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

6 months to
8 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 138 83 98
Rank change year-on-year -55 +15 +19
Permanent jobs citing Data Management 344 547 959
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 1.88% 3.85% 2.95%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.28% 4.05% 3.24%
Number of salaries quoted 190 293 493
10th Percentile £29,588 £41,400 £36,365
25th Percentile £40,235 £53,750 £42,439
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £80,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -34.38% +33.33% -9.91%
75th Percentile £67,500 £122,500 £83,750
90th Percentile £82,617 £152,500 £95,000
UK median annual salary £59,225 £75,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -21.03% +25.00% -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 15,111 13,517 29,606
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 82.80% 95.05% 91.16%
Number of salaries quoted 10,669 8,801 23,474
10th Percentile £33,000 £31,250 £33,756
25th Percentile £45,000 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £61,000 £60,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +1.67% +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 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year - +9.09% -10.10%

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 8 May 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 12 (3.49%) SharePoint
2 6 (1.74%) Apache Airflow
3 4 (1.16%) Apache Spark
4 2 (0.58%) Moodle
4 2 (0.58%) SAS
4 2 (0.58%) Umbraco
4 2 (0.58%) WordPress
Applications
1 42 (12.21%) Microsoft Excel
2 16 (4.65%) Microsoft Office
3 12 (3.49%) Microsoft Project
4 7 (2.03%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 7 (2.03%) Oracle Smart View
5 4 (1.16%) Spreadsheet
6 3 (0.87%) MS Visio
7 2 (0.58%) Adobe Creative Suite
8 1 (0.29%) Adobe XD
8 1 (0.29%) EngageOne
8 1 (0.29%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 34 (9.88%) Adobe Campaign
2 14 (4.07%) Oracle Assets
2 14 (4.07%) Oracle Financials
2 14 (4.07%) Oracle General Ledger
2 14 (4.07%) Oracle Payables
2 14 (4.07%) Oracle Receivables
3 12 (3.49%) Dynamics CRM
4 9 (2.62%) Dynamics NAV
4 9 (2.62%) Magento
4 9 (2.62%) Shopify
5 8 (2.33%) Oracle ERP
6 7 (2.03%) Hyperion Planning
6 7 (2.03%) NetSuite
7 2 (0.58%) Raiser’s Edge
7 2 (0.58%) SAP S/4HANA
8 1 (0.29%) HFM
8 1 (0.29%) TIBCO iProcess
Cloud Services
1 88 (25.58%) Azure
2 70 (20.35%) Power Platform
3 44 (12.79%) AWS
4 21 (6.10%) GCP
5 20 (5.81%) Power Automate
5 20 (5.81%) Snowflake
6 18 (5.23%) Microsoft 365
7 16 (4.65%) Dynamics 365
8 10 (2.91%) Entra ID
9 9 (2.62%) Amazon S3
9 9 (2.62%) Azure Machine Learning
10 8 (2.33%) dbt
11 6 (1.74%) Azure Logic Apps
11 6 (1.74%) PowerApps
11 6 (1.74%) SaaS
12 5 (1.45%) Azure DevOps
13 4 (1.16%) GitHub
13 4 (1.16%) Microsoft Purview
14 3 (0.87%) Anthropic Claude
14 3 (0.87%) Azure Synapse Analytics
Communications & Networking
1 36 (10.47%) Broadband
2 14 (4.07%) Cisco ASA
2 14 (4.07%) Firewall
3 10 (2.91%) LAN
3 10 (2.91%) VLAN
3 10 (2.91%) WAN
4 9 (2.62%) Cisco Firepower
4 9 (2.62%) Unified Communications
4 9 (2.62%) WebEx
5 6 (1.74%) BGP
6 3 (0.87%) PuTTY
7 1 (0.29%) Ethernet VPN
7 1 (0.29%) MPLS
7 1 (0.29%) Network Security
7 1 (0.29%) OSPF
7 1 (0.29%) Structured Cabling
Database & Business Intelligence
1 60 (17.44%) Power BI
2 27 (7.85%) Data Warehouse
3 24 (6.98%) Metadata
4 19 (5.52%) SQL Server
5 11 (3.20%) Tableau
6 10 (2.91%) Data Lake
7 8 (2.33%) BigQuery
8 7 (2.03%) Essbase
8 7 (2.03%) Oracle BI Publisher
8 7 (2.03%) Relational Database
9 5 (1.45%) PostgreSQL
10 4 (1.16%) Elasticsearch
10 4 (1.16%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 3 (0.87%) Amazon Redshift
11 3 (0.87%) BusinessObjects
11 3 (0.87%) GIS
11 3 (0.87%) MongoDB
11 3 (0.87%) MySQL
11 3 (0.87%) Power Query
12 2 (0.58%) Amazon Athena
Development Applications
1 14 (4.07%) Oracle Forms
2 10 (2.91%) JIRA
3 6 (1.74%) Git
3 6 (1.74%) GitLab
4 4 (1.16%) Jenkins
5 3 (0.87%) Maven
5 3 (0.87%) Sonatype Nexus
6 2 (0.58%) REST Assured
7 1 (0.29%) Mocha
7 1 (0.29%) Toad
General
1 118 (34.30%) Social Skills
2 87 (25.29%) Finance
3 86 (25.00%) Analytical Skills
4 76 (22.09%) Marketing
5 52 (15.12%) Public Sector
6 38 (11.05%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 32 (9.30%) Retail
8 27 (7.85%) Telecoms
9 24 (6.98%) Banking
10 19 (5.52%) Organisational Skills
11 12 (3.49%) Back Office
12 5 (1.45%) Advertising
12 5 (1.45%) Law
13 4 (1.16%) General Ledger
13 4 (1.16%) Legal
14 3 (0.87%) Billing
15 2 (0.58%) Influencing Skills
15 2 (0.58%) Welsh Language
16 1 (0.29%) Environmental Health
16 1 (0.29%) Investment Banking
Job Titles
1 94 (27.33%) Senior
2 56 (16.28%) Analyst
3 41 (11.92%) Architect
4 35 (10.17%) Campaign Manager
4 35 (10.17%) Senior Manager
5 33 (9.59%) Data Architect
6 31 (9.01%) Administrator
7 27 (7.85%) Senior Analyst
8 26 (7.56%) Product Manager
9 23 (6.69%) Data Manager
10 21 (6.10%) Lead
11 20 (5.81%) Data Engineer
11 20 (5.81%) Governance Manager
12 19 (5.52%) Data Governance Analyst
12 19 (5.52%) Data Governance Manager
13 16 (4.65%) Applications Support
13 16 (4.65%) Data Analyst
13 16 (4.65%) Senior Campaign Manager
14 14 (4.07%) Oracle Analyst
14 14 (4.07%) Senior Oracle Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (3.49%) REST
1 12 (3.49%) SOAP
2 10 (2.91%) Middleware
3 9 (2.62%) XMPP
4 7 (2.03%) EDI
4 7 (2.03%) Node.js
5 6 (1.74%) AngularJS
6 5 (1.45%) OAuth
7 4 (1.16%) Kafka
7 4 (1.16%) OpenID
8 3 (0.87%) ActiveMQ
8 3 (0.87%) PySpark
8 3 (0.87%) RAML
8 3 (0.87%) React
8 3 (0.87%) RESTful
9 2 (0.58%) JSON
9 2 (0.58%) Playwright
10 1 (0.29%) HEVC
10 1 (0.29%) Lightning Web Components
10 1 (0.29%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 43 (12.50%) Product Ownership
2 40 (11.63%) Social Media
3 39 (11.34%) Management Information System
4 35 (10.17%) Marketing Technology
5 34 (9.88%) Over-the-Top Content
6 20 (5.81%) Data Structures
7 18 (5.23%) Blog
8 13 (3.78%) Onboarding
9 12 (3.49%) Legacy Systems
10 10 (2.91%) Algorithms
11 9 (2.62%) FlexPod
11 9 (2.62%) Hybrid Cloud
11 9 (2.62%) Public Cloud
11 9 (2.62%) Video Conferencing
12 8 (2.33%) Reference Data
13 6 (1.74%) Data Centre
13 6 (1.74%) Replication
13 6 (1.74%) Self-Motivation
14 5 (1.45%) Security Posture
14 5 (1.45%) Web Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 13 (3.78%) Linux
2 6 (1.74%) Windows
2 6 (1.74%) Windows Server
3 1 (0.29%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 124 (36.05%) Analytics
2 86 (25.00%) Decision-Making
3 77 (22.38%) Data Governance
4 76 (22.09%) Business Intelligence
5 71 (20.64%) Problem-Solving
6 64 (18.60%) Data Strategy
7 63 (18.31%) Roadmaps
8 60 (17.44%) CRM
9 53 (15.41%) Continuous Improvement
9 53 (15.41%) Data Modelling
10 52 (15.12%) DevOps
10 52 (15.12%) Visualisation
11 48 (13.95%) Customer Experience
12 47 (13.66%) ERP
13 45 (13.08%) Data Architecture
13 45 (13.08%) Mentoring
14 43 (12.50%) Agile
15 40 (11.63%) Data Visualisation
16 39 (11.34%) Coaching
16 39 (11.34%) ETL
Programming Languages
1 85 (24.71%) SQL
2 53 (15.41%) Python
3 13 (3.78%) Java
4 9 (2.62%) T-SQL
5 7 (2.03%) Groovy
6 6 (1.74%) Scala
7 5 (1.45%) TypeScript
8 4 (1.16%) JavaScript
8 4 (1.16%) R
9 3 (0.87%) PowerShell
9 3 (0.87%) VBA
10 2 (0.58%) C#
10 2 (0.58%) PHP
11 1 (0.29%) ANSI SQL
11 1 (0.29%) Apex Code
11 1 (0.29%) PL/SQL
11 1 (0.29%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 41 (11.92%) Degree
2 25 (7.27%) Security Cleared
3 18 (5.23%) SC Cleared
4 10 (2.91%) DBS Check
5 7 (2.03%) CITP
6 5 (1.45%) CISA
6 5 (1.45%) CISM
6 5 (1.45%) CISSP
6 5 (1.45%) ISACA
6 5 (1.45%) SANS
7 4 (1.16%) Microsoft Certification
8 3 (0.87%) BPSS Clearance
8 3 (0.87%) Computer Science Degree
9 2 (0.58%) CRISC
9 2 (0.58%) ISTQB
9 2 (0.58%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
9 2 (0.58%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
9 2 (0.58%) TOGAF Certification
10 1 (0.29%) IIBA
10 1 (0.29%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 77 (22.38%) Data Quality
2 20 (5.81%) GDPR
3 19 (5.52%) Accessibility
3 19 (5.52%) QA
4 7 (2.03%) Actionable Recommendations
5 5 (1.45%) California Consumer Privacy Act
5 5 (1.45%) GRC
5 5 (1.45%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 5 (1.45%) NIST
5 5 (1.45%) NIST 800
6 1 (0.29%) Def Stans
6 1 (0.29%) IFRS
6 1 (0.29%) IFRS 17
6 1 (0.29%) ISO 9000
6 1 (0.29%) ISO/IEC 15288
6 1 (0.29%) PMO
6 1 (0.29%) SLA
6 1 (0.29%) Solvency II
System Software
1 11 (3.20%) Docker
1 11 (3.20%) VMware Infrastructure
2 8 (2.33%) Active Directory
3 6 (1.74%) Microsoft Virtual Server
3 6 (1.74%) Virtual Servers
3 6 (1.74%) vSphere
4 5 (1.45%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 15 (4.36%) Terraform
2 13 (3.78%) Kubernetes
3 12 (3.49%) Ansible
4 9 (2.62%) Cisco CUCM
4 9 (2.62%) Grafana
5 5 (1.45%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
5 5 (1.45%) RSA Archer
6 2 (0.58%) Microsoft Intune
7 1 (0.29%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 108 (31.40%) Microsoft
2 38 (11.05%) Adobe
3 23 (6.69%) Oracle
4 18 (5.23%) Salesforce
5 15 (4.36%) Cisco
6 13 (3.78%) ServiceNow
7 12 (3.49%) SAP
8 11 (3.20%) Databricks
8 11 (3.20%) Google
8 11 (3.20%) VMware
9 9 (2.62%) ConnectWise
9 9 (2.62%) Fortinet
9 9 (2.62%) Palo Alto
9 9 (2.62%) Planon
9 9 (2.62%) Splunk
9 9 (2.62%) WooCommerce
10 7 (2.03%) Hyperion
11 6 (1.74%) HubSpot
11 6 (1.74%) NetApp
12 5 (1.45%) CheckPoint