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

6 months to
26 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 109 151 133
Rank change year-on-year +42 -18 -42
Permanent jobs citing Data Modelling 542 369 605
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 2.34% 2.23% 2.44%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.84% 2.40% 2.79%
Number of salaries quoted 386 273 347
10th Percentile £43,750 £47,500 £41,900
25th Percentile £51,425 £55,750 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £67,500 £68,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.70% -0.74% +4.62%
75th Percentile £88,438 £83,750 £82,500
90th Percentile £107,500 £107,000 £95,700
UK median annual salary £70,000 £67,500 £70,000
% change year-on-year +3.70% -3.57% +4.47%

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 19,072 15,362 21,683
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 82.18% 92.92% 87.45%
Number of salaries quoted 13,766 8,939 14,926
10th Percentile £35,000 £29,750 £35,000
25th Percentile £44,972 £40,406 £43,750
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 £77,500 £78,750
90th Percentile £100,000 £100,000 £97,500
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
% 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 26 August 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 (4.24%) Apache
1 23 (4.24%) Apache Spark
2 16 (2.95%) Apache Airflow
3 12 (2.21%) SharePoint
4 7 (1.29%) Jupyter
5 3 (0.55%) Apache Solr
6 2 (0.37%) Oracle SOA Suite
6 2 (0.37%) Palantir Foundry
7 1 (0.18%) Apache Superset
7 1 (0.18%) Confluence
Applications
1 34 (6.27%) Microsoft Excel
2 5 (0.92%) Microsoft Office
3 3 (0.55%) Blender
3 3 (0.55%) Maya
4 1 (0.18%) Chatbot
4 1 (0.18%) FrameMaker
4 1 (0.18%) Microsoft Project
4 1 (0.18%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.18%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 12 (2.21%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
2 7 (1.29%) Dynamics CRM
3 3 (0.55%) Oracle EBS
3 3 (0.55%) Oracle ERP
4 2 (0.37%) JDE EnterpriseOne
4 2 (0.37%) Oracle Payables
4 2 (0.37%) Oracle Receivables
4 2 (0.37%) Salesforce CRM
5 1 (0.18%) Finacle
5 1 (0.18%) FLEXCUBE
5 1 (0.18%) NetSuite
5 1 (0.18%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
5 1 (0.18%) Temenos T24
Cloud Services
1 211 (38.93%) Azure
2 180 (33.21%) Power Platform
3 115 (21.22%) AWS
4 68 (12.55%) GCP
5 64 (11.81%) Azure Data Factory
6 45 (8.30%) Snowflake
7 43 (7.93%) Azure Synapse Analytics
8 27 (4.98%) GitHub
8 27 (4.98%) Microsoft Purview
8 27 (4.98%) Serverless
9 24 (4.43%) Amazon S3
9 24 (4.43%) Azure DevOps
10 23 (4.24%) dbt
10 23 (4.24%) SaaS
11 20 (3.69%) AWS Lambda
12 17 (3.14%) PowerApps
13 15 (2.77%) GitHub Actions
14 12 (2.21%) Amazon CloudWatch
14 12 (2.21%) Power Automate
15 11 (2.03%) Amazon EMR
Communications & Networking
1 39 (7.20%) Broadband
2 4 (0.74%) NGN
3 2 (0.37%) SMS
4 1 (0.18%) 4G
4 1 (0.18%) 5G
4 1 (0.18%) ATM
4 1 (0.18%) Network Security
4 1 (0.18%) X.509
Database & Business Intelligence
1 166 (30.63%) Power BI
2 104 (19.19%) Data Warehouse
3 94 (17.34%) Metadata
4 59 (10.89%) Data Lake
5 48 (8.86%) Relational Database
5 48 (8.86%) Tableau
6 47 (8.67%) PostgreSQL
7 44 (8.12%) SQL Server
8 34 (6.27%) Semantic Layer
9 30 (5.54%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 27 (4.98%) Delta Lake
11 26 (4.80%) Star Schema
12 25 (4.61%) BigQuery
12 25 (4.61%) MongoDB
13 22 (4.06%) Big Data
14 21 (3.87%) NoSQL
15 19 (3.51%) Data Vault
16 17 (3.14%) Azure SQL Database
17 16 (2.95%) Amazon Redshift
17 16 (2.95%) DynamoDB
Development Applications
1 50 (9.23%) Git
2 24 (4.43%) Jenkins
3 9 (1.66%) JIRA
4 7 (1.29%) GitLab
5 3 (0.55%) Bitbucket
5 3 (0.55%) MLflow
5 3 (0.55%) Visual Studio Code
6 2 (0.37%) ER Studio
6 2 (0.37%) ERwin
7 1 (0.18%) Ant
7 1 (0.18%) Mocha
7 1 (0.18%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
7 1 (0.18%) Toad
7 1 (0.18%) Visual Studio
General
1 205 (37.82%) Social Skills
2 155 (28.60%) Analytical Skills
3 137 (25.28%) Finance
4 75 (13.84%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 63 (11.62%) Public Sector
6 37 (6.83%) Law
7 33 (6.09%) Retail
8 23 (4.24%) Influencing Skills
8 23 (4.24%) Marketing
9 20 (3.69%) Banking
10 17 (3.14%) Manufacturing
11 16 (2.95%) Legal
12 10 (1.85%) Documentation Skills
13 8 (1.48%) Presentation Skills
14 7 (1.29%) Games
15 5 (0.92%) Billing
15 5 (0.92%) Legal Technology
15 5 (0.92%) Military
16 4 (0.74%) Health Technology
17 3 (0.55%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 140 (25.83%) Data Engineer
2 133 (24.54%) Architect
3 106 (19.56%) Senior
4 96 (17.71%) Data Architect
5 69 (12.73%) Analyst
6 52 (9.59%) Lead
7 51 (9.41%) Developer
8 31 (5.72%) Data Analyst
9 29 (5.35%) Senior Data Engineer
10 27 (4.98%) Senior Architect
11 24 (4.43%) Senior Data Architect
12 23 (4.24%) Business Analyst
13 20 (3.69%) Solutions Architect
14 17 (3.14%) Consultant
14 17 (3.14%) Software Engineer
15 15 (2.77%) Data Modeller
16 14 (2.58%) Financial Analyst
16 14 (2.58%) Senior Analyst
17 12 (2.21%) Business Intelligence Analyst
17 12 (2.21%) Business Intelligence Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 60 (11.07%) PySpark
2 47 (8.67%) Terraform
3 42 (7.75%) REST
4 39 (7.20%) Node.js
5 25 (4.61%) Kafka
6 17 (3.14%) CSS
7 16 (2.95%) React
8 15 (2.77%) JSON
9 14 (2.58%) Oracle Fusion
10 13 (2.40%) Lightning Web Components
11 11 (2.03%) Tailwind CSS
12 10 (1.85%) Middleware
13 9 (1.66%) RESTful
13 9 (1.66%) SOAP
14 8 (1.48%) .NET
15 7 (1.29%) Pandas
15 7 (1.29%) Spring
16 6 (1.11%) HTML
16 6 (1.11%) LangChain
16 6 (1.11%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 65 (11.99%) Cloud Native
2 45 (8.30%) Data Structures
3 22 (4.06%) Product Ownership
4 19 (3.51%) Distributed Systems
5 18 (3.32%) Management Information System
6 17 (3.14%) Social Media
7 12 (2.21%) Low-Code
7 12 (2.21%) Self-Motivation
8 11 (2.03%) Algorithms
8 11 (2.03%) Greenfield Project
9 10 (1.85%) Blog
9 10 (1.85%) Legacy Systems
10 9 (1.66%) Taxonomies
11 8 (1.48%) Enterprise Software
11 8 (1.48%) Reference Data
12 7 (1.29%) AI Agents
12 7 (1.29%) Analytical Mindset
12 7 (1.29%) Video\Live Streaming
13 6 (1.11%) Onboarding
14 5 (0.92%) Distributed Computing
Operating Systems
1 4 (0.74%) Windows
2 2 (0.37%) Linux
3 1 (0.18%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 250 (46.13%) Analytics
2 217 (40.04%) Business Intelligence
3 192 (35.42%) AI
4 173 (31.92%) Data Architecture
5 161 (29.70%) Decision-Making
6 159 (29.34%) Data Engineering
7 144 (26.57%) Agile
8 136 (25.09%) Data Pipeline
9 135 (24.91%) CI/CD
10 134 (24.72%) Data Strategy
11 132 (24.35%) Data Governance
11 132 (24.35%) ETL
12 129 (23.80%) Problem-Solving
13 96 (17.71%) Machine Learning
14 89 (16.42%) Roadmaps
15 87 (16.05%) DevOps
16 83 (15.31%) Mentoring
17 78 (14.39%) Stakeholder Engagement
18 77 (14.21%) Technical Leadership
19 75 (13.84%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 266 (49.08%) SQL
2 214 (39.48%) Python
3 38 (7.01%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 27 (4.98%) Java
5 26 (4.80%) JavaScript
6 24 (4.43%) TypeScript
7 23 (4.24%) Scala
8 20 (3.69%) C#
9 18 (3.32%) Bicep
9 18 (3.32%) T-SQL
10 11 (2.03%) Apex Code
11 9 (1.66%) Kusto Query Language
12 8 (1.48%) Go
13 7 (1.29%) PowerShell
14 6 (1.11%) R
15 5 (0.92%) Bash
16 4 (0.74%) C++
16 4 (0.74%) SPARQL
17 3 (0.55%) Groovy
17 3 (0.55%) VBA
Qualifications
1 71 (13.10%) Security Cleared
2 58 (10.70%) Degree
3 50 (9.23%) SC Cleared
4 28 (5.17%) Azure Certification
5 23 (4.24%) Microsoft Certification
6 17 (3.14%) Computer Science Degree
7 16 (2.95%) SnowPro
8 14 (2.58%) DV Cleared
9 10 (1.85%) BPSS Clearance
10 9 (1.66%) CIPD
11 8 (1.48%) TOGAF Certification
12 7 (1.29%) AWS Certification
13 6 (1.11%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
13 6 (1.11%) DBS Check
14 5 (0.92%) Master's Degree
15 3 (0.55%) PMI Certification
16 2 (0.37%) IIBA
17 1 (0.18%) CBAP
17 1 (0.18%) PMP
17 1 (0.18%) SSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 200 (36.90%) Data Quality
2 44 (8.12%) GDPR
3 24 (4.43%) QA
4 23 (4.24%) Accessibility
5 8 (1.48%) California Consumer Privacy Act
6 4 (0.74%) IFRS
6 4 (0.74%) IFRS 17
6 4 (0.74%) PERC
6 4 (0.74%) Solvency II
7 3 (0.55%) MiFID
7 3 (0.55%) UCITS
8 2 (0.37%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 1 (0.18%) Actionable Recommendations
9 1 (0.18%) EU AI Act
9 1 (0.18%) HIPAA
9 1 (0.18%) PMO
System Software
1 34 (6.27%) Docker
Systems Management
1 15 (2.77%) Kubernetes
2 4 (0.74%) Ansible
3 3 (0.55%) Packer
4 1 (0.18%) Consul
4 1 (0.18%) QRadar
Vendors
1 163 (30.07%) Microsoft
2 99 (18.27%) Databricks
3 44 (8.12%) Oracle
4 35 (6.46%) SAP
5 30 (5.54%) Salesforce
6 11 (2.03%) Informatica
7 10 (1.85%) Google
8 7 (1.29%) HubSpot
8 7 (1.29%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
9 6 (1.11%) MuleSoft
9 6 (1.11%) OpenAI
10 5 (0.92%) Infor
10 5 (0.92%) ServiceNow
11 4 (0.74%) Epicor
11 4 (0.74%) Foundry
11 4 (0.74%) IBM
11 4 (0.74%) IFS
11 4 (0.74%) Talend
12 3 (0.55%) BiZZdesign
12 3 (0.55%) Bloomberg