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

6 months to
26 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 79 101 123
Rank change year-on-year +22 +22 -27
Permanent jobs citing Data Modelling 555 423 829
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 3.07% 3.13% 2.55%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.70% 3.31% 2.79%
Number of salaries quoted 349 221 630
10th Percentile £43,750 £47,231 £37,199
25th Percentile £52,500 £53,750 £48,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,500 £65,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year +3.85% +4.00% -3.85%
75th Percentile £85,000 £81,250 £85,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £105,000 £97,750
UK median annual salary £70,000 £65,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year +7.69% - -2.99%

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 14,981 12,789 29,731
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 82.95% 94.78% 91.36%
Number of salaries quoted 10,485 8,897 23,598
10th Percentile £32,500 £31,690 £33,750
25th Percentile £45,000 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £61,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -1.64% +6.09% -8.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £80,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £105,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £57,500 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -4.17% +9.09% -10.57%

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 26 April 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 40 (7.21%) Apache Airflow
2 26 (4.68%) Apache
3 23 (4.14%) Apache Spark
4 11 (1.98%) SharePoint
5 8 (1.44%) Microsoft Exchange
5 8 (1.44%) SAS
6 7 (1.26%) Confluence
7 6 (1.08%) CMS
8 3 (0.54%) Palantir Foundry
9 2 (0.36%) Apache Solr
10 1 (0.18%) Camunda
Applications
1 41 (7.39%) Microsoft Excel
2 7 (1.26%) Microsoft Office
3 4 (0.72%) Chatbot
4 3 (0.54%) Sketch
5 2 (0.36%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 2 (0.36%) MS Visio
6 1 (0.18%) Notion
6 1 (0.18%) SPSS
Business Applications
1 12 (2.16%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
2 10 (1.80%) NetSuite
3 9 (1.62%) Dynamics CRM
4 4 (0.72%) Markit EDM
4 4 (0.72%) SAP S/4HANA
5 1 (0.18%) Oracle EBS
5 1 (0.18%) Salesforce CRM
5 1 (0.18%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 302 (54.41%) Azure
2 137 (24.68%) Power Platform
3 119 (21.44%) AWS
4 103 (18.56%) Azure Data Factory
5 86 (15.50%) Snowflake
6 74 (13.33%) Azure DevOps
7 68 (12.25%) Azure Synapse Analytics
8 57 (10.27%) GCP
9 53 (9.55%) dbt
10 51 (9.19%) GitHub
11 43 (7.75%) Serverless
12 33 (5.95%) GitHub Copilot
13 29 (5.23%) Amazon S3
13 29 (5.23%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
14 26 (4.68%) Salesforce Service Cloud
15 24 (4.32%) SaaS
16 18 (3.24%) AWS Lambda
17 16 (2.88%) Microsoft 365
18 15 (2.70%) Power Automate
19 13 (2.34%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 28 (5.05%) Broadband
2 3 (0.54%) NGN
3 1 (0.18%) 4G
3 1 (0.18%) 5G
3 1 (0.18%) ADSL
3 1 (0.18%) Internet
3 1 (0.18%) SMS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 123 (22.16%) Power BI
2 120 (21.62%) Data Warehouse
3 77 (13.87%) Metadata
4 70 (12.61%) Data Lake
5 49 (8.83%) SQL Server
6 47 (8.47%) Tableau
7 42 (7.57%) Azure SQL Database
8 38 (6.85%) Relational Database
9 30 (5.41%) PostgreSQL
10 25 (4.50%) Amazon Redshift
10 25 (4.50%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 24 (4.32%) MySQL
12 20 (3.60%) BigQuery
13 18 (3.24%) SAP BW
13 18 (3.24%) SQL Server Integration Services
14 17 (3.06%) Delta Lake
14 17 (3.06%) NoSQL
15 13 (2.34%) Amazon Athena
15 13 (2.34%) Amazon QuickSight
16 12 (2.16%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 40 (7.21%) Git
2 23 (4.14%) JIRA
3 6 (1.08%) Jenkins
4 4 (0.72%) ER Studio
4 4 (0.72%) ERwin
5 1 (0.18%) Cucumber
5 1 (0.18%) git-flow
5 1 (0.18%) GitLab
5 1 (0.18%) MLflow
5 1 (0.18%) Postman
5 1 (0.18%) SonarQube
5 1 (0.18%) SpecFlow
5 1 (0.18%) Toad
General
1 193 (34.77%) Social Skills
2 192 (34.59%) Finance
3 151 (27.21%) Analytical Skills
4 67 (12.07%) Public Sector
5 40 (7.21%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 36 (6.49%) Law
7 33 (5.95%) Marketing
8 23 (4.14%) Influencing Skills
9 17 (3.06%) Retail
10 12 (2.16%) Presentation Skills
11 11 (1.98%) Publishing
12 10 (1.80%) Documentation Skills
13 9 (1.62%) Banking
13 9 (1.62%) Legal
14 7 (1.26%) Games
15 6 (1.08%) Organisational Skills
15 6 (1.08%) Telecoms
16 5 (0.90%) Advertising
16 5 (0.90%) Back Office
17 4 (0.72%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 142 (25.59%) Data Engineer
2 127 (22.88%) Architect
3 106 (19.10%) Senior
4 82 (14.77%) Data Architect
5 69 (12.43%) Developer
6 65 (11.71%) Lead
7 61 (10.99%) Analyst
8 40 (7.21%) Senior Data Engineer
9 37 (6.67%) Data Analyst
10 25 (4.50%) Lead Data Engineer
11 20 (3.60%) Platform Engineer
12 18 (3.24%) Salesforce Developer
12 18 (3.24%) Senior Architect
13 17 (3.06%) Azure Engineer
13 17 (3.06%) Consultant
13 17 (3.06%) Salesforce Engineer
14 14 (2.52%) Business Analyst
15 13 (2.34%) Business Intelligence Analyst
16 12 (2.16%) Business Manager
16 12 (2.16%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 52 (9.37%) REST
2 40 (7.21%) PySpark
3 38 (6.85%) Lightning Web Components
4 36 (6.49%) SOAP
5 35 (6.31%) Kafka
6 25 (4.50%) .NET
7 20 (3.60%) Middleware
8 17 (3.06%) Visualforce
9 15 (2.70%) JSON
10 13 (2.34%) Node.js
10 13 (2.34%) React
11 12 (2.16%) Oracle Fusion
12 11 (1.98%) CSS
12 11 (1.98%) HTML
12 11 (1.98%) XML
13 8 (1.44%) YAML
14 6 (1.08%) HTML5 Canvas
14 6 (1.08%) RESTful
15 5 (0.90%) gRPC
16 4 (0.72%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 48 (8.65%) Data Structures
2 44 (7.93%) Product Ownership
3 42 (7.57%) Cloud Native
4 22 (3.96%) Management Information System
5 21 (3.78%) Social Media
6 18 (3.24%) Greenfield Project
7 16 (2.88%) Analytical Mindset
8 15 (2.70%) Enterprise Software
9 14 (2.52%) Onboarding
10 12 (2.16%) FMCG
10 12 (2.16%) Self-Motivation
11 10 (1.80%) Legacy Systems
11 10 (1.80%) Low-Code
11 10 (1.80%) Public Cloud
12 8 (1.44%) Algorithms
12 8 (1.44%) Distributed Systems
13 7 (1.26%) Video\Live Streaming
14 6 (1.08%) Anti-Piracy
15 5 (0.90%) Data Fabric
15 5 (0.90%) Taxonomies
Operating Systems
1 4 (0.72%) Android
1 4 (0.72%) Windows
2 1 (0.18%) Apple iOS
2 1 (0.18%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 257 (46.31%) Analytics
2 183 (32.97%) Data Engineering
3 174 (31.35%) Agile
4 169 (30.45%) ETL
5 167 (30.09%) Business Intelligence
6 157 (28.29%) Data Architecture
7 151 (27.21%) DevOps
8 145 (26.13%) Data Pipeline
9 143 (25.77%) CI/CD
10 125 (22.52%) Data Governance
11 124 (22.34%) AI
12 116 (20.90%) Problem-Solving
13 110 (19.82%) Decision-Making
14 91 (16.40%) Mentoring
15 90 (16.22%) Continuous Improvement
16 89 (16.04%) Data Integration
17 83 (14.95%) Coaching
18 72 (12.97%) Visualisation
19 71 (12.79%) Data Strategy
20 70 (12.61%) Data Management
Programming Languages
1 248 (44.68%) SQL
2 216 (38.92%) Python
3 49 (8.83%) Java
3 49 (8.83%) JavaScript
4 37 (6.67%) Apex Code
5 30 (5.41%) C#
5 30 (5.41%) Data Analysis Expressions
6 27 (4.86%) TypeScript
7 26 (4.68%) Scala
8 25 (4.50%) PowerShell
9 22 (3.96%) T-SQL
10 11 (1.98%) Bash
11 7 (1.26%) Go
12 6 (1.08%) C++
12 6 (1.08%) PHP
13 5 (0.90%) R
14 4 (0.72%) Bicep
14 4 (0.72%) Kotlin
15 3 (0.54%) Kusto Query Language
16 2 (0.36%) Groovy
Qualifications
1 81 (14.59%) Degree
2 63 (11.35%) Security Cleared
3 53 (9.55%) SC Cleared
4 37 (6.67%) Computer Science Degree
5 25 (4.50%) Azure Certification
6 20 (3.60%) TOGAF Certification
7 16 (2.88%) Microsoft Certification
8 14 (2.52%) AWS Certification
8 14 (2.52%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 12 (2.16%) ACCA
9 12 (2.16%) CIMA
9 12 (2.16%) Six Sigma Green Belt
10 6 (1.08%) Master's Degree
11 2 (0.36%) BPSS Clearance
11 2 (0.36%) DBS Check
11 2 (0.36%) DV Cleared
11 2 (0.36%) IIBA
11 2 (0.36%) SAP Certification
12 1 (0.18%) CBAP
12 1 (0.18%) SnowPro
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 145 (26.13%) Data Quality
2 39 (7.03%) Accessibility
3 31 (5.59%) GDPR
4 20 (3.60%) QA
5 13 (2.34%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 12 (2.16%) Actionable Recommendations
7 3 (0.54%) PERC
8 2 (0.36%) IFRS
8 2 (0.36%) IFRS 17
8 2 (0.36%) Solvency II
9 1 (0.18%) HL7
9 1 (0.18%) SNOMED CT
System Software
1 13 (2.34%) Docker
2 12 (2.16%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 35 (6.31%) Terraform
2 8 (1.44%) Kubernetes
3 3 (0.54%) Control-M
4 2 (0.36%) Ansible
4 2 (0.36%) Packer
4 2 (0.36%) Single Sign-On
5 1 (0.18%) Grafana
5 1 (0.18%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 147 (26.49%) Microsoft
2 105 (18.92%) Databricks
3 57 (10.27%) Salesforce
4 33 (5.95%) Oracle
5 30 (5.41%) SAP
6 16 (2.88%) MuleSoft
7 15 (2.70%) Google
8 11 (1.98%) IBM
8 11 (1.98%) Informatica
9 6 (1.08%) Foundry
9 6 (1.08%) Talend
10 5 (0.90%) OpenAI
11 4 (0.72%) Ab Initio
11 4 (0.72%) Palantir
11 4 (0.72%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
11 4 (0.72%) ServiceNow
12 3 (0.54%) BMC
12 3 (0.54%) HubSpot
12 3 (0.54%) Sparx
13 2 (0.36%) iManage