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

6 months to
1 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 110 78 130
Rank change year-on-year -32 +52 -6
Permanent jobs citing Data Management 388 511 754
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 2.32% 3.99% 2.43%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.77% 4.21% 2.65%
Number of salaries quoted 226 294 479
10th Percentile £27,188 £41,250 £37,159
25th Percentile £41,250 £52,500 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £80,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -28.13% +33.33% -14.29%
75th Percentile £73,625 £122,500 £80,975
90th Percentile £97,500 £152,500 £96,539
UK median annual salary £60,000 £75,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -20.00% +25.00% -9.77%

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 14,015 12,148 28,480
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 83.70% 94.82% 91.69%
Number of salaries quoted 9,753 8,786 23,233
10th Percentile £31,250 £32,500 £33,754
25th Percentile £42,750 £46,250 £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 £81,250 £75,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £105,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +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 1 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 (3.35%) SharePoint
2 8 (2.06%) Apache Airflow
3 4 (1.03%) Apache Spark
3 4 (1.03%) SAS
4 3 (0.77%) IIS
5 2 (0.52%) Apache
5 2 (0.52%) Confluence
5 2 (0.52%) Moodle
5 2 (0.52%) Umbraco
5 2 (0.52%) WordPress
6 1 (0.26%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 39 (10.05%) Microsoft Excel
2 16 (4.12%) Microsoft Office
3 10 (2.58%) Microsoft Project
3 10 (2.58%) Oracle Smart View
4 6 (1.55%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 4 (1.03%) Spreadsheet
6 3 (0.77%) MS Visio
7 2 (0.52%) Adobe Creative Suite
8 1 (0.26%) EngageOne
Business Applications
1 21 (5.41%) Adobe Campaign
2 20 (5.15%) Oracle Assets
2 20 (5.15%) Oracle Financials
2 20 (5.15%) Oracle General Ledger
2 20 (5.15%) Oracle Payables
2 20 (5.15%) Oracle Receivables
3 13 (3.35%) Dynamics CRM
4 11 (2.84%) Oracle ERP
5 10 (2.58%) Hyperion Planning
6 9 (2.32%) Dynamics NAV
6 9 (2.32%) Magento
6 9 (2.32%) Shopify
7 6 (1.55%) NetSuite
8 4 (1.03%) SAP S/4HANA
9 1 (0.26%) TIBCO iProcess
Cloud Services
1 119 (30.67%) Azure
2 66 (17.01%) Power Platform
3 48 (12.37%) Snowflake
4 47 (12.11%) AWS
5 30 (7.73%) GCP
6 17 (4.38%) Microsoft 365
7 16 (4.12%) Dynamics 365
8 11 (2.84%) Azure DevOps
8 11 (2.84%) Power Automate
9 9 (2.32%) Amazon S3
9 9 (2.32%) Azure Machine Learning
10 8 (2.06%) dbt
10 8 (2.06%) GitHub
11 7 (1.80%) SaaS
12 5 (1.29%) Alation
12 5 (1.29%) Azure Data Factory
12 5 (1.29%) Collibra
13 4 (1.03%) Azure Synapse Analytics
13 4 (1.03%) Cloud Composer
14 3 (0.77%) Cloud Computing
Communications & Networking
1 23 (5.93%) Broadband
2 11 (2.84%) Cisco ASA
2 11 (2.84%) Firewall
3 7 (1.80%) LAN
3 7 (1.80%) VLAN
3 7 (1.80%) 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 (0.77%) 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 65 (16.75%) Power BI
2 57 (14.69%) Data Warehouse
3 32 (8.25%) Metadata
4 26 (6.70%) SQL Server
5 17 (4.38%) Tableau
6 16 (4.12%) Data Lake
7 14 (3.61%) BigQuery
8 11 (2.84%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 10 (2.58%) Essbase
9 10 (2.58%) Oracle BI Publisher
9 10 (2.58%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 9 (2.32%) MySQL
11 8 (2.06%) Amazon Redshift
11 8 (2.06%) BusinessObjects
11 8 (2.06%) Relational Database
12 6 (1.55%) Power Query
12 6 (1.55%) QlikView
13 4 (1.03%) Azure SQL Database
13 4 (1.03%) DataStage
13 4 (1.03%) Elasticsearch
Development Applications
1 20 (5.15%) Oracle Forms
2 12 (3.09%) JIRA
3 9 (2.32%) Git
4 8 (2.06%) GitLab
5 4 (1.03%) ER Studio
5 4 (1.03%) ERwin
5 4 (1.03%) Jenkins
5 4 (1.03%) PowerDesigner
6 3 (0.77%) Maven
6 3 (0.77%) Sonatype Nexus
7 2 (0.52%) REST Assured
8 1 (0.26%) JUnit
8 1 (0.26%) Mocha
8 1 (0.26%) Mockito
8 1 (0.26%) Toad
General
1 132 (34.02%) Social Skills
2 95 (24.48%) Analytical Skills
3 86 (22.16%) Finance
4 67 (17.27%) Marketing
5 46 (11.86%) Public Sector
6 45 (11.60%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 34 (8.76%) Retail
8 29 (7.47%) Banking
9 23 (5.93%) Telecoms
10 20 (5.15%) Organisational Skills
11 11 (2.84%) Back Office
12 9 (2.32%) Law
13 8 (2.06%) Advertising
14 6 (1.55%) Legal
15 5 (1.29%) Manufacturing
16 4 (1.03%) Aviation
16 4 (1.03%) General Ledger
16 4 (1.03%) Retail Banking
17 3 (0.77%) Aerospace
18 2 (0.52%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 89 (22.94%) Senior
2 72 (18.56%) Architect
3 58 (14.95%) Data Architect
4 56 (14.43%) Analyst
5 28 (7.22%) Senior Manager
6 27 (6.96%) Data Manager
6 27 (6.96%) Senior Analyst
7 25 (6.44%) Developer
8 23 (5.93%) Administrator
9 22 (5.67%) Lead
10 21 (5.41%) Campaign Manager
10 21 (5.41%) Governance Manager
11 20 (5.15%) Data Governance Analyst
11 20 (5.15%) Data Governance Manager
11 20 (5.15%) Oracle Analyst
11 20 (5.15%) Senior Oracle Analyst
12 18 (4.64%) Data Engineer
13 16 (4.12%) Product Manager
14 14 (3.61%) Applications Support
14 14 (3.61%) IT Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (3.09%) Middleware
1 12 (3.09%) REST
1 12 (3.09%) SOAP
2 6 (1.55%) EDI
2 6 (1.55%) OAuth
2 6 (1.55%) XMPP
3 5 (1.29%) Node.js
4 4 (1.03%) AngularJS
4 4 (1.03%) OpenID
5 3 (0.77%) .NET
5 3 (0.77%) .NET Framework
5 3 (0.77%) ActiveMQ
5 3 (0.77%) Entity Framework
5 3 (0.77%) Kafka
5 3 (0.77%) PySpark
5 3 (0.77%) RAML
5 3 (0.77%) RESTful
5 3 (0.77%) Spring
5 3 (0.77%) Spring Boot
5 3 (0.77%) WinForms
Miscellaneous
1 46 (11.86%) Management Information System
2 31 (7.99%) Product Ownership
3 26 (6.70%) Blog
4 25 (6.44%) Social Media
5 22 (5.67%) Marketing Technology
6 21 (5.41%) Over-the-Top Content
7 17 (4.38%) Legacy Systems
8 14 (3.61%) Data Structures
8 14 (3.61%) Onboarding
9 11 (2.84%) Reference Data
10 10 (2.58%) Algorithms
10 10 (2.58%) Public Cloud
11 8 (2.06%) Hybrid Cloud
12 6 (1.55%) Data Centre
12 6 (1.55%) FlexPod
12 6 (1.55%) Video Conferencing
13 5 (1.29%) Reinsurance
13 5 (1.29%) Replication
13 5 (1.29%) Security Posture
13 5 (1.29%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 13 (3.35%) Linux
2 9 (2.32%) Windows
3 5 (1.29%) Windows Server
4 1 (0.26%) Unix
4 1 (0.26%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 144 (37.11%) Analytics
2 90 (23.20%) Business Intelligence
3 87 (22.42%) Data Governance
4 85 (21.91%) Decision-Making
5 83 (21.39%) Data Modelling
6 80 (20.62%) Data Strategy
7 76 (19.59%) Problem-Solving
8 73 (18.81%) Data Architecture
9 66 (17.01%) Visualisation
10 63 (16.24%) Data Integration
11 60 (15.46%) ERP
12 58 (14.95%) CRM
12 58 (14.95%) Roadmaps
13 56 (14.43%) DevOps
14 53 (13.66%) Data Engineering
15 52 (13.40%) Agile
15 52 (13.40%) Data Visualisation
16 51 (13.14%) E-Commerce
17 50 (12.89%) Mentoring
18 49 (12.63%) Continuous Improvement
Programming Languages
1 104 (26.80%) SQL
2 48 (12.37%) Python
3 14 (3.61%) Java
3 14 (3.61%) T-SQL
4 10 (2.58%) Groovy
5 5 (1.29%) R
6 4 (1.03%) Scala
7 3 (0.77%) C#
7 3 (0.77%) JavaScript
7 3 (0.77%) PowerShell
7 3 (0.77%) TypeScript
7 3 (0.77%) VBA
8 2 (0.52%) C++
9 1 (0.26%) ANSI SQL
9 1 (0.26%) Apex Code
9 1 (0.26%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 60 (15.46%) Degree
2 23 (5.93%) Security Cleared
3 17 (4.38%) SC Cleared
4 15 (3.87%) Computer Science Degree
5 14 (3.61%) DBS Check
6 6 (1.55%) CITP
6 6 (1.55%) ISACA
6 6 (1.55%) Master's Degree
7 5 (1.29%) CISA
7 5 (1.29%) CISM
7 5 (1.29%) CISSP
7 5 (1.29%) SANS
8 4 (1.03%) Azure Certification
9 3 (0.77%) BPSS Clearance
9 3 (0.77%) Microsoft Certification
10 2 (0.52%) CRISC
10 2 (0.52%) ISTQB
10 2 (0.52%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
10 2 (0.52%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
10 2 (0.52%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 81 (20.88%) Data Quality
2 39 (10.05%) Accessibility
3 18 (4.64%) GDPR
4 14 (3.61%) QA
5 7 (1.80%) Actionable Recommendations
6 5 (1.29%) GRC
6 5 (1.29%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 5 (1.29%) NIST
6 5 (1.29%) 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 13 (3.35%) Docker
2 11 (2.84%) VMware Infrastructure
3 6 (1.55%) vSphere
4 5 (1.29%) Microsoft Virtual Server
4 5 (1.29%) Virtual Servers
4 5 (1.29%) VMware NSX
5 1 (0.26%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 17 (4.38%) Terraform
2 14 (3.61%) Kubernetes
3 7 (1.80%) Ansible
4 6 (1.55%) Cisco CUCM
4 6 (1.55%) Grafana
5 5 (1.29%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
5 5 (1.29%) RSA Archer
6 2 (0.52%) Microsoft Intune
7 1 (0.26%) Single Sign-On
7 1 (0.26%) vRealize Orchestrator
Vendors
1 130 (33.51%) Microsoft
2 28 (7.22%) Oracle
3 24 (6.19%) Adobe
4 19 (4.90%) Google
4 19 (4.90%) SAP
5 18 (4.64%) Databricks
6 16 (4.12%) Salesforce
7 13 (3.35%) Cisco
7 13 (3.35%) Informatica
8 11 (2.84%) ServiceNow
8 11 (2.84%) VMware
9 10 (2.58%) Hyperion
10 9 (2.32%) ConnectWise
10 9 (2.32%) WooCommerce
11 8 (2.06%) Planon
12 6 (1.55%) Fortinet
12 6 (1.55%) HubSpot
12 6 (1.55%) Palo Alto
12 6 (1.55%) Splunk
13 5 (1.29%) NetApp