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 19 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 113 99 138
Rank change year-on-year -14 +39 -2
Permanent jobs citing Data Management 377 528 661
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 2.29% 3.40% 2.40%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.66% 3.58% 2.59%
Number of salaries quoted 222 289 448
10th Percentile £20,813 £41,250 £38,734
25th Percentile £41,438 £53,750 £44,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £80,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -25.00% +33.33% -14.29%
75th Percentile £77,424 £122,500 £82,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £152,500 £97,500
UK median annual salary £60,000 £73,833 £60,000
% change year-on-year -18.74% +23.06% -12.82%

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 14,165 14,737 25,483
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 86.13% 94.91% 92.71%
Number of salaries quoted 9,173 8,842 21,140
10th Percentile £30,500 £36,250 £34,750
25th Percentile £42,500 £47,500 £43,000
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 £82,500 £76,250
90th Percentile £100,000 £104,199 £95,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% +10.00% -12.00%

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 19 February 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 12 (3.18%) SharePoint
2 8 (2.12%) Apache Airflow
2 8 (2.12%) Confluence
3 7 (1.86%) SAS
4 5 (1.33%) IIS
5 2 (0.53%) Apache
5 2 (0.53%) Moodle
5 2 (0.53%) Umbraco
5 2 (0.53%) WordPress
6 1 (0.27%) ArcGIS
6 1 (0.27%) GeoServer
6 1 (0.27%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 34 (9.02%) Microsoft Excel
2 15 (3.98%) Microsoft Office
3 13 (3.45%) Oracle Smart View
4 3 (0.80%) Adobe Creative Suite
4 3 (0.80%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 3 (0.80%) MS Visio
4 3 (0.80%) Spreadsheet
5 2 (0.53%) Microsoft Project
6 1 (0.27%) EngageOne
Business Applications
1 26 (6.90%) Oracle Assets
1 26 (6.90%) Oracle Financials
1 26 (6.90%) Oracle General Ledger
1 26 (6.90%) Oracle Payables
1 26 (6.90%) Oracle Receivables
2 17 (4.51%) Oracle ERP
3 13 (3.45%) Dynamics CRM
3 13 (3.45%) Hyperion Planning
4 9 (2.39%) Dynamics NAV
4 9 (2.39%) Magento
4 9 (2.39%) Shopify
5 4 (1.06%) SAP S/4HANA
6 3 (0.80%) NetSuite
6 3 (0.80%) Salesforce CRM
7 2 (0.53%) Adaptiv
7 2 (0.53%) Markit EDM
8 1 (0.27%) Adobe Campaign
8 1 (0.27%) Primavera
8 1 (0.27%) TIBCO iProcess
Cloud Services
1 136 (36.07%) Azure
2 69 (18.30%) Power Platform
3 51 (13.53%) Snowflake
4 40 (10.61%) AWS
5 33 (8.75%) GCP
6 19 (5.04%) Azure DevOps
6 19 (5.04%) Dynamics 365
7 10 (2.65%) Microsoft 365
8 9 (2.39%) Azure Data Factory
8 9 (2.39%) Azure Machine Learning
9 8 (2.12%) dbt
10 7 (1.86%) GitHub
10 7 (1.86%) SaaS
11 6 (1.59%) Amazon S3
12 5 (1.33%) Alation
12 5 (1.33%) Azure Synapse Analytics
13 4 (1.06%) Cloud Composer
13 4 (1.06%) Collibra
13 4 (1.06%) Power Automate
13 4 (1.06%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 5 (1.33%) BGP
1 5 (1.33%) Cisco ASA
1 5 (1.33%) Firewall
2 4 (1.06%) Broadband
3 3 (0.80%) PuTTY
4 2 (0.53%) LAN
4 2 (0.53%) VLAN
4 2 (0.53%) WAN
5 1 (0.27%) ADSL
5 1 (0.27%) Cisco Firepower
5 1 (0.27%) Ethernet VPN
5 1 (0.27%) Internet
5 1 (0.27%) MPLS
5 1 (0.27%) Network Security
5 1 (0.27%) OSPF
5 1 (0.27%) Structured Cabling
5 1 (0.27%) Unified Communications
5 1 (0.27%) WebEx
Database & Business Intelligence
1 69 (18.30%) Data Warehouse
2 65 (17.24%) Power BI
3 39 (10.34%) Metadata
4 29 (7.69%) SQL Server
5 24 (6.37%) Tableau
6 21 (5.57%) Data Lake
7 17 (4.51%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 16 (4.24%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 14 (3.71%) BigQuery
10 13 (3.45%) Essbase
10 13 (3.45%) Oracle BI Publisher
11 9 (2.39%) Amazon Redshift
11 9 (2.39%) MySQL
12 8 (2.12%) BusinessObjects
12 8 (2.12%) Relational Database
13 6 (1.59%) Geospatial Data
13 6 (1.59%) QlikView
14 5 (1.33%) Metadata Repository
14 5 (1.33%) Power Query
14 5 (1.33%) SAS EBI
Development Applications
1 26 (6.90%) Oracle Forms
2 17 (4.51%) JIRA
3 10 (2.65%) Git
4 4 (1.06%) ER Studio
4 4 (1.06%) ERwin
4 4 (1.06%) GitLab
4 4 (1.06%) Jenkins
4 4 (1.06%) PowerDesigner
5 3 (0.80%) Maven
5 3 (0.80%) Sonatype Nexus
6 2 (0.53%) REST Assured
7 1 (0.27%) JUnit
7 1 (0.27%) Mocha
7 1 (0.27%) Mockito
7 1 (0.27%) Postman
General
1 136 (36.07%) Social Skills
2 110 (29.18%) Analytical Skills
3 108 (28.65%) Finance
4 48 (12.73%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 45 (11.94%) Public Sector
6 42 (11.14%) Marketing
7 26 (6.90%) Retail
8 25 (6.63%) Banking
8 25 (6.63%) Organisational Skills
9 17 (4.51%) Telecoms
10 11 (2.92%) Law
10 11 (2.92%) Legal
11 10 (2.65%) Advertising
12 9 (2.39%) Back Office
13 8 (2.12%) Influencing Skills
14 7 (1.86%) Manufacturing
15 6 (1.59%) Aerospace
16 4 (1.06%) Aviation
16 4 (1.06%) General Ledger
16 4 (1.06%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 84 (22.28%) Senior
2 76 (20.16%) Architect
3 70 (18.57%) Analyst
4 60 (15.92%) Data Architect
5 32 (8.49%) Data Manager
5 32 (8.49%) Developer
6 31 (8.22%) Senior Analyst
7 26 (6.90%) Oracle Analyst
7 26 (6.90%) Senior Oracle Analyst
8 23 (6.10%) Data Engineer
8 23 (6.10%) Lead
9 21 (5.57%) Governance Manager
10 20 (5.31%) Data Governance Analyst
10 20 (5.31%) Data Governance Manager
11 19 (5.04%) Senior Manager
12 15 (3.98%) Data Analyst
13 13 (3.45%) Administrator
13 13 (3.45%) Consultant
13 13 (3.45%) Support Analyst
14 12 (3.18%) Business Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (3.45%) Middleware
1 13 (3.45%) REST
2 12 (3.18%) SOAP
3 5 (1.33%) .NET
3 5 (1.33%) .NET Framework
3 5 (1.33%) EDI
3 5 (1.33%) Entity Framework
3 5 (1.33%) WinForms
4 4 (1.06%) JSON
5 3 (0.80%) ActiveMQ
5 3 (0.80%) Kafka
5 3 (0.80%) OAuth
5 3 (0.80%) PySpark
5 3 (0.80%) RAML
5 3 (0.80%) RESTful
5 3 (0.80%) Spring
5 3 (0.80%) Spring Boot
5 3 (0.80%) XML
6 2 (0.53%) Hibernate
6 2 (0.53%) Pandas
Miscellaneous
1 37 (9.81%) Management Information System
2 29 (7.69%) Legacy Systems
3 27 (7.16%) Blog
4 15 (3.98%) Product Ownership
4 15 (3.98%) Reference Data
5 12 (3.18%) Analytical Mindset
6 10 (2.65%) Public Cloud
7 9 (2.39%) Algorithms
7 9 (2.39%) Data Structures
7 9 (2.39%) Onboarding
8 6 (1.59%) NHS
8 6 (1.59%) Social Media
9 5 (1.33%) Data Centre
9 5 (1.33%) Reinsurance
10 4 (1.06%) Cloud Native
10 4 (1.06%) Data Protection Act
10 4 (1.06%) Security Posture
10 4 (1.06%) Self-Motivation
11 3 (0.80%) Hybrid Cloud
11 3 (0.80%) Web Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 9 (2.39%) Linux
2 7 (1.86%) Windows
3 2 (0.53%) VMS
4 1 (0.27%) Unix
4 1 (0.27%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 133 (35.28%) Analytics
2 97 (25.73%) Business Intelligence
3 92 (24.40%) Data Governance
4 83 (22.02%) Data Modelling
5 81 (21.49%) Problem-Solving
6 78 (20.69%) Data Architecture
7 74 (19.63%) Data Strategy
8 70 (18.57%) Visualisation
9 67 (17.77%) Data Integration
10 66 (17.51%) DevOps
11 65 (17.24%) Agile
11 65 (17.24%) Continuous Improvement
12 60 (15.92%) Decision-Making
13 59 (15.65%) Coaching
14 58 (15.38%) Data Engineering
14 58 (15.38%) ERP
15 57 (15.12%) Mentoring
16 56 (14.85%) Data Visualisation
17 54 (14.32%) ETL
18 50 (13.26%) E-Commerce
Programming Languages
1 124 (32.89%) SQL
2 46 (12.20%) Python
3 16 (4.24%) Java
3 16 (4.24%) T-SQL
4 13 (3.45%) Groovy
5 6 (1.59%) C#
6 4 (1.06%) PowerShell
6 4 (1.06%) R
7 3 (0.80%) JavaScript
7 3 (0.80%) TypeScript
8 2 (0.53%) C++
8 2 (0.53%) VBA
9 1 (0.27%) ANSI SQL
9 1 (0.27%) Apex Code
9 1 (0.27%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 68 (18.04%) Degree
2 24 (6.37%) Security Cleared
3 21 (5.57%) SC Cleared
4 20 (5.31%) Computer Science Degree
5 17 (4.51%) DBS Check
6 8 (2.12%) CISA
6 8 (2.12%) CISM
6 8 (2.12%) CISSP
7 7 (1.86%) Master's Degree
8 6 (1.59%) ISACA
9 5 (1.33%) CITP
9 5 (1.33%) CRISC
9 5 (1.33%) SANS
10 4 (1.06%) Azure Certification
10 4 (1.06%) ITIL Certification
10 4 (1.06%) Microsoft Certification
11 3 (0.80%) BPSS Clearance
12 2 (0.53%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
12 2 (0.53%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
12 2 (0.53%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 83 (22.02%) Data Quality
2 42 (11.14%) Accessibility
3 13 (3.45%) GDPR
3 13 (3.45%) QA
4 10 (2.65%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 8 (2.12%) GRC
5 8 (2.12%) NIST
6 7 (1.86%) Actionable Recommendations
7 5 (1.33%) NIST 800
8 3 (0.80%) COBIT
8 3 (0.80%) ITGC
9 2 (0.53%) ECSS
10 1 (0.27%) California Consumer Privacy Act
10 1 (0.27%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 9 (2.39%) Docker
2 6 (1.59%) VMware Infrastructure
3 4 (1.06%) VMware NSX
4 2 (0.53%) Virtual Machines
4 2 (0.53%) vSphere
5 1 (0.27%) Firmware
5 1 (0.27%) Microsoft Virtual Server
5 1 (0.27%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 13 (3.45%) Terraform
2 10 (2.65%) Kubernetes
3 5 (1.33%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
3 5 (1.33%) RSA Archer
4 2 (0.53%) Ansible
4 2 (0.53%) Microsoft Intune
5 1 (0.27%) Cisco CUCM
5 1 (0.27%) Grafana
5 1 (0.27%) Single Sign-On
5 1 (0.27%) vRealize Orchestrator
Vendors
1 125 (33.16%) Microsoft
2 33 (8.75%) Oracle
3 21 (5.57%) Google
4 20 (5.31%) Databricks
5 17 (4.51%) SAP
6 13 (3.45%) Hyperion
7 11 (2.92%) Informatica
7 11 (2.92%) Salesforce
7 11 (2.92%) ServiceNow
8 9 (2.39%) ConnectWise
8 9 (2.39%) WooCommerce
9 8 (2.12%) HubSpot
10 7 (1.86%) Cisco
11 6 (1.59%) Planon
11 6 (1.59%) VMware
12 5 (1.33%) Adobe
12 5 (1.33%) Sage
12 5 (1.33%) Xamarin
12 5 (1.33%) Zoho
13 4 (1.06%) IBM