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

6 months to
11 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 77 115 109
Rank change year-on-year +38 -6 -12
Permanent jobs citing Data Modelling 542 423 848
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 3.26% 3.03% 2.83%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.83% 3.18% 3.08%
Number of salaries quoted 343 210 631
10th Percentile £43,750 £44,875 £41,250
25th Percentile £55,000 £52,625 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £62,500 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year +12.00% - -3.85%
75th Percentile £87,500 £80,000 £85,000
90th Percentile £111,000 £97,500 £97,500
UK median annual salary £70,000 £62,500 £65,000
% change year-on-year +12.00% -3.85% -

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 14,163 13,299 27,577
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 85.18% 95.33% 92.18%
Number of salaries quoted 9,242 8,824 22,844
10th Percentile £31,250 £34,415 £34,000
25th Percentile £42,500 £46,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £62,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% +8.70% -8.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £81,250 £75,772
90th Percentile £100,000 £102,500 £95,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -11.31%

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 11 March 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 42 (7.75%) Apache Airflow
2 24 (4.43%) Apache
3 18 (3.32%) Apache Spark
4 10 (1.85%) Confluence
5 8 (1.48%) Microsoft Exchange
5 8 (1.48%) SAS
6 6 (1.11%) CMS
6 6 (1.11%) SharePoint
7 2 (0.37%) Mendix
7 2 (0.37%) Palantir Foundry
8 1 (0.18%) Camunda
Applications
1 31 (5.72%) Microsoft Excel
2 7 (1.29%) Microsoft Office
3 6 (1.11%) Chatbot
4 3 (0.55%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 3 (0.55%) MS Visio
4 3 (0.55%) Sketch
5 1 (0.18%) Microsoft Project
5 1 (0.18%) Notion
5 1 (0.18%) SPSS
Business Applications
1 10 (1.85%) NetSuite
2 9 (1.66%) Dynamics CRM
3 6 (1.11%) Markit EDM
4 4 (0.74%) SAP S/4HANA
5 1 (0.18%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 328 (60.52%) Azure
2 124 (22.88%) AWS
3 114 (21.03%) Snowflake
4 113 (20.85%) Power Platform
5 101 (18.63%) Azure Data Factory
6 88 (16.24%) Azure DevOps
7 73 (13.47%) Azure Synapse Analytics
8 70 (12.92%) GCP
9 66 (12.18%) GitHub
10 61 (11.25%) dbt
11 46 (8.49%) Serverless
12 42 (7.75%) GitHub Copilot
13 39 (7.20%) SaaS
14 32 (5.90%) Amazon S3
15 29 (5.35%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
15 29 (5.35%) Salesforce Service Cloud
16 18 (3.32%) Microsoft 365
17 17 (3.14%) AWS Lambda
18 13 (2.40%) Power Automate
18 13 (2.40%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 7 (1.29%) Broadband
2 1 (0.18%) ADSL
2 1 (0.18%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 166 (30.63%) Data Warehouse
2 104 (19.19%) Power BI
3 80 (14.76%) Metadata
4 70 (12.92%) Data Lake
5 46 (8.49%) Azure SQL Database
5 46 (8.49%) SQL Server
6 38 (7.01%) Tableau
7 30 (5.54%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 29 (5.35%) MySQL
9 26 (4.80%) BigQuery
10 25 (4.61%) Relational Database
11 24 (4.43%) Amazon Redshift
12 22 (4.06%) PostgreSQL
13 21 (3.87%) NoSQL
14 20 (3.69%) SQL Server Integration Services
15 17 (3.14%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
15 17 (3.14%) Snowflake Schema
16 16 (2.95%) Delta Lake
17 13 (2.40%) Amazon Athena
17 13 (2.40%) Data Mining
Development Applications
1 42 (7.75%) Git
2 29 (5.35%) JIRA
3 13 (2.40%) ERwin
4 11 (2.03%) ER Studio
5 5 (0.92%) git-flow
6 4 (0.74%) Jenkins
6 4 (0.74%) PowerDesigner
7 1 (0.18%) Cucumber
7 1 (0.18%) Postman
7 1 (0.18%) SonarQube
7 1 (0.18%) SpecFlow
General
1 196 (36.16%) Finance
1 196 (36.16%) Social Skills
2 138 (25.46%) Analytical Skills
3 66 (12.18%) Public Sector
4 38 (7.01%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 32 (5.90%) Marketing
6 30 (5.54%) Law
7 22 (4.06%) Retail
8 21 (3.87%) Influencing Skills
9 12 (2.21%) Presentation Skills
10 11 (2.03%) Publishing
11 9 (1.66%) Legal
12 8 (1.48%) Banking
13 7 (1.29%) Advertising
14 6 (1.11%) Documentation Skills
14 6 (1.11%) Manufacturing
14 6 (1.11%) Organisational Skills
15 5 (0.92%) Back Office
15 5 (0.92%) Telecoms
16 4 (0.74%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 143 (26.38%) Architect
2 121 (22.32%) Senior
3 120 (22.14%) Data Engineer
4 98 (18.08%) Data Architect
5 71 (13.10%) Developer
6 52 (9.59%) Analyst
7 51 (9.41%) Lead
8 46 (8.49%) Senior Data Engineer
9 33 (6.09%) Data Analyst
10 21 (3.87%) Lead Data Engineer
11 20 (3.69%) Senior Architect
12 19 (3.51%) Salesforce Developer
13 18 (3.32%) Consultant
14 17 (3.14%) Platform Engineer
15 16 (2.95%) Azure Engineer
15 16 (2.95%) Senior Data Architect
16 15 (2.77%) Full-Stack Developer
16 15 (2.77%) Senior Developer
16 15 (2.77%) Solutions Architect
17 14 (2.58%) Business Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 55 (10.15%) REST
2 44 (8.12%) SOAP
3 41 (7.56%) Lightning Web Components
4 32 (5.90%) Kafka
5 31 (5.72%) .NET
6 24 (4.43%) PySpark
7 23 (4.24%) Middleware
8 19 (3.51%) Visualforce
9 17 (3.14%) React
10 16 (2.95%) JSON
11 14 (2.58%) CSS
11 14 (2.58%) XML
12 13 (2.40%) HTML
13 9 (1.66%) Node.js
14 8 (1.48%) RabbitMQ
14 8 (1.48%) YAML
15 6 (1.11%) Vue
16 5 (0.92%) AWS CDK
16 5 (0.92%) gRPC
16 5 (0.92%) Material-UI
Miscellaneous
1 54 (9.96%) Product Ownership
2 49 (9.04%) Cloud Native
3 38 (7.01%) Data Structures
4 24 (4.43%) Management Information System
5 22 (4.06%) Enterprise Software
6 18 (3.32%) Greenfield Project
7 15 (2.77%) Analytical Mindset
8 14 (2.58%) Legacy Systems
9 12 (2.21%) Onboarding
10 11 (2.03%) Self-Motivation
11 10 (1.85%) FMCG
12 9 (1.66%) Public Cloud
13 8 (1.48%) Reference Data
14 6 (1.11%) Anti-Piracy
14 6 (1.11%) Social Media
15 5 (0.92%) Reinsurance
16 4 (0.74%) Data Fabric
16 4 (0.74%) Low-Code
16 4 (0.74%) Mobile App
17 3 (0.55%) Distributed Computing
Operating Systems
1 7 (1.29%) Android
2 4 (0.74%) Apple iOS
2 4 (0.74%) Windows
3 1 (0.18%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 240 (44.28%) Analytics
2 203 (37.45%) Agile
3 179 (33.03%) Data Engineering
4 169 (31.18%) ETL
5 167 (30.81%) DevOps
6 163 (30.07%) CI/CD
7 153 (28.23%) Data Architecture
8 136 (25.09%) Business Intelligence
9 127 (23.43%) Data Governance
10 126 (23.25%) AI
10 126 (23.25%) Data Pipeline
11 117 (21.59%) Mentoring
12 112 (20.66%) Problem-Solving
13 99 (18.27%) Data Integration
14 96 (17.71%) Coaching
15 93 (17.16%) Decision-Making
16 92 (16.97%) Continuous Improvement
17 83 (15.31%) Data Management
18 76 (14.02%) Asset Management
19 66 (12.18%) Data Strategy
Programming Languages
1 232 (42.80%) SQL
2 207 (38.19%) Python
3 57 (10.52%) JavaScript
4 55 (10.15%) Java
5 42 (7.75%) Apex Code
5 42 (7.75%) C#
6 35 (6.46%) TypeScript
7 26 (4.80%) Data Analysis Expressions
7 26 (4.80%) PowerShell
7 26 (4.80%) Scala
8 21 (3.87%) T-SQL
9 11 (2.03%) Bash
10 6 (1.11%) C++
10 6 (1.11%) Kotlin
10 6 (1.11%) PHP
10 6 (1.11%) R
11 3 (0.55%) Bicep
11 3 (0.55%) Swift
12 2 (0.37%) Go
12 2 (0.37%) SOQL
Qualifications
1 97 (17.90%) Degree
2 57 (10.52%) Security Cleared
3 53 (9.78%) SC Cleared
4 52 (9.59%) Computer Science Degree
5 32 (5.90%) Azure Certification
6 26 (4.80%) TOGAF Certification
7 23 (4.24%) AWS Certification
7 23 (4.24%) Microsoft Certification
8 21 (3.87%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 12 (2.21%) ACCA
9 12 (2.21%) CIMA
9 12 (2.21%) Six Sigma Green Belt
10 6 (1.11%) DBS Check
10 6 (1.11%) Master's Degree
11 3 (0.55%) SnowPro
12 2 (0.37%) BPSS Clearance
12 2 (0.37%) DV Cleared
12 2 (0.37%) SAP Certification
13 1 (0.18%) PMI Certification
13 1 (0.18%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 117 (21.59%) Data Quality
2 45 (8.30%) Accessibility
3 17 (3.14%) GDPR
4 15 (2.77%) QA
5 13 (2.40%) Actionable Recommendations
6 11 (2.03%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 1 (0.18%) HL7
7 1 (0.18%) ISO 13485
7 1 (0.18%) P3O
7 1 (0.18%) PMO
7 1 (0.18%) SNOMED CT
System Software
1 12 (2.21%) Active Directory
2 10 (1.85%) Docker
Systems Management
1 34 (6.27%) Terraform
2 5 (0.92%) Kubernetes
3 3 (0.55%) Control-M
4 2 (0.37%) Single Sign-On
5 1 (0.18%) Grafana
5 1 (0.18%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 151 (27.86%) Microsoft
2 104 (19.19%) Databricks
3 56 (10.33%) Salesforce
4 24 (4.43%) Google
5 18 (3.32%) MuleSoft
6 15 (2.77%) IBM
6 15 (2.77%) Informatica
7 13 (2.40%) SAP
8 12 (2.21%) Oracle
9 9 (1.66%) Talend
10 5 (0.92%) Foundry
11 4 (0.74%) Ab Initio
11 4 (0.74%) ServiceNow
12 3 (0.55%) BMC
12 3 (0.55%) OpenAI
12 3 (0.55%) Palantir
12 3 (0.55%) Sparx
13 2 (0.37%) Cloudera
13 2 (0.37%) iManage
13 2 (0.37%) OutSystems