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

6 months to
23 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 88 113 90
Rank change year-on-year +25 -23 +20
Permanent jobs citing Data Modelling 470 495 669
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 3.08% 2.87% 3.40%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.46% 3.09% 3.58%
Number of salaries quoted 287 236 459
10th Percentile £46,250 £43,125 £41,250
25th Percentile £53,875 £53,000 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £65,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +7.69% - -
75th Percentile £87,500 £82,500 £82,500
90th Percentile £110,000 £95,625 £97,500
UK median annual salary £70,000 £65,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year +7.69% - -

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 13,571 16,022 18,664
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 88.79% 92.92% 94.88%
Number of salaries quoted 8,676 9,671 15,007
10th Percentile £30,000 £36,250 £36,250
25th Percentile £41,000 £46,250 £46,306
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £62,500 £60,500
Median % change year-on-year -8.00% +3.31% -3.20%
75th Percentile £78,839 £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% - -3.23%

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 23 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 20 (4.26%) Apache Airflow
2 18 (3.83%) Apache
3 15 (3.19%) Apache Spark
3 15 (3.19%) Confluence
4 5 (1.06%) CMS
4 5 (1.06%) SharePoint
5 2 (0.43%) Mendix
5 2 (0.43%) SAS
6 1 (0.21%) Camunda
6 1 (0.21%) Luigi
Applications
1 29 (6.17%) Microsoft Excel
2 6 (1.28%) Chatbot
3 5 (1.06%) Microsoft Office
3 5 (1.06%) MS Visio
4 3 (0.64%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 3 (0.64%) Sketch
5 1 (0.21%) Microsoft Project
5 1 (0.21%) Notion
5 1 (0.21%) PlantUML
5 1 (0.21%) Spreadsheet
5 1 (0.21%) SPSS
Business Applications
1 9 (1.91%) Dynamics CRM
2 6 (1.28%) Markit EDM
3 4 (0.85%) NetSuite
4 1 (0.21%) Aladdin
4 1 (0.21%) SAP S/4HANA
4 1 (0.21%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 299 (63.62%) Azure
2 117 (24.89%) Snowflake
3 104 (22.13%) Power Platform
4 95 (20.21%) AWS
5 88 (18.72%) Azure DevOps
6 82 (17.45%) Azure Data Factory
7 72 (15.32%) GitHub
8 67 (14.26%) Azure Synapse Analytics
9 56 (11.91%) dbt
10 48 (10.21%) GitHub Copilot
11 46 (9.79%) GCP
12 42 (8.94%) Serverless
13 39 (8.30%) SaaS
14 27 (5.74%) Amazon S3
15 19 (4.04%) AWS Lambda
15 19 (4.04%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
16 17 (3.62%) Salesforce Service Cloud
17 15 (3.19%) PowerApps
18 13 (2.77%) Power Automate
19 12 (2.55%) Salesforce Einstein
Communications & Networking
1 2 (0.43%) Broadband
2 1 (0.21%) ADSL
2 1 (0.21%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 185 (39.36%) Data Warehouse
2 97 (20.64%) Power BI
3 81 (17.23%) Data Lake
4 47 (10.00%) Metadata
5 41 (8.72%) Azure SQL Database
6 32 (6.81%) SQL Server
7 26 (5.53%) Snowflake Schema
8 24 (5.11%) Tableau
9 22 (4.68%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 19 (4.04%) Amazon Redshift
10 19 (4.04%) Data Vault
10 19 (4.04%) MySQL
11 16 (3.40%) Data Mining
12 15 (3.19%) Relational Database
13 14 (2.98%) BigQuery
13 14 (2.98%) NoSQL
13 14 (2.98%) SQL Server Integration Services
14 13 (2.77%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
15 11 (2.34%) Power Query
16 10 (2.13%) Delta Lake
Development Applications
1 40 (8.51%) JIRA
2 31 (6.60%) Git
3 18 (3.83%) ER Studio
3 18 (3.83%) ERwin
4 6 (1.28%) Jenkins
5 5 (1.06%) git-flow
6 4 (0.85%) PowerDesigner
7 1 (0.21%) SonarQube
General
1 183 (38.94%) Finance
2 172 (36.60%) Social Skills
3 125 (26.60%) Analytical Skills
4 36 (7.66%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 33 (7.02%) Public Sector
6 25 (5.32%) Marketing
6 25 (5.32%) Retail
7 20 (4.26%) Law
8 16 (3.40%) Presentation Skills
9 10 (2.13%) Banking
10 8 (1.70%) Advertising
10 8 (1.70%) Manufacturing
11 7 (1.49%) Legal
12 6 (1.28%) Pharmaceutical
13 5 (1.06%) Back Office
13 5 (1.06%) Organisational Skills
13 5 (1.06%) Retail Banking
14 4 (0.85%) Documentation Skills
14 4 (0.85%) Influencing Skills
14 4 (0.85%) Tech for Good
Job Titles
1 127 (27.02%) Architect
2 102 (21.70%) Senior
3 97 (20.64%) Data Engineer
4 92 (19.57%) Data Architect
5 51 (10.85%) Developer
6 40 (8.51%) Analyst
7 37 (7.87%) Senior Data Engineer
8 33 (7.02%) Lead
9 18 (3.83%) Consultant
10 17 (3.62%) Azure Engineer
10 17 (3.62%) Business Analyst
10 17 (3.62%) Solutions Architect
11 15 (3.19%) Azure Architect
11 15 (3.19%) Azure Data Architect
12 14 (2.98%) Data Modeller
13 13 (2.77%) Data Manager
14 12 (2.55%) Business Manager
14 12 (2.55%) Insight Manager
15 11 (2.34%) Applications Architect
15 11 (2.34%) Data Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 43 (9.15%) REST
2 32 (6.81%) SOAP
3 29 (6.17%) Lightning Web Components
4 22 (4.68%) Kafka
5 21 (4.47%) .NET
6 18 (3.83%) PySpark
7 16 (3.40%) JSON
8 13 (2.77%) CSS
8 13 (2.77%) HTML
8 13 (2.77%) XML
9 11 (2.34%) Middleware
10 9 (1.91%) React
11 8 (1.70%) YAML
12 7 (1.49%) AWS CDK
12 7 (1.49%) RabbitMQ
12 7 (1.49%) Visualforce
13 5 (1.06%) Material-UI
13 5 (1.06%) RESTful
14 4 (0.85%) ADO
14 4 (0.85%) HTML5 Canvas
Miscellaneous
1 48 (10.21%) Cloud Native
2 47 (10.00%) Product Ownership
3 21 (4.47%) Enterprise Software
4 18 (3.83%) Management Information System
5 16 (3.40%) Analytical Mindset
5 16 (3.40%) Data Structures
6 14 (2.98%) Legacy Systems
7 6 (1.28%) Virtual Team
8 5 (1.06%) Distributed Systems
8 5 (1.06%) Reference Data
9 4 (0.85%) Data Protection Act
9 4 (0.85%) Mobile App
9 4 (0.85%) Reinsurance
9 4 (0.85%) Self-Motivation
10 3 (0.64%) AI Agents
10 3 (0.64%) Distributed Computing
10 3 (0.64%) FMCG
10 3 (0.64%) Greenfield Project
10 3 (0.64%) Low-Code
10 3 (0.64%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 6 (1.28%) Android
2 4 (0.85%) Windows
3 3 (0.64%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 201 (42.77%) Agile
1 201 (42.77%) Analytics
2 163 (34.68%) ETL
3 154 (32.77%) DevOps
4 147 (31.28%) Data Engineering
5 137 (29.15%) CI/CD
6 130 (27.66%) Data Architecture
7 124 (26.38%) Business Intelligence
8 123 (26.17%) AI
9 115 (24.47%) Mentoring
10 111 (23.62%) Data Integration
11 110 (23.40%) Data Pipeline
12 103 (21.91%) Data Governance
13 100 (21.28%) Problem-Solving
14 95 (20.21%) Coaching
15 92 (19.57%) Continuous Improvement
16 77 (16.38%) Asset Management
17 72 (15.32%) Data Management
18 71 (15.11%) Clean Code
19 66 (14.04%) Decision-Making
Programming Languages
1 221 (47.02%) SQL
2 180 (38.30%) Python
3 41 (8.72%) Java
4 39 (8.30%) JavaScript
5 38 (8.09%) C#
6 33 (7.02%) Data Analysis Expressions
7 30 (6.38%) Apex Code
7 30 (6.38%) TypeScript
8 29 (6.17%) Scala
9 21 (4.47%) PowerShell
10 13 (2.77%) T-SQL
11 8 (1.70%) R
12 6 (1.28%) Bash
12 6 (1.28%) Kotlin
13 5 (1.06%) PL/SQL
14 4 (0.85%) Fortran
14 4 (0.85%) PHP
15 3 (0.64%) Bicep
15 3 (0.64%) Go
15 3 (0.64%) Swift
Qualifications
1 65 (13.83%) Degree
2 45 (9.57%) Computer Science Degree
3 31 (6.60%) Azure Certification
4 29 (6.17%) Microsoft Certification
5 25 (5.32%) AWS Certification
6 24 (5.11%) Security Cleared
7 23 (4.89%) SC Cleared
8 21 (4.47%) TOGAF Certification
9 20 (4.26%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 12 (2.55%) Six Sigma Green Belt
11 7 (1.49%) Master's Degree
12 5 (1.06%) DBS Check
12 5 (1.06%) SnowPro
13 4 (0.85%) ACCA
13 4 (0.85%) CIMA
14 1 (0.21%) DV Cleared
14 1 (0.21%) PhD
14 1 (0.21%) PMI Certification
14 1 (0.21%) PMP
14 1 (0.21%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 71 (15.11%) Data Quality
2 45 (9.57%) Accessibility
3 14 (2.98%) QA
4 13 (2.77%) Actionable Recommendations
4 13 (2.77%) GDPR
5 2 (0.43%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 1 (0.21%) ISO 13485
6 1 (0.21%) P3O
6 1 (0.21%) PCI DSS
6 1 (0.21%) PMO
System Software
1 6 (1.28%) Docker
2 4 (0.85%) Active Directory
3 2 (0.43%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 31 (6.60%) Terraform
2 5 (1.06%) Kubernetes
3 3 (0.64%) Control-M
4 1 (0.21%) Ansible
4 1 (0.21%) Progress Chef
4 1 (0.21%) Puppet
Vendors
1 143 (30.43%) Microsoft
2 98 (20.85%) Databricks
3 39 (8.30%) Salesforce
4 20 (4.26%) Google
5 11 (2.34%) IBM
6 9 (1.91%) Informatica
6 9 (1.91%) SAP
6 9 (1.91%) Talend
7 8 (1.70%) Oracle
8 7 (1.49%) MuleSoft
9 4 (0.85%) Ab Initio
9 4 (0.85%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
10 3 (0.64%) BMC
10 3 (0.64%) Sparx
11 2 (0.43%) Cloudera
11 2 (0.43%) OutSystems
11 2 (0.43%) Palantir
11 2 (0.43%) Samsung
11 2 (0.43%) ServiceNow
11 2 (0.43%) Zend