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

6 months to
16 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 96 118 93
Rank change year-on-year +22 -25 +42
Permanent jobs citing Data Modelling 431 514 722
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 2.79% 2.59% 3.29%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.04% 2.93% 3.47%
Number of salaries quoted 275 252 511
10th Percentile £47,500 £43,750 £42,069
25th Percentile £57,000 £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 £108,250 £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 14,167 17,552 20,818
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 91.78% 88.61% 94.97%
Number of salaries quoted 8,736 10,480 16,832
10th Percentile £29,500 £36,250 £36,750
25th Percentile £40,000 £46,250 £46,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £62,500 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -8.00% - -
75th Percentile £77,500 £81,250 £80,627
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 16 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 18 (4.18%) Apache
2 16 (3.71%) Confluence
3 13 (3.02%) Apache Airflow
4 11 (2.55%) 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 (7.66%) Microsoft Excel
2 5 (1.16%) Chatbot
3 4 (0.93%) Microsoft Office
3 4 (0.93%) MS Visio
4 3 (0.70%) 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 (1.86%) Dynamics CRM
2 3 (0.70%) Shopify
2 3 (0.70%) 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
1 239 (55.45%) Azure
2 108 (25.06%) Power Platform
3 92 (21.35%) Snowflake
4 90 (20.88%) AWS
5 54 (12.53%) Azure DevOps
6 49 (11.37%) Azure Data Factory
7 48 (11.14%) GitHub
8 47 (10.90%) SaaS
9 41 (9.51%) GCP
10 40 (9.28%) Azure Synapse Analytics
10 40 (9.28%) Serverless
11 34 (7.89%) dbt
12 28 (6.50%) GitHub Copilot
13 23 (5.34%) Amazon S3
14 22 (5.10%) AWS Lambda
15 16 (3.71%) Power Automate
15 16 (3.71%) PowerApps
16 13 (3.02%) AWS CloudFormation
16 13 (3.02%) Dynamics 365
17 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
1 170 (39.44%) Data Warehouse
2 100 (23.20%) Power BI
3 69 (16.01%) Data Lake
4 39 (9.05%) Metadata
5 34 (7.89%) SQL Server
6 32 (7.42%) Azure SQL Database
7 25 (5.80%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 24 (5.57%) Snowflake Schema
9 19 (4.41%) Data Vault
9 19 (4.41%) Tableau
10 18 (4.18%) Amazon Redshift
11 17 (3.94%) Power Query
12 16 (3.71%) Relational Database
13 15 (3.48%) MySQL
14 14 (3.25%) SQL Server Integration Services
15 13 (3.02%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
15 13 (3.02%) NoSQL
16 11 (2.55%) BigQuery
16 11 (2.55%) Data Mining
17 9 (2.09%) DynamoDB
Development Applications
1 40 (9.28%) JIRA
2 20 (4.64%) Git
3 17 (3.94%) ER Studio
4 16 (3.71%) 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
1 159 (36.89%) Social Skills
2 148 (34.34%) Finance
3 102 (23.67%) Analytical Skills
4 40 (9.28%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 30 (6.96%) Public Sector
6 23 (5.34%) Law
7 21 (4.87%) Retail
8 19 (4.41%) Marketing
9 18 (4.18%) Banking
10 17 (3.94%) Presentation Skills
11 10 (2.32%) Manufacturing
12 9 (2.09%) 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 (0.70%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 114 (26.45%) Architect
2 88 (20.42%) Senior
3 87 (20.19%) Data Architect
4 83 (19.26%) Data Engineer
5 54 (12.53%) Developer
6 51 (11.83%) Analyst
7 34 (7.89%) Lead
7 34 (7.89%) Senior Data Engineer
8 22 (5.10%) Business Analyst
9 17 (3.94%) Solutions Architect
10 16 (3.71%) Azure Architect
11 15 (3.48%) Azure Data Architect
12 14 (3.25%) Business Intelligence Analyst
12 14 (3.25%) Consultant
12 14 (3.25%) Data Manager
13 13 (3.02%) Data Modeller
13 13 (3.02%) 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 (6.73%) REST
2 21 (4.87%) .NET
3 19 (4.41%) Lightning Web Components
3 19 (4.41%) SOAP
4 18 (4.18%) JSON
5 16 (3.71%) CSS
5 16 (3.71%) HTML
6 15 (3.48%) Kafka
7 13 (3.02%) XML
8 10 (2.32%) Middleware
9 8 (1.86%) Visualforce
10 7 (1.62%) AWS CDK
10 7 (1.62%) React
11 6 (1.39%) PySpark
11 6 (1.39%) RabbitMQ
11 6 (1.39%) RESTful
12 5 (1.16%) Material-UI
13 4 (0.93%) ADO
14 3 (0.70%) jQuery
14 3 (0.70%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 35 (8.12%) Product Ownership
2 33 (7.66%) Cloud Native
3 17 (3.94%) Data Structures
3 17 (3.94%) Enterprise Software
3 17 (3.94%) Legacy Systems
3 17 (3.94%) Management Information System
4 14 (3.25%) Analytical Mindset
5 6 (1.39%) Data Protection Act
5 6 (1.39%) Reinsurance
5 6 (1.39%) Virtual Team
6 5 (1.16%) Distributed Systems
6 5 (1.16%) Reference Data
7 4 (0.93%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
7 4 (0.93%) Hybrid Cloud
7 4 (0.93%) Legacy Code
7 4 (0.93%) Market Risk
8 3 (0.70%) CMDB
8 3 (0.70%) e-Learning
8 3 (0.70%) Low-Code
8 3 (0.70%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 4 (0.93%) Android
2 3 (0.70%) Apple iOS
2 3 (0.70%) Windows
3 1 (0.23%) Linux
3 1 (0.23%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 173 (40.14%) Analytics
2 168 (38.98%) Agile
3 149 (34.57%) ETL
4 130 (30.16%) Data Engineering
5 121 (28.07%) Business Intelligence
6 114 (26.45%) Data Architecture
7 109 (25.29%) Mentoring
8 107 (24.83%) DevOps
9 101 (23.43%) Data Integration
10 100 (23.20%) AI
11 95 (22.04%) CI/CD
12 92 (21.35%) Data Governance
13 85 (19.72%) Problem-Solving
14 82 (19.03%) Data Pipeline
15 78 (18.10%) Continuous Improvement
16 77 (17.87%) Data Management
17 71 (16.47%) Decision-Making
18 62 (14.39%) Coaching
19 60 (13.92%) Migration
20 54 (12.53%) Data Science
Programming Languages
1 204 (47.33%) SQL
2 146 (33.87%) Python
3 41 (9.51%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 35 (8.12%) JavaScript
5 34 (7.89%) Java
6 32 (7.42%) C#
7 24 (5.57%) TypeScript
8 19 (4.41%) Apex Code
8 19 (4.41%) Scala
9 13 (3.02%) PowerShell
10 11 (2.55%) R
11 9 (2.09%) T-SQL
12 5 (1.16%) Bash
12 5 (1.16%) PL/SQL
13 4 (0.93%) Fortran
13 4 (0.93%) Go
13 4 (0.93%) Kotlin
13 4 (0.93%) PHP
13 4 (0.93%) VBA
14 3 (0.70%) Swift
Qualifications
1 56 (12.99%) Degree
2 36 (8.35%) Computer Science Degree
3 25 (5.80%) Azure Certification
4 24 (5.57%) Microsoft Certification
5 22 (5.10%) AWS Certification
6 19 (4.41%) Security Cleared
7 17 (3.94%) SC Cleared
8 16 (3.71%) TOGAF Certification
9 14 (3.25%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 12 (2.78%) Six Sigma Green Belt
11 9 (2.09%) 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 (0.70%) CFA
15 3 (0.70%) ITIL Certification
16 2 (0.46%) CITP
16 2 (0.46%) PhD
17 1 (0.23%) ACCA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 52 (12.06%) Data Quality
2 37 (8.58%) Accessibility
3 19 (4.41%) GDPR
4 14 (3.25%) QA
5 13 (3.02%) Actionable Recommendations
6 2 (0.46%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 1 (0.23%) HIPAA
7 1 (0.23%) ISO 13485
7 1 (0.23%) P3O
7 1 (0.23%) PCI DSS
7 1 (0.23%) PMO
System Software
1 4 (0.93%) Docker
2 2 (0.46%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 18 (4.18%) Terraform
2 3 (0.70%) 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
1 127 (29.47%) Microsoft
2 78 (18.10%) Databricks
3 28 (6.50%) Salesforce
4 21 (4.87%) Google
5 12 (2.78%) Informatica
5 12 (2.78%) Oracle
6 10 (2.32%) SAP
7 7 (1.62%) MuleSoft
7 7 (1.62%) Talend
8 6 (1.39%) IBM
8 6 (1.39%) ServiceNow
9 4 (0.93%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
10 3 (0.70%) Cloudera
10 3 (0.70%) Murex
10 3 (0.70%) Sparx
11 2 (0.46%) Adobe
11 2 (0.46%) Alteryx
11 2 (0.46%) OutSystems
11 2 (0.46%) Palantir
11 2 (0.46%) Samsung