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 11 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 115 76 114
Rank change year-on-year -39 +38 +8
Permanent jobs citing Data Management 386 528 843
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 2.23% 4.06% 2.66%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.67% 4.28% 2.91%
Number of salaries quoted 227 293 481
10th Percentile £26,250 £41,400 £37,000
25th Percentile £40,574 £52,500 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £80,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -31.25% +33.33% -12.67%
75th Percentile £68,875 £122,500 £81,450
90th Percentile £95,000 £152,500 £95,000
UK median annual salary £59,732 £75,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -20.36% +25.00% -7.69%

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 14,440 12,333 28,995
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 83.32% 94.79% 91.54%
Number of salaries quoted 10,085 8,884 23,507
10th Percentile £32,250 £32,500 £33,761
25th Percentile £44,972 £46,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £62,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% +8.70% -8.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £80,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £105,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £57,500 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -4.17% +9.09% -10.57%

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 11 April 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 (3.63%) SharePoint
2 8 (2.07%) Apache Airflow
3 4 (1.04%) Apache Spark
4 3 (0.78%) SAS
5 2 (0.52%) Apache
5 2 (0.52%) Confluence
5 2 (0.52%) IIS
5 2 (0.52%) Moodle
5 2 (0.52%) Umbraco
5 2 (0.52%) WordPress
6 1 (0.26%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 41 (10.62%) Microsoft Excel
2 16 (4.15%) Microsoft Office
3 12 (3.11%) Microsoft Project
4 10 (2.59%) Oracle Smart View
5 6 (1.55%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 4 (1.04%) Spreadsheet
7 3 (0.78%) MS Visio
8 2 (0.52%) Adobe Creative Suite
9 1 (0.26%) EngageOne
Business Applications
1 25 (6.48%) Adobe Campaign
2 20 (5.18%) Oracle Assets
2 20 (5.18%) Oracle Financials
2 20 (5.18%) Oracle General Ledger
2 20 (5.18%) Oracle Payables
2 20 (5.18%) Oracle Receivables
3 13 (3.37%) Dynamics CRM
4 11 (2.85%) Oracle ERP
5 10 (2.59%) Hyperion Planning
6 9 (2.33%) Dynamics NAV
6 9 (2.33%) Magento
6 9 (2.33%) Shopify
7 7 (1.81%) NetSuite
8 4 (1.04%) SAP S/4HANA
9 1 (0.26%) HFM
9 1 (0.26%) TIBCO iProcess
Cloud Services
1 112 (29.02%) Azure
2 65 (16.84%) Power Platform
3 44 (11.40%) AWS
4 41 (10.62%) Snowflake
5 25 (6.48%) GCP
6 18 (4.66%) Dynamics 365
6 18 (4.66%) Microsoft 365
7 14 (3.63%) Power Automate
8 9 (2.33%) Amazon S3
8 9 (2.33%) Azure Machine Learning
9 8 (2.07%) Azure DevOps
9 8 (2.07%) dbt
9 8 (2.07%) SaaS
10 5 (1.30%) Azure Data Factory
10 5 (1.30%) Collibra
10 5 (1.30%) GitHub
11 4 (1.04%) Azure Synapse Analytics
11 4 (1.04%) Entra ID
12 3 (0.78%) Cloud Computing
13 2 (0.52%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 27 (6.99%) Broadband
2 11 (2.85%) Cisco ASA
2 11 (2.85%) Firewall
3 7 (1.81%) LAN
3 7 (1.81%) VLAN
3 7 (1.81%) WAN
4 6 (1.55%) BGP
4 6 (1.55%) Cisco Firepower
4 6 (1.55%) Unified Communications
4 6 (1.55%) WebEx
5 3 (0.78%) PuTTY
6 1 (0.26%) ADSL
6 1 (0.26%) Ethernet VPN
6 1 (0.26%) Internet
6 1 (0.26%) MPLS
6 1 (0.26%) Network Security
6 1 (0.26%) OSPF
6 1 (0.26%) Structured Cabling
Database & Business Intelligence
1 64 (16.58%) Power BI
2 52 (13.47%) Data Warehouse
3 30 (7.77%) Metadata
4 24 (6.22%) SQL Server
5 13 (3.37%) Data Lake
5 13 (3.37%) Tableau
6 11 (2.85%) BigQuery
7 10 (2.59%) Essbase
7 10 (2.59%) Oracle BI Publisher
7 10 (2.59%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 8 (2.07%) Amazon Redshift
8 8 (2.07%) BusinessObjects
8 8 (2.07%) MySQL
8 8 (2.07%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 7 (1.81%) Relational Database
10 6 (1.55%) Power Query
11 4 (1.04%) Azure SQL Database
11 4 (1.04%) Elasticsearch
12 3 (0.78%) QlikView
12 3 (0.78%) SAP Data Services
Development Applications
1 20 (5.18%) Oracle Forms
2 12 (3.11%) JIRA
3 9 (2.33%) Git
4 8 (2.07%) GitLab
5 3 (0.78%) Jenkins
5 3 (0.78%) Maven
5 3 (0.78%) Sonatype Nexus
6 2 (0.52%) REST Assured
7 1 (0.26%) ER Studio
7 1 (0.26%) ERwin
7 1 (0.26%) Mocha
7 1 (0.26%) PowerDesigner
7 1 (0.26%) Toad
General
1 131 (33.94%) Social Skills
2 91 (23.58%) Analytical Skills
3 88 (22.80%) Finance
4 72 (18.65%) Marketing
5 47 (12.18%) Public Sector
6 46 (11.92%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 31 (8.03%) Retail
8 25 (6.48%) Banking
9 23 (5.96%) Telecoms
10 20 (5.18%) Organisational Skills
11 12 (3.11%) Back Office
12 8 (2.07%) Advertising
13 5 (1.30%) Law
13 5 (1.30%) Manufacturing
14 4 (1.04%) General Ledger
15 3 (0.78%) Aviation
16 2 (0.52%) Aerospace
16 2 (0.52%) Influencing Skills
16 2 (0.52%) Investment Banking
16 2 (0.52%) Legal
Job Titles
1 91 (23.58%) Senior
2 63 (16.32%) Architect
3 58 (15.03%) Analyst
4 53 (13.73%) Data Architect
5 29 (7.51%) Senior Manager
6 28 (7.25%) Senior Analyst
7 26 (6.74%) Data Manager
8 25 (6.48%) Administrator
8 25 (6.48%) Campaign Manager
9 24 (6.22%) Lead
10 23 (5.96%) Developer
11 21 (5.44%) Governance Manager
12 20 (5.18%) Data Engineer
12 20 (5.18%) Data Governance Analyst
12 20 (5.18%) Data Governance Manager
12 20 (5.18%) Oracle Analyst
12 20 (5.18%) Senior Oracle Analyst
13 18 (4.66%) Product Manager
14 16 (4.15%) Applications Support
15 15 (3.89%) IT Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (3.11%) Middleware
1 12 (3.11%) REST
1 12 (3.11%) SOAP
2 7 (1.81%) EDI
3 6 (1.55%) XMPP
4 5 (1.30%) Node.js
4 5 (1.30%) OAuth
5 4 (1.04%) AngularJS
5 4 (1.04%) OpenID
6 3 (0.78%) ActiveMQ
6 3 (0.78%) Kafka
6 3 (0.78%) PySpark
6 3 (0.78%) RAML
7 2 (0.52%) .NET
7 2 (0.52%) .NET Framework
7 2 (0.52%) Hibernate
7 2 (0.52%) JSON
7 2 (0.52%) Playwright
7 2 (0.52%) Spring
7 2 (0.52%) WinForms
Miscellaneous
1 46 (11.92%) Management Information System
2 35 (9.07%) Product Ownership
3 29 (7.51%) Social Media
4 26 (6.74%) Blog
4 26 (6.74%) Marketing Technology
5 25 (6.48%) Over-the-Top Content
6 16 (4.15%) Data Structures
7 13 (3.37%) Legacy Systems
7 13 (3.37%) Onboarding
8 11 (2.85%) Reference Data
9 10 (2.59%) Algorithms
9 10 (2.59%) Public Cloud
10 8 (2.07%) Hybrid Cloud
11 6 (1.55%) Data Centre
11 6 (1.55%) FlexPod
11 6 (1.55%) Video Conferencing
12 5 (1.30%) Replication
12 5 (1.30%) Security Posture
12 5 (1.30%) Self-Motivation
12 5 (1.30%) Web Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 13 (3.37%) Linux
2 8 (2.07%) Windows
3 5 (1.30%) Windows Server
4 1 (0.26%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 143 (37.05%) Analytics
2 88 (22.80%) Business Intelligence
3 87 (22.54%) Decision-Making
4 86 (22.28%) Data Governance
5 79 (20.47%) Data Strategy
6 78 (20.21%) Data Modelling
7 77 (19.95%) Problem-Solving
8 68 (17.62%) Data Architecture
9 65 (16.84%) Visualisation
10 62 (16.06%) Data Integration
11 60 (15.54%) CRM
11 60 (15.54%) Roadmaps
12 59 (15.28%) ERP
13 51 (13.21%) Data Visualisation
13 51 (13.21%) DevOps
14 50 (12.95%) Mentoring
15 49 (12.69%) Data Engineering
16 48 (12.44%) E-Commerce
17 47 (12.18%) Agile
17 47 (12.18%) ETL
Programming Languages
1 101 (26.17%) SQL
2 49 (12.69%) Python
3 13 (3.37%) Java
3 13 (3.37%) T-SQL
4 10 (2.59%) Groovy
5 5 (1.30%) R
6 4 (1.04%) Scala
7 3 (0.78%) JavaScript
7 3 (0.78%) PowerShell
7 3 (0.78%) TypeScript
7 3 (0.78%) VBA
8 2 (0.52%) C#
8 2 (0.52%) C++
9 1 (0.26%) ANSI SQL
9 1 (0.26%) Apex Code
9 1 (0.26%) PL/SQL
9 1 (0.26%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 57 (14.77%) Degree
2 24 (6.22%) Security Cleared
3 17 (4.40%) SC Cleared
4 11 (2.85%) Computer Science Degree
4 11 (2.85%) DBS Check
5 7 (1.81%) CITP
6 6 (1.55%) ISACA
7 5 (1.30%) CISA
7 5 (1.30%) CISM
7 5 (1.30%) CISSP
7 5 (1.30%) Microsoft Certification
7 5 (1.30%) SANS
8 3 (0.78%) BPSS Clearance
8 3 (0.78%) Master's Degree
9 2 (0.52%) CRISC
9 2 (0.52%) ISTQB
9 2 (0.52%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
9 2 (0.52%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
9 2 (0.52%) TOGAF Certification
10 1 (0.26%) Azure Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 80 (20.73%) Data Quality
2 36 (9.33%) Accessibility
3 17 (4.40%) GDPR
4 13 (3.37%) QA
5 7 (1.81%) Actionable Recommendations
6 5 (1.30%) GRC
6 5 (1.30%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 5 (1.30%) NIST
6 5 (1.30%) NIST 800
7 2 (0.52%) ECSS
8 1 (0.26%) California Consumer Privacy Act
8 1 (0.26%) IFRS
8 1 (0.26%) IFRS 17
8 1 (0.26%) PMO
8 1 (0.26%) SLA
8 1 (0.26%) Solvency II
System Software
1 12 (3.11%) Docker
2 11 (2.85%) VMware Infrastructure
3 6 (1.55%) vSphere
4 5 (1.30%) Microsoft Virtual Server
4 5 (1.30%) Virtual Servers
4 5 (1.30%) VMware NSX
5 2 (0.52%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 14 (3.63%) Kubernetes
1 14 (3.63%) Terraform
2 7 (1.81%) Ansible
3 6 (1.55%) Cisco CUCM
3 6 (1.55%) Grafana
4 5 (1.30%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
4 5 (1.30%) RSA Archer
5 2 (0.52%) Microsoft Intune
6 1 (0.26%) Single Sign-On
6 1 (0.26%) vRealize Orchestrator
Vendors
1 127 (32.90%) Microsoft
2 30 (7.77%) Oracle
3 28 (7.25%) Adobe
4 19 (4.92%) SAP
5 17 (4.40%) Salesforce
6 15 (3.89%) Databricks
6 15 (3.89%) Google
7 13 (3.37%) Cisco
7 13 (3.37%) ServiceNow
8 11 (2.85%) VMware
9 10 (2.59%) Hyperion
9 10 (2.59%) Informatica
10 9 (2.33%) ConnectWise
10 9 (2.33%) Planon
10 9 (2.33%) WooCommerce
11 6 (1.55%) Fortinet
11 6 (1.55%) HubSpot
11 6 (1.55%) Palo Alto
11 6 (1.55%) Splunk
12 5 (1.30%) NetApp