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

6 months to
13 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 116 152 127
Rank change year-on-year +36 -25 -30
Permanent jobs citing Data Modelling 548 350 595
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 2.29% 2.15% 2.54%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.81% 2.31% 2.90%
Number of salaries quoted 393 264 320
10th Percentile £43,750 £48,775 £41,250
25th Percentile £52,500 £56,813 £54,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £67,500 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.70% -3.57% +7.69%
75th Percentile £90,000 £83,750 £82,500
90th Percentile £107,500 £104,250 £96,300
UK median annual salary £70,000 £69,000 £70,000
% change year-on-year +1.45% -1.43% +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 19,520 15,159 20,523
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 81.55% 93.09% 87.70%
Number of salaries quoted 14,031 8,684 12,914
10th Percentile £34,000 £29,867 £35,341
25th Percentile £44,852 £40,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year - - -4.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £78,750 £80,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £100,000 £100,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year +9.09% -4.35% -4.17%

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 13 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 (4.20%) Apache Spark
2 21 (3.83%) Apache
3 14 (2.55%) Apache Airflow
4 12 (2.19%) SharePoint
5 7 (1.28%) Jupyter
6 3 (0.55%) Apache Solr
7 2 (0.36%) Oracle SOA Suite
7 2 (0.36%) Palantir Foundry
8 1 (0.18%) Apache Superset
8 1 (0.18%) Confluence
Applications
1 35 (6.39%) Microsoft Excel
2 5 (0.91%) Microsoft Office
3 3 (0.55%) Blender
3 3 (0.55%) Maya
4 2 (0.36%) Chatbot
5 1 (0.18%) FrameMaker
5 1 (0.18%) Microsoft Project
5 1 (0.18%) MS Visio
5 1 (0.18%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 12 (2.19%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
2 7 (1.28%) Dynamics CRM
3 3 (0.55%) Oracle EBS
3 3 (0.55%) Oracle ERP
4 2 (0.36%) JDE EnterpriseOne
4 2 (0.36%) Oracle Payables
4 2 (0.36%) Oracle Receivables
5 1 (0.18%) Finacle
5 1 (0.18%) FLEXCUBE
5 1 (0.18%) NetSuite
5 1 (0.18%) Salesforce CRM
5 1 (0.18%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
5 1 (0.18%) Temenos T24
5 1 (0.18%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 216 (39.42%) Azure
2 193 (35.22%) Power Platform
3 119 (21.72%) AWS
4 71 (12.96%) GCP
5 65 (11.86%) Azure Data Factory
6 50 (9.12%) Azure Synapse Analytics
7 48 (8.76%) Snowflake
8 31 (5.66%) Azure DevOps
9 28 (5.11%) GitHub
9 28 (5.11%) Microsoft Purview
10 26 (4.74%) Serverless
11 24 (4.38%) SaaS
12 23 (4.20%) Amazon S3
12 23 (4.20%) Azure Databricks
12 23 (4.20%) dbt
13 19 (3.47%) AWS Lambda
13 19 (3.47%) PowerApps
14 14 (2.55%) GitHub Actions
15 13 (2.37%) Microsoft 365
15 13 (2.37%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 38 (6.93%) Broadband
2 4 (0.73%) NGN
3 1 (0.18%) 4G
3 1 (0.18%) 5G
3 1 (0.18%) ATM
3 1 (0.18%) Network Security
3 1 (0.18%) SMS
3 1 (0.18%) X.509
Database & Business Intelligence
1 180 (32.85%) Power BI
2 112 (20.44%) Data Warehouse
3 103 (18.80%) Metadata
4 59 (10.77%) Data Lake
5 50 (9.12%) Tableau
6 47 (8.58%) PostgreSQL
7 46 (8.39%) SQL Server
8 42 (7.66%) Relational Database
9 34 (6.20%) Semantic Layer
10 30 (5.47%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 29 (5.29%) Delta Lake
12 28 (5.11%) MongoDB
12 28 (5.11%) Star Schema
13 26 (4.74%) NoSQL
14 25 (4.56%) BigQuery
15 23 (4.20%) Azure SQL Database
15 23 (4.20%) Big Data
16 20 (3.65%) Data Vault
17 19 (3.47%) DynamoDB
18 16 (2.92%) Snowflake Schema
Development Applications
1 59 (10.77%) Git
2 26 (4.74%) Jenkins
3 10 (1.82%) JIRA
4 7 (1.28%) GitLab
5 4 (0.73%) Visual Studio Code
6 3 (0.55%) Bitbucket
6 3 (0.55%) MLflow
7 2 (0.36%) ER Studio
7 2 (0.36%) ERwin
8 1 (0.18%) Ant
8 1 (0.18%) Claude Code
8 1 (0.18%) IntelliJ
8 1 (0.18%) Mocha
8 1 (0.18%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
8 1 (0.18%) Toad
8 1 (0.18%) Visual Studio
General
1 207 (37.77%) Social Skills
2 157 (28.65%) Analytical Skills
3 132 (24.09%) Finance
4 71 (12.96%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 67 (12.23%) Public Sector
6 39 (7.12%) Law
7 33 (6.02%) Retail
8 23 (4.20%) Marketing
9 19 (3.47%) Banking
9 19 (3.47%) Legal
10 18 (3.28%) Influencing Skills
11 17 (3.10%) Manufacturing
12 10 (1.82%) Documentation Skills
13 8 (1.46%) Presentation Skills
14 6 (1.09%) Billing
14 6 (1.09%) Games
15 5 (0.91%) General Ledger
15 5 (0.91%) Legal Technology
15 5 (0.91%) Military
16 4 (0.73%) Police
Job Titles
1 139 (25.36%) Data Engineer
2 137 (25.00%) Architect
3 113 (20.62%) Senior
4 98 (17.88%) Data Architect
5 66 (12.04%) Analyst
6 54 (9.85%) Lead
7 45 (8.21%) Developer
8 33 (6.02%) Data Analyst
9 31 (5.66%) Senior Data Engineer
10 30 (5.47%) Senior Architect
11 27 (4.93%) Senior Data Architect
12 20 (3.65%) Consultant
12 20 (3.65%) Solutions Architect
13 19 (3.47%) Software Engineer
14 17 (3.10%) Business Analyst
15 15 (2.74%) Financial Analyst
16 14 (2.55%) Data Modeller
17 13 (2.37%) Data Consultant
18 12 (2.19%) Databricks Engineer
19 11 (2.01%) Business Intelligence Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 61 (11.13%) PySpark
2 47 (8.58%) Terraform
3 41 (7.48%) REST
4 38 (6.93%) Node.js
5 25 (4.56%) Kafka
6 17 (3.10%) CSS
7 16 (2.92%) React
8 15 (2.74%) Oracle Fusion
9 14 (2.55%) JSON
10 11 (2.01%) Lightning Web Components
10 11 (2.01%) Tailwind CSS
11 10 (1.82%) RESTful
12 9 (1.64%) Pandas
12 9 (1.64%) SOAP
13 8 (1.46%) Middleware
13 8 (1.46%) Spring
14 7 (1.28%) Spring Boot
15 6 (1.09%) .NET
15 6 (1.09%) HTML
15 6 (1.09%) LangChain
Miscellaneous
1 65 (11.86%) Cloud Native
2 43 (7.85%) Data Structures
3 25 (4.56%) Product Ownership
4 19 (3.47%) Management Information System
5 18 (3.28%) Distributed Systems
6 17 (3.10%) Social Media
7 13 (2.37%) Enterprise Software
7 13 (2.37%) Legacy Systems
8 12 (2.19%) Self-Motivation
9 11 (2.01%) Low-Code
10 10 (1.82%) Algorithms
10 10 (1.82%) Blog
11 9 (1.64%) Greenfield Project
12 8 (1.46%) AI Agents
12 8 (1.46%) Reference Data
12 8 (1.46%) Taxonomies
13 7 (1.28%) Analytical Mindset
14 6 (1.09%) Onboarding
14 6 (1.09%) Video\Live Streaming
15 5 (0.91%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 8 (1.46%) Windows
2 2 (0.36%) Linux
3 1 (0.18%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 255 (46.53%) Analytics
2 229 (41.79%) Business Intelligence
3 199 (36.31%) AI
4 181 (33.03%) Data Architecture
5 166 (30.29%) Decision-Making
6 152 (27.74%) Data Engineering
7 148 (27.01%) Agile
8 147 (26.82%) CI/CD
9 139 (25.36%) ETL
10 137 (25.00%) Data Governance
10 137 (25.00%) Data Pipeline
10 137 (25.00%) Data Strategy
11 131 (23.91%) Problem-Solving
12 96 (17.52%) Roadmaps
13 95 (17.34%) DevOps
13 95 (17.34%) Machine Learning
14 89 (16.24%) Mentoring
15 86 (15.69%) Technical Leadership
16 82 (14.96%) Stakeholder Management
17 81 (14.78%) Continuous Improvement
Programming Languages
1 277 (50.55%) SQL
2 219 (39.96%) Python
3 42 (7.66%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 27 (4.93%) Java
5 26 (4.74%) JavaScript
6 25 (4.56%) TypeScript
7 24 (4.38%) C#
7 24 (4.38%) Scala
8 18 (3.28%) Bicep
8 18 (3.28%) T-SQL
9 10 (1.82%) Apex Code
10 9 (1.64%) Kusto Query Language
10 9 (1.64%) PowerShell
11 7 (1.28%) Go
12 6 (1.09%) R
13 5 (0.91%) Bash
14 4 (0.73%) C++
14 4 (0.73%) SPARQL
15 3 (0.55%) PL/SQL
15 3 (0.55%) VBA
Qualifications
1 75 (13.69%) Security Cleared
2 59 (10.77%) Degree
3 53 (9.67%) SC Cleared
4 29 (5.29%) Azure Certification
5 24 (4.38%) Microsoft Certification
6 17 (3.10%) SnowPro
7 16 (2.92%) Computer Science Degree
8 14 (2.55%) DV Cleared
9 10 (1.82%) BPSS Clearance
10 9 (1.64%) CIPD
11 7 (1.28%) AWS Certification
11 7 (1.28%) TOGAF Certification
12 6 (1.09%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
12 6 (1.09%) DBS Check
13 4 (0.73%) Master's Degree
14 3 (0.55%) PMI Certification
15 1 (0.18%) CISSP
15 1 (0.18%) OCP
15 1 (0.18%) PMP
15 1 (0.18%) SSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 204 (37.23%) Data Quality
2 47 (8.58%) GDPR
3 27 (4.93%) Accessibility
4 24 (4.38%) QA
5 12 (2.19%) California Consumer Privacy Act
6 4 (0.73%) IFRS
6 4 (0.73%) IFRS 17
6 4 (0.73%) PERC
6 4 (0.73%) Solvency II
7 3 (0.55%) MiFID
7 3 (0.55%) UCITS
8 2 (0.36%) Actionable Recommendations
9 1 (0.18%) COPPA
9 1 (0.18%) EU AI Act
9 1 (0.18%) HIPAA
9 1 (0.18%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 1 (0.18%) PMO
System Software
1 35 (6.39%) Docker
2 1 (0.18%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 16 (2.92%) Kubernetes
2 5 (0.91%) Ansible
3 3 (0.55%) Packer
4 1 (0.18%) Consul
4 1 (0.18%) QRadar
Vendors
1 170 (31.02%) Microsoft
2 97 (17.70%) Databricks
3 44 (8.03%) Oracle
4 34 (6.20%) SAP
5 27 (4.93%) Salesforce
6 16 (2.92%) Informatica
7 10 (1.82%) Google
8 9 (1.64%) Talend
9 7 (1.28%) HubSpot
9 7 (1.28%) OpenAI
10 6 (1.09%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
10 6 (1.09%) ServiceNow
11 5 (0.91%) Infor
11 5 (0.91%) MuleSoft
12 4 (0.73%) Epicor
12 4 (0.73%) Foundry
12 4 (0.73%) IFS
12 4 (0.73%) Workday
13 3 (0.55%) Bloomberg
13 3 (0.55%) OpenText