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 7 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
7 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 133 153 122
Rank change year-on-year +20 -31 +42
Permanent jobs citing Data Management 364 439 612
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 2.27% 2.20% 2.79%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.46% 2.49% 2.93%
Number of salaries quoted 205 250 440
10th Percentile £30,500 £39,900 £42,412
25th Percentile £44,196 £45,643 £52,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £64,350 £65,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -1.00% +4.00% -7.41%
75th Percentile £95,000 £82,500 £95,000
90th Percentile £112,500 £107,500 £110,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £63,000
% change year-on-year - -4.76% -5.97%

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 14,816 17,600 20,873
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 92.52% 88.21% 95.01%
Number of salaries quoted 8,697 10,499 16,904
10th Percentile £29,250 £36,000 £37,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £46,250 £47,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £62,500 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -8.00% - -
75th Percentile £77,500 £81,250 £80,500
90th Percentile £98,000 £100,000 £97,500
UK median annual salary £54,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -10.00% - -

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 7 November 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 (2.20%) Confluence
2 5 (1.37%) Apache
2 5 (1.37%) IIS
2 5 (1.37%) SAS
2 5 (1.37%) SharePoint
3 3 (0.82%) Apache Airflow
3 3 (0.82%) ArcGIS
4 2 (0.55%) Apache Spark
5 1 (0.27%) GeoServer
5 1 (0.27%) Oracle Workflow
5 1 (0.27%) WordPress
Applications
1 43 (11.81%) Microsoft Excel
2 11 (3.02%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 6 (1.65%) Microsoft Office
3 6 (1.65%) Oracle Smart View
4 2 (0.55%) Spreadsheet
5 1 (0.27%) Adobe Creative Suite
Business Applications
1 12 (3.30%) Dynamics CRM
1 12 (3.30%) Oracle Assets
1 12 (3.30%) Oracle Financials
1 12 (3.30%) Oracle General Ledger
1 12 (3.30%) Oracle Payables
1 12 (3.30%) Oracle Receivables
2 10 (2.75%) Oracle ERP
3 8 (2.20%) Adaptiv
4 6 (1.65%) Hyperion Planning
5 5 (1.37%) Oracle EBS
5 5 (1.37%) Salesforce CRM
6 4 (1.10%) Dynamics GP
6 4 (1.10%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
7 3 (0.82%) SAP S/4HANA
8 2 (0.55%) Infor SunSystems
8 2 (0.55%) Markit EDM
9 1 (0.27%) iTrent
9 1 (0.27%) NetSuite
9 1 (0.27%) Primavera
Cloud Services
1 132 (36.26%) Azure
2 80 (21.98%) Power Platform
3 37 (10.16%) Snowflake
4 35 (9.62%) GCP
5 31 (8.52%) AWS
6 18 (4.95%) Azure DevOps
7 13 (3.57%) Dynamics 365
8 12 (3.30%) Microsoft Purview
9 9 (2.47%) Azure Data Factory
10 8 (2.20%) GitHub
10 8 (2.20%) PowerApps
10 8 (2.20%) SaaS
11 6 (1.65%) Alation
11 6 (1.65%) Power Automate
12 5 (1.37%) Cloud Composer
12 5 (1.37%) Collibra
12 5 (1.37%) iPaaS
13 4 (1.10%) Azure Logic Apps
13 4 (1.10%) Azure Stack
13 4 (1.10%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 3 (0.82%) DHCP
1 3 (0.82%) DNS
1 3 (0.82%) InfiniBand
2 2 (0.55%) Broadband
3 1 (0.27%) ADSL
3 1 (0.27%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 74 (20.33%) Power BI
2 73 (20.05%) Data Warehouse
3 38 (10.44%) Tableau
4 30 (8.24%) Metadata
5 26 (7.14%) SQL Server
6 21 (5.77%) Data Lake
7 20 (5.49%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 18 (4.95%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 16 (4.40%) BusinessObjects
10 11 (3.02%) BigQuery
10 11 (3.02%) NoSQL
11 10 (2.75%) Data Mining
11 10 (2.75%) Tick Data
12 9 (2.47%) Amazon Redshift
13 8 (2.20%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
14 7 (1.92%) Geospatial Data
15 6 (1.65%) Essbase
15 6 (1.65%) MySQL
15 6 (1.65%) Oracle BI Publisher
15 6 (1.65%) QlikView
Development Applications
1 12 (3.30%) JIRA
1 12 (3.30%) Oracle Forms
2 8 (2.20%) Git
3 7 (1.92%) ERwin
4 4 (1.10%) ER Studio
4 4 (1.10%) PowerDesigner
5 2 (0.55%) GitLab
6 1 (0.27%) Jenkins
6 1 (0.27%) JUnit
6 1 (0.27%) Mockito
6 1 (0.27%) Postman
General
1 143 (39.29%) Social Skills
2 141 (38.74%) Finance
3 98 (26.92%) Analytical Skills
4 32 (8.79%) Marketing
5 31 (8.52%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 29 (7.97%) Retail
7 28 (7.69%) Banking
8 27 (7.42%) Organisational Skills
9 19 (5.22%) Manufacturing
10 15 (4.12%) Influencing Skills
11 14 (3.85%) Public Sector
12 12 (3.30%) Legal
13 10 (2.75%) Games
14 9 (2.47%) Billing
14 9 (2.47%) Law
15 6 (1.65%) Aerospace
15 6 (1.65%) Local Government
16 5 (1.37%) Advertising
17 4 (1.10%) Retail Banking
17 4 (1.10%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 70 (19.23%) Analyst
2 58 (15.93%) Architect
3 52 (14.29%) Developer
4 46 (12.64%) Senior
5 37 (10.16%) Data Architect
6 32 (8.79%) Lead
7 29 (7.97%) Data Analyst
8 25 (6.87%) Administrator
8 25 (6.87%) Business Analyst
9 21 (5.77%) Data Engineer
9 21 (5.77%) Data Manager
10 18 (4.95%) Senior Analyst
11 14 (3.85%) Data Administrator
12 13 (3.57%) Solutions Architect
13 12 (3.30%) Data Warehouse Developer
13 12 (3.30%) ETL Developer
13 12 (3.30%) Oracle Analyst
13 12 (3.30%) Senior Oracle Analyst
14 11 (3.02%) Consultant
14 11 (3.02%) Python Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (3.02%) .NET
2 8 (2.20%) .NET Framework
3 5 (1.37%) Entity Framework
3 5 (1.37%) Middleware
3 5 (1.37%) WinForms
4 4 (1.10%) CSS
4 4 (1.10%) EDI
4 4 (1.10%) HTML
5 3 (0.82%) React
5 3 (0.82%) RESTful
6 2 (0.55%) CSS3
6 2 (0.55%) Express.js
6 2 (0.55%) HTML5
6 2 (0.55%) JSON
6 2 (0.55%) Node.js
6 2 (0.55%) OAuth
6 2 (0.55%) Pandas
6 2 (0.55%) Spring
6 2 (0.55%) Spring Boot
6 2 (0.55%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 56 (15.38%) Management Information System
2 23 (6.32%) Legacy Systems
3 16 (4.40%) Analytical Mindset
3 16 (4.40%) Self-Motivation
4 15 (4.12%) Data Structures
5 10 (2.75%) Credit Risk
6 9 (2.47%) Blog
6 9 (2.47%) Cloud Native
6 9 (2.47%) Market Risk
6 9 (2.47%) Onboarding
6 9 (2.47%) Product Ownership
6 9 (2.47%) Reference Data
7 6 (1.65%) IoT
7 6 (1.65%) NHS
7 6 (1.65%) Reinsurance
8 5 (1.37%) Pricing Data
9 4 (1.10%) Freedom of Information
10 3 (0.82%) Enterprise Software
10 3 (0.82%) PKI
10 3 (0.82%) Taxonomies
Operating Systems
1 6 (1.65%) Windows
2 3 (0.82%) Linux
3 2 (0.55%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 117 (32.14%) Analytics
2 92 (25.27%) Agile
3 89 (24.45%) Problem-Solving
4 87 (23.90%) Business Intelligence
5 77 (21.15%) Continuous Improvement
6 76 (20.88%) Data Governance
7 71 (19.51%) Data Modelling
8 67 (18.41%) Decision-Making
9 60 (16.48%) Data Architecture
10 52 (14.29%) Visualisation
11 51 (14.01%) Data Integration
11 51 (14.01%) ETL
12 50 (13.74%) Data Analysis
12 50 (13.74%) DevOps
13 48 (13.19%) Data Engineering
14 45 (12.36%) Data Visualisation
14 45 (12.36%) Validation
15 40 (10.99%) Migration
16 39 (10.71%) Computer Science
17 38 (10.44%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 125 (34.34%) SQL
2 66 (18.13%) Python
3 22 (6.04%) Java
4 14 (3.85%) C#
5 11 (3.02%) VBA
6 10 (2.75%) R
7 9 (2.47%) T-SQL
8 6 (1.65%) Groovy
8 6 (1.65%) JavaScript
8 6 (1.65%) PL/SQL
9 4 (1.10%) Fortran
10 3 (0.82%) Bash
10 3 (0.82%) Perl
11 2 (0.55%) C++
12 1 (0.27%) PowerShell
12 1 (0.27%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 67 (18.41%) Degree
2 24 (6.59%) Computer Science Degree
3 15 (4.12%) DBS Check
4 14 (3.85%) CFA
4 14 (3.85%) ITIL Certification
4 14 (3.85%) PMI Certification
4 14 (3.85%) PMP
5 13 (3.57%) Azure Certification
6 11 (3.02%) Master's Degree
7 10 (2.75%) Security Cleared
8 8 (2.20%) AWS Certification
8 8 (2.20%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
8 8 (2.20%) SC Cleared
9 6 (1.65%) Microsoft Certification
10 5 (1.37%) BPSS Clearance
10 5 (1.37%) CISA
10 5 (1.37%) CISM
10 5 (1.37%) CISSP
10 5 (1.37%) CRISC
11 4 (1.10%) CITP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 80 (21.98%) Data Quality
2 37 (10.16%) Accessibility
3 32 (8.79%) GDPR
4 13 (3.57%) NIST
5 11 (3.02%) QA
6 8 (2.20%) HIPAA
6 8 (2.20%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 5 (1.37%) COBIT
7 5 (1.37%) GRC
7 5 (1.37%) ITGC
8 4 (1.10%) ISO 9001
9 2 (0.55%) Actionable Recommendations
9 2 (0.55%) ECSS
9 2 (0.55%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 1 (0.27%) California Consumer Privacy Act
System Software
1 26 (7.14%) Docker
2 3 (0.82%) GPFS
2 3 (0.82%) Lustre
2 3 (0.82%) NFS
3 2 (0.55%) Firmware
3 2 (0.55%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 15 (4.12%) Kubernetes
2 6 (1.65%) Terraform
Vendors
1 96 (26.37%) Microsoft
2 34 (9.34%) Databricks
2 34 (9.34%) Google
3 20 (5.49%) Oracle
4 17 (4.67%) SAP
5 14 (3.85%) Murex
6 13 (3.57%) Salesforce
7 11 (3.02%) Informatica
8 10 (2.75%) Facebook
9 8 (2.20%) Alteryx
9 8 (2.20%) FIS
9 8 (2.20%) Sage
10 6 (1.65%) Hyperion
10 6 (1.65%) IBM
11 5 (1.37%) Xamarin
11 5 (1.37%) Zoho
12 4 (1.10%) Sparx
13 3 (0.82%) Siebel
13 3 (0.82%) Teradata
14 2 (0.55%) Adobe