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 24 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
24 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 120 147 145
Rank change year-on-year +27 -2 -54
Permanent jobs citing Data Modelling 539 380 572
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 2.34% 2.29% 2.31%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.84% 2.46% 2.64%
Number of salaries quoted 383 270 347
10th Percentile £43,750 £47,375 £41,900
25th Percentile £51,338 £55,778 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £65,750 £68,000
Median % change year-on-year -1.14% -3.31% +4.62%
75th Percentile £87,500 £83,750 £82,500
90th Percentile £107,500 £107,500 £95,700
UK median annual salary £70,000 £67,500 £70,000
% change year-on-year +3.70% -3.57% +4.47%

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 18,968 15,434 21,650
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 82.20% 92.98% 87.43%
Number of salaries quoted 13,701 8,953 14,944
10th Percentile £35,000 £29,750 £35,000
25th Percentile £44,972 £40,500 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £58,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.45% -3.33% -4.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £77,500 £78,750
90th Percentile £100,000 £100,000 £97,500
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 24 August 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 24 (4.45%) Apache
2 23 (4.27%) Apache Spark
3 17 (3.15%) Apache Airflow
4 12 (2.23%) SharePoint
5 7 (1.30%) Jupyter
6 3 (0.56%) Apache Solr
7 2 (0.37%) Oracle SOA Suite
7 2 (0.37%) Palantir Foundry
8 1 (0.19%) Apache Superset
8 1 (0.19%) Confluence
Applications
1 34 (6.31%) Microsoft Excel
2 5 (0.93%) Microsoft Office
3 3 (0.56%) Blender
3 3 (0.56%) Maya
4 1 (0.19%) Chatbot
4 1 (0.19%) FrameMaker
4 1 (0.19%) Microsoft Project
4 1 (0.19%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.19%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 12 (2.23%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
2 7 (1.30%) Dynamics CRM
3 3 (0.56%) Oracle EBS
3 3 (0.56%) Oracle ERP
4 2 (0.37%) JDE EnterpriseOne
4 2 (0.37%) Oracle Payables
4 2 (0.37%) Oracle Receivables
4 2 (0.37%) Salesforce CRM
5 1 (0.19%) Finacle
5 1 (0.19%) FLEXCUBE
5 1 (0.19%) NetSuite
5 1 (0.19%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
5 1 (0.19%) Temenos T24
Cloud Services
1 205 (38.03%) Azure
2 178 (33.02%) Power Platform
3 113 (20.96%) AWS
4 64 (11.87%) GCP
5 62 (11.50%) Azure Data Factory
6 45 (8.35%) Snowflake
7 42 (7.79%) Azure Synapse Analytics
8 29 (5.38%) Serverless
9 27 (5.01%) GitHub
9 27 (5.01%) Microsoft Purview
10 26 (4.82%) Amazon S3
11 24 (4.45%) Azure DevOps
12 23 (4.27%) dbt
12 23 (4.27%) SaaS
13 22 (4.08%) AWS Lambda
14 17 (3.15%) PowerApps
15 16 (2.97%) GitHub Actions
16 12 (2.23%) Amazon CloudWatch
16 12 (2.23%) Power Automate
17 11 (2.04%) Amazon EMR
Communications & Networking
1 39 (7.24%) Broadband
2 4 (0.74%) NGN
3 2 (0.37%) SMS
4 1 (0.19%) 4G
4 1 (0.19%) 5G
4 1 (0.19%) ATM
4 1 (0.19%) Network Security
4 1 (0.19%) X.509
Database & Business Intelligence
1 164 (30.43%) Power BI
2 103 (19.11%) Data Warehouse
3 91 (16.88%) Metadata
4 59 (10.95%) Data Lake
5 48 (8.91%) PostgreSQL
5 48 (8.91%) Relational Database
5 48 (8.91%) Tableau
6 46 (8.53%) SQL Server
7 34 (6.31%) Semantic Layer
8 29 (5.38%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 26 (4.82%) Delta Lake
10 25 (4.64%) BigQuery
10 25 (4.64%) MongoDB
10 25 (4.64%) Star Schema
11 22 (4.08%) Big Data
12 21 (3.90%) NoSQL
13 19 (3.53%) Data Vault
14 17 (3.15%) Amazon Redshift
14 17 (3.15%) Azure SQL Database
14 17 (3.15%) DynamoDB
Development Applications
1 50 (9.28%) Git
2 24 (4.45%) Jenkins
3 10 (1.86%) JIRA
4 7 (1.30%) GitLab
5 3 (0.56%) Bitbucket
5 3 (0.56%) MLflow
5 3 (0.56%) Visual Studio Code
6 2 (0.37%) ER Studio
6 2 (0.37%) ERwin
7 1 (0.19%) Ant
7 1 (0.19%) Mocha
7 1 (0.19%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
7 1 (0.19%) Toad
7 1 (0.19%) Visual Studio
General
1 205 (38.03%) Social Skills
2 156 (28.94%) Analytical Skills
3 136 (25.23%) Finance
4 76 (14.10%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 61 (11.32%) Public Sector
6 38 (7.05%) Law
7 33 (6.12%) Retail
8 23 (4.27%) Influencing Skills
9 22 (4.08%) Marketing
10 20 (3.71%) Banking
11 17 (3.15%) Manufacturing
12 16 (2.97%) Legal
13 10 (1.86%) Documentation Skills
14 8 (1.48%) Presentation Skills
15 7 (1.30%) Games
16 5 (0.93%) Billing
16 5 (0.93%) Legal Technology
16 5 (0.93%) Military
17 4 (0.74%) Health Technology
18 3 (0.56%) General Ledger
Job Titles
1 140 (25.97%) Data Engineer
2 129 (23.93%) Architect
3 101 (18.74%) Senior
4 92 (17.07%) Data Architect
5 69 (12.80%) Analyst
6 53 (9.83%) Developer
7 52 (9.65%) Lead
8 31 (5.75%) Data Analyst
9 30 (5.57%) Senior Data Engineer
10 23 (4.27%) Business Analyst
10 23 (4.27%) Senior Architect
11 20 (3.71%) Senior Data Architect
11 20 (3.71%) Solutions Architect
12 17 (3.15%) Software Engineer
13 16 (2.97%) Consultant
14 15 (2.78%) Data Modeller
15 14 (2.60%) Financial Analyst
15 14 (2.60%) Senior Analyst
16 12 (2.23%) Business Intelligence Analyst
16 12 (2.23%) Business Intelligence Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 58 (10.76%) PySpark
2 48 (8.91%) Terraform
3 43 (7.98%) REST
4 38 (7.05%) Node.js
5 26 (4.82%) Kafka
6 17 (3.15%) CSS
7 16 (2.97%) React
8 15 (2.78%) JSON
9 14 (2.60%) Lightning Web Components
9 14 (2.60%) Oracle Fusion
10 11 (2.04%) Middleware
10 11 (2.04%) Tailwind CSS
11 10 (1.86%) SOAP
12 9 (1.67%) .NET
12 9 (1.67%) RESTful
13 7 (1.30%) Pandas
13 7 (1.30%) Spring
14 6 (1.11%) Django
14 6 (1.11%) LangChain
14 6 (1.11%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 65 (12.06%) Cloud Native
2 45 (8.35%) Data Structures
3 22 (4.08%) Product Ownership
4 19 (3.53%) Distributed Systems
5 18 (3.34%) Management Information System
6 17 (3.15%) Social Media
7 12 (2.23%) Low-Code
7 12 (2.23%) Self-Motivation
8 11 (2.04%) Algorithms
9 10 (1.86%) Blog
9 10 (1.86%) Greenfield Project
9 10 (1.86%) Legacy Systems
10 9 (1.67%) Taxonomies
11 8 (1.48%) Enterprise Software
11 8 (1.48%) Reference Data
12 7 (1.30%) AI Agents
12 7 (1.30%) Analytical Mindset
12 7 (1.30%) Onboarding
12 7 (1.30%) Video\Live Streaming
13 5 (0.93%) Distributed Computing
Operating Systems
1 4 (0.74%) Windows
2 2 (0.37%) Linux
3 1 (0.19%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 248 (46.01%) Analytics
2 215 (39.89%) Business Intelligence
3 190 (35.25%) AI
4 169 (31.35%) Data Architecture
5 158 (29.31%) Data Engineering
6 156 (28.94%) Decision-Making
7 143 (26.53%) Agile
8 137 (25.42%) Data Pipeline
9 133 (24.68%) CI/CD
9 133 (24.68%) Data Strategy
10 131 (24.30%) ETL
10 131 (24.30%) Problem-Solving
11 128 (23.75%) Data Governance
12 96 (17.81%) Machine Learning
13 88 (16.33%) Roadmaps
14 85 (15.77%) DevOps
15 80 (14.84%) Mentoring
16 78 (14.47%) Stakeholder Engagement
17 74 (13.73%) Stakeholder Management
18 73 (13.54%) Continuous Improvement
Programming Languages
1 268 (49.72%) SQL
2 216 (40.07%) Python
3 36 (6.68%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 28 (5.19%) Java
5 27 (5.01%) JavaScript
6 23 (4.27%) Scala
6 23 (4.27%) TypeScript
7 20 (3.71%) C#
8 18 (3.34%) Bicep
8 18 (3.34%) T-SQL
9 13 (2.41%) Apex Code
10 9 (1.67%) Kusto Query Language
11 8 (1.48%) Go
12 7 (1.30%) PowerShell
13 6 (1.11%) R
14 5 (0.93%) Bash
15 4 (0.74%) C++
15 4 (0.74%) SPARQL
16 3 (0.56%) Groovy
16 3 (0.56%) VBA
Qualifications
1 73 (13.54%) Security Cleared
2 60 (11.13%) Degree
3 52 (9.65%) SC Cleared
4 29 (5.38%) Azure Certification
5 23 (4.27%) Microsoft Certification
6 17 (3.15%) Computer Science Degree
7 16 (2.97%) SnowPro
8 14 (2.60%) DV Cleared
9 10 (1.86%) BPSS Clearance
10 9 (1.67%) CIPD
11 8 (1.48%) TOGAF Certification
12 7 (1.30%) AWS Certification
13 6 (1.11%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
13 6 (1.11%) DBS Check
14 5 (0.93%) Master's Degree
15 3 (0.56%) PMI Certification
16 2 (0.37%) IIBA
17 1 (0.19%) CBAP
17 1 (0.19%) ISTQB
17 1 (0.19%) SSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 196 (36.36%) Data Quality
2 44 (8.16%) GDPR
3 24 (4.45%) QA
4 19 (3.53%) Accessibility
5 8 (1.48%) California Consumer Privacy Act
6 4 (0.74%) IFRS
6 4 (0.74%) IFRS 17
6 4 (0.74%) PERC
6 4 (0.74%) Solvency II
7 3 (0.56%) MiFID
7 3 (0.56%) UCITS
8 2 (0.37%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 1 (0.19%) Actionable Recommendations
9 1 (0.19%) EU AI Act
9 1 (0.19%) HIPAA
9 1 (0.19%) HL7
9 1 (0.19%) PMO
9 1 (0.19%) SNOMED CT
System Software
1 35 (6.49%) Docker
Systems Management
1 15 (2.78%) Kubernetes
2 4 (0.74%) Ansible
3 3 (0.56%) Packer
4 1 (0.19%) Consul
4 1 (0.19%) QRadar
Vendors
1 160 (29.68%) Microsoft
2 99 (18.37%) Databricks
3 44 (8.16%) Oracle
4 35 (6.49%) SAP
5 32 (5.94%) Salesforce
6 11 (2.04%) Informatica
7 9 (1.67%) Google
8 7 (1.30%) HubSpot
8 7 (1.30%) MuleSoft
8 7 (1.30%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
9 6 (1.11%) OpenAI
10 5 (0.93%) Infor
10 5 (0.93%) ServiceNow
11 4 (0.74%) Epicor
11 4 (0.74%) Foundry
11 4 (0.74%) IBM
11 4 (0.74%) IFS
11 4 (0.74%) Talend
12 3 (0.56%) Bloomberg
12 3 (0.56%) TOWER Software