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 4 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
4 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 91 116 90
Rank change year-on-year +25 -26 +21
Permanent jobs citing Data Modelling 437 530 690
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 2.85% 2.78% 3.38%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.17% 3.05% 3.56%
Number of salaries quoted 267 262 484
10th Percentile £47,500 £42,625 £42,069
25th Percentile £57,250 £53,750 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £69,650 £67,500
Median % change year-on-year +0.50% +3.19% +3.85%
75th Percentile £87,500 £82,500 £85,000
90th Percentile £110,000 £96,700 £97,500
UK median annual salary £70,000 £65,000 £67,500
% change year-on-year +7.69% -3.70% +3.85%

All Process and 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 13,806 17,362 19,370
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 90.16% 91.08% 94.99%
Number of salaries quoted 8,722 10,500 15,642
10th Percentile £29,500 £36,250 £36,426
25th Percentile £40,000 £46,250 £46,306
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £62,500 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -8.00% - -
75th Percentile £78,750 £81,250 £80,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £100,000 £97,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -

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 4 December 2025.

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 19 (4.35%) Apache
2 15 (3.43%) Apache Airflow
3 13 (2.97%) Apache Spark
3 13 (2.97%) Confluence
4 5 (1.14%) SharePoint
5 3 (0.69%) CMS
5 3 (0.69%) SAS
6 2 (0.46%) Mendix
7 1 (0.23%) Luigi
Applications
1 31 (7.09%) Microsoft Excel
2 6 (1.37%) Chatbot
3 5 (1.14%) Microsoft Office
3 5 (1.14%) MS Visio
4 3 (0.69%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 2 (0.46%) Sketch
6 1 (0.23%) Microsoft Project
6 1 (0.23%) Notion
6 1 (0.23%) PlantUML
6 1 (0.23%) Spreadsheet
6 1 (0.23%) Trello
Business Applications
1 7 (1.60%) Dynamics CRM
2 4 (0.92%) NetSuite
3 3 (0.69%) Markit EDM
4 1 (0.23%) Aladdin
4 1 (0.23%) Elite 3E
4 1 (0.23%) SAP S/4HANA
4 1 (0.23%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
4 1 (0.23%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 262 (59.95%) Azure
2 105 (24.03%) Snowflake
3 100 (22.88%) Power Platform
4 95 (21.74%) AWS
5 70 (16.02%) Azure DevOps
6 60 (13.73%) GitHub
7 56 (12.81%) Azure Data Factory
8 47 (10.76%) Azure Synapse Analytics
9 46 (10.53%) GCP
10 43 (9.84%) dbt
10 43 (9.84%) SaaS
11 41 (9.38%) Serverless
12 39 (8.92%) GitHub Copilot
13 26 (5.95%) Amazon S3
14 22 (5.03%) AWS Lambda
15 16 (3.66%) PowerApps
15 16 (3.66%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
16 15 (3.43%) Power Automate
17 14 (3.20%) Salesforce Service Cloud
18 13 (2.97%) AWS CloudFormation
Communications & Networking
1 2 (0.46%) Broadband
2 1 (0.23%) ADSL
2 1 (0.23%) Internet
2 1 (0.23%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 181 (41.42%) Data Warehouse
2 95 (21.74%) Power BI
3 71 (16.25%) Data Lake
4 40 (9.15%) Metadata
5 35 (8.01%) Azure SQL Database
6 32 (7.32%) SQL Server
7 26 (5.95%) Snowflake Schema
8 25 (5.72%) Tableau
9 24 (5.49%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 20 (4.58%) Data Vault
11 19 (4.35%) Amazon Redshift
12 16 (3.66%) MySQL
12 16 (3.66%) Relational Database
13 14 (3.20%) SQL Server Integration Services
14 13 (2.97%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
14 13 (2.97%) BigQuery
14 13 (2.97%) NoSQL
15 12 (2.75%) Power Query
16 11 (2.52%) Data Mining
17 9 (2.06%) DynamoDB
Development Applications
1 39 (8.92%) JIRA
2 29 (6.64%) Git
3 16 (3.66%) ER Studio
4 15 (3.43%) ERwin
5 5 (1.14%) git-flow
6 4 (0.92%) Jenkins
6 4 (0.92%) PowerDesigner
7 1 (0.23%) SonarQube
General
1 167 (38.22%) Social Skills
2 159 (36.38%) Finance
3 111 (25.40%) Analytical Skills
4 34 (7.78%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 27 (6.18%) Public Sector
6 25 (5.72%) Marketing
6 25 (5.72%) Retail
7 24 (5.49%) Law
8 17 (3.89%) Presentation Skills
9 12 (2.75%) Banking
10 9 (2.06%) Legal
10 9 (2.06%) Manufacturing
11 8 (1.83%) Advertising
12 6 (1.37%) Pharmaceutical
13 5 (1.14%) Back Office
13 5 (1.14%) Retail Banking
13 5 (1.14%) Tech for Good
14 4 (0.92%) Billing
14 4 (0.92%) Investment Banking
14 4 (0.92%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 118 (27.00%) Architect
2 92 (21.05%) Senior
3 91 (20.82%) Data Architect
4 84 (19.22%) Data Engineer
5 53 (12.13%) Developer
6 46 (10.53%) Analyst
7 33 (7.55%) Senior Data Engineer
8 32 (7.32%) Lead
9 18 (4.12%) Business Analyst
10 16 (3.66%) Consultant
10 16 (3.66%) Solutions Architect
11 15 (3.43%) Azure Architect
11 15 (3.43%) Azure Data Architect
12 13 (2.97%) Data Manager
13 12 (2.75%) Azure Engineer
13 12 (2.75%) Business Manager
13 12 (2.75%) Data Analyst
13 12 (2.75%) Data Modeller
13 12 (2.75%) Insight Manager
14 11 (2.52%) Lead Data Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 36 (8.24%) REST
2 26 (5.95%) SOAP
3 25 (5.72%) Lightning Web Components
4 20 (4.58%) .NET
5 18 (4.12%) JSON
6 17 (3.89%) Kafka
7 15 (3.43%) CSS
7 15 (3.43%) HTML
8 13 (2.97%) XML
9 11 (2.52%) Middleware
10 8 (1.83%) PySpark
10 8 (1.83%) React
10 8 (1.83%) Visualforce
11 7 (1.60%) AWS CDK
12 6 (1.37%) RabbitMQ
12 6 (1.37%) RESTful
13 5 (1.14%) Material-UI
13 5 (1.14%) YAML
14 4 (0.92%) ADO
14 4 (0.92%) HTML5 Canvas
Miscellaneous
1 43 (9.84%) Product Ownership
2 38 (8.70%) Cloud Native
3 18 (4.12%) Data Structures
4 17 (3.89%) Enterprise Software
4 17 (3.89%) Management Information System
5 16 (3.66%) Analytical Mindset
6 12 (2.75%) Legacy Systems
7 6 (1.37%) Virtual Team
8 5 (1.14%) Data Protection Act
8 5 (1.14%) Reference Data
9 4 (0.92%) Distributed Systems
9 4 (0.92%) Reinsurance
9 4 (0.92%) Self-Motivation
10 3 (0.69%) FMCG
10 3 (0.69%) Greenfield Project
10 3 (0.69%) Hybrid Cloud
10 3 (0.69%) Legacy Code
10 3 (0.69%) Low-Code
10 3 (0.69%) Mobile App
10 3 (0.69%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 5 (1.14%) Android
2 3 (0.69%) Apple iOS
3 2 (0.46%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 188 (43.02%) Analytics
2 182 (41.65%) Agile
3 149 (34.10%) ETL
4 134 (30.66%) Data Engineering
5 127 (29.06%) DevOps
6 122 (27.92%) Business Intelligence
7 121 (27.69%) Data Architecture
8 117 (26.77%) CI/CD
9 114 (26.09%) AI
10 109 (24.94%) Mentoring
11 107 (24.49%) Data Integration
12 96 (21.97%) Data Governance
13 92 (21.05%) Problem-Solving
14 89 (20.37%) Data Pipeline
15 88 (20.14%) Continuous Improvement
16 78 (17.85%) Coaching
17 74 (16.93%) Data Management
18 65 (14.87%) Migration
19 63 (14.42%) Decision-Making
20 62 (14.19%) Clean Code
Programming Languages
1 206 (47.14%) SQL
2 154 (35.24%) Python
3 37 (8.47%) JavaScript
4 36 (8.24%) Data Analysis Expressions
5 35 (8.01%) Java
6 34 (7.78%) C#
7 26 (5.95%) TypeScript
8 25 (5.72%) Apex Code
9 21 (4.81%) Scala
10 15 (3.43%) PowerShell
11 8 (1.83%) R
11 8 (1.83%) T-SQL
12 6 (1.37%) Bash
13 5 (1.14%) Kotlin
13 5 (1.14%) PL/SQL
14 4 (0.92%) Fortran
14 4 (0.92%) Go
14 4 (0.92%) PHP
15 3 (0.69%) Swift
16 2 (0.46%) Bicep
Qualifications
1 62 (14.19%) Degree
2 38 (8.70%) Computer Science Degree
3 26 (5.95%) Microsoft Certification
4 25 (5.72%) Azure Certification
5 24 (5.49%) AWS Certification
6 21 (4.81%) Security Cleared
7 20 (4.58%) SC Cleared
8 17 (3.89%) TOGAF Certification
9 16 (3.66%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 12 (2.75%) Six Sigma Green Belt
11 8 (1.83%) Master's Degree
12 7 (1.60%) SnowPro
13 6 (1.37%) DBS Check
14 4 (0.92%) ACCA
14 4 (0.92%) CIMA
15 2 (0.46%) PhD
15 2 (0.46%) PMI Certification
15 2 (0.46%) PMP
16 1 (0.23%) ITIL Certification
16 1 (0.23%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 60 (13.73%) Data Quality
2 43 (9.84%) Accessibility
3 15 (3.43%) QA
4 14 (3.20%) GDPR
5 13 (2.97%) Actionable Recommendations
6 1 (0.23%) HIPAA
6 1 (0.23%) ISO 13485
6 1 (0.23%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 1 (0.23%) P3O
6 1 (0.23%) PCI DSS
6 1 (0.23%) PMO
System Software
1 4 (0.92%) Docker
2 2 (0.46%) Firmware
3 1 (0.23%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 23 (5.26%) Terraform
2 3 (0.69%) Kubernetes
3 1 (0.23%) Ansible
3 1 (0.23%) Progress Chef
3 1 (0.23%) Puppet
Vendors
1 129 (29.52%) Microsoft
2 84 (19.22%) Databricks
3 35 (8.01%) Salesforce
4 21 (4.81%) Google
5 13 (2.97%) Oracle
6 11 (2.52%) Informatica
7 8 (1.83%) MuleSoft
7 8 (1.83%) Talend
8 7 (1.60%) IBM
8 7 (1.60%) SAP
9 4 (0.92%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
9 4 (0.92%) ServiceNow
10 3 (0.69%) Cloudera
11 2 (0.46%) Alteryx
11 2 (0.46%) Foundry
11 2 (0.46%) OutSystems
11 2 (0.46%) Palantir
11 2 (0.46%) Samsung
11 2 (0.46%) Sparx
11 2 (0.46%) Zend