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

6 months to
8 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 87 113 117
Rank change year-on-year +26 +4 -20
Permanent jobs citing Data Modelling 526 422 845
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 2.88% 2.97% 2.60%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.48% 3.12% 2.85%
Number of salaries quoted 349 236 641
10th Percentile £43,750 £47,365 £37,500
25th Percentile £52,500 £53,750 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £65,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year +7.69% +4.00% -3.85%
75th Percentile £85,000 £81,563 £85,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £106,250 £100,000
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 15,111 13,517 29,606
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 82.80% 95.05% 91.16%
Number of salaries quoted 10,669 8,801 23,474
10th Percentile £33,000 £31,250 £33,756
25th Percentile £45,000 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £61,000 £60,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +1.67% +4.35% -8.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £80,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £105,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year - +9.09% -10.10%

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 8 May 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 39 (7.41%) Apache Airflow
2 27 (5.13%) Apache Spark
3 26 (4.94%) Apache
4 10 (1.90%) SharePoint
5 8 (1.52%) Microsoft Exchange
5 8 (1.52%) SAS
6 6 (1.14%) CMS
7 5 (0.95%) Confluence
8 3 (0.57%) Apache Solr
8 3 (0.57%) Palantir Foundry
9 1 (0.19%) Camunda
Applications
1 30 (5.70%) Microsoft Excel
2 8 (1.52%) Microsoft Office
3 3 (0.57%) Chatbot
4 2 (0.38%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 2 (0.38%) MS Visio
4 2 (0.38%) Sketch
5 1 (0.19%) Notion
5 1 (0.19%) SPSS
Business Applications
1 12 (2.28%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
2 10 (1.90%) NetSuite
3 7 (1.33%) Dynamics CRM
4 4 (0.76%) Markit EDM
5 3 (0.57%) SAP S/4HANA
6 1 (0.19%) Oracle EBS
6 1 (0.19%) Oracle ERP
6 1 (0.19%) Salesforce CRM
6 1 (0.19%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 272 (51.71%) Azure
2 129 (24.52%) Power Platform
3 122 (23.19%) AWS
4 90 (17.11%) Azure Data Factory
5 71 (13.50%) Snowflake
6 67 (12.74%) Azure DevOps
7 61 (11.60%) GCP
8 57 (10.84%) Azure Synapse Analytics
9 47 (8.94%) dbt
10 44 (8.37%) GitHub
11 43 (8.17%) Serverless
12 30 (5.70%) Amazon S3
13 26 (4.94%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
14 24 (4.56%) GitHub Copilot
14 24 (4.56%) SaaS
15 23 (4.37%) Salesforce Service Cloud
16 20 (3.80%) AWS Lambda
17 14 (2.66%) Microsoft 365
18 13 (2.47%) Power Automate
18 13 (2.47%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 32 (6.08%) Broadband
2 3 (0.57%) NGN
3 1 (0.19%) 4G
3 1 (0.19%) 5G
3 1 (0.19%) Network Security
3 1 (0.19%) SMS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 114 (21.67%) Power BI
2 103 (19.58%) Data Warehouse
3 80 (15.21%) Metadata
4 66 (12.55%) Data Lake
5 48 (9.13%) Tableau
6 39 (7.41%) Relational Database
7 35 (6.65%) SQL Server
8 33 (6.27%) PostgreSQL
9 30 (5.70%) Azure SQL Database
10 25 (4.75%) Amazon Redshift
11 24 (4.56%) MySQL
12 23 (4.37%) BigQuery
13 18 (3.42%) Delta Lake
13 18 (3.42%) SAP BW
13 18 (3.42%) SQL Server Integration Services
14 17 (3.23%) NoSQL
15 13 (2.47%) Amazon Athena
15 13 (2.47%) Amazon QuickSight
15 13 (2.47%) SQL Server Reporting Services
16 12 (2.28%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 43 (8.17%) Git
2 17 (3.23%) JIRA
3 11 (2.09%) Jenkins
4 4 (0.76%) ER Studio
4 4 (0.76%) ERwin
5 2 (0.38%) MLflow
6 1 (0.19%) Cucumber
6 1 (0.19%) git-flow
6 1 (0.19%) GitLab
6 1 (0.19%) Postman
6 1 (0.19%) SpecFlow
6 1 (0.19%) Toad
General
1 183 (34.79%) Social Skills
2 164 (31.18%) Finance
3 136 (25.86%) Analytical Skills
4 71 (13.50%) Public Sector
5 48 (9.13%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 35 (6.65%) Law
7 31 (5.89%) Marketing
8 25 (4.75%) Influencing Skills
9 19 (3.61%) Retail
10 12 (2.28%) Publishing
11 11 (2.09%) Documentation Skills
12 9 (1.71%) Banking
13 8 (1.52%) Legal
14 7 (1.33%) Games
15 5 (0.95%) Back Office
15 5 (0.95%) Organisational Skills
15 5 (0.95%) Telecoms
16 3 (0.57%) Advertising
16 3 (0.57%) Health Technology
16 3 (0.57%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 146 (27.76%) Data Engineer
2 114 (21.67%) Architect
3 105 (19.96%) Senior
4 70 (13.31%) Data Architect
5 66 (12.55%) Developer
5 66 (12.55%) Lead
6 65 (12.36%) Analyst
7 40 (7.60%) Data Analyst
7 40 (7.60%) Senior Data Engineer
8 25 (4.75%) Lead Data Engineer
9 22 (4.18%) Platform Engineer
10 20 (3.80%) Senior Architect
11 19 (3.61%) Consultant
12 17 (3.23%) Salesforce Developer
13 16 (3.04%) Azure Engineer
13 16 (3.04%) Business Analyst
14 14 (2.66%) Salesforce Engineer
14 14 (2.66%) Senior Data Architect
15 13 (2.47%) Business Intelligence Analyst
15 13 (2.47%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 50 (9.51%) REST
2 42 (7.98%) PySpark
3 38 (7.22%) Kafka
4 34 (6.46%) Lightning Web Components
5 33 (6.27%) SOAP
6 22 (4.18%) .NET
7 19 (3.61%) Middleware
7 19 (3.61%) Node.js
8 16 (3.04%) JSON
8 16 (3.04%) Visualforce
9 14 (2.66%) React
10 12 (2.28%) CSS
10 12 (2.28%) Oracle Fusion
10 12 (2.28%) XML
11 11 (2.09%) HTML
12 7 (1.33%) YAML
13 5 (0.95%) RESTful
13 5 (0.95%) Spring
14 4 (0.76%) RabbitMQ
14 4 (0.76%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 48 (9.13%) Data Structures
2 43 (8.17%) Cloud Native
3 41 (7.79%) Product Ownership
4 21 (3.99%) Social Media
5 19 (3.61%) Management Information System
6 18 (3.42%) Greenfield Project
7 15 (2.85%) Onboarding
8 14 (2.66%) Self-Motivation
9 13 (2.47%) Enterprise Software
10 12 (2.28%) FMCG
11 10 (1.90%) Distributed Systems
11 10 (1.90%) Legacy Systems
11 10 (1.90%) Low-Code
11 10 (1.90%) Public Cloud
12 8 (1.52%) Algorithms
13 7 (1.33%) Data Fabric
13 7 (1.33%) Video\Live Streaming
14 6 (1.14%) Analytical Mindset
14 6 (1.14%) Anti-Piracy
15 5 (0.95%) Taxonomies
Operating Systems
1 5 (0.95%) Windows
2 3 (0.57%) Android
3 2 (0.38%) Linux
4 1 (0.19%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 235 (44.68%) Analytics
2 170 (32.32%) Data Engineering
3 164 (31.18%) Agile
3 164 (31.18%) ETL
4 155 (29.47%) Business Intelligence
5 149 (28.33%) Data Architecture
6 148 (28.14%) Data Pipeline
7 143 (27.19%) CI/CD
7 143 (27.19%) DevOps
8 120 (22.81%) Data Governance
9 111 (21.10%) AI
10 107 (20.34%) Problem-Solving
11 94 (17.87%) Decision-Making
12 87 (16.54%) Mentoring
13 81 (15.40%) Data Strategy
14 75 (14.26%) Data Integration
15 71 (13.50%) Continuous Improvement
16 68 (12.93%) Coaching
17 62 (11.79%) Visualisation
18 59 (11.22%) Machine Learning
Programming Languages
1 242 (46.01%) SQL
2 223 (42.40%) Python
3 48 (9.13%) Java
4 45 (8.56%) JavaScript
5 33 (6.27%) Apex Code
6 27 (5.13%) Scala
7 26 (4.94%) C#
8 25 (4.75%) PowerShell
9 24 (4.56%) TypeScript
10 22 (4.18%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 22 (4.18%) T-SQL
11 11 (2.09%) Bash
12 7 (1.33%) Go
13 6 (1.14%) C++
14 5 (0.95%) Bicep
14 5 (0.95%) Kusto Query Language
14 5 (0.95%) PHP
14 5 (0.95%) R
15 3 (0.57%) Kotlin
15 3 (0.57%) VBA
Qualifications
1 78 (14.83%) Degree
2 64 (12.17%) Security Cleared
3 52 (9.89%) SC Cleared
4 33 (6.27%) Computer Science Degree
5 23 (4.37%) Azure Certification
6 18 (3.42%) TOGAF Certification
7 14 (2.66%) Microsoft Certification
8 12 (2.28%) ACCA
8 12 (2.28%) AWS Certification
8 12 (2.28%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
8 12 (2.28%) CIMA
9 6 (1.14%) Master's Degree
10 3 (0.57%) DV Cleared
11 2 (0.38%) BPSS Clearance
11 2 (0.38%) DBS Check
11 2 (0.38%) IIBA
12 1 (0.19%) CBAP
12 1 (0.19%) GIAC
12 1 (0.19%) SnowPro
12 1 (0.19%) SSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 151 (28.71%) Data Quality
2 30 (5.70%) GDPR
3 26 (4.94%) Accessibility
4 20 (3.80%) QA
5 13 (2.47%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 3 (0.57%) IFRS
6 3 (0.57%) IFRS 17
6 3 (0.57%) PERC
6 3 (0.57%) Solvency II
7 1 (0.19%) HL7
7 1 (0.19%) SNOMED CT
System Software
1 15 (2.85%) Docker
2 12 (2.28%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 36 (6.84%) Terraform
2 9 (1.71%) Kubernetes
3 3 (0.57%) Ansible
3 3 (0.57%) Control-M
3 3 (0.57%) Packer
4 2 (0.38%) Single Sign-On
5 1 (0.19%) Grafana
5 1 (0.19%) Prometheus
5 1 (0.19%) QRadar
Vendors
1 134 (25.48%) Microsoft
2 109 (20.72%) Databricks
3 54 (10.27%) Salesforce
4 35 (6.65%) Oracle
5 32 (6.08%) SAP
6 15 (2.85%) MuleSoft
7 14 (2.66%) Google
8 11 (2.09%) IBM
9 10 (1.90%) Informatica
10 6 (1.14%) Foundry
10 6 (1.14%) Talend
11 5 (0.95%) OpenAI
11 5 (0.95%) ServiceNow
12 4 (0.76%) Ab Initio
12 4 (0.76%) HubSpot
12 4 (0.76%) Palantir
12 4 (0.76%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
13 3 (0.57%) BMC
13 3 (0.57%) Sparx
14 2 (0.38%) Planon