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 3 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 164 109 103
Rank change year-on-year -55 -6 -5
Permanent jobs citing Data Management 335 546 928
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 1.61% 3.40% 2.78%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.95% 3.63% 3.12%
Number of salaries quoted 175 278 477
10th Percentile £31,250 £34,739 £36,002
25th Percentile £41,250 £51,938 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £75,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -26.67% +25.00% -7.69%
75th Percentile £76,201 £117,813 £80,000
90th Percentile £90,750 £143,431 £95,000
UK median annual salary £58,250 £65,000 £59,650
% change year-on-year -10.38% +8.97% -5.32%

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 17,169 15,050 29,747
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 82.41% 93.73% 88.99%
Number of salaries quoted 12,535 8,890 22,885
10th Percentile £35,000 £29,906 £33,750
25th Percentile £45,000 £41,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year - +4.35% -8.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £79,938 £75,772
90th Percentile £100,000 £104,500 £95,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +4.35% +4.55% -9.09%

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 3 July 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 (4.18%) SharePoint
2 4 (1.19%) Apache Spark
3 3 (0.90%) Microsoft Exchange
4 2 (0.60%) Apache Airflow
4 2 (0.60%) SAS
4 2 (0.60%) WordPress
Applications
1 57 (17.01%) Microsoft Excel
2 14 (4.18%) Microsoft Office
3 13 (3.88%) Microsoft Project
4 11 (3.28%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 4 (1.19%) Spreadsheet
5 4 (1.19%) Windchill
6 3 (0.90%) Blender
6 3 (0.90%) Maya
7 2 (0.60%) Adobe Creative Suite
7 2 (0.60%) Chatbot
8 1 (0.30%) Adobe XD
8 1 (0.30%) EngageOne
Business Applications
1 34 (10.15%) Adobe Campaign
2 14 (4.18%) Dynamics CRM
3 6 (1.79%) NetSuite
4 4 (1.19%) Dynamics NAV
4 4 (1.19%) Magento
4 4 (1.19%) Shopify
5 3 (0.90%) Raiser’s Edge
6 1 (0.30%) HFM
6 1 (0.30%) Salesforce CRM
6 1 (0.30%) SAP S/4HANA
6 1 (0.30%) TIBCO iProcess
Cloud Services
1 70 (20.90%) Power Platform
2 61 (18.21%) Azure
3 46 (13.73%) AWS
4 23 (6.87%) Power Automate
5 21 (6.27%) GCP
6 19 (5.67%) Dynamics 365
7 18 (5.37%) SaaS
8 17 (5.07%) Microsoft 365
9 15 (4.48%) Microsoft Purview
10 12 (3.58%) Entra ID
11 9 (2.69%) PowerApps
12 7 (2.09%) Azure Logic Apps
12 7 (2.09%) dbt
12 7 (2.09%) GitHub
13 5 (1.49%) Amazon S3
14 4 (1.19%) Amazon EKS
14 4 (1.19%) Azure DevOps
14 4 (1.19%) Azure Machine Learning
15 3 (0.90%) Anthropic Claude
15 3 (0.90%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 38 (11.34%) Broadband
2 17 (5.07%) Firewall
3 13 (3.88%) VLAN
4 12 (3.58%) Cisco ASA
4 12 (3.58%) LAN
4 12 (3.58%) WAN
5 9 (2.69%) Cisco Firepower
5 9 (2.69%) Unified Communications
5 9 (2.69%) WebEx
6 6 (1.79%) BGP
7 5 (1.49%) TCP/IP
8 4 (1.19%) Network Security
9 3 (0.90%) DHCP
9 3 (0.90%) DNS
9 3 (0.90%) MPLS
9 3 (0.90%) OSPF
9 3 (0.90%) VoIP
10 2 (0.60%) SD-WAN
10 2 (0.60%) Software-Defined Networking
10 2 (0.60%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 59 (17.61%) Power BI
2 30 (8.96%) Metadata
3 20 (5.97%) Tableau
4 13 (3.88%) SQL Server
5 11 (3.28%) Data Warehouse
6 10 (2.99%) Data Lake
7 9 (2.69%) PostgreSQL
8 8 (2.39%) Relational Database
9 5 (1.49%) MySQL
10 4 (1.19%) BigQuery
10 4 (1.19%) Delta Lake
10 4 (1.19%) Elasticsearch
11 3 (0.90%) GIS
11 3 (0.90%) MongoDB
11 3 (0.90%) Power Query
12 2 (0.60%) Amazon Athena
12 2 (0.60%) Electronic Patient Records
12 2 (0.60%) Neo4j
13 1 (0.30%) Geospatial Data
13 1 (0.30%) Semantic Layer
Development Applications
1 10 (2.99%) JIRA
2 8 (2.39%) GitLab
3 7 (2.09%) Git
4 1 (0.30%) ER Studio
4 1 (0.30%) ERwin
4 1 (0.30%) Jenkins
4 1 (0.30%) Mocha
4 1 (0.30%) Toad
General
1 137 (40.90%) Social Skills
2 87 (25.97%) Analytical Skills
3 85 (25.37%) Finance
4 63 (18.81%) Marketing
5 53 (15.82%) Public Sector
6 33 (9.85%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 33 (9.85%) Retail
6 33 (9.85%) Telecoms
7 23 (6.87%) Banking
8 20 (5.97%) Organisational Skills
9 16 (4.78%) Law
10 13 (3.88%) Legal
11 7 (2.09%) Back Office
12 6 (1.79%) Billing
13 4 (1.19%) Advertising
13 4 (1.19%) Environmental Health
13 4 (1.19%) General Ledger
13 4 (1.19%) Military
13 4 (1.19%) Welsh Language
14 3 (0.90%) Humanities
Job Titles
1 102 (30.45%) Senior
2 50 (14.93%) Analyst
3 43 (12.84%) Senior Manager
4 42 (12.54%) Architect
5 39 (11.64%) Administrator
6 36 (10.75%) Campaign Manager
7 33 (9.85%) Data Architect
7 33 (9.85%) Data Manager
8 28 (8.36%) Data Governance Analyst
8 28 (8.36%) Data Governance Manager
8 28 (8.36%) Governance Manager
9 26 (7.76%) Data Analyst
9 26 (7.76%) Product Manager
10 22 (6.57%) Senior Analyst
11 18 (5.37%) Senior Architect
11 18 (5.37%) Senior Data Architect
12 17 (5.07%) Senior Data Analyst
13 16 (4.78%) Applications Support
13 16 (4.78%) Data Engineer
13 16 (4.78%) Senior Campaign Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (2.99%) Node.js
2 9 (2.69%) XMPP
3 7 (2.09%) Middleware
4 6 (1.79%) .NET
4 6 (1.79%) AngularJS
5 5 (1.49%) ASP.NET
5 5 (1.49%) Kafka
5 5 (1.49%) OAuth
5 5 (1.49%) PySpark
5 5 (1.49%) RESTful
6 4 (1.19%) EDI
6 4 (1.19%) OpenID
6 4 (1.19%) REST
6 4 (1.19%) SOAP
7 3 (0.90%) Django
7 3 (0.90%) Express.js
7 3 (0.90%) Godot
7 3 (0.90%) JSON
7 3 (0.90%) Unity (Game Engine)
7 3 (0.90%) Unreal Engine
Miscellaneous
1 49 (14.63%) Product Ownership
2 40 (11.94%) Social Media
3 34 (10.15%) Management Information System
3 34 (10.15%) Marketing Technology
3 34 (10.15%) Over-the-Top Content
4 19 (5.67%) Data Structures
5 14 (4.18%) Virtual Team
6 11 (3.28%) Onboarding
7 9 (2.69%) Blog
7 9 (2.69%) FlexPod
7 9 (2.69%) Hybrid Cloud
7 9 (2.69%) Public Cloud
7 9 (2.69%) Video Conferencing
8 8 (2.39%) Algorithms
9 7 (2.09%) Cloud Native
9 7 (2.09%) Reference Data
10 6 (1.79%) Data Centre
10 6 (1.79%) Replication
10 6 (1.79%) Self-Motivation
11 5 (1.49%) Legacy Systems
Operating Systems
1 17 (5.07%) Linux
2 9 (2.69%) Windows
2 9 (2.69%) Windows Server
3 3 (0.90%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 112 (33.43%) Decision-Making
2 111 (33.13%) Analytics
3 92 (27.46%) Problem-Solving
4 90 (26.87%) Data Governance
5 75 (22.39%) Roadmaps
6 70 (20.90%) Business Intelligence
7 62 (18.51%) CRM
8 61 (18.21%) Continuous Improvement
9 58 (17.31%) Agile
9 58 (17.31%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 57 (17.01%) Data Strategy
11 55 (16.42%) Data Modelling
12 53 (15.82%) DevOps
13 46 (13.73%) AI
14 45 (13.43%) Mentoring
15 41 (12.24%) Data Analysis
15 41 (12.24%) Data Architecture
16 38 (11.34%) Visualisation
17 36 (10.75%) CI/CD
18 35 (10.45%) Customer Experience
Programming Languages
1 73 (21.79%) Python
2 68 (20.30%) SQL
3 19 (5.67%) C#
3 19 (5.67%) JavaScript
4 16 (4.78%) TypeScript
5 12 (3.58%) PowerShell
6 10 (2.99%) Java
7 6 (1.79%) Scala
8 5 (1.49%) T-SQL
9 3 (0.90%) R
9 3 (0.90%) VBA
10 2 (0.60%) PHP
11 1 (0.30%) Apex Code
11 1 (0.30%) Data Analysis Expressions
11 1 (0.30%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 35 (10.45%) Degree
2 19 (5.67%) Security Cleared
3 13 (3.88%) SC Cleared
4 9 (2.69%) CIPD
5 8 (2.39%) DBS Check
6 7 (2.09%) Microsoft Certification
7 6 (1.79%) Azure Certification
8 5 (1.49%) CISA
8 5 (1.49%) CISM
8 5 (1.49%) CISSP
8 5 (1.49%) ISACA
8 5 (1.49%) PMI Certification
8 5 (1.49%) PMP
8 5 (1.49%) SANS
9 4 (1.19%) CITP
10 3 (0.90%) AWS Certification
10 3 (0.90%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 3 (0.90%) BPSS Clearance
11 2 (0.60%) CRISC
11 2 (0.60%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 91 (27.16%) Data Quality
2 40 (11.94%) GDPR
3 29 (8.66%) QA
4 17 (5.07%) California Consumer Privacy Act
5 7 (2.09%) Actionable Recommendations
6 6 (1.79%) Accessibility
7 5 (1.49%) GRC
7 5 (1.49%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 5 (1.49%) NIST
7 5 (1.49%) NIST 800
8 4 (1.19%) Def Stans
8 4 (1.19%) ISO 9000
8 4 (1.19%) ISO/IEC 15288
9 3 (0.90%) Cyber Essentials
10 2 (0.60%) PMO
11 1 (0.30%) IFRS
11 1 (0.30%) IFRS 17
11 1 (0.30%) SLA
11 1 (0.30%) Solvency II
System Software
1 12 (3.58%) Active Directory
1 12 (3.58%) Docker
2 9 (2.69%) VMware Infrastructure
3 6 (1.79%) Microsoft Virtual Server
3 6 (1.79%) Virtual Servers
3 6 (1.79%) vSphere
4 5 (1.49%) VMware NSX
5 3 (0.90%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 15 (4.48%) Kubernetes
2 14 (4.18%) Ansible
2 14 (4.18%) Terraform
3 9 (2.69%) Cisco CUCM
3 9 (2.69%) Grafana
4 5 (1.49%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
4 5 (1.49%) RSA Archer
5 1 (0.30%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 92 (27.46%) Microsoft
2 37 (11.04%) Adobe
3 19 (5.67%) Salesforce
4 15 (4.48%) Cisco
5 12 (3.58%) Google
6 11 (3.28%) Fortinet
6 11 (3.28%) Palo Alto
6 11 (3.28%) SAP
6 11 (3.28%) VMware
7 10 (2.99%) Databricks
7 10 (2.99%) Oracle
8 9 (2.69%) ServiceNow
8 9 (2.69%) Splunk
9 7 (2.09%) HubSpot
10 6 (1.79%) NetApp
10 6 (1.79%) Planon
11 5 (1.49%) CheckPoint
11 5 (1.49%) IFS
12 4 (1.19%) ConnectWise
12 4 (1.19%) WooCommerce