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 4 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
4 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 164 115 90
Rank change year-on-year -49 -25 +28
Permanent jobs citing Data Management 381 490 797
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 1.71% 2.97% 3.15%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.06% 3.19% 3.59%
Number of salaries quoted 159 228 354
10th Percentile £31,250 £30,829 £37,500
25th Percentile £37,505 £47,500 £44,923
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,171 £65,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -18.20% - +2.77%
75th Percentile £67,375 £100,938 £82,238
90th Percentile £87,500 £123,617 £99,250
UK median annual salary £55,000 £62,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.00% +4.17% -4.00%

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 18,460 15,337 22,190
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 82.88% 92.94% 87.76%
Number of salaries quoted 13,367 9,043 15,990
10th Percentile £35,000 £29,750 £35,000
25th Percentile £44,972 £40,917 £43,329
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £59,400 £58,700
Median % change year-on-year +1.01% +1.19% -6.08%
75th Percentile £80,000 £78,750 £77,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £100,000 £97,500
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% - -8.71%

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 4 August 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 19 (4.99%) SharePoint
2 5 (1.31%) Microsoft Exchange
3 4 (1.05%) Apache Spark
4 2 (0.52%) ArcGIS
5 1 (0.26%) Apache
5 1 (0.26%) Apache Airflow
5 1 (0.26%) SAS
5 1 (0.26%) WordPress
Applications
1 61 (16.01%) Microsoft Excel
2 13 (3.41%) Microsoft Office
2 13 (3.41%) Microsoft Project
3 11 (2.89%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 4 (1.05%) Spreadsheet
4 4 (1.05%) Windchill
5 3 (0.79%) Blender
5 3 (0.79%) Maya
6 2 (0.52%) Chatbot
7 1 (0.26%) Adobe Creative Suite
7 1 (0.26%) Adobe XD
Business Applications
1 41 (10.76%) Dynamics CRM
2 34 (8.92%) Adobe Campaign
3 27 (7.09%) Dynamics GP
4 6 (1.57%) NetSuite
5 5 (1.31%) Raiser’s Edge
6 2 (0.52%) Dynamics NAV
6 2 (0.52%) Magento
6 2 (0.52%) Salesforce CRM
6 2 (0.52%) Shopify
7 1 (0.26%) HFM
Cloud Services
1 68 (17.85%) Power Platform
2 57 (14.96%) SaaS
3 50 (13.12%) Azure
4 36 (9.45%) AWS
5 25 (6.56%) Power Automate
6 23 (6.04%) Microsoft 365
7 17 (4.46%) Microsoft Purview
8 16 (4.20%) Dynamics 365
9 13 (3.41%) Entra ID
10 11 (2.89%) PowerApps
11 10 (2.62%) GCP
12 7 (1.84%) Azure Logic Apps
12 7 (1.84%) GitHub
13 6 (1.57%) Azure Data Factory
14 5 (1.31%) Snowflake
15 4 (1.05%) Amazon EKS
15 4 (1.05%) Amazon S3
15 4 (1.05%) Azure DevOps
16 3 (0.79%) Anthropic Claude
16 3 (0.79%) Collibra
Communications & Networking
1 38 (9.97%) Broadband
2 18 (4.72%) Firewall
3 14 (3.67%) VLAN
4 13 (3.41%) LAN
4 13 (3.41%) WAN
5 11 (2.89%) Cisco ASA
6 10 (2.62%) Cisco Firepower
6 10 (2.62%) Unified Communications
6 10 (2.62%) WebEx
7 7 (1.84%) TCP/IP
8 4 (1.05%) BGP
8 4 (1.05%) DHCP
8 4 (1.05%) DNS
8 4 (1.05%) Network Security
8 4 (1.05%) VoIP
9 3 (0.79%) MPLS
9 3 (0.79%) OSPF
9 3 (0.79%) SD-WAN
9 3 (0.79%) Software-Defined Networking
9 3 (0.79%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 56 (14.70%) Power BI
2 22 (5.77%) Metadata
3 21 (5.51%) SQL Server
4 19 (4.99%) Tableau
5 11 (2.89%) Data Warehouse
6 10 (2.62%) Data Lake
7 6 (1.57%) PostgreSQL
8 5 (1.31%) Geospatial Data
8 5 (1.31%) MySQL
8 5 (1.31%) Relational Database
9 4 (1.05%) Delta Lake
9 4 (1.05%) Elasticsearch
9 4 (1.05%) GIS
10 3 (0.79%) Power Query
10 3 (0.79%) Spatial Data
11 2 (0.52%) Amazon Athena
11 2 (0.52%) Electronic Patient Records
11 2 (0.52%) MongoDB
11 2 (0.52%) Neo4j
12 1 (0.26%) Apache Cassandra
Development Applications
1 9 (2.36%) JIRA
2 8 (2.10%) GitLab
3 7 (1.84%) Git
4 1 (0.26%) ER Studio
4 1 (0.26%) ERwin
4 1 (0.26%) Jenkins
4 1 (0.26%) Rational DOORS
4 1 (0.26%) Toad
General
1 194 (50.92%) Social Skills
2 98 (25.72%) Analytical Skills
3 88 (23.10%) Marketing
4 81 (21.26%) Legal
5 72 (18.90%) Finance
6 35 (9.19%) Public Sector
7 30 (7.87%) Telecoms
8 29 (7.61%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 29 (7.61%) Retail
9 28 (7.35%) Law
10 26 (6.82%) Organisational Skills
11 18 (4.72%) Banking
12 7 (1.84%) Billing
13 6 (1.57%) Military
13 6 (1.57%) Welsh Language
14 5 (1.31%) Back Office
15 4 (1.05%) Aerospace
15 4 (1.05%) Environmental Health
15 4 (1.05%) Influencing Skills
16 3 (0.79%) Humanities
Job Titles
1 115 (30.18%) Senior
2 66 (17.32%) Senior Manager
3 49 (12.86%) Testing Manager
4 47 (12.34%) Analyst
5 38 (9.97%) Administrator
5 38 (9.97%) Campaign Manager
6 33 (8.66%) Architect
7 27 (7.09%) Marketing Manager
7 27 (7.09%) Technology Manager
8 26 (6.82%) Product Manager
9 25 (6.56%) Data Analyst
10 24 (6.30%) Data Architect
10 24 (6.30%) Senior Analyst
11 20 (5.25%) Data Manager
12 17 (4.46%) Senior Data Analyst
13 16 (4.20%) IT Support
13 16 (4.20%) Senior Campaign Manager
14 15 (3.94%) Data Governance Analyst
14 15 (3.94%) Data Governance Manager
14 15 (3.94%) Governance Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 16 (4.20%) .NET
2 15 (3.94%) ASP.NET
3 11 (2.89%) JSON
4 10 (2.62%) .NET Framework
4 10 (2.62%) ASP.NET MVC
4 10 (2.62%) Classic ASP
4 10 (2.62%) Entity Framework
4 10 (2.62%) Google Maps API
4 10 (2.62%) XML
4 10 (2.62%) XMPP
5 9 (2.36%) Node.js
6 6 (1.57%) AngularJS
6 6 (1.57%) Middleware
7 5 (1.31%) RESTful
8 4 (1.05%) OAuth
8 4 (1.05%) OpenID
8 4 (1.05%) PySpark
9 3 (0.79%) Godot
9 3 (0.79%) PyTorch
9 3 (0.79%) WebXR
Miscellaneous
1 62 (16.27%) Marketing Technology
2 53 (13.91%) Virtual Team
3 49 (12.86%) Product Ownership
4 41 (10.76%) Social Media
5 38 (9.97%) Management Information System
6 34 (8.92%) Over-the-Top Content
7 32 (8.40%) Blog
8 17 (4.46%) Data Structures
9 12 (3.15%) Onboarding
10 10 (2.62%) FlexPod
10 10 (2.62%) Hybrid Cloud
10 10 (2.62%) Video Conferencing
11 7 (1.84%) Replication
11 7 (1.84%) Self-Motivation
12 6 (1.57%) Reference Data
13 5 (1.31%) Distributed Systems
13 5 (1.31%) Web Conferencing
14 4 (1.05%) Algorithms
14 4 (1.05%) Cloud Native
14 4 (1.05%) Legacy Systems
Operating Systems
1 17 (4.46%) Linux
2 11 (2.89%) Windows
2 11 (2.89%) Windows Server
3 5 (1.31%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 145 (38.06%) Decision-Making
2 134 (35.17%) Continuous Improvement
3 125 (32.81%) Analytics
4 99 (25.98%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 90 (23.62%) CRM
5 90 (23.62%) Problem-Solving
6 80 (21.00%) DevOps
7 79 (20.73%) AI
7 79 (20.73%) Test Automation
8 74 (19.42%) Business Intelligence
8 74 (19.42%) Roadmaps
8 74 (19.42%) Software Engineering
9 68 (17.85%) Mentoring
10 67 (17.59%) Data Governance
11 62 (16.27%) Agile
11 62 (16.27%) Performance Management
12 61 (16.01%) Digital Marketing
12 61 (16.01%) Project Delivery
13 57 (14.96%) Enterprise Architecture
14 51 (13.39%) Strategic Planning
Programming Languages
1 111 (29.13%) Python
2 68 (17.85%) C#
3 66 (17.32%) JavaScript
4 61 (16.01%) SQL
5 54 (14.17%) TypeScript
6 50 (13.12%) PowerShell
7 9 (2.36%) Java
8 6 (1.57%) Scala
9 3 (0.79%) T-SQL
9 3 (0.79%) VBA
10 2 (0.52%) PHP
10 2 (0.52%) R
11 1 (0.26%) Data Analysis Expressions
11 1 (0.26%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 36 (9.45%) Degree
2 20 (5.25%) Security Cleared
3 14 (3.67%) SC Cleared
4 9 (2.36%) CIPD
5 8 (2.10%) Microsoft Certification
6 7 (1.84%) Azure Certification
7 6 (1.57%) BPSS Clearance
8 5 (1.31%) PMI Certification
8 5 (1.31%) PMP
9 4 (1.05%) AWS Certification
9 4 (1.05%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 3 (0.79%) CCNA
10 3 (0.79%) CCNP
10 3 (0.79%) Cisco Certification
11 2 (0.52%) CITP
11 2 (0.52%) Computer Science Degree
11 2 (0.52%) DBS Check
11 2 (0.52%) DV Cleared
11 2 (0.52%) TOGAF Certification
12 1 (0.26%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 83 (21.78%) Data Quality
2 66 (17.32%) QA
3 46 (12.07%) GDPR
4 18 (4.72%) California Consumer Privacy Act
5 12 (3.15%) Accessibility
6 5 (1.31%) Actionable Recommendations
6 5 (1.31%) Cyber Essentials
7 4 (1.05%) Def Stans
7 4 (1.05%) ISO 9000
7 4 (1.05%) ISO/IEC 15288
8 2 (0.52%) PMO
9 1 (0.26%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 1 (0.26%) ECSS
9 1 (0.26%) IFRS
9 1 (0.26%) IFRS 17
9 1 (0.26%) SLA
9 1 (0.26%) Solvency II
System Software
1 13 (3.41%) Active Directory
2 10 (2.62%) Docker
3 8 (2.10%) VMware Infrastructure
4 7 (1.84%) Microsoft Virtual Server
4 7 (1.84%) Virtual Servers
4 7 (1.84%) vSphere
5 4 (1.05%) Hyper-V
5 4 (1.05%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 15 (3.94%) Ansible
2 11 (2.89%) Kubernetes
2 11 (2.89%) Terraform
3 10 (2.62%) Cisco CUCM
3 10 (2.62%) Grafana
Vendors
1 91 (23.88%) Microsoft
2 36 (9.45%) Adobe
3 20 (5.25%) Salesforce
4 14 (3.67%) Cisco
5 13 (3.41%) Fortinet
5 13 (3.41%) Google
5 13 (3.41%) Palo Alto
6 11 (2.89%) Databricks
6 11 (2.89%) Oracle
6 11 (2.89%) VMware
7 10 (2.62%) SAP
7 10 (2.62%) Splunk
8 9 (2.36%) ServiceNow
9 7 (1.84%) NetApp
10 6 (1.57%) HubSpot
10 6 (1.57%) IFS
11 5 (1.31%) Informatica
12 4 (1.05%) CheckPoint
12 4 (1.05%) Epicor
12 4 (1.05%) Infor