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

6 months to
1 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 77 100 110
Rank change year-on-year +23 +10 -10
Permanent jobs citing Data Modelling 551 403 843
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 3.29% 3.15% 2.71%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.93% 3.32% 2.96%
Number of salaries quoted 352 203 633
10th Percentile £42,625 £47,231 £39,410
25th Percentile £52,500 £53,000 £49,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £64,750 £63,000
Median % change year-on-year +8.11% +2.78% -6.07%
75th Percentile £85,000 £80,000 £85,000
90th Percentile £110,000 £102,410 £100,000
UK median annual salary £70,000 £62,500 £67,500
% change year-on-year +12.00% -7.41% +2.76%

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 14,015 12,148 28,480
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 83.70% 94.82% 91.69%
Number of salaries quoted 9,753 8,786 23,233
10th Percentile £31,250 £32,500 £33,754
25th Percentile £42,750 £46,250 £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 £81,250 £75,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £105,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +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 1 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 (7.62%) Apache Airflow
2 24 (4.36%) Apache
3 18 (3.27%) Apache Spark
4 8 (1.45%) Confluence
4 8 (1.45%) Microsoft Exchange
4 8 (1.45%) SAS
4 8 (1.45%) SharePoint
5 6 (1.09%) CMS
6 2 (0.36%) Mendix
6 2 (0.36%) Palantir Foundry
7 1 (0.18%) Camunda
Applications
1 35 (6.35%) Microsoft Excel
2 8 (1.45%) Microsoft Office
3 6 (1.09%) Chatbot
4 3 (0.54%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 3 (0.54%) MS Visio
4 3 (0.54%) Sketch
5 1 (0.18%) Microsoft Project
5 1 (0.18%) Notion
5 1 (0.18%) SPSS
Business Applications
1 10 (1.81%) NetSuite
2 8 (1.45%) Dynamics CRM
3 4 (0.73%) Markit EDM
3 4 (0.73%) SAP S/4HANA
4 1 (0.18%) Salesforce CRM
4 1 (0.18%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 318 (57.71%) Azure
2 124 (22.50%) AWS
3 122 (22.14%) Power Platform
4 109 (19.78%) Snowflake
5 107 (19.42%) Azure Data Factory
6 81 (14.70%) Azure DevOps
7 73 (13.25%) Azure Synapse Analytics
8 69 (12.52%) GCP
9 60 (10.89%) dbt
10 59 (10.71%) GitHub
11 43 (7.80%) Serverless
12 36 (6.53%) GitHub Copilot
13 32 (5.81%) Amazon S3
14 31 (5.63%) SaaS
14 31 (5.63%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
15 28 (5.08%) Salesforce Service Cloud
16 18 (3.27%) Microsoft 365
17 17 (3.09%) AWS Lambda
18 12 (2.18%) Power Automate
19 11 (2.00%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 16 (2.90%) Broadband
2 3 (0.54%) NGN
3 1 (0.18%) ADSL
3 1 (0.18%) Internet
3 1 (0.18%) SMS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 150 (27.22%) Data Warehouse
2 113 (20.51%) Power BI
3 78 (14.16%) Metadata
4 69 (12.52%) Data Lake
5 47 (8.53%) SQL Server
6 44 (7.99%) Azure SQL Database
7 39 (7.08%) Tableau
8 33 (5.99%) Relational Database
9 29 (5.26%) PostgreSQL
9 29 (5.26%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 26 (4.72%) MySQL
11 25 (4.54%) BigQuery
12 24 (4.36%) Amazon Redshift
13 20 (3.63%) NoSQL
13 20 (3.63%) SQL Server Integration Services
14 16 (2.90%) Delta Lake
15 14 (2.54%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
16 13 (2.36%) Amazon Athena
16 13 (2.36%) Snowflake Schema
17 11 (2.00%) MongoDB
Development Applications
1 36 (6.53%) Git
2 24 (4.36%) JIRA
3 10 (1.81%) ERwin
4 8 (1.45%) ER Studio
5 4 (0.73%) git-flow
5 4 (0.73%) Jenkins
5 4 (0.73%) PowerDesigner
6 1 (0.18%) Cucumber
6 1 (0.18%) Postman
6 1 (0.18%) SonarQube
6 1 (0.18%) SpecFlow
6 1 (0.18%) Toad
General
1 195 (35.39%) Social Skills
2 186 (33.76%) Finance
3 144 (26.13%) Analytical Skills
4 61 (11.07%) Public Sector
5 41 (7.44%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 33 (5.99%) Law
6 33 (5.99%) Marketing
7 22 (3.99%) Retail
8 21 (3.81%) Influencing Skills
9 12 (2.18%) Banking
9 12 (2.18%) Presentation Skills
10 11 (2.00%) Publishing
11 9 (1.63%) Documentation Skills
11 9 (1.63%) Legal
12 7 (1.27%) Advertising
12 7 (1.27%) Games
13 6 (1.09%) Manufacturing
13 6 (1.09%) Organisational Skills
14 5 (0.91%) Back Office
14 5 (0.91%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 141 (25.59%) Architect
2 129 (23.41%) Data Engineer
3 113 (20.51%) Senior
4 97 (17.60%) Data Architect
5 67 (12.16%) Developer
6 60 (10.89%) Analyst
7 58 (10.53%) Lead
8 44 (7.99%) Senior Data Engineer
9 36 (6.53%) Data Analyst
10 22 (3.99%) Lead Data Engineer
11 20 (3.63%) Consultant
12 19 (3.45%) Salesforce Developer
13 18 (3.27%) Platform Engineer
13 18 (3.27%) Senior Architect
14 17 (3.09%) Azure Engineer
14 17 (3.09%) Business Analyst
15 15 (2.72%) Solutions Architect
16 14 (2.54%) Business Intelligence Analyst
16 14 (2.54%) Full-Stack Developer
17 13 (2.36%) Senior Data Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 56 (10.16%) REST
2 40 (7.26%) Lightning Web Components
2 40 (7.26%) SOAP
3 31 (5.63%) Kafka
3 31 (5.63%) PySpark
4 28 (5.08%) .NET
5 23 (4.17%) Middleware
6 18 (3.27%) Visualforce
7 15 (2.72%) JSON
7 15 (2.72%) React
8 13 (2.36%) CSS
8 13 (2.36%) HTML
9 12 (2.18%) XML
10 10 (1.81%) Node.js
11 8 (1.45%) YAML
12 7 (1.27%) RabbitMQ
13 6 (1.09%) RESTful
13 6 (1.09%) Vue
14 5 (0.91%) gRPC
15 4 (0.73%) Material-UI
Miscellaneous
1 55 (9.98%) Product Ownership
2 46 (8.35%) Cloud Native
3 38 (6.90%) Data Structures
4 25 (4.54%) Management Information System
5 18 (3.27%) Enterprise Software
5 18 (3.27%) Greenfield Project
6 15 (2.72%) Analytical Mindset
7 12 (2.18%) FMCG
7 12 (2.18%) Onboarding
7 12 (2.18%) Self-Motivation
8 10 (1.81%) Legacy Systems
8 10 (1.81%) Low-Code
9 9 (1.63%) Public Cloud
9 9 (1.63%) Social Media
10 7 (1.27%) Algorithms
10 7 (1.27%) Video\Live Streaming
11 6 (1.09%) Anti-Piracy
12 5 (0.91%) Data Fabric
12 5 (0.91%) Reinsurance
13 4 (0.73%) Taxonomies
Operating Systems
1 4 (0.73%) Android
1 4 (0.73%) Windows
2 1 (0.18%) Apple iOS
2 1 (0.18%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 258 (46.82%) Analytics
2 189 (34.30%) Agile
3 188 (34.12%) Data Engineering
4 169 (30.67%) ETL
5 159 (28.86%) Data Architecture
6 154 (27.95%) DevOps
7 153 (27.77%) Business Intelligence
8 151 (27.40%) CI/CD
9 135 (24.50%) Data Pipeline
10 132 (23.96%) Data Governance
11 130 (23.59%) AI
12 120 (21.78%) Problem-Solving
13 105 (19.06%) Decision-Making
14 102 (18.51%) Data Integration
15 97 (17.60%) Mentoring
16 92 (16.70%) Continuous Improvement
17 87 (15.79%) Coaching
18 83 (15.06%) Data Management
19 71 (12.89%) Data Strategy
20 69 (12.52%) Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 237 (43.01%) SQL
2 208 (37.75%) Python
3 51 (9.26%) JavaScript
4 49 (8.89%) Java
5 39 (7.08%) Apex Code
6 32 (5.81%) C#
7 29 (5.26%) Data Analysis Expressions
7 29 (5.26%) TypeScript
8 25 (4.54%) PowerShell
8 25 (4.54%) Scala
9 24 (4.36%) T-SQL
10 11 (2.00%) Bash
11 8 (1.45%) Go
12 7 (1.27%) PHP
13 6 (1.09%) C++
14 5 (0.91%) R
15 3 (0.54%) Bicep
15 3 (0.54%) Kotlin
16 2 (0.36%) Groovy
16 2 (0.36%) Kusto Query Language
Qualifications
1 88 (15.97%) Degree
2 57 (10.34%) Security Cleared
3 51 (9.26%) SC Cleared
4 47 (8.53%) Computer Science Degree
5 28 (5.08%) Azure Certification
6 22 (3.99%) TOGAF Certification
7 19 (3.45%) AWS Certification
7 19 (3.45%) Microsoft Certification
8 17 (3.09%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 12 (2.18%) ACCA
9 12 (2.18%) CIMA
9 12 (2.18%) Six Sigma Green Belt
10 7 (1.27%) Master's Degree
11 6 (1.09%) DBS Check
12 3 (0.54%) SnowPro
13 2 (0.36%) BPSS Clearance
13 2 (0.36%) DV Cleared
13 2 (0.36%) SAP Certification
14 1 (0.18%) PMI Certification
14 1 (0.18%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 138 (25.05%) Data Quality
2 45 (8.17%) Accessibility
3 27 (4.90%) GDPR
4 22 (3.99%) QA
5 12 (2.18%) Actionable Recommendations
5 12 (2.18%) 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 (2.18%) Active Directory
2 10 (1.81%) Docker
Systems Management
1 34 (6.17%) Terraform
2 5 (0.91%) Kubernetes
3 3 (0.54%) Control-M
4 2 (0.36%) Single Sign-On
5 1 (0.18%) Grafana
5 1 (0.18%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 157 (28.49%) Microsoft
2 107 (19.42%) Databricks
3 59 (10.71%) Salesforce
4 23 (4.17%) Google
5 18 (3.27%) SAP
6 17 (3.09%) MuleSoft
6 17 (3.09%) Oracle
7 16 (2.90%) Informatica
8 15 (2.72%) IBM
9 9 (1.63%) Talend
10 5 (0.91%) Foundry
11 4 (0.73%) Ab Initio
11 4 (0.73%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
11 4 (0.73%) ServiceNow
12 3 (0.54%) BMC
12 3 (0.54%) OpenAI
12 3 (0.54%) Palantir
12 3 (0.54%) Sparx
13 2 (0.36%) iManage
13 2 (0.36%) OutSystems