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

6 months to
24 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 113 142 120
Rank change year-on-year +29 -22 +40
Permanent jobs citing Data Management 359 442 586
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 2.37% 2.20% 2.75%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.61% 2.46% 2.90%
Number of salaries quoted 202 248 403
10th Percentile £20,000 £38,700 £42,100
25th Percentile £42,125 £44,612 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £65,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -7.69% +4.00% -10.71%
75th Percentile £81,875 £82,500 £95,000
90th Percentile £111,875 £107,500 £110,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £62,500 £65,000
% change year-on-year -4.00% -3.85% -3.70%

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 13,778 17,960 20,216
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 91.08% 89.59% 94.98%
Number of salaries quoted 8,677 10,839 16,359
10th Percentile £29,250 £36,250 £36,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £46,250 £46,306
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £62,500 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -8.00% - -
75th Percentile £77,500 £81,250 £80,070
90th Percentile £97,500 £100,000 £97,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -

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 24 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 (2.23%) Confluence
1 8 (2.23%) SharePoint
2 5 (1.39%) IIS
2 5 (1.39%) SAS
3 4 (1.11%) Apache
4 3 (0.84%) ArcGIS
5 2 (0.56%) Apache Airflow
5 2 (0.56%) Apache Spark
5 2 (0.56%) Moodle
5 2 (0.56%) Umbraco
6 1 (0.28%) GeoServer
6 1 (0.28%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 26 (7.24%) Microsoft Excel
2 9 (2.51%) Oracle Smart View
3 5 (1.39%) Microsoft Office
4 1 (0.28%) Adobe Creative Suite
4 1 (0.28%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.28%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 18 (5.01%) Oracle Assets
1 18 (5.01%) Oracle Financials
1 18 (5.01%) Oracle General Ledger
1 18 (5.01%) Oracle Payables
1 18 (5.01%) Oracle Receivables
2 13 (3.62%) Oracle ERP
3 9 (2.51%) Hyperion Planning
4 8 (2.23%) Dynamics CRM
5 6 (1.67%) Adaptiv
6 4 (1.11%) Salesforce CRM
7 3 (0.84%) SAP S/4HANA
8 2 (0.56%) Dynamics GP
8 2 (0.56%) Infor SunSystems
8 2 (0.56%) Markit EDM
8 2 (0.56%) NetSuite
8 2 (0.56%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
9 1 (0.28%) iTrent
9 1 (0.28%) Oracle EBS
9 1 (0.28%) Primavera
Cloud Services
1 127 (35.38%) Azure
2 67 (18.66%) Power Platform
3 51 (14.21%) Snowflake
4 31 (8.64%) GCP
5 30 (8.36%) AWS
6 16 (4.46%) Azure DevOps
7 12 (3.34%) Dynamics 365
8 11 (3.06%) Azure Data Factory
8 11 (3.06%) Microsoft Purview
9 9 (2.51%) SaaS
10 8 (2.23%) GitHub
11 7 (1.95%) Microsoft 365
11 7 (1.95%) PowerApps
12 6 (1.67%) Collibra
13 5 (1.39%) Alation
13 5 (1.39%) iPaaS
13 5 (1.39%) Power Automate
14 4 (1.11%) Azure Logic Apps
14 4 (1.11%) Azure Synapse Analytics
14 4 (1.11%) Cloud Composer
Communications & Networking
1 2 (0.56%) Broadband
1 2 (0.56%) DHCP
1 2 (0.56%) DNS
1 2 (0.56%) InfiniBand
2 1 (0.28%) ADSL
2 1 (0.28%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 83 (23.12%) Data Warehouse
2 61 (16.99%) Power BI
3 38 (10.58%) Tableau
4 28 (7.80%) Metadata
5 26 (7.24%) SQL Server
6 20 (5.57%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 19 (5.29%) Data Lake
8 16 (4.46%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 11 (3.06%) BigQuery
10 10 (2.79%) Amazon Redshift
10 10 (2.79%) NoSQL
11 9 (2.51%) Essbase
11 9 (2.51%) Oracle BI Publisher
11 9 (2.51%) Tick Data
12 8 (2.23%) BusinessObjects
12 8 (2.23%) MySQL
13 7 (1.95%) Geospatial Data
14 6 (1.67%) QlikView
15 5 (1.39%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
15 5 (1.39%) Azure SQL Database
Development Applications
1 18 (5.01%) Oracle Forms
2 9 (2.51%) JIRA
3 8 (2.23%) Git
4 5 (1.39%) ERwin
5 4 (1.11%) ER Studio
5 4 (1.11%) PowerDesigner
6 2 (0.56%) GitLab
7 1 (0.28%) Jenkins
7 1 (0.28%) JUnit
7 1 (0.28%) Mockito
7 1 (0.28%) Postman
General
1 142 (39.55%) Social Skills
2 124 (34.54%) Finance
3 90 (25.07%) Analytical Skills
4 47 (13.09%) Marketing
5 39 (10.86%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 28 (7.80%) Banking
7 25 (6.96%) Organisational Skills
8 23 (6.41%) Retail
9 17 (4.74%) Public Sector
10 16 (4.46%) Manufacturing
11 15 (4.18%) Influencing Skills
12 11 (3.06%) Legal
13 9 (2.51%) Law
14 8 (2.23%) Games
14 8 (2.23%) Telecoms
15 7 (1.95%) Billing
16 6 (1.67%) Advertising
16 6 (1.67%) Aerospace
17 5 (1.39%) Local Government
18 4 (1.11%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 72 (20.06%) Analyst
2 67 (18.66%) Architect
3 52 (14.48%) Senior
4 49 (13.65%) Data Architect
5 45 (12.53%) Developer
6 25 (6.96%) Data Analyst
6 25 (6.96%) Lead
7 24 (6.69%) Senior Analyst
8 23 (6.41%) Business Analyst
9 22 (6.13%) Data Manager
10 18 (5.01%) Administrator
10 18 (5.01%) Oracle Analyst
10 18 (5.01%) Senior Oracle Analyst
11 16 (4.46%) Data Engineer
12 14 (3.90%) Consultant
13 11 (3.06%) Data Business Analyst
13 11 (3.06%) Data Warehouse Developer
13 11 (3.06%) ETL Developer
13 11 (3.06%) Report Developer
13 11 (3.06%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (2.23%) .NET
2 6 (1.67%) .NET Framework
2 6 (1.67%) Middleware
3 5 (1.39%) Entity Framework
3 5 (1.39%) WinForms
4 4 (1.11%) CSS
4 4 (1.11%) HTML
5 3 (0.84%) JSON
5 3 (0.84%) Pandas
5 3 (0.84%) React
5 3 (0.84%) RESTful
5 3 (0.84%) Spring
5 3 (0.84%) Spring Boot
5 3 (0.84%) XML
6 2 (0.56%) CSS3
6 2 (0.56%) Express.js
6 2 (0.56%) Grails
6 2 (0.56%) HTML5
6 2 (0.56%) Node.js
6 2 (0.56%) OAuth
Miscellaneous
1 46 (12.81%) Management Information System
2 23 (6.41%) Legacy Systems
3 21 (5.85%) Blog
4 16 (4.46%) Analytical Mindset
5 13 (3.62%) Self-Motivation
6 12 (3.34%) Product Ownership
6 12 (3.34%) Reference Data
7 9 (2.51%) Onboarding
8 8 (2.23%) Cloud Native
8 8 (2.23%) Credit Risk
9 6 (1.67%) Market Risk
9 6 (1.67%) Reinsurance
10 5 (1.39%) Data Structures
10 5 (1.39%) IoT
10 5 (1.39%) NHS
11 4 (1.11%) Freedom of Information
12 3 (0.84%) Enterprise Software
12 3 (0.84%) Housing Association
12 3 (0.84%) PKI
13 2 (0.56%) Team-Oriented Environment
Operating Systems
1 7 (1.95%) Windows
2 3 (0.84%) Linux
3 2 (0.56%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 124 (34.54%) Analytics
2 95 (26.46%) Business Intelligence
3 89 (24.79%) Problem-Solving
4 78 (21.73%) Data Modelling
5 76 (21.17%) Agile
6 73 (20.33%) Data Governance
7 68 (18.94%) Data Architecture
8 66 (18.38%) Continuous Improvement
9 63 (17.55%) Data Engineering
9 63 (17.55%) Data Integration
9 63 (17.55%) Visualisation
10 59 (16.43%) Decision-Making
11 55 (15.32%) Data Visualisation
12 52 (14.48%) ETL
13 51 (14.21%) AI
14 44 (12.26%) Migration
15 43 (11.98%) DevOps
16 42 (11.70%) Validation
17 39 (10.86%) Data Strategy
17 39 (10.86%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 120 (33.43%) SQL
2 62 (17.27%) Python
3 18 (5.01%) Java
4 13 (3.62%) C#
5 9 (2.51%) Groovy
5 9 (2.51%) T-SQL
6 7 (1.95%) R
7 6 (1.67%) JavaScript
7 6 (1.67%) PL/SQL
8 4 (1.11%) Fortran
9 2 (0.56%) Bash
9 2 (0.56%) C++
9 2 (0.56%) Perl
10 1 (0.28%) ANSI SQL
10 1 (0.28%) PowerShell
10 1 (0.28%) TypeScript
10 1 (0.28%) VBA
Qualifications
1 73 (20.33%) Degree
2 21 (5.85%) Computer Science Degree
3 16 (4.46%) DBS Check
4 12 (3.34%) Azure Certification
5 11 (3.06%) ITIL Certification
5 11 (3.06%) Security Cleared
6 10 (2.79%) CFA
6 10 (2.79%) PMI Certification
6 10 (2.79%) PMP
7 9 (2.51%) Master's Degree
7 9 (2.51%) SC Cleared
8 7 (1.95%) AWS Certification
8 7 (1.95%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
8 7 (1.95%) Microsoft Certification
9 5 (1.39%) CISA
9 5 (1.39%) CISM
9 5 (1.39%) CISSP
9 5 (1.39%) CRISC
10 4 (1.11%) BPSS Clearance
11 3 (0.84%) MCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 77 (21.45%) Data Quality
2 47 (13.09%) Accessibility
3 28 (7.80%) GDPR
4 12 (3.34%) NIST
5 11 (3.06%) QA
6 8 (2.23%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 7 (1.95%) HIPAA
8 5 (1.39%) COBIT
8 5 (1.39%) GRC
8 5 (1.39%) ITGC
9 4 (1.11%) ISO 9001
10 2 (0.56%) ECSS
10 2 (0.56%) Sarbanes-Oxley
11 1 (0.28%) Actionable Recommendations
System Software
1 23 (6.41%) Docker
2 2 (0.56%) Firmware
2 2 (0.56%) GPFS
2 2 (0.56%) Lustre
2 2 (0.56%) NFS
2 2 (0.56%) Virtual Machines
3 1 (0.28%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (0.28%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 13 (3.62%) Kubernetes
2 5 (1.39%) Terraform
3 2 (0.56%) Microsoft Intune
4 1 (0.28%) vRealize Orchestrator
Vendors
1 96 (26.74%) Microsoft
2 33 (9.19%) Databricks
3 30 (8.36%) Google
4 22 (6.13%) Oracle
5 16 (4.46%) SAP
6 12 (3.34%) Informatica
7 10 (2.79%) Murex
8 9 (2.51%) Alteryx
8 9 (2.51%) Hyperion
8 9 (2.51%) Salesforce
9 6 (1.67%) FIS
9 6 (1.67%) IBM
9 6 (1.67%) Sage
10 5 (1.39%) Xamarin
10 5 (1.39%) Zoho
11 3 (0.84%) Teradata
12 2 (0.56%) Adobe
12 2 (0.56%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
12 2 (0.56%) ServiceNow
12 2 (0.56%) Talend