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

6 months to
14 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 90 118 89
Rank change year-on-year +28 -29 +22
Permanent jobs citing Data Modelling 458 507 682
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 3.01% 2.84% 3.39%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.37% 3.09% 3.57%
Number of salaries quoted 279 246 473
10th Percentile £46,250 £42,250 £42,014
25th Percentile £56,375 £53,000 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £68,000 £66,000 £65,351
Median % change year-on-year +3.03% +0.99% +0.54%
75th Percentile £86,250 £82,500 £82,500
90th Percentile £110,000 £95,000 £97,500
UK median annual salary £70,000 £65,000 £65,351
% change year-on-year +7.69% -0.54% +0.54%

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 13,609 16,433 19,106
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 89.33% 92.17% 94.99%
Number of salaries quoted 8,723 10,018 15,359
10th Percentile £29,750 £36,250 £36,250
25th Percentile £40,000 £46,250 £46,306
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £62,500 £61,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.00% +2.46% -2.40%
75th Percentile £78,750 £81,250 £80,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £100,000 £97,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -1.64%

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 14 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 (3.93%) Apache
2 17 (3.71%) Apache Airflow
3 15 (3.28%) Apache Spark
4 14 (3.06%) Confluence
5 5 (1.09%) SharePoint
6 3 (0.66%) CMS
6 3 (0.66%) SAS
7 2 (0.44%) Mendix
8 1 (0.22%) Camunda
8 1 (0.22%) Luigi
Applications
1 29 (6.33%) Microsoft Excel
2 6 (1.31%) Chatbot
3 5 (1.09%) Microsoft Office
3 5 (1.09%) MS Visio
4 3 (0.66%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 3 (0.66%) Sketch
5 1 (0.22%) Microsoft Project
5 1 (0.22%) Notion
5 1 (0.22%) PlantUML
5 1 (0.22%) Spreadsheet
5 1 (0.22%) SPSS
Business Applications
1 9 (1.97%) Dynamics CRM
2 5 (1.09%) Markit EDM
3 4 (0.87%) NetSuite
4 1 (0.22%) Aladdin
4 1 (0.22%) SAP S/4HANA
4 1 (0.22%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 285 (62.23%) Azure
2 113 (24.67%) Snowflake
3 103 (22.49%) Power Platform
4 93 (20.31%) AWS
5 81 (17.69%) Azure DevOps
6 74 (16.16%) Azure Data Factory
7 66 (14.41%) GitHub
8 61 (13.32%) Azure Synapse Analytics
9 50 (10.92%) dbt
10 45 (9.83%) GitHub Copilot
11 44 (9.61%) GCP
12 42 (9.17%) SaaS
13 41 (8.95%) Serverless
14 25 (5.46%) Amazon S3
15 21 (4.59%) AWS Lambda
16 18 (3.93%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
17 16 (3.49%) Salesforce Service Cloud
18 15 (3.28%) PowerApps
19 13 (2.84%) AWS CloudFormation
19 13 (2.84%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 2 (0.44%) Broadband
2 1 (0.22%) ADSL
2 1 (0.22%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 186 (40.61%) Data Warehouse
2 96 (20.96%) Power BI
3 78 (17.03%) Data Lake
4 43 (9.39%) Metadata
5 39 (8.52%) Azure SQL Database
6 31 (6.77%) SQL Server
7 26 (5.68%) Snowflake Schema
8 24 (5.24%) Tableau
9 22 (4.80%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 19 (4.15%) Amazon Redshift
10 19 (4.15%) Data Vault
11 18 (3.93%) MySQL
12 16 (3.49%) Relational Database
13 15 (3.28%) Data Mining
14 14 (3.06%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
14 14 (3.06%) NoSQL
15 13 (2.84%) BigQuery
15 13 (2.84%) SQL Server Integration Services
16 10 (2.18%) Power Query
17 9 (1.97%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 39 (8.52%) JIRA
2 31 (6.77%) Git
3 18 (3.93%) ER Studio
4 17 (3.71%) ERwin
5 5 (1.09%) git-flow
5 5 (1.09%) Jenkins
6 4 (0.87%) PowerDesigner
7 1 (0.22%) SonarQube
General
1 176 (38.43%) Finance
2 171 (37.34%) Social Skills
3 117 (25.55%) Analytical Skills
4 34 (7.42%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 30 (6.55%) Public Sector
6 26 (5.68%) Marketing
7 25 (5.46%) Retail
8 22 (4.80%) Law
9 16 (3.49%) Presentation Skills
10 11 (2.40%) Banking
11 8 (1.75%) Advertising
11 8 (1.75%) Manufacturing
12 7 (1.53%) Legal
13 6 (1.31%) Pharmaceutical
14 5 (1.09%) Retail Banking
14 5 (1.09%) Tech for Good
15 4 (0.87%) Documentation Skills
15 4 (0.87%) Influencing Skills
15 4 (0.87%) Investment Banking
15 4 (0.87%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 124 (27.07%) Architect
2 98 (21.40%) Senior
3 93 (20.31%) Data Architect
4 91 (19.87%) Data Engineer
5 52 (11.35%) Developer
6 41 (8.95%) Analyst
7 36 (7.86%) Senior Data Engineer
8 33 (7.21%) Lead
9 17 (3.71%) Business Analyst
9 17 (3.71%) Consultant
10 16 (3.49%) Azure Engineer
10 16 (3.49%) Solutions Architect
11 15 (3.28%) Azure Architect
11 15 (3.28%) Azure Data Architect
12 14 (3.06%) Data Modeller
13 12 (2.62%) Business Manager
13 12 (2.62%) Data Manager
13 12 (2.62%) Insight Manager
14 11 (2.40%) Data Analyst
14 11 (2.40%) Lead Data Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 39 (8.52%) REST
2 30 (6.55%) SOAP
3 29 (6.33%) Lightning Web Components
4 21 (4.59%) .NET
5 19 (4.15%) Kafka
6 16 (3.49%) JSON
7 15 (3.28%) CSS
7 15 (3.28%) HTML
8 13 (2.84%) PySpark
9 12 (2.62%) XML
10 11 (2.40%) Middleware
11 8 (1.75%) React
11 8 (1.75%) Visualforce
12 7 (1.53%) AWS CDK
12 7 (1.53%) YAML
13 6 (1.31%) RabbitMQ
13 6 (1.31%) RESTful
14 5 (1.09%) Material-UI
15 4 (0.87%) ADO
15 4 (0.87%) HTML5 Canvas
Miscellaneous
1 46 (10.04%) Product Ownership
2 45 (9.83%) Cloud Native
3 18 (3.93%) Enterprise Software
3 18 (3.93%) Management Information System
4 17 (3.71%) Data Structures
5 16 (3.49%) Analytical Mindset
6 14 (3.06%) Legacy Systems
7 6 (1.31%) Virtual Team
8 5 (1.09%) Data Protection Act
8 5 (1.09%) Reference Data
9 4 (0.87%) Distributed Systems
9 4 (0.87%) Mobile App
9 4 (0.87%) Reinsurance
10 3 (0.66%) AI Agents
10 3 (0.66%) FMCG
10 3 (0.66%) Greenfield Project
10 3 (0.66%) Legacy Code
10 3 (0.66%) Low-Code
10 3 (0.66%) Self-Motivation
10 3 (0.66%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 6 (1.31%) Android
2 3 (0.66%) Apple iOS
2 3 (0.66%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 197 (43.01%) Agile
2 193 (42.14%) Analytics
3 158 (34.50%) ETL
4 144 (31.44%) DevOps
5 143 (31.22%) Data Engineering
6 130 (28.38%) CI/CD
7 127 (27.73%) Data Architecture
8 124 (27.07%) Business Intelligence
9 119 (25.98%) AI
10 112 (24.45%) Mentoring
11 108 (23.58%) Data Integration
12 102 (22.27%) Data Pipeline
13 101 (22.05%) Data Governance
14 97 (21.18%) Problem-Solving
15 90 (19.65%) Coaching
15 90 (19.65%) Continuous Improvement
16 72 (15.72%) Asset Management
17 71 (15.50%) Data Management
18 70 (15.28%) Clean Code
19 65 (14.19%) Migration
Programming Languages
1 215 (46.94%) SQL
2 169 (36.90%) Python
3 38 (8.30%) JavaScript
4 37 (8.08%) Java
5 36 (7.86%) C#
6 33 (7.21%) Data Analysis Expressions
7 29 (6.33%) Apex Code
8 28 (6.11%) TypeScript
9 25 (5.46%) Scala
10 18 (3.93%) PowerShell
11 12 (2.62%) T-SQL
12 9 (1.97%) R
13 6 (1.31%) Kotlin
14 5 (1.09%) Bash
14 5 (1.09%) PL/SQL
15 4 (0.87%) Fortran
15 4 (0.87%) Go
15 4 (0.87%) PHP
16 3 (0.66%) Bicep
16 3 (0.66%) Swift
Qualifications
1 64 (13.97%) Degree
2 43 (9.39%) Computer Science Degree
3 28 (6.11%) Azure Certification
4 27 (5.90%) Microsoft Certification
5 24 (5.24%) AWS Certification
6 22 (4.80%) SC Cleared
6 22 (4.80%) Security Cleared
7 19 (4.15%) TOGAF Certification
8 18 (3.93%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 12 (2.62%) Six Sigma Green Belt
10 7 (1.53%) Master's Degree
11 6 (1.31%) SnowPro
12 5 (1.09%) DBS Check
13 4 (0.87%) ACCA
13 4 (0.87%) CIMA
14 1 (0.22%) DV Cleared
14 1 (0.22%) PhD
14 1 (0.22%) PMI Certification
14 1 (0.22%) PMP
14 1 (0.22%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 64 (13.97%) Data Quality
2 45 (9.83%) Accessibility
3 15 (3.28%) GDPR
3 15 (3.28%) QA
4 13 (2.84%) Actionable Recommendations
5 2 (0.44%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 1 (0.22%) HIPAA
6 1 (0.22%) ISO 13485
6 1 (0.22%) P3O
6 1 (0.22%) PCI DSS
6 1 (0.22%) PMO
System Software
1 6 (1.31%) Docker
2 3 (0.66%) Active Directory
3 2 (0.44%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 28 (6.11%) Terraform
2 5 (1.09%) Kubernetes
3 1 (0.22%) Ansible
3 1 (0.22%) Control-M
3 1 (0.22%) Progress Chef
3 1 (0.22%) Puppet
Vendors
1 139 (30.35%) Microsoft
2 95 (20.74%) Databricks
3 38 (8.30%) Salesforce
4 20 (4.37%) Google
5 10 (2.18%) Informatica
5 10 (2.18%) Oracle
6 9 (1.97%) IBM
7 8 (1.75%) MuleSoft
7 8 (1.75%) SAP
7 8 (1.75%) Talend
8 4 (0.87%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
9 3 (0.66%) Ab Initio
9 3 (0.66%) Cloudera
9 3 (0.66%) ServiceNow
9 3 (0.66%) Sparx
10 2 (0.44%) Alteryx
10 2 (0.44%) OutSystems
10 2 (0.44%) Palantir
10 2 (0.44%) Samsung
10 2 (0.44%) Zend