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

6 months to
3 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 110 78 131
Rank change year-on-year -32 +53 -11
Permanent jobs citing Data Management 388 513 755
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 2.30% 4.00% 2.42%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.75% 4.22% 2.64%
Number of salaries quoted 226 292 480
10th Percentile £27,188 £41,325 £37,000
25th Percentile £41,250 £53,438 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £80,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -28.13% +33.33% -13.04%
75th Percentile £71,688 £122,500 £80,375
90th Percentile £95,000 £152,500 £96,539
UK median annual salary £59,732 £75,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -20.36% +25.00% -8.40%

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 14,103 12,168 28,555
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 83.60% 94.83% 91.63%
Number of salaries quoted 9,832 8,797 23,312
10th Percentile £31,250 £32,500 £33,750
25th Percentile £43,738 £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 3 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 2 (0.52%) Apache
4 2 (0.52%) Confluence
4 2 (0.52%) IIS
4 2 (0.52%) Moodle
4 2 (0.52%) Umbraco
4 2 (0.52%) WordPress
5 1 (0.26%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 40 (10.31%) 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 66 (17.01%) Power Platform
3 47 (12.11%) Snowflake
4 46 (11.86%) AWS
5 28 (7.22%) GCP
6 19 (4.90%) Dynamics 365
7 17 (4.38%) Microsoft 365
8 11 (2.84%) Power Automate
9 10 (2.58%) Azure DevOps
10 9 (2.32%) Amazon S3
10 9 (2.32%) Azure Machine Learning
11 8 (2.06%) dbt
12 7 (1.80%) GitHub
12 7 (1.80%) SaaS
13 6 (1.55%) Azure Data Factory
14 5 (1.29%) Collibra
15 4 (1.03%) Alation
15 4 (1.03%) Azure Synapse Analytics
15 4 (1.03%) Entra ID
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 64 (16.49%) Power BI
2 56 (14.43%) Data Warehouse
3 31 (7.99%) Metadata
4 25 (6.44%) SQL Server
5 16 (4.12%) Tableau
6 15 (3.87%) Data Lake
7 13 (3.35%) BigQuery
8 11 (2.84%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 10 (2.58%) Essbase
9 10 (2.58%) Oracle BI Publisher
10 9 (2.32%) MySQL
10 9 (2.32%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 8 (2.06%) Amazon Redshift
11 8 (2.06%) BusinessObjects
11 8 (2.06%) Relational Database
12 6 (1.55%) Power Query
13 5 (1.29%) QlikView
14 4 (1.03%) Azure SQL Database
14 4 (1.03%) Elasticsearch
14 4 (1.03%) PostgreSQL
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%) Jenkins
6 3 (0.77%) ER Studio
6 3 (0.77%) ERwin
6 3 (0.77%) Maven
6 3 (0.77%) PowerDesigner
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
1 131 (33.76%) Social Skills
2 93 (23.97%) Analytical Skills
3 89 (22.94%) Finance
4 67 (17.27%) Marketing
5 46 (11.86%) Public Sector
6 44 (11.34%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 33 (8.51%) Retail
8 28 (7.22%) 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
16 3 (0.77%) Aerospace
16 3 (0.77%) Retail Banking
17 2 (0.52%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 89 (22.94%) Senior
2 70 (18.04%) Architect
3 58 (14.95%) Data Architect
4 57 (14.69%) 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 24 (6.19%) 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
15 13 (3.35%) Support Analyst
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%) ActiveMQ
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
6 2 (0.52%) .NET Framework
6 2 (0.52%) Entity Framework
6 2 (0.52%) JSON
6 2 (0.52%) Playwright
Miscellaneous
1 45 (11.60%) 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 16 (4.12%) Data Structures
8 15 (3.87%) Legacy Systems
9 14 (3.61%) Onboarding
10 11 (2.84%) Reference Data
11 10 (2.58%) Algorithms
11 10 (2.58%) Public Cloud
12 8 (2.06%) Hybrid Cloud
13 6 (1.55%) Data Centre
13 6 (1.55%) FlexPod
13 6 (1.55%) Video Conferencing
14 5 (1.29%) Replication
14 5 (1.29%) Security Posture
14 5 (1.29%) Self-Motivation
15 4 (1.03%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 13 (3.35%) Linux
2 8 (2.06%) 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 90 (23.20%) Business Intelligence
3 88 (22.68%) Data Governance
4 85 (21.91%) Decision-Making
5 83 (21.39%) Data Modelling
6 80 (20.62%) Data Strategy
7 75 (19.33%) Problem-Solving
8 73 (18.81%) Data Architecture
9 66 (17.01%) Visualisation
10 64 (16.49%) Data Integration
11 60 (15.46%) ERP
12 57 (14.69%) CRM
12 57 (14.69%) Roadmaps
13 55 (14.18%) DevOps
14 54 (13.92%) Data Engineering
15 52 (13.40%) Data Visualisation
16 51 (13.14%) E-Commerce
17 50 (12.89%) Agile
17 50 (12.89%) Mentoring
18 48 (12.37%) Coaching
Programming Languages
1 103 (26.55%) SQL
2 49 (12.63%) Python
3 14 (3.61%) Java
4 13 (3.35%) T-SQL
5 10 (2.58%) Groovy
6 5 (1.29%) R
7 4 (1.03%) Scala
8 3 (0.77%) JavaScript
8 3 (0.77%) PowerShell
8 3 (0.77%) TypeScript
8 3 (0.77%) VBA
9 2 (0.52%) C#
9 2 (0.52%) C++
10 1 (0.26%) ANSI SQL
10 1 (0.26%) Apex Code
10 1 (0.26%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 59 (15.21%) Degree
2 24 (6.19%) Security Cleared
3 17 (4.38%) SC Cleared
4 13 (3.35%) Computer Science Degree
4 13 (3.35%) DBS Check
5 6 (1.55%) CITP
5 6 (1.55%) ISACA
6 5 (1.29%) CISA
6 5 (1.29%) CISM
6 5 (1.29%) CISSP
6 5 (1.29%) Master's Degree
6 5 (1.29%) Microsoft Certification
6 5 (1.29%) SANS
7 3 (0.77%) Azure Certification
7 3 (0.77%) BPSS Clearance
8 2 (0.52%) CRISC
8 2 (0.52%) ISTQB
8 2 (0.52%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
8 2 (0.52%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
8 2 (0.52%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 83 (21.39%) Data Quality
2 39 (10.05%) Accessibility
3 17 (4.38%) 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 2 (0.52%) Active Directory
6 1 (0.26%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 16 (4.12%) 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
1 130 (33.51%) Microsoft
2 28 (7.22%) Oracle
3 24 (6.19%) Adobe
4 19 (4.90%) SAP
5 18 (4.64%) Databricks
6 17 (4.38%) Google
7 15 (3.87%) Salesforce
8 13 (3.35%) Cisco
8 13 (3.35%) ServiceNow
9 12 (3.09%) Informatica
10 11 (2.84%) VMware
11 10 (2.58%) Hyperion
12 9 (2.32%) ConnectWise
12 9 (2.32%) WooCommerce
13 8 (2.06%) Planon
14 6 (1.55%) Fortinet
14 6 (1.55%) HubSpot
14 6 (1.55%) Palo Alto
14 6 (1.55%) Splunk
15 5 (1.29%) CheckPoint