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

6 months to
13 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 114 129 162
Rank change year-on-year +15 +33 -72
Permanent jobs citing Data Modelling 544 424 531
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 2.39% 2.55% 2.13%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.90% 2.75% 2.43%
Number of salaries quoted 382 263 353
10th Percentile £42,625 £46,500 £41,800
25th Percentile £51,250 £56,055 £52,325
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £65,000 £68,000
Median % change year-on-year - -4.41% +4.05%
75th Percentile £87,500 £83,750 £82,500
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% +4.37%

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 18,782 15,445 21,829
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 82.64% 92.96% 87.71%
Number of salaries quoted 13,537 8,945 15,559
10th Percentile £35,000 £29,750 £35,000
25th Percentile £44,972 £40,750 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% -4.17% -4.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £77,500 £77,750
90th Percentile £100,000 £100,000 £97,500
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% - -8.84%

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 13 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 (4.96%) Apache Spark
2 22 (4.04%) Apache
2 22 (4.04%) Apache Airflow
3 12 (2.21%) SharePoint
4 5 (0.92%) Jupyter
5 3 (0.55%) Apache Solr
6 2 (0.37%) Oracle SOA Suite
6 2 (0.37%) Palantir Foundry
7 1 (0.18%) SAS
Applications
1 34 (6.25%) 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 (2.21%) 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%) Finacle
5 1 (0.18%) FLEXCUBE
5 1 (0.18%) NetSuite
5 1 (0.18%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
5 1 (0.18%) Temenos T24
Cloud Services
1 207 (38.05%) Azure
2 173 (31.80%) Power Platform
3 113 (20.77%) AWS
4 70 (12.87%) GCP
5 61 (11.21%) Azure Data Factory
6 43 (7.90%) Snowflake
7 41 (7.54%) Azure Synapse Analytics
8 27 (4.96%) dbt
8 27 (4.96%) Serverless
9 25 (4.60%) GitHub
10 23 (4.23%) Amazon S3
10 23 (4.23%) Microsoft Purview
11 22 (4.04%) SaaS
12 20 (3.68%) AWS Lambda
12 20 (3.68%) Azure DevOps
13 15 (2.76%) GitHub Actions
13 15 (2.76%) PowerApps
14 12 (2.21%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
15 11 (2.02%) Amazon CloudWatch
16 10 (1.84%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 44 (8.09%) 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
1 159 (29.23%) Power BI
2 96 (17.65%) Data Warehouse
3 91 (16.73%) Metadata
4 57 (10.48%) Data Lake
5 48 (8.82%) Relational Database
6 47 (8.64%) Tableau
7 45 (8.27%) PostgreSQL
7 45 (8.27%) SQL Server
8 34 (6.25%) Semantic Layer
9 30 (5.51%) BigQuery
9 30 (5.51%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 25 (4.60%) Delta Lake
11 23 (4.23%) MongoDB
12 22 (4.04%) Big Data
12 22 (4.04%) Star Schema
13 21 (3.86%) NoSQL
14 17 (3.13%) Azure SQL Database
14 17 (3.13%) Data Vault
15 15 (2.76%) Amazon Redshift
15 15 (2.76%) SAP BW
Development Applications
1 47 (8.64%) Git
2 24 (4.41%) Jenkins
3 8 (1.47%) JIRA
4 6 (1.10%) 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%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
7 1 (0.18%) Toad
7 1 (0.18%) Visual Studio
General
1 206 (37.87%) Social Skills
2 156 (28.68%) Analytical Skills
3 137 (25.18%) Finance
4 79 (14.52%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 63 (11.58%) Public Sector
6 45 (8.27%) Law
7 32 (5.88%) Retail
8 24 (4.41%) Influencing Skills
9 23 (4.23%) Marketing
10 16 (2.94%) Banking
10 16 (2.94%) Legal
11 15 (2.76%) Manufacturing
12 10 (1.84%) Documentation Skills
13 7 (1.29%) Games
13 7 (1.29%) Presentation Skills
14 5 (0.92%) Billing
14 5 (0.92%) Legal Technology
14 5 (0.92%) Military
15 4 (0.74%) Health Technology
16 3 (0.55%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 152 (27.94%) Data Engineer
2 129 (23.71%) Architect
3 103 (18.93%) Senior
4 91 (16.73%) Data Architect
5 67 (12.32%) Analyst
6 53 (9.74%) Lead
7 52 (9.56%) Developer
8 36 (6.62%) Senior Data Engineer
9 29 (5.33%) Data Analyst
10 23 (4.23%) Business Analyst
10 23 (4.23%) Senior Architect
11 20 (3.68%) Senior Data Architect
11 20 (3.68%) Solutions Architect
12 17 (3.13%) Consultant
13 15 (2.76%) Data Modeller
13 15 (2.76%) Software Engineer
14 14 (2.57%) Financial Analyst
14 14 (2.57%) Senior Analyst
15 12 (2.21%) Business Intelligence Analyst
15 12 (2.21%) Business Intelligence Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 55 (10.11%) PySpark
2 43 (7.90%) REST
3 37 (6.80%) Node.js
4 31 (5.70%) Kafka
5 15 (2.76%) JSON
5 15 (2.76%) Lightning Web Components
6 14 (2.57%) CSS
6 14 (2.57%) Oracle Fusion
6 14 (2.57%) React
7 13 (2.39%) Middleware
8 12 (2.21%) SOAP
9 11 (2.02%) .NET
10 9 (1.65%) Tailwind CSS
11 8 (1.47%) RESTful
12 7 (1.29%) Spring
13 6 (1.10%) Django
13 6 (1.10%) LangChain
13 6 (1.10%) Spring Boot
13 6 (1.10%) Visualforce
13 6 (1.10%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 60 (11.03%) Cloud Native
2 49 (9.01%) Data Structures
3 22 (4.04%) Social Media
4 21 (3.86%) Product Ownership
5 18 (3.31%) Management Information System
6 17 (3.13%) Distributed Systems
7 12 (2.21%) Self-Motivation
8 11 (2.02%) Algorithms
9 10 (1.84%) Blog
9 10 (1.84%) Greenfield Project
9 10 (1.84%) Low-Code
10 9 (1.65%) Legacy Systems
10 9 (1.65%) Taxonomies
11 8 (1.47%) Reference Data
12 7 (1.29%) Analytical Mindset
12 7 (1.29%) Data Fabric
12 7 (1.29%) Onboarding
12 7 (1.29%) Video\Live Streaming
13 6 (1.10%) AI Agents
13 6 (1.10%) Enterprise Software
Operating Systems
1 2 (0.37%) Linux
1 2 (0.37%) Windows
2 1 (0.18%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 255 (46.88%) Analytics
2 206 (37.87%) Business Intelligence
3 184 (33.82%) AI
4 166 (30.51%) Data Engineering
5 165 (30.33%) Data Architecture
6 162 (29.78%) Decision-Making
7 143 (26.29%) Data Pipeline
8 137 (25.18%) Agile
9 134 (24.63%) ETL
10 132 (24.26%) Data Strategy
11 130 (23.90%) Problem-Solving
12 129 (23.71%) CI/CD
12 129 (23.71%) Data Governance
13 94 (17.28%) Machine Learning
14 87 (15.99%) Roadmaps
15 79 (14.52%) DevOps
16 77 (14.15%) Stakeholder Engagement
17 76 (13.97%) Mentoring
18 74 (13.60%) Continuous Improvement
19 69 (12.68%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 263 (48.35%) SQL
2 221 (40.63%) Python
3 36 (6.62%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 34 (6.25%) Java
5 27 (4.96%) JavaScript
6 26 (4.78%) Scala
7 22 (4.04%) TypeScript
8 19 (3.49%) C#
9 18 (3.31%) T-SQL
10 16 (2.94%) Bicep
11 14 (2.57%) Apex Code
12 9 (1.65%) C++
12 9 (1.65%) Kusto Query Language
13 8 (1.47%) R
14 7 (1.29%) Go
14 7 (1.29%) PowerShell
15 4 (0.74%) Bash
15 4 (0.74%) SPARQL
16 3 (0.55%) Groovy
16 3 (0.55%) VBA
Qualifications
1 76 (13.97%) Security Cleared
2 61 (11.21%) Degree
3 55 (10.11%) SC Cleared
4 27 (4.96%) Azure Certification
5 21 (3.86%) Microsoft Certification
6 18 (3.31%) Computer Science Degree
7 14 (2.57%) DV Cleared
7 14 (2.57%) SnowPro
8 10 (1.84%) BPSS Clearance
9 9 (1.65%) CIPD
9 9 (1.65%) TOGAF Certification
10 6 (1.10%) 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%) CISSP
14 1 (0.18%) OCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 193 (35.48%) Data Quality
2 43 (7.90%) GDPR
3 21 (3.86%) QA
4 19 (3.49%) Accessibility
5 6 (1.10%) 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%) MiFID
7 3 (0.55%) UCITS
8 2 (0.37%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 1 (0.18%) Actionable Recommendations
9 1 (0.18%) EU AI Act
9 1 (0.18%) HIPAA
9 1 (0.18%) HL7
9 1 (0.18%) PMO
9 1 (0.18%) SNOMED CT
System Software
1 32 (5.88%) Docker
Systems Management
1 42 (7.72%) Terraform
2 15 (2.76%) Kubernetes
3 4 (0.74%) Ansible
4 3 (0.55%) Packer
5 1 (0.18%) QRadar
Vendors
1 152 (27.94%) Microsoft
2 100 (18.38%) Databricks
3 46 (8.46%) Oracle
4 38 (6.99%) SAP
5 35 (6.43%) Salesforce
6 10 (1.84%) Google
7 9 (1.65%) MuleSoft
8 8 (1.47%) Informatica
9 7 (1.29%) HubSpot
9 7 (1.29%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
10 5 (0.92%) 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%) BiZZdesign
12 3 (0.55%) Bloomberg
12 3 (0.55%) TOWER Software