Azure Cosmos DB
11 9 (2.48%) GitHub
12 7 (1.93%) Azure Logic Apps
13 5 (1.38%) Collibra
14 4 (1.10%) Amazon EKS
14 4 (1.10%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 18 (4.96%) Firewall
2 17 (4.68%) Broadband
2 17 (4.68%) LAN
3 16 (4.41%) VLAN
4 15 (4.13%) WAN
5 11 (3.03%) TCP/IP
6 10 (2.75%) BGP
6 10 (2.75%) OSPF
7 9 (2.48%) Network Security
8 8 (2.20%) DHCP
8 8 (2.20%) DNS
9 7 (1.93%) Cisco Nexus
9 7 (1.93%) Structured Cabling
10 6 (1.65%) MPLS
11 5 (1.38%) Cisco ASA
11 5 (1.38%) Ethernet VPN
11 5 (1.38%) Unified Communications
11 5 (1.38%) VPN
11 5 (1.38%) VXLAN
11 5 (1.38%) WebEx
Database & Business Intelligence
1 52 (14.33%) Power BI
2 38 (10.47%) Metadata
3 26 (7.16%) SQL Server
4 24 (6.61%) Data Warehouse
5 15 (4.13%) Tableau
6 11 (3.03%) MongoDB
7 9 (2.48%) Amazon QuickSight
7 9 (2.48%) Azure SQL Database
7 9 (2.48%) Data Lake
7 9 (2.48%) DynamoDB
7 9 (2.48%) NoSQL
7 9 (2.48%) Snowflake Schema
7 9 (2.48%) Star Schema
8 6 (1.65%) PostgreSQL
9 5 (1.38%) MySQL
9 5 (1.38%) Relational Database
10 4 (1.10%) Delta Lake
10 4 (1.10%) Geospatial Data
11 3 (0.83%) GIS
12 2 (0.55%) Neo4j
Development Applications
1 20 (5.51%) Git
2 10 (2.75%) JIRA
3 6 (1.65%) GitLab
4 4 (1.10%) Sonatype Nexus
5 2 (0.55%) ER Studio
5 2 (0.55%) ERwin
5 2 (0.55%) MLflow
6 1 (0.28%) Jenkins
6 1 (0.28%) Rational DOORS
6 1 (0.28%) RStudio
General
1 186 (51.24%) Social Skills
2 90 (24.79%) Analytical Skills
3 88 (24.24%) Legal
4 75 (20.66%) Finance
5 72 (19.83%) Marketing
6 44 (12.12%) Public Sector
7 39 (10.74%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 37 (10.19%) Law
9 32 (8.82%) Telecoms
10 28 (7.71%) Retail
11 27 (7.44%) Banking
12 23 (6.34%) Organisational Skills
13 8 (2.20%) Aerospace
13 8 (2.20%) Military
14 7 (1.93%) Billing
14 7 (1.93%) Influencing Skills
15 5 (1.38%) Presentation Skills
15 5 (1.38%) Welsh Language
16 4 (1.10%) Local Government
16 4 (1.10%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 124 (34.16%) Senior
2 60 (16.53%) Senior Manager
3 49 (13.50%) Testing Manager
4 36 (9.92%) Analyst
5 35 (9.64%) Architect
6 28 (7.71%) Marketing Manager
7 27 (7.44%) Administrator
7 27 (7.44%) Technology Manager
8 26 (7.16%) Data Architect
9 22 (6.06%) Data Analyst
9 22 (6.06%) Senior Analyst
10 21 (5.79%) Data Manager
11 19 (5.23%) Lead
12 17 (4.68%) Campaign Manager
12 17 (4.68%) Data Governance Analyst
12 17 (4.68%) Data Governance Manager
12 17 (4.68%) Governance Manager
12 17 (4.68%) Senior Data Analyst
13 16 (4.41%) Network Engineer
14 13 (3.58%) Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 19 (5.23%) .NET
2 15 (4.13%) ASP.NET
3 11 (3.03%) JSON
3 11 (3.03%) Terraform
4 10 (2.75%) .NET Framework
4 10 (2.75%) ASP.NET MVC
4 10 (2.75%) Classic ASP
4 10 (2.75%) Entity Framework
4 10 (2.75%) Google Maps API
4 10 (2.75%) XML
5 7 (1.93%) RESTful
6 5 (1.38%) Node.js
6 5 (1.38%) XMPP
7 4 (1.10%) EDI
7 4 (1.10%) Kafka
7 4 (1.10%) Middleware
7 4 (1.10%) PySpark
7 4 (1.10%) React
7 4 (1.10%) REST
7 4 (1.10%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 53 (14.60%) Virtual Team
2 42 (11.57%) Marketing Technology
3 37 (10.19%) Product Ownership
4 35 (9.64%) Management Information System
5 31 (8.54%) Blog
6 18 (4.96%) Social Media
7 13 (3.58%) Over-the-Top Content
8 12 (3.31%) Enterprise Software
9 11 (3.03%) Data Structures
9 11 (3.03%) Legacy Systems
10 10 (2.75%) Data Centre
11 9 (2.48%) Cloud Native
11 9 (2.48%) Onboarding
12 8 (2.20%) Distributed Systems
13 7 (1.93%) Hybrid Cloud
14 6 (1.65%) Self-Motivation
15 5 (1.38%) Analytical Mindset
15 5 (1.38%) FlexPod
15 5 (1.38%) Reference Data
15 5 (1.38%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 15 (4.13%) Windows
2 12 (3.31%) Linux
3 6 (1.65%) Windows Server
4 5 (1.38%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 137 (37.74%) Continuous Improvement
2 127 (34.99%) Decision-Making
3 115 (31.68%) Analytics
4 106 (29.20%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 93 (25.62%) AI
6 89 (24.52%) DevOps
7 88 (24.24%) Business Intelligence
8 82 (22.59%) Test Automation
9 81 (22.31%) Problem-Solving
10 78 (21.49%) Agile
11 76 (20.94%) Data Governance
12 74 (20.39%) Project Delivery
13 72 (19.83%) Software Engineering
14 71 (19.56%) Mentoring
15 65 (17.91%) Performance Management
16 63 (17.36%) CRM
17 62 (17.08%) Roadmaps
18 59 (16.25%) Data Modelling
18 59 (16.25%) Enterprise Architecture
19 55 (15.15%) Budget Management
Programming Languages
1 123 (33.88%) Python
2 79 (21.76%) C#
3 72 (19.83%) SQL
4 67 (18.46%) JavaScript
5 55 (15.15%) TypeScript
6 50 (13.77%) PowerShell
7 10 (2.75%) Java
8 2 (0.55%) PHP
8 2 (0.55%) Scala
9 1 (0.28%) Data Analysis Expressions
9 1 (0.28%) R
9 1 (0.28%) T-SQL
9 1 (0.28%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 38 (10.47%) Degree
2 28 (7.71%) Security Cleared
3 25 (6.89%) SC Cleared
4 9 (2.48%) CIPD
4 9 (2.48%) Microsoft Certification
5 8 (2.20%) Azure Certification
6 6 (1.65%) PMI Certification
6 6 (1.65%) PMP
7 5 (1.38%) AWS Certification
8 4 (1.10%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
8 4 (1.10%) BPSS Clearance
8 4 (1.10%) CCNP
8 4 (1.10%) Cisco Certification
9 3 (0.83%) CCNA
9 3 (0.83%) Computer Science Degree
9 3 (0.83%) DBS Check
9 3 (0.83%) DV Cleared
10 1 (0.28%) CITP
10 1 (0.28%) PhD
10 1 (0.28%) Postgraduate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 97 (26.72%) Data Quality
2 69 (19.01%) QA
3 58 (15.98%) GDPR
4 28 (7.71%) California Consumer Privacy Act
5 18 (4.96%) Accessibility
6 5 (1.38%) Cyber Essentials
7 4 (1.10%) Def Stans
7 4 (1.10%) ISO 9000
7 4 (1.10%) ISO/IEC 15288
8 3 (0.83%) ISO 19650
9 2 (0.55%) ISO 14001
9 2 (0.55%) ISO 22301
9 2 (0.55%) ISO 9001
9 2 (0.55%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 2 (0.55%) NIST
9 2 (0.55%) PERC
9 2 (0.55%) PMO
10 1 (0.28%) HIPAA
10 1 (0.28%) IFRS 17
10 1 (0.28%) Solvency II
System Software
1 13 (3.58%) Active Directory
2 9 (2.48%) Docker
3 4 (1.10%) Hyper-V
4 3 (0.83%) VMware NSX
5 2 (0.55%) Microsoft Virtual Server
5 2 (0.55%) Virtual Servers
5 2 (0.55%) VMware Infrastructure
5 2 (0.55%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 14 (3.86%) Ansible
2 8 (2.20%) Kubernetes
3 7 (1.93%) Grafana
4 5 (1.38%) Cisco CUCM
Vendors
1 91 (25.07%) Microsoft
2 15 (4.13%) Cisco
2 15 (4.13%) Informatica
3 14 (3.86%) Adobe
3 14 (3.86%) Databricks
4 13 (3.58%) Google
5 12 (3.31%) Salesforce
6 11 (3.03%) Oracle
7 10 (2.75%) Fortinet
7 10 (2.75%) SAP
8 9 (2.48%) Talend
9 8 (2.20%) Palo Alto
10 7 (1.93%) ServiceNow
11 5 (1.38%) Splunk
11 5 (1.38%) VMware
12 4 (1.10%) Epicor
12 4 (1.10%) HubSpot
12 4 (1.10%) IFS
12 4 (1.10%) Infor
12 4 (1.10%) Veeam