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 4 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
4 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 112 135 152
Rank change year-on-year +23 +17 -61
Permanent jobs citing Data Modelling 547 428 548
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 2.46% 2.59% 2.17%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.96% 2.79% 2.47%
Number of salaries quoted 388 267 365
10th Percentile £42,500 £46,250 £41,450
25th Percentile £51,250 £55,750 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £65,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year - -7.14% +7.11%
75th Percentile £87,500 £83,750 £85,000
90th Percentile £107,500 £107,500 £99,000
UK median annual salary £70,000 £67,500 £70,000
% change year-on-year +3.70% -3.57% +3.70%

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 18,460 15,337 22,190
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 82.88% 92.94% 87.76%
Number of salaries quoted 13,367 9,043 15,990
10th Percentile £35,000 £29,750 £35,000
25th Percentile £44,972 £40,917 £43,329
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £59,400 £58,700
Median % change year-on-year +1.01% +1.19% -6.08%
75th Percentile £80,000 £78,750 £77,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £100,000 £97,500
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 4 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 27 (4.94%) Apache Spark
2 24 (4.39%) Apache Airflow
3 22 (4.02%) Apache
4 12 (2.19%) SharePoint
5 5 (0.91%) Jupyter
6 4 (0.73%) SAS
7 3 (0.55%) Apache Solr
7 3 (0.55%) Microsoft Exchange
8 2 (0.37%) Oracle SOA Suite
8 2 (0.37%) Palantir Foundry
Applications
1 31 (5.67%) Microsoft Excel
2 5 (0.91%) 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%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.18%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 12 (2.19%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
2 7 (1.28%) Dynamics CRM
3 3 (0.55%) Oracle EBS
3 3 (0.55%) Oracle ERP
3 3 (0.55%) SAP S/4HANA
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%) NetSuite
Cloud Services
1 211 (38.57%) Azure
2 171 (31.26%) Power Platform
3 112 (20.48%) AWS
4 71 (12.98%) GCP
5 59 (10.79%) Azure Data Factory
6 43 (7.86%) Snowflake
7 40 (7.31%) Azure Synapse Analytics
8 28 (5.12%) Serverless
9 26 (4.75%) dbt
10 25 (4.57%) SaaS
11 23 (4.20%) GitHub
12 22 (4.02%) Amazon S3
13 21 (3.84%) Microsoft Purview
14 19 (3.47%) AWS Lambda
15 17 (3.11%) Azure DevOps
16 14 (2.56%) GitHub Actions
16 14 (2.56%) PowerApps
17 13 (2.38%) Microsoft 365
17 13 (2.38%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
18 11 (2.01%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 45 (8.23%) Broadband
2 4 (0.73%) NGN
3 2 (0.37%) SMS
4 1 (0.18%) 4G
4 1 (0.18%) 5G
4 1 (0.18%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 157 (28.70%) Power BI
2 95 (17.37%) Data Warehouse
3 90 (16.45%) Metadata
4 59 (10.79%) Data Lake
5 46 (8.41%) PostgreSQL
6 45 (8.23%) Relational Database
6 45 (8.23%) SQL Server
7 44 (8.04%) Tableau
8 35 (6.40%) Semantic Layer
9 33 (6.03%) BigQuery
10 29 (5.30%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 23 (4.20%) Delta Lake
12 22 (4.02%) MongoDB
13 21 (3.84%) Big Data
14 20 (3.66%) Star Schema
15 19 (3.47%) NoSQL
16 18 (3.29%) Amazon Redshift
17 17 (3.11%) Azure SQL Database
17 17 (3.11%) SAP BW
18 15 (2.74%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 43 (7.86%) Git
2 24 (4.39%) Jenkins
3 7 (1.28%) JIRA
4 6 (1.10%) GitLab
5 3 (0.55%) Bitbucket
5 3 (0.55%) MLflow
5 3 (0.55%) Visual Studio Code
6 1 (0.18%) Ant
6 1 (0.18%) ER Studio
6 1 (0.18%) ERwin
6 1 (0.18%) Mocha
6 1 (0.18%) Postman
6 1 (0.18%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
6 1 (0.18%) Toad
6 1 (0.18%) Visual Studio
General
1 210 (38.39%) Social Skills
2 156 (28.52%) Analytical Skills
3 138 (25.23%) Finance
4 80 (14.63%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 65 (11.88%) Public Sector
6 47 (8.59%) Law
7 28 (5.12%) Retail
8 26 (4.75%) Influencing Skills
9 22 (4.02%) Marketing
10 16 (2.93%) Legal
11 15 (2.74%) Banking
12 14 (2.56%) Manufacturing
13 11 (2.01%) Documentation Skills
14 7 (1.28%) Games
15 6 (1.10%) Presentation Skills
16 5 (0.91%) Billing
16 5 (0.91%) Legal Technology
17 4 (0.73%) Health Technology
17 4 (0.73%) Military
18 3 (0.55%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 150 (27.42%) Data Engineer
2 132 (24.13%) Architect
3 105 (19.20%) Senior
4 88 (16.09%) Data Architect
5 68 (12.43%) Analyst
6 58 (10.60%) Lead
7 53 (9.69%) Developer
8 38 (6.95%) Senior Data Engineer
9 33 (6.03%) Data Analyst
10 26 (4.75%) Senior Architect
11 23 (4.20%) Solutions Architect
12 19 (3.47%) Business Analyst
12 19 (3.47%) Senior Data Architect
13 18 (3.29%) Consultant
14 15 (2.74%) Financial Analyst
15 14 (2.56%) Business Intelligence Analyst
15 14 (2.56%) Software Engineer
16 13 (2.38%) Data Modeller
16 13 (2.38%) Senior Analyst
16 13 (2.38%) Technical Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 52 (9.51%) PySpark
2 43 (7.86%) REST
3 36 (6.58%) Node.js
4 31 (5.67%) Kafka
5 17 (3.11%) JSON
6 16 (2.93%) Lightning Web Components
7 14 (2.56%) Middleware
7 14 (2.56%) Oracle Fusion
8 13 (2.38%) CSS
8 13 (2.38%) React
8 13 (2.38%) SOAP
9 12 (2.19%) .NET
10 9 (1.65%) XML
11 8 (1.46%) RESTful
11 8 (1.46%) Tailwind CSS
12 7 (1.28%) Spring
12 7 (1.28%) Visualforce
13 6 (1.10%) Django
13 6 (1.10%) LangChain
13 6 (1.10%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 60 (10.97%) Cloud Native
2 53 (9.69%) Data Structures
3 23 (4.20%) Social Media
4 22 (4.02%) Product Ownership
5 18 (3.29%) Management Information System
6 17 (3.11%) Distributed Systems
7 13 (2.38%) Self-Motivation
8 12 (2.19%) Greenfield Project
9 11 (2.01%) Algorithms
10 10 (1.83%) Blog
10 10 (1.83%) Low-Code
10 10 (1.83%) Onboarding
11 9 (1.65%) Legacy Systems
12 8 (1.46%) Data Fabric
12 8 (1.46%) Taxonomies
13 7 (1.28%) Analytical Mindset
13 7 (1.28%) Reference Data
13 7 (1.28%) Replication
13 7 (1.28%) Video\Live Streaming
14 6 (1.10%) Anti-Piracy
Operating Systems
1 2 (0.37%) Linux
2 1 (0.18%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 252 (46.07%) Analytics
2 202 (36.93%) Business Intelligence
3 175 (31.99%) AI
4 167 (30.53%) Data Engineering
5 165 (30.16%) Data Architecture
6 162 (29.62%) Decision-Making
7 136 (24.86%) Data Pipeline
8 134 (24.50%) Agile
9 129 (23.58%) Data Strategy
9 129 (23.58%) ETL
10 127 (23.22%) Data Governance
10 127 (23.22%) Problem-Solving
11 124 (22.67%) CI/CD
12 87 (15.90%) Machine Learning
13 81 (14.81%) Roadmaps
14 80 (14.63%) DevOps
15 78 (14.26%) Mentoring
16 76 (13.89%) Continuous Improvement
17 75 (13.71%) Stakeholder Engagement
18 68 (12.43%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 259 (47.35%) SQL
2 219 (40.04%) Python
3 36 (6.58%) Data Analysis Expressions
3 36 (6.58%) Java
4 28 (5.12%) JavaScript
5 25 (4.57%) Scala
6 21 (3.84%) TypeScript
7 20 (3.66%) T-SQL
8 18 (3.29%) C#
9 15 (2.74%) Apex Code
10 14 (2.56%) Bicep
11 10 (1.83%) C++
11 10 (1.83%) PowerShell
12 9 (1.65%) Kusto Query Language
13 8 (1.46%) R
14 7 (1.28%) Go
15 4 (0.73%) Bash
15 4 (0.73%) SPARQL
16 3 (0.55%) Groovy
16 3 (0.55%) VBA
Qualifications
1 77 (14.08%) Security Cleared
2 64 (11.70%) Degree
3 57 (10.42%) SC Cleared
4 24 (4.39%) Azure Certification
5 20 (3.66%) Computer Science Degree
6 19 (3.47%) Microsoft Certification
7 13 (2.38%) DV Cleared
8 12 (2.19%) SnowPro
9 11 (2.01%) TOGAF Certification
10 9 (1.65%) CIPD
11 8 (1.46%) BPSS Clearance
12 7 (1.28%) DBS Check
13 5 (0.91%) Master's Degree
14 4 (0.73%) AWS Certification
14 4 (0.73%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
15 2 (0.37%) IIBA
15 2 (0.37%) PMI Certification
16 1 (0.18%) CBAP
16 1 (0.18%) CISSP
16 1 (0.18%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 195 (35.65%) Data Quality
2 40 (7.31%) GDPR
3 21 (3.84%) QA
4 18 (3.29%) Accessibility
5 5 (0.91%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 4 (0.73%) California Consumer Privacy Act
6 4 (0.73%) PERC
7 3 (0.55%) IFRS
7 3 (0.55%) IFRS 17
7 3 (0.55%) MiFID
7 3 (0.55%) Solvency II
7 3 (0.55%) UCITS
8 1 (0.18%) Actionable Recommendations
8 1 (0.18%) EU AI Act
8 1 (0.18%) HL7
8 1 (0.18%) PMO
8 1 (0.18%) SNOMED CT
System Software
1 30 (5.48%) Docker
2 3 (0.55%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 39 (7.13%) Terraform
2 14 (2.56%) Kubernetes
3 4 (0.73%) Ansible
4 3 (0.55%) Packer
5 1 (0.18%) QRadar
Vendors
1 147 (26.87%) Microsoft
2 100 (18.28%) Databricks
3 45 (8.23%) Oracle
4 40 (7.31%) SAP
5 36 (6.58%) Salesforce
6 10 (1.83%) MuleSoft
7 8 (1.46%) Google
8 7 (1.28%) HubSpot
8 7 (1.28%) Informatica
8 7 (1.28%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
9 6 (1.10%) Foundry
10 5 (0.91%) OpenAI
10 5 (0.91%) ServiceNow
11 4 (0.73%) Epicor
11 4 (0.73%) IBM
11 4 (0.73%) IFS
11 4 (0.73%) Infor
12 3 (0.55%) Alteryx
12 3 (0.55%) Bloomberg
12 3 (0.55%) TOWER Software