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 17 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 93 134 124
Rank change year-on-year +41 -10 -23
Permanent jobs citing Data Modelling 518 428 848
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 2.59% 2.79% 2.45%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.17% 2.95% 2.76%
Number of salaries quoted 366 248 627
10th Percentile £42,500 £47,500 £38,650
25th Percentile £51,938 £55,000 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,500 £65,000 £63,749
Median % change year-on-year +3.85% +1.96% -3.48%
75th Percentile £85,750 £81,563 £85,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £107,500 £100,000
UK median annual salary £69,986 £65,000 £67,500
% change year-on-year +7.67% -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 16,346 14,518 30,753
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 81.87% 94.57% 88.97%
Number of salaries quoted 11,794 8,418 23,762
10th Percentile £35,000 £29,913 £33,750
25th Percentile £45,000 £42,500 £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 £80,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £105,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +4.35% +4.55% -9.54%

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 17 June 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 37 (7.14%) Apache Airflow
2 25 (4.83%) Apache
2 25 (4.83%) Apache Spark
3 12 (2.32%) SharePoint
4 8 (1.54%) Microsoft Exchange
5 6 (1.16%) SAS
6 5 (0.97%) Jupyter
7 3 (0.58%) Apache Solr
7 3 (0.58%) Palantir Foundry
8 2 (0.39%) CMS
8 2 (0.39%) Confluence
9 1 (0.19%) Oracle SOA Suite
Applications
1 30 (5.79%) Microsoft Excel
2 7 (1.35%) Microsoft Office
3 3 (0.58%) Blender
3 3 (0.58%) Maya
4 1 (0.19%) Chatbot
4 1 (0.19%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.19%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 12 (2.32%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
2 7 (1.35%) NetSuite
3 4 (0.77%) Dynamics CRM
4 3 (0.58%) SAP S/4HANA
5 2 (0.39%) Oracle EBS
5 2 (0.39%) Oracle ERP
6 1 (0.19%) Markit EDM
6 1 (0.19%) Oracle Payables
6 1 (0.19%) Oracle Receivables
6 1 (0.19%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 226 (43.63%) Azure
2 146 (28.19%) Power Platform
3 126 (24.32%) AWS
4 71 (13.71%) GCP
5 69 (13.32%) Azure Data Factory
6 45 (8.69%) Azure Synapse Analytics
7 40 (7.72%) Snowflake
8 35 (6.76%) Serverless
9 31 (5.98%) dbt
10 29 (5.60%) SaaS
11 28 (5.41%) Amazon S3
12 27 (5.21%) Azure DevOps
13 25 (4.83%) GitHub
14 19 (3.67%) AWS Lambda
14 19 (3.67%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
15 14 (2.70%) Salesforce Service Cloud
16 13 (2.51%) GitHub Actions
16 13 (2.51%) Microsoft 365
17 12 (2.32%) Amazon CloudWatch
17 12 (2.32%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 44 (8.49%) Broadband
2 4 (0.77%) NGN
3 2 (0.39%) SMS
4 1 (0.19%) 4G
4 1 (0.19%) 5G
4 1 (0.19%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 132 (25.48%) Power BI
2 89 (17.18%) Metadata
3 72 (13.90%) Data Warehouse
4 55 (10.62%) Data Lake
5 45 (8.69%) PostgreSQL
5 45 (8.69%) Relational Database
5 45 (8.69%) Tableau
6 40 (7.72%) SQL Server
7 31 (5.98%) BigQuery
7 31 (5.98%) Semantic Layer
8 25 (4.83%) Azure SQL Database
9 23 (4.44%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 21 (4.05%) MySQL
11 20 (3.86%) Amazon Redshift
12 18 (3.47%) Big Data
12 18 (3.47%) NoSQL
13 17 (3.28%) MongoDB
13 17 (3.28%) SAP BW
14 16 (3.09%) DynamoDB
15 15 (2.90%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 39 (7.53%) Git
2 18 (3.47%) Jenkins
3 9 (1.74%) JIRA
4 6 (1.16%) GitLab
5 3 (0.58%) MLflow
6 2 (0.39%) ER Studio
6 2 (0.39%) ERwin
7 1 (0.19%) Ant
7 1 (0.19%) Cucumber
7 1 (0.19%) Postman
7 1 (0.19%) SpecFlow
7 1 (0.19%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
7 1 (0.19%) Toad
7 1 (0.19%) Visual Studio
General
1 191 (36.87%) Social Skills
2 135 (26.06%) Analytical Skills
3 128 (24.71%) Finance
4 79 (15.25%) Public Sector
5 74 (14.29%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 40 (7.72%) Law
7 25 (4.83%) Marketing
8 24 (4.63%) Influencing Skills
8 24 (4.63%) Retail
9 12 (2.32%) Legal
10 11 (2.12%) Banking
11 10 (1.93%) Documentation Skills
11 10 (1.93%) Manufacturing
12 8 (1.54%) Publishing
13 7 (1.35%) Games
14 4 (0.77%) Billing
14 4 (0.77%) Local Government
15 3 (0.58%) Financial Institution
15 3 (0.58%) Police
15 3 (0.58%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 146 (28.19%) Data Engineer
2 119 (22.97%) Architect
3 101 (19.50%) Senior
4 79 (15.25%) Data Architect
5 74 (14.29%) Lead
6 68 (13.13%) Analyst
7 66 (12.74%) Developer
8 39 (7.53%) Data Analyst
8 39 (7.53%) Senior Data Engineer
9 28 (5.41%) Senior Architect
10 25 (4.83%) Lead Data Engineer
11 21 (4.05%) Senior Data Architect
12 20 (3.86%) Platform Engineer
13 19 (3.67%) Business Analyst
14 18 (3.47%) Business Intelligence Analyst
15 17 (3.28%) Business Intelligence Developer
16 14 (2.70%) Consultant
16 14 (2.70%) Salesforce Developer
16 14 (2.70%) Solutions Architect
17 12 (2.32%) Technical Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 50 (9.65%) REST
2 41 (7.92%) Node.js
3 39 (7.53%) PySpark
4 36 (6.95%) Kafka
5 22 (4.25%) SOAP
6 21 (4.05%) Lightning Web Components
7 19 (3.67%) JSON
8 18 (3.47%) Middleware
8 18 (3.47%) React
9 17 (3.28%) CSS
10 16 (3.09%) .NET
11 13 (2.51%) Oracle Fusion
11 13 (2.51%) Visualforce
12 12 (2.32%) XML
13 10 (1.93%) HTML
14 8 (1.54%) Spring
14 8 (1.54%) Tailwind CSS
15 7 (1.35%) RESTful
16 6 (1.16%) Spring Boot
17 5 (0.97%) OpenTelemetry
Miscellaneous
1 54 (10.42%) Data Structures
2 51 (9.85%) Cloud Native
3 26 (5.02%) Product Ownership
4 22 (4.25%) Social Media
5 18 (3.47%) Management Information System
6 17 (3.28%) Distributed Systems
7 16 (3.09%) Greenfield Project
7 16 (3.09%) Onboarding
8 13 (2.51%) Self-Motivation
9 11 (2.12%) Algorithms
10 10 (1.93%) FMCG
10 10 (1.93%) Legacy Systems
10 10 (1.93%) Public Cloud
11 9 (1.74%) Blog
11 9 (1.74%) Low-Code
12 8 (1.54%) Data Fabric
13 7 (1.35%) Analytical Mindset
13 7 (1.35%) Video\Live Streaming
14 6 (1.16%) Reference Data
14 6 (1.16%) Taxonomies
Operating Systems
1 2 (0.39%) Linux
1 2 (0.39%) Windows
2 1 (0.19%) Android
2 1 (0.19%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 236 (45.56%) Analytics
2 172 (33.20%) Business Intelligence
3 165 (31.85%) Data Engineering
4 158 (30.50%) Data Architecture
5 145 (27.99%) Agile
6 142 (27.41%) CI/CD
7 136 (26.25%) AI
8 134 (25.87%) Decision-Making
9 133 (25.68%) ETL
10 131 (25.29%) Data Pipeline
11 126 (24.32%) Data Governance
12 118 (22.78%) Problem-Solving
13 110 (21.24%) Data Strategy
14 103 (19.88%) DevOps
15 91 (17.57%) Mentoring
16 77 (14.86%) Machine Learning
17 70 (13.51%) Roadmaps
18 67 (12.93%) Continuous Improvement
19 63 (12.16%) Stakeholder Engagement
19 63 (12.16%) Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 245 (47.30%) SQL
2 213 (41.12%) Python
3 42 (8.11%) Java
3 42 (8.11%) JavaScript
4 30 (5.79%) Data Analysis Expressions
5 26 (5.02%) TypeScript
6 21 (4.05%) Apex Code
7 20 (3.86%) Scala
7 20 (3.86%) T-SQL
8 16 (3.09%) C#
8 16 (3.09%) PowerShell
9 11 (2.12%) Bash
10 7 (1.35%) Bicep
10 7 (1.35%) Go
11 6 (1.16%) C++
12 5 (0.97%) Kusto Query Language
12 5 (0.97%) R
13 4 (0.77%) PHP
13 4 (0.77%) SOQL
13 4 (0.77%) SOSL
Qualifications
1 72 (13.90%) Security Cleared
2 71 (13.71%) Degree
3 58 (11.20%) SC Cleared
4 25 (4.83%) Computer Science Degree
5 18 (3.47%) Azure Certification
6 14 (2.70%) TOGAF Certification
7 11 (2.12%) Microsoft Certification
8 8 (1.54%) ACCA
8 8 (1.54%) CIMA
9 6 (1.16%) Master's Degree
10 5 (0.97%) AWS Certification
10 5 (0.97%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 5 (0.97%) CIPD
10 5 (0.97%) DBS Check
10 5 (0.97%) DV Cleared
10 5 (0.97%) SnowPro
11 2 (0.39%) BPSS Clearance
11 2 (0.39%) IIBA
12 1 (0.19%) CBAP
12 1 (0.19%) Numerate Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 183 (35.33%) Data Quality
2 34 (6.56%) GDPR
3 22 (4.25%) QA
4 13 (2.51%) Accessibility
5 12 (2.32%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 4 (0.77%) PERC
7 3 (0.58%) IFRS
7 3 (0.58%) IFRS 17
7 3 (0.58%) Solvency II
8 1 (0.19%) Actionable Recommendations
8 1 (0.19%) California Consumer Privacy Act
8 1 (0.19%) HL7
8 1 (0.19%) SNOMED CT
System Software
1 26 (5.02%) Docker
2 9 (1.74%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 35 (6.76%) Terraform
2 10 (1.93%) Kubernetes
3 3 (0.58%) Ansible
3 3 (0.58%) Packer
4 2 (0.39%) Single Sign-On
5 1 (0.19%) Grafana
5 1 (0.19%) Prometheus
5 1 (0.19%) QRadar
Vendors
1 121 (23.36%) Microsoft
2 102 (19.69%) Databricks
3 45 (8.69%) Salesforce
4 38 (7.34%) Oracle
5 35 (6.76%) SAP
6 13 (2.51%) MuleSoft
7 11 (2.12%) Google
7 11 (2.12%) Informatica
8 7 (1.35%) ServiceNow
9 6 (1.16%) HubSpot
9 6 (1.16%) OpenAI
10 5 (0.97%) Foundry
10 5 (0.97%) IBM
10 5 (0.97%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
11 3 (0.58%) Alteryx
11 3 (0.58%) Palantir
11 3 (0.58%) TOWER Software
12 2 (0.39%) BiZZdesign
12 2 (0.39%) Dynatrace
12 2 (0.39%) iManage