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

6 months to
10 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 107 132 135
Rank change year-on-year +25 +3 -38
Permanent jobs citing Data Modelling 541 442 731
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 2.55% 2.68% 2.26%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.08% 2.87% 2.54%
Number of salaries quoted 392 271 533
10th Percentile £42,500 £47,500 £41,900
25th Percentile £51,425 £55,000 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,500 £65,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +0.77% - -
75th Percentile £86,250 £82,500 £86,250
90th Percentile £107,500 £107,500 £100,000
UK median annual salary £69,973 £67,000 £68,500
% change year-on-year +4.44% -2.19% +1.48%

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 17,578 15,394 28,768
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 82.84% 93.48% 88.98%
Number of salaries quoted 12,832 9,111 21,964
10th Percentile £35,000 £30,000 £33,750
25th Percentile £45,000 £41,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year - +4.35% -8.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £78,750 £75,772
90th Percentile £100,000 £102,500 £95,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +4.35% +4.55% -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 10 July 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 29 (5.36%) Apache Airflow
2 26 (4.81%) Apache Spark
3 23 (4.25%) Apache
4 13 (2.40%) SharePoint
5 8 (1.48%) Microsoft Exchange
6 6 (1.11%) SAS
7 5 (0.92%) Jupyter
8 3 (0.55%) Apache Solr
8 3 (0.55%) Palantir Foundry
9 2 (0.37%) Oracle SOA Suite
10 1 (0.18%) CMS
10 1 (0.18%) Confluence
Applications
1 35 (6.47%) Microsoft Excel
2 7 (1.29%) 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 (2.22%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
2 7 (1.29%) Dynamics CRM
3 5 (0.92%) NetSuite
4 3 (0.55%) Oracle EBS
4 3 (0.55%) Oracle ERP
4 3 (0.55%) SAP S/4HANA
5 2 (0.37%) Oracle Payables
5 2 (0.37%) Oracle Receivables
5 2 (0.37%) Salesforce CRM
6 1 (0.18%) JDE EnterpriseOne
Cloud Services
1 223 (41.22%) Azure
2 165 (30.50%) Power Platform
3 116 (21.44%) AWS
4 73 (13.49%) GCP
5 65 (12.01%) Azure Data Factory
6 41 (7.58%) Azure Synapse Analytics
7 40 (7.39%) Snowflake
8 30 (5.55%) Serverless
9 29 (5.36%) SaaS
10 27 (4.99%) dbt
11 23 (4.25%) Amazon S3
12 20 (3.70%) GitHub
13 19 (3.51%) AWS Lambda
14 18 (3.33%) Azure DevOps
15 17 (3.14%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
16 15 (2.77%) Microsoft Purview
17 14 (2.59%) Microsoft 365
18 13 (2.40%) PowerApps
19 12 (2.22%) Amazon CloudWatch
19 12 (2.22%) Salesforce Service Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 44 (8.13%) Broadband
2 4 (0.74%) NGN
3 2 (0.37%) SMS
4 1 (0.18%) 4G
4 1 (0.18%) 5G
4 1 (0.18%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 149 (27.54%) Power BI
2 93 (17.19%) Metadata
3 86 (15.90%) Data Warehouse
4 54 (9.98%) Data Lake
5 48 (8.87%) PostgreSQL
6 45 (8.32%) SQL Server
7 44 (8.13%) Relational Database
8 41 (7.58%) Tableau
9 33 (6.10%) Semantic Layer
10 31 (5.73%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 30 (5.55%) BigQuery
12 21 (3.88%) MySQL
13 20 (3.70%) Big Data
13 20 (3.70%) MongoDB
13 20 (3.70%) SQL Server Reporting Services
14 19 (3.51%) Azure SQL Database
14 19 (3.51%) Star Schema
15 18 (3.33%) Delta Lake
16 17 (3.14%) Amazon Redshift
16 17 (3.14%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 35 (6.47%) Git
2 19 (3.51%) Jenkins
3 7 (1.29%) JIRA
4 6 (1.11%) GitLab
5 3 (0.55%) MLflow
6 1 (0.18%) Ant
6 1 (0.18%) Cucumber
6 1 (0.18%) ER Studio
6 1 (0.18%) ERwin
6 1 (0.18%) Mocha
6 1 (0.18%) Postman
6 1 (0.18%) SpecFlow
6 1 (0.18%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
6 1 (0.18%) Toad
6 1 (0.18%) Visual Studio
General
1 202 (37.34%) Social Skills
2 146 (26.99%) Analytical Skills
3 130 (24.03%) Finance
4 82 (15.16%) Public Sector
5 74 (13.68%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 38 (7.02%) Law
7 28 (5.18%) Retail
8 26 (4.81%) Influencing Skills
9 20 (3.70%) Marketing
10 13 (2.40%) Manufacturing
11 12 (2.22%) Banking
12 11 (2.03%) Documentation Skills
13 10 (1.85%) Legal
14 7 (1.29%) Games
15 5 (0.92%) Local Government
15 5 (0.92%) Presentation Skills
15 5 (0.92%) Publishing
16 4 (0.74%) Billing
16 4 (0.74%) Health Technology
16 4 (0.74%) Police
Job Titles
1 150 (27.73%) Data Engineer
2 130 (24.03%) Architect
3 107 (19.78%) Senior
4 88 (16.27%) Data Architect
5 73 (13.49%) Analyst
6 71 (13.12%) Lead
7 64 (11.83%) Developer
8 41 (7.58%) Senior Data Engineer
9 40 (7.39%) Data Analyst
10 34 (6.28%) Senior Architect
11 27 (4.99%) Senior Data Architect
12 21 (3.88%) Solutions Architect
13 20 (3.70%) Business Intelligence Analyst
14 19 (3.51%) Business Analyst
14 19 (3.51%) Lead Data Engineer
15 16 (2.96%) Business Intelligence Developer
15 16 (2.96%) Financial Analyst
16 14 (2.59%) Consultant
17 13 (2.40%) Software Engineer
17 13 (2.40%) Technical Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 46 (8.50%) REST
2 44 (8.13%) PySpark
3 39 (7.21%) Node.js
4 33 (6.10%) Kafka
5 20 (3.70%) Middleware
6 19 (3.51%) JSON
6 19 (3.51%) Lightning Web Components
7 18 (3.33%) SOAP
8 15 (2.77%) .NET
8 15 (2.77%) CSS
8 15 (2.77%) React
9 14 (2.59%) Oracle Fusion
10 12 (2.22%) Visualforce
10 12 (2.22%) XML
11 9 (1.66%) RESTful
12 8 (1.48%) HTML
12 8 (1.48%) Spring
12 8 (1.48%) Tailwind CSS
13 6 (1.11%) Pandas
13 6 (1.11%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 59 (10.91%) Cloud Native
2 54 (9.98%) Data Structures
3 25 (4.62%) Product Ownership
4 22 (4.07%) Social Media
5 20 (3.70%) Management Information System
6 17 (3.14%) Distributed Systems
6 17 (3.14%) Onboarding
7 16 (2.96%) Greenfield Project
8 11 (2.03%) Algorithms
8 11 (2.03%) Public Cloud
9 10 (1.85%) Legacy Systems
9 10 (1.85%) Low-Code
10 9 (1.66%) Blog
10 9 (1.66%) Self-Motivation
11 8 (1.48%) Data Fabric
11 8 (1.48%) Reference Data
12 7 (1.29%) Analytical Mindset
12 7 (1.29%) FMCG
12 7 (1.29%) Taxonomies
12 7 (1.29%) Video\Live Streaming
Operating Systems
1 2 (0.37%) Linux
2 1 (0.18%) Android
2 1 (0.18%) Apple iOS
2 1 (0.18%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 242 (44.73%) Analytics
2 189 (34.94%) Business Intelligence
3 170 (31.42%) Data Architecture
4 163 (30.13%) Data Engineering
5 158 (29.21%) Decision-Making
6 148 (27.36%) AI
7 138 (25.51%) Agile
8 135 (24.95%) CI/CD
9 133 (24.58%) ETL
10 130 (24.03%) Data Pipeline
11 128 (23.66%) Data Governance
12 126 (23.29%) Problem-Solving
13 123 (22.74%) Data Strategy
14 92 (17.01%) DevOps
15 90 (16.64%) Mentoring
16 81 (14.97%) Roadmaps
17 80 (14.79%) Machine Learning
18 73 (13.49%) Continuous Improvement
18 73 (13.49%) Stakeholder Engagement
19 64 (11.83%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 249 (46.03%) SQL
2 206 (38.08%) Python
3 38 (7.02%) Java
4 37 (6.84%) JavaScript
5 34 (6.28%) Data Analysis Expressions
6 24 (4.44%) T-SQL
7 22 (4.07%) TypeScript
8 20 (3.70%) Scala
9 18 (3.33%) Apex Code
10 16 (2.96%) C#
10 16 (2.96%) PowerShell
11 11 (2.03%) Bicep
12 8 (1.48%) C++
12 8 (1.48%) Kusto Query Language
13 7 (1.29%) Bash
13 7 (1.29%) Go
14 5 (0.92%) R
15 4 (0.74%) PHP
15 4 (0.74%) SOQL
15 4 (0.74%) SOSL
Qualifications
1 75 (13.86%) Security Cleared
2 70 (12.94%) Degree
3 57 (10.54%) SC Cleared
4 20 (3.70%) Azure Certification
4 20 (3.70%) Computer Science Degree
5 15 (2.77%) Microsoft Certification
6 11 (2.03%) DV Cleared
6 11 (2.03%) TOGAF Certification
7 9 (1.66%) CIPD
7 9 (1.66%) SnowPro
8 6 (1.11%) DBS Check
8 6 (1.11%) Master's Degree
9 5 (0.92%) ACCA
9 5 (0.92%) BPSS Clearance
9 5 (0.92%) CIMA
10 4 (0.74%) AWS Certification
10 4 (0.74%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
11 2 (0.37%) IIBA
12 1 (0.18%) CBAP
12 1 (0.18%) Numerate Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 195 (36.04%) Data Quality
2 40 (7.39%) GDPR
3 23 (4.25%) QA
4 12 (2.22%) Accessibility
4 12 (2.22%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 4 (0.74%) California Consumer Privacy Act
5 4 (0.74%) PERC
6 3 (0.55%) IFRS
6 3 (0.55%) IFRS 17
6 3 (0.55%) Solvency II
7 1 (0.18%) Actionable Recommendations
7 1 (0.18%) EU AI Act
7 1 (0.18%) HL7
7 1 (0.18%) SNOMED CT
System Software
1 26 (4.81%) Docker
2 8 (1.48%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 35 (6.47%) Terraform
2 12 (2.22%) Kubernetes
3 4 (0.74%) Ansible
4 3 (0.55%) Packer
5 2 (0.37%) Single Sign-On
6 1 (0.18%) Grafana
6 1 (0.18%) Prometheus
6 1 (0.18%) QRadar
Vendors
1 141 (26.06%) Microsoft
2 98 (18.11%) Databricks
3 44 (8.13%) Oracle
4 42 (7.76%) Salesforce
5 38 (7.02%) SAP
6 15 (2.77%) Google
7 12 (2.22%) Informatica
7 12 (2.22%) MuleSoft
8 8 (1.48%) OpenAI
9 7 (1.29%) Foundry
10 6 (1.11%) HubSpot
10 6 (1.11%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
10 6 (1.11%) ServiceNow
11 4 (0.74%) Epicor
11 4 (0.74%) IBM
11 4 (0.74%) IFS
11 4 (0.74%) Infor
12 3 (0.55%) Alteryx
12 3 (0.55%) Palantir
12 3 (0.55%) TOWER Software