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

6 months to
21 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 81 117 89
Rank change year-on-year +36 -28 +16
Permanent jobs citing Data Modelling 501 467 817
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 3.25% 2.86% 3.40%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.74% 3.04% 3.65%
Number of salaries quoted 310 218 586
10th Percentile £46,250 £43,750 £40,000
25th Percentile £55,313 £52,500 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,250 £65,000 £63,749
Median % change year-on-year +8.08% +1.96% -1.93%
75th Percentile £87,500 £81,250 £83,750
90th Percentile £110,000 £96,750 £97,500
UK median annual salary £70,500 £65,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year +8.46% - -

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 13,411 15,366 22,402
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 86.96% 94.05% 93.16%
Number of salaries quoted 8,532 9,035 18,329
10th Percentile £30,000 £36,250 £35,125
25th Percentile £42,000 £47,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% +4.17% -4.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £82,500 £77,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £102,000 £96,539
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year -8.33% +4.35% -8.00%

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 January 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 (5.59%) Apache Airflow
2 23 (4.59%) Apache
3 16 (3.19%) Apache Spark
4 14 (2.79%) Confluence
5 5 (1.00%) CMS
6 4 (0.80%) SharePoint
7 2 (0.40%) Mendix
7 2 (0.40%) SAS
8 1 (0.20%) Camunda
8 1 (0.20%) Luigi
Applications
1 30 (5.99%) Microsoft Excel
2 6 (1.20%) Chatbot
2 6 (1.20%) Microsoft Office
3 3 (0.60%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 3 (0.60%) MS Visio
3 3 (0.60%) Sketch
4 1 (0.20%) Microsoft Project
4 1 (0.20%) Notion
4 1 (0.20%) PlantUML
4 1 (0.20%) Spreadsheet
4 1 (0.20%) SPSS
Business Applications
1 9 (1.80%) Dynamics CRM
1 9 (1.80%) NetSuite
2 6 (1.20%) Markit EDM
3 1 (0.20%) Aladdin
3 1 (0.20%) SAP S/4HANA
3 1 (0.20%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 318 (63.47%) Azure
2 122 (24.35%) AWS
3 121 (24.15%) Snowflake
4 104 (20.76%) Power Platform
5 94 (18.76%) Azure DevOps
6 88 (17.56%) Azure Data Factory
7 73 (14.57%) Azure Synapse Analytics
8 71 (14.17%) GitHub
9 61 (12.18%) GCP
10 58 (11.58%) dbt
11 48 (9.58%) GitHub Copilot
12 47 (9.38%) Serverless
13 41 (8.18%) SaaS
14 32 (6.39%) Amazon S3
15 23 (4.59%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
16 21 (4.19%) Salesforce Service Cloud
17 19 (3.79%) AWS Lambda
18 12 (2.40%) PowerApps
18 12 (2.40%) Salesforce Einstein
19 11 (2.20%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 2 (0.40%) Broadband
2 1 (0.20%) ADSL
2 1 (0.20%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 183 (36.53%) Data Warehouse
2 97 (19.36%) Power BI
3 83 (16.57%) Data Lake
4 64 (12.77%) Metadata
5 42 (8.38%) Azure SQL Database
6 35 (6.99%) Tableau
7 30 (5.99%) SQL Server
8 24 (4.79%) Snowflake Schema
9 22 (4.39%) Amazon Redshift
9 22 (4.39%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 21 (4.19%) NoSQL
11 20 (3.99%) MySQL
12 18 (3.59%) Data Vault
13 16 (3.19%) BigQuery
13 16 (3.19%) Data Mining
13 16 (3.19%) SQL Server Integration Services
14 15 (2.99%) Relational Database
15 14 (2.79%) Delta Lake
16 12 (2.40%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
17 11 (2.20%) Amazon Athena
Development Applications
1 39 (7.78%) Git
1 39 (7.78%) JIRA
2 18 (3.59%) ER Studio
2 18 (3.59%) ERwin
3 6 (1.20%) Jenkins
4 5 (1.00%) git-flow
5 4 (0.80%) PowerDesigner
6 1 (0.20%) Cucumber
6 1 (0.20%) SonarQube
6 1 (0.20%) SpecFlow
General
1 193 (38.52%) Finance
2 182 (36.33%) Social Skills
3 129 (25.75%) Analytical Skills
4 48 (9.58%) Public Sector
5 31 (6.19%) Marketing
6 30 (5.99%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 26 (5.19%) Retail
8 23 (4.59%) Law
9 12 (2.40%) Presentation Skills
10 10 (2.00%) Banking
11 9 (1.80%) Legal
11 9 (1.80%) Publishing
12 8 (1.60%) Advertising
12 8 (1.60%) Influencing Skills
12 8 (1.60%) Manufacturing
13 5 (1.00%) Back Office
13 5 (1.00%) Organisational Skills
13 5 (1.00%) Retail Banking
14 4 (0.80%) Documentation Skills
14 4 (0.80%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 144 (28.74%) Architect
2 116 (23.15%) Senior
3 107 (21.36%) Data Engineer
4 102 (20.36%) Data Architect
5 57 (11.38%) Developer
6 39 (7.78%) Analyst
6 39 (7.78%) Senior Data Engineer
7 33 (6.59%) Lead
8 18 (3.59%) Azure Engineer
8 18 (3.59%) Data Analyst
9 17 (3.39%) Senior Architect
9 17 (3.39%) Senior Data Architect
10 16 (3.19%) Consultant
10 16 (3.19%) Lead Data Engineer
10 16 (3.19%) Solutions Architect
11 14 (2.79%) Business Analyst
11 14 (2.79%) Data Modeller
12 13 (2.59%) Applications Architect
13 12 (2.40%) Business Manager
13 12 (2.40%) Senior Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 46 (9.18%) REST
2 37 (7.39%) SOAP
3 33 (6.59%) Lightning Web Components
4 28 (5.59%) Kafka
5 23 (4.59%) .NET
6 22 (4.39%) PySpark
7 15 (2.99%) CSS
7 15 (2.99%) Middleware
8 14 (2.79%) HTML
9 12 (2.40%) JSON
9 12 (2.40%) React
10 11 (2.20%) Visualforce
10 11 (2.20%) XML
11 8 (1.60%) RabbitMQ
11 8 (1.60%) YAML
12 7 (1.40%) AWS CDK
13 6 (1.20%) Node.js
14 5 (1.00%) Material-UI
15 4 (0.80%) AngularJS
15 4 (0.80%) gRPC
Miscellaneous
1 50 (9.98%) Cloud Native
2 49 (9.78%) Product Ownership
3 25 (4.99%) Enterprise Software
4 23 (4.59%) Management Information System
5 22 (4.39%) Data Structures
6 17 (3.39%) Analytical Mindset
7 14 (2.79%) Legacy Systems
8 8 (1.60%) FMCG
8 8 (1.60%) Greenfield Project
8 8 (1.60%) Public Cloud
8 8 (1.60%) Self-Motivation
9 6 (1.20%) Virtual Team
10 5 (1.00%) Distributed Systems
10 5 (1.00%) Reference Data
11 4 (0.80%) Reinsurance
12 3 (0.60%) Data Protection Act
12 3 (0.60%) Distributed Computing
12 3 (0.60%) e-Learning
12 3 (0.60%) Mobile App
12 3 (0.60%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 7 (1.40%) Android
2 4 (0.80%) Apple iOS
2 4 (0.80%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 213 (42.51%) Analytics
2 208 (41.52%) Agile
3 171 (34.13%) DevOps
4 170 (33.93%) ETL
5 163 (32.53%) Data Engineering
6 153 (30.54%) CI/CD
7 151 (30.14%) Data Architecture
8 128 (25.55%) AI
8 128 (25.55%) Data Governance
9 127 (25.35%) Business Intelligence
10 126 (25.15%) Mentoring
11 119 (23.75%) Data Pipeline
12 108 (21.56%) Coaching
13 105 (20.96%) Data Integration
14 104 (20.76%) Problem-Solving
15 97 (19.36%) Continuous Improvement
16 81 (16.17%) Data Management
17 78 (15.57%) Asset Management
18 74 (14.77%) Clean Code
19 71 (14.17%) Data Strategy
Programming Languages
1 230 (45.91%) SQL
2 199 (39.72%) Python
3 50 (9.98%) Java
4 47 (9.38%) JavaScript
5 44 (8.78%) C#
6 36 (7.19%) TypeScript
7 34 (6.79%) Apex Code
8 31 (6.19%) Scala
9 24 (4.79%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 20 (3.99%) PowerShell
11 13 (2.59%) T-SQL
12 10 (2.00%) R
13 9 (1.80%) Bash
14 6 (1.20%) Kotlin
15 5 (1.00%) PHP
16 3 (0.60%) PL/SQL
16 3 (0.60%) Swift
17 2 (0.40%) Go
17 2 (0.40%) SOQL
17 2 (0.40%) SOSL
Qualifications
1 80 (15.97%) Degree
2 51 (10.18%) Computer Science Degree
3 37 (7.39%) Security Cleared
4 34 (6.79%) Azure Certification
4 34 (6.79%) SC Cleared
5 28 (5.59%) AWS Certification
5 28 (5.59%) Microsoft Certification
6 25 (4.99%) TOGAF Certification
7 24 (4.79%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
8 12 (2.40%) Six Sigma Green Belt
9 9 (1.80%) ACCA
9 9 (1.80%) CIMA
10 7 (1.40%) Master's Degree
11 5 (1.00%) DBS Check
11 5 (1.00%) SnowPro
12 2 (0.40%) BPSS Clearance
12 2 (0.40%) DV Cleared
13 1 (0.20%) PMI Certification
13 1 (0.20%) PMP
13 1 (0.20%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 88 (17.56%) Data Quality
2 45 (8.98%) Accessibility
3 13 (2.59%) Actionable Recommendations
3 13 (2.59%) QA
4 12 (2.40%) GDPR
5 3 (0.60%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 1 (0.20%) ISO 13485
6 1 (0.20%) P3O
6 1 (0.20%) PCI DSS
6 1 (0.20%) PMO
System Software
1 7 (1.40%) Docker
2 4 (0.80%) Active Directory
3 2 (0.40%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 34 (6.79%) Terraform
2 6 (1.20%) Kubernetes
3 3 (0.60%) Control-M
4 1 (0.20%) Ansible
4 1 (0.20%) Progress Chef
4 1 (0.20%) Puppet
Vendors
1 144 (28.74%) Microsoft
2 101 (20.16%) Databricks
3 47 (9.38%) Salesforce
4 26 (5.19%) Google
5 12 (2.40%) Informatica
6 11 (2.20%) IBM
7 9 (1.80%) MuleSoft
7 9 (1.80%) SAP
7 9 (1.80%) Talend
8 8 (1.60%) Oracle
9 4 (0.80%) Ab Initio
9 4 (0.80%) ServiceNow
10 3 (0.60%) BMC
10 3 (0.60%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
10 3 (0.60%) Sparx
11 2 (0.40%) Cloudera
11 2 (0.40%) iManage
11 2 (0.40%) OpenAI
11 2 (0.40%) OutSystems
11 2 (0.40%) Zend