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 17 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 113 153 127
Rank change year-on-year +40 -26 -35
Permanent jobs citing Data Modelling 563 349 597
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 2.32% 2.15% 2.56%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.84% 2.31% 2.91%
Number of salaries quoted 404 263 313
10th Percentile £43,750 £48,600 £41,250
25th Percentile £52,500 £57,000 £53,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £67,500 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.70% -3.57% +7.69%
75th Percentile £90,000 £83,750 £82,500
90th Percentile £107,500 £104,500 £95,000
UK median annual salary £70,000 £69,500 £69,650
% change year-on-year +0.72% -0.22% +3.95%

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 19,802 15,135 20,484
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 81.49% 93.17% 87.77%
Number of salaries quoted 14,194 8,610 12,632
10th Percentile £34,000 £30,000 £35,500
25th Percentile £44,972 £40,750 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year - - -4.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £78,750 £80,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £100,000 £100,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year +9.09% -4.35% -4.17%

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 17 September 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 23 (4.09%) Apache Spark
2 21 (3.73%) Apache
3 15 (2.66%) Apache Airflow
4 13 (2.31%) SharePoint
5 7 (1.24%) Jupyter
6 3 (0.53%) Apache Solr
6 3 (0.53%) Oracle SOA Suite
7 2 (0.36%) Palantir Foundry
8 1 (0.18%) Apache Superset
8 1 (0.18%) Confluence
8 1 (0.18%) WebLogic
8 1 (0.18%) WebLogic Portal
Applications
1 39 (6.93%) Microsoft Excel
2 5 (0.89%) Microsoft Office
3 3 (0.53%) Blender
3 3 (0.53%) Maya
4 2 (0.36%) Chatbot
4 2 (0.36%) MS Visio
5 1 (0.18%) FrameMaker
5 1 (0.18%) Microsoft Project
5 1 (0.18%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 12 (2.13%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
2 7 (1.24%) Dynamics CRM
3 4 (0.71%) Oracle EBS
4 3 (0.53%) Oracle ERP
5 2 (0.36%) JDE EnterpriseOne
5 2 (0.36%) Oracle Payables
5 2 (0.36%) Oracle Receivables
6 1 (0.18%) Finacle
6 1 (0.18%) FLEXCUBE
6 1 (0.18%) Infor CloudSuite
6 1 (0.18%) Infor LN
6 1 (0.18%) NetSuite
6 1 (0.18%) Oracle Applications
6 1 (0.18%) Oracle EBS R12
6 1 (0.18%) Salesforce CRM
6 1 (0.18%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
6 1 (0.18%) Temenos T24
6 1 (0.18%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 226 (40.14%) Azure
2 205 (36.41%) Power Platform
3 116 (20.60%) AWS
4 74 (13.14%) GCP
5 68 (12.08%) Azure Data Factory
6 53 (9.41%) Azure Synapse Analytics
7 51 (9.06%) Snowflake
8 37 (6.57%) Azure DevOps
9 29 (5.15%) GitHub
10 28 (4.97%) Microsoft Purview
11 27 (4.80%) Serverless
12 26 (4.62%) dbt
13 25 (4.44%) SaaS
14 24 (4.26%) Amazon S3
15 23 (4.09%) Azure Databricks
16 20 (3.55%) AWS Lambda
16 20 (3.55%) PowerApps
17 15 (2.66%) Microsoft 365
17 15 (2.66%) Power Automate
18 14 (2.49%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 31 (5.51%) Broadband
2 2 (0.36%) NGN
3 1 (0.18%) 4G
3 1 (0.18%) 5G
3 1 (0.18%) ATM
3 1 (0.18%) Network Security
3 1 (0.18%) SMS
3 1 (0.18%) X.509
Database & Business Intelligence
1 192 (34.10%) Power BI
2 121 (21.49%) Data Warehouse
3 111 (19.72%) Metadata
4 59 (10.48%) Data Lake
5 49 (8.70%) SQL Server
5 49 (8.70%) Tableau
6 44 (7.82%) Relational Database
7 42 (7.46%) PostgreSQL
8 36 (6.39%) Semantic Layer
9 32 (5.68%) Star Schema
10 30 (5.33%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 29 (5.15%) Azure SQL Database
11 29 (5.15%) Delta Lake
12 28 (4.97%) NoSQL
13 27 (4.80%) BigQuery
14 25 (4.44%) MongoDB
15 22 (3.91%) Big Data
16 21 (3.73%) DynamoDB
17 20 (3.55%) Data Vault
18 18 (3.20%) Snowflake Schema
Development Applications
1 65 (11.55%) Git
2 26 (4.62%) Jenkins
3 10 (1.78%) JIRA
4 9 (1.60%) GitLab
5 4 (0.71%) Visual Studio Code
6 3 (0.53%) Bitbucket
6 3 (0.53%) MLflow
7 2 (0.36%) ER Studio
7 2 (0.36%) ERwin
7 2 (0.36%) Flyway
8 1 (0.18%) Ant
8 1 (0.18%) Claude Code
8 1 (0.18%) ESLint
8 1 (0.18%) IntelliJ
8 1 (0.18%) Mocha
8 1 (0.18%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
8 1 (0.18%) Storybook
8 1 (0.18%) Toad
8 1 (0.18%) Visual Studio
8 1 (0.18%) Vite
General
1 209 (37.12%) Social Skills
2 161 (28.60%) Analytical Skills
3 137 (24.33%) Finance
4 73 (12.97%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 69 (12.26%) Public Sector
6 39 (6.93%) Law
7 34 (6.04%) Retail
8 24 (4.26%) Marketing
9 21 (3.73%) Banking
9 21 (3.73%) Legal
10 19 (3.37%) Influencing Skills
11 17 (3.02%) Manufacturing
12 11 (1.95%) Documentation Skills
13 8 (1.42%) Presentation Skills
14 6 (1.07%) Billing
15 5 (0.89%) General Ledger
15 5 (0.89%) Legal Technology
15 5 (0.89%) Military
15 5 (0.89%) Police
16 4 (0.71%) Health Technology
Job Titles
1 146 (25.93%) Data Engineer
2 139 (24.69%) Architect
3 117 (20.78%) Senior
4 101 (17.94%) Data Architect
5 69 (12.26%) Analyst
6 55 (9.77%) Lead
7 45 (7.99%) Developer
8 35 (6.22%) Data Analyst
9 34 (6.04%) Senior Data Engineer
10 29 (5.15%) Senior Architect
11 27 (4.80%) Senior Data Architect
12 22 (3.91%) Consultant
13 21 (3.73%) Solutions Architect
14 20 (3.55%) Software Engineer
15 17 (3.02%) Business Analyst
16 15 (2.66%) Financial Analyst
17 14 (2.49%) Data Consultant
17 14 (2.49%) Data Modeller
18 12 (2.13%) Business Intelligence Analyst
18 12 (2.13%) Business Intelligence Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 64 (11.37%) PySpark
2 48 (8.53%) Terraform
3 39 (6.93%) Node.js
4 37 (6.57%) REST
5 25 (4.44%) Kafka
6 18 (3.20%) CSS
7 16 (2.84%) React
8 15 (2.66%) Oracle Fusion
9 14 (2.49%) JSON
10 12 (2.13%) Tailwind CSS
11 11 (1.95%) Pandas
12 10 (1.78%) Lightning Web Components
12 10 (1.78%) RESTful
13 9 (1.60%) Middleware
13 9 (1.60%) SOAP
14 8 (1.42%) Spring
15 7 (1.24%) Spring Boot
16 6 (1.07%) .NET
16 6 (1.07%) HTML
16 6 (1.07%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 66 (11.72%) Cloud Native
2 43 (7.64%) Data Structures
3 23 (4.09%) Product Ownership
4 21 (3.73%) Management Information System
5 18 (3.20%) Distributed Systems
6 15 (2.66%) Enterprise Software
6 15 (2.66%) Legacy Systems
6 15 (2.66%) Social Media
7 12 (2.13%) Self-Motivation
8 11 (1.95%) Greenfield Project
9 10 (1.78%) Blog
10 8 (1.42%) AI Agents
10 8 (1.42%) Reference Data
10 8 (1.42%) Taxonomies
11 7 (1.24%) Analytical Mindset
11 7 (1.24%) Low-Code
11 7 (1.24%) Onboarding
12 6 (1.07%) Clustering
13 5 (0.89%) Data Protection Act
13 5 (0.89%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 11 (1.95%) Windows
2 3 (0.53%) Linux
3 1 (0.18%) Apple iOS
3 1 (0.18%) Unix
3 1 (0.18%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 268 (47.60%) Analytics
2 242 (42.98%) Business Intelligence
3 198 (35.17%) AI
4 188 (33.39%) Data Architecture
5 172 (30.55%) Decision-Making
6 157 (27.89%) Agile
7 156 (27.71%) CI/CD
8 152 (27.00%) Data Engineering
9 148 (26.29%) ETL
10 142 (25.22%) Data Governance
11 141 (25.04%) Data Pipeline
11 141 (25.04%) Data Strategy
12 133 (23.62%) Problem-Solving
13 103 (18.29%) DevOps
14 94 (16.70%) Roadmaps
15 92 (16.34%) Mentoring
16 90 (15.99%) Machine Learning
17 89 (15.81%) Technical Leadership
18 84 (14.92%) Stakeholder Management
19 78 (13.85%) Continuous Improvement
Programming Languages
1 295 (52.40%) SQL
2 223 (39.61%) Python
3 47 (8.35%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 27 (4.80%) Java
4 27 (4.80%) JavaScript
5 26 (4.62%) C#
5 26 (4.62%) TypeScript
6 24 (4.26%) Scala
7 19 (3.37%) Bicep
7 19 (3.37%) T-SQL
8 11 (1.95%) PowerShell
9 10 (1.78%) Apex Code
10 9 (1.60%) Kusto Query Language
11 7 (1.24%) R
12 5 (0.89%) Bash
13 4 (0.71%) C++
13 4 (0.71%) PL/SQL
13 4 (0.71%) SPARQL
14 3 (0.53%) Groovy
14 3 (0.53%) VBA
Qualifications
1 78 (13.85%) Security Cleared
2 65 (11.55%) Degree
3 58 (10.30%) SC Cleared
4 30 (5.33%) Azure Certification
5 25 (4.44%) Microsoft Certification
6 17 (3.02%) Computer Science Degree
6 17 (3.02%) SnowPro
7 14 (2.49%) DV Cleared
8 10 (1.78%) BPSS Clearance
9 9 (1.60%) CIPD
10 7 (1.24%) AWS Certification
10 7 (1.24%) TOGAF Certification
11 6 (1.07%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
11 6 (1.07%) DBS Check
12 4 (0.71%) Master's Degree
13 3 (0.53%) PMI Certification
14 2 (0.36%) PMP
15 1 (0.18%) CISSP
15 1 (0.18%) OCP
15 1 (0.18%) Oracle Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 213 (37.83%) Data Quality
2 52 (9.24%) GDPR
3 28 (4.97%) Accessibility
4 17 (3.02%) QA
5 14 (2.49%) California Consumer Privacy Act
6 4 (0.71%) IFRS
6 4 (0.71%) IFRS 17
6 4 (0.71%) Solvency II
7 3 (0.53%) MiFID
7 3 (0.53%) UCITS
8 2 (0.36%) Actionable Recommendations
8 2 (0.36%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 2 (0.36%) PERC
9 1 (0.18%) COPPA
9 1 (0.18%) EU AI Act
9 1 (0.18%) HIPAA
9 1 (0.18%) PMO
9 1 (0.18%) SOC 2
System Software
1 36 (6.39%) Docker
2 2 (0.36%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 16 (2.84%) Kubernetes
2 5 (0.89%) Ansible
3 3 (0.53%) Packer
4 1 (0.18%) Consul
4 1 (0.18%) Failover Clustering
4 1 (0.18%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
4 1 (0.18%) Oracle RMAN
4 1 (0.18%) QRadar
Vendors
1 181 (32.15%) Microsoft
2 96 (17.05%) Databricks
3 45 (7.99%) Oracle
4 34 (6.04%) SAP
5 24 (4.26%) Salesforce
6 19 (3.37%) Informatica
7 12 (2.13%) Google
8 11 (1.95%) Talend
9 7 (1.24%) HubSpot
9 7 (1.24%) OpenAI
10 6 (1.07%) Infor
10 6 (1.07%) ServiceNow
11 5 (0.89%) MuleSoft
12 4 (0.71%) Epicor
12 4 (0.71%) Foundry
12 4 (0.71%) IFS
12 4 (0.71%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
12 4 (0.71%) Workday
13 3 (0.53%) Bloomberg
13 3 (0.53%) OpenText