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

6 months to
23 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 121 74 102
Rank change year-on-year -47 +28 +12
Permanent jobs citing Data Management 368 543 951
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 2.06% 4.06% 2.93%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.47% 4.28% 3.20%
Number of salaries quoted 210 302 486
10th Percentile £28,125 £41,325 £37,012
25th Percentile £41,250 £53,750 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £54,150 £80,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -32.31% +33.33% -12.54%
75th Percentile £68,750 £122,500 £82,500
90th Percentile £89,125 £152,500 £95,000
UK median annual salary £59,450 £75,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -20.73% +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 14,887 12,677 29,712
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 83.14% 94.72% 91.47%
Number of salaries quoted 10,419 8,968 23,636
10th Percentile £32,500 £32,000 £33,750
25th Percentile £45,000 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £61,206 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -1.97% +6.45% -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 23 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 13 (3.53%) SharePoint
2 7 (1.90%) Apache Airflow
3 4 (1.09%) Apache Spark
4 2 (0.54%) Moodle
4 2 (0.54%) SAS
4 2 (0.54%) Umbraco
4 2 (0.54%) WordPress
5 1 (0.27%) Apache
5 1 (0.27%) Confluence
5 1 (0.27%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 40 (10.87%) Microsoft Excel
2 16 (4.35%) Microsoft Office
3 12 (3.26%) Microsoft Project
4 9 (2.45%) Oracle Smart View
5 6 (1.63%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 4 (1.09%) Spreadsheet
7 3 (0.82%) MS Visio
8 2 (0.54%) Adobe Creative Suite
9 1 (0.27%) EngageOne
Business Applications
1 28 (7.61%) Adobe Campaign
2 18 (4.89%) Oracle Assets
2 18 (4.89%) Oracle Financials
2 18 (4.89%) Oracle General Ledger
2 18 (4.89%) Oracle Payables
2 18 (4.89%) Oracle Receivables
3 12 (3.26%) Dynamics CRM
4 10 (2.72%) Oracle ERP
5 9 (2.45%) Dynamics NAV
5 9 (2.45%) Hyperion Planning
5 9 (2.45%) Magento
5 9 (2.45%) Shopify
6 7 (1.90%) NetSuite
7 3 (0.82%) SAP S/4HANA
8 1 (0.27%) HFM
8 1 (0.27%) Raiser’s Edge
8 1 (0.27%) TIBCO iProcess
Cloud Services
1 102 (27.72%) Azure
2 65 (17.66%) Power Platform
3 46 (12.50%) AWS
4 36 (9.78%) Snowflake
5 21 (5.71%) GCP
6 17 (4.62%) Dynamics 365
6 17 (4.62%) Microsoft 365
7 14 (3.80%) Power Automate
8 9 (2.45%) Amazon S3
8 9 (2.45%) Azure Machine Learning
9 8 (2.17%) dbt
10 7 (1.90%) SaaS
11 5 (1.36%) Azure DevOps
11 5 (1.36%) Collibra
11 5 (1.36%) GitHub
12 4 (1.09%) Entra ID
13 3 (0.82%) Azure Data Factory
13 3 (0.82%) Azure Synapse Analytics
14 2 (0.54%) Azure Pipelines
14 2 (0.54%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 30 (8.15%) Broadband
2 13 (3.53%) Cisco ASA
2 13 (3.53%) Firewall
3 9 (2.45%) LAN
3 9 (2.45%) VLAN
3 9 (2.45%) WAN
4 8 (2.17%) Cisco Firepower
4 8 (2.17%) Unified Communications
4 8 (2.17%) WebEx
5 6 (1.63%) BGP
6 3 (0.82%) PuTTY
7 1 (0.27%) ADSL
7 1 (0.27%) Ethernet VPN
7 1 (0.27%) Internet
7 1 (0.27%) MPLS
7 1 (0.27%) Network Security
7 1 (0.27%) OSPF
7 1 (0.27%) Structured Cabling
Database & Business Intelligence
1 61 (16.58%) Power BI
2 45 (12.23%) Data Warehouse
3 30 (8.15%) Metadata
4 22 (5.98%) SQL Server
5 10 (2.72%) Data Lake
5 10 (2.72%) Tableau
6 9 (2.45%) BigQuery
6 9 (2.45%) Essbase
6 9 (2.45%) Oracle BI Publisher
7 7 (1.90%) Relational Database
7 7 (1.90%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 5 (1.36%) Amazon Redshift
8 5 (1.36%) BusinessObjects
8 5 (1.36%) MySQL
8 5 (1.36%) PostgreSQL
9 4 (1.09%) Elasticsearch
9 4 (1.09%) Power Query
10 3 (0.82%) Azure SQL Database
10 3 (0.82%) MongoDB
10 3 (0.82%) SAP Data Services
Development Applications
1 18 (4.89%) Oracle Forms
2 11 (2.99%) JIRA
3 8 (2.17%) Git
3 8 (2.17%) GitLab
4 4 (1.09%) Jenkins
5 3 (0.82%) Maven
5 3 (0.82%) Sonatype Nexus
6 2 (0.54%) REST Assured
7 1 (0.27%) Mocha
7 1 (0.27%) Toad
General
1 118 (32.07%) Social Skills
2 88 (23.91%) Analytical Skills
3 86 (23.37%) Finance
4 73 (19.84%) Marketing
5 50 (13.59%) Public Sector
6 39 (10.60%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 32 (8.70%) Retail
8 26 (7.07%) Banking
9 25 (6.79%) Telecoms
10 20 (5.43%) Organisational Skills
11 12 (3.26%) Back Office
12 7 (1.90%) Advertising
13 5 (1.36%) Law
14 4 (1.09%) General Ledger
14 4 (1.09%) Manufacturing
15 2 (0.54%) Aviation
15 2 (0.54%) Influencing Skills
15 2 (0.54%) Investment Banking
15 2 (0.54%) Legal
15 2 (0.54%) Welsh Language
Job Titles
1 94 (25.54%) Senior
2 57 (15.49%) Analyst
2 57 (15.49%) Architect
3 49 (13.32%) Data Architect
4 31 (8.42%) Senior Manager
5 29 (7.88%) Senior Analyst
6 28 (7.61%) Campaign Manager
7 25 (6.79%) Administrator
7 25 (6.79%) Data Manager
8 23 (6.25%) Lead
9 21 (5.71%) Governance Manager
9 21 (5.71%) Product Manager
10 20 (5.43%) Data Engineer
10 20 (5.43%) Data Governance Analyst
10 20 (5.43%) Data Governance Manager
11 18 (4.89%) Oracle Analyst
11 18 (4.89%) Senior Oracle Analyst
12 16 (4.35%) Applications Support
12 16 (4.35%) Data Analyst
13 15 (4.08%) Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (3.26%) REST
1 12 (3.26%) SOAP
2 11 (2.99%) Middleware
3 8 (2.17%) XMPP
4 7 (1.90%) EDI
4 7 (1.90%) Node.js
5 6 (1.63%) AngularJS
6 5 (1.36%) OAuth
7 4 (1.09%) Kafka
7 4 (1.09%) OpenID
8 3 (0.82%) ActiveMQ
8 3 (0.82%) PySpark
8 3 (0.82%) RAML
8 3 (0.82%) React
9 2 (0.54%) JSON
9 2 (0.54%) Playwright
9 2 (0.54%) RESTful
10 1 (0.27%) Grails
10 1 (0.27%) SciPy
10 1 (0.27%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 44 (11.96%) Management Information System
2 35 (9.51%) Product Ownership
3 33 (8.97%) Social Media
4 29 (7.88%) Marketing Technology
5 28 (7.61%) Over-the-Top Content
6 22 (5.98%) Blog
7 15 (4.08%) Onboarding
8 14 (3.80%) Data Structures
9 13 (3.53%) Legacy Systems
10 11 (2.99%) Reference Data
11 10 (2.72%) Algorithms
11 10 (2.72%) Public Cloud
12 8 (2.17%) FlexPod
12 8 (2.17%) Hybrid Cloud
12 8 (2.17%) Video Conferencing
13 6 (1.63%) Data Centre
14 5 (1.36%) Replication
14 5 (1.36%) Security Posture
14 5 (1.36%) Self-Motivation
14 5 (1.36%) Web Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 13 (3.53%) Linux
2 6 (1.63%) Windows
3 5 (1.36%) Windows Server
4 1 (0.27%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 138 (37.50%) Analytics
2 86 (23.37%) Decision-Making
3 84 (22.83%) Data Governance
4 82 (22.28%) Business Intelligence
5 74 (20.11%) Problem-Solving
6 73 (19.84%) Data Modelling
6 73 (19.84%) Data Strategy
7 63 (17.12%) Data Architecture
8 60 (16.30%) Roadmaps
9 58 (15.76%) CRM
10 56 (15.22%) Data Integration
10 56 (15.22%) Visualisation
11 55 (14.95%) ERP
12 48 (13.04%) DevOps
13 46 (12.50%) Continuous Improvement
13 46 (12.50%) Customer Experience
13 46 (12.50%) Mentoring
14 45 (12.23%) E-Commerce
15 44 (11.96%) Data Engineering
16 43 (11.68%) Data Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 91 (24.73%) SQL
2 54 (14.67%) Python
3 14 (3.80%) Java
4 10 (2.72%) T-SQL
5 9 (2.45%) Groovy
6 6 (1.63%) Scala
7 5 (1.36%) TypeScript
8 4 (1.09%) JavaScript
8 4 (1.09%) R
9 3 (0.82%) PowerShell
9 3 (0.82%) VBA
10 2 (0.54%) C#
10 2 (0.54%) C++
10 2 (0.54%) PHP
11 1 (0.27%) ANSI SQL
11 1 (0.27%) Apex Code
11 1 (0.27%) PL/SQL
11 1 (0.27%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 48 (13.04%) Degree
2 24 (6.52%) Security Cleared
3 16 (4.35%) SC Cleared
4 10 (2.72%) DBS Check
5 7 (1.90%) CITP
5 7 (1.90%) Computer Science Degree
6 6 (1.63%) ISACA
7 5 (1.36%) CISA
7 5 (1.36%) CISM
7 5 (1.36%) CISSP
7 5 (1.36%) Microsoft Certification
7 5 (1.36%) SANS
8 3 (0.82%) BPSS Clearance
9 2 (0.54%) CRISC
9 2 (0.54%) ISTQB
9 2 (0.54%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
9 2 (0.54%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
9 2 (0.54%) TOGAF Certification
10 1 (0.27%) LPIC
10 1 (0.27%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 76 (20.65%) Data Quality
2 34 (9.24%) Accessibility
3 16 (4.35%) GDPR
4 13 (3.53%) QA
5 7 (1.90%) Actionable Recommendations
6 5 (1.36%) GRC
6 5 (1.36%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 5 (1.36%) NIST
6 5 (1.36%) NIST 800
7 2 (0.54%) ECSS
8 1 (0.27%) California Consumer Privacy Act
8 1 (0.27%) IFRS
8 1 (0.27%) IFRS 17
8 1 (0.27%) PMO
8 1 (0.27%) SLA
8 1 (0.27%) Solvency II
System Software
1 13 (3.53%) Docker
2 11 (2.99%) VMware Infrastructure
3 6 (1.63%) vSphere
4 5 (1.36%) Microsoft Virtual Server
4 5 (1.36%) Virtual Servers
4 5 (1.36%) VMware NSX
5 2 (0.54%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 15 (4.08%) Kubernetes
1 15 (4.08%) Terraform
2 11 (2.99%) Ansible
3 8 (2.17%) Cisco CUCM
3 8 (2.17%) Grafana
4 5 (1.36%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
4 5 (1.36%) RSA Archer
5 2 (0.54%) Microsoft Intune
6 1 (0.27%) Single Sign-On
6 1 (0.27%) vRealize Orchestrator
Vendors
1 120 (32.61%) Microsoft
2 31 (8.42%) Adobe
3 28 (7.61%) Oracle
4 17 (4.62%) Salesforce
5 15 (4.08%) Cisco
5 15 (4.08%) SAP
6 13 (3.53%) ServiceNow
7 12 (3.26%) Databricks
8 11 (2.99%) Google
8 11 (2.99%) VMware
9 9 (2.45%) ConnectWise
9 9 (2.45%) Hyperion
9 9 (2.45%) Planon
9 9 (2.45%) WooCommerce
10 8 (2.17%) Fortinet
10 8 (2.17%) Informatica
10 8 (2.17%) Palo Alto
10 8 (2.17%) Splunk
11 6 (1.63%) HubSpot
12 5 (1.36%) NetApp