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

6 months to
18 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 73 115 103
Rank change year-on-year +42 -12 +1
Permanent jobs citing Data Modelling 557 465 841
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 3.40% 2.98% 3.05%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.95% 3.15% 3.29%
Number of salaries quoted 346 218 638
10th Percentile £45,375 £43,750 £41,250
25th Percentile £55,000 £52,625 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,716 £64,750 £63,749
Median % change year-on-year +9.21% +1.57% -1.93%
75th Percentile £87,500 £80,000 £85,000
90th Percentile £110,000 £96,975 £97,500
UK median annual salary £70,932 £63,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year +12.59% -3.08% -

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 14,103 14,778 25,599
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 86.18% 94.85% 92.72%
Number of salaries quoted 9,134 8,791 21,233
10th Percentile £30,538 £36,250 £34,750
25th Percentile £42,500 £47,500 £43,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £62,779 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.43% +9.18% -8.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £82,500 £76,250
90th Percentile £100,000 £104,249 £95,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% +10.00% -12.00%

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 18 February 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 40 (7.18%) Apache Airflow
2 25 (4.49%) Apache
3 20 (3.59%) Apache Spark
4 11 (1.97%) Confluence
5 8 (1.44%) Microsoft Exchange
5 8 (1.44%) SAS
6 6 (1.08%) CMS
6 6 (1.08%) SharePoint
7 2 (0.36%) Mendix
7 2 (0.36%) Palantir Foundry
8 1 (0.18%) Camunda
Applications
1 33 (5.92%) Microsoft Excel
2 7 (1.26%) Microsoft Office
3 6 (1.08%) Chatbot
4 3 (0.54%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 3 (0.54%) MS Visio
4 3 (0.54%) Sketch
5 1 (0.18%) Microsoft Project
5 1 (0.18%) Notion
5 1 (0.18%) PlantUML
5 1 (0.18%) Spreadsheet
5 1 (0.18%) SPSS
Business Applications
1 11 (1.97%) NetSuite
2 10 (1.80%) Dynamics CRM
3 6 (1.08%) Markit EDM
4 3 (0.54%) SAP S/4HANA
5 1 (0.18%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 341 (61.22%) Azure
2 129 (23.16%) AWS
3 122 (21.90%) Snowflake
4 119 (21.36%) Power Platform
5 100 (17.95%) Azure Data Factory
6 93 (16.70%) Azure DevOps
7 77 (13.82%) Azure Synapse Analytics
8 72 (12.93%) GitHub
9 71 (12.75%) GCP
10 68 (12.21%) dbt
11 49 (8.80%) Serverless
12 47 (8.44%) GitHub Copilot
12 47 (8.44%) SaaS
13 32 (5.75%) Amazon S3
14 29 (5.21%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
15 27 (4.85%) Salesforce Service Cloud
16 19 (3.41%) Microsoft 365
17 17 (3.05%) AWS Lambda
18 15 (2.69%) Power Automate
18 15 (2.69%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 7 (1.26%) Broadband
2 1 (0.18%) ADSL
2 1 (0.18%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 185 (33.21%) Data Warehouse
2 109 (19.57%) Power BI
3 82 (14.72%) Data Lake
3 82 (14.72%) Metadata
4 46 (8.26%) Azure SQL Database
5 41 (7.36%) SQL Server
6 40 (7.18%) Tableau
7 30 (5.39%) MySQL
7 30 (5.39%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 26 (4.67%) BigQuery
9 25 (4.49%) Amazon Redshift
10 22 (3.95%) Snowflake Schema
11 21 (3.77%) NoSQL
12 20 (3.59%) PostgreSQL
13 18 (3.23%) SQL Server Integration Services
14 17 (3.05%) Relational Database
15 16 (2.87%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
15 16 (2.87%) Data Vault
16 15 (2.69%) Data Mining
16 15 (2.69%) Delta Lake
Development Applications
1 41 (7.36%) Git
2 33 (5.92%) JIRA
3 17 (3.05%) ERwin
4 16 (2.87%) ER Studio
5 5 (0.90%) git-flow
5 5 (0.90%) Jenkins
6 4 (0.72%) PowerDesigner
7 1 (0.18%) Cucumber
7 1 (0.18%) Postman
7 1 (0.18%) SonarQube
7 1 (0.18%) SpecFlow
General
1 207 (37.16%) Social Skills
2 202 (36.27%) Finance
3 145 (26.03%) Analytical Skills
4 64 (11.49%) Public Sector
5 37 (6.64%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 34 (6.10%) Marketing
7 32 (5.75%) Law
8 25 (4.49%) Retail
9 12 (2.15%) Influencing Skills
9 12 (2.15%) Presentation Skills
10 11 (1.97%) Publishing
11 9 (1.62%) Legal
12 8 (1.44%) Banking
13 7 (1.26%) Advertising
14 6 (1.08%) Manufacturing
14 6 (1.08%) Organisational Skills
15 5 (0.90%) Back Office
15 5 (0.90%) Documentation Skills
15 5 (0.90%) Telecoms
16 4 (0.72%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 151 (27.11%) Architect
2 130 (23.34%) Senior
3 122 (21.90%) Data Engineer
4 104 (18.67%) Data Architect
5 66 (11.85%) Developer
6 50 (8.98%) Lead
7 49 (8.80%) Senior Data Engineer
8 47 (8.44%) Analyst
9 30 (5.39%) Data Analyst
10 22 (3.95%) Lead Data Engineer
10 22 (3.95%) Senior Architect
11 19 (3.41%) Consultant
12 18 (3.23%) Senior Data Architect
13 17 (3.05%) Azure Engineer
13 17 (3.05%) Salesforce Developer
13 17 (3.05%) Solutions Architect
14 16 (2.87%) Platform Engineer
15 13 (2.33%) Data Modeller
15 13 (2.33%) Full-Stack Developer
15 13 (2.33%) Senior Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 53 (9.52%) REST
2 43 (7.72%) SOAP
3 39 (7.00%) Lightning Web Components
4 33 (5.92%) Kafka
5 30 (5.39%) .NET
6 24 (4.31%) PySpark
7 22 (3.95%) Middleware
8 19 (3.41%) JSON
9 17 (3.05%) Visualforce
10 16 (2.87%) XML
11 15 (2.69%) CSS
11 15 (2.69%) React
12 14 (2.51%) HTML
13 9 (1.62%) Node.js
14 8 (1.44%) YAML
15 7 (1.26%) RabbitMQ
16 6 (1.08%) AWS CDK
16 6 (1.08%) RESTful
17 5 (0.90%) gRPC
17 5 (0.90%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 56 (10.05%) Product Ownership
2 54 (9.69%) Cloud Native
3 38 (6.82%) Data Structures
4 25 (4.49%) Enterprise Software
5 24 (4.31%) Management Information System
6 18 (3.23%) Legacy Systems
7 17 (3.05%) Analytical Mindset
8 15 (2.69%) Greenfield Project
9 11 (1.97%) Onboarding
9 11 (1.97%) Self-Motivation
10 10 (1.80%) FMCG
11 9 (1.62%) Public Cloud
12 8 (1.44%) Reference Data
13 6 (1.08%) Anti-Piracy
13 6 (1.08%) Social Media
14 5 (0.90%) Distributed Systems
14 5 (0.90%) Reinsurance
15 4 (0.72%) Replication
15 4 (0.72%) Virtual Team
16 3 (0.54%) Distributed Computing
Operating Systems
1 7 (1.26%) Android
2 4 (0.72%) Apple iOS
2 4 (0.72%) Windows
3 1 (0.18%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 242 (43.45%) Analytics
2 214 (38.42%) Agile
3 185 (33.21%) Data Engineering
4 181 (32.50%) ETL
5 177 (31.78%) DevOps
6 168 (30.16%) CI/CD
7 155 (27.83%) Data Architecture
8 140 (25.13%) Business Intelligence
9 136 (24.42%) Data Governance
9 136 (24.42%) Mentoring
10 129 (23.16%) AI
11 126 (22.62%) Data Pipeline
12 113 (20.29%) Problem-Solving
13 112 (20.11%) Coaching
14 108 (19.39%) Data Integration
15 98 (17.59%) Continuous Improvement
16 85 (15.26%) Decision-Making
17 83 (14.90%) Data Management
18 81 (14.54%) Asset Management
19 76 (13.64%) Data Strategy
Programming Languages
1 249 (44.70%) SQL
2 217 (38.96%) Python
3 59 (10.59%) Java
4 58 (10.41%) JavaScript
5 45 (8.08%) C#
6 40 (7.18%) Apex Code
7 38 (6.82%) TypeScript
8 31 (5.57%) Scala
9 29 (5.21%) PowerShell
10 24 (4.31%) Data Analysis Expressions
11 20 (3.59%) T-SQL
12 11 (1.97%) Bash
13 8 (1.44%) R
14 7 (1.26%) PHP
15 6 (1.08%) C++
15 6 (1.08%) Kotlin
16 3 (0.54%) Swift
17 2 (0.36%) Groovy
17 2 (0.36%) SOQL
17 2 (0.36%) SOSL
Qualifications
1 96 (17.24%) Degree
2 56 (10.05%) Computer Science Degree
3 52 (9.34%) Security Cleared
4 48 (8.62%) SC Cleared
5 33 (5.92%) Azure Certification
6 28 (5.03%) TOGAF Certification
7 27 (4.85%) AWS Certification
7 27 (4.85%) Microsoft Certification
8 24 (4.31%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 12 (2.15%) ACCA
9 12 (2.15%) CIMA
9 12 (2.15%) Six Sigma Green Belt
10 8 (1.44%) Master's Degree
11 6 (1.08%) DBS Check
12 4 (0.72%) SnowPro
13 2 (0.36%) BPSS Clearance
13 2 (0.36%) DV Cleared
14 1 (0.18%) PMI Certification
14 1 (0.18%) PMP
14 1 (0.18%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 112 (20.11%) Data Quality
2 45 (8.08%) Accessibility
3 13 (2.33%) Actionable Recommendations
3 13 (2.33%) GDPR
3 13 (2.33%) QA
4 12 (2.15%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 1 (0.18%) ISO 13485
5 1 (0.18%) P3O
5 1 (0.18%) PCI DSS
5 1 (0.18%) PMO
System Software
1 12 (2.15%) Active Directory
2 9 (1.62%) Docker
3 1 (0.18%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 33 (5.92%) Terraform
2 5 (0.90%) Kubernetes
3 3 (0.54%) Control-M
4 2 (0.36%) Single Sign-On
5 1 (0.18%) Grafana
5 1 (0.18%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 151 (27.11%) Microsoft
2 109 (19.57%) Databricks
3 56 (10.05%) Salesforce
4 24 (4.31%) Google
5 16 (2.87%) MuleSoft
6 15 (2.69%) Informatica
7 13 (2.33%) SAP
8 11 (1.97%) IBM
9 9 (1.62%) Oracle
9 9 (1.62%) Talend
10 5 (0.90%) Foundry
11 4 (0.72%) Ab Initio
11 4 (0.72%) ServiceNow
12 3 (0.54%) BMC
12 3 (0.54%) OpenAI
12 3 (0.54%) Palantir
12 3 (0.54%) Sparx
13 2 (0.36%) iManage
13 2 (0.36%) OutSystems
13 2 (0.36%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud