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

6 months to
10 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 119 133 156
Rank change year-on-year +14 +23 -67
Permanent jobs citing Data Modelling 541 428 535
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 2.38% 2.59% 2.15%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.88% 2.79% 2.45%
Number of salaries quoted 381 268 358
10th Percentile £42,500 £47,125 £41,925
25th Percentile £51,425 £56,153 £52,369
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £65,750 £68,500
Median % change year-on-year -1.14% -4.01% +4.82%
75th Percentile £87,500 £83,750 £83,438
90th Percentile £107,500 £107,500 £97,500
UK median annual salary £70,000 £67,500 £70,000
% change year-on-year +3.70% -3.57% +3.70%

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 18,798 15,349 21,794
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 82.81% 92.91% 87.71%
Number of salaries quoted 13,570 9,030 15,663
10th Percentile £35,000 £29,750 £35,000
25th Percentile £44,972 £40,875 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £58,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +2.56% -2.50% -4.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £78,375 £77,500
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 10 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 27 (4.99%) Apache Spark
2 22 (4.07%) Apache
2 22 (4.07%) Apache Airflow
3 12 (2.22%) SharePoint
4 5 (0.92%) Jupyter
5 4 (0.74%) SAS
6 3 (0.55%) Apache Solr
7 2 (0.37%) Oracle SOA Suite
7 2 (0.37%) Palantir Foundry
8 1 (0.18%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 31 (5.73%) Microsoft Excel
2 5 (0.92%) 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 3 (0.55%) Oracle EBS
3 3 (0.55%) 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
4 2 (0.37%) SAP S/4HANA
5 1 (0.18%) NetSuite
5 1 (0.18%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 208 (38.45%) Azure
2 169 (31.24%) Power Platform
3 111 (20.52%) AWS
4 71 (13.12%) GCP
5 60 (11.09%) Azure Data Factory
6 46 (8.50%) Snowflake
7 42 (7.76%) Azure Synapse Analytics
8 26 (4.81%) dbt
8 26 (4.81%) Serverless
9 25 (4.62%) GitHub
10 23 (4.25%) Microsoft Purview
10 23 (4.25%) SaaS
11 22 (4.07%) Amazon S3
12 19 (3.51%) AWS Lambda
13 18 (3.33%) Azure DevOps
14 15 (2.77%) GitHub Actions
15 14 (2.59%) PowerApps
16 12 (2.22%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
17 11 (2.03%) Amazon CloudWatch
17 11 (2.03%) Microsoft 365
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
1 155 (28.65%) Power BI
2 95 (17.56%) Data Warehouse
2 95 (17.56%) Metadata
3 60 (11.09%) Data Lake
4 46 (8.50%) Relational Database
5 45 (8.32%) PostgreSQL
5 45 (8.32%) Tableau
6 44 (8.13%) SQL Server
7 34 (6.28%) Semantic Layer
8 33 (6.10%) BigQuery
9 29 (5.36%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 25 (4.62%) Delta Lake
11 23 (4.25%) MongoDB
12 22 (4.07%) Big Data
13 21 (3.88%) NoSQL
13 21 (3.88%) Star Schema
14 17 (3.14%) Amazon Redshift
14 17 (3.14%) Azure SQL Database
14 17 (3.14%) Data Vault
15 16 (2.96%) SAP BW
Development Applications
1 45 (8.32%) Git
2 24 (4.44%) Jenkins
3 7 (1.29%) JIRA
4 6 (1.11%) GitLab
5 3 (0.55%) Bitbucket
5 3 (0.55%) MLflow
5 3 (0.55%) Visual Studio Code
6 2 (0.37%) ER Studio
6 2 (0.37%) ERwin
7 1 (0.18%) Ant
7 1 (0.18%) Mocha
7 1 (0.18%) Postman
7 1 (0.18%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
7 1 (0.18%) Toad
7 1 (0.18%) Visual Studio
General
1 203 (37.52%) Social Skills
2 152 (28.10%) Analytical Skills
3 135 (24.95%) Finance
4 79 (14.60%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 64 (11.83%) Public Sector
6 45 (8.32%) Law
7 29 (5.36%) Retail
8 25 (4.62%) Influencing Skills
9 22 (4.07%) Marketing
10 16 (2.96%) Legal
11 15 (2.77%) Banking
11 15 (2.77%) Manufacturing
12 10 (1.85%) Documentation Skills
13 7 (1.29%) Games
14 6 (1.11%) Presentation Skills
15 5 (0.92%) Billing
15 5 (0.92%) Legal Technology
15 5 (0.92%) Military
16 4 (0.74%) Health Technology
17 3 (0.55%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 148 (27.36%) Data Engineer
2 133 (24.58%) Architect
3 105 (19.41%) Senior
4 92 (17.01%) Data Architect
5 65 (12.01%) Analyst
6 54 (9.98%) Lead
7 52 (9.61%) Developer
8 36 (6.65%) Senior Data Engineer
9 30 (5.55%) Data Analyst
10 26 (4.81%) Senior Architect
11 20 (3.70%) Business Analyst
11 20 (3.70%) Senior Data Architect
11 20 (3.70%) Solutions Architect
12 17 (3.14%) Consultant
13 15 (2.77%) Data Modeller
13 15 (2.77%) Software Engineer
14 14 (2.59%) Financial Analyst
15 13 (2.40%) Senior Analyst
15 13 (2.40%) Technical Architect
16 12 (2.22%) Business Intelligence Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 54 (9.98%) PySpark
2 43 (7.95%) REST
3 37 (6.84%) Node.js
4 31 (5.73%) Kafka
5 16 (2.96%) JSON
6 15 (2.77%) Lightning Web Components
7 14 (2.59%) CSS
7 14 (2.59%) Oracle Fusion
7 14 (2.59%) React
8 13 (2.40%) Middleware
9 12 (2.22%) SOAP
10 11 (2.03%) .NET
11 9 (1.66%) RESTful
11 9 (1.66%) Tailwind CSS
12 7 (1.29%) Spring
12 7 (1.29%) XML
13 6 (1.11%) Django
13 6 (1.11%) LangChain
13 6 (1.11%) Spring Boot
13 6 (1.11%) Visualforce
Miscellaneous
1 60 (11.09%) Cloud Native
2 51 (9.43%) Data Structures
3 22 (4.07%) Product Ownership
3 22 (4.07%) Social Media
4 18 (3.33%) Management Information System
5 17 (3.14%) Distributed Systems
6 13 (2.40%) Self-Motivation
7 11 (2.03%) Algorithms
7 11 (2.03%) Greenfield Project
8 10 (1.85%) Blog
8 10 (1.85%) Low-Code
9 9 (1.66%) Legacy Systems
9 9 (1.66%) Taxonomies
10 8 (1.48%) Onboarding
10 8 (1.48%) Reference Data
11 7 (1.29%) Analytical Mindset
11 7 (1.29%) Data Fabric
11 7 (1.29%) Video\Live Streaming
12 6 (1.11%) AI Agents
12 6 (1.11%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 2 (0.37%) Linux
1 2 (0.37%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 252 (46.58%) Analytics
2 203 (37.52%) Business Intelligence
3 181 (33.46%) AI
4 167 (30.87%) Data Architecture
5 164 (30.31%) Data Engineering
6 161 (29.76%) Decision-Making
7 136 (25.14%) Data Pipeline
8 132 (24.40%) Agile
9 131 (24.21%) Data Strategy
10 130 (24.03%) ETL
11 127 (23.48%) CI/CD
11 127 (23.48%) Data Governance
11 127 (23.48%) Problem-Solving
12 91 (16.82%) Machine Learning
13 83 (15.34%) Roadmaps
14 78 (14.42%) Mentoring
15 77 (14.23%) DevOps
16 76 (14.05%) Stakeholder Engagement
17 74 (13.68%) Continuous Improvement
18 69 (12.75%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 255 (47.13%) SQL
2 218 (40.30%) Python
3 35 (6.47%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 34 (6.28%) Java
5 27 (4.99%) JavaScript
6 26 (4.81%) Scala
7 22 (4.07%) TypeScript
8 19 (3.51%) C#
9 18 (3.33%) T-SQL
10 16 (2.96%) Bicep
11 14 (2.59%) Apex Code
12 9 (1.66%) C++
12 9 (1.66%) Kusto Query Language
13 8 (1.48%) PowerShell
13 8 (1.48%) R
14 7 (1.29%) Go
15 4 (0.74%) Bash
15 4 (0.74%) SPARQL
16 3 (0.55%) Groovy
16 3 (0.55%) VBA
Qualifications
1 74 (13.68%) Security Cleared
2 62 (11.46%) Degree
3 53 (9.80%) SC Cleared
4 27 (4.99%) Azure Certification
5 21 (3.88%) Microsoft Certification
6 19 (3.51%) Computer Science Degree
7 14 (2.59%) DV Cleared
7 14 (2.59%) SnowPro
8 10 (1.85%) BPSS Clearance
9 9 (1.66%) CIPD
9 9 (1.66%) TOGAF Certification
10 6 (1.11%) DBS Check
11 5 (0.92%) AWS Certification
11 5 (0.92%) Master's Degree
12 4 (0.74%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
13 2 (0.37%) IIBA
13 2 (0.37%) PMI Certification
14 1 (0.18%) CBAP
14 1 (0.18%) OCP
14 1 (0.18%) SSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 194 (35.86%) Data Quality
2 43 (7.95%) GDPR
3 21 (3.88%) QA
4 18 (3.33%) Accessibility
5 6 (1.11%) 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 (0.55%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 3 (0.55%) MiFID
7 3 (0.55%) UCITS
8 1 (0.18%) Actionable Recommendations
8 1 (0.18%) EU AI Act
8 1 (0.18%) HIPAA
8 1 (0.18%) HL7
8 1 (0.18%) PMO
8 1 (0.18%) SNOMED CT
System Software
1 32 (5.91%) Docker
2 1 (0.18%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 42 (7.76%) Terraform
2 15 (2.77%) Kubernetes
3 4 (0.74%) Ansible
4 3 (0.55%) Packer
5 1 (0.18%) QRadar
Vendors
1 149 (27.54%) Microsoft
2 98 (18.11%) Databricks
3 45 (8.32%) Oracle
4 39 (7.21%) SAP
5 35 (6.47%) Salesforce
6 9 (1.66%) Google
6 9 (1.66%) MuleSoft
7 8 (1.48%) Informatica
8 7 (1.29%) HubSpot
8 7 (1.29%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
9 6 (1.11%) Foundry
10 5 (0.92%) OpenAI
10 5 (0.92%) 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%) Bloomberg
12 3 (0.55%) TOWER Software