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 3 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 128 112 95
Rank change year-on-year -16 -17 +43
Permanent jobs citing Data Modelling 387 528 725
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 2.39% 2.66% 3.27%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.57% 3.02% 3.44%
Number of salaries quoted 271 253 517
10th Percentile £46,250 £42,500 £42,500
25th Percentile £54,500 £56,250 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £70,000 £65,351
Median % change year-on-year -7.14% +7.11% -3.18%
75th Percentile £83,750 £82,500 £83,750
90th Percentile £110,000 £96,000 £97,500
UK median annual salary £67,750 £68,000 £67,500
% change year-on-year -0.37% +0.74% +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 15,033 17,492 21,060
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 93.00% 88.21% 95.01%
Number of salaries quoted 8,524 10,410 17,059
10th Percentile £29,750 £36,000 £37,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £46,250 £47,481
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £62,500 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -8.00% - -
75th Percentile £77,500 £81,250 £80,500
90th Percentile £98,750 £100,000 £97,500
UK median annual salary £54,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -10.00% - -

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 3 November 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 18 (4.65%) Apache
2 16 (4.13%) Confluence
3 13 (3.36%) Apache Airflow
4 10 (2.58%) Apache Spark
5 5 (1.29%) SharePoint
6 3 (0.78%) SAS
7 2 (0.52%) Mendix
8 1 (0.26%) Luigi
Applications
1 32 (8.27%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (1.03%) Chatbot
3 3 (0.78%) Microsoft Office
3 3 (0.78%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 3 (0.78%) MS Visio
4 2 (0.52%) Trello
5 1 (0.26%) Microsoft Project
5 1 (0.26%) PlantUML
5 1 (0.26%) Sketch
5 1 (0.26%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 8 (2.07%) Dynamics CRM
2 4 (1.03%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
3 3 (0.78%) Shopify
4 2 (0.52%) Dynamics GP
4 2 (0.52%) Markit EDM
5 1 (0.26%) Aladdin
5 1 (0.26%) Elite 3E
5 1 (0.26%) NetSuite
5 1 (0.26%) Salesforce CRM
5 1 (0.26%) SAP HCM
5 1 (0.26%) SAP HR
5 1 (0.26%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 193 (49.87%) Azure
2 107 (27.65%) Power Platform
3 83 (21.45%) AWS
4 64 (16.54%) Snowflake
5 45 (11.63%) SaaS
6 43 (11.11%) Azure Data Factory
7 40 (10.34%) Azure DevOps
8 39 (10.08%) Azure Synapse Analytics
9 38 (9.82%) GitHub
10 36 (9.30%) GCP
10 36 (9.30%) Serverless
11 28 (7.24%) dbt
12 23 (5.94%) Amazon S3
13 22 (5.68%) AWS Lambda
14 18 (4.65%) GitHub Copilot
15 15 (3.88%) Power Automate
15 15 (3.88%) PowerApps
16 13 (3.36%) AWS CloudFormation
17 11 (2.84%) Dynamics 365
17 11 (2.84%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 4 (1.03%) Broadband
2 1 (0.26%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 138 (35.66%) Data Warehouse
2 99 (25.58%) Power BI
3 65 (16.80%) Data Lake
4 39 (10.08%) Metadata
5 34 (8.79%) SQL Server
6 30 (7.75%) Azure SQL Database
7 24 (6.20%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 22 (5.68%) Snowflake Schema
9 21 (5.43%) Amazon Redshift
10 19 (4.91%) Tableau
11 18 (4.65%) Data Vault
12 16 (4.13%) Power Query
13 15 (3.88%) Relational Database
14 14 (3.62%) MySQL
15 13 (3.36%) SQL Server Integration Services
16 11 (2.84%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
16 11 (2.84%) Data Mining
16 11 (2.84%) NoSQL
17 10 (2.58%) BigQuery
18 8 (2.07%) MongoDB
Development Applications
1 38 (9.82%) JIRA
2 21 (5.43%) Git
3 17 (4.39%) ER Studio
3 17 (4.39%) ERwin
4 4 (1.03%) git-flow
4 4 (1.03%) PowerDesigner
5 3 (0.78%) Jenkins
6 2 (0.52%) Subversion
7 1 (0.26%) LSMW
General
1 150 (38.76%) Social Skills
2 133 (34.37%) Finance
3 89 (23.00%) Analytical Skills
4 41 (10.59%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 28 (7.24%) Public Sector
6 21 (5.43%) Retail
7 20 (5.17%) Law
8 19 (4.91%) Marketing
9 18 (4.65%) Banking
10 17 (4.39%) Presentation Skills
11 9 (2.33%) Manufacturing
12 7 (1.81%) Tech for Good
13 6 (1.55%) Investment Banking
13 6 (1.55%) Pharmaceutical
14 5 (1.29%) Legal
14 5 (1.29%) Retail Banking
15 4 (1.03%) Advertising
15 4 (1.03%) Billing
16 3 (0.78%) Financial Institution
16 3 (0.78%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 86 (22.22%) Architect
2 83 (21.45%) Data Engineer
3 82 (21.19%) Senior
4 61 (15.76%) Data Architect
5 48 (12.40%) Analyst
5 48 (12.40%) Developer
6 34 (8.79%) Lead
6 34 (8.79%) Senior Data Engineer
7 20 (5.17%) Business Analyst
8 16 (4.13%) Azure Architect
8 16 (4.13%) Solutions Architect
9 15 (3.88%) Azure Data Architect
9 15 (3.88%) Business Intelligence Analyst
9 15 (3.88%) Data Manager
10 14 (3.62%) Python Engineer
11 13 (3.36%) Consultant
11 13 (3.36%) Data Modeller
11 13 (3.36%) Insight Manager
12 12 (3.10%) Business Intelligence Developer
12 12 (3.10%) Business Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 22 (5.68%) REST
2 18 (4.65%) .NET
2 18 (4.65%) JSON
3 17 (4.39%) Lightning Web Components
4 15 (3.88%) Kafka
5 14 (3.62%) CSS
5 14 (3.62%) HTML
6 13 (3.36%) SOAP
6 13 (3.36%) XML
7 9 (2.33%) Middleware
8 8 (2.07%) Visualforce
9 6 (1.55%) AWS CDK
9 6 (1.55%) PySpark
9 6 (1.55%) RESTful
10 5 (1.29%) RabbitMQ
10 5 (1.29%) React
11 4 (1.03%) ADO
11 4 (1.03%) Material-UI
12 3 (0.78%) EDI
12 3 (0.78%) Node.js
Miscellaneous
1 27 (6.98%) Cloud Native
1 27 (6.98%) Product Ownership
2 18 (4.65%) Data Structures
3 17 (4.39%) Legacy Systems
3 17 (4.39%) Management Information System
4 15 (3.88%) Enterprise Software
5 14 (3.62%) Analytical Mindset
6 6 (1.55%) Reinsurance
6 6 (1.55%) Virtual Team
7 5 (1.29%) CMDB
7 5 (1.29%) Distributed Systems
7 5 (1.29%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
7 5 (1.29%) Legacy Code
7 5 (1.29%) Reference Data
8 4 (1.03%) Hybrid Cloud
8 4 (1.03%) Market Risk
9 3 (0.78%) Data Protection Act
9 3 (0.78%) IoT
9 3 (0.78%) Operational Technology
10 2 (0.52%) Low-Code
Operating Systems
1 4 (1.03%) Android
2 3 (0.78%) Apple iOS
2 3 (0.78%) Windows
3 1 (0.26%) Linux
3 1 (0.26%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 151 (39.02%) Agile
2 146 (37.73%) Analytics
3 143 (36.95%) ETL
4 122 (31.52%) Business Intelligence
5 99 (25.58%) Data Engineering
5 99 (25.58%) Mentoring
6 92 (23.77%) Data Architecture
7 89 (23.00%) Data Governance
7 89 (23.00%) DevOps
8 86 (22.22%) Problem-Solving
9 85 (21.96%) CI/CD
10 80 (20.67%) AI
11 76 (19.64%) Data Pipeline
12 71 (18.35%) Data Integration
12 71 (18.35%) Decision-Making
13 69 (17.83%) Continuous Improvement
14 56 (14.47%) Data Management
15 55 (14.21%) Visualisation
16 54 (13.95%) Migration
17 52 (13.44%) Data Science
Programming Languages
1 201 (51.94%) SQL
2 141 (36.43%) Python
3 42 (10.85%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 32 (8.27%) Java
5 27 (6.98%) JavaScript
6 26 (6.72%) C#
7 19 (4.91%) Scala
8 18 (4.65%) TypeScript
9 15 (3.88%) Apex Code
10 12 (3.10%) R
11 11 (2.84%) PowerShell
12 8 (2.07%) T-SQL
13 5 (1.29%) PL/SQL
14 4 (1.03%) Fortran
14 4 (1.03%) Go
14 4 (1.03%) Kotlin
14 4 (1.03%) PHP
14 4 (1.03%) VBA
15 3 (0.78%) Bash
15 3 (0.78%) Swift
Qualifications
1 53 (13.70%) Degree
2 33 (8.53%) Computer Science Degree
3 20 (5.17%) Azure Certification
3 20 (5.17%) Microsoft Certification
4 18 (4.65%) AWS Certification
5 14 (3.62%) Security Cleared
6 12 (3.10%) SC Cleared
6 12 (3.10%) Six Sigma Green Belt
6 12 (3.10%) TOGAF Certification
7 10 (2.58%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
8 9 (2.33%) Master's Degree
9 7 (1.81%) DBS Check
10 6 (1.55%) SnowPro
11 4 (1.03%) PMI Certification
11 4 (1.03%) PMP
12 3 (0.78%) CFA
12 3 (0.78%) CITP
12 3 (0.78%) ITIL Certification
13 2 (0.52%) PhD
14 1 (0.26%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 49 (12.66%) Data Quality
2 20 (5.17%) GDPR
3 13 (3.36%) Actionable Recommendations
3 13 (3.36%) QA
4 12 (3.10%) Accessibility
5 3 (0.78%) HIPAA
6 2 (0.52%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 1 (0.26%) ISO 13485
7 1 (0.26%) P3O
7 1 (0.26%) PCI DSS
7 1 (0.26%) PMO
System Software
1 4 (1.03%) Docker
2 2 (0.52%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 18 (4.65%) Terraform
2 2 (0.52%) Ansible
2 2 (0.52%) Kubernetes
3 1 (0.26%) Grafana
3 1 (0.26%) Progress Chef
3 1 (0.26%) Prometheus
3 1 (0.26%) Puppet
Vendors
1 95 (24.55%) Microsoft
2 72 (18.60%) Databricks
3 26 (6.72%) Salesforce
4 21 (5.43%) Google
5 11 (2.84%) Informatica
5 11 (2.84%) SAP
6 9 (2.33%) Oracle
7 8 (2.07%) ServiceNow
8 7 (1.81%) MuleSoft
9 6 (1.55%) IBM
9 6 (1.55%) Talend
10 4 (1.03%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
10 4 (1.03%) Sparx
11 3 (0.78%) Murex
12 2 (0.52%) Adobe
12 2 (0.52%) Alteryx
12 2 (0.52%) Conga
12 2 (0.52%) DocuSign
12 2 (0.52%) Palantir
12 2 (0.52%) Sage