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

6 months to
21 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 162 110 92
Rank change year-on-year -52 -18 +19
Permanent jobs citing Data Management 376 511 859
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 1.74% 3.10% 2.95%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.10% 3.33% 3.33%
Number of salaries quoted 157 242 414
10th Percentile £31,250 £32,025 £37,500
25th Percentile £36,457 £49,438 £42,813
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,171 £69,183 £62,450
Median % change year-on-year -23.14% +10.78% -1.26%
75th Percentile £67,500 £105,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £87,500 £127,375 £95,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £62,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.00% +4.17% -4.00%

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 17,875 15,362 25,786
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 82.74% 93.25% 88.48%
Number of salaries quoted 13,022 9,082 19,277
10th Percentile £35,000 £29,750 £34,089
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 £78,750 £76,250
90th Percentile £100,000 £102,500 £95,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £56,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +7.14% +1.82% -8.84%

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 21 July 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 (4.26%) SharePoint
2 5 (1.33%) Microsoft Exchange
3 4 (1.06%) Apache Spark
4 3 (0.80%) Apache Airflow
5 2 (0.53%) ArcGIS
5 2 (0.53%) WordPress
6 1 (0.27%) Apache
6 1 (0.27%) SAS
Applications
1 56 (14.89%) Microsoft Excel
2 14 (3.72%) Microsoft Office
3 13 (3.46%) Microsoft Project
4 11 (2.93%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 4 (1.06%) Spreadsheet
5 4 (1.06%) Windchill
6 3 (0.80%) Blender
6 3 (0.80%) Maya
7 2 (0.53%) Adobe Creative Suite
7 2 (0.53%) Chatbot
8 1 (0.27%) Adobe XD
Business Applications
1 40 (10.64%) Dynamics CRM
2 34 (9.04%) Adobe Campaign
3 26 (6.91%) Dynamics GP
4 6 (1.60%) NetSuite
5 5 (1.33%) Raiser’s Edge
6 4 (1.06%) Dynamics NAV
6 4 (1.06%) Magento
6 4 (1.06%) Shopify
7 1 (0.27%) HFM
7 1 (0.27%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 66 (17.55%) Power Platform
2 52 (13.83%) SaaS
3 51 (13.56%) Azure
4 38 (10.11%) AWS
5 23 (6.12%) Power Automate
6 19 (5.05%) Microsoft 365
7 17 (4.52%) Dynamics 365
8 15 (3.99%) Microsoft Purview
9 14 (3.72%) GCP
10 13 (3.46%) Entra ID
11 9 (2.39%) PowerApps
12 7 (1.86%) Azure Logic Apps
12 7 (1.86%) GitHub
13 5 (1.33%) Azure Data Factory
13 5 (1.33%) dbt
14 4 (1.06%) Amazon EKS
14 4 (1.06%) Amazon S3
14 4 (1.06%) Azure DevOps
14 4 (1.06%) Snowflake
15 3 (0.80%) Anthropic Claude
Communications & Networking
1 38 (10.11%) Broadband
2 17 (4.52%) Firewall
3 13 (3.46%) VLAN
4 12 (3.19%) LAN
4 12 (3.19%) WAN
5 10 (2.66%) Cisco ASA
6 9 (2.39%) Cisco Firepower
6 9 (2.39%) Unified Communications
6 9 (2.39%) WebEx
7 7 (1.86%) TCP/IP
8 4 (1.06%) BGP
8 4 (1.06%) DHCP
8 4 (1.06%) DNS
8 4 (1.06%) Network Security
8 4 (1.06%) VoIP
9 3 (0.80%) MPLS
9 3 (0.80%) OSPF
9 3 (0.80%) SD-WAN
9 3 (0.80%) Software-Defined Networking
9 3 (0.80%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 55 (14.63%) Power BI
2 24 (6.38%) Metadata
3 22 (5.85%) SQL Server
4 19 (5.05%) Tableau
5 10 (2.66%) Data Lake
5 10 (2.66%) Data Warehouse
6 8 (2.13%) PostgreSQL
7 7 (1.86%) Relational Database
8 5 (1.33%) Geospatial Data
8 5 (1.33%) GIS
8 5 (1.33%) MySQL
9 4 (1.06%) Delta Lake
9 4 (1.06%) Elasticsearch
10 3 (0.80%) BigQuery
10 3 (0.80%) Power Query
10 3 (0.80%) Spatial Data
11 2 (0.53%) Amazon Athena
11 2 (0.53%) Electronic Patient Records
11 2 (0.53%) MongoDB
11 2 (0.53%) Neo4j
Development Applications
1 10 (2.66%) JIRA
2 8 (2.13%) GitLab
3 7 (1.86%) Git
4 1 (0.27%) ER Studio
4 1 (0.27%) ERwin
4 1 (0.27%) Jenkins
4 1 (0.27%) Rational DOORS
4 1 (0.27%) Toad
General
1 187 (49.73%) Social Skills
2 102 (27.13%) Analytical Skills
3 88 (23.40%) Marketing
4 79 (21.01%) Finance
5 75 (19.95%) Legal
6 32 (8.51%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 32 (8.51%) Public Sector
6 32 (8.51%) Retail
7 31 (8.24%) Telecoms
8 30 (7.98%) Law
9 21 (5.59%) Organisational Skills
10 19 (5.05%) Banking
11 7 (1.86%) Back Office
11 7 (1.86%) Billing
12 6 (1.60%) Welsh Language
13 4 (1.06%) Advertising
13 4 (1.06%) Environmental Health
13 4 (1.06%) General Ledger
13 4 (1.06%) Influencing Skills
13 4 (1.06%) Military
Job Titles
1 113 (30.05%) Senior
2 64 (17.02%) Senior Manager
3 47 (12.50%) Analyst
4 44 (11.70%) Testing Manager
5 39 (10.37%) Administrator
6 38 (10.11%) Campaign Manager
7 34 (9.04%) Architect
8 26 (6.91%) Marketing Manager
8 26 (6.91%) Product Manager
8 26 (6.91%) Technology Manager
9 25 (6.65%) Data Architect
10 24 (6.38%) Data Analyst
11 23 (6.12%) Data Manager
12 22 (5.85%) Senior Analyst
13 18 (4.79%) Data Governance Analyst
13 18 (4.79%) Data Governance Manager
13 18 (4.79%) Governance Manager
14 17 (4.52%) Senior Data Analyst
15 16 (4.26%) Applications Support
15 16 (4.26%) Senior Campaign Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 15 (3.99%) .NET
2 14 (3.72%) ASP.NET
3 11 (2.93%) JSON
4 10 (2.66%) .NET Framework
4 10 (2.66%) ASP.NET MVC
4 10 (2.66%) Classic ASP
4 10 (2.66%) Entity Framework
4 10 (2.66%) Google Maps API
4 10 (2.66%) XML
5 9 (2.39%) Node.js
5 9 (2.39%) XMPP
6 8 (2.13%) Middleware
7 5 (1.33%) AngularJS
7 5 (1.33%) Kafka
7 5 (1.33%) OAuth
7 5 (1.33%) RESTful
8 4 (1.06%) OpenID
8 4 (1.06%) PySpark
8 4 (1.06%) REST
8 4 (1.06%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 61 (16.22%) Marketing Technology
2 49 (13.03%) Product Ownership
3 48 (12.77%) Virtual Team
4 42 (11.17%) Social Media
5 37 (9.84%) Management Information System
6 34 (9.04%) Blog
6 34 (9.04%) Over-the-Top Content
7 20 (5.32%) Data Structures
8 11 (2.93%) Onboarding
9 9 (2.39%) FlexPod
9 9 (2.39%) Hybrid Cloud
9 9 (2.39%) Video Conferencing
10 7 (1.86%) Reference Data
10 7 (1.86%) Self-Motivation
11 6 (1.60%) Algorithms
11 6 (1.60%) Cloud Native
11 6 (1.60%) Replication
11 6 (1.60%) Web Conferencing
12 5 (1.33%) Distributed Systems
13 4 (1.06%) Legacy Systems
Operating Systems
1 17 (4.52%) Linux
2 10 (2.66%) Windows
2 10 (2.66%) Windows Server
3 4 (1.06%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 144 (38.30%) Decision-Making
2 129 (34.31%) Analytics
3 123 (32.71%) Continuous Improvement
4 93 (24.73%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 91 (24.20%) CRM
6 86 (22.87%) Problem-Solving
7 77 (20.48%) DevOps
8 74 (19.68%) AI
8 74 (19.68%) Test Automation
9 73 (19.41%) Roadmaps
10 70 (18.62%) Data Governance
11 69 (18.35%) Business Intelligence
12 65 (17.29%) Software Engineering
13 60 (15.96%) Digital Marketing
14 59 (15.69%) Agile
15 58 (15.43%) Mentoring
16 56 (14.89%) Performance Management
17 55 (14.63%) Project Delivery
18 52 (13.83%) Enterprise Architecture
19 48 (12.77%) Data Modelling
Programming Languages
1 108 (28.72%) Python
2 66 (17.55%) SQL
3 62 (16.49%) C#
4 61 (16.22%) JavaScript
5 49 (13.03%) TypeScript
6 45 (11.97%) PowerShell
7 10 (2.66%) Java
8 6 (1.60%) Scala
9 5 (1.33%) T-SQL
10 3 (0.80%) R
10 3 (0.80%) VBA
11 2 (0.53%) PHP
12 1 (0.27%) Apex Code
12 1 (0.27%) Data Analysis Expressions
12 1 (0.27%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 37 (9.84%) Degree
2 17 (4.52%) Security Cleared
3 11 (2.93%) SC Cleared
4 9 (2.39%) CIPD
5 8 (2.13%) Microsoft Certification
6 7 (1.86%) Azure Certification
7 5 (1.33%) PMI Certification
7 5 (1.33%) PMP
8 4 (1.06%) AWS Certification
8 4 (1.06%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
8 4 (1.06%) BPSS Clearance
8 4 (1.06%) DBS Check
9 3 (0.80%) CCNA
9 3 (0.80%) CCNP
9 3 (0.80%) Cisco Certification
10 2 (0.53%) CITP
10 2 (0.53%) TOGAF Certification
11 1 (0.27%) IIBA
11 1 (0.27%) Master's Degree
11 1 (0.27%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 81 (21.54%) Data Quality
2 61 (16.22%) QA
3 44 (11.70%) GDPR
4 18 (4.79%) California Consumer Privacy Act
5 8 (2.13%) Accessibility
6 7 (1.86%) Actionable Recommendations
7 5 (1.33%) Cyber Essentials
8 4 (1.06%) Def Stans
8 4 (1.06%) ISO 9000
8 4 (1.06%) ISO/IEC 15288
9 2 (0.53%) PMO
10 1 (0.27%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 1 (0.27%) ECSS
10 1 (0.27%) GRC
10 1 (0.27%) IFRS
10 1 (0.27%) ISO/IEC 27001
10 1 (0.27%) NIST
10 1 (0.27%) NIST 800
10 1 (0.27%) SLA
10 1 (0.27%) Solvency II
System Software
1 13 (3.46%) Active Directory
2 10 (2.66%) Docker
3 7 (1.86%) VMware Infrastructure
4 6 (1.60%) Microsoft Virtual Server
4 6 (1.60%) Virtual Servers
4 6 (1.60%) vSphere
5 4 (1.06%) Hyper-V
5 4 (1.06%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 14 (3.72%) Ansible
2 13 (3.46%) Kubernetes
3 12 (3.19%) Terraform
4 9 (2.39%) Cisco CUCM
4 9 (2.39%) Grafana
5 1 (0.27%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
5 1 (0.27%) RSA Archer
5 1 (0.27%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 92 (24.47%) Microsoft
2 37 (9.84%) Adobe
3 20 (5.32%) Salesforce
4 14 (3.72%) Google
5 13 (3.46%) Cisco
6 12 (3.19%) Fortinet
6 12 (3.19%) Palo Alto
7 11 (2.93%) Oracle
8 10 (2.66%) Databricks
8 10 (2.66%) ServiceNow
8 10 (2.66%) VMware
9 9 (2.39%) HubSpot
9 9 (2.39%) SAP
9 9 (2.39%) Splunk
10 6 (1.60%) IFS
10 6 (1.60%) NetApp
11 4 (1.06%) CheckPoint
11 4 (1.06%) ConnectWise
11 4 (1.06%) ESRI
11 4 (1.06%) WooCommerce