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

6 months to
23 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 98 135 123
Rank change year-on-year +37 -12 -24
Permanent jobs citing Data Modelling 521 431 836
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 2.56% 2.77% 2.42%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.12% 2.93% 2.72%
Number of salaries quoted 374 250 616
10th Percentile £42,500 £47,473 £40,625
25th Percentile £51,938 £55,000 £48,818
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,500 £65,750 £64,000
Median % change year-on-year +2.66% +2.73% -4.12%
75th Percentile £85,750 £82,188 £85,313
90th Percentile £105,000 £107,500 £100,000
UK median annual salary £70,000 £65,000 £67,500
% change year-on-year +7.69% -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 16,683 14,689 30,701
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 82.00% 94.40% 88.80%
Number of salaries quoted 12,100 8,561 23,682
10th Percentile £35,000 £29,750 £33,750
25th Percentile £45,000 £42,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year - +4.35% -8.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £79,625 £75,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £105,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +4.35% +4.55% -9.41%

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 23 June 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 34 (6.53%) Apache Airflow
2 26 (4.99%) Apache Spark
3 24 (4.61%) Apache
4 13 (2.50%) SharePoint
5 8 (1.54%) Microsoft Exchange
6 6 (1.15%) SAS
7 5 (0.96%) Jupyter
8 3 (0.58%) Apache Solr
8 3 (0.58%) Palantir Foundry
9 1 (0.19%) CMS
9 1 (0.19%) Confluence
9 1 (0.19%) Oracle SOA Suite
Applications
1 32 (6.14%) Microsoft Excel
2 7 (1.34%) Microsoft Office
3 3 (0.58%) Blender
3 3 (0.58%) Maya
4 1 (0.19%) Chatbot
4 1 (0.19%) FrameMaker
4 1 (0.19%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.19%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 12 (2.30%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
2 8 (1.54%) NetSuite
3 5 (0.96%) Dynamics CRM
4 3 (0.58%) SAP S/4HANA
5 2 (0.38%) Oracle EBS
5 2 (0.38%) Oracle ERP
5 2 (0.38%) Salesforce CRM
6 1 (0.19%) Oracle Payables
6 1 (0.19%) Oracle Receivables
Cloud Services
1 223 (42.80%) Azure
2 150 (28.79%) Power Platform
3 128 (24.57%) AWS
4 73 (14.01%) GCP
5 66 (12.67%) Azure Data Factory
6 43 (8.25%) Azure Synapse Analytics
7 37 (7.10%) Snowflake
8 35 (6.72%) Serverless
9 30 (5.76%) SaaS
10 28 (5.37%) Amazon S3
11 25 (4.80%) dbt
12 23 (4.41%) GitHub
13 22 (4.22%) Azure DevOps
14 19 (3.65%) AWS Lambda
15 18 (3.45%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
16 14 (2.69%) Microsoft 365
17 13 (2.50%) Microsoft Purview
17 13 (2.50%) Salesforce Service Cloud
18 12 (2.30%) GitHub Actions
18 12 (2.30%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 44 (8.45%) Broadband
2 4 (0.77%) NGN
3 2 (0.38%) SMS
4 1 (0.19%) 4G
4 1 (0.19%) 5G
4 1 (0.19%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 136 (26.10%) Power BI
2 91 (17.47%) Metadata
3 74 (14.20%) Data Warehouse
4 55 (10.56%) Data Lake
5 48 (9.21%) PostgreSQL
6 45 (8.64%) Relational Database
6 45 (8.64%) Tableau
7 39 (7.49%) SQL Server
8 32 (6.14%) Semantic Layer
9 31 (5.95%) BigQuery
10 24 (4.61%) Azure SQL Database
10 24 (4.61%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 21 (4.03%) MySQL
12 20 (3.84%) Amazon Redshift
12 20 (3.84%) Big Data
13 19 (3.65%) NoSQL
14 18 (3.45%) MongoDB
15 17 (3.26%) Delta Lake
15 17 (3.26%) SAP BW
16 16 (3.07%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 38 (7.29%) Git
2 19 (3.65%) Jenkins
3 9 (1.73%) JIRA
4 6 (1.15%) GitLab
5 3 (0.58%) MLflow
6 1 (0.19%) Ant
6 1 (0.19%) Cucumber
6 1 (0.19%) ER Studio
6 1 (0.19%) ERwin
6 1 (0.19%) Mocha
6 1 (0.19%) Postman
6 1 (0.19%) SpecFlow
6 1 (0.19%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
6 1 (0.19%) Toad
6 1 (0.19%) Visual Studio
General
1 190 (36.47%) Social Skills
2 136 (26.10%) Analytical Skills
3 125 (23.99%) Finance
4 79 (15.16%) Public Sector
5 75 (14.40%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 40 (7.68%) Law
7 27 (5.18%) Retail
8 25 (4.80%) Marketing
9 24 (4.61%) Influencing Skills
10 12 (2.30%) Legal
11 11 (2.11%) Banking
11 11 (2.11%) Documentation Skills
11 11 (2.11%) Manufacturing
12 8 (1.54%) Publishing
13 7 (1.34%) Games
14 4 (0.77%) Billing
14 4 (0.77%) Local Government
14 4 (0.77%) Presentation Skills
15 3 (0.58%) Humanities
15 3 (0.58%) Police
Job Titles
1 148 (28.41%) Data Engineer
2 124 (23.80%) Architect
3 102 (19.58%) Senior
4 83 (15.93%) Data Architect
5 73 (14.01%) Lead
6 69 (13.24%) Analyst
7 64 (12.28%) Developer
8 41 (7.87%) Senior Data Engineer
9 40 (7.68%) Data Analyst
10 30 (5.76%) Senior Architect
11 23 (4.41%) Lead Data Engineer
11 23 (4.41%) Senior Data Architect
12 19 (3.65%) Business Analyst
13 18 (3.45%) Business Intelligence Analyst
13 18 (3.45%) Platform Engineer
14 16 (3.07%) Business Intelligence Developer
14 16 (3.07%) Solutions Architect
15 14 (2.69%) Salesforce Developer
16 13 (2.50%) Consultant
16 13 (2.50%) Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 47 (9.02%) REST
2 41 (7.87%) Node.js
2 41 (7.87%) PySpark
3 34 (6.53%) Kafka
4 20 (3.84%) Middleware
4 20 (3.84%) SOAP
5 19 (3.65%) JSON
5 19 (3.65%) Lightning Web Components
6 17 (3.26%) CSS
6 17 (3.26%) React
7 16 (3.07%) .NET
8 13 (2.50%) Oracle Fusion
8 13 (2.50%) Visualforce
9 12 (2.30%) XML
10 10 (1.92%) HTML
11 9 (1.73%) RESTful
12 8 (1.54%) Spring
12 8 (1.54%) Tailwind CSS
13 6 (1.15%) Spring Boot
14 5 (0.96%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 56 (10.75%) Data Structures
2 52 (9.98%) Cloud Native
3 25 (4.80%) Product Ownership
4 22 (4.22%) Social Media
5 18 (3.45%) Management Information System
6 16 (3.07%) Distributed Systems
6 16 (3.07%) Greenfield Project
6 16 (3.07%) Onboarding
7 12 (2.30%) Self-Motivation
8 11 (2.11%) Algorithms
8 11 (2.11%) Public Cloud
9 10 (1.92%) FMCG
9 10 (1.92%) Legacy Systems
9 10 (1.92%) Low-Code
10 9 (1.73%) Blog
11 8 (1.54%) Data Fabric
12 7 (1.34%) Analytical Mindset
12 7 (1.34%) Video\Live Streaming
13 6 (1.15%) Anti-Piracy
13 6 (1.15%) Taxonomies
Operating Systems
1 2 (0.38%) Linux
2 1 (0.19%) Android
2 1 (0.19%) Apple iOS
2 1 (0.19%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 238 (45.68%) Analytics
2 178 (34.17%) Business Intelligence
3 164 (31.48%) Data Engineering
4 161 (30.90%) Data Architecture
5 142 (27.26%) Agile
6 139 (26.68%) AI
6 139 (26.68%) CI/CD
6 139 (26.68%) Decision-Making
7 132 (25.34%) Data Pipeline
8 131 (25.14%) ETL
9 125 (23.99%) Data Governance
10 118 (22.65%) Problem-Solving
11 110 (21.11%) Data Strategy
12 96 (18.43%) DevOps
13 88 (16.89%) Mentoring
14 80 (15.36%) Machine Learning
15 73 (14.01%) Roadmaps
16 67 (12.86%) Stakeholder Engagement
17 66 (12.67%) Continuous Improvement
18 62 (11.90%) Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 246 (47.22%) SQL
2 210 (40.31%) Python
3 43 (8.25%) JavaScript
4 42 (8.06%) Java
5 31 (5.95%) Data Analysis Expressions
6 27 (5.18%) TypeScript
7 21 (4.03%) Scala
8 20 (3.84%) T-SQL
9 18 (3.45%) Apex Code
10 17 (3.26%) C#
11 14 (2.69%) PowerShell
12 10 (1.92%) Bash
13 9 (1.73%) Bicep
14 7 (1.34%) Go
15 6 (1.15%) C++
15 6 (1.15%) Kusto Query Language
16 5 (0.96%) R
17 4 (0.77%) PHP
17 4 (0.77%) SOQL
17 4 (0.77%) SOSL
Qualifications
1 74 (14.20%) Security Cleared
2 72 (13.82%) Degree
3 58 (11.13%) SC Cleared
4 24 (4.61%) Computer Science Degree
5 21 (4.03%) Azure Certification
6 15 (2.88%) Microsoft Certification
7 14 (2.69%) TOGAF Certification
8 8 (1.54%) ACCA
8 8 (1.54%) CIMA
9 7 (1.34%) AWS Certification
9 7 (1.34%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 7 (1.34%) SnowPro
10 6 (1.15%) CIPD
10 6 (1.15%) Master's Degree
11 5 (0.96%) DBS Check
11 5 (0.96%) DV Cleared
12 3 (0.58%) BPSS Clearance
13 2 (0.38%) IIBA
14 1 (0.19%) CBAP
14 1 (0.19%) GIAC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 188 (36.08%) Data Quality
2 37 (7.10%) GDPR
3 22 (4.22%) QA
4 12 (2.30%) Accessibility
4 12 (2.30%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 4 (0.77%) PERC
6 3 (0.58%) California Consumer Privacy Act
6 3 (0.58%) IFRS
6 3 (0.58%) IFRS 17
6 3 (0.58%) Solvency II
7 1 (0.19%) Actionable Recommendations
7 1 (0.19%) HL7
7 1 (0.19%) SNOMED CT
System Software
1 26 (4.99%) Docker
2 8 (1.54%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 36 (6.91%) Terraform
2 12 (2.30%) Kubernetes
3 4 (0.77%) Ansible
4 3 (0.58%) Packer
5 2 (0.38%) Single Sign-On
6 1 (0.19%) Grafana
6 1 (0.19%) Prometheus
6 1 (0.19%) QRadar
Vendors
1 128 (24.57%) Microsoft
2 102 (19.58%) Databricks
3 45 (8.64%) Salesforce
4 41 (7.87%) Oracle
5 36 (6.91%) SAP
6 13 (2.50%) Google
6 13 (2.50%) MuleSoft
7 12 (2.30%) Informatica
8 8 (1.54%) OpenAI
9 7 (1.34%) Foundry
9 7 (1.34%) ServiceNow
10 6 (1.15%) HubSpot
10 6 (1.15%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
11 4 (0.77%) IBM
12 3 (0.58%) Alteryx
12 3 (0.58%) Epicor
12 3 (0.58%) IFS
12 3 (0.58%) Infor
12 3 (0.58%) Palantir
12 3 (0.58%) TOWER Software