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

6 months to
1 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 161 108 104
Rank change year-on-year -53 -4 -2
Permanent jobs citing Data Management 327 543 926
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 1.58% 3.42% 2.77%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.92% 3.64% 3.11%
Number of salaries quoted 178 276 476
10th Percentile £31,250 £34,732 £35,941
25th Percentile £41,563 £51,625 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,750 £75,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -23.00% +25.00% -7.69%
75th Percentile £76,201 £119,063 £80,000
90th Percentile £91,250 £144,950 £95,000
UK median annual salary £59,450 £65,000 £59,300
% change year-on-year -8.54% +9.61% -5.87%

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 17,029 14,914 29,776
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 82.18% 93.86% 89.06%
Number of salaries quoted 12,466 8,777 22,909
10th Percentile £35,000 £29,809 £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 £78,750 £75,250
90th Percentile £100,000 £103,750 £95,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +4.35% +4.55% -9.09%

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 1 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 14 (4.28%) SharePoint
2 4 (1.22%) Apache Spark
3 3 (0.92%) Apache Airflow
3 3 (0.92%) Microsoft Exchange
4 2 (0.61%) SAS
4 2 (0.61%) WordPress
Applications
1 57 (17.43%) Microsoft Excel
2 14 (4.28%) Microsoft Office
3 13 (3.98%) Microsoft Project
4 11 (3.36%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 4 (1.22%) Spreadsheet
5 4 (1.22%) 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 (10.40%) Adobe Campaign
2 14 (4.28%) Dynamics CRM
3 6 (1.83%) NetSuite
4 4 (1.22%) Dynamics NAV
4 4 (1.22%) Magento
4 4 (1.22%) 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 70 (21.41%) Power Platform
2 63 (19.27%) Azure
3 47 (14.37%) AWS
4 23 (7.03%) GCP
4 23 (7.03%) Power Automate
5 19 (5.81%) Dynamics 365
6 17 (5.20%) Microsoft 365
7 15 (4.59%) Microsoft Purview
8 12 (3.67%) Entra ID
9 9 (2.75%) PowerApps
10 8 (2.45%) SaaS
11 7 (2.14%) Azure Logic Apps
11 7 (2.14%) dbt
11 7 (2.14%) GitHub
12 6 (1.83%) Amazon S3
13 4 (1.22%) Amazon EKS
13 4 (1.22%) Azure DevOps
13 4 (1.22%) Azure Machine Learning
13 4 (1.22%) Snowflake
14 3 (0.92%) Azure Data Factory
Communications & Networking
1 38 (11.62%) Broadband
2 16 (4.89%) Firewall
3 13 (3.98%) VLAN
4 12 (3.67%) Cisco ASA
5 11 (3.36%) LAN
5 11 (3.36%) WAN
6 9 (2.75%) Cisco Firepower
6 9 (2.75%) Unified Communications
6 9 (2.75%) WebEx
7 5 (1.53%) BGP
8 4 (1.22%) Network Security
8 4 (1.22%) TCP/IP
9 3 (0.92%) DHCP
9 3 (0.92%) DNS
9 3 (0.92%) VoIP
10 2 (0.61%) MPLS
10 2 (0.61%) OSPF
11 1 (0.31%) Software-Defined Networking
11 1 (0.31%) Structured Cabling
11 1 (0.31%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 59 (18.04%) Power BI
2 30 (9.17%) Metadata
3 20 (6.12%) Tableau
4 12 (3.67%) Data Warehouse
4 12 (3.67%) SQL Server
5 11 (3.36%) Data Lake
6 9 (2.75%) PostgreSQL
7 8 (2.45%) Relational Database
8 5 (1.53%) BigQuery
8 5 (1.53%) MySQL
9 4 (1.22%) Delta Lake
9 4 (1.22%) 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%) Semantic Layer
Development Applications
1 10 (3.06%) JIRA
2 9 (2.75%) GitLab
3 7 (2.14%) 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 (38.84%) Social Skills
2 88 (26.91%) Analytical Skills
3 86 (26.30%) Finance
4 62 (18.96%) Marketing
5 53 (16.21%) Public Sector
6 34 (10.40%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 32 (9.79%) Retail
7 32 (9.79%) Telecoms
8 22 (6.73%) Banking
9 20 (6.12%) Organisational Skills
10 7 (2.14%) Back Office
11 6 (1.83%) Billing
11 6 (1.83%) Law
12 4 (1.22%) Advertising
12 4 (1.22%) Environmental Health
12 4 (1.22%) General Ledger
12 4 (1.22%) Military
12 4 (1.22%) Welsh Language
13 3 (0.92%) Humanities
13 3 (0.92%) Social Science
Job Titles
1 93 (28.44%) Senior
2 50 (15.29%) Analyst
3 42 (12.84%) Architect
4 39 (11.93%) Administrator
5 36 (11.01%) Campaign Manager
6 33 (10.09%) Data Architect
6 33 (10.09%) Data Manager
6 33 (10.09%) Senior Manager
7 28 (8.56%) Data Governance Analyst
7 28 (8.56%) Data Governance Manager
7 28 (8.56%) Governance Manager
8 26 (7.95%) Data Analyst
8 26 (7.95%) Product Manager
9 22 (6.73%) Senior Analyst
10 18 (5.50%) Senior Architect
10 18 (5.50%) Senior Data Architect
11 17 (5.20%) Data Engineer
11 17 (5.20%) Senior Data Analyst
12 16 (4.89%) Applications Support
12 16 (4.89%) Senior Campaign Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (3.06%) Node.js
2 9 (2.75%) XMPP
3 7 (2.14%) Middleware
4 6 (1.83%) AngularJS
4 6 (1.83%) 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 (1.22%) ASP.NET
6 4 (1.22%) OpenID
6 4 (1.22%) REST
6 4 (1.22%) SOAP
7 3 (0.92%) Django
7 3 (0.92%) Express.js
7 3 (0.92%) React
7 3 (0.92%) Unity (Game Engine)
7 3 (0.92%) Unreal Engine
7 3 (0.92%) WebXR
Miscellaneous
1 49 (14.98%) Product Ownership
2 40 (12.23%) Social Media
3 35 (10.70%) Management Information System
4 34 (10.40%) Marketing Technology
4 34 (10.40%) Over-the-Top Content
5 19 (5.81%) Data Structures
6 11 (3.36%) Onboarding
7 9 (2.75%) Blog
7 9 (2.75%) FlexPod
7 9 (2.75%) Hybrid Cloud
7 9 (2.75%) Public Cloud
7 9 (2.75%) Video Conferencing
8 8 (2.45%) Algorithms
9 7 (2.14%) Cloud Native
9 7 (2.14%) Reference Data
10 6 (1.83%) Replication
10 6 (1.83%) Self-Motivation
11 5 (1.53%) Distributed Systems
11 5 (1.53%) Legacy Systems
11 5 (1.53%) Web Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 17 (5.20%) Linux
2 9 (2.75%) Windows
2 9 (2.75%) Windows Server
3 3 (0.92%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 112 (34.25%) Analytics
1 112 (34.25%) Decision-Making
2 92 (28.13%) Data Governance
2 92 (28.13%) Problem-Solving
3 75 (22.94%) Roadmaps
4 69 (21.10%) Business Intelligence
5 63 (19.27%) CRM
6 59 (18.04%) Data Strategy
7 58 (17.74%) Agile
8 56 (17.13%) Data Modelling
9 52 (15.90%) Continuous Improvement
10 48 (14.68%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 46 (14.07%) AI
12 44 (13.46%) DevOps
13 42 (12.84%) Data Architecture
14 41 (12.54%) Data Analysis
15 39 (11.93%) Visualisation
16 37 (11.31%) CI/CD
17 35 (10.70%) Customer Experience
17 35 (10.70%) Personalization
Programming Languages
1 69 (21.10%) SQL
2 63 (19.27%) Python
3 11 (3.36%) Java
4 8 (2.45%) C#
4 8 (2.45%) JavaScript
5 7 (2.14%) TypeScript
6 6 (1.83%) 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 (10.70%) Degree
2 21 (6.42%) Security Cleared
3 15 (4.59%) SC Cleared
4 9 (2.75%) CIPD
5 8 (2.45%) DBS Check
6 7 (2.14%) Microsoft Certification
7 6 (1.83%) 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 (28.13%) Data Quality
2 40 (12.23%) GDPR
3 20 (6.12%) QA
4 17 (5.20%) California Consumer Privacy Act
5 7 (2.14%) Accessibility
5 7 (2.14%) 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 (1.22%) Def Stans
7 4 (1.22%) ISO 9000
7 4 (1.22%) ISO/IEC 15288
8 3 (0.92%) Cyber Essentials
9 2 (0.61%) PMO
10 1 (0.31%) IFRS
10 1 (0.31%) IFRS 17
10 1 (0.31%) SLA
10 1 (0.31%) Solvency II
System Software
1 13 (3.98%) Docker
2 12 (3.67%) Active Directory
3 9 (2.75%) VMware Infrastructure
4 6 (1.83%) Microsoft Virtual Server
4 6 (1.83%) Virtual Servers
4 6 (1.83%) vSphere
5 4 (1.22%) VMware NSX
6 3 (0.92%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 16 (4.89%) Kubernetes
2 15 (4.59%) Terraform
3 13 (3.98%) Ansible
4 9 (2.75%) Cisco CUCM
4 9 (2.75%) Grafana
5 5 (1.53%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
5 5 (1.53%) RSA Archer
6 1 (0.31%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 91 (27.83%) Microsoft
2 37 (11.31%) Adobe
3 20 (6.12%) Salesforce
4 14 (4.28%) Cisco
5 11 (3.36%) Google
5 11 (3.36%) SAP
6 10 (3.06%) Databricks
6 10 (3.06%) Fortinet
6 10 (3.06%) Oracle
6 10 (3.06%) Palo Alto
6 10 (3.06%) VMware
7 9 (2.75%) ServiceNow
7 9 (2.75%) Splunk
8 7 (2.14%) HubSpot
8 7 (2.14%) Planon
9 6 (1.83%) NetApp
10 5 (1.53%) IFS
11 4 (1.22%) CheckPoint
11 4 (1.22%) OpenAI
11 4 (1.22%) WooCommerce