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

6 months to
22 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 96 131 120
Rank change year-on-year +35 -11 -17
Permanent jobs citing Data Modelling 517 430 843
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 2.55% 2.77% 2.43%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.11% 2.93% 2.74%
Number of salaries quoted 370 249 621
10th Percentile £42,500 £47,446 £41,250
25th Percentile £51,506 £55,000 £48,840
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,500 £65,000 £64,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.85% +1.56% -4.58%
75th Percentile £85,000 £81,250 £85,000
90th Percentile £100,500 £107,500 £100,000
UK median annual salary £70,000 £65,000 £67,500
% change year-on-year +7.69% -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 16,624 14,681 30,814
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 81.96% 94.41% 88.78%
Number of salaries quoted 12,056 8,558 23,786
10th Percentile £35,000 £29,750 £33,750
25th Percentile £45,000 £42,000 £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 £79,719 £75,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £105,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +4.35% +4.55% -9.54%

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 22 June 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 33 (6.38%) Apache Airflow
2 25 (4.84%) Apache Spark
3 23 (4.45%) Apache
4 13 (2.51%) SharePoint
5 8 (1.55%) Microsoft Exchange
6 6 (1.16%) SAS
7 5 (0.97%) Jupyter
8 3 (0.58%) Apache Solr
8 3 (0.58%) Palantir Foundry
9 2 (0.39%) CMS
10 1 (0.19%) Confluence
10 1 (0.19%) Oracle SOA Suite
Applications
1 32 (6.19%) Microsoft Excel
2 7 (1.35%) Microsoft Office
3 3 (0.58%) Blender
3 3 (0.58%) Maya
4 1 (0.19%) Chatbot
4 1 (0.19%) FrameMaker
4 1 (0.19%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.19%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 12 (2.32%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
2 7 (1.35%) NetSuite
3 5 (0.97%) Dynamics CRM
4 3 (0.58%) SAP S/4HANA
5 2 (0.39%) Oracle EBS
5 2 (0.39%) Oracle ERP
5 2 (0.39%) Salesforce CRM
6 1 (0.19%) Oracle Payables
6 1 (0.19%) Oracle Receivables
Cloud Services
1 221 (42.75%) Azure
2 149 (28.82%) Power Platform
3 126 (24.37%) AWS
4 72 (13.93%) GCP
5 66 (12.77%) Azure Data Factory
6 43 (8.32%) Azure Synapse Analytics
7 36 (6.96%) Snowflake
8 35 (6.77%) Serverless
9 30 (5.80%) SaaS
10 27 (5.22%) Amazon S3
11 25 (4.84%) dbt
12 23 (4.45%) GitHub
13 22 (4.26%) Azure DevOps
14 19 (3.68%) AWS Lambda
15 18 (3.48%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
16 14 (2.71%) Microsoft 365
17 13 (2.51%) Salesforce Service Cloud
18 12 (2.32%) Amazon CloudWatch
18 12 (2.32%) Power Automate
18 12 (2.32%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 44 (8.51%) Broadband
2 4 (0.77%) NGN
3 2 (0.39%) SMS
4 1 (0.19%) 4G
4 1 (0.19%) 5G
4 1 (0.19%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 135 (26.11%) Power BI
2 90 (17.41%) Metadata
3 74 (14.31%) Data Warehouse
4 53 (10.25%) Data Lake
5 47 (9.09%) PostgreSQL
6 45 (8.70%) Relational Database
6 45 (8.70%) Tableau
7 39 (7.54%) SQL Server
8 31 (6.00%) BigQuery
8 31 (6.00%) Semantic Layer
9 25 (4.84%) Azure SQL Database
10 24 (4.64%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 21 (4.06%) MySQL
12 20 (3.87%) Amazon Redshift
12 20 (3.87%) Big Data
13 19 (3.68%) NoSQL
14 18 (3.48%) MongoDB
15 17 (3.29%) SAP BW
16 16 (3.09%) SQL Server Reporting Services
16 16 (3.09%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 38 (7.35%) Git
2 19 (3.68%) Jenkins
3 9 (1.74%) JIRA
4 6 (1.16%) GitLab
5 3 (0.58%) MLflow
6 1 (0.19%) Ant
6 1 (0.19%) Cucumber
6 1 (0.19%) ER Studio
6 1 (0.19%) ERwin
6 1 (0.19%) Mocha
6 1 (0.19%) Postman
6 1 (0.19%) SpecFlow
6 1 (0.19%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
6 1 (0.19%) Toad
6 1 (0.19%) Visual Studio
General
1 189 (36.56%) Social Skills
2 135 (26.11%) Analytical Skills
3 124 (23.98%) Finance
4 79 (15.28%) Public Sector
5 75 (14.51%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 40 (7.74%) Law
7 26 (5.03%) Retail
8 25 (4.84%) Marketing
9 24 (4.64%) Influencing Skills
10 12 (2.32%) Legal
11 11 (2.13%) Banking
11 11 (2.13%) Documentation Skills
12 10 (1.93%) Manufacturing
13 8 (1.55%) Publishing
14 7 (1.35%) Games
15 4 (0.77%) Billing
15 4 (0.77%) Local Government
16 3 (0.58%) Financial Institution
16 3 (0.58%) Police
16 3 (0.58%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 146 (28.24%) Data Engineer
2 123 (23.79%) Architect
3 101 (19.54%) Senior
4 82 (15.86%) Data Architect
5 74 (14.31%) Lead
6 69 (13.35%) Analyst
7 64 (12.38%) Developer
8 40 (7.74%) Data Analyst
8 40 (7.74%) Senior Data Engineer
9 30 (5.80%) Senior Architect
10 24 (4.64%) Lead Data Engineer
11 23 (4.45%) Senior Data Architect
12 19 (3.68%) Business Analyst
12 19 (3.68%) Platform Engineer
13 18 (3.48%) Business Intelligence Analyst
14 16 (3.09%) Business Intelligence Developer
14 16 (3.09%) Solutions Architect
15 14 (2.71%) Salesforce Developer
16 13 (2.51%) Consultant
16 13 (2.51%) Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 47 (9.09%) REST
2 41 (7.93%) Node.js
3 39 (7.54%) PySpark
4 34 (6.58%) Kafka
5 20 (3.87%) SOAP
6 19 (3.68%) JSON
6 19 (3.68%) Lightning Web Components
6 19 (3.68%) Middleware
7 17 (3.29%) CSS
7 17 (3.29%) React
8 16 (3.09%) .NET
9 13 (2.51%) Oracle Fusion
9 13 (2.51%) Visualforce
10 12 (2.32%) XML
11 10 (1.93%) HTML
12 9 (1.74%) RESTful
13 8 (1.55%) Spring
13 8 (1.55%) Tailwind CSS
14 6 (1.16%) Spring Boot
15 5 (0.97%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 56 (10.83%) Data Structures
2 51 (9.86%) Cloud Native
3 25 (4.84%) Product Ownership
4 22 (4.26%) Social Media
5 18 (3.48%) Management Information System
6 16 (3.09%) Distributed Systems
6 16 (3.09%) Greenfield Project
7 15 (2.90%) Onboarding
8 12 (2.32%) Self-Motivation
9 11 (2.13%) Algorithms
9 11 (2.13%) Public Cloud
10 10 (1.93%) FMCG
10 10 (1.93%) Legacy Systems
10 10 (1.93%) Low-Code
11 9 (1.74%) Blog
12 8 (1.55%) Data Fabric
13 7 (1.35%) Analytical Mindset
13 7 (1.35%) Video\Live Streaming
14 6 (1.16%) Reference Data
14 6 (1.16%) Taxonomies
Operating Systems
1 2 (0.39%) Linux
2 1 (0.19%) Android
2 1 (0.19%) Apple iOS
2 1 (0.19%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 238 (46.03%) Analytics
2 176 (34.04%) Business Intelligence
3 162 (31.33%) Data Engineering
4 158 (30.56%) Data Architecture
5 141 (27.27%) Agile
6 139 (26.89%) AI
6 139 (26.89%) CI/CD
6 139 (26.89%) Decision-Making
7 130 (25.15%) Data Pipeline
7 130 (25.15%) ETL
8 125 (24.18%) Data Governance
9 118 (22.82%) Problem-Solving
10 109 (21.08%) Data Strategy
11 96 (18.57%) DevOps
12 88 (17.02%) Mentoring
13 80 (15.47%) Machine Learning
14 72 (13.93%) Roadmaps
15 66 (12.77%) Continuous Improvement
16 65 (12.57%) Stakeholder Engagement
17 62 (11.99%) Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 242 (46.81%) SQL
2 208 (40.23%) Python
3 43 (8.32%) JavaScript
4 42 (8.12%) Java
5 31 (6.00%) Data Analysis Expressions
6 27 (5.22%) TypeScript
7 20 (3.87%) Scala
7 20 (3.87%) T-SQL
8 18 (3.48%) Apex Code
9 17 (3.29%) C#
10 14 (2.71%) PowerShell
11 10 (1.93%) Bash
12 8 (1.55%) Bicep
13 7 (1.35%) Go
14 6 (1.16%) C++
14 6 (1.16%) Kusto Query Language
15 5 (0.97%) R
16 4 (0.77%) PHP
16 4 (0.77%) SOQL
16 4 (0.77%) SOSL
Qualifications
1 74 (14.31%) Security Cleared
2 71 (13.73%) Degree
3 58 (11.22%) SC Cleared
4 24 (4.64%) Computer Science Degree
5 19 (3.68%) Azure Certification
6 14 (2.71%) TOGAF Certification
7 13 (2.51%) Microsoft Certification
8 8 (1.55%) ACCA
8 8 (1.55%) CIMA
9 6 (1.16%) AWS Certification
9 6 (1.16%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 6 (1.16%) CIPD
9 6 (1.16%) Master's Degree
9 6 (1.16%) SnowPro
10 5 (0.97%) DBS Check
10 5 (0.97%) DV Cleared
11 3 (0.58%) BPSS Clearance
12 2 (0.39%) IIBA
13 1 (0.19%) CBAP
13 1 (0.19%) SSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 186 (35.98%) Data Quality
2 36 (6.96%) GDPR
3 22 (4.26%) QA
4 12 (2.32%) Accessibility
4 12 (2.32%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 4 (0.77%) PERC
6 3 (0.58%) IFRS
6 3 (0.58%) IFRS 17
6 3 (0.58%) Solvency II
7 2 (0.39%) California Consumer Privacy Act
8 1 (0.19%) Actionable Recommendations
8 1 (0.19%) HL7
8 1 (0.19%) SNOMED CT
System Software
1 26 (5.03%) Docker
2 8 (1.55%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 35 (6.77%) Terraform
2 12 (2.32%) Kubernetes
3 4 (0.77%) Ansible
4 3 (0.58%) Packer
5 2 (0.39%) Single Sign-On
6 1 (0.19%) Grafana
6 1 (0.19%) Prometheus
6 1 (0.19%) QRadar
Vendors
1 125 (24.18%) Microsoft
2 101 (19.54%) Databricks
3 45 (8.70%) Salesforce
4 39 (7.54%) Oracle
5 35 (6.77%) SAP
6 13 (2.51%) Google
6 13 (2.51%) MuleSoft
7 12 (2.32%) Informatica
8 8 (1.55%) OpenAI
9 7 (1.35%) Foundry
9 7 (1.35%) ServiceNow
10 6 (1.16%) HubSpot
10 6 (1.16%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
11 4 (0.77%) IBM
12 3 (0.58%) Alteryx
12 3 (0.58%) Palantir
12 3 (0.58%) TOWER Software
13 2 (0.39%) BiZZdesign
13 2 (0.39%) Epicor
13 2 (0.39%) Infor