Hybrid/Remote Data Modelling Job Trends

Data Modelling
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for remote or hybrid work requiring Data Modelling skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 20 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 116 155 146
Rank change year-on-year +39 -9 -55
Permanent jobs citing Data Modelling 543 373 564
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 2.37% 2.25% 2.29%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.88% 2.42% 2.61%
Number of salaries quoted 386 264 348
10th Percentile £43,750 £46,625 £41,925
25th Percentile £51,250 £55,750 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £65,000 £68,500
Median % change year-on-year - -5.11% +4.82%
75th Percentile £87,500 £83,750 £82,500
90th Percentile £107,500 £106,750 £97,500
UK median annual salary £70,000 £67,500 £70,000
% change year-on-year +3.70% -3.57% +4.42%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Work from Home

Data Modelling 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 18,880 15,403 21,595
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 82.36% 93.01% 87.53%
Number of salaries quoted 13,612 8,900 15,178
10th Percentile £35,000 £29,750 £35,000
25th Percentile £44,972 £40,500 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £58,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.45% -3.33% -4.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £77,500 £78,750
90th Percentile £100,000 £100,000 £98,750
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% - -8.71%

Data Modelling
Job Vacancy Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Data Modelling and offering remote or hybrid work options relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised.

Data Modelling job vacancy trend for remote/hybrid jobs

Data Modelling
Salary Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Salary distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Data Modelling.

Salary distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Data Modelling

Data Modelling
Salary Histogram for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Salary distribution for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Data Modelling over the 6 months to 20 August 2026.

Data Modelling salary histogram for jobs with remote/hybrid work options

Data Modelling
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 24 (4.42%) Apache
2 23 (4.24%) Apache Spark
3 17 (3.13%) Apache Airflow
4 12 (2.21%) SharePoint
5 7 (1.29%) Jupyter
6 3 (0.55%) Apache Solr
7 2 (0.37%) Oracle SOA Suite
7 2 (0.37%) Palantir Foundry
8 1 (0.18%) Apache Superset
8 1 (0.18%) Confluence
Applications
1 34 (6.26%) Microsoft Excel
2 5 (0.92%) Microsoft Office
3 3 (0.55%) Blender
3 3 (0.55%) Maya
4 1 (0.18%) Chatbot
4 1 (0.18%) FrameMaker
4 1 (0.18%) Microsoft Project
4 1 (0.18%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.18%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 12 (2.21%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
2 7 (1.29%) Dynamics CRM
3 3 (0.55%) Oracle EBS
3 3 (0.55%) Oracle ERP
4 2 (0.37%) JDE EnterpriseOne
4 2 (0.37%) Oracle Payables
4 2 (0.37%) Oracle Receivables
4 2 (0.37%) Salesforce CRM
5 1 (0.18%) Finacle
5 1 (0.18%) FLEXCUBE
5 1 (0.18%) NetSuite
5 1 (0.18%) SAP S/4HANA
5 1 (0.18%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
5 1 (0.18%) Temenos T24
Cloud Services
1 208 (38.31%) Azure
2 177 (32.60%) Power Platform
3 114 (20.99%) AWS
4 65 (11.97%) GCP
5 61 (11.23%) Azure Data Factory
6 45 (8.29%) Snowflake
7 41 (7.55%) Azure Synapse Analytics
8 29 (5.34%) Serverless
9 27 (4.97%) GitHub
10 26 (4.79%) Amazon S3
10 26 (4.79%) Microsoft Purview
11 23 (4.24%) Azure DevOps
11 23 (4.24%) dbt
11 23 (4.24%) SaaS
12 22 (4.05%) AWS Lambda
13 17 (3.13%) PowerApps
14 16 (2.95%) GitHub Actions
15 12 (2.21%) Amazon CloudWatch
15 12 (2.21%) Power Automate
16 11 (2.03%) Amazon EMR
Communications & Networking
1 39 (7.18%) Broadband
2 4 (0.74%) NGN
3 2 (0.37%) SMS
4 1 (0.18%) 4G
4 1 (0.18%) 5G
4 1 (0.18%) ATM
4 1 (0.18%) Network Security
4 1 (0.18%) X.509
Database & Business Intelligence
1 163 (30.02%) Power BI
2 103 (18.97%) Data Warehouse
3 90 (16.57%) Metadata
4 60 (11.05%) Data Lake
5 50 (9.21%) Relational Database
6 48 (8.84%) PostgreSQL
6 48 (8.84%) Tableau
7 47 (8.66%) SQL Server
8 34 (6.26%) Semantic Layer
9 29 (5.34%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 25 (4.60%) BigQuery
10 25 (4.60%) Delta Lake
11 24 (4.42%) MongoDB
11 24 (4.42%) Star Schema
12 22 (4.05%) Big Data
13 20 (3.68%) NoSQL
14 18 (3.31%) Data Vault
15 17 (3.13%) Amazon Redshift
15 17 (3.13%) Azure SQL Database
16 16 (2.95%) DynamoDB
Development Applications
1 49 (9.02%) Git
2 24 (4.42%) Jenkins
3 10 (1.84%) JIRA
4 7 (1.29%) GitLab
5 3 (0.55%) Bitbucket
5 3 (0.55%) MLflow
5 3 (0.55%) Visual Studio Code
6 2 (0.37%) ER Studio
6 2 (0.37%) ERwin
7 1 (0.18%) Ant
7 1 (0.18%) Mocha
7 1 (0.18%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
7 1 (0.18%) Toad
7 1 (0.18%) Visual Studio
General
1 205 (37.75%) Social Skills
2 158 (29.10%) Analytical Skills
3 138 (25.41%) Finance
4 76 (14.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 62 (11.42%) Public Sector
6 38 (7.00%) Law
7 33 (6.08%) Retail
8 23 (4.24%) Influencing Skills
9 22 (4.05%) Marketing
10 20 (3.68%) Banking
11 17 (3.13%) Manufacturing
12 16 (2.95%) Legal
13 10 (1.84%) Documentation Skills
14 8 (1.47%) Presentation Skills
15 7 (1.29%) Games
16 5 (0.92%) Billing
16 5 (0.92%) Legal Technology
16 5 (0.92%) Military
17 4 (0.74%) Health Technology
18 3 (0.55%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 144 (26.52%) Data Engineer
2 129 (23.76%) Architect
3 100 (18.42%) Senior
4 91 (16.76%) Data Architect
5 69 (12.71%) Analyst
6 53 (9.76%) Developer
6 53 (9.76%) Lead
7 31 (5.71%) Data Analyst
8 30 (5.52%) Senior Data Engineer
9 23 (4.24%) Business Analyst
9 23 (4.24%) Senior Architect
10 20 (3.68%) Senior Data Architect
10 20 (3.68%) Solutions Architect
11 17 (3.13%) Software Engineer
12 16 (2.95%) Consultant
13 15 (2.76%) Data Modeller
14 14 (2.58%) Financial Analyst
14 14 (2.58%) Senior Analyst
15 12 (2.21%) Business Intelligence Analyst
15 12 (2.21%) Business Intelligence Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 57 (10.50%) PySpark
2 47 (8.66%) Terraform
3 43 (7.92%) REST
4 38 (7.00%) Node.js
5 26 (4.79%) Kafka
6 17 (3.13%) CSS
7 16 (2.95%) React
8 15 (2.76%) JSON
9 14 (2.58%) Lightning Web Components
9 14 (2.58%) Oracle Fusion
10 11 (2.03%) Middleware
10 11 (2.03%) Tailwind CSS
11 10 (1.84%) SOAP
12 9 (1.66%) .NET
12 9 (1.66%) RESTful
13 7 (1.29%) Pandas
13 7 (1.29%) Spring
14 6 (1.10%) HTML
14 6 (1.10%) LangChain
14 6 (1.10%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 65 (11.97%) Cloud Native
2 46 (8.47%) Data Structures
3 21 (3.87%) Product Ownership
4 19 (3.50%) Distributed Systems
5 18 (3.31%) Management Information System
6 17 (3.13%) Social Media
7 12 (2.21%) Low-Code
7 12 (2.21%) Self-Motivation
8 11 (2.03%) Algorithms
9 10 (1.84%) Blog
9 10 (1.84%) Greenfield Project
10 9 (1.66%) Legacy Systems
10 9 (1.66%) Taxonomies
11 8 (1.47%) Reference Data
12 7 (1.29%) AI Agents
12 7 (1.29%) Analytical Mindset
12 7 (1.29%) Enterprise Software
12 7 (1.29%) Onboarding
12 7 (1.29%) Video\Live Streaming
13 5 (0.92%) Distributed Computing
Operating Systems
1 3 (0.55%) Windows
2 2 (0.37%) Linux
3 1 (0.18%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 251 (46.22%) Analytics
2 213 (39.23%) Business Intelligence
3 189 (34.81%) AI
4 172 (31.68%) Data Architecture
5 163 (30.02%) Data Engineering
6 160 (29.47%) Decision-Making
7 142 (26.15%) Agile
8 141 (25.97%) Data Pipeline
9 134 (24.68%) Data Strategy
10 133 (24.49%) ETL
11 132 (24.31%) CI/CD
11 132 (24.31%) Problem-Solving
12 129 (23.76%) Data Governance
13 95 (17.50%) Machine Learning
14 88 (16.21%) Roadmaps
15 84 (15.47%) DevOps
16 80 (14.73%) Mentoring
17 79 (14.55%) Stakeholder Engagement
18 75 (13.81%) Stakeholder Management
19 74 (13.63%) Continuous Improvement
Programming Languages
1 267 (49.17%) SQL
2 216 (39.78%) Python
3 36 (6.63%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 28 (5.16%) Java
5 27 (4.97%) JavaScript
6 23 (4.24%) TypeScript
7 22 (4.05%) Scala
8 20 (3.68%) C#
9 18 (3.31%) T-SQL
10 17 (3.13%) Bicep
11 13 (2.39%) Apex Code
12 9 (1.66%) Kusto Query Language
13 8 (1.47%) Go
14 7 (1.29%) PowerShell
15 6 (1.10%) R
16 5 (0.92%) Bash
17 4 (0.74%) C++
17 4 (0.74%) SPARQL
18 3 (0.55%) Groovy
18 3 (0.55%) VBA
Qualifications
1 73 (13.44%) Security Cleared
2 59 (10.87%) Degree
3 52 (9.58%) SC Cleared
4 28 (5.16%) Azure Certification
5 22 (4.05%) Microsoft Certification
6 17 (3.13%) Computer Science Degree
7 15 (2.76%) SnowPro
8 14 (2.58%) DV Cleared
9 10 (1.84%) BPSS Clearance
10 9 (1.66%) CIPD
10 9 (1.66%) TOGAF Certification
11 7 (1.29%) AWS Certification
12 6 (1.10%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
12 6 (1.10%) DBS Check
13 5 (0.92%) Master's Degree
14 3 (0.55%) PMI Certification
15 2 (0.37%) IIBA
16 1 (0.18%) CBAP
16 1 (0.18%) PMP
16 1 (0.18%) SSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 199 (36.65%) Data Quality
2 45 (8.29%) GDPR
3 25 (4.60%) QA
4 19 (3.50%) Accessibility
5 7 (1.29%) California Consumer Privacy Act
6 4 (0.74%) IFRS
6 4 (0.74%) IFRS 17
6 4 (0.74%) PERC
6 4 (0.74%) Solvency II
7 3 (0.55%) MiFID
7 3 (0.55%) UCITS
8 2 (0.37%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 1 (0.18%) Actionable Recommendations
9 1 (0.18%) EU AI Act
9 1 (0.18%) HIPAA
9 1 (0.18%) HL7
9 1 (0.18%) PMO
9 1 (0.18%) SNOMED CT
System Software
1 35 (6.45%) Docker
Systems Management
1 15 (2.76%) Kubernetes
2 4 (0.74%) Ansible
3 3 (0.55%) Packer
4 1 (0.18%) Consul
4 1 (0.18%) QRadar
Vendors
1 161 (29.65%) Microsoft
2 100 (18.42%) Databricks
3 46 (8.47%) Oracle
4 37 (6.81%) SAP
5 33 (6.08%) Salesforce
6 11 (2.03%) Informatica
7 10 (1.84%) Google
8 7 (1.29%) HubSpot
8 7 (1.29%) MuleSoft
8 7 (1.29%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
9 6 (1.10%) OpenAI
10 5 (0.92%) Infor
10 5 (0.92%) ServiceNow
11 4 (0.74%) Epicor
11 4 (0.74%) Foundry
11 4 (0.74%) IBM
11 4 (0.74%) IFS
12 3 (0.55%) BiZZdesign
12 3 (0.55%) Bloomberg
12 3 (0.55%) TOWER Software