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 1 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 93 115 95
Rank change year-on-year +22 -20 +38
Permanent jobs citing Data Modelling 426 530 692
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 2.82% 2.75% 3.32%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.12% 3.03% 3.50%
Number of salaries quoted 258 262 483
10th Percentile £47,500 £42,625 £42,069
25th Percentile £56,625 £53,750 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £68,000 £69,650 £67,500
Median % change year-on-year -2.37% +3.19% +3.85%
75th Percentile £86,250 £82,500 £85,000
90th Percentile £109,125 £96,125 £97,500
UK median annual salary £70,000 £65,000 £67,500
% change year-on-year +7.69% -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 13,636 17,488 19,782
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 90.23% 90.62% 95.00%
Number of salaries quoted 8,573 10,553 16,034
10th Percentile £29,250 £36,250 £36,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £46,250 £46,306
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £62,500 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -8.00% - -
75th Percentile £77,500 £81,250 £80,070
90th Percentile £97,500 £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 1 December 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 18 (4.23%) Apache
2 13 (3.05%) Apache Airflow
2 13 (3.05%) Apache Spark
2 13 (3.05%) Confluence
3 5 (1.17%) SharePoint
4 3 (0.70%) SAS
5 2 (0.47%) CMS
5 2 (0.47%) Mendix
6 1 (0.23%) Luigi
Applications
1 31 (7.28%) Microsoft Excel
2 5 (1.17%) Chatbot
2 5 (1.17%) Microsoft Office
2 5 (1.17%) MS Visio
3 3 (0.70%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.23%) Microsoft Project
4 1 (0.23%) Notion
4 1 (0.23%) PlantUML
4 1 (0.23%) Sketch
4 1 (0.23%) Spreadsheet
4 1 (0.23%) Trello
Business Applications
1 5 (1.17%) Dynamics CRM
2 3 (0.70%) Markit EDM
2 3 (0.70%) NetSuite
3 1 (0.23%) Aladdin
3 1 (0.23%) Elite 3E
3 1 (0.23%) SAP S/4HANA
3 1 (0.23%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
3 1 (0.23%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 255 (59.86%) Azure
2 104 (24.41%) Snowflake
3 97 (22.77%) Power Platform
4 91 (21.36%) AWS
5 67 (15.73%) Azure DevOps
6 58 (13.62%) GitHub
7 53 (12.44%) Azure Data Factory
8 44 (10.33%) Azure Synapse Analytics
8 44 (10.33%) GCP
9 43 (10.09%) dbt
9 43 (10.09%) SaaS
10 41 (9.62%) Serverless
11 39 (9.15%) GitHub Copilot
12 24 (5.63%) Amazon S3
13 22 (5.16%) AWS Lambda
14 16 (3.76%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
15 15 (3.52%) PowerApps
16 14 (3.29%) Power Automate
16 14 (3.29%) Salesforce Service Cloud
17 13 (3.05%) AWS CloudFormation
Communications & Networking
1 2 (0.47%) Broadband
2 1 (0.23%) ADSL
2 1 (0.23%) Internet
2 1 (0.23%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 181 (42.49%) Data Warehouse
2 93 (21.83%) Power BI
3 69 (16.20%) Data Lake
4 39 (9.15%) Metadata
5 33 (7.75%) Azure SQL Database
6 32 (7.51%) SQL Server
7 26 (6.10%) Snowflake Schema
8 24 (5.63%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 23 (5.40%) Tableau
10 20 (4.69%) Data Vault
11 18 (4.23%) Amazon Redshift
12 16 (3.76%) MySQL
12 16 (3.76%) Relational Database
13 13 (3.05%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
13 13 (3.05%) SQL Server Integration Services
14 12 (2.82%) BigQuery
14 12 (2.82%) NoSQL
14 12 (2.82%) Power Query
15 11 (2.58%) Data Mining
16 9 (2.11%) DynamoDB
Development Applications
1 39 (9.15%) JIRA
2 25 (5.87%) Git
3 16 (3.76%) ER Studio
4 15 (3.52%) ERwin
5 5 (1.17%) git-flow
6 4 (0.94%) Jenkins
6 4 (0.94%) PowerDesigner
7 1 (0.23%) SonarQube
General
1 163 (38.26%) Social Skills
2 155 (36.38%) Finance
3 108 (25.35%) Analytical Skills
4 34 (7.98%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 26 (6.10%) Public Sector
6 24 (5.63%) Law
6 24 (5.63%) Retail
7 23 (5.40%) Marketing
8 17 (3.99%) Presentation Skills
9 12 (2.82%) Banking
10 9 (2.11%) Legal
10 9 (2.11%) Manufacturing
11 8 (1.88%) Advertising
12 6 (1.41%) Pharmaceutical
13 5 (1.17%) Retail Banking
13 5 (1.17%) Tech for Good
14 4 (0.94%) Back Office
14 4 (0.94%) Billing
14 4 (0.94%) Investment Banking
15 3 (0.70%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 114 (26.76%) Architect
2 91 (21.36%) Senior
3 89 (20.89%) Data Architect
4 80 (18.78%) Data Engineer
5 52 (12.21%) Developer
6 45 (10.56%) Analyst
7 33 (7.75%) Senior Data Engineer
8 30 (7.04%) Lead
9 18 (4.23%) Business Analyst
10 16 (3.76%) Consultant
11 15 (3.52%) Azure Architect
11 15 (3.52%) Azure Data Architect
11 15 (3.52%) Solutions Architect
12 13 (3.05%) Data Manager
13 12 (2.82%) Azure Engineer
13 12 (2.82%) Business Manager
13 12 (2.82%) Data Modeller
13 12 (2.82%) Insight Manager
14 11 (2.58%) Data Analyst
14 11 (2.58%) Python Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 36 (8.45%) REST
2 26 (6.10%) SOAP
3 25 (5.87%) Lightning Web Components
4 19 (4.46%) .NET
5 17 (3.99%) JSON
6 16 (3.76%) Kafka
7 15 (3.52%) CSS
7 15 (3.52%) HTML
8 13 (3.05%) XML
9 11 (2.58%) Middleware
10 8 (1.88%) React
10 8 (1.88%) Visualforce
11 7 (1.64%) AWS CDK
12 6 (1.41%) PySpark
12 6 (1.41%) RabbitMQ
12 6 (1.41%) RESTful
13 5 (1.17%) Material-UI
13 5 (1.17%) YAML
14 4 (0.94%) ADO
15 3 (0.70%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 43 (10.09%) Product Ownership
2 38 (8.92%) Cloud Native
3 17 (3.99%) Data Structures
3 17 (3.99%) Enterprise Software
4 16 (3.76%) Analytical Mindset
4 16 (3.76%) Management Information System
5 12 (2.82%) Legacy Systems
6 6 (1.41%) Virtual Team
7 5 (1.17%) Data Protection Act
7 5 (1.17%) Reference Data
8 4 (0.94%) Distributed Systems
8 4 (0.94%) Reinsurance
9 3 (0.70%) e-Learning
9 3 (0.70%) Hybrid Cloud
9 3 (0.70%) Legacy Code
9 3 (0.70%) Low-Code
9 3 (0.70%) Self-Motivation
9 3 (0.70%) Video Conferencing
10 2 (0.47%) Market Risk
10 2 (0.47%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 4 (0.94%) Android
2 3 (0.70%) Apple iOS
3 2 (0.47%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 180 (42.25%) Agile
1 180 (42.25%) Analytics
2 144 (33.80%) ETL
3 131 (30.75%) Data Engineering
4 122 (28.64%) DevOps
5 119 (27.93%) Business Intelligence
6 118 (27.70%) Data Architecture
7 112 (26.29%) CI/CD
8 111 (26.06%) AI
9 109 (25.59%) Mentoring
10 105 (24.65%) Data Integration
11 91 (21.36%) Data Governance
11 91 (21.36%) Problem-Solving
12 88 (20.66%) Continuous Improvement
13 86 (20.19%) Data Pipeline
14 78 (18.31%) Coaching
15 73 (17.14%) Data Management
16 65 (15.26%) Migration
17 63 (14.79%) Decision-Making
18 62 (14.55%) Clean Code
Programming Languages
1 199 (46.71%) SQL
2 148 (34.74%) Python
3 37 (8.69%) JavaScript
4 36 (8.45%) Data Analysis Expressions
5 35 (8.22%) Java
6 33 (7.75%) C#
7 26 (6.10%) TypeScript
8 25 (5.87%) Apex Code
9 19 (4.46%) Scala
10 15 (3.52%) PowerShell
11 8 (1.88%) R
11 8 (1.88%) T-SQL
12 5 (1.17%) Bash
12 5 (1.17%) PL/SQL
13 4 (0.94%) Fortran
13 4 (0.94%) Go
13 4 (0.94%) Kotlin
13 4 (0.94%) PHP
14 3 (0.70%) Swift
15 2 (0.47%) VBA
Qualifications
1 60 (14.08%) Degree
2 37 (8.69%) Computer Science Degree
3 25 (5.87%) Azure Certification
3 25 (5.87%) Microsoft Certification
4 24 (5.63%) AWS Certification
5 19 (4.46%) Security Cleared
6 18 (4.23%) SC Cleared
7 17 (3.99%) TOGAF Certification
8 16 (3.76%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 12 (2.82%) Six Sigma Green Belt
10 8 (1.88%) Master's Degree
11 7 (1.64%) SnowPro
12 6 (1.41%) DBS Check
13 3 (0.70%) ACCA
13 3 (0.70%) CIMA
14 2 (0.47%) PhD
14 2 (0.47%) PMI Certification
14 2 (0.47%) PMP
15 1 (0.23%) ITIL Certification
15 1 (0.23%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 55 (12.91%) Data Quality
2 42 (9.86%) Accessibility
3 15 (3.52%) QA
4 14 (3.29%) GDPR
5 13 (3.05%) Actionable Recommendations
6 1 (0.23%) HIPAA
6 1 (0.23%) ISO 13485
6 1 (0.23%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 1 (0.23%) P3O
6 1 (0.23%) PCI DSS
6 1 (0.23%) PMO
System Software
1 4 (0.94%) Docker
2 2 (0.47%) Firmware
3 1 (0.23%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 21 (4.93%) Terraform
2 3 (0.70%) Kubernetes
3 1 (0.23%) Ansible
3 1 (0.23%) Progress Chef
3 1 (0.23%) Puppet
Vendors
1 126 (29.58%) Microsoft
2 82 (19.25%) Databricks
3 34 (7.98%) Salesforce
4 21 (4.93%) Google
5 13 (3.05%) Oracle
6 11 (2.58%) Informatica
7 8 (1.88%) MuleSoft
7 8 (1.88%) Talend
8 7 (1.64%) IBM
8 7 (1.64%) SAP
9 4 (0.94%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
9 4 (0.94%) ServiceNow
10 3 (0.70%) Cloudera
11 2 (0.47%) Alteryx
11 2 (0.47%) Foundry
11 2 (0.47%) OutSystems
11 2 (0.47%) Palantir
11 2 (0.47%) Samsung
11 2 (0.47%) Zend
12 1 (0.23%) Intapp