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

6 months to
3 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 118 157 133
Rank change year-on-year +39 -24 -40
Permanent jobs citing Data Modelling 544 354 607
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 2.33% 2.17% 2.51%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.84% 2.33% 2.86%
Number of salaries quoted 391 271 343
10th Percentile £43,750 £48,250 £41,800
25th Percentile £52,500 £56,055 £52,413
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £67,500 £69,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.70% -2.17% +6.15%
75th Percentile £88,125 £83,750 £82,500
90th Percentile £107,500 £105,000 £96,000
UK median annual salary £70,000 £67,500 £68,500
% change year-on-year +3.70% -1.46% +1.48%

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 19,144 15,200 21,191
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 81.93% 92.99% 87.55%
Number of salaries quoted 13,801 8,843 14,057
10th Percentile £35,000 £29,913 £35,000
25th Percentile £44,972 £40,750 £44,738
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £59,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +1.69% -1.67% -4.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £77,500 £79,077
90th Percentile £100,000 £100,000 £100,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £56,341
% change year-on-year +9.09% -2.38% -6.10%

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 3 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 22 (4.04%) Apache Spark
2 21 (3.86%) Apache
3 14 (2.57%) Apache Airflow
4 13 (2.39%) SharePoint
5 7 (1.29%) Jupyter
6 3 (0.55%) Apache Solr
7 2 (0.37%) Oracle SOA Suite
7 2 (0.37%) Palantir Foundry
8 1 (0.18%) Apache Superset
8 1 (0.18%) Confluence
Applications
1 35 (6.43%) Microsoft Excel
2 5 (0.92%) 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%) Microsoft Project
4 1 (0.18%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.18%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 12 (2.21%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
2 7 (1.29%) Dynamics CRM
3 3 (0.55%) Oracle EBS
3 3 (0.55%) Oracle ERP
4 2 (0.37%) JDE EnterpriseOne
4 2 (0.37%) Oracle Payables
4 2 (0.37%) Oracle Receivables
4 2 (0.37%) Salesforce CRM
5 1 (0.18%) Finacle
5 1 (0.18%) FLEXCUBE
5 1 (0.18%) NetSuite
5 1 (0.18%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
5 1 (0.18%) Temenos T24
Cloud Services
1 217 (39.89%) Azure
2 191 (35.11%) Power Platform
3 115 (21.14%) AWS
4 69 (12.68%) GCP
5 68 (12.50%) Azure Data Factory
6 50 (9.19%) Azure Synapse Analytics
7 46 (8.46%) Snowflake
8 31 (5.70%) Azure DevOps
9 28 (5.15%) Microsoft Purview
10 27 (4.96%) GitHub
11 26 (4.78%) Serverless
12 23 (4.23%) Amazon S3
12 23 (4.23%) Azure Databricks
12 23 (4.23%) dbt
12 23 (4.23%) SaaS
13 19 (3.49%) AWS Lambda
14 18 (3.31%) PowerApps
15 15 (2.76%) GitHub Actions
16 13 (2.39%) Power Automate
17 12 (2.21%) Amazon CloudWatch
Communications & Networking
1 38 (6.99%) Broadband
2 4 (0.74%) NGN
3 2 (0.37%) SMS
4 1 (0.18%) 4G
4 1 (0.18%) 5G
4 1 (0.18%) ATM
4 1 (0.18%) Network Security
4 1 (0.18%) X.509
Database & Business Intelligence
1 177 (32.54%) Power BI
2 111 (20.40%) Data Warehouse
3 100 (18.38%) Metadata
4 59 (10.85%) Data Lake
5 49 (9.01%) Tableau
6 46 (8.46%) PostgreSQL
6 46 (8.46%) SQL Server
7 44 (8.09%) Relational Database
8 34 (6.25%) Semantic Layer
9 31 (5.70%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 28 (5.15%) Delta Lake
10 28 (5.15%) MongoDB
10 28 (5.15%) Star Schema
11 25 (4.60%) BigQuery
11 25 (4.60%) NoSQL
12 22 (4.04%) Azure SQL Database
12 22 (4.04%) Big Data
13 20 (3.68%) Data Vault
14 19 (3.49%) DynamoDB
15 16 (2.94%) Snowflake Schema
Development Applications
1 56 (10.29%) Git
2 25 (4.60%) Jenkins
3 9 (1.65%) JIRA
4 7 (1.29%) GitLab
5 3 (0.55%) Bitbucket
5 3 (0.55%) MLflow
5 3 (0.55%) Visual Studio Code
6 2 (0.37%) ER Studio
6 2 (0.37%) ERwin
7 1 (0.18%) Ant
7 1 (0.18%) Mocha
7 1 (0.18%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
7 1 (0.18%) Toad
7 1 (0.18%) Visual Studio
General
1 206 (37.87%) Social Skills
2 154 (28.31%) Analytical Skills
3 132 (24.26%) Finance
4 74 (13.60%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 64 (11.76%) Public Sector
6 37 (6.80%) Law
7 33 (6.07%) Retail
8 23 (4.23%) Marketing
9 20 (3.68%) Banking
9 20 (3.68%) Influencing Skills
10 18 (3.31%) Legal
11 17 (3.13%) Manufacturing
12 9 (1.65%) Documentation Skills
13 8 (1.47%) Presentation Skills
14 6 (1.10%) Billing
14 6 (1.10%) Games
15 5 (0.92%) Legal Technology
15 5 (0.92%) Military
16 4 (0.74%) Health Technology
17 3 (0.55%) Police
Job Titles
1 138 (25.37%) Data Engineer
2 137 (25.18%) Architect
3 114 (20.96%) Senior
4 99 (18.20%) Data Architect
5 69 (12.68%) Analyst
6 52 (9.56%) Lead
7 46 (8.46%) Developer
8 34 (6.25%) Data Analyst
9 31 (5.70%) Senior Data Engineer
10 30 (5.51%) Senior Architect
11 27 (4.96%) Senior Data Architect
12 21 (3.86%) Business Analyst
13 20 (3.68%) Solutions Architect
14 19 (3.49%) Consultant
15 18 (3.31%) Software Engineer
16 15 (2.76%) Financial Analyst
17 14 (2.57%) Data Modeller
17 14 (2.57%) Senior Analyst
18 12 (2.21%) Business Intelligence Developer
18 12 (2.21%) Data Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 63 (11.58%) PySpark
2 46 (8.46%) Terraform
3 40 (7.35%) REST
4 39 (7.17%) Node.js
5 24 (4.41%) Kafka
6 18 (3.31%) CSS
7 16 (2.94%) React
8 15 (2.76%) JSON
9 14 (2.57%) Oracle Fusion
10 11 (2.02%) Lightning Web Components
10 11 (2.02%) RESTful
10 11 (2.02%) Tailwind CSS
11 9 (1.65%) Middleware
11 9 (1.65%) SOAP
12 8 (1.47%) Spring
13 7 (1.29%) .NET
13 7 (1.29%) HTML
13 7 (1.29%) Pandas
13 7 (1.29%) Spring Boot
14 6 (1.10%) LangChain
Miscellaneous
1 65 (11.95%) Cloud Native
2 44 (8.09%) Data Structures
3 25 (4.60%) Product Ownership
4 19 (3.49%) Distributed Systems
4 19 (3.49%) Management Information System
5 17 (3.13%) Social Media
6 14 (2.57%) Legacy Systems
7 12 (2.21%) Enterprise Software
7 12 (2.21%) Self-Motivation
8 11 (2.02%) Low-Code
9 10 (1.84%) Algorithms
9 10 (1.84%) Blog
10 9 (1.65%) Greenfield Project
10 9 (1.65%) Taxonomies
11 8 (1.47%) Reference Data
12 7 (1.29%) AI Agents
12 7 (1.29%) Analytical Mindset
13 6 (1.10%) Onboarding
13 6 (1.10%) Video\Live Streaming
14 5 (0.92%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 8 (1.47%) Windows
2 2 (0.37%) Linux
3 1 (0.18%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 252 (46.32%) Analytics
2 228 (41.91%) Business Intelligence
3 194 (35.66%) AI
4 181 (33.27%) Data Architecture
5 168 (30.88%) Decision-Making
6 154 (28.31%) Data Engineering
7 149 (27.39%) Agile
8 145 (26.65%) CI/CD
9 137 (25.18%) Data Strategy
9 137 (25.18%) ETL
10 135 (24.82%) Data Governance
11 134 (24.63%) Data Pipeline
12 129 (23.71%) Problem-Solving
13 96 (17.65%) DevOps
14 95 (17.46%) Machine Learning
15 93 (17.10%) Roadmaps
16 88 (16.18%) Mentoring
17 85 (15.63%) Technical Leadership
18 78 (14.34%) Stakeholder Management
19 76 (13.97%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 274 (50.37%) SQL
2 217 (39.89%) Python
3 41 (7.54%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 26 (4.78%) Java
5 25 (4.60%) JavaScript
5 25 (4.60%) TypeScript
6 24 (4.41%) C#
7 23 (4.23%) Scala
8 18 (3.31%) Bicep
8 18 (3.31%) T-SQL
9 10 (1.84%) Apex Code
10 9 (1.65%) Kusto Query Language
11 7 (1.29%) Go
11 7 (1.29%) PowerShell
12 6 (1.10%) R
13 5 (0.92%) Bash
14 4 (0.74%) C++
14 4 (0.74%) SPARQL
15 3 (0.55%) Groovy
15 3 (0.55%) VBA
Qualifications
1 68 (12.50%) Security Cleared
2 60 (11.03%) Degree
3 47 (8.64%) SC Cleared
4 29 (5.33%) Azure Certification
5 24 (4.41%) Microsoft Certification
6 17 (3.13%) SnowPro
7 16 (2.94%) Computer Science Degree
8 14 (2.57%) DV Cleared
9 10 (1.84%) BPSS Clearance
10 9 (1.65%) CIPD
11 7 (1.29%) AWS Certification
11 7 (1.29%) TOGAF Certification
12 6 (1.10%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
12 6 (1.10%) DBS Check
13 5 (0.92%) Master's Degree
14 3 (0.55%) PMI Certification
15 2 (0.37%) IIBA
16 1 (0.18%) CBAP
16 1 (0.18%) CITP
16 1 (0.18%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 204 (37.50%) Data Quality
2 46 (8.46%) GDPR
3 26 (4.78%) Accessibility
4 24 (4.41%) QA
5 12 (2.21%) California Consumer Privacy Act
6 4 (0.74%) IFRS
6 4 (0.74%) IFRS 17
6 4 (0.74%) PERC
6 4 (0.74%) Solvency II
7 3 (0.55%) MiFID
7 3 (0.55%) UCITS
8 2 (0.37%) Actionable Recommendations
8 2 (0.37%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 1 (0.18%) EU AI Act
9 1 (0.18%) HIPAA
9 1 (0.18%) PMO
System Software
1 35 (6.43%) Docker
Systems Management
1 15 (2.76%) Kubernetes
2 4 (0.74%) Ansible
3 3 (0.55%) Packer
4 1 (0.18%) Consul
4 1 (0.18%) QRadar
Vendors
1 172 (31.62%) Microsoft
2 97 (17.83%) Databricks
3 42 (7.72%) Oracle
4 35 (6.43%) SAP
5 28 (5.15%) Salesforce
6 15 (2.76%) Informatica
7 10 (1.84%) Google
8 8 (1.47%) Talend
9 7 (1.29%) HubSpot
9 7 (1.29%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
10 6 (1.10%) OpenAI
11 5 (0.92%) Infor
11 5 (0.92%) MuleSoft
11 5 (0.92%) ServiceNow
12 4 (0.74%) Epicor
12 4 (0.74%) Foundry
12 4 (0.74%) IFS
13 3 (0.55%) BiZZdesign
13 3 (0.55%) Bloomberg
13 3 (0.55%) YouTube