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

6 months to
31 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 113 136 155
Rank change year-on-year +23 +19 -63
Permanent jobs citing Data Modelling 542 429 566
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 2.45% 2.60% 2.13%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.95% 2.80% 2.42%
Number of salaries quoted 384 267 382
10th Percentile £42,500 £47,000 £41,300
25th Percentile £51,250 £56,250 £52,325
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £67,500 £69,500
Median % change year-on-year -3.70% -2.88% +3.62%
75th Percentile £87,500 £83,750 £85,000
90th Percentile £107,500 £107,500 £100,000
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 18,379 15,333 23,410
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 82.97% 93.03% 88.01%
Number of salaries quoted 13,361 9,055 17,187
10th Percentile £35,000 £29,750 £35,000
25th Percentile £44,972 £41,000 £42,672
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £57,965
Median % change year-on-year - +3.51% -7.26%
75th Percentile £80,000 £78,750 £77,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £101,250 £96,250
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
% 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 31 July 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 (4.98%) Apache Spark
2 24 (4.43%) Apache Airflow
3 22 (4.06%) Apache
4 12 (2.21%) SharePoint
5 5 (0.92%) Jupyter
6 4 (0.74%) Microsoft Exchange
6 4 (0.74%) SAS
7 3 (0.55%) Apache Solr
7 3 (0.55%) Palantir Foundry
8 2 (0.37%) Oracle SOA Suite
9 1 (0.18%) CMS
Applications
1 31 (5.72%) 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 (2.21%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
2 7 (1.29%) 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%) NetSuite
4 2 (0.37%) Oracle Payables
4 2 (0.37%) Oracle Receivables
4 2 (0.37%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 210 (38.75%) Azure
2 169 (31.18%) Power Platform
3 112 (20.66%) AWS
4 70 (12.92%) GCP
5 59 (10.89%) Azure Data Factory
6 43 (7.93%) Snowflake
7 39 (7.20%) Azure Synapse Analytics
8 28 (5.17%) Serverless
9 27 (4.98%) dbt
10 26 (4.80%) SaaS
11 22 (4.06%) Amazon S3
12 21 (3.87%) GitHub
13 20 (3.69%) Microsoft Purview
14 19 (3.51%) AWS Lambda
15 16 (2.95%) Azure DevOps
16 14 (2.58%) Microsoft 365
16 14 (2.58%) PowerApps
17 13 (2.40%) GitHub Actions
18 11 (2.03%) Amazon CloudWatch
18 11 (2.03%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 45 (8.30%) Broadband
2 4 (0.74%) 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
1 155 (28.60%) Power BI
2 95 (17.53%) Data Warehouse
3 89 (16.42%) Metadata
4 58 (10.70%) Data Lake
5 46 (8.49%) PostgreSQL
5 46 (8.49%) SQL Server
6 45 (8.30%) Relational Database
7 44 (8.12%) Tableau
8 35 (6.46%) Semantic Layer
9 34 (6.27%) BigQuery
10 29 (5.35%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 23 (4.24%) MongoDB
12 22 (4.06%) Delta Lake
13 21 (3.87%) Big Data
14 20 (3.69%) NoSQL
14 20 (3.69%) Star Schema
15 18 (3.32%) Amazon Redshift
16 17 (3.14%) Azure SQL Database
16 17 (3.14%) SAP BW
17 16 (2.95%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 43 (7.93%) Git
2 24 (4.43%) Jenkins
3 7 (1.29%) JIRA
4 6 (1.11%) 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
1 205 (37.82%) Social Skills
2 154 (28.41%) Analytical Skills
3 136 (25.09%) Finance
4 78 (14.39%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 62 (11.44%) Public Sector
6 44 (8.12%) Law
7 29 (5.35%) Retail
8 26 (4.80%) Influencing Skills
9 21 (3.87%) Marketing
10 15 (2.77%) Banking
10 15 (2.77%) Legal
11 14 (2.58%) Manufacturing
12 11 (2.03%) Documentation Skills
13 7 (1.29%) Games
14 5 (0.92%) Billing
14 5 (0.92%) Presentation Skills
15 4 (0.74%) Health Technology
15 4 (0.74%) Legal Technology
15 4 (0.74%) Military
16 3 (0.55%) General Ledger
Job Titles
1 150 (27.68%) Data Engineer
2 130 (23.99%) Architect
3 103 (19.00%) Senior
4 86 (15.87%) Data Architect
5 69 (12.73%) Analyst
6 60 (11.07%) Lead
7 53 (9.78%) Developer
8 39 (7.20%) Senior Data Engineer
9 35 (6.46%) Data Analyst
10 26 (4.80%) Senior Architect
11 23 (4.24%) Solutions Architect
12 20 (3.69%) Business Analyst
13 19 (3.51%) Senior Data Architect
14 18 (3.32%) Consultant
15 15 (2.77%) Business Intelligence Analyst
15 15 (2.77%) Financial Analyst
16 14 (2.58%) Software Engineer
17 13 (2.40%) Data Modeller
17 13 (2.40%) Technical Architect
18 12 (2.21%) Senior Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 50 (9.23%) PySpark
2 42 (7.75%) REST
3 37 (6.83%) Node.js
4 31 (5.72%) Kafka
5 18 (3.32%) JSON
6 15 (2.77%) Lightning Web Components
7 14 (2.58%) Oracle Fusion
8 13 (2.40%) CSS
8 13 (2.40%) Middleware
8 13 (2.40%) React
9 12 (2.21%) SOAP
10 11 (2.03%) .NET
11 10 (1.85%) XML
12 9 (1.66%) RESTful
13 8 (1.48%) Tailwind CSS
14 7 (1.29%) Spring
15 6 (1.11%) Django
15 6 (1.11%) LangChain
15 6 (1.11%) Pandas
15 6 (1.11%) Visualforce
Miscellaneous
1 59 (10.89%) Cloud Native
2 55 (10.15%) Data Structures
3 23 (4.24%) Social Media
4 22 (4.06%) Product Ownership
5 17 (3.14%) Distributed Systems
5 17 (3.14%) Management Information System
6 13 (2.40%) Greenfield Project
6 13 (2.40%) Self-Motivation
7 11 (2.03%) Algorithms
7 11 (2.03%) Legacy Systems
7 11 (2.03%) Onboarding
8 10 (1.85%) Low-Code
9 9 (1.66%) Blog
10 8 (1.48%) Data Fabric
10 8 (1.48%) Taxonomies
11 7 (1.29%) Analytical Mindset
11 7 (1.29%) Reference Data
11 7 (1.29%) Replication
11 7 (1.29%) Video\Live Streaming
12 6 (1.11%) Anti-Piracy
Operating Systems
1 3 (0.55%) Linux
2 1 (0.18%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 246 (45.39%) Analytics
2 199 (36.72%) Business Intelligence
3 168 (31.00%) AI
4 166 (30.63%) Data Engineering
5 162 (29.89%) Data Architecture
6 159 (29.34%) Decision-Making
7 132 (24.35%) Data Pipeline
8 130 (23.99%) Agile
9 126 (23.25%) ETL
10 125 (23.06%) Data Strategy
10 125 (23.06%) Problem-Solving
11 123 (22.69%) Data Governance
12 122 (22.51%) CI/CD
13 85 (15.68%) Machine Learning
14 81 (14.94%) Roadmaps
15 78 (14.39%) DevOps
16 77 (14.21%) Mentoring
17 76 (14.02%) Continuous Improvement
18 73 (13.47%) Stakeholder Engagement
19 66 (12.18%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 254 (46.86%) SQL
2 214 (39.48%) Python
3 35 (6.46%) Data Analysis Expressions
3 35 (6.46%) Java
4 29 (5.35%) JavaScript
5 24 (4.43%) Scala
6 21 (3.87%) T-SQL
7 20 (3.69%) TypeScript
8 18 (3.32%) C#
9 14 (2.58%) Apex Code
9 14 (2.58%) Bicep
10 11 (2.03%) PowerShell
11 10 (1.85%) C++
12 9 (1.66%) Kusto Query Language
13 8 (1.48%) R
14 7 (1.29%) Go
15 4 (0.74%) Bash
16 3 (0.55%) Groovy
16 3 (0.55%) SPARQL
16 3 (0.55%) VBA
Qualifications
1 75 (13.84%) Security Cleared
2 63 (11.62%) Degree
3 55 (10.15%) SC Cleared
4 24 (4.43%) Azure Certification
5 19 (3.51%) Computer Science Degree
5 19 (3.51%) Microsoft Certification
6 13 (2.40%) DV Cleared
7 12 (2.21%) SnowPro
8 11 (2.03%) TOGAF Certification
9 9 (1.66%) CIPD
10 8 (1.48%) BPSS Clearance
11 7 (1.29%) DBS Check
12 5 (0.92%) Master's Degree
13 4 (0.74%) AWS Certification
13 4 (0.74%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
14 2 (0.37%) ACCA
14 2 (0.37%) CIMA
14 2 (0.37%) IIBA
14 2 (0.37%) PMI Certification
15 1 (0.18%) CBAP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 195 (35.98%) Data Quality
2 40 (7.38%) GDPR
3 21 (3.87%) QA
4 18 (3.32%) Accessibility
5 6 (1.11%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 4 (0.74%) California Consumer Privacy Act
6 4 (0.74%) PERC
7 3 (0.55%) IFRS
7 3 (0.55%) IFRS 17
7 3 (0.55%) Solvency II
8 2 (0.37%) MiFID
8 2 (0.37%) UCITS
9 1 (0.18%) Actionable Recommendations
9 1 (0.18%) EU AI Act
9 1 (0.18%) HL7
9 1 (0.18%) PMO
9 1 (0.18%) SNOMED CT
System Software
1 31 (5.72%) Docker
2 4 (0.74%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 39 (7.20%) Terraform
2 14 (2.58%) Kubernetes
3 4 (0.74%) Ansible
4 3 (0.55%) Packer
5 2 (0.37%) Single Sign-On
6 1 (0.18%) QRadar
Vendors
1 143 (26.38%) Microsoft
2 99 (18.27%) Databricks
3 45 (8.30%) Oracle
4 40 (7.38%) SAP
5 35 (6.46%) Salesforce
6 9 (1.66%) MuleSoft
7 8 (1.48%) Google
8 7 (1.29%) Foundry
8 7 (1.29%) HubSpot
8 7 (1.29%) Informatica
9 6 (1.11%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
10 5 (0.92%) OpenAI
10 5 (0.92%) ServiceNow
11 4 (0.74%) Epicor
11 4 (0.74%) IBM
11 4 (0.74%) IFS
11 4 (0.74%) Infor
12 3 (0.55%) BiZZdesign
12 3 (0.55%) Palantir
12 3 (0.55%) TOWER Software