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

6 months to
20 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 96 127 120
Rank change year-on-year +31 -7 -19
Permanent jobs citing Data Modelling 513 429 847
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 2.55% 2.77% 2.44%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.11% 2.93% 2.75%
Number of salaries quoted 366 248 626
10th Percentile £42,500 £47,419 £38,375
25th Percentile £51,506 £55,000 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,500 £65,000 £63,749
Median % change year-on-year +3.85% +1.96% -3.48%
75th Percentile £85,750 £81,563 £85,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £107,500 £100,000
UK median annual salary £70,000 £65,000 £67,500
% change year-on-year +7.69% -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 16,496 14,625 30,850
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 81.89% 94.51% 88.84%
Number of salaries quoted 11,943 8,513 23,831
10th Percentile £35,000 £29,750 £33,750
25th Percentile £45,000 £42,500 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year - +4.35% -8.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £80,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £105,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +4.35% +4.55% -9.54%

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 June 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 33 (6.43%) Apache Airflow
2 26 (5.07%) Apache Spark
3 24 (4.68%) Apache
4 12 (2.34%) SharePoint
5 8 (1.56%) Microsoft Exchange
6 6 (1.17%) SAS
7 5 (0.97%) Jupyter
8 3 (0.58%) Apache Solr
8 3 (0.58%) Palantir Foundry
9 2 (0.39%) CMS
10 1 (0.19%) Confluence
10 1 (0.19%) Oracle SOA Suite
Applications
1 32 (6.24%) Microsoft Excel
2 7 (1.36%) Microsoft Office
3 3 (0.58%) Blender
3 3 (0.58%) Maya
4 1 (0.19%) Chatbot
4 1 (0.19%) FrameMaker
4 1 (0.19%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.19%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 12 (2.34%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
2 7 (1.36%) NetSuite
3 5 (0.97%) Dynamics CRM
4 3 (0.58%) SAP S/4HANA
5 2 (0.39%) Oracle EBS
5 2 (0.39%) Oracle ERP
5 2 (0.39%) Salesforce CRM
6 1 (0.19%) Oracle Payables
6 1 (0.19%) Oracle Receivables
Cloud Services
1 219 (42.69%) Azure
2 147 (28.65%) Power Platform
3 125 (24.37%) AWS
4 72 (14.04%) GCP
5 65 (12.67%) Azure Data Factory
6 42 (8.19%) Azure Synapse Analytics
7 34 (6.63%) Serverless
7 34 (6.63%) Snowflake
8 29 (5.65%) SaaS
9 26 (5.07%) Amazon S3
9 26 (5.07%) dbt
10 22 (4.29%) GitHub
11 21 (4.09%) Azure DevOps
12 19 (3.70%) AWS Lambda
13 18 (3.51%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
14 13 (2.53%) Microsoft 365
14 13 (2.53%) Salesforce Service Cloud
15 12 (2.34%) Amazon CloudWatch
15 12 (2.34%) Power Automate
15 12 (2.34%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 44 (8.58%) Broadband
2 4 (0.78%) NGN
3 2 (0.39%) SMS
4 1 (0.19%) 4G
4 1 (0.19%) 5G
4 1 (0.19%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 133 (25.93%) Power BI
2 88 (17.15%) Metadata
3 73 (14.23%) Data Warehouse
4 53 (10.33%) Data Lake
5 46 (8.97%) PostgreSQL
6 45 (8.77%) Relational Database
6 45 (8.77%) Tableau
7 39 (7.60%) SQL Server
8 31 (6.04%) Semantic Layer
9 30 (5.85%) BigQuery
10 24 (4.68%) Azure SQL Database
11 23 (4.48%) SQL Server Integration Services
12 20 (3.90%) Big Data
12 20 (3.90%) MySQL
13 19 (3.70%) NoSQL
14 18 (3.51%) Amazon Redshift
14 18 (3.51%) MongoDB
15 17 (3.31%) SAP BW
16 16 (3.12%) DynamoDB
16 16 (3.12%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 37 (7.21%) Git
2 19 (3.70%) Jenkins
3 9 (1.75%) JIRA
4 6 (1.17%) GitLab
5 3 (0.58%) MLflow
6 1 (0.19%) Ant
6 1 (0.19%) Cucumber
6 1 (0.19%) ER Studio
6 1 (0.19%) ERwin
6 1 (0.19%) Mocha
6 1 (0.19%) Postman
6 1 (0.19%) SpecFlow
6 1 (0.19%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
6 1 (0.19%) Toad
6 1 (0.19%) Visual Studio
General
1 189 (36.84%) Social Skills
2 133 (25.93%) Analytical Skills
3 123 (23.98%) Finance
4 79 (15.40%) Public Sector
5 75 (14.62%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 40 (7.80%) Law
7 25 (4.87%) Marketing
7 25 (4.87%) Retail
8 24 (4.68%) Influencing Skills
9 12 (2.34%) Legal
10 11 (2.14%) Banking
11 10 (1.95%) Documentation Skills
11 10 (1.95%) Manufacturing
12 8 (1.56%) Publishing
13 7 (1.36%) Games
14 4 (0.78%) Billing
14 4 (0.78%) Local Government
15 3 (0.58%) Financial Institution
15 3 (0.58%) Police
15 3 (0.58%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 143 (27.88%) Data Engineer
2 122 (23.78%) Architect
3 99 (19.30%) Senior
4 81 (15.79%) Data Architect
5 74 (14.42%) Lead
6 69 (13.45%) Analyst
7 64 (12.48%) Developer
8 40 (7.80%) Data Analyst
9 38 (7.41%) Senior Data Engineer
10 30 (5.85%) Senior Architect
11 24 (4.68%) Lead Data Engineer
12 23 (4.48%) Senior Data Architect
13 19 (3.70%) Business Analyst
13 19 (3.70%) Platform Engineer
14 18 (3.51%) Business Intelligence Analyst
15 16 (3.12%) Business Intelligence Developer
15 16 (3.12%) Solutions Architect
16 14 (2.73%) Salesforce Developer
17 13 (2.53%) Consultant
17 13 (2.53%) Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 46 (8.97%) REST
2 41 (7.99%) Node.js
3 37 (7.21%) PySpark
4 35 (6.82%) Kafka
5 20 (3.90%) SOAP
6 19 (3.70%) Lightning Web Components
6 19 (3.70%) Middleware
7 18 (3.51%) JSON
8 17 (3.31%) CSS
8 17 (3.31%) React
9 16 (3.12%) .NET
10 13 (2.53%) Oracle Fusion
10 13 (2.53%) Visualforce
11 12 (2.34%) XML
12 10 (1.95%) HTML
13 8 (1.56%) RESTful
13 8 (1.56%) Spring
13 8 (1.56%) Tailwind CSS
14 6 (1.17%) Spring Boot
15 5 (0.97%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 55 (10.72%) Data Structures
2 50 (9.75%) Cloud Native
3 25 (4.87%) Product Ownership
4 22 (4.29%) Social Media
5 18 (3.51%) Management Information System
6 17 (3.31%) Distributed Systems
7 16 (3.12%) Greenfield Project
8 15 (2.92%) Onboarding
9 12 (2.34%) Self-Motivation
10 11 (2.14%) Algorithms
10 11 (2.14%) Public Cloud
11 10 (1.95%) FMCG
11 10 (1.95%) Legacy Systems
11 10 (1.95%) Low-Code
12 9 (1.75%) Blog
13 8 (1.56%) Data Fabric
14 7 (1.36%) Analytical Mindset
14 7 (1.36%) Video\Live Streaming
15 6 (1.17%) Reference Data
15 6 (1.17%) Taxonomies
Operating Systems
1 2 (0.39%) Linux
2 1 (0.19%) Android
2 1 (0.19%) Apple iOS
2 1 (0.19%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 235 (45.81%) Analytics
2 172 (33.53%) Business Intelligence
3 160 (31.19%) Data Engineering
4 157 (30.60%) Data Architecture
5 140 (27.29%) Agile
6 137 (26.71%) AI
6 137 (26.71%) Decision-Making
7 136 (26.51%) CI/CD
8 129 (25.15%) Data Pipeline
9 128 (24.95%) ETL
10 122 (23.78%) Data Governance
11 116 (22.61%) Problem-Solving
12 108 (21.05%) Data Strategy
13 95 (18.52%) DevOps
14 89 (17.35%) Mentoring
15 79 (15.40%) Machine Learning
16 72 (14.04%) Roadmaps
17 66 (12.87%) Continuous Improvement
18 64 (12.48%) Stakeholder Engagement
19 61 (11.89%) Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 238 (46.39%) SQL
2 205 (39.96%) Python
3 43 (8.38%) JavaScript
4 42 (8.19%) Java
5 30 (5.85%) Data Analysis Expressions
6 27 (5.26%) TypeScript
7 20 (3.90%) Scala
7 20 (3.90%) T-SQL
8 18 (3.51%) Apex Code
9 16 (3.12%) C#
10 14 (2.73%) PowerShell
11 10 (1.95%) Bash
12 7 (1.36%) Bicep
12 7 (1.36%) Go
13 6 (1.17%) C++
14 5 (0.97%) Kusto Query Language
14 5 (0.97%) R
15 4 (0.78%) PHP
15 4 (0.78%) SOQL
15 4 (0.78%) SOSL
Qualifications
1 73 (14.23%) Security Cleared
2 71 (13.84%) Degree
3 57 (11.11%) SC Cleared
4 24 (4.68%) Computer Science Degree
5 18 (3.51%) Azure Certification
6 14 (2.73%) TOGAF Certification
7 12 (2.34%) Microsoft Certification
8 8 (1.56%) ACCA
8 8 (1.56%) CIMA
9 6 (1.17%) AWS Certification
9 6 (1.17%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 6 (1.17%) CIPD
9 6 (1.17%) Master's Degree
10 5 (0.97%) DBS Check
10 5 (0.97%) DV Cleared
10 5 (0.97%) SnowPro
11 2 (0.39%) BPSS Clearance
11 2 (0.39%) IIBA
12 1 (0.19%) CBAP
12 1 (0.19%) Numerate Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 184 (35.87%) Data Quality
2 36 (7.02%) GDPR
3 22 (4.29%) QA
4 12 (2.34%) Accessibility
4 12 (2.34%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 4 (0.78%) PERC
6 3 (0.58%) IFRS
6 3 (0.58%) IFRS 17
6 3 (0.58%) Solvency II
7 2 (0.39%) California Consumer Privacy Act
8 1 (0.19%) Actionable Recommendations
8 1 (0.19%) HL7
8 1 (0.19%) SNOMED CT
System Software
1 26 (5.07%) Docker
2 8 (1.56%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 34 (6.63%) Terraform
2 12 (2.34%) Kubernetes
3 4 (0.78%) Ansible
4 3 (0.58%) Packer
5 2 (0.39%) Single Sign-On
6 1 (0.19%) Grafana
6 1 (0.19%) Prometheus
6 1 (0.19%) QRadar
Vendors
1 122 (23.78%) Microsoft
2 100 (19.49%) Databricks
3 44 (8.58%) Salesforce
4 39 (7.60%) Oracle
5 35 (6.82%) SAP
6 13 (2.53%) MuleSoft
7 12 (2.34%) Google
7 12 (2.34%) Informatica
8 7 (1.36%) OpenAI
8 7 (1.36%) ServiceNow
9 6 (1.17%) Foundry
9 6 (1.17%) HubSpot
9 6 (1.17%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
10 4 (0.78%) IBM
11 3 (0.58%) Alteryx
11 3 (0.58%) Palantir
11 3 (0.58%) TOWER Software
12 2 (0.39%) BiZZdesign
12 2 (0.39%) Epicor
12 2 (0.39%) Infor