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

6 months to
20 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 90 116 89
Rank change year-on-year +26 -27 +22
Permanent jobs citing Data Modelling 471 499 665
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 3.07% 2.87% 3.36%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.46% 3.10% 3.54%
Number of salaries quoted 287 240 457
10th Percentile £46,250 £42,500 £42,041
25th Percentile £53,750 £53,000 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £68,000 £65,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.62% - -
75th Percentile £85,625 £82,500 £82,548
90th Percentile £110,000 £95,125 £97,500
UK median annual salary £70,000 £65,000 £66,000
% change year-on-year +7.69% -1.52% +1.54%

All Process and 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 13,628 16,112 18,809
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 88.97% 92.82% 94.99%
Number of salaries quoted 8,711 9,753 15,128
10th Percentile £30,000 £36,250 £36,250
25th Percentile £40,750 £46,250 £46,306
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £62,500 £61,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.00% +2.46% -2.40%
75th Percentile £78,750 £81,250 £80,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £100,000 £97,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -3.23%

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 December 2025.

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 20 (4.25%) Apache Airflow
2 17 (3.61%) Apache
3 15 (3.18%) Confluence
4 14 (2.97%) Apache Spark
5 5 (1.06%) SharePoint
6 4 (0.85%) CMS
7 2 (0.42%) Mendix
7 2 (0.42%) SAS
8 1 (0.21%) Camunda
8 1 (0.21%) Luigi
Applications
1 29 (6.16%) Microsoft Excel
2 6 (1.27%) Chatbot
3 5 (1.06%) Microsoft Office
3 5 (1.06%) MS Visio
4 3 (0.64%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 3 (0.64%) Sketch
5 1 (0.21%) Microsoft Project
5 1 (0.21%) Notion
5 1 (0.21%) PlantUML
5 1 (0.21%) Spreadsheet
5 1 (0.21%) SPSS
Business Applications
1 9 (1.91%) Dynamics CRM
2 6 (1.27%) Markit EDM
3 4 (0.85%) NetSuite
4 1 (0.21%) Aladdin
4 1 (0.21%) SAP S/4HANA
4 1 (0.21%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 299 (63.48%) Azure
2 118 (25.05%) Snowflake
3 105 (22.29%) Power Platform
4 95 (20.17%) AWS
5 88 (18.68%) Azure DevOps
6 80 (16.99%) Azure Data Factory
7 72 (15.29%) GitHub
8 65 (13.80%) Azure Synapse Analytics
9 55 (11.68%) dbt
10 48 (10.19%) GitHub Copilot
11 45 (9.55%) GCP
12 42 (8.92%) Serverless
13 39 (8.28%) SaaS
14 27 (5.73%) Amazon S3
15 19 (4.03%) AWS Lambda
15 19 (4.03%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
16 17 (3.61%) Salesforce Service Cloud
17 15 (3.18%) PowerApps
18 13 (2.76%) AWS CloudFormation
18 13 (2.76%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 2 (0.42%) Broadband
2 1 (0.21%) ADSL
2 1 (0.21%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 185 (39.28%) Data Warehouse
2 98 (20.81%) Power BI
3 80 (16.99%) Data Lake
4 47 (9.98%) Metadata
5 40 (8.49%) Azure SQL Database
6 32 (6.79%) SQL Server
7 26 (5.52%) Snowflake Schema
8 25 (5.31%) Tableau
9 22 (4.67%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 19 (4.03%) Amazon Redshift
10 19 (4.03%) Data Vault
10 19 (4.03%) MySQL
11 16 (3.40%) Data Mining
11 16 (3.40%) Relational Database
12 14 (2.97%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
12 14 (2.97%) BigQuery
12 14 (2.97%) NoSQL
12 14 (2.97%) SQL Server Integration Services
13 11 (2.34%) Power Query
14 10 (2.12%) Delta Lake
Development Applications
1 40 (8.49%) JIRA
2 32 (6.79%) Git
3 18 (3.82%) ER Studio
3 18 (3.82%) ERwin
4 6 (1.27%) Jenkins
5 5 (1.06%) git-flow
6 4 (0.85%) PowerDesigner
7 1 (0.21%) SonarQube
General
1 182 (38.64%) Finance
2 172 (36.52%) Social Skills
3 124 (26.33%) Analytical Skills
4 36 (7.64%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 33 (7.01%) Public Sector
6 25 (5.31%) Marketing
6 25 (5.31%) Retail
7 21 (4.46%) Law
8 16 (3.40%) Presentation Skills
9 10 (2.12%) Banking
10 8 (1.70%) Advertising
10 8 (1.70%) Manufacturing
11 7 (1.49%) Legal
12 6 (1.27%) Pharmaceutical
13 5 (1.06%) Organisational Skills
13 5 (1.06%) Retail Banking
14 4 (0.85%) Documentation Skills
14 4 (0.85%) Influencing Skills
14 4 (0.85%) Publishing
14 4 (0.85%) Tech for Good
Job Titles
1 126 (26.75%) Architect
2 102 (21.66%) Senior
3 96 (20.38%) Data Engineer
4 92 (19.53%) Data Architect
5 52 (11.04%) Developer
6 41 (8.70%) Analyst
7 37 (7.86%) Senior Data Engineer
8 33 (7.01%) Lead
9 18 (3.82%) Consultant
10 17 (3.61%) Azure Engineer
10 17 (3.61%) Business Analyst
11 16 (3.40%) Solutions Architect
12 15 (3.18%) Azure Architect
12 15 (3.18%) Azure Data Architect
13 14 (2.97%) Data Modeller
14 12 (2.55%) Business Manager
14 12 (2.55%) Data Manager
14 12 (2.55%) Insight Manager
15 11 (2.34%) Applications Architect
15 11 (2.34%) Data Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 43 (9.13%) REST
2 32 (6.79%) SOAP
3 29 (6.16%) Lightning Web Components
4 21 (4.46%) .NET
4 21 (4.46%) Kafka
5 17 (3.61%) PySpark
6 16 (3.40%) JSON
7 14 (2.97%) CSS
7 14 (2.97%) HTML
8 13 (2.76%) XML
9 11 (2.34%) Middleware
10 9 (1.91%) React
11 8 (1.70%) YAML
12 7 (1.49%) AWS CDK
12 7 (1.49%) RabbitMQ
12 7 (1.49%) Visualforce
13 5 (1.06%) Material-UI
13 5 (1.06%) RESTful
14 4 (0.85%) ADO
14 4 (0.85%) HTML5 Canvas
Miscellaneous
1 47 (9.98%) Cloud Native
1 47 (9.98%) Product Ownership
2 21 (4.46%) Enterprise Software
3 18 (3.82%) Management Information System
4 16 (3.40%) Analytical Mindset
4 16 (3.40%) Data Structures
5 14 (2.97%) Legacy Systems
6 6 (1.27%) Virtual Team
7 5 (1.06%) Reference Data
8 4 (0.85%) Data Protection Act
8 4 (0.85%) Distributed Systems
8 4 (0.85%) Mobile App
8 4 (0.85%) Reinsurance
8 4 (0.85%) Self-Motivation
9 3 (0.64%) AI Agents
9 3 (0.64%) Distributed Computing
9 3 (0.64%) e-Learning
9 3 (0.64%) Greenfield Project
9 3 (0.64%) Low-Code
9 3 (0.64%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 6 (1.27%) Android
2 4 (0.85%) Windows
3 3 (0.64%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 203 (43.10%) Agile
2 200 (42.46%) Analytics
3 164 (34.82%) ETL
4 155 (32.91%) DevOps
5 146 (31.00%) Data Engineering
6 137 (29.09%) CI/CD
7 131 (27.81%) Data Architecture
8 126 (26.75%) Business Intelligence
9 123 (26.11%) AI
10 115 (24.42%) Mentoring
11 111 (23.57%) Data Integration
12 109 (23.14%) Data Pipeline
13 104 (22.08%) Data Governance
14 99 (21.02%) Problem-Solving
15 95 (20.17%) Coaching
16 93 (19.75%) Continuous Improvement
17 78 (16.56%) Asset Management
18 72 (15.29%) Data Management
19 71 (15.07%) Clean Code
20 67 (14.23%) Decision-Making
Programming Languages
1 222 (47.13%) SQL
2 180 (38.22%) Python
3 40 (8.49%) Java
3 40 (8.49%) JavaScript
4 38 (8.07%) C#
5 34 (7.22%) Data Analysis Expressions
6 30 (6.37%) Apex Code
6 30 (6.37%) TypeScript
7 28 (5.94%) Scala
8 21 (4.46%) PowerShell
9 13 (2.76%) T-SQL
10 8 (1.70%) R
11 6 (1.27%) Bash
11 6 (1.27%) Kotlin
12 5 (1.06%) PL/SQL
13 4 (0.85%) Fortran
13 4 (0.85%) PHP
14 3 (0.64%) Bicep
14 3 (0.64%) Go
14 3 (0.64%) Swift
Qualifications
1 65 (13.80%) Degree
2 45 (9.55%) Computer Science Degree
3 31 (6.58%) Azure Certification
4 29 (6.16%) Microsoft Certification
5 25 (5.31%) AWS Certification
5 25 (5.31%) Security Cleared
6 24 (5.10%) SC Cleared
7 21 (4.46%) TOGAF Certification
8 20 (4.25%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 12 (2.55%) Six Sigma Green Belt
10 7 (1.49%) Master's Degree
11 5 (1.06%) DBS Check
11 5 (1.06%) SnowPro
12 4 (0.85%) ACCA
12 4 (0.85%) CIMA
13 1 (0.21%) DV Cleared
13 1 (0.21%) Numerate Degree
13 1 (0.21%) PhD
13 1 (0.21%) PMP
13 1 (0.21%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 71 (15.07%) Data Quality
2 45 (9.55%) Accessibility
3 14 (2.97%) GDPR
3 14 (2.97%) QA
4 13 (2.76%) Actionable Recommendations
5 2 (0.42%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 1 (0.21%) ISO 13485
6 1 (0.21%) P3O
6 1 (0.21%) PCI DSS
6 1 (0.21%) PMO
System Software
1 7 (1.49%) Docker
2 4 (0.85%) Active Directory
3 2 (0.42%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 32 (6.79%) Terraform
2 5 (1.06%) Kubernetes
3 3 (0.64%) Control-M
4 1 (0.21%) Ansible
4 1 (0.21%) Progress Chef
4 1 (0.21%) Puppet
Vendors
1 143 (30.36%) Microsoft
2 97 (20.59%) Databricks
3 39 (8.28%) Salesforce
4 20 (4.25%) Google
5 11 (2.34%) IBM
6 9 (1.91%) Informatica
6 9 (1.91%) SAP
6 9 (1.91%) Talend
7 8 (1.70%) Oracle
8 7 (1.49%) MuleSoft
9 4 (0.85%) Ab Initio
9 4 (0.85%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
10 3 (0.64%) BMC
10 3 (0.64%) Cloudera
10 3 (0.64%) Sparx
11 2 (0.42%) Alteryx
11 2 (0.42%) OutSystems
11 2 (0.42%) Palantir
11 2 (0.42%) Samsung
11 2 (0.42%) ServiceNow