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

6 months to
10 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 90 129 123
Rank change year-on-year +39 -6 -18
Permanent jobs citing Data Modelling 515 426 844
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 2.65% 2.82% 2.47%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.22% 2.98% 2.77%
Number of salaries quoted 364 245 629
10th Percentile £42,500 £47,500 £38,700
25th Percentile £51,669 £55,000 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,500 £65,000 £63,749
Median % change year-on-year +3.85% +1.96% -1.93%
75th Percentile £85,000 £81,250 £85,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £107,500 £100,000
UK median annual salary £69,973 £65,750 £67,500
% change year-on-year +6.42% -2.59% -

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 15,975 14,300 30,520
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 82.12% 94.60% 89.29%
Number of salaries quoted 11,436 8,372 23,726
10th Percentile £35,000 £30,000 £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 10 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 38 (7.38%) Apache Airflow
2 26 (5.05%) Apache
3 25 (4.85%) Apache Spark
4 12 (2.33%) SharePoint
5 8 (1.55%) Microsoft Exchange
6 6 (1.17%) SAS
7 5 (0.97%) Jupyter
8 3 (0.58%) Apache Solr
8 3 (0.58%) CMS
8 3 (0.58%) Confluence
8 3 (0.58%) Palantir Foundry
9 1 (0.19%) Oracle SOA Suite
Applications
1 29 (5.63%) Microsoft Excel
2 7 (1.36%) Microsoft Office
3 3 (0.58%) Blender
3 3 (0.58%) Maya
4 2 (0.39%) Chatbot
5 1 (0.19%) MS Visio
5 1 (0.19%) Sketch
5 1 (0.19%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 12 (2.33%) 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%) Markit EDM
5 2 (0.39%) Oracle EBS
5 2 (0.39%) Oracle ERP
6 1 (0.19%) Oracle Payables
6 1 (0.19%) Oracle Receivables
6 1 (0.19%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 230 (44.66%) Azure
2 141 (27.38%) Power Platform
3 128 (24.85%) AWS
4 71 (13.79%) Azure Data Factory
5 66 (12.82%) GCP
6 46 (8.93%) Azure Synapse Analytics
7 43 (8.35%) Snowflake
8 37 (7.18%) Serverless
9 34 (6.60%) dbt
10 32 (6.21%) Azure DevOps
11 31 (6.02%) Amazon S3
12 29 (5.63%) GitHub
13 27 (5.24%) SaaS
14 19 (3.69%) AWS Lambda
14 19 (3.69%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
15 15 (2.91%) Salesforce Service Cloud
16 14 (2.72%) GitHub Actions
16 14 (2.72%) Microsoft 365
17 12 (2.33%) Power Automate
17 12 (2.33%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 40 (7.77%) Broadband
2 3 (0.58%) 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
1 126 (24.47%) Power BI
2 86 (16.70%) Metadata
3 72 (13.98%) Data Warehouse
4 58 (11.26%) Data Lake
5 46 (8.93%) Relational Database
6 45 (8.74%) PostgreSQL
7 44 (8.54%) Tableau
8 38 (7.38%) SQL Server
9 27 (5.24%) BigQuery
9 27 (5.24%) Semantic Layer
10 26 (5.05%) Azure SQL Database
11 22 (4.27%) MySQL
12 21 (4.08%) Amazon Redshift
12 21 (4.08%) SQL Server Integration Services
13 19 (3.69%) NoSQL
14 18 (3.50%) Big Data
14 18 (3.50%) MongoDB
15 17 (3.30%) SAP BW
16 16 (3.11%) Delta Lake
16 16 (3.11%) DynamoDB
Development Applications
1 39 (7.57%) Git
2 16 (3.11%) Jenkins
3 10 (1.94%) JIRA
4 6 (1.17%) GitLab
5 3 (0.58%) ER Studio
5 3 (0.58%) ERwin
6 2 (0.39%) MLflow
7 1 (0.19%) Ant
7 1 (0.19%) Cucumber
7 1 (0.19%) Postman
7 1 (0.19%) SpecFlow
7 1 (0.19%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
7 1 (0.19%) Toad
7 1 (0.19%) Visual Studio
General
1 190 (36.89%) Social Skills
2 136 (26.41%) Analytical Skills
3 134 (26.02%) Finance
4 81 (15.73%) Public Sector
5 70 (13.59%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 38 (7.38%) Law
7 25 (4.85%) Marketing
8 24 (4.66%) Influencing Skills
9 23 (4.47%) Retail
10 12 (2.33%) Legal
11 11 (2.14%) Banking
11 11 (2.14%) Documentation Skills
12 9 (1.75%) Manufacturing
13 8 (1.55%) Publishing
14 7 (1.36%) Games
15 5 (0.97%) Organisational Skills
16 4 (0.78%) Billing
16 4 (0.78%) Local Government
17 3 (0.58%) Financial Institution
17 3 (0.58%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 150 (29.13%) Data Engineer
2 114 (22.14%) Architect
3 105 (20.39%) Senior
4 71 (13.79%) Data Architect
4 71 (13.79%) Lead
5 67 (13.01%) Analyst
6 63 (12.23%) Developer
7 44 (8.54%) Senior Data Engineer
8 39 (7.57%) Data Analyst
9 25 (4.85%) Senior Architect
10 24 (4.66%) Lead Data Engineer
11 21 (4.08%) Platform Engineer
12 19 (3.69%) Business Analyst
13 18 (3.50%) Senior Data Architect
14 17 (3.30%) Business Intelligence Analyst
15 16 (3.11%) Business Intelligence Developer
16 14 (2.72%) Consultant
16 14 (2.72%) Salesforce Developer
17 13 (2.52%) Solutions Architect
18 12 (2.33%) Technical Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 51 (9.90%) REST
2 41 (7.96%) PySpark
3 38 (7.38%) Node.js
4 37 (7.18%) Kafka
5 23 (4.47%) Lightning Web Components
5 23 (4.47%) SOAP
6 19 (3.69%) JSON
7 18 (3.50%) React
8 17 (3.30%) .NET
8 17 (3.30%) CSS
8 17 (3.30%) Middleware
9 13 (2.52%) Oracle Fusion
9 13 (2.52%) Visualforce
10 12 (2.33%) XML
11 10 (1.94%) HTML
12 8 (1.55%) Spring
12 8 (1.55%) Tailwind CSS
13 7 (1.36%) RESTful
14 6 (1.17%) Spring Boot
15 5 (0.97%) OpenTelemetry
Miscellaneous
1 53 (10.29%) Data Structures
2 49 (9.51%) Cloud Native
3 27 (5.24%) Product Ownership
4 21 (4.08%) Social Media
5 18 (3.50%) Management Information System
6 16 (3.11%) Distributed Systems
6 16 (3.11%) Greenfield Project
6 16 (3.11%) Onboarding
7 13 (2.52%) Self-Motivation
8 11 (2.14%) Algorithms
9 10 (1.94%) FMCG
9 10 (1.94%) Legacy Systems
9 10 (1.94%) Public Cloud
10 9 (1.75%) Blog
10 9 (1.75%) Low-Code
11 8 (1.55%) Data Fabric
11 8 (1.55%) Enterprise Software
12 7 (1.36%) Analytical Mindset
12 7 (1.36%) Video\Live Streaming
13 6 (1.17%) Anti-Piracy
Operating Systems
1 3 (0.58%) Windows
2 2 (0.39%) Android
2 2 (0.39%) Linux
3 1 (0.19%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 240 (46.60%) Analytics
2 165 (32.04%) Business Intelligence
3 162 (31.46%) Data Engineering
4 152 (29.51%) Agile
5 148 (28.74%) Data Architecture
6 140 (27.18%) CI/CD
7 138 (26.80%) Data Pipeline
8 137 (26.60%) ETL
9 129 (25.05%) AI
9 129 (25.05%) Decision-Making
10 121 (23.50%) Data Governance
11 115 (22.33%) Problem-Solving
12 112 (21.75%) DevOps
13 101 (19.61%) Data Strategy
14 90 (17.48%) Mentoring
15 73 (14.17%) Machine Learning
16 66 (12.82%) Continuous Improvement
17 61 (11.84%) Visualisation
18 58 (11.26%) Stakeholder Engagement
18 58 (11.26%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 244 (47.38%) SQL
2 216 (41.94%) Python
3 45 (8.74%) Java
4 43 (8.35%) JavaScript
5 28 (5.44%) Data Analysis Expressions
5 28 (5.44%) TypeScript
6 23 (4.47%) Apex Code
7 22 (4.27%) Scala
8 20 (3.88%) T-SQL
9 18 (3.50%) C#
10 17 (3.30%) PowerShell
11 10 (1.94%) Bash
12 7 (1.36%) Go
13 6 (1.17%) Bicep
13 6 (1.17%) C++
14 5 (0.97%) Kusto Query Language
15 4 (0.78%) PHP
15 4 (0.78%) R
15 4 (0.78%) SOQL
15 4 (0.78%) SOSL
Qualifications
1 72 (13.98%) Degree
1 72 (13.98%) Security Cleared
2 57 (11.07%) SC Cleared
3 27 (5.24%) Computer Science Degree
4 17 (3.30%) Azure Certification
5 14 (2.72%) TOGAF Certification
6 10 (1.94%) Microsoft Certification
7 8 (1.55%) ACCA
7 8 (1.55%) CIMA
8 6 (1.17%) AWS Certification
8 6 (1.17%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
8 6 (1.17%) Master's Degree
9 5 (0.97%) DV Cleared
10 4 (0.78%) DBS Check
11 3 (0.58%) SnowPro
12 2 (0.39%) BPSS Clearance
12 2 (0.39%) CIPD
12 2 (0.39%) IIBA
13 1 (0.19%) GIAC
13 1 (0.19%) SSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 177 (34.37%) Data Quality
2 32 (6.21%) GDPR
3 21 (4.08%) QA
4 12 (2.33%) Accessibility
4 12 (2.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 3 (0.58%) IFRS
5 3 (0.58%) IFRS 17
5 3 (0.58%) PERC
5 3 (0.58%) Solvency II
6 1 (0.19%) Actionable Recommendations
6 1 (0.19%) HL7
6 1 (0.19%) SNOMED CT
System Software
1 26 (5.05%) Docker
2 10 (1.94%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 38 (7.38%) Terraform
2 10 (1.94%) Kubernetes
3 3 (0.58%) Ansible
3 3 (0.58%) Control-M
3 3 (0.58%) Packer
4 2 (0.39%) Single Sign-On
5 1 (0.19%) Grafana
5 1 (0.19%) Prometheus
5 1 (0.19%) QRadar
Vendors
1 118 (22.91%) Microsoft
2 99 (19.22%) Databricks
3 45 (8.74%) Salesforce
4 37 (7.18%) Oracle
5 35 (6.80%) SAP
6 13 (2.52%) MuleSoft
7 11 (2.14%) Google
7 11 (2.14%) Informatica
8 9 (1.75%) IBM
9 6 (1.17%) HubSpot
9 6 (1.17%) OpenAI
9 6 (1.17%) ServiceNow
10 5 (0.97%) Foundry
11 4 (0.78%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
12 3 (0.58%) Alteryx
12 3 (0.58%) BMC
12 3 (0.58%) Palantir
12 3 (0.58%) Talend
12 3 (0.58%) TOWER Software
13 2 (0.39%) Ab Initio