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 10 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
10 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 117 141 126
Rank change year-on-year +24 -15 -32
Permanent jobs citing Data Modelling 572 360 570
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 2.30% 2.16% 2.63%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.86% 2.30% 2.98%
Number of salaries quoted 404 268 287
10th Percentile £43,903 £47,500 £41,900
25th Percentile £54,688 £57,000 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £69,973 £67,500 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.66% -3.57% +7.69%
75th Percentile £90,313 £83,750 £82,500
90th Percentile £107,500 £107,500 £95,000
UK median annual salary £70,000 £68,000 £67,500
% change year-on-year +2.94% +0.74% -

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 20,009 15,647 19,099
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 80.51% 93.83% 88.21%
Number of salaries quoted 14,244 8,419 11,293
10th Percentile £33,750 £29,750 £35,540
25th Percentile £44,447 £40,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% -4.17% -4.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £78,312 £80,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £100,000 £101,250
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% -8.33% -

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 10 October 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 25 (4.37%) Apache Spark
2 21 (3.67%) Apache
3 20 (3.50%) Apache Airflow
4 13 (2.27%) SharePoint
5 8 (1.40%) Jupyter
6 5 (0.87%) Palantir Foundry
7 4 (0.70%) Oracle SOA Suite
8 3 (0.52%) Confluence
9 2 (0.35%) Apache Solr
9 2 (0.35%) IIS
9 2 (0.35%) Microsoft Exchange
9 2 (0.35%) WebLogic
9 2 (0.35%) WebLogic Portal
10 1 (0.17%) Apache Superset
Applications
1 40 (6.99%) Microsoft Excel
2 9 (1.57%) Notion
3 4 (0.70%) Microsoft Office
4 3 (0.52%) Blender
4 3 (0.52%) Maya
5 2 (0.35%) Chatbot
5 2 (0.35%) MS Visio
6 1 (0.17%) FrameMaker
6 1 (0.17%) Microsoft Project
6 1 (0.17%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 12 (2.10%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
2 7 (1.22%) Dynamics CRM
3 4 (0.70%) Oracle EBS
4 3 (0.52%) Oracle ERP
5 2 (0.35%) JDE EnterpriseOne
5 2 (0.35%) Oracle Applications
5 2 (0.35%) Oracle EBS R12
5 2 (0.35%) Oracle Payables
5 2 (0.35%) Oracle Receivables
6 1 (0.17%) Finacle
6 1 (0.17%) FLEXCUBE
6 1 (0.17%) Infor CloudSuite
6 1 (0.17%) Infor LN
6 1 (0.17%) NetSuite
6 1 (0.17%) Salesforce CRM
6 1 (0.17%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
6 1 (0.17%) Temenos T24
6 1 (0.17%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 226 (39.51%) Azure
2 212 (37.06%) Power Platform
3 126 (22.03%) AWS
4 83 (14.51%) GCP
5 67 (11.71%) Azure Data Factory
6 64 (11.19%) Snowflake
7 55 (9.62%) Azure Synapse Analytics
8 41 (7.17%) Azure DevOps
9 32 (5.59%) dbt
10 31 (5.42%) GitHub
11 28 (4.90%) Microsoft Purview
11 28 (4.90%) SaaS
12 26 (4.55%) Amazon S3
13 25 (4.37%) Serverless
14 23 (4.02%) Azure Databricks
15 19 (3.32%) AWS Lambda
15 19 (3.32%) PowerApps
16 18 (3.15%) Microsoft 365
17 14 (2.45%) GitHub Actions
18 13 (2.27%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 29 (5.07%) Broadband
2 2 (0.35%) HTTP
3 1 (0.17%) 4G
3 1 (0.17%) 5G
3 1 (0.17%) ATM
3 1 (0.17%) Network Security
3 1 (0.17%) NGN
3 1 (0.17%) SMS
3 1 (0.17%) X.509
Database & Business Intelligence
1 202 (35.31%) Power BI
2 139 (24.30%) Data Warehouse
3 123 (21.50%) Metadata
4 58 (10.14%) Data Lake
5 47 (8.22%) Tableau
6 46 (8.04%) SQL Server
7 44 (7.69%) Relational Database
8 42 (7.34%) PostgreSQL
9 35 (6.12%) Semantic Layer
10 32 (5.59%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 32 (5.59%) Star Schema
11 29 (5.07%) Azure SQL Database
11 29 (5.07%) Delta Lake
11 29 (5.07%) NoSQL
12 26 (4.55%) BigQuery
13 24 (4.20%) MongoDB
14 21 (3.67%) Data Vault
15 20 (3.50%) Big Data
16 19 (3.32%) DynamoDB
16 19 (3.32%) Snowflake Schema
Development Applications
1 73 (12.76%) Git
2 25 (4.37%) Jenkins
3 14 (2.45%) JIRA
4 12 (2.10%) GitLab
5 4 (0.70%) Visual Studio Code
6 3 (0.52%) Bitbucket
6 3 (0.52%) ERwin
6 3 (0.52%) Flyway
6 3 (0.52%) MLflow
7 2 (0.35%) ER Studio
8 1 (0.17%) Ant
8 1 (0.17%) Claude Code
8 1 (0.17%) ESLint
8 1 (0.17%) IntelliJ
8 1 (0.17%) Mocha
8 1 (0.17%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
8 1 (0.17%) Storybook
8 1 (0.17%) Visual Studio
8 1 (0.17%) Vite
General
1 211 (36.89%) Social Skills
2 165 (28.85%) Analytical Skills
3 141 (24.65%) Finance
4 81 (14.16%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 70 (12.24%) Public Sector
6 36 (6.29%) Law
7 34 (5.94%) Retail
8 28 (4.90%) Marketing
9 24 (4.20%) Legal
10 23 (4.02%) Influencing Skills
11 18 (3.15%) Banking
12 17 (2.97%) Manufacturing
13 8 (1.40%) Documentation Skills
13 8 (1.40%) Presentation Skills
14 7 (1.22%) Police
15 6 (1.05%) General Ledger
16 5 (0.87%) Billing
16 5 (0.87%) Legal Technology
16 5 (0.87%) Military
17 3 (0.52%) Health Technology
Job Titles
1 151 (26.40%) Data Engineer
2 139 (24.30%) Architect
3 127 (22.20%) Senior
4 104 (18.18%) Data Architect
5 73 (12.76%) Analyst
6 56 (9.79%) Lead
7 43 (7.52%) Developer
8 42 (7.34%) Data Analyst
9 39 (6.82%) Senior Data Engineer
10 30 (5.24%) Senior Architect
11 28 (4.90%) Senior Data Architect
12 22 (3.85%) Consultant
13 20 (3.50%) Software Engineer
13 20 (3.50%) Solutions Architect
14 16 (2.80%) Business Analyst
15 15 (2.62%) Financial Analyst
16 13 (2.27%) Data Consultant
17 12 (2.10%) Data Modeller
17 12 (2.10%) Senior Consultant
17 12 (2.10%) Senior Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 68 (11.89%) PySpark
2 51 (8.92%) Terraform
3 40 (6.99%) REST
4 38 (6.64%) Node.js
5 23 (4.02%) Kafka
6 16 (2.80%) CSS
6 16 (2.80%) React
7 15 (2.62%) Oracle Fusion
8 14 (2.45%) JSON
9 12 (2.10%) Middleware
9 12 (2.10%) Pandas
9 12 (2.10%) Tailwind CSS
10 10 (1.75%) RESTful
11 9 (1.57%) .NET
11 9 (1.57%) Lightning Web Components
11 9 (1.57%) SOAP
12 7 (1.22%) Spring
13 6 (1.05%) Django
13 6 (1.05%) NumPy
13 6 (1.05%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 67 (11.71%) Cloud Native
2 47 (8.22%) Data Structures
3 24 (4.20%) Product Ownership
4 23 (4.02%) Management Information System
5 17 (2.97%) Distributed Systems
6 15 (2.62%) Enterprise Software
6 15 (2.62%) Legacy Systems
7 14 (2.45%) Social Media
8 12 (2.10%) Greenfield Project
8 12 (2.10%) Reference Data
9 11 (1.92%) Self-Motivation
10 9 (1.57%) Onboarding
11 8 (1.40%) AI Agents
11 8 (1.40%) Low-Code
12 7 (1.22%) Blog
12 7 (1.22%) Clustering
13 6 (1.05%) Analytical Mindset
13 6 (1.05%) Data Protection Act
13 6 (1.05%) Replication
13 6 (1.05%) Taxonomies
Operating Systems
1 13 (2.27%) Windows
2 4 (0.70%) Linux
3 2 (0.35%) Unix
4 1 (0.17%) Apple iOS
4 1 (0.17%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 275 (48.08%) Analytics
2 247 (43.18%) Business Intelligence
3 213 (37.24%) AI
4 190 (33.22%) Data Architecture
5 178 (31.12%) Decision-Making
6 171 (29.90%) CI/CD
7 167 (29.20%) Agile
8 161 (28.15%) Data Engineering
9 157 (27.45%) ETL
10 155 (27.10%) Data Pipeline
11 152 (26.57%) Data Governance
12 138 (24.13%) Data Strategy
13 131 (22.90%) Problem-Solving
14 110 (19.23%) DevOps
15 106 (18.53%) Mentoring
16 100 (17.48%) Technical Leadership
17 98 (17.13%) Roadmaps
18 96 (16.78%) Stakeholder Management
19 93 (16.26%) Machine Learning
20 82 (14.34%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 315 (55.07%) SQL
2 239 (41.78%) Python
3 52 (9.09%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 31 (5.42%) C#
5 26 (4.55%) Java
5 26 (4.55%) JavaScript
6 24 (4.20%) Scala
6 24 (4.20%) TypeScript
7 21 (3.67%) T-SQL
8 20 (3.50%) Bicep
9 14 (2.45%) PowerShell
10 10 (1.75%) Apex Code
10 10 (1.75%) Kusto Query Language
11 7 (1.22%) R
12 5 (0.87%) Bash
12 5 (0.87%) PL/SQL
13 4 (0.70%) C++
13 4 (0.70%) SPARQL
14 3 (0.52%) Groovy
14 3 (0.52%) VBA
Qualifications
1 89 (15.56%) Security Cleared
2 68 (11.89%) SC Cleared
3 65 (11.36%) Degree
4 29 (5.07%) Azure Certification
5 26 (4.55%) Microsoft Certification
6 19 (3.32%) Computer Science Degree
7 17 (2.97%) SnowPro
8 14 (2.45%) DV Cleared
9 10 (1.75%) BPSS Clearance
10 9 (1.57%) CIPD
11 8 (1.40%) AWS Certification
12 7 (1.22%) TOGAF Certification
13 6 (1.05%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
13 6 (1.05%) Master's Degree
14 5 (0.87%) DBS Check
15 3 (0.52%) PMI Certification
16 2 (0.35%) PMP
17 1 (0.17%) CISSP
17 1 (0.17%) OCP
17 1 (0.17%) Oracle Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 223 (38.99%) Data Quality
2 55 (9.62%) GDPR
3 40 (6.99%) Accessibility
4 14 (2.45%) California Consumer Privacy Act
4 14 (2.45%) QA
5 4 (0.70%) COPPA
6 3 (0.52%) IFRS
6 3 (0.52%) IFRS 17
6 3 (0.52%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 3 (0.52%) MiFID
6 3 (0.52%) Solvency II
6 3 (0.52%) UCITS
7 2 (0.35%) Actionable Recommendations
8 1 (0.17%) Cyber Essentials
8 1 (0.17%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 1 (0.17%) HIPAA
8 1 (0.17%) IASME
8 1 (0.17%) ISO 9001
8 1 (0.17%) PMO
8 1 (0.17%) SOC 2
System Software
1 38 (6.64%) Docker
2 9 (1.57%) Active Directory
3 2 (0.35%) Hyper-V
3 2 (0.35%) NFS
3 2 (0.35%) Virtual Machines
3 2 (0.35%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 18 (3.15%) Kubernetes
2 4 (0.70%) Ansible
3 3 (0.52%) SQL Sentry
4 2 (0.35%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
4 2 (0.35%) Oracle RMAN
4 2 (0.35%) Packer
5 1 (0.17%) Consul
5 1 (0.17%) Failover Clustering
5 1 (0.17%) Grafana
5 1 (0.17%) Microsoft Intune
5 1 (0.17%) QRadar
Vendors
1 191 (33.39%) Microsoft
2 98 (17.13%) Databricks
3 38 (6.64%) Oracle
4 32 (5.59%) Salesforce
5 30 (5.24%) SAP
6 19 (3.32%) Informatica
7 15 (2.62%) Google
8 11 (1.92%) Talend
9 7 (1.22%) Foundry
9 7 (1.22%) OpenAI
10 6 (1.05%) HubSpot
10 6 (1.05%) Infor
10 6 (1.05%) ServiceNow
11 5 (0.87%) MuleSoft
11 5 (0.87%) Palantir
11 5 (0.87%) RedGate
11 5 (0.87%) Workday
12 4 (0.70%) Braze
12 4 (0.70%) Epicor
12 4 (0.70%) IFS