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

6 months to
15 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 111 131 135
Rank change year-on-year +20 +4 -38
Permanent jobs citing Data Modelling 530 435 715
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 2.48% 2.64% 2.24%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.00% 2.83% 2.52%
Number of salaries quoted 381 267 513
10th Percentile £42,500 £47,500 £42,000
25th Percentile £51,425 £55,375 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £66,000 £65,000 £67,500
Median % change year-on-year +1.54% -3.70% +3.85%
75th Percentile £87,500 £82,500 £86,250
90th Percentile £107,500 £107,500 £100,000
UK median annual salary £69,973 £67,500 £70,000
% change year-on-year +3.66% -3.57% +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 17,646 15,385 28,336
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 82.65% 93.30% 88.77%
Number of salaries quoted 12,860 9,109 21,557
10th Percentile £35,000 £29,848 £33,750
25th Percentile £44,972 £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% -8.84%

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 15 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 29 (5.47%) Apache Airflow
2 25 (4.72%) Apache Spark
3 23 (4.34%) Apache
4 13 (2.45%) SharePoint
5 8 (1.51%) Microsoft Exchange
6 6 (1.13%) SAS
7 5 (0.94%) Jupyter
8 3 (0.57%) Apache Solr
8 3 (0.57%) Palantir Foundry
9 2 (0.38%) Oracle SOA Suite
10 1 (0.19%) CMS
Applications
1 34 (6.42%) Microsoft Excel
2 6 (1.13%) Microsoft Office
3 3 (0.57%) Blender
3 3 (0.57%) Maya
4 1 (0.19%) Chatbot
4 1 (0.19%) FrameMaker
4 1 (0.19%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.19%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 12 (2.26%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
2 7 (1.32%) Dynamics CRM
3 4 (0.75%) NetSuite
4 3 (0.57%) Oracle EBS
4 3 (0.57%) Oracle ERP
4 3 (0.57%) SAP S/4HANA
5 2 (0.38%) Oracle Payables
5 2 (0.38%) Oracle Receivables
5 2 (0.38%) Salesforce CRM
6 1 (0.19%) JDE EnterpriseOne
Cloud Services
1 212 (40.00%) Azure
2 158 (29.81%) Power Platform
3 112 (21.13%) AWS
4 69 (13.02%) GCP
5 62 (11.70%) Azure Data Factory
6 40 (7.55%) Snowflake
7 38 (7.17%) Azure Synapse Analytics
8 30 (5.66%) SaaS
8 30 (5.66%) Serverless
9 25 (4.72%) dbt
10 24 (4.53%) Amazon S3
11 19 (3.58%) AWS Lambda
11 19 (3.58%) GitHub
12 15 (2.83%) Microsoft Purview
12 15 (2.83%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
13 14 (2.64%) Azure DevOps
13 14 (2.64%) Microsoft 365
14 13 (2.45%) PowerApps
15 12 (2.26%) Amazon CloudWatch
15 12 (2.26%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 44 (8.30%) Broadband
2 4 (0.75%) NGN
3 2 (0.38%) SMS
4 1 (0.19%) 4G
4 1 (0.19%) 5G
4 1 (0.19%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 142 (26.79%) Power BI
2 90 (16.98%) Metadata
3 85 (16.04%) Data Warehouse
4 53 (10.00%) Data Lake
5 49 (9.25%) PostgreSQL
6 45 (8.49%) SQL Server
7 44 (8.30%) Relational Database
8 40 (7.55%) Tableau
9 33 (6.23%) Semantic Layer
10 30 (5.66%) BigQuery
11 28 (5.28%) SQL Server Integration Services
12 21 (3.96%) MySQL
13 20 (3.77%) Big Data
14 19 (3.58%) MongoDB
14 19 (3.58%) SQL Server Reporting Services
15 18 (3.40%) Amazon Redshift
15 18 (3.40%) Star Schema
16 17 (3.21%) Azure SQL Database
16 17 (3.21%) Delta Lake
16 17 (3.21%) SAP BW
Development Applications
1 35 (6.60%) Git
2 19 (3.58%) Jenkins
3 6 (1.13%) GitLab
3 6 (1.13%) JIRA
4 3 (0.57%) MLflow
5 1 (0.19%) Ant
5 1 (0.19%) Cucumber
5 1 (0.19%) ER Studio
5 1 (0.19%) ERwin
5 1 (0.19%) Mocha
5 1 (0.19%) Postman
5 1 (0.19%) SpecFlow
5 1 (0.19%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
5 1 (0.19%) Toad
5 1 (0.19%) Visual Studio
General
1 201 (37.92%) Social Skills
2 144 (27.17%) Analytical Skills
3 126 (23.77%) Finance
4 75 (14.15%) Public Sector
5 74 (13.96%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 41 (7.74%) Law
7 27 (5.09%) Influencing Skills
7 27 (5.09%) Retail
8 21 (3.96%) Marketing
9 13 (2.45%) Manufacturing
10 12 (2.26%) Legal
11 11 (2.08%) Banking
11 11 (2.08%) Documentation Skills
12 7 (1.32%) Games
13 5 (0.94%) Billing
13 5 (0.94%) Presentation Skills
14 4 (0.75%) Health Technology
14 4 (0.75%) Police
14 4 (0.75%) Publishing
15 3 (0.57%) Military
Job Titles
1 147 (27.74%) Data Engineer
2 125 (23.58%) Architect
3 102 (19.25%) Senior
4 84 (15.85%) Data Architect
5 69 (13.02%) Lead
6 67 (12.64%) Analyst
7 60 (11.32%) Developer
8 41 (7.74%) Senior Data Engineer
9 36 (6.79%) Data Analyst
10 30 (5.66%) Senior Architect
11 23 (4.34%) Senior Data Architect
12 21 (3.96%) Solutions Architect
13 19 (3.58%) Business Intelligence Analyst
14 18 (3.40%) Business Analyst
14 18 (3.40%) Lead Data Engineer
15 17 (3.21%) Consultant
16 15 (2.83%) Financial Analyst
17 14 (2.64%) Business Intelligence Developer
18 13 (2.45%) Software Engineer
18 13 (2.45%) Technical Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 45 (8.49%) REST
2 42 (7.92%) PySpark
3 39 (7.36%) Node.js
4 32 (6.04%) Kafka
5 19 (3.58%) JSON
6 18 (3.40%) Lightning Web Components
6 18 (3.40%) Middleware
7 16 (3.02%) SOAP
8 15 (2.83%) React
9 14 (2.64%) .NET
9 14 (2.64%) CSS
9 14 (2.64%) Oracle Fusion
10 12 (2.26%) XML
11 10 (1.89%) RESTful
11 10 (1.89%) Visualforce
12 8 (1.51%) Spring
12 8 (1.51%) Tailwind CSS
13 7 (1.32%) HTML
14 6 (1.13%) LangChain
14 6 (1.13%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 58 (10.94%) Cloud Native
2 54 (10.19%) Data Structures
3 25 (4.72%) Product Ownership
4 22 (4.15%) Social Media
5 18 (3.40%) Management Information System
6 17 (3.21%) Distributed Systems
7 16 (3.02%) Onboarding
8 15 (2.83%) Greenfield Project
9 11 (2.08%) Algorithms
10 10 (1.89%) Legacy Systems
10 10 (1.89%) Low-Code
10 10 (1.89%) Self-Motivation
11 9 (1.70%) Blog
12 8 (1.51%) Data Fabric
12 8 (1.51%) Reference Data
13 7 (1.32%) Analytical Mindset
13 7 (1.32%) Public Cloud
13 7 (1.32%) Taxonomies
13 7 (1.32%) Video\Live Streaming
14 6 (1.13%) Anti-Piracy
Operating Systems
1 2 (0.38%) Linux
2 1 (0.19%) Android
2 1 (0.19%) Apple iOS
2 1 (0.19%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 238 (44.91%) Analytics
2 183 (34.53%) Business Intelligence
3 164 (30.94%) Data Architecture
4 160 (30.19%) Data Engineering
5 153 (28.87%) Decision-Making
6 150 (28.30%) AI
7 134 (25.28%) Agile
8 129 (24.34%) CI/CD
9 128 (24.15%) Data Pipeline
9 128 (24.15%) ETL
10 125 (23.58%) Problem-Solving
11 121 (22.83%) Data Governance
12 118 (22.26%) Data Strategy
13 85 (16.04%) DevOps
13 85 (16.04%) Mentoring
14 81 (15.28%) Machine Learning
15 79 (14.91%) Roadmaps
16 73 (13.77%) Continuous Improvement
16 73 (13.77%) Stakeholder Engagement
17 62 (11.70%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 242 (45.66%) SQL
2 201 (37.92%) Python
3 36 (6.79%) Java
4 35 (6.60%) JavaScript
5 34 (6.42%) Data Analysis Expressions
6 24 (4.53%) T-SQL
7 22 (4.15%) TypeScript
8 19 (3.58%) Scala
9 17 (3.21%) Apex Code
10 16 (3.02%) C#
11 15 (2.83%) PowerShell
12 11 (2.08%) Bicep
13 8 (1.51%) C++
13 8 (1.51%) Kusto Query Language
14 7 (1.32%) Bash
14 7 (1.32%) Go
15 4 (0.75%) PHP
16 3 (0.57%) R
16 3 (0.57%) SOQL
16 3 (0.57%) VBA
Qualifications
1 72 (13.58%) Security Cleared
2 68 (12.83%) Degree
3 54 (10.19%) SC Cleared
4 20 (3.77%) Azure Certification
4 20 (3.77%) Computer Science Degree
5 15 (2.83%) Microsoft Certification
6 11 (2.08%) TOGAF Certification
7 10 (1.89%) DV Cleared
8 9 (1.70%) CIPD
8 9 (1.70%) SnowPro
9 6 (1.13%) DBS Check
9 6 (1.13%) Master's Degree
10 5 (0.94%) BPSS Clearance
11 4 (0.75%) ACCA
11 4 (0.75%) AWS Certification
11 4 (0.75%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
11 4 (0.75%) CIMA
12 2 (0.38%) IIBA
13 1 (0.19%) CBAP
13 1 (0.19%) GIAC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 190 (35.85%) Data Quality
2 42 (7.92%) GDPR
3 21 (3.96%) QA
4 12 (2.26%) Accessibility
4 12 (2.26%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 4 (0.75%) California Consumer Privacy Act
5 4 (0.75%) PERC
6 3 (0.57%) IFRS
6 3 (0.57%) IFRS 17
6 3 (0.57%) Solvency II
7 1 (0.19%) Actionable Recommendations
7 1 (0.19%) EU AI Act
7 1 (0.19%) HL7
7 1 (0.19%) SNOMED CT
System Software
1 27 (5.09%) Docker
2 8 (1.51%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 36 (6.79%) Terraform
2 12 (2.26%) Kubernetes
3 4 (0.75%) Ansible
4 3 (0.57%) Packer
5 2 (0.38%) Single Sign-On
6 1 (0.19%) Grafana
6 1 (0.19%) Prometheus
6 1 (0.19%) QRadar
Vendors
1 136 (25.66%) Microsoft
2 95 (17.92%) Databricks
3 44 (8.30%) Oracle
4 40 (7.55%) Salesforce
5 38 (7.17%) SAP
6 12 (2.26%) Google
7 11 (2.08%) Informatica
7 11 (2.08%) MuleSoft
8 7 (1.32%) Foundry
8 7 (1.32%) HubSpot
9 6 (1.13%) OpenAI
9 6 (1.13%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
9 6 (1.13%) ServiceNow
10 4 (0.75%) Epicor
10 4 (0.75%) IBM
10 4 (0.75%) IFS
10 4 (0.75%) Infor
11 3 (0.57%) Alteryx
11 3 (0.57%) Palantir
11 3 (0.57%) TOWER Software