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 20 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 78 113 108
Rank change year-on-year +35 -5 -10
Permanent jobs citing Data Modelling 542 412 838
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 3.20% 3.08% 2.78%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.78% 3.24% 3.02%
Number of salaries quoted 341 207 627
10th Percentile £43,750 £45,750 £41,250
25th Percentile £53,750 £53,000 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £62,500 £63,500
Median % change year-on-year +12.00% -1.57% -2.31%
75th Percentile £87,500 £80,000 £85,000
90th Percentile £111,250 £102,410 £100,000
UK median annual salary £70,000 £62,500 £67,500
% change year-on-year +12.00% -7.41% +3.85%

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 14,348 12,730 27,722
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 84.84% 95.26% 92.02%
Number of salaries quoted 9,446 8,781 22,926
10th Percentile £31,250 £33,000 £34,000
25th Percentile £42,500 £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 £75,772
90th Percentile £100,000 £103,750 £95,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -11.29%

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 20 March 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 (7.75%) Apache Airflow
2 24 (4.43%) Apache
3 18 (3.32%) Apache Spark
4 10 (1.85%) Confluence
5 8 (1.48%) Microsoft Exchange
5 8 (1.48%) SAS
6 7 (1.29%) SharePoint
7 6 (1.11%) CMS
8 2 (0.37%) Mendix
9 1 (0.18%) Camunda
9 1 (0.18%) Palantir Foundry
Applications
1 31 (5.72%) Microsoft Excel
2 7 (1.29%) Microsoft Office
3 6 (1.11%) Chatbot
4 3 (0.55%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 3 (0.55%) MS Visio
4 3 (0.55%) Sketch
5 1 (0.18%) Microsoft Project
5 1 (0.18%) Notion
5 1 (0.18%) SPSS
Business Applications
1 10 (1.85%) NetSuite
2 8 (1.48%) Dynamics CRM
3 6 (1.11%) Markit EDM
4 4 (0.74%) SAP S/4HANA
5 1 (0.18%) Salesforce CRM
5 1 (0.18%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 322 (59.41%) Azure
2 126 (23.25%) AWS
3 112 (20.66%) Power Platform
4 111 (20.48%) Snowflake
5 105 (19.37%) Azure Data Factory
6 87 (16.05%) Azure DevOps
7 73 (13.47%) Azure Synapse Analytics
8 69 (12.73%) GCP
9 65 (11.99%) GitHub
10 60 (11.07%) dbt
11 44 (8.12%) Serverless
12 40 (7.38%) GitHub Copilot
13 34 (6.27%) SaaS
14 32 (5.90%) Amazon S3
15 31 (5.72%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
16 29 (5.35%) Salesforce Service Cloud
17 18 (3.32%) Microsoft 365
18 17 (3.14%) AWS Lambda
19 11 (2.03%) Amazon Kinesis
20 10 (1.85%) Cloud Composer
Communications & Networking
1 15 (2.77%) Broadband
2 2 (0.37%) NGN
3 1 (0.18%) ADSL
3 1 (0.18%) Internet
3 1 (0.18%) SMS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 160 (29.52%) Data Warehouse
2 105 (19.37%) Power BI
3 78 (14.39%) Metadata
4 70 (12.92%) Data Lake
5 45 (8.30%) Azure SQL Database
5 45 (8.30%) SQL Server
6 39 (7.20%) Tableau
7 30 (5.54%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 29 (5.35%) PostgreSQL
9 27 (4.98%) MySQL
9 27 (4.98%) Relational Database
10 25 (4.61%) BigQuery
11 23 (4.24%) Amazon Redshift
12 21 (3.87%) NoSQL
13 20 (3.69%) SQL Server Integration Services
14 17 (3.14%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
15 15 (2.77%) Delta Lake
15 15 (2.77%) Snowflake Schema
16 13 (2.40%) Amazon Athena
16 13 (2.40%) Data Mining
Development Applications
1 38 (7.01%) Git
2 28 (5.17%) JIRA
3 12 (2.21%) ERwin
4 10 (1.85%) ER Studio
5 5 (0.92%) git-flow
6 4 (0.74%) Jenkins
6 4 (0.74%) PowerDesigner
7 1 (0.18%) Cucumber
7 1 (0.18%) Postman
7 1 (0.18%) SonarQube
7 1 (0.18%) SpecFlow
General
1 190 (35.06%) Finance
2 188 (34.69%) Social Skills
3 138 (25.46%) Analytical Skills
4 63 (11.62%) Public Sector
5 38 (7.01%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 32 (5.90%) Marketing
7 31 (5.72%) Law
8 22 (4.06%) Retail
9 21 (3.87%) Influencing Skills
10 12 (2.21%) Presentation Skills
11 11 (2.03%) Publishing
12 9 (1.66%) Banking
12 9 (1.66%) Legal
13 7 (1.29%) Advertising
13 7 (1.29%) Games
14 6 (1.11%) Documentation Skills
14 6 (1.11%) Manufacturing
15 5 (0.92%) Back Office
15 5 (0.92%) Organisational Skills
15 5 (0.92%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 141 (26.01%) Architect
2 122 (22.51%) Data Engineer
3 120 (22.14%) Senior
4 97 (17.90%) Data Architect
5 71 (13.10%) Developer
6 55 (10.15%) Lead
7 53 (9.78%) Analyst
8 45 (8.30%) Senior Data Engineer
9 33 (6.09%) Data Analyst
10 22 (4.06%) Lead Data Engineer
11 21 (3.87%) Senior Architect
12 20 (3.69%) Salesforce Developer
13 19 (3.51%) Consultant
14 18 (3.32%) Platform Engineer
15 16 (2.95%) Azure Engineer
15 16 (2.95%) Senior Data Architect
16 15 (2.77%) Business Analyst
16 15 (2.77%) Full-Stack Developer
17 14 (2.58%) Senior Developer
17 14 (2.58%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 59 (10.89%) REST
2 43 (7.93%) SOAP
3 42 (7.75%) Lightning Web Components
4 32 (5.90%) Kafka
5 29 (5.35%) .NET
6 26 (4.80%) PySpark
7 24 (4.43%) Middleware
8 19 (3.51%) Visualforce
9 16 (2.95%) React
10 15 (2.77%) JSON
11 14 (2.58%) CSS
12 13 (2.40%) HTML
13 11 (2.03%) XML
14 10 (1.85%) Node.js
15 8 (1.48%) RabbitMQ
15 8 (1.48%) YAML
16 6 (1.11%) RESTful
16 6 (1.11%) Vue
17 5 (0.92%) gRPC
17 5 (0.92%) Material-UI
Miscellaneous
1 57 (10.52%) Product Ownership
2 49 (9.04%) Cloud Native
3 38 (7.01%) Data Structures
4 23 (4.24%) Management Information System
5 20 (3.69%) Enterprise Software
6 18 (3.32%) Greenfield Project
7 15 (2.77%) Analytical Mindset
8 12 (2.21%) Legacy Systems
8 12 (2.21%) Onboarding
9 11 (2.03%) Self-Motivation
10 10 (1.85%) FMCG
10 10 (1.85%) Low-Code
11 9 (1.66%) Public Cloud
12 8 (1.48%) Social Media
13 7 (1.29%) Algorithms
13 7 (1.29%) Video\Live Streaming
14 6 (1.11%) Anti-Piracy
14 6 (1.11%) Reference Data
15 5 (0.92%) Reinsurance
16 4 (0.74%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 4 (0.74%) Android
1 4 (0.74%) Windows
2 1 (0.18%) Apple iOS
2 1 (0.18%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 242 (44.65%) Analytics
2 194 (35.79%) Agile
3 185 (34.13%) Data Engineering
4 167 (30.81%) ETL
5 162 (29.89%) DevOps
6 158 (29.15%) CI/CD
7 150 (27.68%) Data Architecture
8 139 (25.65%) Business Intelligence
9 130 (23.99%) AI
10 127 (23.43%) Data Pipeline
11 126 (23.25%) Data Governance
12 113 (20.85%) Problem-Solving
13 109 (20.11%) Mentoring
14 100 (18.45%) Data Integration
15 96 (17.71%) Continuous Improvement
15 96 (17.71%) Decision-Making
16 92 (16.97%) Coaching
17 81 (14.94%) Data Management
18 73 (13.47%) Asset Management
19 67 (12.36%) Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 231 (42.62%) SQL
2 212 (39.11%) Python
3 55 (10.15%) JavaScript
4 52 (9.59%) Java
5 42 (7.75%) Apex Code
6 36 (6.64%) C#
7 32 (5.90%) TypeScript
8 25 (4.61%) Data Analysis Expressions
8 25 (4.61%) PowerShell
8 25 (4.61%) Scala
9 21 (3.87%) T-SQL
10 11 (2.03%) Bash
11 8 (1.48%) Go
12 7 (1.29%) PHP
13 6 (1.11%) C++
13 6 (1.11%) R
14 3 (0.55%) Bicep
14 3 (0.55%) Kotlin
15 2 (0.37%) Groovy
15 2 (0.37%) SOQL
Qualifications
1 92 (16.97%) Degree
2 58 (10.70%) Security Cleared
3 52 (9.59%) SC Cleared
4 50 (9.23%) Computer Science Degree
5 29 (5.35%) Azure Certification
6 24 (4.43%) TOGAF Certification
7 21 (3.87%) AWS Certification
8 20 (3.69%) Microsoft Certification
9 19 (3.51%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 12 (2.21%) ACCA
10 12 (2.21%) CIMA
10 12 (2.21%) Six Sigma Green Belt
11 7 (1.29%) Master's Degree
12 6 (1.11%) DBS Check
13 3 (0.55%) SnowPro
14 2 (0.37%) BPSS Clearance
14 2 (0.37%) DV Cleared
14 2 (0.37%) SAP Certification
15 1 (0.18%) PMI Certification
15 1 (0.18%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 121 (22.32%) Data Quality
2 45 (8.30%) Accessibility
3 21 (3.87%) GDPR
3 21 (3.87%) QA
4 13 (2.40%) Actionable Recommendations
5 12 (2.21%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 2 (0.37%) PERC
7 1 (0.18%) HL7
7 1 (0.18%) ISO 13485
7 1 (0.18%) P3O
7 1 (0.18%) PMO
7 1 (0.18%) SNOMED CT
System Software
1 12 (2.21%) Active Directory
2 10 (1.85%) Docker
Systems Management
1 34 (6.27%) Terraform
2 5 (0.92%) Kubernetes
3 3 (0.55%) Control-M
4 2 (0.37%) Single Sign-On
5 1 (0.18%) Grafana
5 1 (0.18%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 150 (27.68%) Microsoft
2 105 (19.37%) Databricks
3 60 (11.07%) Salesforce
4 23 (4.24%) Google
5 18 (3.32%) MuleSoft
6 15 (2.77%) IBM
6 15 (2.77%) Informatica
7 14 (2.58%) SAP
8 13 (2.40%) Oracle
9 9 (1.66%) Talend
10 4 (0.74%) Ab Initio
10 4 (0.74%) Foundry
10 4 (0.74%) ServiceNow
11 3 (0.55%) BMC
11 3 (0.55%) OpenAI
11 3 (0.55%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
11 3 (0.55%) Sparx
12 2 (0.37%) Cloudera
12 2 (0.37%) iManage
12 2 (0.37%) OutSystems