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

6 months to
18 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 117 144 149
Rank change year-on-year +27 +5 -59
Permanent jobs citing Data Modelling 539 388 557
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 2.35% 2.35% 2.26%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.86% 2.52% 2.58%
Number of salaries quoted 383 261 350
10th Percentile £43,750 £46,250 £41,975
25th Percentile £51,338 £56,250 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £66,500 £67,750
Median % change year-on-year -2.26% -1.85% +3.67%
75th Percentile £88,125 £83,750 £82,500
90th Percentile £107,500 £107,500 £96,825
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 18,872 15,371 21,572
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 82.41% 92.94% 87.56%
Number of salaries quoted 13,617 8,911 15,260
10th Percentile £35,000 £29,750 £35,000
25th Percentile £44,972 £40,500 £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 £78,750
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 18 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 23 (4.27%) Apache
1 23 (4.27%) Apache Spark
2 17 (3.15%) Apache Airflow
3 12 (2.23%) SharePoint
4 6 (1.11%) Jupyter
5 3 (0.56%) Apache Solr
6 2 (0.37%) Oracle SOA Suite
6 2 (0.37%) Palantir Foundry
7 1 (0.19%) Confluence
Applications
1 34 (6.31%) Microsoft Excel
2 5 (0.93%) Microsoft Office
3 3 (0.56%) Blender
3 3 (0.56%) Maya
4 1 (0.19%) Chatbot
4 1 (0.19%) FrameMaker
4 1 (0.19%) Microsoft Project
4 1 (0.19%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.19%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 12 (2.23%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
2 7 (1.30%) Dynamics CRM
3 3 (0.56%) Oracle EBS
3 3 (0.56%) 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
5 1 (0.19%) Finacle
5 1 (0.19%) FLEXCUBE
5 1 (0.19%) NetSuite
5 1 (0.19%) SAP S/4HANA
5 1 (0.19%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
5 1 (0.19%) Temenos T24
Cloud Services
1 208 (38.59%) Azure
2 176 (32.65%) Power Platform
3 113 (20.96%) AWS
4 65 (12.06%) GCP
5 62 (11.50%) Azure Data Factory
6 45 (8.35%) Snowflake
7 41 (7.61%) Azure Synapse Analytics
8 29 (5.38%) Serverless
9 26 (4.82%) Amazon S3
9 26 (4.82%) GitHub
9 26 (4.82%) Microsoft Purview
10 23 (4.27%) Azure DevOps
11 22 (4.08%) AWS Lambda
11 22 (4.08%) dbt
11 22 (4.08%) SaaS
12 16 (2.97%) PowerApps
13 15 (2.78%) GitHub Actions
14 12 (2.23%) Amazon CloudWatch
15 11 (2.04%) Amazon EMR
15 11 (2.04%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 39 (7.24%) Broadband
2 4 (0.74%) NGN
3 2 (0.37%) SMS
4 1 (0.19%) 4G
4 1 (0.19%) 5G
4 1 (0.19%) ATM
4 1 (0.19%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 162 (30.06%) Power BI
2 102 (18.92%) Data Warehouse
3 90 (16.70%) Metadata
4 60 (11.13%) Data Lake
5 48 (8.91%) Relational Database
5 48 (8.91%) Tableau
6 47 (8.72%) SQL Server
7 45 (8.35%) PostgreSQL
8 33 (6.12%) Semantic Layer
9 29 (5.38%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 25 (4.64%) BigQuery
10 25 (4.64%) Delta Lake
11 24 (4.45%) MongoDB
12 23 (4.27%) Star Schema
13 22 (4.08%) Big Data
14 21 (3.90%) NoSQL
15 18 (3.34%) Data Vault
16 17 (3.15%) Amazon Redshift
16 17 (3.15%) Azure SQL Database
17 16 (2.97%) DynamoDB
Development Applications
1 48 (8.91%) Git
2 24 (4.45%) Jenkins
3 10 (1.86%) JIRA
4 7 (1.30%) GitLab
5 3 (0.56%) Bitbucket
5 3 (0.56%) MLflow
5 3 (0.56%) Visual Studio Code
6 2 (0.37%) ER Studio
6 2 (0.37%) ERwin
7 1 (0.19%) Ant
7 1 (0.19%) Mocha
7 1 (0.19%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
7 1 (0.19%) Toad
7 1 (0.19%) Visual Studio
General
1 202 (37.48%) Social Skills
2 156 (28.94%) Analytical Skills
3 139 (25.79%) Finance
4 76 (14.10%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 61 (11.32%) Public Sector
6 38 (7.05%) Law
7 33 (6.12%) Retail
8 25 (4.64%) Influencing Skills
9 22 (4.08%) Marketing
10 20 (3.71%) Banking
11 16 (2.97%) Legal
11 16 (2.97%) Manufacturing
12 10 (1.86%) Documentation Skills
13 7 (1.30%) Games
13 7 (1.30%) Presentation Skills
14 5 (0.93%) Billing
14 5 (0.93%) Legal Technology
14 5 (0.93%) Military
15 4 (0.74%) Health Technology
16 3 (0.56%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 143 (26.53%) Data Engineer
2 130 (24.12%) Architect
3 100 (18.55%) Senior
4 92 (17.07%) Data Architect
5 68 (12.62%) Analyst
6 54 (10.02%) Lead
7 52 (9.65%) Developer
8 30 (5.57%) Data Analyst
8 30 (5.57%) Senior Data Engineer
9 23 (4.27%) Business Analyst
9 23 (4.27%) Senior Architect
10 20 (3.71%) Senior Data Architect
10 20 (3.71%) Solutions Architect
11 16 (2.97%) Consultant
12 15 (2.78%) Data Modeller
12 15 (2.78%) Software Engineer
13 14 (2.60%) Financial Analyst
13 14 (2.60%) Senior Analyst
14 12 (2.23%) Business Intelligence Analyst
14 12 (2.23%) Business Intelligence Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 56 (10.39%) PySpark
2 41 (7.61%) REST
3 37 (6.86%) Node.js
4 26 (4.82%) Kafka
5 15 (2.78%) CSS
5 15 (2.78%) JSON
6 14 (2.60%) Lightning Web Components
6 14 (2.60%) Oracle Fusion
6 14 (2.60%) React
7 11 (2.04%) Middleware
8 10 (1.86%) SOAP
9 9 (1.67%) .NET
9 9 (1.67%) Tailwind CSS
10 8 (1.48%) RESTful
11 7 (1.30%) Spring
12 6 (1.11%) Django
12 6 (1.11%) HTML
12 6 (1.11%) LangChain
12 6 (1.11%) Pandas
12 6 (1.11%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 64 (11.87%) Cloud Native
2 45 (8.35%) Data Structures
3 21 (3.90%) Product Ownership
4 18 (3.34%) Distributed Systems
4 18 (3.34%) Management Information System
5 17 (3.15%) Social Media
6 12 (2.23%) Self-Motivation
7 11 (2.04%) Algorithms
7 11 (2.04%) Greenfield Project
7 11 (2.04%) Low-Code
8 10 (1.86%) Blog
9 9 (1.67%) Legacy Systems
9 9 (1.67%) Taxonomies
10 8 (1.48%) Reference Data
11 7 (1.30%) AI Agents
11 7 (1.30%) Analytical Mindset
11 7 (1.30%) Enterprise Software
11 7 (1.30%) Onboarding
11 7 (1.30%) Video\Live Streaming
12 5 (0.93%) Data Fabric
Operating Systems
1 3 (0.56%) Windows
2 2 (0.37%) Linux
3 1 (0.19%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 251 (46.57%) Analytics
2 210 (38.96%) Business Intelligence
3 187 (34.69%) AI
4 170 (31.54%) Data Architecture
5 163 (30.24%) Data Engineering
6 160 (29.68%) Decision-Making
7 140 (25.97%) Agile
8 139 (25.79%) Data Pipeline
9 134 (24.86%) Data Strategy
10 132 (24.49%) ETL
11 130 (24.12%) CI/CD
11 130 (24.12%) Problem-Solving
12 128 (23.75%) Data Governance
13 95 (17.63%) Machine Learning
14 87 (16.14%) Roadmaps
15 83 (15.40%) DevOps
16 79 (14.66%) Stakeholder Engagement
17 78 (14.47%) Mentoring
18 74 (13.73%) Continuous Improvement
18 74 (13.73%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 264 (48.98%) SQL
2 213 (39.52%) Python
3 36 (6.68%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 28 (5.19%) Java
5 26 (4.82%) JavaScript
6 22 (4.08%) Scala
6 22 (4.08%) TypeScript
7 20 (3.71%) C#
8 18 (3.34%) T-SQL
9 17 (3.15%) Bicep
10 13 (2.41%) Apex Code
11 9 (1.67%) Kusto Query Language
12 7 (1.30%) Go
12 7 (1.30%) PowerShell
13 6 (1.11%) R
14 5 (0.93%) Bash
15 4 (0.74%) C++
15 4 (0.74%) SPARQL
16 3 (0.56%) Groovy
16 3 (0.56%) VBA
Qualifications
1 73 (13.54%) Security Cleared
2 59 (10.95%) Degree
3 53 (9.83%) SC Cleared
4 28 (5.19%) Azure Certification
5 22 (4.08%) Microsoft Certification
6 17 (3.15%) Computer Science Degree
7 15 (2.78%) SnowPro
8 14 (2.60%) DV Cleared
9 10 (1.86%) BPSS Clearance
10 9 (1.67%) CIPD
10 9 (1.67%) TOGAF Certification
11 7 (1.30%) AWS Certification
12 6 (1.11%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
12 6 (1.11%) DBS Check
13 5 (0.93%) Master's Degree
14 3 (0.56%) PMI Certification
15 2 (0.37%) IIBA
16 1 (0.19%) CBAP
16 1 (0.19%) PMP
16 1 (0.19%) SSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 197 (36.55%) Data Quality
2 45 (8.35%) GDPR
3 24 (4.45%) QA
4 19 (3.53%) Accessibility
5 7 (1.30%) California Consumer Privacy Act
6 4 (0.74%) IFRS
6 4 (0.74%) IFRS 17
6 4 (0.74%) PERC
6 4 (0.74%) Solvency II
7 3 (0.56%) MiFID
7 3 (0.56%) UCITS
8 2 (0.37%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 1 (0.19%) Actionable Recommendations
9 1 (0.19%) EU AI Act
9 1 (0.19%) HIPAA
9 1 (0.19%) HL7
9 1 (0.19%) PMO
9 1 (0.19%) SNOMED CT
System Software
1 33 (6.12%) Docker
Systems Management
1 46 (8.53%) Terraform
2 15 (2.78%) Kubernetes
3 4 (0.74%) Ansible
4 3 (0.56%) Packer
5 1 (0.19%) QRadar
Vendors
1 158 (29.31%) Microsoft
2 100 (18.55%) Databricks
3 46 (8.53%) Oracle
4 37 (6.86%) SAP
5 33 (6.12%) Salesforce
6 11 (2.04%) Informatica
7 10 (1.86%) Google
8 7 (1.30%) HubSpot
8 7 (1.30%) MuleSoft
8 7 (1.30%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
9 6 (1.11%) OpenAI
10 5 (0.93%) Infor
10 5 (0.93%) ServiceNow
11 4 (0.74%) Epicor
11 4 (0.74%) Foundry
11 4 (0.74%) IBM
11 4 (0.74%) IFS
12 3 (0.56%) BiZZdesign
12 3 (0.56%) Bloomberg
12 3 (0.56%) TOWER Software