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

6 months to
12 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 112 125 156
Rank change year-on-year +13 +31 -65
Permanent jobs citing Data Modelling 545 426 535
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 2.40% 2.59% 2.15%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.91% 2.79% 2.45%
Number of salaries quoted 386 266 355
10th Percentile £42,500 £46,875 £41,850
25th Percentile £51,250 £55,958 £52,325
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £65,000 £69,000
Median % change year-on-year - -5.80% +5.58%
75th Percentile £87,500 £83,750 £83,125
90th Percentile £107,500 £107,500 £97,500
UK median annual salary £70,000 £67,500 £70,000
% change year-on-year +3.70% -3.57% +4.37%

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 18,751 15,258 21,879
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 82.66% 92.88% 87.75%
Number of salaries quoted 13,547 8,951 15,627
10th Percentile £35,000 £29,750 £35,000
25th Percentile £44,972 £40,750 £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 £77,875 £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% - -8.84%

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 12 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 (4.95%) Apache Spark
2 22 (4.04%) Apache
2 22 (4.04%) Apache Airflow
3 12 (2.20%) SharePoint
4 5 (0.92%) Jupyter
5 3 (0.55%) Apache Solr
5 3 (0.55%) SAS
6 2 (0.37%) Oracle SOA Suite
6 2 (0.37%) Palantir Foundry
7 1 (0.18%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 34 (6.24%) 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%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.18%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 12 (2.20%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
2 7 (1.28%) 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
4 2 (0.37%) SAP S/4HANA
5 1 (0.18%) NetSuite
5 1 (0.18%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 210 (38.53%) Azure
2 172 (31.56%) Power Platform
3 112 (20.55%) AWS
4 71 (13.03%) GCP
5 62 (11.38%) Azure Data Factory
6 45 (8.26%) Snowflake
7 43 (7.89%) Azure Synapse Analytics
8 26 (4.77%) dbt
8 26 (4.77%) Serverless
9 25 (4.59%) GitHub
10 23 (4.22%) Microsoft Purview
10 23 (4.22%) SaaS
11 22 (4.04%) Amazon S3
12 19 (3.49%) AWS Lambda
12 19 (3.49%) Azure DevOps
13 15 (2.75%) GitHub Actions
13 15 (2.75%) PowerApps
14 12 (2.20%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
15 11 (2.02%) Amazon CloudWatch
15 11 (2.02%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 44 (8.07%) 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
1 158 (28.99%) Power BI
2 97 (17.80%) Data Warehouse
3 93 (17.06%) Metadata
4 59 (10.83%) Data Lake
5 47 (8.62%) Relational Database
5 47 (8.62%) Tableau
6 45 (8.26%) PostgreSQL
7 44 (8.07%) SQL Server
8 34 (6.24%) Semantic Layer
9 32 (5.87%) BigQuery
10 29 (5.32%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 25 (4.59%) Delta Lake
12 23 (4.22%) MongoDB
13 22 (4.04%) Big Data
14 21 (3.85%) NoSQL
14 21 (3.85%) Star Schema
15 17 (3.12%) Azure SQL Database
15 17 (3.12%) Data Vault
16 16 (2.94%) Amazon Redshift
17 15 (2.75%) SAP BW
Development Applications
1 46 (8.44%) Git
2 24 (4.40%) 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 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
1 206 (37.80%) Social Skills
2 154 (28.26%) Analytical Skills
3 137 (25.14%) Finance
4 79 (14.50%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 65 (11.93%) Public Sector
6 45 (8.26%) Law
7 32 (5.87%) Retail
8 25 (4.59%) Influencing Skills
9 22 (4.04%) Marketing
10 16 (2.94%) Legal
11 15 (2.75%) Banking
11 15 (2.75%) Manufacturing
12 10 (1.83%) Documentation Skills
13 7 (1.28%) Games
13 7 (1.28%) Presentation Skills
14 5 (0.92%) Billing
14 5 (0.92%) Legal Technology
14 5 (0.92%) Military
15 4 (0.73%) Health Technology
16 3 (0.55%) General Ledger
Job Titles
1 151 (27.71%) Data Engineer
2 131 (24.04%) Architect
3 105 (19.27%) Senior
4 91 (16.70%) Data Architect
5 67 (12.29%) Analyst
6 53 (9.72%) Lead
7 52 (9.54%) Developer
8 36 (6.61%) Senior Data Engineer
9 29 (5.32%) Data Analyst
10 25 (4.59%) Senior Architect
11 23 (4.22%) Business Analyst
12 20 (3.67%) Senior Data Architect
12 20 (3.67%) Solutions Architect
13 17 (3.12%) Consultant
14 15 (2.75%) Data Modeller
14 15 (2.75%) Software Engineer
15 14 (2.57%) Financial Analyst
15 14 (2.57%) Senior Analyst
16 13 (2.39%) Business Intelligence Analyst
17 12 (2.20%) Business Intelligence Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 55 (10.09%) PySpark
2 43 (7.89%) REST
3 37 (6.79%) Node.js
4 31 (5.69%) Kafka
5 16 (2.94%) JSON
6 15 (2.75%) Lightning Web Components
7 14 (2.57%) CSS
7 14 (2.57%) Oracle Fusion
7 14 (2.57%) React
8 13 (2.39%) Middleware
9 12 (2.20%) SOAP
10 11 (2.02%) .NET
11 9 (1.65%) Tailwind CSS
12 8 (1.47%) RESTful
13 7 (1.28%) Spring
13 7 (1.28%) XML
14 6 (1.10%) Django
14 6 (1.10%) Pandas
14 6 (1.10%) Spring Boot
14 6 (1.10%) Visualforce
Miscellaneous
1 60 (11.01%) Cloud Native
2 50 (9.17%) Data Structures
3 23 (4.22%) Product Ownership
4 22 (4.04%) Social Media
5 18 (3.30%) Management Information System
6 17 (3.12%) Distributed Systems
7 12 (2.20%) Self-Motivation
8 11 (2.02%) Algorithms
8 11 (2.02%) Greenfield Project
9 10 (1.83%) Blog
9 10 (1.83%) Low-Code
10 9 (1.65%) Legacy Systems
10 9 (1.65%) Taxonomies
11 8 (1.47%) Onboarding
11 8 (1.47%) Reference Data
12 7 (1.28%) Analytical Mindset
12 7 (1.28%) Data Fabric
12 7 (1.28%) Video\Live Streaming
13 6 (1.10%) AI Agents
13 6 (1.10%) Enterprise Software
Operating Systems
1 2 (0.37%) Linux
1 2 (0.37%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 256 (46.97%) Analytics
2 207 (37.98%) Business Intelligence
3 184 (33.76%) AI
4 167 (30.64%) Data Architecture
5 165 (30.28%) Data Engineering
6 163 (29.91%) Decision-Making
7 142 (26.06%) Data Pipeline
8 135 (24.77%) Agile
9 132 (24.22%) Data Strategy
9 132 (24.22%) ETL
10 130 (23.85%) Problem-Solving
11 128 (23.49%) Data Governance
12 127 (23.30%) CI/CD
13 94 (17.25%) Machine Learning
14 86 (15.78%) Roadmaps
15 78 (14.31%) DevOps
15 78 (14.31%) Mentoring
16 77 (14.13%) Stakeholder Engagement
17 74 (13.58%) Continuous Improvement
18 69 (12.66%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 261 (47.89%) SQL
2 221 (40.55%) Python
3 35 (6.42%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 34 (6.24%) Java
5 27 (4.95%) JavaScript
6 26 (4.77%) Scala
7 22 (4.04%) TypeScript
8 19 (3.49%) C#
9 18 (3.30%) T-SQL
10 16 (2.94%) Bicep
11 14 (2.57%) Apex Code
12 9 (1.65%) C++
12 9 (1.65%) Kusto Query Language
13 8 (1.47%) PowerShell
13 8 (1.47%) R
14 7 (1.28%) Go
15 4 (0.73%) Bash
15 4 (0.73%) SPARQL
16 3 (0.55%) SHACL
16 3 (0.55%) VBA
Qualifications
1 76 (13.94%) Security Cleared
2 61 (11.19%) Degree
3 55 (10.09%) SC Cleared
4 27 (4.95%) Azure Certification
5 21 (3.85%) Microsoft Certification
6 18 (3.30%) Computer Science Degree
7 14 (2.57%) DV Cleared
7 14 (2.57%) SnowPro
8 10 (1.83%) BPSS Clearance
9 9 (1.65%) CIPD
9 9 (1.65%) TOGAF Certification
10 6 (1.10%) DBS Check
11 5 (0.92%) AWS Certification
11 5 (0.92%) Master's Degree
12 4 (0.73%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
13 2 (0.37%) IIBA
13 2 (0.37%) PMI Certification
14 1 (0.18%) GIAC
14 1 (0.18%) ICAEW
14 1 (0.18%) SSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 194 (35.60%) Data Quality
2 43 (7.89%) GDPR
3 21 (3.85%) QA
4 19 (3.49%) Accessibility
5 6 (1.10%) California Consumer Privacy Act
6 4 (0.73%) IFRS
6 4 (0.73%) IFRS 17
6 4 (0.73%) PERC
6 4 (0.73%) Solvency II
7 3 (0.55%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 3 (0.55%) MiFID
7 3 (0.55%) UCITS
8 1 (0.18%) Actionable Recommendations
8 1 (0.18%) EU AI Act
8 1 (0.18%) HIPAA
8 1 (0.18%) HL7
8 1 (0.18%) PMO
8 1 (0.18%) SNOMED CT
System Software
1 32 (5.87%) Docker
2 1 (0.18%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 42 (7.71%) Terraform
2 15 (2.75%) Kubernetes
3 4 (0.73%) Ansible
4 3 (0.55%) Packer
5 1 (0.18%) QRadar
Vendors
1 151 (27.71%) Microsoft
2 100 (18.35%) Databricks
3 45 (8.26%) Oracle
4 38 (6.97%) SAP
5 35 (6.42%) Salesforce
6 9 (1.65%) Google
6 9 (1.65%) MuleSoft
7 8 (1.47%) Informatica
8 7 (1.28%) HubSpot
8 7 (1.28%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
9 5 (0.92%) Foundry
9 5 (0.92%) OpenAI
9 5 (0.92%) ServiceNow
10 4 (0.73%) Epicor
10 4 (0.73%) IBM
10 4 (0.73%) IFS
10 4 (0.73%) Infor
11 3 (0.55%) BiZZdesign
11 3 (0.55%) Bloomberg
11 3 (0.55%) TOWER Software