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 14 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 112 135 154
Rank change year-on-year +23 +19 -66
Permanent jobs citing Data Modelling 547 410 530
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 2.41% 2.47% 2.13%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.92% 2.66% 2.43%
Number of salaries quoted 385 262 353
10th Percentile £43,000 £46,375 £41,800
25th Percentile £51,250 £56,250 £52,325
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £65,750 £69,000
Median % change year-on-year -1.14% -4.71% +5.58%
75th Percentile £87,500 £83,750 £82,500
90th Percentile £107,500 £107,500 £97,500
UK median annual salary £70,000 £67,500 £70,000
% change year-on-year +3.70% -3.57% +4.37%

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 18,760 15,439 21,772
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 82.60% 92.96% 87.70%
Number of salaries quoted 13,517 8,929 15,511
10th Percentile £35,000 £29,750 £35,000
25th Percentile £44,852 £40,600 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% -4.17% -4.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £77,500 £78,005
90th Percentile £100,000 £100,000 £97,500
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% - -8.71%

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 14 August 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 28 (5.12%) Apache Spark
2 23 (4.20%) Apache
2 23 (4.20%) Apache Airflow
3 12 (2.19%) SharePoint
4 6 (1.10%) Jupyter
5 3 (0.55%) Apache Solr
6 2 (0.37%) Oracle SOA Suite
6 2 (0.37%) Palantir Foundry
7 1 (0.18%) SAS
Applications
1 34 (6.22%) Microsoft Excel
2 5 (0.91%) 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%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.18%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 12 (2.19%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
2 7 (1.28%) 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
4 2 (0.37%) SAP S/4HANA
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
1 208 (38.03%) Azure
2 174 (31.81%) Power Platform
3 114 (20.84%) AWS
4 70 (12.80%) GCP
5 63 (11.52%) Azure Data Factory
6 44 (8.04%) Snowflake
7 43 (7.86%) Azure Synapse Analytics
8 27 (4.94%) dbt
8 27 (4.94%) Serverless
9 25 (4.57%) GitHub
10 24 (4.39%) Amazon S3
10 24 (4.39%) Microsoft Purview
11 22 (4.02%) SaaS
12 21 (3.84%) Azure DevOps
13 20 (3.66%) AWS Lambda
14 15 (2.74%) GitHub Actions
14 15 (2.74%) PowerApps
15 12 (2.19%) Amazon CloudWatch
15 12 (2.19%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
16 10 (1.83%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 44 (8.04%) Broadband
2 4 (0.73%) 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
Database & Business Intelligence
1 160 (29.25%) Power BI
2 98 (17.92%) Data Warehouse
3 94 (17.18%) Metadata
4 58 (10.60%) Data Lake
5 48 (8.78%) Relational Database
6 47 (8.59%) SQL Server
6 47 (8.59%) Tableau
7 45 (8.23%) PostgreSQL
8 34 (6.22%) Semantic Layer
9 30 (5.48%) BigQuery
9 30 (5.48%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 25 (4.57%) Delta Lake
11 24 (4.39%) MongoDB
12 23 (4.20%) Big Data
12 23 (4.20%) Star Schema
13 22 (4.02%) NoSQL
14 18 (3.29%) Azure SQL Database
14 18 (3.29%) Data Vault
15 16 (2.93%) DynamoDB
16 15 (2.74%) Amazon Redshift
Development Applications
1 48 (8.78%) Git
2 24 (4.39%) Jenkins
3 8 (1.46%) JIRA
4 7 (1.28%) 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 (37.66%) Social Skills
2 157 (28.70%) Analytical Skills
3 137 (25.05%) Finance
4 79 (14.44%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 64 (11.70%) Public Sector
6 45 (8.23%) Law
7 33 (6.03%) Retail
8 24 (4.39%) Influencing Skills
9 23 (4.20%) Marketing
10 17 (3.11%) Banking
11 16 (2.93%) Legal
12 15 (2.74%) Manufacturing
13 10 (1.83%) Documentation Skills
14 7 (1.28%) Games
14 7 (1.28%) Presentation Skills
15 5 (0.91%) Billing
15 5 (0.91%) Legal Technology
15 5 (0.91%) Military
16 4 (0.73%) Health Technology
17 3 (0.55%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 151 (27.61%) Data Engineer
2 130 (23.77%) Architect
3 104 (19.01%) Senior
4 92 (16.82%) Data Architect
5 67 (12.25%) Analyst
6 54 (9.87%) Lead
7 52 (9.51%) Developer
8 36 (6.58%) Senior Data Engineer
9 29 (5.30%) Data Analyst
10 23 (4.20%) Business Analyst
10 23 (4.20%) Senior Architect
11 20 (3.66%) Senior Data Architect
11 20 (3.66%) Solutions Architect
12 17 (3.11%) Consultant
13 15 (2.74%) Data Modeller
13 15 (2.74%) Software Engineer
14 14 (2.56%) Financial Analyst
14 14 (2.56%) Senior Analyst
15 12 (2.19%) Business Intelligence Analyst
15 12 (2.19%) Business Intelligence Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 57 (10.42%) PySpark
2 43 (7.86%) REST
3 37 (6.76%) Node.js
4 31 (5.67%) Kafka
5 15 (2.74%) JSON
5 15 (2.74%) Lightning Web Components
6 14 (2.56%) CSS
6 14 (2.56%) Oracle Fusion
6 14 (2.56%) React
7 13 (2.38%) Middleware
8 12 (2.19%) SOAP
9 11 (2.01%) .NET
10 9 (1.65%) Tailwind CSS
11 8 (1.46%) RESTful
12 7 (1.28%) Spring
13 6 (1.10%) Django
13 6 (1.10%) LangChain
13 6 (1.10%) Spring Boot
13 6 (1.10%) Visualforce
13 6 (1.10%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 62 (11.33%) Cloud Native
2 49 (8.96%) Data Structures
3 22 (4.02%) Product Ownership
3 22 (4.02%) Social Media
4 18 (3.29%) Distributed Systems
4 18 (3.29%) Management Information System
5 12 (2.19%) Self-Motivation
6 11 (2.01%) Algorithms
7 10 (1.83%) Blog
7 10 (1.83%) Greenfield Project
7 10 (1.83%) Legacy Systems
7 10 (1.83%) Low-Code
8 9 (1.65%) Taxonomies
9 8 (1.46%) Reference Data
10 7 (1.28%) Analytical Mindset
10 7 (1.28%) Data Fabric
10 7 (1.28%) Enterprise Software
10 7 (1.28%) Onboarding
10 7 (1.28%) Video\Live Streaming
11 6 (1.10%) AI Agents
Operating Systems
1 3 (0.55%) Windows
2 2 (0.37%) Linux
3 1 (0.18%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 257 (46.98%) Analytics
2 208 (38.03%) Business Intelligence
3 184 (33.64%) AI
4 168 (30.71%) Data Architecture
5 167 (30.53%) Data Engineering
6 163 (29.80%) Decision-Making
7 144 (26.33%) Data Pipeline
8 139 (25.41%) Agile
9 134 (24.50%) Data Strategy
9 134 (24.50%) ETL
10 131 (23.95%) CI/CD
10 131 (23.95%) Problem-Solving
11 129 (23.58%) Data Governance
12 94 (17.18%) Machine Learning
13 88 (16.09%) Roadmaps
14 81 (14.81%) DevOps
15 78 (14.26%) Mentoring
16 77 (14.08%) Stakeholder Engagement
17 75 (13.71%) Continuous Improvement
18 71 (12.98%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 266 (48.63%) SQL
2 223 (40.77%) Python
3 36 (6.58%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 35 (6.40%) Java
5 27 (4.94%) JavaScript
5 27 (4.94%) Scala
6 22 (4.02%) TypeScript
7 20 (3.66%) C#
8 18 (3.29%) T-SQL
9 17 (3.11%) Bicep
10 14 (2.56%) Apex Code
11 9 (1.65%) C++
11 9 (1.65%) Kusto Query Language
12 8 (1.46%) R
13 7 (1.28%) Go
13 7 (1.28%) PowerShell
14 5 (0.91%) Bash
15 4 (0.73%) SPARQL
16 3 (0.55%) Groovy
16 3 (0.55%) VBA
Qualifications
1 76 (13.89%) Security Cleared
2 62 (11.33%) Degree
3 56 (10.24%) SC Cleared
4 28 (5.12%) Azure Certification
5 22 (4.02%) Microsoft Certification
6 18 (3.29%) Computer Science Degree
7 15 (2.74%) SnowPro
8 14 (2.56%) DV Cleared
9 10 (1.83%) BPSS Clearance
10 9 (1.65%) CIPD
10 9 (1.65%) TOGAF Certification
11 6 (1.10%) DBS Check
12 5 (0.91%) AWS Certification
12 5 (0.91%) Master's Degree
13 4 (0.73%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
14 2 (0.37%) IIBA
14 2 (0.37%) PMI Certification
15 1 (0.18%) CBAP
15 1 (0.18%) OCP
15 1 (0.18%) SSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 196 (35.83%) Data Quality
2 44 (8.04%) GDPR
3 22 (4.02%) QA
4 19 (3.47%) Accessibility
5 7 (1.28%) California Consumer Privacy Act
6 4 (0.73%) IFRS
6 4 (0.73%) IFRS 17
6 4 (0.73%) PERC
6 4 (0.73%) Solvency II
7 3 (0.55%) MiFID
7 3 (0.55%) UCITS
8 2 (0.37%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 1 (0.18%) Actionable Recommendations
9 1 (0.18%) EU AI Act
9 1 (0.18%) HIPAA
9 1 (0.18%) HL7
9 1 (0.18%) PMO
9 1 (0.18%) SNOMED CT
System Software
1 33 (6.03%) Docker
Systems Management
1 44 (8.04%) Terraform
2 15 (2.74%) Kubernetes
3 4 (0.73%) Ansible
4 3 (0.55%) Packer
5 1 (0.18%) QRadar
Vendors
1 154 (28.15%) Microsoft
2 101 (18.46%) Databricks
3 46 (8.41%) Oracle
4 38 (6.95%) SAP
5 35 (6.40%) Salesforce
6 10 (1.83%) Google
7 9 (1.65%) Informatica
7 9 (1.65%) MuleSoft
8 7 (1.28%) HubSpot
8 7 (1.28%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
9 5 (0.91%) Foundry
9 5 (0.91%) OpenAI
9 5 (0.91%) ServiceNow
10 4 (0.73%) Epicor
10 4 (0.73%) IBM
10 4 (0.73%) IFS
10 4 (0.73%) Infor
11 3 (0.55%) Bloomberg
11 3 (0.55%) Talend
11 3 (0.55%) TOWER Software