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 15 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 104 116 93
Rank change year-on-year +12 -23 +43
Permanent jobs citing Data Modelling 432 519 722
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 2.76% 2.61% 3.30%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.00% 2.94% 3.47%
Number of salaries quoted 279 252 510
10th Percentile £47,250 £43,750 £42,069
25th Percentile £56,750 £56,250 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £70,000 £67,500
Median % change year-on-year -7.14% +3.70% -
75th Percentile £85,000 £82,500 £85,000
90th Percentile £107,750 £95,000 £97,500
UK median annual salary £70,000 £67,500 £67,500
% change year-on-year +3.70% - +3.85%

All Process and 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 14,377 17,627 20,780
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 91.87% 88.62% 94.99%
Number of salaries quoted 8,785 10,527 16,788
10th Percentile £29,500 £36,250 £36,750
25th Percentile £40,000 £46,250 £46,521
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £62,500 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -8.00% - -
75th Percentile £77,500 £81,250 £80,406
90th Percentile £98,750 £100,000 £97,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -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 15 November 2025.

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 19 (4.40%) Apache
2 16 (3.70%) Confluence
3 14 (3.24%) Apache Airflow
4 12 (2.78%) Apache Spark
5 6 (1.39%) SharePoint
6 5 (1.16%) SAS
7 2 (0.46%) Mendix
8 1 (0.23%) CMS
8 1 (0.23%) Luigi
Applications
1 33 (7.64%) Microsoft Excel
2 5 (1.16%) Chatbot
3 4 (0.93%) Microsoft Office
3 4 (0.93%) MS Visio
4 3 (0.69%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 2 (0.46%) Trello
6 1 (0.23%) Microsoft Project
6 1 (0.23%) Notion
6 1 (0.23%) PlantUML
6 1 (0.23%) Sketch
6 1 (0.23%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 8 (1.85%) Dynamics CRM
2 3 (0.69%) Shopify
2 3 (0.69%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
3 2 (0.46%) Markit EDM
4 1 (0.23%) Aladdin
4 1 (0.23%) Dynamics GP
4 1 (0.23%) Elite 3E
4 1 (0.23%) NetSuite
4 1 (0.23%) Salesforce CRM
4 1 (0.23%) SAP HCM
4 1 (0.23%) SAP HR
4 1 (0.23%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 237 (54.86%) Azure
2 108 (25.00%) Power Platform
3 91 (21.06%) AWS
4 90 (20.83%) Snowflake
5 54 (12.50%) Azure DevOps
6 49 (11.34%) Azure Data Factory
7 48 (11.11%) GitHub
8 47 (10.88%) SaaS
9 43 (9.95%) GCP
10 40 (9.26%) Azure Synapse Analytics
10 40 (9.26%) Serverless
11 34 (7.87%) dbt
12 28 (6.48%) GitHub Copilot
13 23 (5.32%) Amazon S3
14 22 (5.09%) AWS Lambda
15 16 (3.70%) Power Automate
15 16 (3.70%) PowerApps
16 14 (3.24%) AWS CloudFormation
17 13 (3.01%) Dynamics 365
18 12 (2.78%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 4 (0.93%) Broadband
2 1 (0.23%) ADSL
2 1 (0.23%) Internet
2 1 (0.23%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 168 (38.89%) Data Warehouse
2 100 (23.15%) Power BI
3 69 (15.97%) Data Lake
4 39 (9.03%) Metadata
5 34 (7.87%) SQL Server
6 32 (7.41%) Azure SQL Database
7 25 (5.79%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 24 (5.56%) Snowflake Schema
9 19 (4.40%) Amazon Redshift
9 19 (4.40%) Data Vault
9 19 (4.40%) Tableau
10 17 (3.94%) Power Query
11 16 (3.70%) Relational Database
12 15 (3.47%) MySQL
13 14 (3.24%) NoSQL
13 14 (3.24%) SQL Server Integration Services
14 13 (3.01%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
15 12 (2.78%) BigQuery
16 11 (2.55%) Data Mining
17 9 (2.08%) DynamoDB
Development Applications
1 40 (9.26%) JIRA
2 21 (4.86%) Git
3 17 (3.94%) ER Studio
4 16 (3.70%) ERwin
5 5 (1.16%) git-flow
6 4 (0.93%) Jenkins
6 4 (0.93%) PowerDesigner
7 1 (0.23%) LSMW
7 1 (0.23%) SonarQube
7 1 (0.23%) Subversion
General
1 163 (37.73%) Social Skills
2 148 (34.26%) Finance
3 103 (23.84%) Analytical Skills
4 41 (9.49%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 30 (6.94%) Public Sector
6 23 (5.32%) Law
7 21 (4.86%) Retail
8 20 (4.63%) Marketing
9 18 (4.17%) Banking
10 17 (3.94%) Presentation Skills
11 10 (2.31%) Manufacturing
12 9 (2.08%) Legal
13 7 (1.62%) Advertising
14 6 (1.39%) Investment Banking
14 6 (1.39%) Pharmaceutical
15 5 (1.16%) Retail Banking
15 5 (1.16%) Tech for Good
16 4 (0.93%) Back Office
16 4 (0.93%) Billing
17 3 (0.69%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 113 (26.16%) Architect
2 89 (20.60%) Senior
3 85 (19.68%) Data Architect
4 84 (19.44%) Data Engineer
5 54 (12.50%) Developer
6 51 (11.81%) Analyst
7 34 (7.87%) Lead
7 34 (7.87%) Senior Data Engineer
8 22 (5.09%) Business Analyst
9 17 (3.94%) Solutions Architect
10 16 (3.70%) Azure Architect
11 15 (3.47%) Azure Data Architect
11 15 (3.47%) Data Manager
12 14 (3.24%) Business Intelligence Analyst
12 14 (3.24%) Consultant
13 13 (3.01%) Data Modeller
13 13 (3.01%) Python Engineer
14 12 (2.78%) Business Intelligence Lead
14 12 (2.78%) Business Manager
14 12 (2.78%) Insight Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 29 (6.71%) REST
2 21 (4.86%) .NET
2 21 (4.86%) Lightning Web Components
3 19 (4.40%) SOAP
4 18 (4.17%) JSON
5 16 (3.70%) CSS
5 16 (3.70%) HTML
5 16 (3.70%) Kafka
6 13 (3.01%) XML
7 10 (2.31%) Middleware
8 9 (2.08%) Visualforce
9 7 (1.62%) AWS CDK
9 7 (1.62%) React
10 6 (1.39%) PySpark
10 6 (1.39%) RabbitMQ
10 6 (1.39%) RESTful
11 5 (1.16%) Material-UI
12 4 (0.93%) ADO
13 3 (0.69%) jQuery
13 3 (0.69%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 35 (8.10%) Product Ownership
2 34 (7.87%) Cloud Native
3 18 (4.17%) Management Information System
4 17 (3.94%) Data Structures
4 17 (3.94%) Enterprise Software
4 17 (3.94%) Legacy Systems
5 14 (3.24%) Analytical Mindset
6 6 (1.39%) Data Protection Act
6 6 (1.39%) Reinsurance
6 6 (1.39%) Virtual Team
7 5 (1.16%) Distributed Systems
7 5 (1.16%) Reference Data
8 4 (0.93%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
8 4 (0.93%) Hybrid Cloud
8 4 (0.93%) Legacy Code
8 4 (0.93%) Market Risk
9 3 (0.69%) CMDB
9 3 (0.69%) e-Learning
9 3 (0.69%) IoT
9 3 (0.69%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 4 (0.93%) Android
2 3 (0.69%) Apple iOS
2 3 (0.69%) Windows
3 1 (0.23%) Linux
3 1 (0.23%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 172 (39.81%) Analytics
2 169 (39.12%) Agile
3 151 (34.95%) ETL
4 128 (29.63%) Data Engineering
5 121 (28.01%) Business Intelligence
6 112 (25.93%) Data Architecture
7 109 (25.23%) DevOps
7 109 (25.23%) Mentoring
8 100 (23.15%) AI
9 99 (22.92%) Data Integration
10 97 (22.45%) CI/CD
11 94 (21.76%) Data Governance
12 88 (20.37%) Problem-Solving
13 83 (19.21%) Data Pipeline
14 78 (18.06%) Continuous Improvement
15 75 (17.36%) Data Management
16 71 (16.44%) Decision-Making
17 62 (14.35%) Coaching
17 62 (14.35%) Migration
18 55 (12.73%) Data Science
Programming Languages
1 206 (47.69%) SQL
2 148 (34.26%) Python
3 41 (9.49%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 35 (8.10%) Java
4 35 (8.10%) JavaScript
5 32 (7.41%) C#
6 24 (5.56%) TypeScript
7 20 (4.63%) Apex Code
7 20 (4.63%) Scala
8 13 (3.01%) PowerShell
9 11 (2.55%) R
10 9 (2.08%) T-SQL
11 5 (1.16%) Bash
11 5 (1.16%) PL/SQL
12 4 (0.93%) Fortran
12 4 (0.93%) Go
12 4 (0.93%) Kotlin
12 4 (0.93%) PHP
12 4 (0.93%) VBA
13 3 (0.69%) Swift
Qualifications
1 58 (13.43%) Degree
2 38 (8.80%) Computer Science Degree
3 25 (5.79%) Azure Certification
4 24 (5.56%) Microsoft Certification
5 22 (5.09%) AWS Certification
6 19 (4.40%) Security Cleared
7 17 (3.94%) SC Cleared
8 16 (3.70%) TOGAF Certification
9 14 (3.24%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 12 (2.78%) Six Sigma Green Belt
11 9 (2.08%) Master's Degree
12 7 (1.62%) DBS Check
13 6 (1.39%) SnowPro
14 4 (0.93%) PMI Certification
14 4 (0.93%) PMP
15 3 (0.69%) CFA
15 3 (0.69%) ITIL Certification
16 2 (0.46%) CITP
16 2 (0.46%) PhD
17 1 (0.23%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 53 (12.27%) Data Quality
2 34 (7.87%) Accessibility
3 22 (5.09%) GDPR
4 14 (3.24%) QA
5 13 (3.01%) Actionable Recommendations
6 3 (0.69%) HIPAA
7 2 (0.46%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 1 (0.23%) ISO 13485
8 1 (0.23%) P3O
8 1 (0.23%) PCI DSS
8 1 (0.23%) PMO
System Software
1 4 (0.93%) Docker
2 2 (0.46%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 20 (4.63%) Terraform
2 3 (0.69%) Kubernetes
3 2 (0.46%) Ansible
4 1 (0.23%) Grafana
4 1 (0.23%) Progress Chef
4 1 (0.23%) Prometheus
4 1 (0.23%) Puppet
Vendors
1 125 (28.94%) Microsoft
2 79 (18.29%) Databricks
3 30 (6.94%) Salesforce
4 23 (5.32%) Google
5 13 (3.01%) Informatica
6 12 (2.78%) Oracle
7 10 (2.31%) SAP
8 8 (1.85%) MuleSoft
8 8 (1.85%) Talend
9 6 (1.39%) IBM
9 6 (1.39%) ServiceNow
10 4 (0.93%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
11 3 (0.69%) Cloudera
11 3 (0.69%) Murex
11 3 (0.69%) Sparx
12 2 (0.46%) Adobe
12 2 (0.46%) DocuSign
12 2 (0.46%) OutSystems
12 2 (0.46%) Palantir
12 2 (0.46%) Samsung