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

6 months to
16 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 79 97 115
Rank change year-on-year +18 +18 -16
Permanent jobs citing Data Modelling 562 416 864
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 3.20% 3.15% 2.67%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.85% 3.33% 2.92%
Number of salaries quoted 354 213 646
10th Percentile £43,750 £46,446 £37,349
25th Percentile £52,500 £53,750 £48,773
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,500 £65,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year +3.85% +4.00% -4.35%
75th Percentile £85,000 £80,000 £85,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £105,000 £97,500
UK median annual salary £70,000 £65,000 £66,500
% change year-on-year +7.69% -2.26% -0.75%

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 14,599 12,506 29,639
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 83.18% 94.79% 91.57%
Number of salaries quoted 10,195 8,884 23,673
10th Percentile £32,250 £32,500 £33,750
25th Percentile £44,972 £45,000 £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 £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% -10.54%

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 16 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 42 (7.47%) Apache Airflow
2 25 (4.45%) Apache
3 20 (3.56%) Apache Spark
4 11 (1.96%) SharePoint
5 8 (1.42%) Confluence
5 8 (1.42%) Microsoft Exchange
5 8 (1.42%) SAS
6 6 (1.07%) CMS
7 3 (0.53%) Palantir Foundry
8 1 (0.18%) Apache Solr
8 1 (0.18%) Camunda
8 1 (0.18%) Mendix
Applications
1 37 (6.58%) Microsoft Excel
2 7 (1.25%) Microsoft Office
3 5 (0.89%) Chatbot
4 3 (0.53%) 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 10 (1.78%) NetSuite
2 8 (1.42%) Dynamics CRM
3 6 (1.07%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
4 4 (0.71%) Markit EDM
4 4 (0.71%) SAP S/4HANA
5 1 (0.18%) Oracle EBS
5 1 (0.18%) Salesforce CRM
5 1 (0.18%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 316 (56.23%) Azure
2 132 (23.49%) Power Platform
3 122 (21.71%) AWS
4 109 (19.40%) Azure Data Factory
5 96 (17.08%) Snowflake
6 76 (13.52%) Azure DevOps
7 72 (12.81%) Azure Synapse Analytics
8 60 (10.68%) GCP
9 56 (9.96%) dbt
9 56 (9.96%) GitHub
10 44 (7.83%) Serverless
11 36 (6.41%) GitHub Copilot
12 31 (5.52%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
13 30 (5.34%) Amazon S3
14 28 (4.98%) Salesforce Service Cloud
15 26 (4.63%) SaaS
16 18 (3.20%) AWS Lambda
17 17 (3.02%) Microsoft 365
18 13 (2.31%) Power Automate
18 13 (2.31%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 22 (3.91%) Broadband
2 3 (0.53%) NGN
3 1 (0.18%) ADSL
3 1 (0.18%) Internet
3 1 (0.18%) SMS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 135 (24.02%) Data Warehouse
2 119 (21.17%) Power BI
3 77 (13.70%) Metadata
4 68 (12.10%) Data Lake
5 50 (8.90%) SQL Server
6 44 (7.83%) Azure SQL Database
7 43 (7.65%) Tableau
8 37 (6.58%) Relational Database
9 29 (5.16%) PostgreSQL
10 28 (4.98%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 25 (4.45%) Amazon Redshift
11 25 (4.45%) MySQL
12 21 (3.74%) BigQuery
12 21 (3.74%) SQL Server Integration Services
13 19 (3.38%) NoSQL
14 17 (3.02%) Delta Lake
15 14 (2.49%) Amazon Athena
16 13 (2.31%) Amazon QuickSight
16 13 (2.31%) Snowflake Schema
17 12 (2.14%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
Development Applications
1 38 (6.76%) Git
2 25 (4.45%) JIRA
3 6 (1.07%) ERwin
4 5 (0.89%) Jenkins
5 4 (0.71%) ER Studio
6 3 (0.53%) git-flow
7 1 (0.18%) Cucumber
7 1 (0.18%) GitLab
7 1 (0.18%) MLflow
7 1 (0.18%) Postman
7 1 (0.18%) SonarQube
7 1 (0.18%) SpecFlow
7 1 (0.18%) Toad
General
1 201 (35.77%) Social Skills
2 193 (34.34%) Finance
3 150 (26.69%) Analytical Skills
4 65 (11.57%) Public Sector
5 40 (7.12%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 36 (6.41%) Law
7 33 (5.87%) Marketing
8 23 (4.09%) Influencing Skills
9 17 (3.02%) Retail
10 12 (2.14%) Presentation Skills
11 11 (1.96%) Publishing
12 10 (1.78%) Documentation Skills
12 10 (1.78%) Legal
13 8 (1.42%) Banking
14 7 (1.25%) Games
15 6 (1.07%) Advertising
15 6 (1.07%) Manufacturing
15 6 (1.07%) Organisational Skills
16 5 (0.89%) Back Office
16 5 (0.89%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 137 (24.38%) Data Engineer
2 136 (24.20%) Architect
3 106 (18.86%) Senior
4 90 (16.01%) Data Architect
5 72 (12.81%) Developer
6 61 (10.85%) Lead
7 60 (10.68%) Analyst
8 39 (6.94%) Senior Data Engineer
9 36 (6.41%) Data Analyst
10 24 (4.27%) Lead Data Engineer
11 19 (3.38%) Platform Engineer
11 19 (3.38%) Salesforce Developer
12 18 (3.20%) Consultant
12 18 (3.20%) Salesforce Engineer
13 17 (3.02%) Azure Engineer
13 17 (3.02%) Senior Architect
14 16 (2.85%) Business Analyst
15 14 (2.49%) Business Intelligence Analyst
16 13 (2.31%) Full-Stack Developer
16 13 (2.31%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 55 (9.79%) REST
2 40 (7.12%) Lightning Web Components
3 39 (6.94%) SOAP
4 36 (6.41%) PySpark
5 34 (6.05%) Kafka
6 27 (4.80%) .NET
7 23 (4.09%) Middleware
8 18 (3.20%) Visualforce
9 17 (3.02%) JSON
10 15 (2.67%) React
11 13 (2.31%) CSS
11 13 (2.31%) HTML
11 13 (2.31%) XML
12 12 (2.14%) Node.js
13 8 (1.42%) YAML
14 6 (1.07%) Oracle Fusion
14 6 (1.07%) RabbitMQ
14 6 (1.07%) RESTful
15 5 (0.89%) HTML5 Canvas
15 5 (0.89%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 50 (8.90%) Product Ownership
2 48 (8.54%) Cloud Native
3 43 (7.65%) Data Structures
4 23 (4.09%) Management Information System
5 18 (3.20%) Greenfield Project
6 17 (3.02%) Enterprise Software
7 16 (2.85%) Analytical Mindset
8 15 (2.67%) Social Media
9 14 (2.49%) Onboarding
10 12 (2.14%) FMCG
11 11 (1.96%) Low-Code
11 11 (1.96%) Self-Motivation
12 10 (1.78%) Legacy Systems
12 10 (1.78%) Public Cloud
13 8 (1.42%) Algorithms
14 7 (1.25%) Distributed Systems
14 7 (1.25%) Video\Live Streaming
15 6 (1.07%) Anti-Piracy
16 5 (0.89%) Data Fabric
16 5 (0.89%) Taxonomies
Operating Systems
1 4 (0.71%) Android
1 4 (0.71%) Windows
2 1 (0.18%) Apple iOS
2 1 (0.18%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 264 (46.98%) Analytics
2 184 (32.74%) Agile
2 184 (32.74%) Data Engineering
3 169 (30.07%) ETL
4 167 (29.72%) Data Architecture
5 162 (28.83%) Business Intelligence
6 152 (27.05%) DevOps
7 146 (25.98%) CI/CD
8 139 (24.73%) Data Pipeline
9 131 (23.31%) AI
10 129 (22.95%) Data Governance
11 121 (21.53%) Problem-Solving
12 110 (19.57%) Decision-Making
13 99 (17.62%) Data Integration
14 97 (17.26%) Continuous Improvement
15 93 (16.55%) Mentoring
16 86 (15.30%) Coaching
17 78 (13.88%) Data Management
18 72 (12.81%) Data Strategy
19 71 (12.63%) Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 244 (43.42%) SQL
2 211 (37.54%) Python
3 51 (9.07%) JavaScript
4 50 (8.90%) Java
5 39 (6.94%) Apex Code
6 32 (5.69%) C#
7 30 (5.34%) TypeScript
8 29 (5.16%) Data Analysis Expressions
9 25 (4.45%) PowerShell
9 25 (4.45%) Scala
10 24 (4.27%) T-SQL
11 11 (1.96%) Bash
12 8 (1.42%) Go
13 7 (1.25%) PHP
14 6 (1.07%) C++
15 5 (0.89%) R
16 4 (0.71%) Bicep
16 4 (0.71%) Kotlin
17 2 (0.36%) Groovy
17 2 (0.36%) Kusto Query Language
Qualifications
1 84 (14.95%) Degree
2 61 (10.85%) Security Cleared
3 53 (9.43%) SC Cleared
4 40 (7.12%) Computer Science Degree
5 24 (4.27%) Azure Certification
6 22 (3.91%) TOGAF Certification
7 18 (3.20%) AWS Certification
7 18 (3.20%) Microsoft Certification
8 16 (2.85%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 12 (2.14%) ACCA
9 12 (2.14%) CIMA
9 12 (2.14%) Six Sigma Green Belt
10 3 (0.53%) DBS Check
10 3 (0.53%) Master's Degree
10 3 (0.53%) SnowPro
11 2 (0.36%) BPSS Clearance
11 2 (0.36%) DV Cleared
11 2 (0.36%) IIBA
11 2 (0.36%) SAP Certification
12 1 (0.18%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 144 (25.62%) Data Quality
2 44 (7.83%) Accessibility
3 32 (5.69%) GDPR
4 22 (3.91%) QA
5 12 (2.14%) Actionable Recommendations
5 12 (2.14%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 3 (0.53%) PERC
7 2 (0.36%) IFRS
7 2 (0.36%) IFRS 17
7 2 (0.36%) Solvency II
8 1 (0.18%) HL7
8 1 (0.18%) ISO 13485
8 1 (0.18%) SNOMED CT
System Software
1 12 (2.14%) Active Directory
1 12 (2.14%) Docker
Systems Management
1 34 (6.05%) Terraform
2 7 (1.25%) Kubernetes
3 3 (0.53%) Control-M
4 2 (0.36%) Single Sign-On
5 1 (0.18%) Ansible
5 1 (0.18%) Grafana
5 1 (0.18%) Packer
5 1 (0.18%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 157 (27.94%) Microsoft
2 105 (18.68%) Databricks
3 59 (10.50%) Salesforce
4 27 (4.80%) Oracle
5 24 (4.27%) SAP
6 17 (3.02%) Google
6 17 (3.02%) MuleSoft
7 12 (2.14%) Informatica
8 11 (1.96%) IBM
9 6 (1.07%) Foundry
9 6 (1.07%) Talend
10 5 (0.89%) OpenAI
11 4 (0.71%) Ab Initio
11 4 (0.71%) Palantir
11 4 (0.71%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
11 4 (0.71%) ServiceNow
12 3 (0.53%) BMC
12 3 (0.53%) Sparx
13 2 (0.36%) iManage
13 2 (0.36%) Planon