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

6 months to
26 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 81 116 89
Rank change year-on-year +35 -27 +14
Permanent jobs citing Data Modelling 506 473 851
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 3.24% 2.90% 3.32%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.74% 3.08% 3.57%
Number of salaries quoted 310 222 621
10th Percentile £46,250 £43,875 £41,250
25th Percentile £56,313 £51,899 £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 £80,938 £85,000
90th Percentile £110,000 £96,700 £97,500
UK median annual salary £70,932 £64,750 £65,000
% change year-on-year +9.55% -0.38% -

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 13,531 15,358 23,812
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 86.74% 94.12% 92.96%
Number of salaries quoted 8,591 9,036 19,564
10th Percentile £30,000 £36,250 £35,000
25th Percentile £42,500 £47,500 £43,750
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 £82,500 £77,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £102,500 £96,250
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year -8.33% +4.35% -8.00%

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 26 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 30 (5.93%) Apache Airflow
2 23 (4.55%) Apache
3 15 (2.96%) Apache Spark
4 14 (2.77%) Confluence
5 5 (0.99%) CMS
6 4 (0.79%) SharePoint
7 2 (0.40%) Mendix
7 2 (0.40%) Microsoft Exchange
7 2 (0.40%) SAS
8 1 (0.20%) Camunda
8 1 (0.20%) Luigi
Applications
1 31 (6.13%) Microsoft Excel
2 6 (1.19%) Chatbot
2 6 (1.19%) Microsoft Office
3 3 (0.59%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 3 (0.59%) MS Visio
3 3 (0.59%) 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 (1.78%) Dynamics CRM
1 9 (1.78%) NetSuite
2 6 (1.19%) Markit EDM
3 1 (0.20%) Aladdin
3 1 (0.20%) SAP S/4HANA
3 1 (0.20%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 322 (63.64%) Azure
2 122 (24.11%) AWS
2 122 (24.11%) Snowflake
3 105 (20.75%) Power Platform
4 94 (18.58%) Azure DevOps
5 91 (17.98%) Azure Data Factory
6 74 (14.62%) Azure Synapse Analytics
7 72 (14.23%) GitHub
8 62 (12.25%) GCP
9 59 (11.66%) dbt
10 48 (9.49%) GitHub Copilot
11 46 (9.09%) Serverless
12 43 (8.50%) SaaS
13 31 (6.13%) Amazon S3
14 24 (4.74%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
15 22 (4.35%) Salesforce Service Cloud
16 17 (3.36%) AWS Lambda
17 13 (2.57%) PowerApps
18 12 (2.37%) Power Automate
18 12 (2.37%) Salesforce Einstein
Communications & Networking
1 2 (0.40%) Broadband
2 1 (0.20%) ADSL
2 1 (0.20%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 180 (35.57%) Data Warehouse
2 97 (19.17%) Power BI
3 82 (16.21%) Data Lake
4 65 (12.85%) Metadata
5 44 (8.70%) Azure SQL Database
6 36 (7.11%) Tableau
7 32 (6.32%) SQL Server
8 24 (4.74%) Snowflake Schema
8 24 (4.74%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 22 (4.35%) MySQL
10 21 (4.15%) Amazon Redshift
10 21 (4.15%) NoSQL
11 17 (3.36%) Data Vault
12 16 (3.16%) BigQuery
12 16 (3.16%) Data Mining
12 16 (3.16%) SQL Server Integration Services
13 15 (2.96%) Delta Lake
13 15 (2.96%) Relational Database
14 12 (2.37%) Amazon Athena
14 12 (2.37%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
Development Applications
1 41 (8.10%) Git
2 38 (7.51%) JIRA
3 18 (3.56%) ERwin
4 17 (3.36%) ER Studio
5 6 (1.19%) Jenkins
6 5 (0.99%) git-flow
7 4 (0.79%) PowerDesigner
8 1 (0.20%) Cucumber
8 1 (0.20%) SonarQube
8 1 (0.20%) SpecFlow
General
1 194 (38.34%) Finance
2 183 (36.17%) Social Skills
3 130 (25.69%) Analytical Skills
4 49 (9.68%) Public Sector
5 31 (6.13%) Marketing
6 29 (5.73%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 26 (5.14%) Retail
8 22 (4.35%) Law
9 12 (2.37%) Presentation Skills
10 10 (1.98%) Banking
11 9 (1.78%) Legal
11 9 (1.78%) Publishing
12 8 (1.58%) Advertising
12 8 (1.58%) Influencing Skills
13 7 (1.38%) Manufacturing
14 5 (0.99%) Back Office
14 5 (0.99%) Organisational Skills
14 5 (0.99%) Retail Banking
15 4 (0.79%) Documentation Skills
15 4 (0.79%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 143 (28.26%) Architect
2 118 (23.32%) Senior
3 110 (21.74%) Data Engineer
4 101 (19.96%) Data Architect
5 58 (11.46%) Developer
6 41 (8.10%) Analyst
7 40 (7.91%) Senior Data Engineer
8 38 (7.51%) Lead
9 20 (3.95%) Data Analyst
10 19 (3.75%) Lead Data Engineer
11 18 (3.56%) Senior Architect
11 18 (3.56%) Senior Data Architect
12 17 (3.36%) Azure Engineer
13 16 (3.16%) Consultant
13 16 (3.16%) Solutions Architect
14 14 (2.77%) Business Analyst
14 14 (2.77%) Data Modeller
15 13 (2.57%) Applications Architect
15 13 (2.57%) Platform Engineer
16 12 (2.37%) Salesforce Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 47 (9.29%) REST
2 38 (7.51%) SOAP
3 34 (6.72%) Lightning Web Components
4 29 (5.73%) Kafka
5 24 (4.74%) .NET
6 23 (4.55%) PySpark
7 16 (3.16%) Middleware
8 15 (2.96%) CSS
9 14 (2.77%) HTML
10 13 (2.57%) JSON
11 12 (2.37%) React
11 12 (2.37%) Visualforce
11 12 (2.37%) XML
12 8 (1.58%) RabbitMQ
12 8 (1.58%) YAML
13 7 (1.38%) AWS CDK
14 6 (1.19%) Node.js
15 5 (0.99%) Material-UI
16 4 (0.79%) gRPC
16 4 (0.79%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 51 (10.08%) Cloud Native
2 49 (9.68%) Product Ownership
3 25 (4.94%) Enterprise Software
4 24 (4.74%) Data Structures
5 22 (4.35%) Management Information System
6 17 (3.36%) Analytical Mindset
7 14 (2.77%) Legacy Systems
8 9 (1.78%) Greenfield Project
8 9 (1.78%) Public Cloud
8 9 (1.78%) Self-Motivation
9 8 (1.58%) FMCG
10 6 (1.19%) Reference Data
11 5 (0.99%) Distributed Systems
11 5 (0.99%) Onboarding
11 5 (0.99%) Virtual Team
12 4 (0.79%) Reinsurance
13 3 (0.59%) AI Agents
13 3 (0.59%) Distributed Computing
13 3 (0.59%) Low-Code
13 3 (0.59%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 7 (1.38%) Android
2 4 (0.79%) Apple iOS
2 4 (0.79%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 216 (42.69%) Analytics
2 210 (41.50%) Agile
3 173 (34.19%) DevOps
4 170 (33.60%) ETL
5 167 (33.00%) Data Engineering
6 156 (30.83%) CI/CD
7 150 (29.64%) Data Architecture
8 129 (25.49%) Data Governance
9 128 (25.30%) AI
10 127 (25.10%) Business Intelligence
10 127 (25.10%) Mentoring
11 119 (23.52%) Data Pipeline
12 109 (21.54%) Coaching
13 105 (20.75%) Data Integration
13 105 (20.75%) Problem-Solving
14 97 (19.17%) Continuous Improvement
15 82 (16.21%) Data Management
16 79 (15.61%) Asset Management
17 74 (14.62%) Clean Code
18 73 (14.43%) Data Strategy
Programming Languages
1 233 (46.05%) SQL
2 201 (39.72%) Python
3 50 (9.88%) Java
4 49 (9.68%) JavaScript
5 45 (8.89%) C#
6 36 (7.11%) TypeScript
7 35 (6.92%) Apex Code
8 30 (5.93%) Scala
9 23 (4.55%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 22 (4.35%) PowerShell
11 15 (2.96%) T-SQL
12 10 (1.98%) Bash
13 9 (1.78%) R
14 6 (1.19%) Kotlin
15 5 (0.99%) PHP
16 3 (0.59%) Swift
17 2 (0.40%) Bicep
17 2 (0.40%) Go
17 2 (0.40%) SOQL
17 2 (0.40%) SOSL
Qualifications
1 80 (15.81%) Degree
2 51 (10.08%) Computer Science Degree
3 37 (7.31%) Security Cleared
4 34 (6.72%) Azure Certification
4 34 (6.72%) SC Cleared
5 28 (5.53%) AWS Certification
5 28 (5.53%) Microsoft Certification
6 25 (4.94%) TOGAF Certification
7 24 (4.74%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
8 12 (2.37%) Six Sigma Green Belt
9 9 (1.78%) ACCA
9 9 (1.78%) CIMA
10 7 (1.38%) Master's Degree
11 5 (0.99%) DBS Check
11 5 (0.99%) SnowPro
12 2 (0.40%) BPSS Clearance
12 2 (0.40%) DV Cleared
13 1 (0.20%) PMI Certification
13 1 (0.20%) PMP
13 1 (0.20%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 93 (18.38%) Data Quality
2 45 (8.89%) Accessibility
3 13 (2.57%) Actionable Recommendations
3 13 (2.57%) QA
4 12 (2.37%) GDPR
5 5 (0.99%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 1 (0.20%) ISO 13485
6 1 (0.20%) P3O
6 1 (0.20%) PCI DSS
6 1 (0.20%) PMO
System Software
1 7 (1.38%) Docker
2 6 (1.19%) Active Directory
3 2 (0.40%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 35 (6.92%) Terraform
2 6 (1.19%) Kubernetes
3 3 (0.59%) Control-M
4 1 (0.20%) Ansible
4 1 (0.20%) Progress Chef
4 1 (0.20%) Puppet
Vendors
1 144 (28.46%) Microsoft
2 104 (20.55%) Databricks
3 48 (9.49%) Salesforce
4 26 (5.14%) Google
5 13 (2.57%) Informatica
6 11 (2.17%) IBM
7 10 (1.98%) MuleSoft
8 9 (1.78%) SAP
8 9 (1.78%) Talend
9 8 (1.58%) Oracle
10 4 (0.79%) Ab Initio
10 4 (0.79%) ServiceNow
11 3 (0.59%) BMC
11 3 (0.59%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
11 3 (0.59%) Sparx
12 2 (0.40%) Foundry
12 2 (0.40%) iManage
12 2 (0.40%) OpenAI
12 2 (0.40%) OutSystems
12 2 (0.40%) Zend