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

6 months to
6 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 77 115 102
Rank change year-on-year +38 -13 -2
Permanent jobs citing Data Modelling 529 471 835
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 3.31% 2.95% 3.05%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.82% 3.12% 3.28%
Number of salaries quoted 327 221 642
10th Percentile £45,962 £45,000 £41,250
25th Percentile £55,000 £52,500 £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 £80,000 £85,000
90th Percentile £110,000 £96,250 £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 13,845 15,075 25,445
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 86.66% 94.54% 92.80%
Number of salaries quoted 8,824 8,952 21,022
10th Percentile £30,000 £36,250 £34,751
25th Percentile £42,500 £47,500 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £63,000 £58,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +8.62% -7.20%
75th Percentile £80,000 £82,500 £77,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £102,500 £95,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -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 6 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 34 (6.43%) Apache Airflow
2 24 (4.54%) Apache
3 16 (3.02%) Apache Spark
4 14 (2.65%) Confluence
5 6 (1.13%) CMS
5 6 (1.13%) Microsoft Exchange
5 6 (1.13%) SharePoint
6 4 (0.76%) SAS
7 2 (0.38%) Mendix
7 2 (0.38%) Palantir Foundry
8 1 (0.19%) Camunda
8 1 (0.19%) Luigi
Applications
1 32 (6.05%) Microsoft Excel
2 7 (1.32%) Microsoft Office
3 6 (1.13%) Chatbot
4 3 (0.57%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 3 (0.57%) MS Visio
4 3 (0.57%) Sketch
5 1 (0.19%) Microsoft Project
5 1 (0.19%) Notion
5 1 (0.19%) PlantUML
5 1 (0.19%) Spreadsheet
5 1 (0.19%) SPSS
Business Applications
1 11 (2.08%) NetSuite
2 10 (1.89%) Dynamics CRM
3 6 (1.13%) Markit EDM
4 1 (0.19%) SAP S/4HANA
4 1 (0.19%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 332 (62.76%) Azure
2 125 (23.63%) AWS
3 120 (22.68%) Snowflake
4 114 (21.55%) Power Platform
5 97 (18.34%) Azure Data Factory
6 95 (17.96%) Azure DevOps
7 73 (13.80%) Azure Synapse Analytics
7 73 (13.80%) GitHub
8 64 (12.10%) GCP
9 63 (11.91%) dbt
10 48 (9.07%) GitHub Copilot
11 46 (8.70%) Serverless
12 45 (8.51%) SaaS
13 31 (5.86%) Amazon S3
14 26 (4.91%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
15 24 (4.54%) Salesforce Service Cloud
16 16 (3.02%) AWS Lambda
16 16 (3.02%) Microsoft 365
17 15 (2.84%) Power Automate
17 15 (2.84%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 3 (0.57%) Broadband
2 1 (0.19%) ADSL
2 1 (0.19%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 180 (34.03%) Data Warehouse
2 104 (19.66%) Power BI
3 79 (14.93%) Data Lake
4 69 (13.04%) Metadata
5 44 (8.32%) Azure SQL Database
6 40 (7.56%) Tableau
7 38 (7.18%) SQL Server
8 28 (5.29%) MySQL
8 28 (5.29%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 23 (4.35%) Snowflake Schema
10 21 (3.97%) Amazon Redshift
10 21 (3.97%) NoSQL
11 18 (3.40%) BigQuery
11 18 (3.40%) PostgreSQL
11 18 (3.40%) Relational Database
12 17 (3.21%) SQL Server Integration Services
13 16 (3.02%) Data Vault
14 15 (2.84%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
14 15 (2.84%) Data Mining
15 14 (2.65%) Delta Lake
Development Applications
1 41 (7.75%) Git
2 37 (6.99%) JIRA
3 18 (3.40%) ERwin
4 17 (3.21%) ER Studio
5 5 (0.95%) git-flow
5 5 (0.95%) Jenkins
6 4 (0.76%) PowerDesigner
7 1 (0.19%) Cucumber
7 1 (0.19%) SonarQube
7 1 (0.19%) SpecFlow
General
1 201 (38.00%) Finance
2 192 (36.29%) Social Skills
3 138 (26.09%) Analytical Skills
4 55 (10.40%) Public Sector
5 32 (6.05%) Marketing
6 31 (5.86%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 28 (5.29%) Retail
8 23 (4.35%) Law
9 12 (2.27%) Presentation Skills
10 11 (2.08%) Influencing Skills
10 11 (2.08%) Publishing
11 9 (1.70%) Banking
11 9 (1.70%) Legal
12 8 (1.51%) Advertising
13 6 (1.13%) Manufacturing
14 5 (0.95%) Back Office
14 5 (0.95%) Organisational Skills
14 5 (0.95%) Retail Banking
14 5 (0.95%) Telecoms
15 4 (0.76%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 144 (27.22%) Architect
2 120 (22.68%) Senior
3 111 (20.98%) Data Engineer
4 102 (19.28%) Data Architect
5 64 (12.10%) Developer
6 46 (8.70%) Analyst
7 45 (8.51%) Lead
8 40 (7.56%) Senior Data Engineer
9 26 (4.91%) Data Analyst
10 21 (3.97%) Lead Data Engineer
11 18 (3.40%) Senior Architect
11 18 (3.40%) Senior Data Architect
12 17 (3.21%) Azure Engineer
12 17 (3.21%) Consultant
13 16 (3.02%) Solutions Architect
14 14 (2.65%) Business Analyst
14 14 (2.65%) Data Modeller
14 14 (2.65%) Platform Engineer
14 14 (2.65%) Salesforce Developer
15 13 (2.46%) Full-Stack Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 50 (9.45%) REST
2 40 (7.56%) SOAP
3 36 (6.81%) Lightning Web Components
4 30 (5.67%) Kafka
5 27 (5.10%) .NET
6 23 (4.35%) PySpark
7 19 (3.59%) Middleware
8 17 (3.21%) JSON
9 15 (2.84%) CSS
9 15 (2.84%) React
10 14 (2.65%) HTML
10 14 (2.65%) Visualforce
10 14 (2.65%) XML
11 10 (1.89%) Node.js
12 8 (1.51%) RabbitMQ
12 8 (1.51%) YAML
13 6 (1.13%) AWS CDK
14 5 (0.95%) gRPC
14 5 (0.95%) Material-UI
14 5 (0.95%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 52 (9.83%) Cloud Native
2 50 (9.45%) Product Ownership
3 30 (5.67%) Data Structures
4 25 (4.73%) Enterprise Software
5 23 (4.35%) Management Information System
6 17 (3.21%) Analytical Mindset
7 16 (3.02%) Legacy Systems
8 14 (2.65%) Greenfield Project
9 10 (1.89%) FMCG
9 10 (1.89%) Self-Motivation
10 9 (1.70%) Onboarding
10 9 (1.70%) Public Cloud
11 8 (1.51%) Reference Data
12 6 (1.13%) Distributed Systems
13 5 (0.95%) Reinsurance
14 4 (0.76%) Virtual Team
15 3 (0.57%) AI Agents
15 3 (0.57%) Distributed Computing
15 3 (0.57%) Low-Code
15 3 (0.57%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 7 (1.32%) Android
2 4 (0.76%) Apple iOS
2 4 (0.76%) Windows
3 1 (0.19%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 225 (42.53%) Analytics
2 210 (39.70%) Agile
3 174 (32.89%) DevOps
4 173 (32.70%) Data Engineering
4 173 (32.70%) ETL
5 164 (31.00%) CI/CD
6 151 (28.54%) Data Architecture
7 134 (25.33%) Business Intelligence
8 132 (24.95%) Data Governance
8 132 (24.95%) Mentoring
9 130 (24.57%) AI
10 119 (22.50%) Data Pipeline
11 112 (21.17%) Problem-Solving
12 109 (20.60%) Coaching
13 106 (20.04%) Data Integration
14 97 (18.34%) Continuous Improvement
15 83 (15.69%) Data Management
16 82 (15.50%) Asset Management
17 77 (14.56%) Decision-Making
18 74 (13.99%) Data Strategy
Programming Languages
1 240 (45.37%) SQL
2 206 (38.94%) Python
3 55 (10.40%) JavaScript
4 53 (10.02%) Java
5 46 (8.70%) C#
6 38 (7.18%) TypeScript
7 37 (6.99%) Apex Code
8 28 (5.29%) Scala
9 27 (5.10%) PowerShell
10 23 (4.35%) Data Analysis Expressions
11 18 (3.40%) T-SQL
12 11 (2.08%) Bash
13 7 (1.32%) PHP
13 7 (1.32%) R
14 6 (1.13%) Kotlin
15 3 (0.57%) Swift
16 2 (0.38%) Go
16 2 (0.38%) SOQL
16 2 (0.38%) SOSL
16 2 (0.38%) VBA
Qualifications
1 87 (16.45%) Degree
2 53 (10.02%) Computer Science Degree
3 42 (7.94%) Security Cleared
4 39 (7.37%) SC Cleared
5 33 (6.24%) Azure Certification
6 27 (5.10%) AWS Certification
6 27 (5.10%) Microsoft Certification
7 25 (4.73%) TOGAF Certification
8 24 (4.54%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 12 (2.27%) Six Sigma Green Belt
10 11 (2.08%) ACCA
10 11 (2.08%) CIMA
11 8 (1.51%) Master's Degree
12 5 (0.95%) DBS Check
13 4 (0.76%) SnowPro
14 2 (0.38%) BPSS Clearance
14 2 (0.38%) DV Cleared
15 1 (0.19%) PMI Certification
15 1 (0.19%) PMP
15 1 (0.19%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 100 (18.90%) Data Quality
2 45 (8.51%) Accessibility
3 14 (2.65%) GDPR
4 13 (2.46%) Actionable Recommendations
4 13 (2.46%) QA
5 10 (1.89%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 1 (0.19%) ISO 13485
6 1 (0.19%) P3O
6 1 (0.19%) PCI DSS
6 1 (0.19%) PMO
System Software
1 10 (1.89%) Active Directory
1 10 (1.89%) Docker
2 2 (0.38%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 34 (6.43%) Terraform
2 6 (1.13%) Kubernetes
3 3 (0.57%) Control-M
4 2 (0.38%) Single Sign-On
5 1 (0.19%) Ansible
5 1 (0.19%) Grafana
5 1 (0.19%) Progress Chef
5 1 (0.19%) Prometheus
5 1 (0.19%) Puppet
Vendors
1 147 (27.79%) Microsoft
2 104 (19.66%) Databricks
3 52 (9.83%) Salesforce
4 25 (4.73%) Google
5 14 (2.65%) Informatica
6 12 (2.27%) MuleSoft
7 11 (2.08%) IBM
8 9 (1.70%) SAP
8 9 (1.70%) Talend
9 8 (1.51%) Oracle
10 4 (0.76%) Ab Initio
10 4 (0.76%) ServiceNow
11 3 (0.57%) BMC
11 3 (0.57%) Foundry
11 3 (0.57%) OpenAI
11 3 (0.57%) Palantir
11 3 (0.57%) Sparx
12 2 (0.38%) Cloudera
12 2 (0.38%) OutSystems
12 2 (0.38%) Zend