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 21 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 75 114 101
Rank change year-on-year +39 -13 0
Permanent jobs citing Data Modelling 551 464 844
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 3.36% 3.02% 3.04%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.91% 3.18% 3.27%
Number of salaries quoted 342 217 640
10th Percentile £45,075 £43,750 £41,250
25th Percentile £56,250 £52,500 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,932 £64,750 £63,874
Median % change year-on-year +9.55% +1.37% -1.73%
75th Percentile £87,500 £80,000 £85,000
90th Percentile £110,000 £96,750 £97,750
UK median annual salary £70,932 £63,000 £66,000
% change year-on-year +12.59% -4.55% +1.54%

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 14,088 14,578 25,772
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 85.94% 94.86% 92.74%
Number of salaries quoted 9,167 8,804 21,405
10th Percentile £30,500 £36,250 £35,000
25th Percentile £42,500 £47,500 £43,000
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 £82,500 £76,250
90th Percentile £100,000 £103,750 £95,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,001 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -12.00%

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 21 February 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 40 (7.26%) Apache Airflow
2 25 (4.54%) Apache
3 20 (3.63%) Apache Spark
4 10 (1.81%) Confluence
5 8 (1.45%) Microsoft Exchange
5 8 (1.45%) SAS
6 6 (1.09%) CMS
6 6 (1.09%) SharePoint
7 2 (0.36%) Mendix
7 2 (0.36%) Palantir Foundry
8 1 (0.18%) Camunda
Applications
1 33 (5.99%) Microsoft Excel
2 7 (1.27%) Microsoft Office
3 6 (1.09%) 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%) Spreadsheet
5 1 (0.18%) SPSS
Business Applications
1 11 (2.00%) NetSuite
2 9 (1.63%) Dynamics CRM
3 6 (1.09%) Markit EDM
4 3 (0.54%) SAP S/4HANA
5 1 (0.18%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 341 (61.89%) Azure
2 128 (23.23%) AWS
3 119 (21.60%) Power Platform
3 119 (21.60%) Snowflake
4 101 (18.33%) Azure Data Factory
5 92 (16.70%) Azure DevOps
6 77 (13.97%) Azure Synapse Analytics
7 72 (13.07%) GCP
8 70 (12.70%) GitHub
9 67 (12.16%) dbt
10 47 (8.53%) Serverless
11 46 (8.35%) GitHub Copilot
12 45 (8.17%) SaaS
13 30 (5.44%) Amazon S3
14 29 (5.26%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
15 27 (4.90%) Salesforce Service Cloud
16 19 (3.45%) Microsoft 365
17 15 (2.72%) AWS Lambda
17 15 (2.72%) Power Automate
17 15 (2.72%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 7 (1.27%) Broadband
2 1 (0.18%) ADSL
2 1 (0.18%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 182 (33.03%) Data Warehouse
2 109 (19.78%) Power BI
3 81 (14.70%) Metadata
4 80 (14.52%) Data Lake
5 46 (8.35%) Azure SQL Database
6 41 (7.44%) SQL Server
7 40 (7.26%) Tableau
8 30 (5.44%) MySQL
8 30 (5.44%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 26 (4.72%) BigQuery
10 23 (4.17%) Amazon Redshift
11 22 (3.99%) NoSQL
12 21 (3.81%) Snowflake Schema
13 20 (3.63%) PostgreSQL
14 18 (3.27%) SQL Server Integration Services
15 17 (3.09%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
15 17 (3.09%) Relational Database
16 16 (2.90%) Data Vault
17 15 (2.72%) Data Mining
17 15 (2.72%) Delta Lake
Development Applications
1 40 (7.26%) Git
2 31 (5.63%) JIRA
3 16 (2.90%) ERwin
4 14 (2.54%) ER Studio
5 5 (0.91%) git-flow
6 4 (0.73%) Jenkins
6 4 (0.73%) PowerDesigner
7 1 (0.18%) Cucumber
7 1 (0.18%) Postman
7 1 (0.18%) SonarQube
7 1 (0.18%) SpecFlow
General
1 207 (37.57%) Social Skills
2 200 (36.30%) Finance
3 142 (25.77%) Analytical Skills
4 64 (11.62%) Public Sector
5 36 (6.53%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 34 (6.17%) Marketing
7 31 (5.63%) Law
8 24 (4.36%) Retail
9 14 (2.54%) Influencing Skills
10 12 (2.18%) Presentation Skills
11 11 (2.00%) Publishing
12 9 (1.63%) Legal
13 8 (1.45%) Banking
14 7 (1.27%) Advertising
15 6 (1.09%) Manufacturing
15 6 (1.09%) Organisational Skills
16 5 (0.91%) Back Office
16 5 (0.91%) Documentation Skills
16 5 (0.91%) Telecoms
17 4 (0.73%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 150 (27.22%) Architect
2 126 (22.87%) Senior
3 122 (22.14%) Data Engineer
4 104 (18.87%) Data Architect
5 66 (11.98%) Developer
6 51 (9.26%) Lead
7 48 (8.71%) Senior Data Engineer
8 46 (8.35%) Analyst
9 30 (5.44%) Data Analyst
10 22 (3.99%) Lead Data Engineer
10 22 (3.99%) Senior Architect
11 19 (3.45%) Consultant
12 18 (3.27%) Azure Engineer
12 18 (3.27%) Senior Data Architect
13 17 (3.09%) Salesforce Developer
14 16 (2.90%) Platform Engineer
14 16 (2.90%) Solutions Architect
15 13 (2.36%) Applications Architect
15 13 (2.36%) Full-Stack Developer
15 13 (2.36%) Senior Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 52 (9.44%) REST
2 43 (7.80%) SOAP
3 39 (7.08%) Lightning Web Components
4 33 (5.99%) Kafka
5 30 (5.44%) .NET
6 24 (4.36%) PySpark
7 22 (3.99%) Middleware
8 19 (3.45%) JSON
9 17 (3.09%) Visualforce
10 16 (2.90%) XML
11 15 (2.72%) CSS
11 15 (2.72%) React
12 14 (2.54%) HTML
13 9 (1.63%) Node.js
14 8 (1.45%) YAML
15 7 (1.27%) RabbitMQ
16 6 (1.09%) RESTful
17 5 (0.91%) gRPC
17 5 (0.91%) Material-UI
17 5 (0.91%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 55 (9.98%) Product Ownership
2 52 (9.44%) Cloud Native
3 38 (6.90%) Data Structures
4 25 (4.54%) Enterprise Software
5 23 (4.17%) Management Information System
6 18 (3.27%) Legacy Systems
7 16 (2.90%) Analytical Mindset
7 16 (2.90%) Greenfield Project
8 11 (2.00%) Onboarding
8 11 (2.00%) Self-Motivation
9 10 (1.81%) FMCG
10 9 (1.63%) Public Cloud
11 8 (1.45%) Reference Data
12 6 (1.09%) Anti-Piracy
12 6 (1.09%) Social Media
13 5 (0.91%) Distributed Systems
13 5 (0.91%) Reinsurance
14 4 (0.73%) Replication
15 3 (0.54%) Data Protection Act
15 3 (0.54%) e-Learning
Operating Systems
1 7 (1.27%) Android
2 4 (0.73%) Apple iOS
2 4 (0.73%) Windows
3 1 (0.18%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 243 (44.10%) Analytics
2 208 (37.75%) Agile
3 183 (33.21%) Data Engineering
4 179 (32.49%) ETL
5 174 (31.58%) DevOps
6 165 (29.95%) CI/CD
7 154 (27.95%) Data Architecture
8 140 (25.41%) Business Intelligence
9 134 (24.32%) Data Governance
10 133 (24.14%) Mentoring
11 130 (23.59%) AI
12 126 (22.87%) Data Pipeline
13 114 (20.69%) Problem-Solving
14 108 (19.60%) Coaching
15 106 (19.24%) Data Integration
16 97 (17.60%) Continuous Improvement
17 87 (15.79%) Decision-Making
18 83 (15.06%) Data Management
19 80 (14.52%) Asset Management
20 75 (13.61%) Data Strategy
Programming Languages
1 244 (44.28%) SQL
2 215 (39.02%) Python
3 59 (10.71%) Java
4 58 (10.53%) JavaScript
5 46 (8.35%) C#
6 40 (7.26%) Apex Code
7 38 (6.90%) TypeScript
8 31 (5.63%) Scala
9 29 (5.26%) PowerShell
10 24 (4.36%) Data Analysis Expressions
11 20 (3.63%) T-SQL
12 11 (2.00%) Bash
13 8 (1.45%) R
14 7 (1.27%) PHP
15 6 (1.09%) C++
15 6 (1.09%) Kotlin
16 3 (0.54%) Swift
17 2 (0.36%) Groovy
17 2 (0.36%) SOQL
17 2 (0.36%) SOSL
Qualifications
1 95 (17.24%) Degree
2 56 (10.16%) Computer Science Degree
3 52 (9.44%) Security Cleared
4 48 (8.71%) SC Cleared
5 33 (5.99%) Azure Certification
6 28 (5.08%) TOGAF Certification
7 27 (4.90%) Microsoft Certification
8 26 (4.72%) AWS Certification
9 24 (4.36%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 12 (2.18%) ACCA
10 12 (2.18%) CIMA
10 12 (2.18%) Six Sigma Green Belt
11 8 (1.45%) Master's Degree
12 6 (1.09%) DBS Check
13 3 (0.54%) SnowPro
14 2 (0.36%) BPSS Clearance
14 2 (0.36%) DV Cleared
15 1 (0.18%) PMI Certification
15 1 (0.18%) PMP
15 1 (0.18%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 113 (20.51%) Data Quality
2 45 (8.17%) Accessibility
3 13 (2.36%) Actionable Recommendations
3 13 (2.36%) GDPR
3 13 (2.36%) QA
4 12 (2.18%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 1 (0.18%) ISO 13485
5 1 (0.18%) P3O
5 1 (0.18%) PCI DSS
5 1 (0.18%) PMO
System Software
1 12 (2.18%) Active Directory
2 9 (1.63%) Docker
3 1 (0.18%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 32 (5.81%) Terraform
2 5 (0.91%) 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
1 150 (27.22%) Microsoft
2 107 (19.42%) Databricks
3 55 (9.98%) Salesforce
4 24 (4.36%) Google
5 16 (2.90%) MuleSoft
6 15 (2.72%) Informatica
7 13 (2.36%) SAP
8 11 (2.00%) IBM
9 9 (1.63%) Oracle
9 9 (1.63%) Talend
10 5 (0.91%) Foundry
11 4 (0.73%) Ab Initio
11 4 (0.73%) ServiceNow
12 3 (0.54%) BMC
12 3 (0.54%) OpenAI
12 3 (0.54%) Palantir
12 3 (0.54%) Sparx
13 2 (0.36%) iManage
13 2 (0.36%) OutSystems
13 2 (0.36%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud