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

6 months to
23 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 111 133 144
Rank change year-on-year +22 +11 -49
Permanent jobs citing Data Modelling 532 434 631
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 2.45% 2.63% 2.20%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.96% 2.82% 2.48%
Number of salaries quoted 378 266 435
10th Percentile £42,500 £47,500 £41,875
25th Percentile £51,250 £55,750 £51,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,000 £65,000 £67,500
Median % change year-on-year +3.08% -3.70% +3.29%
75th Percentile £87,500 £82,500 £85,000
90th Percentile £107,500 £107,500 £100,000
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 17,957 15,368 25,424
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 82.85% 93.21% 88.45%
Number of salaries quoted 13,054 9,086 18,978
10th Percentile £35,000 £29,750 £34,711
25th Percentile £44,972 £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 £76,250
90th Percentile £100,000 £102,500 £95,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,043 £55,000
% change year-on-year +9.01% +0.08% -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 23 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 28 (5.26%) Apache Airflow
2 27 (5.08%) Apache Spark
3 22 (4.14%) Apache
4 14 (2.63%) SharePoint
5 7 (1.32%) Microsoft Exchange
6 6 (1.13%) SAS
7 5 (0.94%) Jupyter
8 3 (0.56%) Apache Solr
8 3 (0.56%) Palantir Foundry
9 2 (0.38%) Oracle SOA Suite
10 1 (0.19%) CMS
Applications
1 33 (6.20%) Microsoft Excel
2 6 (1.13%) Microsoft Office
3 3 (0.56%) Blender
3 3 (0.56%) 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 (2.26%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
2 7 (1.32%) Dynamics CRM
3 3 (0.56%) NetSuite
3 3 (0.56%) Oracle EBS
3 3 (0.56%) Oracle ERP
3 3 (0.56%) SAP S/4HANA
4 2 (0.38%) Oracle Payables
4 2 (0.38%) Oracle Receivables
4 2 (0.38%) Salesforce CRM
5 1 (0.19%) JDE EnterpriseOne
Cloud Services
1 205 (38.53%) Azure
2 167 (31.39%) Power Platform
3 107 (20.11%) AWS
4 65 (12.22%) GCP
5 60 (11.28%) Azure Data Factory
6 42 (7.89%) Snowflake
7 37 (6.95%) Azure Synapse Analytics
8 29 (5.45%) SaaS
8 29 (5.45%) Serverless
9 27 (5.08%) dbt
10 23 (4.32%) Amazon S3
11 20 (3.76%) GitHub
12 19 (3.57%) AWS Lambda
13 17 (3.20%) Microsoft 365
14 16 (3.01%) Azure DevOps
14 16 (3.01%) Microsoft Purview
15 14 (2.63%) PowerApps
16 13 (2.44%) GitHub Actions
16 13 (2.44%) Power Automate
17 12 (2.26%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 44 (8.27%) Broadband
2 4 (0.75%) NGN
3 2 (0.38%) SMS
4 1 (0.19%) 4G
4 1 (0.19%) 5G
4 1 (0.19%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 152 (28.57%) Power BI
2 90 (16.92%) Data Warehouse
3 87 (16.35%) Metadata
4 55 (10.34%) Data Lake
5 49 (9.21%) PostgreSQL
6 47 (8.83%) SQL Server
7 46 (8.65%) Relational Database
8 41 (7.71%) Tableau
9 34 (6.39%) Semantic Layer
10 33 (6.20%) BigQuery
11 28 (5.26%) SQL Server Integration Services
12 21 (3.95%) MongoDB
13 20 (3.76%) Big Data
14 19 (3.57%) Delta Lake
14 19 (3.57%) MySQL
14 19 (3.57%) SQL Server Reporting Services
15 18 (3.38%) Amazon Redshift
15 18 (3.38%) Azure SQL Database
15 18 (3.38%) Star Schema
16 17 (3.20%) SAP BW
Development Applications
1 39 (7.33%) Git
2 23 (4.32%) Jenkins
3 7 (1.32%) JIRA
4 6 (1.13%) GitLab
5 3 (0.56%) MLflow
6 2 (0.38%) Bitbucket
6 2 (0.38%) Visual Studio Code
7 1 (0.19%) Ant
7 1 (0.19%) ER Studio
7 1 (0.19%) ERwin
7 1 (0.19%) Mocha
7 1 (0.19%) Postman
7 1 (0.19%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
7 1 (0.19%) Toad
7 1 (0.19%) Visual Studio
General
1 200 (37.59%) Social Skills
2 149 (28.01%) Analytical Skills
3 134 (25.19%) Finance
4 77 (14.47%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 67 (12.59%) Public Sector
6 44 (8.27%) Law
7 29 (5.45%) Retail
8 26 (4.89%) Influencing Skills
9 22 (4.14%) Marketing
10 14 (2.63%) Banking
10 14 (2.63%) Legal
11 13 (2.44%) Manufacturing
12 11 (2.07%) Documentation Skills
13 7 (1.32%) Games
14 5 (0.94%) Billing
14 5 (0.94%) Presentation Skills
15 4 (0.75%) Health Technology
15 4 (0.75%) Legal Technology
15 4 (0.75%) Military
15 4 (0.75%) Police
Job Titles
1 150 (28.20%) Data Engineer
2 122 (22.93%) Architect
3 102 (19.17%) Senior
4 82 (15.41%) Data Architect
5 69 (12.97%) Lead
6 65 (12.22%) Analyst
7 56 (10.53%) Developer
8 42 (7.89%) Senior Data Engineer
9 34 (6.39%) Data Analyst
10 26 (4.89%) Senior Architect
11 21 (3.95%) Solutions Architect
12 19 (3.57%) Consultant
12 19 (3.57%) Senior Data Architect
13 18 (3.38%) Business Analyst
13 18 (3.38%) Business Intelligence Analyst
14 16 (3.01%) Lead Data Engineer
15 15 (2.82%) Financial Analyst
16 13 (2.44%) Business Intelligence Developer
16 13 (2.44%) Software Engineer
16 13 (2.44%) Technical Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 46 (8.65%) PySpark
2 42 (7.89%) REST
3 38 (7.14%) Node.js
4 30 (5.64%) Kafka
5 19 (3.57%) JSON
6 16 (3.01%) Lightning Web Components
7 15 (2.82%) Middleware
8 14 (2.63%) Oracle Fusion
8 14 (2.63%) React
9 13 (2.44%) CSS
9 13 (2.44%) SOAP
10 12 (2.26%) .NET
10 12 (2.26%) XML
11 10 (1.88%) RESTful
12 8 (1.50%) Tailwind CSS
13 7 (1.32%) Spring
13 7 (1.32%) Visualforce
14 6 (1.13%) Django
14 6 (1.13%) HTML
14 6 (1.13%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 58 (10.90%) Cloud Native
2 56 (10.53%) Data Structures
3 23 (4.32%) Product Ownership
4 22 (4.14%) Social Media
5 18 (3.38%) Distributed Systems
6 17 (3.20%) Management Information System
7 16 (3.01%) Greenfield Project
8 14 (2.63%) Onboarding
9 11 (2.07%) Algorithms
10 10 (1.88%) Legacy Systems
10 10 (1.88%) Low-Code
10 10 (1.88%) Self-Motivation
11 9 (1.69%) Blog
11 9 (1.69%) Reference Data
12 8 (1.50%) Data Fabric
13 7 (1.32%) Analytical Mindset
13 7 (1.32%) Taxonomies
13 7 (1.32%) Video\Live Streaming
14 6 (1.13%) Anti-Piracy
14 6 (1.13%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 3 (0.56%) Linux
2 1 (0.19%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 241 (45.30%) Analytics
2 192 (36.09%) Business Intelligence
3 166 (31.20%) Data Engineering
4 159 (29.89%) Decision-Making
5 156 (29.32%) AI
5 156 (29.32%) Data Architecture
6 132 (24.81%) Data Pipeline
7 131 (24.62%) Agile
8 125 (23.50%) ETL
9 124 (23.31%) CI/CD
9 124 (23.31%) Problem-Solving
10 120 (22.56%) Data Governance
11 118 (22.18%) Data Strategy
12 82 (15.41%) Machine Learning
13 78 (14.66%) Mentoring
14 77 (14.47%) DevOps
15 76 (14.29%) Roadmaps
16 74 (13.91%) Continuous Improvement
17 70 (13.16%) Stakeholder Engagement
18 63 (11.84%) Translating Business Requirements
Programming Languages
1 246 (46.24%) SQL
2 207 (38.91%) Python
3 35 (6.58%) Java
4 34 (6.39%) Data Analysis Expressions
5 32 (6.02%) JavaScript
6 22 (4.14%) T-SQL
7 21 (3.95%) Scala
7 21 (3.95%) TypeScript
8 16 (3.01%) C#
9 15 (2.82%) Apex Code
10 14 (2.63%) PowerShell
11 12 (2.26%) Bicep
12 9 (1.69%) C++
12 9 (1.69%) Kusto Query Language
13 7 (1.32%) Go
14 5 (0.94%) Bash
15 4 (0.75%) R
16 3 (0.56%) PHP
16 3 (0.56%) VBA
17 2 (0.38%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 72 (13.53%) Security Cleared
2 67 (12.59%) Degree
3 54 (10.15%) SC Cleared
4 22 (4.14%) Azure Certification
5 21 (3.95%) Computer Science Degree
6 17 (3.20%) Microsoft Certification
7 11 (2.07%) TOGAF Certification
8 10 (1.88%) DV Cleared
8 10 (1.88%) SnowPro
9 9 (1.69%) CIPD
10 7 (1.32%) DBS Check
11 6 (1.13%) Master's Degree
12 5 (0.94%) BPSS Clearance
13 4 (0.75%) AWS Certification
13 4 (0.75%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
14 3 (0.56%) ACCA
14 3 (0.56%) CIMA
15 2 (0.38%) IIBA
16 1 (0.19%) CBAP
16 1 (0.19%) GIAC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 192 (36.09%) Data Quality
2 41 (7.71%) GDPR
3 20 (3.76%) QA
4 16 (3.01%) Accessibility
5 10 (1.88%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 4 (0.75%) California Consumer Privacy Act
6 4 (0.75%) PERC
7 3 (0.56%) IFRS
7 3 (0.56%) IFRS 17
7 3 (0.56%) Solvency II
8 2 (0.38%) MiFID
8 2 (0.38%) UCITS
9 1 (0.19%) Actionable Recommendations
9 1 (0.19%) EU AI Act
9 1 (0.19%) HL7
9 1 (0.19%) PMO
9 1 (0.19%) SNOMED CT
System Software
1 31 (5.83%) Docker
2 7 (1.32%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 37 (6.95%) Terraform
2 13 (2.44%) Kubernetes
3 4 (0.75%) Ansible
4 3 (0.56%) Packer
5 2 (0.38%) Single Sign-On
6 1 (0.19%) Grafana
6 1 (0.19%) Prometheus
6 1 (0.19%) QRadar
Vendors
1 139 (26.13%) Microsoft
2 95 (17.86%) Databricks
3 44 (8.27%) Oracle
4 39 (7.33%) SAP
5 38 (7.14%) Salesforce
6 9 (1.69%) Informatica
6 9 (1.69%) MuleSoft
7 8 (1.50%) Google
8 7 (1.32%) Foundry
8 7 (1.32%) HubSpot
9 6 (1.13%) OpenAI
9 6 (1.13%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
10 5 (0.94%) ServiceNow
11 4 (0.75%) Epicor
11 4 (0.75%) IBM
11 4 (0.75%) IFS
11 4 (0.75%) Infor
12 3 (0.56%) BiZZdesign
12 3 (0.56%) Palantir
12 3 (0.56%) TOWER Software