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

6 months to
14 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 108 142 125
Rank change year-on-year +34 -17 -33
Permanent jobs citing Data Modelling 591 365 547
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 2.36% 2.21% 2.61%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.92% 2.35% 2.96%
Number of salaries quoted 413 273 278
10th Percentile £43,750 £47,500 £42,500
25th Percentile £53,750 £55,860 £54,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £69,973 £66,500 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year +5.22% -5.00% +7.11%
75th Percentile £90,000 £83,750 £82,500
90th Percentile £107,500 £107,500 £95,000
UK median annual salary £70,000 £67,500 £67,500
% change year-on-year +3.70% - -

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 20,211 15,506 18,481
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 80.62% 93.82% 88.04%
Number of salaries quoted 14,358 8,387 11,009
10th Percentile £34,000 £29,750 £35,500
25th Percentile £44,500 £40,000 £45,000
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 £78,031 £81,250
90th Percentile £100,000 £100,000 £102,500
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% -8.33% -

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 October 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 26 (4.40%) Apache Spark
2 23 (3.89%) Apache
2 23 (3.89%) Apache Airflow
3 13 (2.20%) SharePoint
4 8 (1.35%) Jupyter
5 5 (0.85%) Palantir Foundry
6 4 (0.68%) Confluence
6 4 (0.68%) Oracle SOA Suite
7 2 (0.34%) Apache Solr
7 2 (0.34%) IIS
7 2 (0.34%) Microsoft Exchange
7 2 (0.34%) WebLogic
7 2 (0.34%) WebLogic Portal
8 1 (0.17%) Apache Superset
Applications
1 40 (6.77%) Microsoft Excel
2 12 (2.03%) Notion
3 5 (0.85%) Microsoft Office
4 3 (0.51%) Blender
4 3 (0.51%) Maya
5 2 (0.34%) Chatbot
5 2 (0.34%) MS Visio
6 1 (0.17%) FrameMaker
6 1 (0.17%) Microsoft Project
6 1 (0.17%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 12 (2.03%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
2 7 (1.18%) Dynamics CRM
3 4 (0.68%) Oracle EBS
4 3 (0.51%) Oracle ERP
5 2 (0.34%) JDE EnterpriseOne
5 2 (0.34%) Oracle Applications
5 2 (0.34%) Oracle EBS R12
5 2 (0.34%) Oracle Payables
5 2 (0.34%) Oracle Receivables
6 1 (0.17%) Finacle
6 1 (0.17%) FLEXCUBE
6 1 (0.17%) Infor CloudSuite
6 1 (0.17%) Infor LN
6 1 (0.17%) NetSuite
6 1 (0.17%) Salesforce CRM
6 1 (0.17%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
6 1 (0.17%) Temenos T24
6 1 (0.17%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 231 (39.09%) Azure
2 219 (37.06%) Power Platform
3 129 (21.83%) AWS
4 85 (14.38%) GCP
5 67 (11.34%) Azure Data Factory
5 67 (11.34%) Snowflake
6 55 (9.31%) Azure Synapse Analytics
7 41 (6.94%) Azure DevOps
8 35 (5.92%) dbt
9 31 (5.25%) GitHub
10 29 (4.91%) SaaS
11 28 (4.74%) Amazon S3
11 28 (4.74%) Microsoft Purview
11 28 (4.74%) Serverless
12 23 (3.89%) Azure Databricks
13 20 (3.38%) AWS Lambda
14 19 (3.21%) PowerApps
15 18 (3.05%) Microsoft 365
16 14 (2.37%) Amazon EMR
16 14 (2.37%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 29 (4.91%) Broadband
2 2 (0.34%) HTTP
3 1 (0.17%) 4G
3 1 (0.17%) 5G
3 1 (0.17%) ATM
3 1 (0.17%) Network Security
3 1 (0.17%) NGN
3 1 (0.17%) SMS
3 1 (0.17%) X.509
Database & Business Intelligence
1 209 (35.36%) Power BI
2 144 (24.37%) Data Warehouse
3 124 (20.98%) Metadata
4 60 (10.15%) Data Lake
5 50 (8.46%) Tableau
6 46 (7.78%) SQL Server
7 45 (7.61%) Relational Database
8 42 (7.11%) PostgreSQL
9 35 (5.92%) Semantic Layer
10 32 (5.41%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 32 (5.41%) Star Schema
11 30 (5.08%) NoSQL
12 29 (4.91%) Azure SQL Database
12 29 (4.91%) Delta Lake
13 27 (4.57%) BigQuery
14 24 (4.06%) MongoDB
15 21 (3.55%) Data Vault
16 20 (3.38%) Big Data
16 20 (3.38%) Power Query
16 20 (3.38%) Snowflake Schema
Development Applications
1 74 (12.52%) Git
2 25 (4.23%) Jenkins
3 15 (2.54%) JIRA
4 12 (2.03%) GitLab
5 4 (0.68%) Visual Studio Code
6 3 (0.51%) Bitbucket
6 3 (0.51%) ERwin
6 3 (0.51%) Flyway
6 3 (0.51%) MLflow
7 2 (0.34%) CircleCI
7 2 (0.34%) Claude Code
7 2 (0.34%) ER Studio
7 2 (0.34%) IntelliJ
8 1 (0.17%) Ant
8 1 (0.17%) Browser DevTools
8 1 (0.17%) ESLint
8 1 (0.17%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
8 1 (0.17%) Storybook
8 1 (0.17%) Visual Studio
8 1 (0.17%) Vite
General
1 213 (36.04%) Social Skills
2 174 (29.44%) Analytical Skills
3 151 (25.55%) Finance
4 85 (14.38%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 72 (12.18%) Public Sector
6 36 (6.09%) Law
7 35 (5.92%) Retail
8 30 (5.08%) Marketing
9 24 (4.06%) Influencing Skills
9 24 (4.06%) Legal
10 19 (3.21%) Banking
11 17 (2.88%) Manufacturing
12 8 (1.35%) Documentation Skills
12 8 (1.35%) Presentation Skills
13 7 (1.18%) Police
14 6 (1.02%) General Ledger
15 5 (0.85%) Billing
15 5 (0.85%) Legal Technology
15 5 (0.85%) Military
16 3 (0.51%) Health Technology
Job Titles
1 157 (26.57%) Data Engineer
2 140 (23.69%) Architect
3 130 (22.00%) Senior
4 105 (17.77%) Data Architect
5 76 (12.86%) Analyst
6 60 (10.15%) Lead
7 45 (7.61%) Developer
8 44 (7.45%) Data Analyst
9 39 (6.60%) Senior Data Engineer
10 30 (5.08%) Senior Architect
11 28 (4.74%) Senior Data Architect
12 22 (3.72%) Consultant
13 21 (3.55%) Software Engineer
14 20 (3.38%) Solutions Architect
15 16 (2.71%) Business Analyst
16 15 (2.54%) Financial Analyst
17 13 (2.20%) Business Intelligence Analyst
17 13 (2.20%) Data Consultant
17 13 (2.20%) Senior Developer
18 12 (2.03%) Data Modeller
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 73 (12.35%) PySpark
2 52 (8.80%) Terraform
3 41 (6.94%) REST
4 38 (6.43%) Node.js
5 23 (3.89%) Kafka
6 16 (2.71%) CSS
6 16 (2.71%) React
7 15 (2.54%) Oracle Fusion
8 14 (2.37%) JSON
9 12 (2.03%) Middleware
9 12 (2.03%) Pandas
9 12 (2.03%) Tailwind CSS
10 10 (1.69%) Lightning Web Components
10 10 (1.69%) RESTful
11 9 (1.52%) .NET
11 9 (1.52%) SOAP
12 7 (1.18%) Spring
13 6 (1.02%) Django
13 6 (1.02%) NumPy
13 6 (1.02%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 68 (11.51%) Cloud Native
2 47 (7.95%) Data Structures
3 25 (4.23%) Product Ownership
4 24 (4.06%) Management Information System
5 17 (2.88%) Distributed Systems
6 16 (2.71%) Enterprise Software
7 15 (2.54%) Legacy Systems
8 14 (2.37%) Social Media
9 13 (2.20%) Reference Data
10 12 (2.03%) Greenfield Project
11 11 (1.86%) Self-Motivation
12 10 (1.69%) Onboarding
13 9 (1.52%) AI Agents
13 9 (1.52%) Low-Code
14 7 (1.18%) Blog
14 7 (1.18%) Clustering
14 7 (1.18%) Driving Licence
14 7 (1.18%) Taxonomies
15 6 (1.02%) Data Protection Act
15 6 (1.02%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 13 (2.20%) Windows
2 4 (0.68%) Linux
3 2 (0.34%) Unix
4 1 (0.17%) Apple iOS
4 1 (0.17%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 284 (48.05%) Analytics
2 253 (42.81%) Business Intelligence
3 221 (37.39%) AI
4 192 (32.49%) Data Architecture
5 184 (31.13%) Decision-Making
6 175 (29.61%) CI/CD
7 170 (28.76%) Agile
8 168 (28.43%) Data Engineering
9 166 (28.09%) ETL
10 164 (27.75%) Data Pipeline
11 154 (26.06%) Data Governance
12 139 (23.52%) Data Strategy
13 136 (23.01%) Problem-Solving
14 113 (19.12%) DevOps
15 109 (18.44%) Mentoring
16 102 (17.26%) Technical Leadership
17 100 (16.92%) Stakeholder Management
18 99 (16.75%) Roadmaps
19 98 (16.58%) Machine Learning
20 87 (14.72%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 328 (55.50%) SQL
2 249 (42.13%) Python
3 54 (9.14%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 32 (5.41%) C#
5 28 (4.74%) JavaScript
6 27 (4.57%) Java
7 25 (4.23%) TypeScript
8 24 (4.06%) Scala
9 21 (3.55%) T-SQL
10 20 (3.38%) Bicep
11 14 (2.37%) PowerShell
12 11 (1.86%) Apex Code
13 10 (1.69%) Kusto Query Language
14 9 (1.52%) R
15 5 (0.85%) Bash
15 5 (0.85%) PL/SQL
16 4 (0.68%) C++
16 4 (0.68%) SOQL
16 4 (0.68%) SPARQL
17 3 (0.51%) SHACL
Qualifications
1 90 (15.23%) Security Cleared
2 69 (11.68%) SC Cleared
3 65 (11.00%) Degree
4 29 (4.91%) Azure Certification
5 26 (4.40%) Microsoft Certification
6 19 (3.21%) Computer Science Degree
7 17 (2.88%) SnowPro
8 14 (2.37%) DV Cleared
9 10 (1.69%) BPSS Clearance
10 9 (1.52%) AWS Certification
10 9 (1.52%) CIPD
11 7 (1.18%) TOGAF Certification
12 6 (1.02%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
12 6 (1.02%) Master's Degree
13 5 (0.85%) DBS Check
14 4 (0.68%) PMI Certification
15 2 (0.34%) PMP
16 1 (0.17%) CISSP
16 1 (0.17%) OCP
16 1 (0.17%) Oracle Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 235 (39.76%) Data Quality
2 58 (9.81%) GDPR
3 43 (7.28%) Accessibility
4 17 (2.88%) QA
5 14 (2.37%) California Consumer Privacy Act
6 4 (0.68%) COPPA
7 3 (0.51%) IFRS
7 3 (0.51%) IFRS 17
7 3 (0.51%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 3 (0.51%) MiFID
7 3 (0.51%) Solvency II
7 3 (0.51%) UCITS
8 2 (0.34%) Actionable Recommendations
8 2 (0.34%) PERC
9 1 (0.17%) Cyber Essentials
9 1 (0.17%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 1 (0.17%) EU AI Act
9 1 (0.17%) IASME
9 1 (0.17%) PMO
9 1 (0.17%) SOC 2
System Software
1 39 (6.60%) Docker
2 10 (1.69%) Active Directory
3 2 (0.34%) Hyper-V
3 2 (0.34%) NFS
3 2 (0.34%) Virtual Machines
3 2 (0.34%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 18 (3.05%) Kubernetes
2 4 (0.68%) Ansible
3 3 (0.51%) SQL Sentry
4 2 (0.34%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
4 2 (0.34%) Oracle RMAN
4 2 (0.34%) Packer
5 1 (0.17%) Consul
5 1 (0.17%) Failover Clustering
5 1 (0.17%) Grafana
5 1 (0.17%) Microsoft Intune
5 1 (0.17%) QRadar
Vendors
1 199 (33.67%) Microsoft
2 102 (17.26%) Databricks
3 38 (6.43%) Oracle
4 37 (6.26%) Salesforce
5 30 (5.08%) SAP
6 19 (3.21%) Informatica
7 16 (2.71%) Google
8 11 (1.86%) Talend
9 7 (1.18%) Foundry
9 7 (1.18%) OpenAI
10 6 (1.02%) HubSpot
10 6 (1.02%) Infor
10 6 (1.02%) ServiceNow
11 5 (0.85%) MuleSoft
11 5 (0.85%) Palantir
11 5 (0.85%) RedGate
11 5 (0.85%) Workday
12 4 (0.68%) Braze
12 4 (0.68%) Epicor
12 4 (0.68%) IFS