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

6 months to
28 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 159 106 105
Rank change year-on-year -53 -1 -5
Permanent jobs citing Data Management 326 545 934
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 1.59% 3.46% 2.78%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.93% 3.68% 3.13%
Number of salaries quoted 179 278 482
10th Percentile £31,250 £34,739 £36,250
25th Percentile £43,227 £51,938 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £58,000 £75,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -22.67% +25.00% -7.69%
75th Percentile £76,201 £121,875 £80,000
90th Percentile £92,000 £148,750 £95,000
UK median annual salary £59,450 £65,000 £59,650
% change year-on-year -8.54% +8.97% -6.80%

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 16,900 14,802 29,888
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 82.24% 94.02% 89.09%
Number of salaries quoted 12,326 8,674 23,017
10th Percentile £35,000 £29,750 £33,750
25th Percentile £45,000 £41,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year - +4.35% -8.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £78,938 £75,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £105,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +4.35% +4.55% -9.12%

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 June 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 13 (3.99%) SharePoint
2 4 (1.23%) Apache Spark
3 3 (0.92%) Apache Airflow
4 2 (0.61%) Microsoft Exchange
4 2 (0.61%) SAS
4 2 (0.61%) WordPress
Applications
1 55 (16.87%) Microsoft Excel
2 14 (4.29%) Microsoft Office
3 13 (3.99%) Microsoft Project
4 11 (3.37%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 4 (1.23%) Spreadsheet
5 4 (1.23%) Windchill
6 3 (0.92%) Blender
6 3 (0.92%) Maya
7 2 (0.61%) Adobe Creative Suite
7 2 (0.61%) Chatbot
8 1 (0.31%) Adobe XD
8 1 (0.31%) EngageOne
Business Applications
1 34 (10.43%) Adobe Campaign
2 13 (3.99%) Dynamics CRM
3 6 (1.84%) NetSuite
4 4 (1.23%) Dynamics NAV
4 4 (1.23%) Magento
4 4 (1.23%) Shopify
5 3 (0.92%) Raiser’s Edge
6 1 (0.31%) HFM
6 1 (0.31%) Salesforce CRM
6 1 (0.31%) SAP S/4HANA
6 1 (0.31%) TIBCO iProcess
Cloud Services
1 71 (21.78%) Power Platform
2 64 (19.63%) Azure
3 47 (14.42%) AWS
4 23 (7.06%) GCP
4 23 (7.06%) Power Automate
5 18 (5.52%) Dynamics 365
6 16 (4.91%) Microsoft 365
7 15 (4.60%) Microsoft Purview
8 11 (3.37%) Entra ID
9 9 (2.76%) PowerApps
10 8 (2.45%) SaaS
11 7 (2.15%) Azure Logic Apps
11 7 (2.15%) dbt
11 7 (2.15%) GitHub
12 6 (1.84%) Amazon S3
13 5 (1.53%) Azure Machine Learning
14 4 (1.23%) Amazon EKS
14 4 (1.23%) Azure DevOps
14 4 (1.23%) Snowflake
15 3 (0.92%) Anthropic Claude
Communications & Networking
1 38 (11.66%) Broadband
2 15 (4.60%) Firewall
3 12 (3.68%) Cisco ASA
3 12 (3.68%) VLAN
4 11 (3.37%) LAN
4 11 (3.37%) WAN
5 9 (2.76%) Cisco Firepower
5 9 (2.76%) Unified Communications
5 9 (2.76%) WebEx
6 5 (1.53%) BGP
7 3 (0.92%) Network Security
7 3 (0.92%) TCP/IP
8 2 (0.61%) DHCP
8 2 (0.61%) DNS
8 2 (0.61%) MPLS
8 2 (0.61%) OSPF
8 2 (0.61%) VoIP
9 1 (0.31%) Ethernet VPN
9 1 (0.31%) SD-WAN
9 1 (0.31%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 60 (18.40%) Power BI
2 30 (9.20%) Metadata
3 20 (6.13%) Tableau
4 12 (3.68%) Data Warehouse
4 12 (3.68%) SQL Server
5 11 (3.37%) Data Lake
6 9 (2.76%) PostgreSQL
7 8 (2.45%) Relational Database
8 5 (1.53%) BigQuery
8 5 (1.53%) MySQL
9 4 (1.23%) Delta Lake
9 4 (1.23%) Elasticsearch
10 3 (0.92%) GIS
10 3 (0.92%) MongoDB
10 3 (0.92%) Power Query
11 2 (0.61%) Amazon Athena
11 2 (0.61%) Electronic Patient Records
11 2 (0.61%) Neo4j
12 1 (0.31%) Geospatial Data
12 1 (0.31%) Spatial Data
Development Applications
1 10 (3.07%) JIRA
2 9 (2.76%) GitLab
3 7 (2.15%) Git
4 1 (0.31%) ER Studio
4 1 (0.31%) ERwin
4 1 (0.31%) Jenkins
4 1 (0.31%) Mocha
4 1 (0.31%) REST Assured
4 1 (0.31%) Toad
General
1 127 (38.96%) Social Skills
2 89 (27.30%) Analytical Skills
3 85 (26.07%) Finance
4 62 (19.02%) Marketing
5 53 (16.26%) Public Sector
6 34 (10.43%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 32 (9.82%) Retail
7 32 (9.82%) Telecoms
8 22 (6.75%) Banking
9 20 (6.13%) Organisational Skills
10 7 (2.15%) Back Office
11 6 (1.84%) Billing
11 6 (1.84%) Law
12 4 (1.23%) Advertising
12 4 (1.23%) Environmental Health
12 4 (1.23%) General Ledger
12 4 (1.23%) Military
12 4 (1.23%) Welsh Language
13 3 (0.92%) Humanities
13 3 (0.92%) Social Science
Job Titles
1 94 (28.83%) Senior
2 50 (15.34%) Analyst
3 42 (12.88%) Architect
4 38 (11.66%) Administrator
5 36 (11.04%) Campaign Manager
6 33 (10.12%) Data Architect
6 33 (10.12%) Data Manager
6 33 (10.12%) Senior Manager
7 28 (8.59%) Data Governance Analyst
7 28 (8.59%) Data Governance Manager
7 28 (8.59%) Governance Manager
8 26 (7.98%) Data Analyst
8 26 (7.98%) Product Manager
9 22 (6.75%) Senior Analyst
10 18 (5.52%) Senior Architect
10 18 (5.52%) Senior Data Architect
11 17 (5.21%) Data Engineer
11 17 (5.21%) Senior Data Analyst
12 16 (4.91%) Applications Support
12 16 (4.91%) Senior Campaign Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (3.07%) Node.js
2 9 (2.76%) XMPP
3 7 (2.15%) Middleware
4 6 (1.84%) AngularJS
4 6 (1.84%) RESTful
5 5 (1.53%) .NET
5 5 (1.53%) EDI
5 5 (1.53%) Kafka
5 5 (1.53%) OAuth
5 5 (1.53%) PySpark
6 4 (1.23%) ASP.NET
6 4 (1.23%) OpenID
6 4 (1.23%) REST
6 4 (1.23%) SOAP
7 3 (0.92%) Django
7 3 (0.92%) Express.js
7 3 (0.92%) Godot
7 3 (0.92%) React
7 3 (0.92%) Unity (Game Engine)
7 3 (0.92%) Unreal Engine
Miscellaneous
1 49 (15.03%) Product Ownership
2 40 (12.27%) Social Media
3 35 (10.74%) Management Information System
4 34 (10.43%) Marketing Technology
4 34 (10.43%) Over-the-Top Content
5 19 (5.83%) Data Structures
6 11 (3.37%) Onboarding
7 9 (2.76%) Algorithms
7 9 (2.76%) Blog
7 9 (2.76%) FlexPod
7 9 (2.76%) Hybrid Cloud
7 9 (2.76%) Public Cloud
7 9 (2.76%) Video Conferencing
8 7 (2.15%) Cloud Native
8 7 (2.15%) Reference Data
9 6 (1.84%) Replication
9 6 (1.84%) Self-Motivation
10 5 (1.53%) Data Centre
10 5 (1.53%) Distributed Systems
10 5 (1.53%) Legacy Systems
Operating Systems
1 17 (5.21%) Linux
2 8 (2.45%) Windows
2 8 (2.45%) Windows Server
3 3 (0.92%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 113 (34.66%) Analytics
2 112 (34.36%) Decision-Making
3 90 (27.61%) Data Governance
3 90 (27.61%) Problem-Solving
4 75 (23.01%) Roadmaps
5 69 (21.17%) Business Intelligence
6 61 (18.71%) CRM
7 60 (18.40%) Data Strategy
8 58 (17.79%) Agile
9 56 (17.18%) Data Modelling
10 52 (15.95%) Continuous Improvement
11 48 (14.72%) Stakeholder Engagement
12 46 (14.11%) AI
13 45 (13.80%) DevOps
14 42 (12.88%) Data Architecture
15 41 (12.58%) Data Analysis
16 40 (12.27%) Visualisation
17 38 (11.66%) CI/CD
18 35 (10.74%) Customer Experience
18 35 (10.74%) User Stories
Programming Languages
1 70 (21.47%) SQL
2 64 (19.63%) Python
3 11 (3.37%) Java
4 8 (2.45%) C#
4 8 (2.45%) JavaScript
5 7 (2.15%) TypeScript
6 6 (1.84%) Scala
7 5 (1.53%) T-SQL
8 3 (0.92%) R
8 3 (0.92%) VBA
9 2 (0.61%) PHP
9 2 (0.61%) PowerShell
10 1 (0.31%) Apex Code
10 1 (0.31%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 1 (0.31%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 35 (10.74%) Degree
2 22 (6.75%) Security Cleared
3 16 (4.91%) SC Cleared
4 9 (2.76%) CIPD
5 8 (2.45%) DBS Check
6 7 (2.15%) Microsoft Certification
7 6 (1.84%) Azure Certification
8 5 (1.53%) CISA
8 5 (1.53%) CISM
8 5 (1.53%) CISSP
8 5 (1.53%) CITP
8 5 (1.53%) ISACA
8 5 (1.53%) PMI Certification
8 5 (1.53%) PMP
8 5 (1.53%) SANS
9 3 (0.92%) AWS Certification
9 3 (0.92%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 3 (0.92%) BPSS Clearance
10 2 (0.61%) CRISC
10 2 (0.61%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 92 (28.22%) Data Quality
2 38 (11.66%) GDPR
3 20 (6.13%) QA
4 17 (5.21%) California Consumer Privacy Act
5 7 (2.15%) Accessibility
5 7 (2.15%) Actionable Recommendations
6 5 (1.53%) GRC
6 5 (1.53%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 5 (1.53%) NIST
6 5 (1.53%) NIST 800
7 4 (1.23%) Def Stans
7 4 (1.23%) ISO 9000
7 4 (1.23%) ISO/IEC 15288
8 2 (0.61%) Cyber Essentials
8 2 (0.61%) PMO
9 1 (0.31%) IFRS
9 1 (0.31%) IFRS 17
9 1 (0.31%) SLA
9 1 (0.31%) Solvency II
System Software
1 13 (3.99%) Docker
2 11 (3.37%) Active Directory
3 9 (2.76%) VMware Infrastructure
4 6 (1.84%) Microsoft Virtual Server
4 6 (1.84%) Virtual Servers
4 6 (1.84%) vSphere
5 4 (1.23%) VMware NSX
6 2 (0.61%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 16 (4.91%) Kubernetes
2 15 (4.60%) Terraform
3 13 (3.99%) Ansible
4 9 (2.76%) Cisco CUCM
4 9 (2.76%) Grafana
5 5 (1.53%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
5 5 (1.53%) RSA Archer
6 1 (0.31%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 90 (27.61%) Microsoft
2 37 (11.35%) Adobe
3 20 (6.13%) Salesforce
4 14 (4.29%) Cisco
5 11 (3.37%) Google
5 11 (3.37%) SAP
6 10 (3.07%) Databricks
6 10 (3.07%) Fortinet
6 10 (3.07%) Oracle
6 10 (3.07%) Palo Alto
6 10 (3.07%) VMware
7 9 (2.76%) ServiceNow
7 9 (2.76%) Splunk
8 7 (2.15%) HubSpot
8 7 (2.15%) Planon
9 6 (1.84%) NetApp
10 5 (1.53%) IFS
11 4 (1.23%) ConnectWise
11 4 (1.23%) OpenAI
11 4 (1.23%) WooCommerce