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 28 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 75 106 112
Rank change year-on-year +31 +6 -15
Permanent jobs citing Data Modelling 557 401 842
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 3.30% 3.12% 2.73%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.92% 3.28% 2.97%
Number of salaries quoted 356 202 633
10th Percentile £42,500 £46,348 £39,410
25th Percentile £52,500 £53,000 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £68,750 £63,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year +9.13% +0.80% -6.81%
75th Percentile £85,000 £80,000 £85,000
90th Percentile £110,000 £102,410 £100,000
UK median annual salary £70,000 £62,500 £67,500
% change year-on-year +12.00% -7.41% +2.76%

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 14,216 12,215 28,360
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 84.23% 94.97% 91.82%
Number of salaries quoted 9,693 8,786 23,170
10th Percentile £31,250 £32,500 £33,767
25th Percentile £42,500 £46,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £62,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% +8.70% -8.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £81,250 £75,250
90th Percentile £100,000 £103,999 £95,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -11.29%

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 28 March 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 42 (7.54%) Apache Airflow
2 24 (4.31%) Apache
3 18 (3.23%) Apache Spark
4 10 (1.80%) Confluence
5 8 (1.44%) Microsoft Exchange
5 8 (1.44%) SAS
5 8 (1.44%) SharePoint
6 6 (1.08%) CMS
7 2 (0.36%) Mendix
8 1 (0.18%) Camunda
8 1 (0.18%) Palantir Foundry
Applications
1 34 (6.10%) Microsoft Excel
2 8 (1.44%) Microsoft Office
3 6 (1.08%) Chatbot
4 3 (0.54%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 3 (0.54%) MS Visio
4 3 (0.54%) Sketch
5 1 (0.18%) Microsoft Project
5 1 (0.18%) Notion
5 1 (0.18%) SPSS
Business Applications
1 10 (1.80%) NetSuite
2 8 (1.44%) Dynamics CRM
3 6 (1.08%) Markit EDM
4 4 (0.72%) SAP S/4HANA
5 1 (0.18%) Salesforce CRM
5 1 (0.18%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 323 (57.99%) Azure
2 126 (22.62%) AWS
3 119 (21.36%) Power Platform
4 111 (19.93%) Snowflake
5 106 (19.03%) Azure Data Factory
6 85 (15.26%) Azure DevOps
7 73 (13.11%) Azure Synapse Analytics
8 70 (12.57%) GCP
9 63 (11.31%) GitHub
10 60 (10.77%) dbt
11 44 (7.90%) Serverless
12 38 (6.82%) GitHub Copilot
13 33 (5.92%) Amazon S3
13 33 (5.92%) SaaS
14 31 (5.57%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
15 28 (5.03%) Salesforce Service Cloud
16 18 (3.23%) AWS Lambda
16 18 (3.23%) Microsoft 365
17 11 (1.97%) Amazon Kinesis
17 11 (1.97%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 16 (2.87%) Broadband
2 3 (0.54%) NGN
3 1 (0.18%) ADSL
3 1 (0.18%) Internet
3 1 (0.18%) SMS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 158 (28.37%) Data Warehouse
2 112 (20.11%) Power BI
3 79 (14.18%) Metadata
4 70 (12.57%) Data Lake
5 48 (8.62%) SQL Server
6 43 (7.72%) Azure SQL Database
7 39 (7.00%) Tableau
8 32 (5.75%) Relational Database
9 30 (5.39%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 29 (5.21%) PostgreSQL
11 27 (4.85%) MySQL
12 25 (4.49%) BigQuery
13 24 (4.31%) Amazon Redshift
14 21 (3.77%) NoSQL
15 20 (3.59%) SQL Server Integration Services
16 15 (2.69%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
16 15 (2.69%) Delta Lake
17 14 (2.51%) Snowflake Schema
18 13 (2.33%) Amazon Athena
19 11 (1.97%) Amazon QuickSight
Development Applications
1 38 (6.82%) Git
2 27 (4.85%) JIRA
3 11 (1.97%) ERwin
4 9 (1.62%) ER Studio
5 5 (0.90%) git-flow
6 4 (0.72%) Jenkins
6 4 (0.72%) PowerDesigner
7 1 (0.18%) Cucumber
7 1 (0.18%) Postman
7 1 (0.18%) SonarQube
7 1 (0.18%) SpecFlow
7 1 (0.18%) Toad
General
1 196 (35.19%) Social Skills
2 191 (34.29%) Finance
3 147 (26.39%) Analytical Skills
4 62 (11.13%) Public Sector
5 40 (7.18%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 34 (6.10%) Marketing
7 32 (5.75%) Law
8 22 (3.95%) Retail
9 21 (3.77%) Influencing Skills
10 12 (2.15%) Presentation Skills
11 11 (1.97%) Banking
11 11 (1.97%) Publishing
12 9 (1.62%) Legal
13 7 (1.26%) Advertising
13 7 (1.26%) Documentation Skills
13 7 (1.26%) Games
14 6 (1.08%) Manufacturing
15 5 (0.90%) Back Office
15 5 (0.90%) Organisational Skills
15 5 (0.90%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 143 (25.67%) Architect
2 128 (22.98%) Data Engineer
3 118 (21.18%) Senior
4 99 (17.77%) Data Architect
5 71 (12.75%) Developer
6 58 (10.41%) Analyst
7 56 (10.05%) Lead
8 45 (8.08%) Senior Data Engineer
9 35 (6.28%) Data Analyst
10 22 (3.95%) Lead Data Engineer
11 20 (3.59%) Consultant
12 19 (3.41%) Salesforce Developer
12 19 (3.41%) Senior Architect
13 18 (3.23%) Platform Engineer
14 17 (3.05%) Business Analyst
15 16 (2.87%) Azure Engineer
16 15 (2.69%) Full-Stack Developer
17 14 (2.51%) Senior Data Architect
17 14 (2.51%) Senior Developer
17 14 (2.51%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 57 (10.23%) REST
2 41 (7.36%) Lightning Web Components
2 41 (7.36%) SOAP
3 32 (5.75%) Kafka
4 30 (5.39%) PySpark
5 28 (5.03%) .NET
6 23 (4.13%) Middleware
7 18 (3.23%) Visualforce
8 16 (2.87%) React
9 15 (2.69%) JSON
10 14 (2.51%) CSS
11 13 (2.33%) HTML
12 11 (1.97%) XML
13 10 (1.80%) Node.js
14 8 (1.44%) RabbitMQ
14 8 (1.44%) YAML
15 6 (1.08%) RESTful
15 6 (1.08%) Vue
16 5 (0.90%) gRPC
16 5 (0.90%) Material-UI
Miscellaneous
1 57 (10.23%) Product Ownership
2 48 (8.62%) Cloud Native
3 38 (6.82%) Data Structures
4 25 (4.49%) Management Information System
5 19 (3.41%) Enterprise Software
6 18 (3.23%) Greenfield Project
7 15 (2.69%) Analytical Mindset
8 12 (2.15%) FMCG
8 12 (2.15%) Legacy Systems
8 12 (2.15%) Onboarding
9 11 (1.97%) Self-Motivation
10 10 (1.80%) Low-Code
11 9 (1.62%) Public Cloud
11 9 (1.62%) Social Media
12 7 (1.26%) Algorithms
12 7 (1.26%) Video\Live Streaming
13 6 (1.08%) Anti-Piracy
13 6 (1.08%) Reference Data
14 5 (0.90%) Data Fabric
14 5 (0.90%) Reinsurance
Operating Systems
1 4 (0.72%) Android
1 4 (0.72%) Windows
2 1 (0.18%) Apple iOS
2 1 (0.18%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 256 (45.96%) Analytics
2 195 (35.01%) Agile
3 189 (33.93%) Data Engineering
4 172 (30.88%) ETL
5 160 (28.73%) Data Architecture
5 160 (28.73%) DevOps
6 155 (27.83%) CI/CD
7 152 (27.29%) Business Intelligence
8 134 (24.06%) Data Pipeline
9 132 (23.70%) Data Governance
10 131 (23.52%) AI
11 121 (21.72%) Problem-Solving
12 106 (19.03%) Decision-Making
12 106 (19.03%) Mentoring
13 102 (18.31%) Data Integration
14 96 (17.24%) Continuous Improvement
15 91 (16.34%) Coaching
16 87 (15.62%) Data Management
17 71 (12.75%) Asset Management
17 71 (12.75%) Data Strategy
Programming Languages
1 237 (42.55%) SQL
2 210 (37.70%) Python
3 53 (9.52%) JavaScript
4 50 (8.98%) Java
5 40 (7.18%) Apex Code
6 35 (6.28%) C#
7 31 (5.57%) TypeScript
8 29 (5.21%) Data Analysis Expressions
9 25 (4.49%) PowerShell
9 25 (4.49%) Scala
10 22 (3.95%) T-SQL
11 11 (1.97%) Bash
12 8 (1.44%) Go
13 7 (1.26%) PHP
14 6 (1.08%) C++
14 6 (1.08%) R
15 3 (0.54%) Bicep
15 3 (0.54%) Kotlin
16 2 (0.36%) Groovy
16 2 (0.36%) Kusto Query Language
Qualifications
1 90 (16.16%) Degree
2 57 (10.23%) Security Cleared
3 51 (9.16%) SC Cleared
4 49 (8.80%) Computer Science Degree
5 29 (5.21%) Azure Certification
6 23 (4.13%) TOGAF Certification
7 20 (3.59%) AWS Certification
7 20 (3.59%) Microsoft Certification
8 18 (3.23%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 12 (2.15%) ACCA
9 12 (2.15%) CIMA
9 12 (2.15%) Six Sigma Green Belt
10 7 (1.26%) Master's Degree
11 6 (1.08%) DBS Check
12 3 (0.54%) SnowPro
13 2 (0.36%) BPSS Clearance
13 2 (0.36%) DV Cleared
13 2 (0.36%) SAP Certification
14 1 (0.18%) PMI Certification
14 1 (0.18%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 135 (24.24%) Data Quality
2 45 (8.08%) Accessibility
3 26 (4.67%) GDPR
4 24 (4.31%) QA
5 13 (2.33%) Actionable Recommendations
6 12 (2.15%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 3 (0.54%) PERC
8 1 (0.18%) HL7
8 1 (0.18%) IFRS
8 1 (0.18%) IFRS 17
8 1 (0.18%) ISO 13485
8 1 (0.18%) P3O
8 1 (0.18%) PMO
8 1 (0.18%) SNOMED CT
8 1 (0.18%) Solvency II
System Software
1 12 (2.15%) Active Directory
2 10 (1.80%) Docker
Systems Management
1 34 (6.10%) Terraform
2 5 (0.90%) Kubernetes
3 3 (0.54%) Control-M
4 2 (0.36%) Single Sign-On
5 1 (0.18%) Grafana
5 1 (0.18%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 159 (28.55%) Microsoft
2 108 (19.39%) Databricks
3 60 (10.77%) Salesforce
4 23 (4.13%) Google
5 18 (3.23%) SAP
6 17 (3.05%) MuleSoft
6 17 (3.05%) Oracle
7 16 (2.87%) Informatica
8 15 (2.69%) IBM
9 9 (1.62%) Talend
10 4 (0.72%) Ab Initio
10 4 (0.72%) Foundry
10 4 (0.72%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
10 4 (0.72%) ServiceNow
11 3 (0.54%) BMC
11 3 (0.54%) OpenAI
11 3 (0.54%) Sparx
12 2 (0.36%) iManage
12 2 (0.36%) OutSystems
12 2 (0.36%) Planon