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 2 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 119 144 121
Rank change year-on-year +25 -23 +39
Permanent jobs citing Data Management 349 437 573
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 2.30% 2.29% 2.76%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.56% 2.52% 2.91%
Number of salaries quoted 193 239 402
10th Percentile £20,000 £37,950 £42,500
25th Percentile £42,000 £43,100 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £65,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -7.69% - -7.14%
75th Percentile £80,000 £85,000 £96,125
90th Percentile £110,600 £110,500 £110,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £65,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year -7.69% - -3.70%

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 13,659 17,335 19,699
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 90.20% 90.79% 94.98%
Number of salaries quoted 8,596 10,457 15,949
10th Percentile £29,250 £36,250 £36,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £46,250 £46,306
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £62,500 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -8.00% - -
75th Percentile £77,500 £81,250 £80,070
90th Percentile £98,750 £100,000 £97,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -

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 2 December 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 8 (2.29%) Confluence
1 8 (2.29%) SharePoint
2 5 (1.43%) IIS
2 5 (1.43%) SAS
3 4 (1.15%) Apache
4 3 (0.86%) Apache Airflow
4 3 (0.86%) ArcGIS
5 2 (0.57%) Apache Spark
5 2 (0.57%) Moodle
5 2 (0.57%) Umbraco
6 1 (0.29%) GeoServer
6 1 (0.29%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 25 (7.16%) Microsoft Excel
2 11 (3.15%) Oracle Smart View
3 6 (1.72%) Microsoft Office
4 1 (0.29%) Adobe Creative Suite
4 1 (0.29%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.29%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.29%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 22 (6.30%) Oracle Assets
1 22 (6.30%) Oracle Financials
1 22 (6.30%) Oracle General Ledger
1 22 (6.30%) Oracle Payables
1 22 (6.30%) Oracle Receivables
2 15 (4.30%) Oracle ERP
3 11 (3.15%) Hyperion Planning
4 8 (2.29%) Dynamics CRM
5 4 (1.15%) Adaptiv
5 4 (1.15%) Salesforce CRM
6 3 (0.86%) SAP S/4HANA
7 2 (0.57%) Dynamics GP
7 2 (0.57%) Infor SunSystems
7 2 (0.57%) Markit EDM
7 2 (0.57%) NetSuite
8 1 (0.29%) Primavera
8 1 (0.29%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 126 (36.10%) Azure
2 65 (18.62%) Power Platform
3 52 (14.90%) Snowflake
4 30 (8.60%) GCP
5 28 (8.02%) AWS
6 16 (4.58%) Azure DevOps
7 12 (3.44%) Dynamics 365
8 11 (3.15%) Azure Data Factory
9 10 (2.87%) Microsoft Purview
9 10 (2.87%) SaaS
10 7 (2.01%) GitHub
10 7 (2.01%) Microsoft 365
11 6 (1.72%) Collibra
11 6 (1.72%) PowerApps
12 5 (1.43%) Alation
12 5 (1.43%) iPaaS
13 4 (1.15%) Azure Synapse Analytics
13 4 (1.15%) Cloud Composer
13 4 (1.15%) OCI
13 4 (1.15%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 2 (0.57%) Broadband
2 1 (0.29%) ADSL
2 1 (0.29%) DHCP
2 1 (0.29%) DNS
2 1 (0.29%) InfiniBand
2 1 (0.29%) Internet
2 1 (0.29%) PuTTY
Database & Business Intelligence
1 81 (23.21%) Data Warehouse
2 59 (16.91%) Power BI
3 37 (10.60%) Tableau
4 27 (7.74%) Metadata
5 25 (7.16%) SQL Server
6 20 (5.73%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 19 (5.44%) Data Lake
8 16 (4.58%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 12 (3.44%) BigQuery
10 11 (3.15%) Amazon Redshift
10 11 (3.15%) Essbase
10 11 (3.15%) Oracle BI Publisher
11 9 (2.58%) MySQL
12 8 (2.29%) BusinessObjects
12 8 (2.29%) NoSQL
12 8 (2.29%) Tick Data
13 7 (2.01%) Geospatial Data
14 6 (1.72%) QlikView
15 5 (1.43%) Azure SQL Database
15 5 (1.43%) SAS EBI
Development Applications
1 22 (6.30%) Oracle Forms
2 8 (2.29%) Git
2 8 (2.29%) JIRA
3 4 (1.15%) ER Studio
3 4 (1.15%) ERwin
3 4 (1.15%) PowerDesigner
4 2 (0.57%) GitLab
4 2 (0.57%) Jenkins
5 1 (0.29%) JUnit
5 1 (0.29%) Maven
5 1 (0.29%) Mockito
5 1 (0.29%) Postman
5 1 (0.29%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 135 (38.68%) Social Skills
2 116 (33.24%) Finance
3 91 (26.07%) Analytical Skills
4 45 (12.89%) Marketing
5 38 (10.89%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 25 (7.16%) Organisational Skills
7 24 (6.88%) Banking
8 22 (6.30%) Retail
9 16 (4.58%) Public Sector
10 15 (4.30%) Influencing Skills
11 14 (4.01%) Manufacturing
12 11 (3.15%) Legal
13 9 (2.58%) Law
14 7 (2.01%) Games
14 7 (2.01%) Telecoms
15 6 (1.72%) Advertising
15 6 (1.72%) Aerospace
15 6 (1.72%) Billing
16 4 (1.15%) Local Government
16 4 (1.15%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 72 (20.63%) Analyst
2 68 (19.48%) Architect
3 53 (15.19%) Senior
4 50 (14.33%) Data Architect
5 42 (12.03%) Developer
6 28 (8.02%) Senior Analyst
7 24 (6.88%) Data Analyst
8 22 (6.30%) Data Manager
8 22 (6.30%) Lead
8 22 (6.30%) Oracle Analyst
8 22 (6.30%) Senior Oracle Analyst
9 19 (5.44%) Business Analyst
10 16 (4.58%) Administrator
10 16 (4.58%) Data Engineer
11 14 (4.01%) Consultant
12 12 (3.44%) Report Developer
13 10 (2.87%) Data Warehouse Developer
13 10 (2.87%) ETL Developer
13 10 (2.87%) Solutions Architect
14 9 (2.58%) Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (2.01%) .NET
2 6 (1.72%) .NET Framework
2 6 (1.72%) Middleware
3 5 (1.43%) Entity Framework
3 5 (1.43%) WinForms
4 3 (0.86%) CSS
4 3 (0.86%) HTML
4 3 (0.86%) JSON
4 3 (0.86%) Spring
4 3 (0.86%) Spring Boot
4 3 (0.86%) XML
5 2 (0.57%) Apache NiFi
5 2 (0.57%) Grails
5 2 (0.57%) Hibernate
5 2 (0.57%) OAuth
5 2 (0.57%) Pandas
5 2 (0.57%) REST
5 2 (0.57%) RESTful
6 1 (0.29%) Next.js
6 1 (0.29%) Tailwind CSS
Miscellaneous
1 43 (12.32%) Management Information System
2 26 (7.45%) Legacy Systems
3 22 (6.30%) Blog
4 15 (4.30%) Analytical Mindset
5 13 (3.72%) Product Ownership
6 12 (3.44%) Reference Data
6 12 (3.44%) Self-Motivation
7 9 (2.58%) Onboarding
8 7 (2.01%) Cloud Native
9 6 (1.72%) Credit Risk
9 6 (1.72%) NHS
9 6 (1.72%) Reinsurance
10 4 (1.15%) Data Structures
10 4 (1.15%) Freedom of Information
10 4 (1.15%) IoT
11 3 (0.86%) Data Protection Act
11 3 (0.86%) Enterprise Software
11 3 (0.86%) Housing Association
11 3 (0.86%) Market Risk
11 3 (0.86%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 7 (2.01%) Windows
2 3 (0.86%) Linux
3 2 (0.57%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 122 (34.96%) Analytics
2 98 (28.08%) Business Intelligence
3 84 (24.07%) Problem-Solving
4 74 (21.20%) Data Modelling
5 72 (20.63%) Data Governance
6 68 (19.48%) Agile
7 67 (19.20%) Data Architecture
8 66 (18.91%) Visualisation
9 65 (18.62%) Data Integration
10 61 (17.48%) Continuous Improvement
10 61 (17.48%) Data Engineering
11 57 (16.33%) Data Visualisation
11 57 (16.33%) Decision-Making
12 50 (14.33%) AI
13 49 (14.04%) ETL
14 46 (13.18%) Migration
15 44 (12.61%) DevOps
16 41 (11.75%) Data Strategy
16 41 (11.75%) Roadmaps
17 40 (11.46%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 121 (34.67%) SQL
2 56 (16.05%) Python
3 16 (4.58%) Java
4 12 (3.44%) C#
5 11 (3.15%) Groovy
6 8 (2.29%) T-SQL
7 7 (2.01%) R
8 5 (1.43%) PL/SQL
9 4 (1.15%) Fortran
9 4 (1.15%) JavaScript
10 2 (0.57%) C++
11 1 (0.29%) ANSI SQL
11 1 (0.29%) Bash
11 1 (0.29%) Perl
11 1 (0.29%) PowerShell
11 1 (0.29%) VBA
Qualifications
1 71 (20.34%) Degree
2 21 (6.02%) Computer Science Degree
3 16 (4.58%) DBS Check
4 11 (3.15%) Azure Certification
5 10 (2.87%) Security Cleared
6 9 (2.58%) ITIL Certification
7 8 (2.29%) Master's Degree
7 8 (2.29%) SC Cleared
8 6 (1.72%) AWS Certification
8 6 (1.72%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
8 6 (1.72%) CFA
8 6 (1.72%) Microsoft Certification
8 6 (1.72%) PMI Certification
8 6 (1.72%) PMP
9 5 (1.43%) CISA
9 5 (1.43%) CISM
9 5 (1.43%) CISSP
9 5 (1.43%) CRISC
10 4 (1.15%) BPSS Clearance
11 2 (0.57%) MCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 77 (22.06%) Data Quality
2 46 (13.18%) Accessibility
3 24 (6.88%) GDPR
4 11 (3.15%) NIST
4 11 (3.15%) QA
5 8 (2.29%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 6 (1.72%) HIPAA
7 5 (1.43%) COBIT
7 5 (1.43%) GRC
7 5 (1.43%) ITGC
8 4 (1.15%) ISO 9001
9 2 (0.57%) ECSS
9 2 (0.57%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 1 (0.29%) Actionable Recommendations
System Software
1 20 (5.73%) Docker
2 2 (0.57%) Firmware
2 2 (0.57%) Virtual Machines
3 1 (0.29%) GPFS
3 1 (0.29%) Lustre
3 1 (0.29%) NFS
3 1 (0.29%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (0.29%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 11 (3.15%) Kubernetes
2 5 (1.43%) Terraform
3 2 (0.57%) Microsoft Intune
4 1 (0.29%) vRealize Orchestrator
Vendors
1 98 (28.08%) Microsoft
2 32 (9.17%) Databricks
3 28 (8.02%) Google
4 27 (7.74%) Oracle
5 15 (4.30%) SAP
6 12 (3.44%) Informatica
7 11 (3.15%) Hyperion
8 9 (2.58%) Alteryx
8 9 (2.58%) Salesforce
9 6 (1.72%) IBM
9 6 (1.72%) Murex
9 6 (1.72%) Sage
10 5 (1.43%) Xamarin
10 5 (1.43%) Zoho
11 4 (1.15%) FIS
12 3 (0.86%) Teradata
13 2 (0.57%) Adobe
13 2 (0.57%) Infor
13 2 (0.57%) ServiceNow
13 2 (0.57%) Talend