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 12 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 110 129 133
Rank change year-on-year +19 +4 -36
Permanent jobs citing Data Modelling 546 443 718
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 2.55% 2.68% 2.25%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.09% 2.87% 2.53%
Number of salaries quoted 396 273 516
10th Percentile £42,500 £47,500 £42,000
25th Percentile £51,425 £55,000 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,500 £65,000 £67,500
Median % change year-on-year +0.77% -3.70% +3.85%
75th Percentile £86,250 £82,500 £86,250
90th Percentile £107,500 £107,500 £100,000
UK median annual salary £69,973 £65,000 £70,000
% change year-on-year +7.65% -7.14% +3.70%

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 17,688 15,434 28,381
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 82.75% 93.34% 88.85%
Number of salaries quoted 12,944 9,142 21,602
10th Percentile £35,000 £29,913 £33,750
25th Percentile £45,000 £41,250 £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 £78,750 £75,772
90th Percentile £100,000 £102,500 £95,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +4.35% +4.55% -8.71%

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 12 July 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 30 (5.49%) Apache Airflow
2 26 (4.76%) Apache Spark
3 24 (4.40%) Apache
4 13 (2.38%) SharePoint
5 8 (1.47%) Microsoft Exchange
6 6 (1.10%) SAS
7 5 (0.92%) Jupyter
8 3 (0.55%) Apache Solr
8 3 (0.55%) Palantir Foundry
9 2 (0.37%) Oracle SOA Suite
10 1 (0.18%) CMS
10 1 (0.18%) Confluence
Applications
1 35 (6.41%) Microsoft Excel
2 7 (1.28%) Microsoft Office
3 3 (0.55%) Blender
3 3 (0.55%) Maya
4 1 (0.18%) Chatbot
4 1 (0.18%) FrameMaker
4 1 (0.18%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.18%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 12 (2.20%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
2 7 (1.28%) Dynamics CRM
3 5 (0.92%) NetSuite
4 3 (0.55%) Oracle EBS
4 3 (0.55%) Oracle ERP
4 3 (0.55%) SAP S/4HANA
5 2 (0.37%) Oracle Payables
5 2 (0.37%) Oracle Receivables
5 2 (0.37%) Salesforce CRM
6 1 (0.18%) JDE EnterpriseOne
Cloud Services
1 224 (41.03%) Azure
2 165 (30.22%) Power Platform
3 118 (21.61%) AWS
4 74 (13.55%) GCP
5 66 (12.09%) Azure Data Factory
6 42 (7.69%) Azure Synapse Analytics
7 41 (7.51%) Snowflake
8 31 (5.68%) Serverless
9 30 (5.49%) SaaS
10 27 (4.95%) dbt
11 24 (4.40%) Amazon S3
12 20 (3.66%) AWS Lambda
12 20 (3.66%) GitHub
13 18 (3.30%) Azure DevOps
14 17 (3.11%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
15 15 (2.75%) Microsoft Purview
16 14 (2.56%) Microsoft 365
17 13 (2.38%) PowerApps
18 12 (2.20%) GitHub Actions
18 12 (2.20%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 44 (8.06%) Broadband
2 4 (0.73%) NGN
3 2 (0.37%) SMS
4 1 (0.18%) 4G
4 1 (0.18%) 5G
4 1 (0.18%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 149 (27.29%) Power BI
2 95 (17.40%) Metadata
3 87 (15.93%) Data Warehouse
4 55 (10.07%) Data Lake
5 49 (8.97%) PostgreSQL
6 45 (8.24%) Relational Database
6 45 (8.24%) SQL Server
7 41 (7.51%) Tableau
8 33 (6.04%) Semantic Layer
9 31 (5.68%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 30 (5.49%) BigQuery
11 21 (3.85%) MySQL
12 20 (3.66%) Big Data
12 20 (3.66%) MongoDB
12 20 (3.66%) SQL Server Reporting Services
13 19 (3.48%) Azure SQL Database
13 19 (3.48%) Star Schema
14 18 (3.30%) Amazon Redshift
14 18 (3.30%) Delta Lake
15 17 (3.11%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 37 (6.78%) Git
2 19 (3.48%) Jenkins
3 7 (1.28%) JIRA
4 6 (1.10%) GitLab
5 3 (0.55%) MLflow
6 1 (0.18%) Ant
6 1 (0.18%) Cucumber
6 1 (0.18%) ER Studio
6 1 (0.18%) ERwin
6 1 (0.18%) Mocha
6 1 (0.18%) Postman
6 1 (0.18%) SpecFlow
6 1 (0.18%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
6 1 (0.18%) Toad
6 1 (0.18%) Visual Studio
General
1 205 (37.55%) Social Skills
2 148 (27.11%) Analytical Skills
3 130 (23.81%) Finance
4 82 (15.02%) Public Sector
5 74 (13.55%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 38 (6.96%) Law
7 28 (5.13%) Retail
8 27 (4.95%) Influencing Skills
9 21 (3.85%) Marketing
10 13 (2.38%) Manufacturing
11 12 (2.20%) Banking
12 11 (2.01%) Documentation Skills
13 10 (1.83%) Legal
14 7 (1.28%) Games
15 5 (0.92%) Billing
15 5 (0.92%) Local Government
15 5 (0.92%) Presentation Skills
15 5 (0.92%) Publishing
16 4 (0.73%) Health Technology
16 4 (0.73%) Police
Job Titles
1 151 (27.66%) Data Engineer
2 131 (23.99%) Architect
3 107 (19.60%) Senior
4 89 (16.30%) Data Architect
5 73 (13.37%) Analyst
6 72 (13.19%) Lead
7 64 (11.72%) Developer
8 41 (7.51%) Senior Data Engineer
9 40 (7.33%) Data Analyst
10 34 (6.23%) Senior Architect
11 27 (4.95%) Senior Data Architect
12 21 (3.85%) Solutions Architect
13 20 (3.66%) Business Intelligence Analyst
14 19 (3.48%) Business Analyst
14 19 (3.48%) Lead Data Engineer
15 16 (2.93%) Business Intelligence Developer
15 16 (2.93%) Financial Analyst
16 15 (2.75%) Consultant
17 13 (2.38%) Software Engineer
17 13 (2.38%) Technical Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 47 (8.61%) REST
2 44 (8.06%) PySpark
3 39 (7.14%) Node.js
4 34 (6.23%) Kafka
5 20 (3.66%) Lightning Web Components
5 20 (3.66%) Middleware
6 19 (3.48%) JSON
7 18 (3.30%) SOAP
8 15 (2.75%) .NET
8 15 (2.75%) CSS
8 15 (2.75%) React
9 14 (2.56%) Oracle Fusion
10 12 (2.20%) Visualforce
10 12 (2.20%) XML
11 10 (1.83%) RESTful
12 8 (1.47%) HTML
12 8 (1.47%) Spring
12 8 (1.47%) Tailwind CSS
13 6 (1.10%) LangChain
13 6 (1.10%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 59 (10.81%) Cloud Native
2 55 (10.07%) Data Structures
3 26 (4.76%) Product Ownership
4 22 (4.03%) Social Media
5 20 (3.66%) Management Information System
6 17 (3.11%) Distributed Systems
6 17 (3.11%) Onboarding
7 16 (2.93%) Greenfield Project
8 11 (2.01%) Algorithms
8 11 (2.01%) Public Cloud
9 10 (1.83%) Legacy Systems
9 10 (1.83%) Low-Code
9 10 (1.83%) Self-Motivation
10 9 (1.65%) Blog
11 8 (1.47%) Analytical Mindset
11 8 (1.47%) Data Fabric
11 8 (1.47%) Reference Data
12 7 (1.28%) FMCG
12 7 (1.28%) Taxonomies
12 7 (1.28%) Video\Live Streaming
Operating Systems
1 2 (0.37%) Linux
2 1 (0.18%) Android
2 1 (0.18%) Apple iOS
2 1 (0.18%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 243 (44.51%) Analytics
2 190 (34.80%) Business Intelligence
3 171 (31.32%) Data Architecture
4 164 (30.04%) Data Engineering
5 160 (29.30%) Decision-Making
6 149 (27.29%) AI
7 140 (25.64%) Agile
8 137 (25.09%) CI/CD
9 134 (24.54%) ETL
10 131 (23.99%) Data Pipeline
11 130 (23.81%) Data Governance
12 128 (23.44%) Problem-Solving
13 123 (22.53%) Data Strategy
14 95 (17.40%) DevOps
15 91 (16.67%) Mentoring
16 81 (14.84%) Roadmaps
17 80 (14.65%) Machine Learning
18 76 (13.92%) Continuous Improvement
19 74 (13.55%) Stakeholder Engagement
20 64 (11.72%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 250 (45.79%) SQL
2 208 (38.10%) Python
3 38 (6.96%) Java
4 37 (6.78%) JavaScript
5 34 (6.23%) Data Analysis Expressions
6 24 (4.40%) T-SQL
7 22 (4.03%) TypeScript
8 20 (3.66%) Scala
9 19 (3.48%) Apex Code
10 16 (2.93%) C#
10 16 (2.93%) PowerShell
11 11 (2.01%) Bicep
12 8 (1.47%) C++
12 8 (1.47%) Kusto Query Language
13 7 (1.28%) Bash
13 7 (1.28%) Go
14 5 (0.92%) R
15 4 (0.73%) PHP
15 4 (0.73%) SOQL
15 4 (0.73%) SOSL
Qualifications
1 75 (13.74%) Security Cleared
2 71 (13.00%) Degree
3 57 (10.44%) SC Cleared
4 20 (3.66%) Azure Certification
4 20 (3.66%) Computer Science Degree
5 15 (2.75%) Microsoft Certification
6 11 (2.01%) DV Cleared
6 11 (2.01%) TOGAF Certification
7 9 (1.65%) CIPD
7 9 (1.65%) SnowPro
8 6 (1.10%) DBS Check
8 6 (1.10%) Master's Degree
9 5 (0.92%) ACCA
9 5 (0.92%) BPSS Clearance
9 5 (0.92%) CIMA
10 4 (0.73%) AWS Certification
10 4 (0.73%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
11 2 (0.37%) IIBA
12 1 (0.18%) CBAP
12 1 (0.18%) SSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 197 (36.08%) Data Quality
2 42 (7.69%) GDPR
3 23 (4.21%) QA
4 12 (2.20%) Accessibility
4 12 (2.20%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 4 (0.73%) California Consumer Privacy Act
5 4 (0.73%) PERC
6 3 (0.55%) IFRS
6 3 (0.55%) IFRS 17
6 3 (0.55%) Solvency II
7 1 (0.18%) Actionable Recommendations
7 1 (0.18%) EU AI Act
7 1 (0.18%) HL7
7 1 (0.18%) SNOMED CT
System Software
1 27 (4.95%) Docker
2 8 (1.47%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 37 (6.78%) Terraform
2 12 (2.20%) Kubernetes
3 4 (0.73%) Ansible
4 3 (0.55%) Packer
5 2 (0.37%) Single Sign-On
6 1 (0.18%) Grafana
6 1 (0.18%) Prometheus
6 1 (0.18%) QRadar
Vendors
1 142 (26.01%) Microsoft
2 98 (17.95%) Databricks
3 44 (8.06%) Oracle
4 43 (7.88%) Salesforce
5 38 (6.96%) SAP
6 16 (2.93%) Google
7 12 (2.20%) Informatica
7 12 (2.20%) MuleSoft
8 8 (1.47%) OpenAI
9 7 (1.28%) Foundry
9 7 (1.28%) HubSpot
10 6 (1.10%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
10 6 (1.10%) ServiceNow
11 4 (0.73%) Epicor
11 4 (0.73%) IBM
11 4 (0.73%) IFS
11 4 (0.73%) Infor
12 3 (0.55%) Alteryx
12 3 (0.55%) Palantir
12 3 (0.55%) TOWER Software