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 14 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 77 99 113
Rank change year-on-year +22 +14 -15
Permanent jobs citing Data Modelling 558 410 852
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 3.20% 3.12% 2.67%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.85% 3.29% 2.92%
Number of salaries quoted 356 208 638
10th Percentile £42,500 £46,936 £38,675
25th Percentile £52,500 £53,563 £49,375
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,500 £64,750 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.25% +3.60% -4.35%
75th Percentile £85,000 £80,000 £85,000
90th Percentile £103,125 £104,125 £97,500
UK median annual salary £70,000 £64,750 £67,500
% change year-on-year +8.11% -4.07% +0.74%

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 14,510 12,456 29,185
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 83.19% 94.79% 91.56%
Number of salaries quoted 10,123 8,932 23,488
10th Percentile £32,000 £32,500 £33,750
25th Percentile £44,972 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £62,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% +8.70% -8.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £80,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £105,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £57,500 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -4.17% +9.09% -10.57%

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 14 April 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 42 (7.53%) Apache Airflow
2 24 (4.30%) Apache
3 19 (3.41%) Apache Spark
4 10 (1.79%) SharePoint
5 8 (1.43%) Confluence
5 8 (1.43%) Microsoft Exchange
5 8 (1.43%) SAS
6 6 (1.08%) CMS
7 3 (0.54%) Palantir Foundry
8 2 (0.36%) Mendix
9 1 (0.18%) Apache Solr
9 1 (0.18%) Camunda
Applications
1 33 (5.91%) Microsoft Excel
2 7 (1.25%) Microsoft Office
3 6 (1.08%) Chatbot
4 3 (0.54%) Sketch
5 2 (0.36%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 2 (0.36%) MS Visio
6 1 (0.18%) Microsoft Project
6 1 (0.18%) Notion
6 1 (0.18%) SPSS
Business Applications
1 10 (1.79%) NetSuite
2 8 (1.43%) Dynamics CRM
3 4 (0.72%) Markit EDM
3 4 (0.72%) SAP S/4HANA
4 1 (0.18%) Oracle EBS
4 1 (0.18%) Salesforce CRM
4 1 (0.18%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 319 (57.17%) Azure
2 128 (22.94%) Power Platform
3 124 (22.22%) AWS
4 108 (19.35%) Azure Data Factory
5 98 (17.56%) Snowflake
6 77 (13.80%) Azure DevOps
7 72 (12.90%) Azure Synapse Analytics
8 62 (11.11%) GCP
9 57 (10.22%) dbt
10 56 (10.04%) GitHub
11 45 (8.06%) Serverless
12 36 (6.45%) GitHub Copilot
13 31 (5.56%) Amazon S3
13 31 (5.56%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
14 28 (5.02%) Salesforce Service Cloud
15 26 (4.66%) SaaS
16 18 (3.23%) AWS Lambda
16 18 (3.23%) Microsoft 365
17 14 (2.51%) Power Automate
18 13 (2.33%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 16 (2.87%) Broadband
2 3 (0.54%) NGN
3 1 (0.18%) ADSL
3 1 (0.18%) Internet
3 1 (0.18%) SMS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 137 (24.55%) Data Warehouse
2 116 (20.79%) Power BI
3 75 (13.44%) Metadata
4 63 (11.29%) Data Lake
5 50 (8.96%) SQL Server
6 45 (8.06%) Azure SQL Database
7 39 (6.99%) Relational Database
8 38 (6.81%) Tableau
9 30 (5.38%) PostgreSQL
10 28 (5.02%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 25 (4.48%) Amazon Redshift
11 25 (4.48%) MySQL
12 22 (3.94%) BigQuery
13 20 (3.58%) SQL Server Integration Services
14 19 (3.41%) NoSQL
15 16 (2.87%) Delta Lake
16 14 (2.51%) Amazon Athena
17 13 (2.33%) Amazon QuickSight
17 13 (2.33%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
17 13 (2.33%) Snowflake Schema
Development Applications
1 38 (6.81%) Git
2 25 (4.48%) JIRA
3 7 (1.25%) ERwin
4 5 (0.90%) ER Studio
4 5 (0.90%) Jenkins
5 3 (0.54%) git-flow
6 1 (0.18%) Cucumber
6 1 (0.18%) GitLab
6 1 (0.18%) Postman
6 1 (0.18%) PowerDesigner
6 1 (0.18%) SonarQube
6 1 (0.18%) SpecFlow
6 1 (0.18%) Toad
General
1 197 (35.30%) Social Skills
2 187 (33.51%) Finance
3 151 (27.06%) Analytical Skills
4 64 (11.47%) Public Sector
5 41 (7.35%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 35 (6.27%) Law
7 33 (5.91%) Marketing
8 22 (3.94%) Influencing Skills
9 19 (3.41%) Retail
10 12 (2.15%) Presentation Skills
11 11 (1.97%) Publishing
12 10 (1.79%) Documentation Skills
12 10 (1.79%) Legal
13 9 (1.61%) Banking
14 7 (1.25%) Games
15 6 (1.08%) Advertising
15 6 (1.08%) Manufacturing
15 6 (1.08%) Organisational Skills
16 5 (0.90%) Back Office
16 5 (0.90%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 136 (24.37%) Architect
1 136 (24.37%) Data Engineer
2 108 (19.35%) Senior
3 90 (16.13%) Data Architect
4 72 (12.90%) Developer
5 59 (10.57%) Analyst
5 59 (10.57%) Lead
6 39 (6.99%) Senior Data Engineer
7 36 (6.45%) Data Analyst
8 24 (4.30%) Lead Data Engineer
9 19 (3.41%) Platform Engineer
9 19 (3.41%) Salesforce Developer
10 18 (3.23%) Consultant
10 18 (3.23%) Salesforce Engineer
10 18 (3.23%) Senior Architect
11 17 (3.05%) Azure Engineer
12 16 (2.87%) Business Analyst
13 14 (2.51%) Business Intelligence Analyst
14 13 (2.33%) Full-Stack Developer
14 13 (2.33%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 56 (10.04%) REST
2 40 (7.17%) Lightning Web Components
2 40 (7.17%) SOAP
3 36 (6.45%) PySpark
4 33 (5.91%) Kafka
5 27 (4.84%) .NET
6 23 (4.12%) Middleware
7 18 (3.23%) Visualforce
8 16 (2.87%) JSON
9 15 (2.69%) React
10 14 (2.51%) CSS
10 14 (2.51%) HTML
11 12 (2.15%) XML
12 11 (1.97%) Node.js
13 8 (1.43%) YAML
14 6 (1.08%) RabbitMQ
14 6 (1.08%) RESTful
14 6 (1.08%) Vue
15 5 (0.90%) gRPC
15 5 (0.90%) HTML5 Canvas
Miscellaneous
1 51 (9.14%) Product Ownership
2 48 (8.60%) Cloud Native
3 38 (6.81%) Data Structures
4 24 (4.30%) Management Information System
5 18 (3.23%) Enterprise Software
5 18 (3.23%) Greenfield Project
6 16 (2.87%) Analytical Mindset
7 13 (2.33%) Onboarding
8 12 (2.15%) FMCG
8 12 (2.15%) Self-Motivation
9 11 (1.97%) Low-Code
10 10 (1.79%) Legacy Systems
10 10 (1.79%) Public Cloud
11 9 (1.61%) Social Media
12 8 (1.43%) Algorithms
13 7 (1.25%) Video\Live Streaming
14 6 (1.08%) Anti-Piracy
14 6 (1.08%) Distributed Systems
15 5 (0.90%) Data Fabric
15 5 (0.90%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 4 (0.72%) Android
1 4 (0.72%) Windows
2 1 (0.18%) Apple iOS
2 1 (0.18%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 265 (47.49%) Analytics
2 186 (33.33%) Data Engineering
3 184 (32.97%) Agile
4 168 (30.11%) ETL
5 165 (29.57%) Data Architecture
6 159 (28.49%) Business Intelligence
7 153 (27.42%) DevOps
8 146 (26.16%) CI/CD
9 139 (24.91%) Data Pipeline
10 132 (23.66%) AI
11 129 (23.12%) Data Governance
12 122 (21.86%) Problem-Solving
13 111 (19.89%) Decision-Making
14 98 (17.56%) Data Integration
15 96 (17.20%) Continuous Improvement
16 94 (16.85%) Mentoring
17 86 (15.41%) Coaching
18 78 (13.98%) Data Management
19 71 (12.72%) Data Strategy
19 71 (12.72%) Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 246 (44.09%) SQL
2 214 (38.35%) Python
3 52 (9.32%) JavaScript
4 51 (9.14%) Java
5 39 (6.99%) Apex Code
6 33 (5.91%) C#
7 30 (5.38%) Data Analysis Expressions
7 30 (5.38%) TypeScript
8 25 (4.48%) PowerShell
8 25 (4.48%) Scala
9 24 (4.30%) T-SQL
10 11 (1.97%) Bash
11 8 (1.43%) Go
12 7 (1.25%) PHP
13 6 (1.08%) C++
14 5 (0.90%) R
15 4 (0.72%) Kotlin
16 3 (0.54%) Bicep
17 2 (0.36%) Groovy
17 2 (0.36%) Kusto Query Language
Qualifications
1 87 (15.59%) Degree
2 60 (10.75%) Security Cleared
3 53 (9.50%) SC Cleared
4 42 (7.53%) Computer Science Degree
5 26 (4.66%) Azure Certification
6 23 (4.12%) TOGAF Certification
7 19 (3.41%) AWS Certification
7 19 (3.41%) Microsoft Certification
8 17 (3.05%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 12 (2.15%) ACCA
9 12 (2.15%) CIMA
9 12 (2.15%) Six Sigma Green Belt
10 4 (0.72%) DBS Check
10 4 (0.72%) Master's Degree
11 3 (0.54%) SnowPro
12 2 (0.36%) BPSS Clearance
12 2 (0.36%) DV Cleared
12 2 (0.36%) IIBA
12 2 (0.36%) SAP Certification
13 1 (0.18%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 144 (25.81%) Data Quality
2 44 (7.89%) Accessibility
3 31 (5.56%) GDPR
4 21 (3.76%) QA
5 12 (2.15%) Actionable Recommendations
5 12 (2.15%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 3 (0.54%) PERC
7 1 (0.18%) HL7
7 1 (0.18%) IFRS
7 1 (0.18%) IFRS 17
7 1 (0.18%) ISO 13485
7 1 (0.18%) P3O
7 1 (0.18%) PMO
7 1 (0.18%) SNOMED CT
7 1 (0.18%) Solvency II
System Software
1 12 (2.15%) Active Directory
2 11 (1.97%) Docker
Systems Management
1 33 (5.91%) Terraform
2 6 (1.08%) Kubernetes
3 3 (0.54%) Control-M
4 2 (0.36%) Single Sign-On
5 1 (0.18%) Ansible
5 1 (0.18%) Grafana
5 1 (0.18%) Packer
5 1 (0.18%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 159 (28.49%) Microsoft
2 107 (19.18%) Databricks
3 59 (10.57%) Salesforce
4 21 (3.76%) Oracle
5 18 (3.23%) Google
5 18 (3.23%) SAP
6 17 (3.05%) MuleSoft
7 13 (2.33%) Informatica
8 12 (2.15%) IBM
9 7 (1.25%) Talend
10 6 (1.08%) Foundry
11 4 (0.72%) Ab Initio
11 4 (0.72%) OpenAI
11 4 (0.72%) Palantir
11 4 (0.72%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
11 4 (0.72%) ServiceNow
12 3 (0.54%) BMC
12 3 (0.54%) Sparx
13 2 (0.36%) Cloudera
13 2 (0.36%) TOWER Software