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 12 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 119 80 140
Rank change year-on-year -39 +60 -10
Permanent jobs citing Data Management 377 556 707
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 2.25% 4.00% 2.36%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.64% 4.20% 2.57%
Number of salaries quoted 224 299 481
10th Percentile £28,125 £41,250 £37,500
25th Percentile £41,250 £53,750 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £59,450 £80,000 £59,300
Median % change year-on-year -25.69% +34.91% -15.29%
75th Percentile £75,000 £122,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £152,500 £97,500
UK median annual salary £60,000 £75,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -20.00% +25.00% -9.91%

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 14,297 13,240 27,544
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 85.26% 95.33% 92.13%
Number of salaries quoted 9,336 8,795 22,823
10th Percentile £31,250 £34,750 £34,000
25th Percentile £42,500 £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 £75,772
90th Percentile £100,000 £102,500 £95,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -11.31%

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 12 March 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 (3.71%) SharePoint
2 8 (2.12%) Apache Airflow
3 7 (1.86%) Confluence
4 6 (1.59%) SAS
5 5 (1.33%) IIS
6 2 (0.53%) Apache
6 2 (0.53%) Apache Spark
6 2 (0.53%) Moodle
6 2 (0.53%) Umbraco
6 2 (0.53%) WordPress
7 1 (0.27%) ArcGIS
7 1 (0.27%) GeoServer
7 1 (0.27%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 36 (9.55%) Microsoft Excel
2 16 (4.24%) Microsoft Office
3 10 (2.65%) Oracle Smart View
4 6 (1.59%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 5 (1.33%) Microsoft Project
6 4 (1.06%) Spreadsheet
7 3 (0.80%) MS Visio
8 2 (0.53%) Adobe Creative Suite
9 1 (0.27%) EngageOne
Business Applications
1 20 (5.31%) Oracle Assets
1 20 (5.31%) Oracle Financials
1 20 (5.31%) Oracle General Ledger
1 20 (5.31%) Oracle Payables
1 20 (5.31%) Oracle Receivables
2 13 (3.45%) Dynamics CRM
3 11 (2.92%) Oracle ERP
4 10 (2.65%) Hyperion Planning
5 9 (2.39%) Dynamics NAV
5 9 (2.39%) Magento
5 9 (2.39%) Shopify
6 7 (1.86%) Adobe Campaign
7 6 (1.59%) NetSuite
8 4 (1.06%) SAP S/4HANA
9 3 (0.80%) Salesforce CRM
10 2 (0.53%) Markit EDM
11 1 (0.27%) TIBCO iProcess
Cloud Services
1 126 (33.42%) Azure
2 65 (17.24%) Power Platform
3 51 (13.53%) Snowflake
4 43 (11.41%) AWS
5 32 (8.49%) GCP
6 18 (4.77%) Azure DevOps
7 16 (4.24%) Dynamics 365
8 12 (3.18%) Microsoft 365
9 9 (2.39%) Azure Machine Learning
10 8 (2.12%) Amazon S3
10 8 (2.12%) Azure Data Factory
10 8 (2.12%) dbt
10 8 (2.12%) GitHub
11 7 (1.86%) SaaS
12 6 (1.59%) Power Automate
13 5 (1.33%) Alation
13 5 (1.33%) Azure Synapse Analytics
14 4 (1.06%) Cloud Composer
14 4 (1.06%) Collibra
15 3 (0.80%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 9 (2.39%) Broadband
2 8 (2.12%) Cisco ASA
2 8 (2.12%) Firewall
3 6 (1.59%) BGP
4 4 (1.06%) LAN
4 4 (1.06%) VLAN
4 4 (1.06%) WAN
5 3 (0.80%) Cisco Firepower
5 3 (0.80%) PuTTY
5 3 (0.80%) Unified Communications
5 3 (0.80%) WebEx
6 1 (0.27%) ADSL
6 1 (0.27%) Ethernet VPN
6 1 (0.27%) Internet
6 1 (0.27%) MPLS
6 1 (0.27%) Network Security
6 1 (0.27%) OSPF
6 1 (0.27%) Structured Cabling
Database & Business Intelligence
1 68 (18.04%) Data Warehouse
2 63 (16.71%) Power BI
3 38 (10.08%) Metadata
4 31 (8.22%) SQL Server
5 21 (5.57%) Data Lake
6 20 (5.31%) Tableau
7 16 (4.24%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 15 (3.98%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 14 (3.71%) BigQuery
10 10 (2.65%) Essbase
10 10 (2.65%) 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 7 (1.86%) Geospatial Data
14 6 (1.59%) Power Query
14 6 (1.59%) QlikView
15 5 (1.33%) Metadata Repository
16 4 (1.06%) SAS EBI
Development Applications
1 20 (5.31%) Oracle Forms
2 16 (4.24%) JIRA
3 11 (2.92%) Git
4 6 (1.59%) GitLab
5 4 (1.06%) ER Studio
5 4 (1.06%) ERwin
5 4 (1.06%) Jenkins
5 4 (1.06%) PowerDesigner
6 3 (0.80%) Maven
6 3 (0.80%) Sonatype Nexus
7 2 (0.53%) REST Assured
8 1 (0.27%) JUnit
8 1 (0.27%) Mocha
8 1 (0.27%) Mockito
General
1 129 (34.22%) Social Skills
2 96 (25.46%) Analytical Skills
3 95 (25.20%) Finance
4 51 (13.53%) Marketing
5 46 (12.20%) Public Sector
6 45 (11.94%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 32 (8.49%) Retail
8 26 (6.90%) Banking
9 21 (5.57%) Organisational Skills
9 21 (5.57%) Telecoms
10 9 (2.39%) Advertising
10 9 (2.39%) Back Office
11 7 (1.86%) Law
11 7 (1.86%) Legal
12 6 (1.59%) Manufacturing
13 5 (1.33%) Aerospace
14 4 (1.06%) Aviation
14 4 (1.06%) General Ledger
14 4 (1.06%) Retail Banking
15 3 (0.80%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 84 (22.28%) Senior
2 74 (19.63%) Architect
3 60 (15.92%) Analyst
3 60 (15.92%) Data Architect
4 31 (8.22%) Data Manager
5 29 (7.69%) Developer
6 28 (7.43%) Senior Analyst
7 24 (6.37%) Lead
8 22 (5.84%) Senior Manager
9 21 (5.57%) Administrator
9 21 (5.57%) Governance Manager
10 20 (5.31%) Data Governance Analyst
10 20 (5.31%) Data Governance Manager
10 20 (5.31%) Oracle Analyst
10 20 (5.31%) Senior Oracle Analyst
11 19 (5.04%) Data Engineer
12 13 (3.45%) Consultant
12 13 (3.45%) Support Analyst
13 11 (2.92%) Data Analyst
13 11 (2.92%) IT Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (3.45%) Middleware
2 12 (3.18%) 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%) OAuth
5 3 (0.80%) ActiveMQ
5 3 (0.80%) AngularJS
5 3 (0.80%) Kafka
5 3 (0.80%) Node.js
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%) XMPP
6 2 (0.53%) Playwright
Miscellaneous
1 40 (10.61%) Management Information System
2 26 (6.90%) Blog
3 22 (5.84%) Legacy Systems
4 20 (5.31%) Product Ownership
5 15 (3.98%) Reference Data
6 12 (3.18%) Data Structures
6 12 (3.18%) Onboarding
7 11 (2.92%) Social Media
8 10 (2.65%) Algorithms
8 10 (2.65%) Public Cloud
9 8 (2.12%) Marketing Technology
10 7 (1.86%) Over-the-Top Content
11 6 (1.59%) Analytical Mindset
11 6 (1.59%) Data Centre
12 5 (1.33%) Hybrid Cloud
12 5 (1.33%) Reinsurance
12 5 (1.33%) Security Posture
12 5 (1.33%) Self-Motivation
13 4 (1.06%) Cloud Native
13 4 (1.06%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 11 (2.92%) Linux
2 9 (2.39%) Windows
3 3 (0.80%) Windows Server
4 2 (0.53%) VMS
5 1 (0.27%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 132 (35.01%) Analytics
2 90 (23.87%) Business Intelligence
2 90 (23.87%) Data Governance
3 83 (22.02%) Data Modelling
4 78 (20.69%) Problem-Solving
5 75 (19.89%) Data Architecture
6 74 (19.63%) Data Strategy
7 67 (17.77%) Decision-Making
7 67 (17.77%) Visualisation
8 64 (16.98%) DevOps
9 63 (16.71%) Data Integration
10 59 (15.65%) Mentoring
11 57 (15.12%) Agile
11 57 (15.12%) Data Engineering
12 56 (14.85%) ERP
13 55 (14.59%) CRM
14 53 (14.06%) Data Visualisation
15 52 (13.79%) Continuous Improvement
15 52 (13.79%) ETL
16 51 (13.53%) Coaching
Programming Languages
1 115 (30.50%) SQL
2 48 (12.73%) Python
3 16 (4.24%) T-SQL
4 14 (3.71%) Java
5 10 (2.65%) Groovy
6 5 (1.33%) C#
6 5 (1.33%) R
7 3 (0.80%) JavaScript
7 3 (0.80%) PowerShell
7 3 (0.80%) TypeScript
7 3 (0.80%) VBA
8 2 (0.53%) C++
8 2 (0.53%) Scala
9 1 (0.27%) ANSI SQL
9 1 (0.27%) Apex Code
9 1 (0.27%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 63 (16.71%) Degree
2 24 (6.37%) Security Cleared
3 19 (5.04%) Computer Science Degree
3 19 (5.04%) SC Cleared
4 14 (3.71%) DBS Check
5 6 (1.59%) ISACA
5 6 (1.59%) Master's Degree
6 5 (1.33%) CISA
6 5 (1.33%) CISM
6 5 (1.33%) CISSP
6 5 (1.33%) CITP
6 5 (1.33%) SANS
7 4 (1.06%) Azure Certification
7 4 (1.06%) BPSS Clearance
8 3 (0.80%) Microsoft Certification
9 2 (0.53%) CRISC
9 2 (0.53%) ISTQB
9 2 (0.53%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
9 2 (0.53%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
9 2 (0.53%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 79 (20.95%) Data Quality
2 38 (10.08%) Accessibility
3 17 (4.51%) GDPR
4 12 (3.18%) QA
5 8 (2.12%) Actionable Recommendations
6 7 (1.86%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 5 (1.33%) GRC
7 5 (1.33%) NIST
7 5 (1.33%) NIST 800
8 2 (0.53%) ECSS
9 1 (0.27%) California Consumer Privacy Act
System Software
1 11 (2.92%) Docker
2 9 (2.39%) VMware Infrastructure
3 5 (1.33%) VMware NSX
4 4 (1.06%) vSphere
5 3 (0.80%) Microsoft Virtual Server
5 3 (0.80%) Virtual Servers
6 2 (0.53%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 15 (3.98%) Terraform
2 12 (3.18%) Kubernetes
3 5 (1.33%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
3 5 (1.33%) RSA Archer
4 4 (1.06%) Ansible
5 3 (0.80%) Cisco CUCM
5 3 (0.80%) Grafana
6 2 (0.53%) Microsoft Intune
7 1 (0.27%) Single Sign-On
7 1 (0.27%) vRealize Orchestrator
Vendors
1 123 (32.63%) Microsoft
2 28 (7.43%) Oracle
3 21 (5.57%) Google
4 19 (5.04%) Databricks
5 18 (4.77%) Salesforce
6 17 (4.51%) SAP
7 12 (3.18%) Informatica
8 11 (2.92%) ServiceNow
9 10 (2.65%) Adobe
9 10 (2.65%) Cisco
9 10 (2.65%) Hyperion
10 9 (2.39%) ConnectWise
10 9 (2.39%) VMware
10 9 (2.39%) WooCommerce
11 8 (2.12%) HubSpot
12 6 (1.59%) Planon
13 5 (1.33%) CheckPoint
13 5 (1.33%) Sage
13 5 (1.33%) Xamarin
13 5 (1.33%) Zoho