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

6 months to
9 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 116 148 127
Rank change year-on-year +32 -21 -32
Permanent jobs citing Data Modelling 564 360 577
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 2.28% 2.14% 2.66%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.83% 2.28% 3.02%
Number of salaries quoted 399 270 290
10th Percentile £43,750 £47,500 £41,975
25th Percentile £53,125 £57,000 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £69,973 £67,500 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.66% -3.57% +7.69%
75th Percentile £90,000 £83,750 £82,500
90th Percentile £107,500 £107,500 £95,000
UK median annual salary £70,000 £68,000 £67,500
% change year-on-year +2.94% +0.74% -

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 19,953 15,755 19,120
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 80.51% 93.83% 88.22%
Number of salaries quoted 14,223 8,440 11,340
10th Percentile £33,750 £29,750 £35,700
25th Percentile £44,447 £40,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% -4.17% -4.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £78,750 £80,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £100,000 £102,500
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% -8.33% -

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 9 October 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 25 (4.43%) Apache Spark
2 21 (3.72%) Apache
3 20 (3.55%) Apache Airflow
4 13 (2.30%) SharePoint
5 8 (1.42%) Jupyter
6 5 (0.89%) Palantir Foundry
7 4 (0.71%) Oracle SOA Suite
8 2 (0.35%) Apache Solr
8 2 (0.35%) Confluence
8 2 (0.35%) IIS
8 2 (0.35%) Microsoft Exchange
8 2 (0.35%) WebLogic
8 2 (0.35%) WebLogic Portal
9 1 (0.18%) Apache Superset
Applications
1 40 (7.09%) Microsoft Excel
2 8 (1.42%) Notion
3 4 (0.71%) Microsoft Office
4 3 (0.53%) Blender
4 3 (0.53%) Maya
5 2 (0.35%) Chatbot
5 2 (0.35%) MS Visio
6 1 (0.18%) FrameMaker
6 1 (0.18%) Microsoft Project
6 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 (0.35%) JDE EnterpriseOne
5 2 (0.35%) Oracle Applications
5 2 (0.35%) Oracle EBS R12
5 2 (0.35%) Oracle Payables
5 2 (0.35%) 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%) Salesforce CRM
6 1 (0.18%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
6 1 (0.18%) Temenos T24
6 1 (0.18%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 225 (39.89%) Azure
2 208 (36.88%) Power Platform
3 124 (21.99%) AWS
4 82 (14.54%) GCP
5 66 (11.70%) Azure Data Factory
6 62 (10.99%) Snowflake
7 54 (9.57%) Azure Synapse Analytics
8 40 (7.09%) Azure DevOps
9 30 (5.32%) dbt
10 29 (5.14%) GitHub
11 28 (4.96%) Microsoft Purview
12 27 (4.79%) SaaS
13 24 (4.26%) Amazon S3
14 23 (4.08%) Azure Databricks
14 23 (4.08%) Serverless
15 19 (3.37%) PowerApps
16 17 (3.01%) AWS Lambda
16 17 (3.01%) Microsoft 365
17 14 (2.48%) GitHub Actions
18 13 (2.30%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 29 (5.14%) Broadband
2 2 (0.35%) HTTP
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%) NGN
3 1 (0.18%) SMS
3 1 (0.18%) X.509
Database & Business Intelligence
1 198 (35.11%) Power BI
2 135 (23.94%) Data Warehouse
3 123 (21.81%) Metadata
4 58 (10.28%) Data Lake
5 47 (8.33%) Tableau
6 46 (8.16%) SQL Server
7 41 (7.27%) PostgreSQL
7 41 (7.27%) Relational Database
8 35 (6.21%) Semantic Layer
9 32 (5.67%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 31 (5.50%) Star Schema
11 29 (5.14%) Delta Lake
11 29 (5.14%) NoSQL
12 28 (4.96%) Azure SQL Database
13 26 (4.61%) BigQuery
14 24 (4.26%) MongoDB
15 21 (3.72%) Data Vault
16 20 (3.55%) Big Data
17 19 (3.37%) DynamoDB
17 19 (3.37%) Snowflake Schema
Development Applications
1 73 (12.94%) Git
2 25 (4.43%) Jenkins
3 13 (2.30%) JIRA
4 10 (1.77%) GitLab
5 4 (0.71%) Visual Studio Code
6 3 (0.53%) Bitbucket
6 3 (0.53%) ERwin
6 3 (0.53%) Flyway
6 3 (0.53%) MLflow
7 2 (0.35%) ER Studio
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%) Visual Studio
8 1 (0.18%) Vite
General
1 207 (36.70%) Social Skills
2 165 (29.26%) Analytical Skills
3 139 (24.65%) Finance
4 79 (14.01%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 70 (12.41%) Public Sector
6 36 (6.38%) Law
7 34 (6.03%) Retail
8 28 (4.96%) Marketing
9 24 (4.26%) Legal
10 23 (4.08%) Influencing Skills
11 18 (3.19%) Banking
12 17 (3.01%) Manufacturing
13 8 (1.42%) Documentation Skills
13 8 (1.42%) Presentation Skills
14 7 (1.24%) Police
15 6 (1.06%) General Ledger
16 5 (0.89%) Billing
16 5 (0.89%) Legal Technology
16 5 (0.89%) Military
17 3 (0.53%) Health Technology
Job Titles
1 147 (26.06%) Data Engineer
2 138 (24.47%) Architect
3 126 (22.34%) Senior
4 103 (18.26%) Data Architect
5 73 (12.94%) Analyst
6 56 (9.93%) Lead
7 42 (7.45%) Data Analyst
8 40 (7.09%) Developer
9 39 (6.91%) Senior Data Engineer
10 30 (5.32%) Senior Architect
11 28 (4.96%) Senior Data Architect
12 22 (3.90%) Consultant
13 20 (3.55%) Software Engineer
13 20 (3.55%) Solutions Architect
14 16 (2.84%) Business Analyst
15 15 (2.66%) Financial Analyst
16 13 (2.30%) Data Consultant
17 12 (2.13%) Business Intelligence Analyst
17 12 (2.13%) Data Modeller
17 12 (2.13%) Senior Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 65 (11.52%) PySpark
2 49 (8.69%) Terraform
3 39 (6.91%) REST
4 38 (6.74%) Node.js
5 23 (4.08%) Kafka
6 16 (2.84%) CSS
7 15 (2.66%) Oracle Fusion
7 15 (2.66%) React
8 14 (2.48%) JSON
9 12 (2.13%) Middleware
9 12 (2.13%) Pandas
9 12 (2.13%) Tailwind CSS
10 10 (1.77%) RESTful
11 9 (1.60%) Lightning Web Components
11 9 (1.60%) SOAP
12 7 (1.24%) .NET
12 7 (1.24%) Spring
13 6 (1.06%) Django
13 6 (1.06%) LangChain
13 6 (1.06%) NumPy
Miscellaneous
1 67 (11.88%) Cloud Native
2 47 (8.33%) Data Structures
3 23 (4.08%) Management Information System
3 23 (4.08%) Product Ownership
4 17 (3.01%) Distributed Systems
5 15 (2.66%) Enterprise Software
5 15 (2.66%) Legacy Systems
6 14 (2.48%) Social Media
7 12 (2.13%) Greenfield Project
8 11 (1.95%) Reference Data
8 11 (1.95%) Self-Motivation
9 8 (1.42%) AI Agents
9 8 (1.42%) Low-Code
10 7 (1.24%) Blog
10 7 (1.24%) Clustering
10 7 (1.24%) Onboarding
11 6 (1.06%) Data Protection Act
11 6 (1.06%) Marketing Technology
11 6 (1.06%) Replication
11 6 (1.06%) Taxonomies
Operating Systems
1 13 (2.30%) Windows
2 4 (0.71%) Linux
3 2 (0.35%) Unix
4 1 (0.18%) Apple iOS
4 1 (0.18%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 274 (48.58%) Analytics
2 243 (43.09%) Business Intelligence
3 210 (37.23%) AI
4 185 (32.80%) Data Architecture
5 175 (31.03%) Decision-Making
6 167 (29.61%) CI/CD
7 164 (29.08%) Agile
8 156 (27.66%) Data Engineering
9 152 (26.95%) ETL
10 151 (26.77%) Data Governance
11 150 (26.60%) Data Pipeline
12 137 (24.29%) Data Strategy
13 128 (22.70%) Problem-Solving
14 108 (19.15%) DevOps
15 102 (18.09%) Mentoring
16 98 (17.38%) Roadmaps
17 96 (17.02%) Technical Leadership
18 94 (16.67%) Stakeholder Management
19 93 (16.49%) Machine Learning
20 80 (14.18%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 308 (54.61%) SQL
2 234 (41.49%) Python
3 50 (8.87%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 29 (5.14%) C#
5 26 (4.61%) Java
5 26 (4.61%) JavaScript
6 24 (4.26%) Scala
6 24 (4.26%) TypeScript
7 20 (3.55%) Bicep
7 20 (3.55%) T-SQL
8 14 (2.48%) PowerShell
9 10 (1.77%) Apex Code
9 10 (1.77%) Kusto Query Language
10 7 (1.24%) R
11 5 (0.89%) Bash
11 5 (0.89%) PL/SQL
12 4 (0.71%) C++
12 4 (0.71%) SPARQL
13 3 (0.53%) SOQL
13 3 (0.53%) VBA
Qualifications
1 89 (15.78%) Security Cleared
2 68 (12.06%) SC Cleared
3 65 (11.52%) Degree
4 29 (5.14%) Azure Certification
5 26 (4.61%) Microsoft Certification
6 19 (3.37%) Computer Science Degree
7 17 (3.01%) SnowPro
8 14 (2.48%) DV Cleared
9 10 (1.77%) BPSS Clearance
10 9 (1.60%) CIPD
11 8 (1.42%) AWS Certification
12 7 (1.24%) TOGAF Certification
13 6 (1.06%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
13 6 (1.06%) Master's Degree
14 5 (0.89%) DBS Check
15 3 (0.53%) PMI Certification
16 2 (0.35%) PMP
17 1 (0.18%) GIAC
17 1 (0.18%) ICAEW
17 1 (0.18%) SSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 217 (38.48%) Data Quality
2 55 (9.75%) GDPR
3 38 (6.74%) Accessibility
4 14 (2.48%) California Consumer Privacy Act
4 14 (2.48%) QA
5 4 (0.71%) COPPA
6 3 (0.53%) IFRS
6 3 (0.53%) IFRS 17
6 3 (0.53%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 3 (0.53%) MiFID
6 3 (0.53%) Solvency II
6 3 (0.53%) UCITS
7 2 (0.35%) Actionable Recommendations
8 1 (0.18%) Cyber Essentials
8 1 (0.18%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 1 (0.18%) EU AI Act
8 1 (0.18%) HIPAA
8 1 (0.18%) IASME
8 1 (0.18%) PMO
8 1 (0.18%) SOC 2
System Software
1 37 (6.56%) Docker
2 8 (1.42%) Active Directory
3 2 (0.35%) Hyper-V
3 2 (0.35%) NFS
3 2 (0.35%) Virtual Machines
3 2 (0.35%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 17 (3.01%) Kubernetes
2 4 (0.71%) Ansible
3 3 (0.53%) SQL Sentry
4 2 (0.35%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
4 2 (0.35%) Oracle RMAN
4 2 (0.35%) Packer
5 1 (0.18%) Consul
5 1 (0.18%) Failover Clustering
5 1 (0.18%) Grafana
5 1 (0.18%) Microsoft Intune
5 1 (0.18%) QRadar
Vendors
1 187 (33.16%) Microsoft
2 94 (16.67%) Databricks
3 39 (6.91%) Oracle
4 31 (5.50%) Salesforce
5 30 (5.32%) SAP
6 18 (3.19%) Informatica
7 14 (2.48%) Google
8 11 (1.95%) Talend
9 7 (1.24%) Foundry
9 7 (1.24%) OpenAI
10 6 (1.06%) HubSpot
10 6 (1.06%) Infor
10 6 (1.06%) ServiceNow
11 5 (0.89%) MuleSoft
11 5 (0.89%) Palantir
11 5 (0.89%) RedGate
11 5 (0.89%) Workday
12 4 (0.71%) Braze
12 4 (0.71%) Epicor
12 4 (0.71%) IFS