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

6 months to
16 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 80 116 90
Rank change year-on-year +36 -26 +16
Permanent jobs citing Data Modelling 493 477 747
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 3.22% 2.91% 3.44%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.69% 3.10% 3.67%
Number of salaries quoted 304 220 518
10th Percentile £46,250 £43,625 £38,750
25th Percentile £54,750 £52,300 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,932 £65,000 £63,749
Median % change year-on-year +9.13% +1.96% -1.93%
75th Percentile £87,500 £81,438 £82,500
90th Percentile £110,000 £96,300 £97,500
UK median annual salary £70,932 £65,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year +9.13% - -

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 13,352 15,391 20,337
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 87.30% 93.78% 93.53%
Number of salaries quoted 8,502 9,047 16,467
10th Percentile £30,000 £36,250 £36,250
25th Percentile £42,000 £47,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% +4.17% -4.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £82,300 £78,750
90th Percentile £100,000 £100,000 £97,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -4.00%

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 16 January 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 28 (5.68%) Apache Airflow
2 23 (4.67%) Apache
3 16 (3.25%) Apache Spark
4 14 (2.84%) Confluence
5 5 (1.01%) CMS
6 3 (0.61%) SharePoint
7 2 (0.41%) Mendix
7 2 (0.41%) SAS
8 1 (0.20%) Camunda
8 1 (0.20%) Luigi
Applications
1 29 (5.88%) Microsoft Excel
2 6 (1.22%) Chatbot
2 6 (1.22%) Microsoft Office
3 3 (0.61%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 3 (0.61%) MS Visio
3 3 (0.61%) Sketch
4 1 (0.20%) Microsoft Project
4 1 (0.20%) Notion
4 1 (0.20%) PlantUML
4 1 (0.20%) Spreadsheet
4 1 (0.20%) SPSS
Business Applications
1 9 (1.83%) Dynamics CRM
2 8 (1.62%) NetSuite
3 6 (1.22%) Markit EDM
4 1 (0.20%) Aladdin
4 1 (0.20%) SAP S/4HANA
4 1 (0.20%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 314 (63.69%) Azure
2 121 (24.54%) AWS
2 121 (24.54%) Snowflake
3 101 (20.49%) Power Platform
4 95 (19.27%) Azure DevOps
5 86 (17.44%) Azure Data Factory
6 72 (14.60%) Azure Synapse Analytics
7 71 (14.40%) GitHub
8 60 (12.17%) GCP
9 58 (11.76%) dbt
10 48 (9.74%) GitHub Copilot
11 47 (9.53%) Serverless
12 41 (8.32%) SaaS
13 32 (6.49%) Amazon S3
14 21 (4.26%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
15 19 (3.85%) AWS Lambda
15 19 (3.85%) Salesforce Service Cloud
16 12 (2.43%) PowerApps
16 12 (2.43%) Salesforce Einstein
17 11 (2.23%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 2 (0.41%) Broadband
2 1 (0.20%) ADSL
2 1 (0.20%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 183 (37.12%) Data Warehouse
2 94 (19.07%) Power BI
3 83 (16.84%) Data Lake
4 63 (12.78%) Metadata
5 42 (8.52%) Azure SQL Database
6 34 (6.90%) Tableau
7 30 (6.09%) SQL Server
8 24 (4.87%) Snowflake Schema
9 22 (4.46%) Amazon Redshift
9 22 (4.46%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 20 (4.06%) MySQL
11 19 (3.85%) NoSQL
12 18 (3.65%) Data Vault
13 16 (3.25%) BigQuery
13 16 (3.25%) Data Mining
13 16 (3.25%) Relational Database
14 15 (3.04%) SQL Server Integration Services
15 14 (2.84%) Delta Lake
16 12 (2.43%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
17 11 (2.23%) Amazon Athena
Development Applications
1 40 (8.11%) JIRA
2 38 (7.71%) Git
3 18 (3.65%) ER Studio
3 18 (3.65%) ERwin
4 6 (1.22%) Jenkins
5 5 (1.01%) git-flow
6 4 (0.81%) PowerDesigner
7 1 (0.20%) SonarQube
General
1 191 (38.74%) Finance
2 178 (36.11%) Social Skills
3 129 (26.17%) Analytical Skills
4 45 (9.13%) Public Sector
5 30 (6.09%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 30 (6.09%) Marketing
6 25 (5.07%) Retail
7 22 (4.46%) Law
8 12 (2.43%) Presentation Skills
9 10 (2.03%) Banking
10 8 (1.62%) Advertising
10 8 (1.62%) Legal
10 8 (1.62%) Manufacturing
10 8 (1.62%) Publishing
11 7 (1.42%) Influencing Skills
12 5 (1.01%) Back Office
12 5 (1.01%) Organisational Skills
12 5 (1.01%) Retail Banking
13 4 (0.81%) Documentation Skills
13 4 (0.81%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 142 (28.80%) Architect
2 114 (23.12%) Senior
3 106 (21.50%) Data Engineer
4 100 (20.28%) Data Architect
5 54 (10.95%) Developer
6 38 (7.71%) Analyst
6 38 (7.71%) Senior Data Engineer
7 33 (6.69%) Lead
8 17 (3.45%) Consultant
8 17 (3.45%) Data Analyst
8 17 (3.45%) Lead Data Engineer
8 17 (3.45%) Senior Architect
8 17 (3.45%) Senior Data Architect
9 16 (3.25%) Azure Engineer
9 16 (3.25%) Solutions Architect
10 14 (2.84%) Business Analyst
10 14 (2.84%) Data Modeller
11 13 (2.64%) Applications Architect
12 12 (2.43%) Business Manager
12 12 (2.43%) Insight Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 43 (8.72%) REST
2 35 (7.10%) SOAP
3 31 (6.29%) Lightning Web Components
4 27 (5.48%) Kafka
5 22 (4.46%) PySpark
6 21 (4.26%) .NET
7 15 (3.04%) CSS
8 14 (2.84%) HTML
9 13 (2.64%) JSON
9 13 (2.64%) Middleware
10 12 (2.43%) XML
11 11 (2.23%) React
12 9 (1.83%) Visualforce
13 8 (1.62%) YAML
14 7 (1.42%) AWS CDK
14 7 (1.42%) RabbitMQ
15 5 (1.01%) Material-UI
15 5 (1.01%) Node.js
16 3 (0.61%) Laravel
16 3 (0.61%) WebSockets
Miscellaneous
1 50 (10.14%) Cloud Native
2 47 (9.53%) Product Ownership
3 25 (5.07%) Enterprise Software
4 21 (4.26%) Data Structures
5 20 (4.06%) Management Information System
6 17 (3.45%) Analytical Mindset
7 14 (2.84%) Legacy Systems
8 8 (1.62%) Public Cloud
8 8 (1.62%) Self-Motivation
9 7 (1.42%) FMCG
9 7 (1.42%) Greenfield Project
10 5 (1.01%) Distributed Systems
10 5 (1.01%) Reference Data
10 5 (1.01%) Virtual Team
11 4 (0.81%) Reinsurance
12 3 (0.61%) Data Protection Act
12 3 (0.61%) Distributed Computing
12 3 (0.61%) e-Learning
12 3 (0.61%) Mobile App
12 3 (0.61%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 6 (1.22%) Android
2 4 (0.81%) Windows
3 3 (0.61%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 208 (42.19%) Analytics
2 207 (41.99%) Agile
3 169 (34.28%) DevOps
4 167 (33.87%) ETL
5 161 (32.66%) Data Engineering
6 149 (30.22%) CI/CD
7 148 (30.02%) Data Architecture
8 126 (25.56%) AI
9 125 (25.35%) Data Governance
9 125 (25.35%) Mentoring
10 123 (24.95%) Business Intelligence
11 117 (23.73%) Data Pipeline
12 108 (21.91%) Coaching
13 105 (21.30%) Data Integration
14 100 (20.28%) Problem-Solving
15 97 (19.68%) Continuous Improvement
16 82 (16.63%) Data Management
17 78 (15.82%) Asset Management
18 74 (15.01%) Clean Code
19 70 (14.20%) Data Strategy
Programming Languages
1 226 (45.84%) SQL
2 196 (39.76%) Python
3 48 (9.74%) Java
4 45 (9.13%) JavaScript
5 43 (8.72%) C#
6 36 (7.30%) TypeScript
7 32 (6.49%) Apex Code
8 31 (6.29%) Scala
9 24 (4.87%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 20 (4.06%) PowerShell
11 12 (2.43%) T-SQL
12 10 (2.03%) R
13 9 (1.83%) Bash
14 6 (1.22%) Kotlin
15 5 (1.01%) PHP
16 3 (0.61%) PL/SQL
16 3 (0.61%) Swift
17 2 (0.41%) Fortran
17 2 (0.41%) Go
17 2 (0.41%) VBA
Qualifications
1 76 (15.42%) Degree
2 50 (10.14%) Computer Science Degree
3 34 (6.90%) Azure Certification
3 34 (6.90%) Security Cleared
4 31 (6.29%) SC Cleared
5 28 (5.68%) AWS Certification
5 28 (5.68%) Microsoft Certification
6 25 (5.07%) TOGAF Certification
7 24 (4.87%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
8 12 (2.43%) Six Sigma Green Belt
9 8 (1.62%) ACCA
9 8 (1.62%) CIMA
10 7 (1.42%) Master's Degree
11 5 (1.01%) DBS Check
11 5 (1.01%) SnowPro
12 2 (0.41%) DV Cleared
13 1 (0.20%) BPSS Clearance
13 1 (0.20%) PMI Certification
13 1 (0.20%) PMP
13 1 (0.20%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 87 (17.65%) Data Quality
2 44 (8.92%) Accessibility
3 13 (2.64%) Actionable Recommendations
4 12 (2.43%) QA
5 11 (2.23%) GDPR
6 2 (0.41%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 1 (0.20%) ISO 13485
7 1 (0.20%) P3O
7 1 (0.20%) PCI DSS
7 1 (0.20%) PMO
System Software
1 6 (1.22%) Docker
2 4 (0.81%) Active Directory
3 2 (0.41%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 33 (6.69%) Terraform
2 5 (1.01%) Kubernetes
3 3 (0.61%) Control-M
4 1 (0.20%) Ansible
4 1 (0.20%) Progress Chef
4 1 (0.20%) Puppet
Vendors
1 143 (29.01%) Microsoft
2 99 (20.08%) Databricks
3 45 (9.13%) Salesforce
4 26 (5.27%) Google
5 11 (2.23%) IBM
5 11 (2.23%) Informatica
6 9 (1.83%) SAP
6 9 (1.83%) Talend
7 8 (1.62%) MuleSoft
7 8 (1.62%) Oracle
8 4 (0.81%) Ab Initio
8 4 (0.81%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
8 4 (0.81%) ServiceNow
9 3 (0.61%) BMC
9 3 (0.61%) Sparx
10 2 (0.41%) iManage
10 2 (0.41%) OpenAI
10 2 (0.41%) OutSystems
10 2 (0.41%) Samsung
10 2 (0.41%) Zend