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

6 months to
24 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 116 144 126
Rank change year-on-year +28 -18 -34
Permanent jobs citing Data Modelling 570 356 597
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 2.31% 2.18% 2.60%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.85% 2.33% 2.96%
Number of salaries quoted 410 269 303
10th Percentile £43,750 £49,650 £41,250
25th Percentile £52,500 £57,000 £53,719
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,500 £68,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year -0.74% -2.86% +7.69%
75th Percentile £90,000 £83,750 £82,500
90th Percentile £107,500 £107,500 £95,000
UK median annual salary £70,000 £70,000 £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 20,023 15,273 20,150
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 81.27% 93.38% 87.84%
Number of salaries quoted 14,327 8,588 12,171
10th Percentile £34,000 £30,000 £35,500
25th Percentile £44,972 £40,600 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year - - -4.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £78,750 £80,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £100,000 £100,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year +9.09% -4.35% -4.17%

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 24 September 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 23 (4.04%) Apache Spark
2 21 (3.68%) Apache
3 15 (2.63%) Apache Airflow
4 12 (2.11%) SharePoint
5 7 (1.23%) Jupyter
6 3 (0.53%) Apache Solr
6 3 (0.53%) Oracle SOA Suite
7 2 (0.35%) Confluence
7 2 (0.35%) Palantir Foundry
8 1 (0.18%) Apache Superset
8 1 (0.18%) IIS
8 1 (0.18%) Microsoft Exchange
8 1 (0.18%) WebLogic
8 1 (0.18%) WebLogic Portal
Applications
1 39 (6.84%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (0.70%) Microsoft Office
3 3 (0.53%) Blender
3 3 (0.53%) Maya
4 2 (0.35%) Chatbot
4 2 (0.35%) MS Visio
5 1 (0.18%) FrameMaker
5 1 (0.18%) Microsoft Project
5 1 (0.18%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 12 (2.11%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
2 7 (1.23%) Dynamics CRM
3 4 (0.70%) Oracle EBS
4 3 (0.53%) Oracle ERP
5 2 (0.35%) JDE EnterpriseOne
5 2 (0.35%) Oracle Payables
5 2 (0.35%) Oracle Receivables
6 1 (0.18%) Finacle
6 1 (0.18%) FLEXCUBE
6 1 (0.18%) Infor CloudSuite
6 1 (0.18%) Infor LN
6 1 (0.18%) NetSuite
6 1 (0.18%) Oracle Applications
6 1 (0.18%) Oracle EBS R12
6 1 (0.18%) Salesforce CRM
6 1 (0.18%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
6 1 (0.18%) Temenos T24
6 1 (0.18%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 227 (39.82%) Azure
2 208 (36.49%) Power Platform
3 118 (20.70%) AWS
4 76 (13.33%) GCP
5 67 (11.75%) Azure Data Factory
6 54 (9.47%) Azure Synapse Analytics
6 54 (9.47%) Snowflake
7 38 (6.67%) Azure DevOps
8 30 (5.26%) GitHub
9 28 (4.91%) Microsoft Purview
9 28 (4.91%) Serverless
10 25 (4.39%) Azure Databricks
10 25 (4.39%) dbt
10 25 (4.39%) SaaS
11 24 (4.21%) Amazon S3
12 20 (3.51%) AWS Lambda
12 20 (3.51%) PowerApps
13 16 (2.81%) Microsoft 365
14 14 (2.46%) GitHub Actions
14 14 (2.46%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 29 (5.09%) Broadband
2 1 (0.18%) 4G
2 1 (0.18%) 5G
2 1 (0.18%) ATM
2 1 (0.18%) HTTP
2 1 (0.18%) Network Security
2 1 (0.18%) NGN
2 1 (0.18%) SMS
2 1 (0.18%) X.509
Database & Business Intelligence
1 195 (34.21%) Power BI
2 126 (22.11%) Data Warehouse
3 115 (20.18%) Metadata
4 59 (10.35%) Data Lake
5 49 (8.60%) SQL Server
6 48 (8.42%) Tableau
7 46 (8.07%) Relational Database
8 42 (7.37%) PostgreSQL
9 36 (6.32%) Semantic Layer
10 34 (5.96%) Star Schema
11 32 (5.61%) SQL Server Integration Services
12 30 (5.26%) Azure SQL Database
12 30 (5.26%) Delta Lake
13 28 (4.91%) NoSQL
14 27 (4.74%) BigQuery
15 24 (4.21%) MongoDB
16 22 (3.86%) Big Data
17 21 (3.68%) Data Vault
17 21 (3.68%) DynamoDB
18 19 (3.33%) Snowflake Schema
Development Applications
1 67 (11.75%) Git
2 26 (4.56%) Jenkins
3 11 (1.93%) JIRA
4 9 (1.58%) GitLab
5 4 (0.70%) Visual Studio Code
6 3 (0.53%) Bitbucket
6 3 (0.53%) MLflow
7 2 (0.35%) ER Studio
7 2 (0.35%) ERwin
7 2 (0.35%) Flyway
8 1 (0.18%) Ant
8 1 (0.18%) Claude Code
8 1 (0.18%) ESLint
8 1 (0.18%) IntelliJ
8 1 (0.18%) Mocha
8 1 (0.18%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
8 1 (0.18%) Storybook
8 1 (0.18%) Visual Studio
8 1 (0.18%) Vite
General
1 212 (37.19%) Social Skills
2 159 (27.89%) Analytical Skills
3 137 (24.04%) Finance
4 74 (12.98%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 72 (12.63%) Public Sector
6 40 (7.02%) Law
7 33 (5.79%) Retail
8 24 (4.21%) Marketing
9 23 (4.04%) Legal
10 20 (3.51%) Banking
10 20 (3.51%) Influencing Skills
11 17 (2.98%) Manufacturing
12 11 (1.93%) Documentation Skills
13 8 (1.40%) Presentation Skills
14 7 (1.23%) Police
15 6 (1.05%) Billing
15 6 (1.05%) General Ledger
16 5 (0.88%) Legal Technology
16 5 (0.88%) Military
17 4 (0.70%) Health Technology
Job Titles
1 149 (26.14%) Data Engineer
2 140 (24.56%) Architect
3 120 (21.05%) Senior
4 102 (17.89%) Data Architect
5 71 (12.46%) Analyst
6 58 (10.18%) Lead
7 45 (7.89%) Developer
8 37 (6.49%) Data Analyst
9 35 (6.14%) Senior Data Engineer
10 31 (5.44%) Senior Architect
11 28 (4.91%) Senior Data Architect
12 22 (3.86%) Consultant
12 22 (3.86%) Solutions Architect
13 20 (3.51%) Software Engineer
14 17 (2.98%) Business Analyst
15 15 (2.63%) Financial Analyst
16 14 (2.46%) Data Consultant
16 14 (2.46%) Data Modeller
17 12 (2.11%) Business Intelligence Analyst
17 12 (2.11%) Business Intelligence Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 67 (11.75%) PySpark
2 49 (8.60%) Terraform
3 39 (6.84%) Node.js
4 37 (6.49%) REST
5 25 (4.39%) Kafka
6 18 (3.16%) CSS
7 16 (2.81%) React
8 15 (2.63%) JSON
8 15 (2.63%) Oracle Fusion
9 12 (2.11%) Pandas
9 12 (2.11%) Tailwind CSS
10 11 (1.93%) Middleware
11 10 (1.75%) RESTful
12 9 (1.58%) Lightning Web Components
12 9 (1.58%) SOAP
13 8 (1.40%) Spring
14 7 (1.23%) .NET
14 7 (1.23%) Spring Boot
15 6 (1.05%) Django
15 6 (1.05%) NumPy
Miscellaneous
1 68 (11.93%) Cloud Native
2 44 (7.72%) Data Structures
3 24 (4.21%) Management Information System
4 22 (3.86%) Product Ownership
5 20 (3.51%) Distributed Systems
6 16 (2.81%) Legacy Systems
7 15 (2.63%) Enterprise Software
8 14 (2.46%) Social Media
9 12 (2.11%) Greenfield Project
9 12 (2.11%) Self-Motivation
10 9 (1.58%) Blog
10 9 (1.58%) Reference Data
11 8 (1.40%) AI Agents
11 8 (1.40%) Taxonomies
12 7 (1.23%) Analytical Mindset
12 7 (1.23%) Onboarding
13 6 (1.05%) Clustering
13 6 (1.05%) Low-Code
13 6 (1.05%) Replication
14 5 (0.88%) Freedom of Information
Operating Systems
1 12 (2.11%) Windows
2 3 (0.53%) Linux
3 1 (0.18%) Apple iOS
3 1 (0.18%) Unix
3 1 (0.18%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 274 (48.07%) Analytics
2 246 (43.16%) Business Intelligence
3 203 (35.61%) AI
4 191 (33.51%) Data Architecture
5 173 (30.35%) Decision-Making
6 160 (28.07%) CI/CD
7 158 (27.72%) Agile
8 150 (26.32%) Data Engineering
9 149 (26.14%) ETL
10 145 (25.44%) Data Pipeline
11 144 (25.26%) Data Governance
12 142 (24.91%) Data Strategy
13 131 (22.98%) Problem-Solving
14 104 (18.25%) DevOps
15 98 (17.19%) Roadmaps
16 95 (16.67%) Mentoring
17 89 (15.61%) Machine Learning
17 89 (15.61%) Technical Leadership
18 88 (15.44%) Stakeholder Management
19 79 (13.86%) Continuous Improvement
Programming Languages
1 301 (52.81%) SQL
2 228 (40.00%) Python
3 48 (8.42%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 28 (4.91%) Java
5 27 (4.74%) C#
5 27 (4.74%) JavaScript
6 26 (4.56%) TypeScript
7 24 (4.21%) Scala
8 20 (3.51%) Bicep
9 19 (3.33%) T-SQL
10 13 (2.28%) PowerShell
11 10 (1.75%) Apex Code
12 9 (1.58%) Kusto Query Language
13 7 (1.23%) R
14 5 (0.88%) Bash
15 4 (0.70%) C++
15 4 (0.70%) PL/SQL
15 4 (0.70%) SPARQL
16 3 (0.53%) Groovy
16 3 (0.53%) VBA
Qualifications
1 84 (14.74%) Security Cleared
2 67 (11.75%) Degree
3 64 (11.23%) SC Cleared
4 31 (5.44%) Azure Certification
5 26 (4.56%) Microsoft Certification
6 17 (2.98%) Computer Science Degree
6 17 (2.98%) SnowPro
7 14 (2.46%) DV Cleared
8 10 (1.75%) BPSS Clearance
9 9 (1.58%) CIPD
10 8 (1.40%) TOGAF Certification
11 7 (1.23%) AWS Certification
12 6 (1.05%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
12 6 (1.05%) DBS Check
13 4 (0.70%) Master's Degree
14 3 (0.53%) PMI Certification
15 2 (0.35%) PMP
16 1 (0.18%) CISSP
16 1 (0.18%) OCP
16 1 (0.18%) Oracle Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 212 (37.19%) Data Quality
2 52 (9.12%) GDPR
3 31 (5.44%) Accessibility
4 14 (2.46%) California Consumer Privacy Act
5 13 (2.28%) QA
6 4 (0.70%) IFRS
6 4 (0.70%) IFRS 17
6 4 (0.70%) Solvency II
7 3 (0.53%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 3 (0.53%) MiFID
7 3 (0.53%) UCITS
8 2 (0.35%) Actionable Recommendations
8 2 (0.35%) COPPA
9 1 (0.18%) Cyber Essentials
9 1 (0.18%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 1 (0.18%) EU AI Act
9 1 (0.18%) HIPAA
9 1 (0.18%) IASME
9 1 (0.18%) PERC
9 1 (0.18%) PMO
System Software
1 36 (6.32%) Docker
2 3 (0.53%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.18%) Hyper-V
3 1 (0.18%) NFS
3 1 (0.18%) Virtual Machines
3 1 (0.18%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 17 (2.98%) Kubernetes
2 5 (0.88%) Ansible
3 3 (0.53%) Packer
4 1 (0.18%) Consul
4 1 (0.18%) Failover Clustering
4 1 (0.18%) Grafana
4 1 (0.18%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
4 1 (0.18%) Oracle RMAN
4 1 (0.18%) QRadar
Vendors
1 183 (32.11%) Microsoft
2 98 (17.19%) Databricks
3 42 (7.37%) Oracle
4 33 (5.79%) SAP
5 22 (3.86%) Salesforce
6 19 (3.33%) Informatica
7 12 (2.11%) Google
8 11 (1.93%) Talend
9 7 (1.23%) HubSpot
9 7 (1.23%) OpenAI
10 6 (1.05%) Infor
10 6 (1.05%) ServiceNow
11 5 (0.88%) MuleSoft
11 5 (0.88%) Workday
12 4 (0.70%) Epicor
12 4 (0.70%) Foundry
12 4 (0.70%) IFS
13 3 (0.53%) Bloomberg
13 3 (0.53%) Braze
13 3 (0.53%) OpenText