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 22 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
22 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 81 100 118
Rank change year-on-year +19 +18 -21
Permanent jobs citing Data Modelling 560 421 834
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 3.13% 3.15% 2.58%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.77% 3.33% 2.82%
Number of salaries quoted 350 219 636
10th Percentile £43,750 £47,034 £37,349
25th Percentile £52,500 £53,750 £48,438
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,500 £65,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year +0.77% +4.00% -3.85%
75th Percentile £83,750 £80,625 £85,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £105,000 £97,500
UK median annual salary £70,000 £65,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year +7.69% - -2.99%

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 14,862 12,659 29,602
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 83.19% 94.70% 91.47%
Number of salaries quoted 10,395 8,961 23,539
10th Percentile £32,500 £32,000 £33,750
25th Percentile £45,000 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £61,206 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -1.97% +6.45% -8.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £80,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £105,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £57,500 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -4.17% +9.09% -10.57%

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 22 April 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 39 (6.96%) Apache Airflow
2 25 (4.46%) Apache
3 21 (3.75%) Apache Spark
4 11 (1.96%) SharePoint
5 8 (1.43%) Microsoft Exchange
5 8 (1.43%) SAS
6 7 (1.25%) Confluence
7 6 (1.07%) CMS
8 3 (0.54%) Palantir Foundry
9 1 (0.18%) Apache Solr
9 1 (0.18%) Camunda
9 1 (0.18%) Mendix
Applications
1 42 (7.50%) Microsoft Excel
2 7 (1.25%) Microsoft Office
3 5 (0.89%) Chatbot
4 3 (0.54%) Sketch
5 2 (0.36%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 2 (0.36%) MS Visio
6 1 (0.18%) Notion
6 1 (0.18%) SPSS
Business Applications
1 12 (2.14%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
2 10 (1.79%) NetSuite
3 9 (1.61%) Dynamics CRM
4 4 (0.71%) Markit EDM
4 4 (0.71%) SAP S/4HANA
5 1 (0.18%) Oracle EBS
5 1 (0.18%) Salesforce CRM
5 1 (0.18%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 309 (55.18%) Azure
2 139 (24.82%) Power Platform
3 119 (21.25%) AWS
4 106 (18.93%) Azure Data Factory
5 89 (15.89%) Snowflake
6 74 (13.21%) Azure DevOps
7 70 (12.50%) Azure Synapse Analytics
8 58 (10.36%) GCP
9 53 (9.46%) dbt
10 52 (9.29%) GitHub
11 42 (7.50%) Serverless
12 33 (5.89%) GitHub Copilot
13 29 (5.18%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
14 27 (4.82%) Amazon S3
15 26 (4.64%) Salesforce Service Cloud
16 24 (4.29%) SaaS
17 16 (2.86%) AWS Lambda
17 16 (2.86%) Microsoft 365
18 15 (2.68%) Power Automate
19 14 (2.50%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 28 (5.00%) Broadband
2 3 (0.54%) NGN
3 1 (0.18%) ADSL
3 1 (0.18%) Internet
3 1 (0.18%) SMS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 125 (22.32%) Power BI
2 123 (21.96%) Data Warehouse
3 74 (13.21%) Metadata
4 71 (12.68%) Data Lake
5 48 (8.57%) SQL Server
6 47 (8.39%) Tableau
7 44 (7.86%) Azure SQL Database
8 38 (6.79%) Relational Database
9 29 (5.18%) PostgreSQL
10 27 (4.82%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 24 (4.29%) MySQL
12 23 (4.11%) Amazon Redshift
13 20 (3.57%) BigQuery
13 20 (3.57%) SQL Server Integration Services
14 18 (3.21%) NoSQL
14 18 (3.21%) SAP BW
15 17 (3.04%) Delta Lake
16 13 (2.32%) Amazon QuickSight
17 12 (2.14%) Amazon Athena
17 12 (2.14%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 39 (6.96%) Git
2 23 (4.11%) JIRA
3 5 (0.89%) ERwin
3 5 (0.89%) Jenkins
4 4 (0.71%) ER Studio
5 2 (0.36%) git-flow
6 1 (0.18%) Cucumber
6 1 (0.18%) GitLab
6 1 (0.18%) MLflow
6 1 (0.18%) Postman
6 1 (0.18%) SonarQube
6 1 (0.18%) SpecFlow
6 1 (0.18%) Toad
General
1 198 (35.36%) Social Skills
2 194 (34.64%) Finance
3 151 (26.96%) Analytical Skills
4 65 (11.61%) Public Sector
5 38 (6.79%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 35 (6.25%) Law
7 33 (5.89%) Marketing
8 23 (4.11%) Influencing Skills
9 17 (3.04%) Retail
10 12 (2.14%) Presentation Skills
11 11 (1.96%) Documentation Skills
11 11 (1.96%) Publishing
12 9 (1.61%) Banking
12 9 (1.61%) Legal
13 7 (1.25%) Games
14 6 (1.07%) Manufacturing
14 6 (1.07%) Organisational Skills
15 5 (0.89%) Advertising
15 5 (0.89%) Back Office
15 5 (0.89%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 140 (25.00%) Data Engineer
2 130 (23.21%) Architect
3 105 (18.75%) Senior
4 84 (15.00%) Data Architect
5 71 (12.68%) Developer
6 64 (11.43%) Analyst
6 64 (11.43%) Lead
7 39 (6.96%) Senior Data Engineer
8 38 (6.79%) Data Analyst
9 24 (4.29%) Lead Data Engineer
10 19 (3.39%) Platform Engineer
11 18 (3.21%) Consultant
11 18 (3.21%) Salesforce Developer
12 17 (3.04%) Azure Engineer
12 17 (3.04%) Salesforce Engineer
12 17 (3.04%) Senior Architect
13 16 (2.86%) Business Analyst
14 13 (2.32%) Business Intelligence Analyst
14 13 (2.32%) Solutions Architect
15 12 (2.14%) Business Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 53 (9.46%) REST
2 39 (6.96%) PySpark
3 38 (6.79%) Lightning Web Components
4 37 (6.61%) SOAP
5 34 (6.07%) Kafka
6 26 (4.64%) .NET
7 21 (3.75%) Middleware
8 17 (3.04%) Visualforce
9 15 (2.68%) JSON
10 14 (2.50%) React
11 13 (2.32%) CSS
11 13 (2.32%) HTML
11 13 (2.32%) Node.js
12 12 (2.14%) Oracle Fusion
13 11 (1.96%) XML
14 8 (1.43%) YAML
15 6 (1.07%) HTML5 Canvas
15 6 (1.07%) RESTful
16 5 (0.89%) gRPC
16 5 (0.89%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 49 (8.75%) Data Structures
2 48 (8.57%) Product Ownership
3 43 (7.68%) Cloud Native
4 22 (3.93%) Management Information System
5 21 (3.75%) Social Media
6 18 (3.21%) Greenfield Project
7 16 (2.86%) Analytical Mindset
7 16 (2.86%) Enterprise Software
8 14 (2.50%) Onboarding
9 12 (2.14%) FMCG
9 12 (2.14%) Self-Motivation
10 11 (1.96%) Low-Code
11 10 (1.79%) Legacy Systems
11 10 (1.79%) Public Cloud
12 8 (1.43%) Algorithms
12 8 (1.43%) Distributed Systems
13 7 (1.25%) Video\Live Streaming
14 6 (1.07%) Anti-Piracy
15 5 (0.89%) Data Fabric
15 5 (0.89%) Taxonomies
Operating Systems
1 4 (0.71%) Android
1 4 (0.71%) Windows
2 1 (0.18%) Apple iOS
2 1 (0.18%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 260 (46.43%) Analytics
2 184 (32.86%) Data Engineering
3 177 (31.61%) Agile
4 169 (30.18%) Business Intelligence
5 168 (30.00%) ETL
6 159 (28.39%) Data Architecture
7 148 (26.43%) DevOps
8 142 (25.36%) CI/CD
9 141 (25.18%) Data Pipeline
10 125 (22.32%) AI
11 124 (22.14%) Data Governance
12 117 (20.89%) Problem-Solving
13 110 (19.64%) Decision-Making
14 93 (16.61%) Data Integration
15 92 (16.43%) Mentoring
16 90 (16.07%) Continuous Improvement
17 82 (14.64%) Coaching
18 73 (13.04%) Data Management
19 72 (12.86%) Visualisation
20 71 (12.68%) Data Strategy
Programming Languages
1 247 (44.11%) SQL
2 214 (38.21%) Python
3 50 (8.93%) JavaScript
4 49 (8.75%) Java
5 37 (6.61%) Apex Code
6 32 (5.71%) C#
7 30 (5.36%) Data Analysis Expressions
8 29 (5.18%) TypeScript
9 26 (4.64%) Scala
10 25 (4.46%) PowerShell
11 22 (3.93%) T-SQL
12 11 (1.96%) Bash
13 8 (1.43%) Go
14 7 (1.25%) PHP
15 6 (1.07%) C++
16 5 (0.89%) R
17 4 (0.71%) Bicep
17 4 (0.71%) Kotlin
18 2 (0.36%) Kusto Query Language
18 2 (0.36%) SOQL
Qualifications
1 80 (14.29%) Degree
2 61 (10.89%) Security Cleared
3 52 (9.29%) SC Cleared
4 37 (6.61%) Computer Science Degree
5 25 (4.46%) Azure Certification
6 21 (3.75%) TOGAF Certification
7 17 (3.04%) Microsoft Certification
8 15 (2.68%) AWS Certification
8 15 (2.68%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 12 (2.14%) ACCA
9 12 (2.14%) CIMA
9 12 (2.14%) Six Sigma Green Belt
10 5 (0.89%) Master's Degree
11 2 (0.36%) BPSS Clearance
11 2 (0.36%) DBS Check
11 2 (0.36%) DV Cleared
11 2 (0.36%) IIBA
11 2 (0.36%) SAP Certification
12 1 (0.18%) CBAP
12 1 (0.18%) SnowPro
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 143 (25.54%) Data Quality
2 42 (7.50%) Accessibility
3 31 (5.54%) GDPR
4 21 (3.75%) QA
5 12 (2.14%) Actionable Recommendations
5 12 (2.14%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 3 (0.54%) PERC
7 2 (0.36%) IFRS
7 2 (0.36%) IFRS 17
7 2 (0.36%) Solvency II
8 1 (0.18%) HL7
8 1 (0.18%) SNOMED CT
System Software
1 13 (2.32%) Docker
2 12 (2.14%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 33 (5.89%) Terraform
2 8 (1.43%) Kubernetes
3 3 (0.54%) Control-M
4 2 (0.36%) Single Sign-On
5 1 (0.18%) Ansible
5 1 (0.18%) Grafana
5 1 (0.18%) Packer
5 1 (0.18%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 153 (27.32%) Microsoft
2 105 (18.75%) Databricks
3 57 (10.18%) Salesforce
4 33 (5.89%) Oracle
5 31 (5.54%) SAP
6 16 (2.86%) MuleSoft
7 15 (2.68%) Google
8 11 (1.96%) IBM
8 11 (1.96%) Informatica
9 6 (1.07%) Foundry
9 6 (1.07%) Talend
10 5 (0.89%) OpenAI
11 4 (0.71%) Ab Initio
11 4 (0.71%) Palantir
11 4 (0.71%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
11 4 (0.71%) ServiceNow
12 3 (0.54%) BMC
12 3 (0.54%) HubSpot
12 3 (0.54%) Sparx
13 2 (0.36%) Zend