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 28 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 113 148 123
Rank change year-on-year +35 -25 -29
Permanent jobs citing Data Modelling 570 355 595
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 2.30% 2.14% 2.62%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.85% 2.29% 2.98%
Number of salaries quoted 404 267 300
10th Percentile £44,406 £49,300 £41,250
25th Percentile £52,500 £57,250 £53,734
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £68,724 £68,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year +1.06% -2.86% +7.69%
75th Percentile £90,000 £83,750 £82,500
90th Percentile £107,500 £107,500 £95,000
UK median annual salary £70,000 £69,500 £67,500
% change year-on-year +0.72% +2.96% -

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 20,031 15,502 19,983
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 80.96% 93.59% 87.98%
Number of salaries quoted 14,302 8,471 11,957
10th Percentile £34,000 £29,913 £35,500
25th Percentile £44,972 £40,245 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £58,300 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +2.92% -2.83% -4.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £78,750 £80,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £100,000 £100,300
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £58,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% -5.17% -3.33%

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 28 September 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 23 (4.04%) Apache Spark
2 21 (3.68%) Apache
3 17 (2.98%) Apache Airflow
4 12 (2.11%) SharePoint
5 7 (1.23%) Jupyter
6 4 (0.70%) Oracle SOA Suite
7 3 (0.53%) Apache Solr
8 2 (0.35%) Confluence
8 2 (0.35%) Palantir Foundry
8 2 (0.35%) WebLogic
8 2 (0.35%) WebLogic Portal
9 1 (0.18%) Apache Superset
9 1 (0.18%) IIS
9 1 (0.18%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 39 (6.84%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (0.70%) Microsoft Office
3 3 (0.53%) Blender
3 3 (0.53%) Maya
4 2 (0.35%) Chatbot
4 2 (0.35%) MS Visio
4 2 (0.35%) Notion
5 1 (0.18%) FrameMaker
5 1 (0.18%) Microsoft Project
5 1 (0.18%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 12 (2.11%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
2 7 (1.23%) Dynamics CRM
3 5 (0.88%) Oracle EBS
4 3 (0.53%) Oracle ERP
5 2 (0.35%) JDE EnterpriseOne
5 2 (0.35%) Oracle Applications
5 2 (0.35%) Oracle EBS R12
5 2 (0.35%) Oracle Payables
5 2 (0.35%) Oracle Receivables
6 1 (0.18%) Finacle
6 1 (0.18%) FLEXCUBE
6 1 (0.18%) Infor CloudSuite
6 1 (0.18%) Infor LN
6 1 (0.18%) NetSuite
6 1 (0.18%) Salesforce CRM
6 1 (0.18%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
6 1 (0.18%) Temenos T24
6 1 (0.18%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 228 (40.00%) Azure
2 209 (36.67%) Power Platform
3 121 (21.23%) AWS
4 78 (13.68%) GCP
5 67 (11.75%) Azure Data Factory
6 57 (10.00%) Snowflake
7 54 (9.47%) Azure Synapse Analytics
8 38 (6.67%) Azure DevOps
9 30 (5.26%) GitHub
10 29 (5.09%) dbt
11 28 (4.91%) Microsoft Purview
11 28 (4.91%) Serverless
12 26 (4.56%) SaaS
13 25 (4.39%) Azure Databricks
14 24 (4.21%) Amazon S3
15 20 (3.51%) AWS Lambda
15 20 (3.51%) PowerApps
16 16 (2.81%) Microsoft 365
17 14 (2.46%) GitHub Actions
17 14 (2.46%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 29 (5.09%) Broadband
2 1 (0.18%) 4G
2 1 (0.18%) 5G
2 1 (0.18%) ATM
2 1 (0.18%) HTTP
2 1 (0.18%) Network Security
2 1 (0.18%) NGN
2 1 (0.18%) SMS
2 1 (0.18%) X.509
Database & Business Intelligence
1 196 (34.39%) Power BI
2 130 (22.81%) Data Warehouse
3 115 (20.18%) Metadata
4 59 (10.35%) Data Lake
5 49 (8.60%) SQL Server
6 48 (8.42%) Tableau
7 45 (7.89%) Relational Database
8 43 (7.54%) PostgreSQL
9 36 (6.32%) Semantic Layer
10 34 (5.96%) Star Schema
11 33 (5.79%) SQL Server Integration Services
12 30 (5.26%) Azure SQL Database
12 30 (5.26%) Delta Lake
13 29 (5.09%) NoSQL
14 27 (4.74%) BigQuery
15 24 (4.21%) MongoDB
16 22 (3.86%) Big Data
17 21 (3.68%) Data Vault
17 21 (3.68%) DynamoDB
18 19 (3.33%) Snowflake Schema
Development Applications
1 70 (12.28%) Git
2 26 (4.56%) Jenkins
3 12 (2.11%) JIRA
4 10 (1.75%) GitLab
5 4 (0.70%) Visual Studio Code
6 3 (0.53%) Bitbucket
6 3 (0.53%) ERwin
6 3 (0.53%) Flyway
6 3 (0.53%) MLflow
7 2 (0.35%) ER Studio
8 1 (0.18%) Ant
8 1 (0.18%) Claude Code
8 1 (0.18%) ESLint
8 1 (0.18%) IntelliJ
8 1 (0.18%) Mocha
8 1 (0.18%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
8 1 (0.18%) Storybook
8 1 (0.18%) Visual Studio
8 1 (0.18%) Vite
General
1 208 (36.49%) Social Skills
2 156 (27.37%) Analytical Skills
3 140 (24.56%) Finance
4 76 (13.33%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 72 (12.63%) Public Sector
6 39 (6.84%) Law
7 33 (5.79%) Retail
8 26 (4.56%) Marketing
9 24 (4.21%) Legal
10 22 (3.86%) Influencing Skills
11 20 (3.51%) Banking
12 17 (2.98%) Manufacturing
13 11 (1.93%) Documentation Skills
14 8 (1.40%) Presentation Skills
15 7 (1.23%) Police
16 6 (1.05%) Billing
16 6 (1.05%) General Ledger
17 5 (0.88%) Legal Technology
17 5 (0.88%) Military
18 4 (0.70%) Health Technology
Job Titles
1 149 (26.14%) Data Engineer
2 139 (24.39%) Architect
3 123 (21.58%) Senior
4 101 (17.72%) Data Architect
5 70 (12.28%) Analyst
6 58 (10.18%) Lead
7 46 (8.07%) Developer
8 38 (6.67%) Data Analyst
8 38 (6.67%) Senior Data Engineer
9 31 (5.44%) Senior Architect
10 28 (4.91%) Senior Data Architect
11 22 (3.86%) Solutions Architect
12 21 (3.68%) Consultant
13 20 (3.51%) Software Engineer
14 15 (2.63%) Business Analyst
14 15 (2.63%) Financial Analyst
15 14 (2.46%) Data Modeller
16 13 (2.28%) Data Consultant
17 12 (2.11%) Azure Engineer
17 12 (2.11%) Databricks Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 65 (11.40%) PySpark
2 49 (8.60%) Terraform
3 39 (6.84%) Node.js
4 38 (6.67%) REST
5 25 (4.39%) Kafka
6 18 (3.16%) CSS
7 16 (2.81%) React
8 15 (2.63%) JSON
8 15 (2.63%) Oracle Fusion
9 12 (2.11%) Middleware
9 12 (2.11%) Pandas
9 12 (2.11%) Tailwind CSS
10 10 (1.75%) RESTful
11 9 (1.58%) Lightning Web Components
11 9 (1.58%) SOAP
12 8 (1.40%) .NET
12 8 (1.40%) Spring
13 7 (1.23%) Spring Boot
14 6 (1.05%) HTML
14 6 (1.05%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 69 (12.11%) Cloud Native
2 45 (7.89%) Data Structures
3 24 (4.21%) Management Information System
4 22 (3.86%) Product Ownership
5 20 (3.51%) Distributed Systems
6 16 (2.81%) Legacy Systems
7 15 (2.63%) Enterprise Software
8 14 (2.46%) Social Media
9 12 (2.11%) Greenfield Project
9 12 (2.11%) Self-Motivation
10 9 (1.58%) Blog
10 9 (1.58%) Reference Data
11 8 (1.40%) AI Agents
11 8 (1.40%) Onboarding
12 7 (1.23%) Analytical Mindset
12 7 (1.23%) Clustering
12 7 (1.23%) Taxonomies
13 6 (1.05%) Low-Code
13 6 (1.05%) Marketing Technology
13 6 (1.05%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 12 (2.11%) Windows
2 4 (0.70%) Linux
3 2 (0.35%) Unix
4 1 (0.18%) Apple iOS
4 1 (0.18%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 275 (48.25%) Analytics
2 243 (42.63%) Business Intelligence
3 204 (35.79%) AI
4 187 (32.81%) Data Architecture
5 171 (30.00%) Decision-Making
6 163 (28.60%) CI/CD
7 161 (28.25%) Agile
8 154 (27.02%) Data Engineering
9 152 (26.67%) ETL
10 146 (25.61%) Data Pipeline
11 145 (25.44%) Data Governance
12 138 (24.21%) Data Strategy
13 129 (22.63%) Problem-Solving
14 107 (18.77%) DevOps
15 99 (17.37%) Roadmaps
16 97 (17.02%) Mentoring
17 93 (16.32%) Technical Leadership
18 90 (15.79%) Stakeholder Management
19 87 (15.26%) Machine Learning
20 79 (13.86%) Continuous Improvement
Programming Languages
1 307 (53.86%) SQL
2 233 (40.88%) Python
3 48 (8.42%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 29 (5.09%) C#
5 28 (4.91%) Java
6 27 (4.74%) JavaScript
7 26 (4.56%) TypeScript
8 24 (4.21%) Scala
9 20 (3.51%) Bicep
10 19 (3.33%) T-SQL
11 13 (2.28%) PowerShell
12 10 (1.75%) Apex Code
13 9 (1.58%) Kusto Query Language
14 7 (1.23%) R
15 5 (0.88%) Bash
15 5 (0.88%) PL/SQL
16 4 (0.70%) C++
16 4 (0.70%) SPARQL
17 3 (0.53%) Groovy
17 3 (0.53%) VBA
Qualifications
1 86 (15.09%) Security Cleared
2 67 (11.75%) Degree
3 66 (11.58%) SC Cleared
4 30 (5.26%) Azure Certification
5 25 (4.39%) Microsoft Certification
6 17 (2.98%) Computer Science Degree
6 17 (2.98%) SnowPro
7 14 (2.46%) DV Cleared
8 10 (1.75%) BPSS Clearance
9 9 (1.58%) CIPD
10 8 (1.40%) TOGAF Certification
11 7 (1.23%) AWS Certification
12 6 (1.05%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
12 6 (1.05%) DBS Check
13 4 (0.70%) Master's Degree
14 3 (0.53%) PMI Certification
15 2 (0.35%) PMP
16 1 (0.18%) CISSP
16 1 (0.18%) OCP
16 1 (0.18%) Oracle Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 212 (37.19%) Data Quality
2 53 (9.30%) GDPR
3 33 (5.79%) Accessibility
4 14 (2.46%) California Consumer Privacy Act
4 14 (2.46%) QA
5 3 (0.53%) IFRS
5 3 (0.53%) IFRS 17
5 3 (0.53%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 3 (0.53%) MiFID
5 3 (0.53%) Solvency II
5 3 (0.53%) UCITS
6 2 (0.35%) Actionable Recommendations
6 2 (0.35%) COPPA
7 1 (0.18%) Cyber Essentials
7 1 (0.18%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 1 (0.18%) HIPAA
7 1 (0.18%) IASME
7 1 (0.18%) ISO 9001
7 1 (0.18%) PMO
7 1 (0.18%) SOC 2
System Software
1 37 (6.49%) Docker
2 4 (0.70%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.18%) Hyper-V
3 1 (0.18%) NFS
3 1 (0.18%) Virtual Machines
3 1 (0.18%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 18 (3.16%) Kubernetes
2 5 (0.88%) Ansible
3 3 (0.53%) Packer
4 2 (0.35%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
4 2 (0.35%) Oracle RMAN
5 1 (0.18%) Consul
5 1 (0.18%) Failover Clustering
5 1 (0.18%) Grafana
5 1 (0.18%) QRadar
5 1 (0.18%) SQL Sentry
Vendors
1 184 (32.28%) Microsoft
2 97 (17.02%) Databricks
3 42 (7.37%) Oracle
4 30 (5.26%) SAP
5 25 (4.39%) Salesforce
6 18 (3.16%) Informatica
7 13 (2.28%) Google
8 11 (1.93%) Talend
9 7 (1.23%) HubSpot
9 7 (1.23%) OpenAI
10 6 (1.05%) Infor
10 6 (1.05%) ServiceNow
11 5 (0.88%) MuleSoft
11 5 (0.88%) Workday
12 4 (0.70%) Braze
12 4 (0.70%) Epicor
12 4 (0.70%) Foundry
12 4 (0.70%) IFS
13 3 (0.53%) Bloomberg
13 3 (0.53%) OpenText