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 30 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 148 155 118
Rank change year-on-year +7 -37 +50
Permanent jobs citing Data Management 357 434 640
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 2.18% 2.17% 2.86%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.34% 2.46% 3.01%
Number of salaries quoted 199 249 454
10th Percentile £30,500 £38,800 £42,500
25th Percentile £43,348 £45,441 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £64,350 £65,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -1.00% +4.00% -7.41%
75th Percentile £95,000 £82,500 £95,000
90th Percentile £112,500 £107,500 £110,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £63,548
% change year-on-year - -5.58% -5.07%

All Process and 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 15,256 17,653 21,294
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 93.30% 88.21% 95.07%
Number of salaries quoted 8,509 10,579 17,229
10th Percentile £29,750 £36,000 £37,072
25th Percentile £40,000 £46,250 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £62,500 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -8.00% - -
75th Percentile £77,500 £81,250 £80,250
90th Percentile £100,000 £100,150 £97,500
UK median annual salary £54,441 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -9.27% - -

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 30 October 2025.

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 7 (1.96%) Confluence
2 5 (1.40%) IIS
2 5 (1.40%) SAS
3 4 (1.12%) Apache
3 4 (1.12%) SharePoint
4 3 (0.84%) ArcGIS
5 2 (0.56%) Apache Airflow
5 2 (0.56%) Apache Spark
6 1 (0.28%) GeoServer
6 1 (0.28%) Oracle Workflow
6 1 (0.28%) WordPress
Applications
1 50 (14.01%) Microsoft Excel
2 19 (5.32%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 6 (1.68%) Microsoft Office
3 6 (1.68%) Oracle Smart View
4 2 (0.56%) Spreadsheet
5 1 (0.28%) Adobe Creative Suite
Business Applications
1 12 (3.36%) Dynamics CRM
1 12 (3.36%) Oracle Assets
1 12 (3.36%) Oracle Financials
1 12 (3.36%) Oracle General Ledger
1 12 (3.36%) Oracle Payables
1 12 (3.36%) Oracle Receivables
2 10 (2.80%) Oracle ERP
3 8 (2.24%) Adaptiv
4 6 (1.68%) Hyperion Planning
5 5 (1.40%) Oracle EBS
5 5 (1.40%) Salesforce CRM
6 4 (1.12%) Dynamics GP
6 4 (1.12%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
7 3 (0.84%) SAP S/4HANA
8 2 (0.56%) Infor SunSystems
8 2 (0.56%) Markit EDM
9 1 (0.28%) iTrent
9 1 (0.28%) NetSuite
9 1 (0.28%) Primavera
Cloud Services
1 130 (36.41%) Azure
2 87 (24.37%) Power Platform
3 35 (9.80%) GCP
4 33 (9.24%) AWS
5 25 (7.00%) Snowflake
6 18 (5.04%) Azure DevOps
7 12 (3.36%) Dynamics 365
7 12 (3.36%) Microsoft Purview
8 9 (2.52%) Azure Data Factory
9 8 (2.24%) GitHub
9 8 (2.24%) PowerApps
10 7 (1.96%) Alation
10 7 (1.96%) SaaS
11 6 (1.68%) Power Automate
12 5 (1.40%) Cloud Composer
12 5 (1.40%) Collibra
12 5 (1.40%) iPaaS
12 5 (1.40%) Microsoft 365
13 4 (1.12%) Azure Logic Apps
13 4 (1.12%) Azure Stack
Communications & Networking
1 3 (0.84%) DHCP
1 3 (0.84%) DNS
1 3 (0.84%) InfiniBand
2 2 (0.56%) Broadband
3 1 (0.28%) Firewall
3 1 (0.28%) Internet
3 1 (0.28%) LAN
3 1 (0.28%) WAN
3 1 (0.28%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 81 (22.69%) Power BI
2 60 (16.81%) Data Warehouse
3 37 (10.36%) Tableau
4 31 (8.68%) Metadata
5 23 (6.44%) BusinessObjects
5 23 (6.44%) SQL Server
6 22 (6.16%) Data Lake
7 18 (5.04%) Data Mining
7 18 (5.04%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 16 (4.48%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 12 (3.36%) NoSQL
10 11 (3.08%) Tick Data
11 10 (2.80%) BigQuery
12 9 (2.52%) Amazon Redshift
12 9 (2.52%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
13 7 (1.96%) Geospatial Data
14 6 (1.68%) Essbase
14 6 (1.68%) Oracle BI Publisher
14 6 (1.68%) QlikView
15 5 (1.40%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 12 (3.36%) JIRA
1 12 (3.36%) Oracle Forms
2 8 (2.24%) Git
3 7 (1.96%) ERwin
4 4 (1.12%) ER Studio
4 4 (1.12%) PowerDesigner
5 2 (0.56%) GitLab
6 1 (0.28%) Jenkins
6 1 (0.28%) JUnit
6 1 (0.28%) Mockito
6 1 (0.28%) Postman
General
1 144 (40.34%) Social Skills
2 143 (40.06%) Finance
3 101 (28.29%) Analytical Skills
4 37 (10.36%) Retail
5 33 (9.24%) Marketing
6 31 (8.68%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 27 (7.56%) Banking
8 25 (7.00%) Organisational Skills
9 18 (5.04%) Manufacturing
10 15 (4.20%) Influencing Skills
11 14 (3.92%) Public Sector
12 13 (3.64%) Legal
13 10 (2.80%) Billing
13 10 (2.80%) Games
14 9 (2.52%) Law
15 6 (1.68%) Aerospace
15 6 (1.68%) Local Government
16 4 (1.12%) Back Office
16 4 (1.12%) Retail Banking
16 4 (1.12%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 68 (19.05%) Analyst
2 58 (16.25%) Developer
3 48 (13.45%) Senior
4 47 (13.17%) Architect
5 34 (9.52%) Lead
6 28 (7.84%) Data Analyst
7 26 (7.28%) Administrator
7 26 (7.28%) Data Architect
8 24 (6.72%) Business Analyst
9 22 (6.16%) Data Engineer
10 19 (5.32%) Data Manager
10 19 (5.32%) Junior
11 18 (5.04%) Junior Developer
11 18 (5.04%) Senior Analyst
12 15 (4.20%) Data Administrator
13 14 (3.92%) Solutions Architect
14 13 (3.64%) ETL Developer
15 12 (3.36%) Oracle Analyst
15 12 (3.36%) Python Developer
15 12 (3.36%) Senior Oracle Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (3.08%) .NET
2 8 (2.24%) .NET Framework
3 5 (1.40%) EDI
3 5 (1.40%) Entity Framework
3 5 (1.40%) Middleware
3 5 (1.40%) WinForms
4 4 (1.12%) CSS
4 4 (1.12%) HTML
5 3 (0.84%) React
5 3 (0.84%) RESTful
6 2 (0.56%) CSS3
6 2 (0.56%) Express.js
6 2 (0.56%) HTML5
6 2 (0.56%) JSON
6 2 (0.56%) Node.js
6 2 (0.56%) OAuth
6 2 (0.56%) Pandas
6 2 (0.56%) Spring
6 2 (0.56%) Spring Boot
6 2 (0.56%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 57 (15.97%) Management Information System
2 22 (6.16%) Data Structures
2 22 (6.16%) Legacy Systems
3 17 (4.76%) Self-Motivation
4 16 (4.48%) Analytical Mindset
5 10 (2.80%) Cloud Native
5 10 (2.80%) Credit Risk
6 9 (2.52%) Blog
6 9 (2.52%) Market Risk
7 8 (2.24%) Onboarding
7 8 (2.24%) Product Ownership
8 7 (1.96%) Reference Data
9 6 (1.68%) IoT
9 6 (1.68%) NHS
9 6 (1.68%) Reinsurance
10 5 (1.40%) Pricing Data
11 4 (1.12%) Freedom of Information
12 3 (0.84%) Enterprise Software
12 3 (0.84%) PKI
12 3 (0.84%) Taxonomies
Operating Systems
1 6 (1.68%) Windows
2 3 (0.84%) Linux
3 2 (0.56%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 103 (28.85%) Analytics
2 98 (27.45%) Agile
3 86 (24.09%) Problem-Solving
4 85 (23.81%) Business Intelligence
5 77 (21.57%) Continuous Improvement
6 75 (21.01%) Data Governance
7 63 (17.65%) Decision-Making
8 58 (16.25%) Data Analysis
9 57 (15.97%) Data Modelling
10 52 (14.57%) DevOps
11 50 (14.01%) ETL
11 50 (14.01%) Visualisation
12 48 (13.45%) Data Architecture
13 46 (12.89%) Validation
14 43 (12.04%) Data Visualisation
15 42 (11.76%) Stakeholder Management
16 40 (11.20%) Data Integration
16 40 (11.20%) Roadmaps
17 39 (10.92%) Coaching
18 38 (10.64%) Computer Science
Programming Languages
1 130 (36.41%) SQL
2 67 (18.77%) Python
3 23 (6.44%) Java
4 19 (5.32%) VBA
5 15 (4.20%) C#
6 11 (3.08%) R
7 8 (2.24%) T-SQL
8 6 (1.68%) Groovy
8 6 (1.68%) JavaScript
8 6 (1.68%) PL/SQL
9 4 (1.12%) Fortran
10 3 (0.84%) Bash
10 3 (0.84%) Perl
11 2 (0.56%) C++
12 1 (0.28%) PowerShell
12 1 (0.28%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 67 (18.77%) Degree
2 23 (6.44%) Computer Science Degree
3 15 (4.20%) DBS Check
4 14 (3.92%) Azure Certification
4 14 (3.92%) CFA
4 14 (3.92%) ITIL Certification
4 14 (3.92%) PMI Certification
4 14 (3.92%) PMP
5 11 (3.08%) Master's Degree
6 10 (2.80%) Security Cleared
7 9 (2.52%) AWS Certification
7 9 (2.52%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
8 8 (2.24%) SC Cleared
9 7 (1.96%) Microsoft Certification
10 5 (1.40%) BPSS Clearance
10 5 (1.40%) CISA
10 5 (1.40%) CISM
10 5 (1.40%) CISSP
10 5 (1.40%) CITP
10 5 (1.40%) CRISC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 80 (22.41%) Data Quality
2 34 (9.52%) GDPR
3 26 (7.28%) Accessibility
4 14 (3.92%) NIST
5 11 (3.08%) QA
6 9 (2.52%) HIPAA
7 8 (2.24%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 5 (1.40%) COBIT
8 5 (1.40%) GRC
8 5 (1.40%) ITGC
9 4 (1.12%) ISO 9001
10 2 (0.56%) Actionable Recommendations
10 2 (0.56%) California Consumer Privacy Act
10 2 (0.56%) ECSS
10 2 (0.56%) Sarbanes-Oxley
11 1 (0.28%) SLA
System Software
1 28 (7.84%) Docker
2 3 (0.84%) GPFS
2 3 (0.84%) Lustre
2 3 (0.84%) NFS
3 2 (0.56%) Firmware
3 2 (0.56%) Virtual Machines
4 1 (0.28%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 16 (4.48%) Kubernetes
2 6 (1.68%) Terraform
Vendors
1 91 (25.49%) Microsoft
2 36 (10.08%) Databricks
3 34 (9.52%) Google
4 20 (5.60%) Oracle
5 18 (5.04%) Facebook
6 16 (4.48%) SAP
7 14 (3.92%) Murex
7 14 (3.92%) Salesforce
8 10 (2.80%) Informatica
9 8 (2.24%) Alteryx
9 8 (2.24%) FIS
9 8 (2.24%) Sage
10 6 (1.68%) Hyperion
10 6 (1.68%) IBM
11 5 (1.40%) Xamarin
11 5 (1.40%) Zoho
12 4 (1.12%) Sparx
13 3 (0.84%) Siebel
13 3 (0.84%) Teradata
13 3 (0.84%) Twitter