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

6 months to
21 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 77 96 117
Rank change year-on-year +19 +21 -19
Permanent jobs citing Data Modelling 567 419 834
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 3.17% 3.14% 2.58%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.82% 3.31% 2.82%
Number of salaries quoted 353 216 636
10th Percentile £43,750 £46,740 £37,349
25th Percentile £52,500 £53,750 £48,438
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,500 £65,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year +3.85% +4.00% -3.85%
75th Percentile £85,000 £80,000 £85,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £105,000 £97,500
UK median annual salary £70,000 £65,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year +7.69% - -2.99%

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 14,857 12,645 29,601
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 83.17% 94.76% 91.49%
Number of salaries quoted 10,372 8,952 23,522
10th Percentile £32,500 £32,000 £33,750
25th Percentile £45,000 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £61,644 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -2.67% +7.21% -8.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £80,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £105,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £57,500 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -4.17% +9.09% -10.86%

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 April 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 41 (7.23%) Apache Airflow
2 25 (4.41%) Apache
3 21 (3.70%) Apache Spark
4 11 (1.94%) SharePoint
5 8 (1.41%) Microsoft Exchange
5 8 (1.41%) SAS
6 7 (1.23%) Confluence
7 6 (1.06%) CMS
8 3 (0.53%) Palantir Foundry
9 1 (0.18%) Apache Solr
9 1 (0.18%) Camunda
9 1 (0.18%) Mendix
Applications
1 42 (7.41%) Microsoft Excel
2 7 (1.23%) Microsoft Office
3 5 (0.88%) Chatbot
4 3 (0.53%) Sketch
5 2 (0.35%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 2 (0.35%) MS Visio
6 1 (0.18%) Notion
6 1 (0.18%) SPSS
Business Applications
1 12 (2.12%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
2 10 (1.76%) NetSuite
3 8 (1.41%) Dynamics CRM
4 4 (0.71%) Markit EDM
4 4 (0.71%) SAP S/4HANA
5 1 (0.18%) Oracle EBS
5 1 (0.18%) Salesforce CRM
5 1 (0.18%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 314 (55.38%) Azure
2 140 (24.69%) Power Platform
3 122 (21.52%) AWS
4 108 (19.05%) Azure Data Factory
5 94 (16.58%) Snowflake
6 76 (13.40%) Azure DevOps
7 71 (12.52%) Azure Synapse Analytics
8 58 (10.23%) GCP
9 57 (10.05%) dbt
10 55 (9.70%) GitHub
11 45 (7.94%) Serverless
12 36 (6.35%) GitHub Copilot
13 30 (5.29%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
14 29 (5.11%) Amazon S3
15 27 (4.76%) Salesforce Service Cloud
16 24 (4.23%) SaaS
17 18 (3.17%) AWS Lambda
18 16 (2.82%) Microsoft 365
19 14 (2.47%) Power Automate
20 13 (2.29%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 28 (4.94%) Broadband
2 3 (0.53%) NGN
3 1 (0.18%) ADSL
3 1 (0.18%) Internet
3 1 (0.18%) SMS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 127 (22.40%) Data Warehouse
1 127 (22.40%) Power BI
2 78 (13.76%) Metadata
3 74 (13.05%) Data Lake
4 48 (8.47%) SQL Server
5 47 (8.29%) Tableau
6 44 (7.76%) Azure SQL Database
7 38 (6.70%) Relational Database
8 29 (5.11%) PostgreSQL
9 27 (4.76%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 25 (4.41%) Amazon Redshift
11 24 (4.23%) MySQL
12 20 (3.53%) BigQuery
12 20 (3.53%) SQL Server Integration Services
13 18 (3.17%) NoSQL
13 18 (3.17%) SAP BW
14 17 (3.00%) Delta Lake
15 14 (2.47%) Amazon Athena
16 13 (2.29%) Amazon QuickSight
16 13 (2.29%) Snowflake Schema
Development Applications
1 39 (6.88%) Git
2 24 (4.23%) JIRA
3 6 (1.06%) ERwin
4 5 (0.88%) Jenkins
5 4 (0.71%) ER Studio
6 2 (0.35%) git-flow
7 1 (0.18%) Cucumber
7 1 (0.18%) GitLab
7 1 (0.18%) MLflow
7 1 (0.18%) Postman
7 1 (0.18%) SonarQube
7 1 (0.18%) SpecFlow
7 1 (0.18%) Toad
General
1 204 (35.98%) Social Skills
2 199 (35.10%) Finance
3 152 (26.81%) Analytical Skills
4 65 (11.46%) Public Sector
5 40 (7.05%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 35 (6.17%) Law
7 33 (5.82%) Marketing
8 23 (4.06%) Influencing Skills
9 17 (3.00%) Retail
10 12 (2.12%) Presentation Skills
11 11 (1.94%) Documentation Skills
11 11 (1.94%) Publishing
12 9 (1.59%) Banking
12 9 (1.59%) Legal
13 7 (1.23%) Games
14 6 (1.06%) Manufacturing
14 6 (1.06%) Organisational Skills
15 5 (0.88%) Advertising
15 5 (0.88%) Back Office
15 5 (0.88%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 140 (24.69%) Data Engineer
2 132 (23.28%) Architect
3 106 (18.69%) Senior
4 86 (15.17%) Data Architect
5 71 (12.52%) Developer
6 65 (11.46%) Lead
7 64 (11.29%) Analyst
8 39 (6.88%) Senior Data Engineer
9 38 (6.70%) Data Analyst
10 24 (4.23%) Lead Data Engineer
11 19 (3.35%) Platform Engineer
12 18 (3.17%) Consultant
12 18 (3.17%) Salesforce Developer
12 18 (3.17%) Salesforce Engineer
13 17 (3.00%) Azure Engineer
13 17 (3.00%) Senior Architect
14 16 (2.82%) Business Analyst
15 13 (2.29%) Business Intelligence Analyst
15 13 (2.29%) Solutions Architect
16 12 (2.12%) Business Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 54 (9.52%) REST
2 39 (6.88%) Lightning Web Components
2 39 (6.88%) PySpark
3 38 (6.70%) SOAP
4 34 (6.00%) Kafka
5 26 (4.59%) .NET
6 22 (3.88%) Middleware
7 17 (3.00%) Visualforce
8 15 (2.65%) JSON
9 14 (2.47%) React
10 13 (2.29%) CSS
10 13 (2.29%) HTML
10 13 (2.29%) Node.js
11 12 (2.12%) Oracle Fusion
12 11 (1.94%) XML
13 8 (1.41%) YAML
14 6 (1.06%) HTML5 Canvas
14 6 (1.06%) RESTful
15 5 (0.88%) RabbitMQ
15 5 (0.88%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 49 (8.64%) Data Structures
1 49 (8.64%) Product Ownership
2 47 (8.29%) Cloud Native
3 22 (3.88%) Management Information System
4 21 (3.70%) Social Media
5 18 (3.17%) Greenfield Project
6 17 (3.00%) Enterprise Software
7 16 (2.82%) Analytical Mindset
8 14 (2.47%) Onboarding
9 12 (2.12%) FMCG
9 12 (2.12%) Self-Motivation
10 11 (1.94%) Low-Code
11 10 (1.76%) Legacy Systems
11 10 (1.76%) Public Cloud
12 8 (1.41%) Algorithms
12 8 (1.41%) Distributed Systems
13 7 (1.23%) Video\Live Streaming
14 6 (1.06%) Anti-Piracy
15 5 (0.88%) Data Fabric
15 5 (0.88%) Taxonomies
Operating Systems
1 4 (0.71%) Android
1 4 (0.71%) Windows
2 1 (0.18%) Apple iOS
2 1 (0.18%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 265 (46.74%) Analytics
2 185 (32.63%) Data Engineering
3 181 (31.92%) Agile
4 173 (30.51%) Business Intelligence
5 171 (30.16%) ETL
6 164 (28.92%) Data Architecture
7 152 (26.81%) DevOps
8 145 (25.57%) CI/CD
9 144 (25.40%) Data Pipeline
10 131 (23.10%) AI
11 128 (22.57%) Data Governance
12 117 (20.63%) Problem-Solving
13 111 (19.58%) Decision-Making
14 97 (17.11%) Data Integration
15 96 (16.93%) Mentoring
16 93 (16.40%) Continuous Improvement
17 86 (15.17%) Coaching
18 74 (13.05%) Data Strategy
19 73 (12.87%) Data Management
20 72 (12.70%) Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 248 (43.74%) SQL
2 216 (38.10%) Python
3 51 (8.99%) JavaScript
4 50 (8.82%) Java
5 38 (6.70%) Apex Code
6 33 (5.82%) C#
7 30 (5.29%) Data Analysis Expressions
7 30 (5.29%) TypeScript
8 26 (4.59%) Scala
9 25 (4.41%) PowerShell
10 23 (4.06%) T-SQL
11 11 (1.94%) Bash
12 8 (1.41%) Go
13 7 (1.23%) PHP
14 6 (1.06%) C++
15 5 (0.88%) R
16 4 (0.71%) Bicep
16 4 (0.71%) Kotlin
17 2 (0.35%) Kusto Query Language
17 2 (0.35%) SOQL
Qualifications
1 81 (14.29%) Degree
2 61 (10.76%) Security Cleared
3 52 (9.17%) SC Cleared
4 38 (6.70%) Computer Science Degree
5 26 (4.59%) Azure Certification
6 22 (3.88%) TOGAF Certification
7 18 (3.17%) AWS Certification
7 18 (3.17%) Microsoft Certification
8 16 (2.82%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 12 (2.12%) ACCA
9 12 (2.12%) CIMA
9 12 (2.12%) Six Sigma Green Belt
10 5 (0.88%) Master's Degree
11 3 (0.53%) SnowPro
12 2 (0.35%) BPSS Clearance
12 2 (0.35%) DBS Check
12 2 (0.35%) DV Cleared
12 2 (0.35%) IIBA
12 2 (0.35%) SAP Certification
13 1 (0.18%) CBAP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 145 (25.57%) Data Quality
2 42 (7.41%) Accessibility
3 31 (5.47%) GDPR
4 21 (3.70%) QA
5 12 (2.12%) Actionable Recommendations
5 12 (2.12%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 3 (0.53%) PERC
7 2 (0.35%) IFRS
7 2 (0.35%) IFRS 17
7 2 (0.35%) Solvency II
8 1 (0.18%) HL7
8 1 (0.18%) SNOMED CT
System Software
1 13 (2.29%) Docker
2 12 (2.12%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 35 (6.17%) Terraform
2 8 (1.41%) Kubernetes
3 3 (0.53%) Control-M
4 2 (0.35%) Single Sign-On
5 1 (0.18%) Ansible
5 1 (0.18%) Grafana
5 1 (0.18%) Packer
5 1 (0.18%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 155 (27.34%) Microsoft
2 107 (18.87%) Databricks
3 58 (10.23%) Salesforce
4 33 (5.82%) Oracle
5 31 (5.47%) SAP
6 16 (2.82%) MuleSoft
7 15 (2.65%) Google
8 11 (1.94%) IBM
8 11 (1.94%) Informatica
9 6 (1.06%) Foundry
9 6 (1.06%) Talend
10 5 (0.88%) OpenAI
11 4 (0.71%) Ab Initio
11 4 (0.71%) Palantir
11 4 (0.71%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
11 4 (0.71%) ServiceNow
12 3 (0.53%) BMC
12 3 (0.53%) HubSpot
12 3 (0.53%) Sparx
13 2 (0.35%) Zend