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

6 months to
24 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 174 146 92
Rank change year-on-year -28 -54 +26
Permanent jobs citing Data Management 374 352 715
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 1.52% 2.15% 3.12%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.87% 2.30% 3.55%
Number of salaries quoted 151 187 287
10th Percentile £34,750 £32,500 £39,600
25th Percentile £43,617 £45,313 £47,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,946 £65,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.85% - +4.00%
75th Percentile £76,201 £88,125 £85,000
90th Percentile £92,500 £112,000 £107,500
UK median annual salary £57,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -4.17% - -6.25%

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 20,023 15,273 20,150
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 81.27% 93.38% 87.84%
Number of salaries quoted 14,327 8,588 12,171
10th Percentile £34,000 £30,000 £35,500
25th Percentile £44,972 £40,600 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year - - -4.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £78,750 £80,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £100,000 £100,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year +9.09% -4.35% -4.17%

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 24 September 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 15 (4.01%) SharePoint
2 5 (1.34%) Microsoft Exchange
3 2 (0.53%) Apache
3 2 (0.53%) ArcGIS
4 1 (0.27%) Apache Airflow
4 1 (0.27%) Apache Spark
4 1 (0.27%) Confluence
4 1 (0.27%) Oracle Coherence
Applications
1 61 (16.31%) Microsoft Excel
2 11 (2.94%) Microsoft Office
3 9 (2.41%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 8 (2.14%) Microsoft Project
4 8 (2.14%) Spreadsheet
5 4 (1.07%) Windchill
6 3 (0.80%) Blender
6 3 (0.80%) Maya
7 2 (0.53%) Chatbot
8 1 (0.27%) Adobe XD
8 1 (0.27%) Stata
Business Applications
1 37 (9.89%) Dynamics CRM
2 27 (7.22%) Dynamics GP
3 20 (5.35%) Adobe Campaign
4 5 (1.34%) Raiser’s Edge
5 4 (1.07%) Teamcenter
6 2 (0.53%) NetSuite
6 2 (0.53%) Salesforce CRM
7 1 (0.27%) Aladdin
7 1 (0.27%) HFM
7 1 (0.27%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 65 (17.38%) Power Platform
2 62 (16.58%) Azure
3 61 (16.31%) SaaS
4 36 (9.63%) AWS
5 19 (5.08%) Microsoft Purview
6 17 (4.55%) Microsoft 365
7 16 (4.28%) Azure Data Factory
7 16 (4.28%) Power Automate
8 15 (4.01%) Dynamics 365
8 15 (4.01%) GCP
9 14 (3.74%) Azure DevOps
10 13 (3.48%) Entra ID
10 13 (3.48%) PowerApps
11 10 (2.67%) Azure Synapse Analytics
12 9 (2.41%) Azure Cosmos DB
12 9 (2.41%) GitHub
13 7 (1.87%) Azure Logic Apps
14 6 (1.60%) Collibra
15 5 (1.34%) Snowflake
16 4 (1.07%) Amazon EKS
Communications & Networking
1 24 (6.42%) Broadband
2 18 (4.81%) Firewall
3 17 (4.55%) LAN
3 17 (4.55%) VLAN
4 16 (4.28%) WAN
5 11 (2.94%) TCP/IP
6 10 (2.67%) BGP
6 10 (2.67%) OSPF
7 8 (2.14%) DHCP
7 8 (2.14%) DNS
7 8 (2.14%) Network Security
8 7 (1.87%) Cisco Nexus
8 7 (1.87%) Structured Cabling
9 6 (1.60%) Cisco ASA
9 6 (1.60%) Cisco Firepower
9 6 (1.60%) MPLS
9 6 (1.60%) Unified Communications
9 6 (1.60%) WebEx
10 5 (1.34%) Ethernet VPN
10 5 (1.34%) VXLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 53 (14.17%) Power BI
2 39 (10.43%) Metadata
3 26 (6.95%) SQL Server
4 25 (6.68%) Data Warehouse
5 16 (4.28%) Tableau
6 11 (2.94%) MongoDB
7 10 (2.67%) Data Lake
8 9 (2.41%) Amazon QuickSight
8 9 (2.41%) Azure SQL Database
8 9 (2.41%) DynamoDB
8 9 (2.41%) NoSQL
8 9 (2.41%) Snowflake Schema
8 9 (2.41%) Star Schema
9 6 (1.60%) PostgreSQL
10 5 (1.34%) MySQL
10 5 (1.34%) Relational Database
11 4 (1.07%) Delta Lake
11 4 (1.07%) Geospatial Data
12 3 (0.80%) GIS
13 2 (0.53%) Neo4j
Development Applications
1 20 (5.35%) Git
2 9 (2.41%) JIRA
3 6 (1.60%) GitLab
4 4 (1.07%) Sonatype Nexus
5 2 (0.53%) ER Studio
5 2 (0.53%) ERwin
6 1 (0.27%) Jenkins
6 1 (0.27%) MLflow
6 1 (0.27%) Rational DOORS
6 1 (0.27%) RStudio
General
1 189 (50.53%) Social Skills
2 94 (25.13%) Analytical Skills
3 88 (23.53%) Legal
4 79 (21.12%) Marketing
5 75 (20.05%) Finance
6 46 (12.30%) Public Sector
7 39 (10.43%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 37 (9.89%) Law
9 32 (8.56%) Telecoms
10 28 (7.49%) Retail
11 27 (7.22%) Banking
12 22 (5.88%) Organisational Skills
13 8 (2.14%) Aerospace
13 8 (2.14%) Military
14 7 (1.87%) Billing
14 7 (1.87%) Influencing Skills
15 5 (1.34%) Presentation Skills
15 5 (1.34%) Welsh Language
16 4 (1.07%) Local Government
16 4 (1.07%) Police
Job Titles
1 128 (34.22%) Senior
2 63 (16.84%) Senior Manager
3 49 (13.10%) Testing Manager
4 39 (10.43%) Architect
5 38 (10.16%) Analyst
6 30 (8.02%) Data Architect
7 28 (7.49%) Marketing Manager
8 27 (7.22%) Administrator
8 27 (7.22%) Technology Manager
9 24 (6.42%) Campaign Manager
10 23 (6.15%) Data Analyst
11 22 (5.88%) Senior Analyst
12 21 (5.61%) Data Manager
13 19 (5.08%) Lead
14 17 (4.55%) Data Governance Analyst
14 17 (4.55%) Data Governance Manager
14 17 (4.55%) Governance Manager
14 17 (4.55%) Senior Data Analyst
15 15 (4.01%) Network Engineer
15 15 (4.01%) Product Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 19 (5.08%) .NET
2 15 (4.01%) ASP.NET
3 12 (3.21%) Terraform
4 11 (2.94%) JSON
5 10 (2.67%) .NET Framework
5 10 (2.67%) ASP.NET MVC
5 10 (2.67%) Classic ASP
5 10 (2.67%) Entity Framework
5 10 (2.67%) Google Maps API
5 10 (2.67%) XML
6 7 (1.87%) RESTful
7 6 (1.60%) XMPP
8 5 (1.34%) Node.js
9 4 (1.07%) EDI
9 4 (1.07%) Kafka
9 4 (1.07%) Middleware
9 4 (1.07%) PySpark
9 4 (1.07%) React
9 4 (1.07%) REST
9 4 (1.07%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 53 (14.17%) Virtual Team
2 49 (13.10%) Marketing Technology
3 44 (11.76%) Product Ownership
4 36 (9.63%) Management Information System
5 31 (8.29%) Blog
6 25 (6.68%) Social Media
7 20 (5.35%) Over-the-Top Content
8 12 (3.21%) Data Structures
8 12 (3.21%) Enterprise Software
9 10 (2.67%) Data Centre
9 10 (2.67%) Legacy Systems
9 10 (2.67%) Onboarding
10 9 (2.41%) Cloud Native
11 8 (2.14%) Distributed Systems
12 7 (1.87%) Hybrid Cloud
13 6 (1.60%) FlexPod
13 6 (1.60%) Reference Data
13 6 (1.60%) Self-Motivation
13 6 (1.60%) Video Conferencing
14 5 (1.34%) Taxonomies
Operating Systems
1 16 (4.28%) Windows
2 13 (3.48%) Linux
3 7 (1.87%) Windows Server
4 5 (1.34%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 139 (37.17%) Decision-Making
2 136 (36.36%) Continuous Improvement
3 123 (32.89%) Analytics
4 109 (29.14%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 93 (24.87%) AI
6 90 (24.06%) Business Intelligence
7 89 (23.80%) DevOps
8 86 (22.99%) Problem-Solving
9 82 (21.93%) Test Automation
10 81 (21.66%) Data Governance
11 78 (20.86%) Agile
12 76 (20.32%) Software Engineering
13 72 (19.25%) Project Delivery
14 71 (18.98%) Mentoring
15 70 (18.72%) Roadmaps
16 66 (17.65%) Performance Management
17 63 (16.84%) CRM
17 63 (16.84%) Data Modelling
18 59 (15.78%) Enterprise Architecture
19 54 (14.44%) Data Architecture
Programming Languages
1 124 (33.16%) Python
2 79 (21.12%) C#
3 73 (19.52%) SQL
4 67 (17.91%) JavaScript
5 55 (14.71%) TypeScript
6 50 (13.37%) PowerShell
7 10 (2.67%) Java
8 2 (0.53%) PHP
8 2 (0.53%) Scala
9 1 (0.27%) Data Analysis Expressions
9 1 (0.27%) R
9 1 (0.27%) T-SQL
9 1 (0.27%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 39 (10.43%) Degree
2 28 (7.49%) Security Cleared
3 25 (6.68%) SC Cleared
4 9 (2.41%) CIPD
4 9 (2.41%) Microsoft Certification
5 8 (2.14%) Azure Certification
6 6 (1.60%) PMI Certification
6 6 (1.60%) PMP
7 5 (1.34%) AWS Certification
8 4 (1.07%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
8 4 (1.07%) BPSS Clearance
8 4 (1.07%) CCNP
8 4 (1.07%) Cisco Certification
9 3 (0.80%) CCNA
9 3 (0.80%) Computer Science Degree
9 3 (0.80%) DBS Check
9 3 (0.80%) DV Cleared
10 2 (0.53%) CITP
11 1 (0.27%) OCP
11 1 (0.27%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 99 (26.47%) Data Quality
2 68 (18.18%) QA
3 58 (15.51%) GDPR
4 28 (7.49%) California Consumer Privacy Act
5 19 (5.08%) Accessibility
6 5 (1.34%) Cyber Essentials
7 4 (1.07%) Def Stans
7 4 (1.07%) ISO 9000
7 4 (1.07%) ISO/IEC 15288
8 3 (0.80%) ISO 19650
9 2 (0.53%) IFRS
9 2 (0.53%) IFRS 17
9 2 (0.53%) ISO 14001
9 2 (0.53%) ISO 22301
9 2 (0.53%) ISO 9001
9 2 (0.53%) PERC
9 2 (0.53%) Solvency II
10 1 (0.27%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 1 (0.27%) ECSS
10 1 (0.27%) PMO
System Software
1 13 (3.48%) Active Directory
2 9 (2.41%) Docker
3 4 (1.07%) Hyper-V
4 3 (0.80%) Microsoft Virtual Server
4 3 (0.80%) Virtual Servers
4 3 (0.80%) VMware Infrastructure
4 3 (0.80%) VMware NSX
4 3 (0.80%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 15 (4.01%) Ansible
2 8 (2.14%) Grafana
2 8 (2.14%) Kubernetes
3 6 (1.60%) Cisco CUCM
Vendors
1 92 (24.60%) Microsoft
2 21 (5.61%) Adobe
3 16 (4.28%) Cisco
3 16 (4.28%) Informatica
4 14 (3.74%) Databricks
5 13 (3.48%) Google
6 12 (3.21%) Salesforce
7 11 (2.94%) Oracle
8 10 (2.67%) Fortinet
8 10 (2.67%) SAP
9 9 (2.41%) Palo Alto
9 9 (2.41%) Talend
10 7 (1.87%) ServiceNow
11 6 (1.60%) Splunk
11 6 (1.60%) VMware
12 4 (1.07%) Epicor
12 4 (1.07%) HubSpot
12 4 (1.07%) IFS
12 4 (1.07%) Infor
12 4 (1.07%) Veeam