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 7 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
7 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 81 117 101
Rank change year-on-year +36 -16 +1
Permanent jobs citing Data Modelling 531 471 840
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 3.33% 2.97% 3.03%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.85% 3.13% 3.26%
Number of salaries quoted 329 220 644
10th Percentile £45,750 £44,875 £41,250
25th Percentile £55,000 £53,000 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,932 £65,000 £63,749
Median % change year-on-year +9.13% +1.96% -1.93%
75th Percentile £87,500 £80,000 £85,000
90th Percentile £110,000 £96,300 £97,500
UK median annual salary £70,966 £64,750 £65,000
% change year-on-year +9.60% -0.38% -

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 13,808 15,028 25,736
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 86.57% 94.62% 92.71%
Number of salaries quoted 8,791 8,918 21,255
10th Percentile £30,000 £36,250 £34,500
25th Percentile £42,500 £47,500 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £63,000 £57,965
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +8.69% -7.26%
75th Percentile £80,000 £82,400 £77,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £102,500 £95,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -12.00%

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 7 February 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 35 (6.59%) Apache Airflow
2 25 (4.71%) Apache
3 16 (3.01%) Apache Spark
4 11 (2.07%) Confluence
5 6 (1.13%) CMS
5 6 (1.13%) Microsoft Exchange
5 6 (1.13%) SharePoint
6 4 (0.75%) SAS
7 2 (0.38%) Mendix
7 2 (0.38%) Palantir Foundry
8 1 (0.19%) Camunda
8 1 (0.19%) Luigi
Applications
1 33 (6.21%) Microsoft Excel
2 7 (1.32%) Microsoft Office
3 6 (1.13%) Chatbot
4 3 (0.56%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 3 (0.56%) MS Visio
4 3 (0.56%) Sketch
5 1 (0.19%) Microsoft Project
5 1 (0.19%) Notion
5 1 (0.19%) PlantUML
5 1 (0.19%) Spreadsheet
5 1 (0.19%) SPSS
Business Applications
1 11 (2.07%) NetSuite
2 10 (1.88%) Dynamics CRM
3 6 (1.13%) Markit EDM
4 1 (0.19%) SAP S/4HANA
4 1 (0.19%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 332 (62.52%) Azure
2 125 (23.54%) AWS
3 119 (22.41%) Snowflake
4 116 (21.85%) Power Platform
5 97 (18.27%) Azure Data Factory
6 94 (17.70%) Azure DevOps
7 73 (13.75%) Azure Synapse Analytics
7 73 (13.75%) GitHub
8 63 (11.86%) dbt
8 63 (11.86%) GCP
9 48 (9.04%) GitHub Copilot
10 47 (8.85%) Serverless
11 45 (8.47%) SaaS
12 32 (6.03%) Amazon S3
13 27 (5.08%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
14 25 (4.71%) Salesforce Service Cloud
15 17 (3.20%) AWS Lambda
16 16 (3.01%) Microsoft 365
17 15 (2.82%) Power Automate
17 15 (2.82%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 3 (0.56%) Broadband
2 1 (0.19%) ADSL
2 1 (0.19%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 181 (34.09%) Data Warehouse
2 106 (19.96%) Power BI
3 78 (14.69%) Data Lake
4 71 (13.37%) Metadata
5 45 (8.47%) Azure SQL Database
6 40 (7.53%) Tableau
7 38 (7.16%) SQL Server
8 28 (5.27%) MySQL
8 28 (5.27%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 23 (4.33%) Snowflake Schema
10 22 (4.14%) Amazon Redshift
11 21 (3.95%) NoSQL
12 19 (3.58%) PostgreSQL
13 18 (3.39%) BigQuery
13 18 (3.39%) Relational Database
14 17 (3.20%) SQL Server Integration Services
15 16 (3.01%) Data Vault
16 15 (2.82%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
16 15 (2.82%) Data Mining
17 14 (2.64%) Delta Lake
Development Applications
1 41 (7.72%) Git
2 34 (6.40%) JIRA
3 18 (3.39%) ERwin
4 17 (3.20%) ER Studio
5 5 (0.94%) git-flow
5 5 (0.94%) Jenkins
6 4 (0.75%) PowerDesigner
7 1 (0.19%) Cucumber
7 1 (0.19%) SonarQube
7 1 (0.19%) SpecFlow
General
1 201 (37.85%) Finance
2 192 (36.16%) Social Skills
3 141 (26.55%) Analytical Skills
4 57 (10.73%) Public Sector
5 33 (6.21%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 32 (6.03%) Marketing
7 25 (4.71%) Retail
8 24 (4.52%) Law
9 12 (2.26%) Presentation Skills
10 11 (2.07%) Influencing Skills
10 11 (2.07%) Publishing
11 9 (1.69%) Banking
11 9 (1.69%) Legal
12 7 (1.32%) Advertising
13 6 (1.13%) Manufacturing
13 6 (1.13%) Organisational Skills
14 5 (0.94%) Back Office
14 5 (0.94%) Documentation Skills
14 5 (0.94%) Retail Banking
14 5 (0.94%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 142 (26.74%) Architect
2 119 (22.41%) Senior
3 113 (21.28%) Data Engineer
4 100 (18.83%) Data Architect
5 65 (12.24%) Developer
6 47 (8.85%) Lead
7 45 (8.47%) Analyst
8 41 (7.72%) Senior Data Engineer
9 27 (5.08%) Data Analyst
10 22 (4.14%) Lead Data Engineer
11 18 (3.39%) Senior Architect
11 18 (3.39%) Senior Data Architect
12 17 (3.20%) Azure Engineer
12 17 (3.20%) Consultant
13 15 (2.82%) Platform Engineer
13 15 (2.82%) Salesforce Developer
13 15 (2.82%) Solutions Architect
14 14 (2.64%) Data Modeller
15 13 (2.45%) Applications Architect
15 13 (2.45%) Senior Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 51 (9.60%) REST
2 41 (7.72%) SOAP
3 37 (6.97%) Lightning Web Components
4 29 (5.46%) Kafka
5 28 (5.27%) .NET
6 23 (4.33%) PySpark
7 20 (3.77%) Middleware
8 17 (3.20%) JSON
9 15 (2.82%) CSS
9 15 (2.82%) React
9 15 (2.82%) Visualforce
10 14 (2.64%) HTML
10 14 (2.64%) XML
11 10 (1.88%) Node.js
12 8 (1.51%) RabbitMQ
12 8 (1.51%) YAML
13 6 (1.13%) AWS CDK
14 5 (0.94%) gRPC
14 5 (0.94%) Material-UI
14 5 (0.94%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 51 (9.60%) Cloud Native
2 50 (9.42%) Product Ownership
3 30 (5.65%) Data Structures
4 25 (4.71%) Enterprise Software
5 23 (4.33%) Management Information System
6 17 (3.20%) Analytical Mindset
7 16 (3.01%) Legacy Systems
8 14 (2.64%) Greenfield Project
9 10 (1.88%) FMCG
9 10 (1.88%) Self-Motivation
10 9 (1.69%) Onboarding
10 9 (1.69%) Public Cloud
11 8 (1.51%) Reference Data
12 6 (1.13%) Distributed Systems
13 5 (0.94%) Reinsurance
14 4 (0.75%) Virtual Team
15 3 (0.56%) AI Agents
15 3 (0.56%) Distributed Computing
15 3 (0.56%) Low-Code
15 3 (0.56%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 7 (1.32%) Android
2 4 (0.75%) Apple iOS
2 4 (0.75%) Windows
3 1 (0.19%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 225 (42.37%) Analytics
2 209 (39.36%) Agile
3 176 (33.15%) Data Engineering
4 175 (32.96%) ETL
5 174 (32.77%) DevOps
6 165 (31.07%) CI/CD
7 150 (28.25%) Data Architecture
8 136 (25.61%) Business Intelligence
9 132 (24.86%) Mentoring
10 131 (24.67%) Data Governance
11 130 (24.48%) AI
12 121 (22.79%) Data Pipeline
13 114 (21.47%) Problem-Solving
14 109 (20.53%) Coaching
15 106 (19.96%) Data Integration
16 97 (18.27%) Continuous Improvement
17 83 (15.63%) Data Management
18 82 (15.44%) Asset Management
19 79 (14.88%) Decision-Making
20 74 (13.94%) Data Strategy
Programming Languages
1 241 (45.39%) SQL
2 207 (38.98%) Python
3 56 (10.55%) JavaScript
4 54 (10.17%) Java
5 46 (8.66%) C#
6 38 (7.16%) Apex Code
6 38 (7.16%) TypeScript
7 28 (5.27%) Scala
8 27 (5.08%) PowerShell
9 24 (4.52%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 18 (3.39%) T-SQL
11 11 (2.07%) Bash
12 7 (1.32%) PHP
12 7 (1.32%) R
13 6 (1.13%) Kotlin
14 3 (0.56%) Swift
15 2 (0.38%) Go
15 2 (0.38%) SOQL
15 2 (0.38%) SOSL
15 2 (0.38%) VBA
Qualifications
1 89 (16.76%) Degree
2 53 (9.98%) Computer Science Degree
3 44 (8.29%) Security Cleared
4 41 (7.72%) SC Cleared
5 33 (6.21%) Azure Certification
6 27 (5.08%) AWS Certification
6 27 (5.08%) Microsoft Certification
7 25 (4.71%) TOGAF Certification
8 24 (4.52%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 12 (2.26%) ACCA
9 12 (2.26%) CIMA
9 12 (2.26%) Six Sigma Green Belt
10 8 (1.51%) Master's Degree
11 6 (1.13%) DBS Check
12 4 (0.75%) SnowPro
13 2 (0.38%) BPSS Clearance
13 2 (0.38%) DV Cleared
14 1 (0.19%) PMI Certification
14 1 (0.19%) PMP
14 1 (0.19%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 104 (19.59%) Data Quality
2 45 (8.47%) Accessibility
3 13 (2.45%) Actionable Recommendations
3 13 (2.45%) GDPR
3 13 (2.45%) QA
4 10 (1.88%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 1 (0.19%) ISO 13485
5 1 (0.19%) P3O
5 1 (0.19%) PCI DSS
5 1 (0.19%) PMO
System Software
1 10 (1.88%) Active Directory
2 9 (1.69%) Docker
3 2 (0.38%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 34 (6.40%) Terraform
2 5 (0.94%) Kubernetes
3 3 (0.56%) Control-M
4 2 (0.38%) Single Sign-On
5 1 (0.19%) Ansible
5 1 (0.19%) Grafana
5 1 (0.19%) Progress Chef
5 1 (0.19%) Prometheus
5 1 (0.19%) Puppet
Vendors
1 146 (27.50%) Microsoft
2 105 (19.77%) Databricks
3 53 (9.98%) Salesforce
4 25 (4.71%) Google
5 15 (2.82%) Informatica
6 13 (2.45%) MuleSoft
7 11 (2.07%) IBM
8 9 (1.69%) SAP
8 9 (1.69%) Talend
9 8 (1.51%) Oracle
10 4 (0.75%) Ab Initio
10 4 (0.75%) ServiceNow
11 3 (0.56%) BMC
11 3 (0.56%) Foundry
11 3 (0.56%) OpenAI
11 3 (0.56%) Palantir
11 3 (0.56%) Sparx
12 2 (0.38%) Cloudera
12 2 (0.38%) OutSystems
12 2 (0.38%) Zend