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 4 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
4 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 85 114 95
Rank change year-on-year +29 -19 +9
Permanent jobs citing Data Modelling 469 497 702
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 3.12% 2.98% 3.35%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.54% 3.19% 3.56%
Number of salaries quoted 284 230 482
10th Percentile £46,250 £43,625 £41,250
25th Percentile £54,750 £53,000 £50,313
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £65,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +7.69% - -
75th Percentile £87,500 £82,500 £82,536
90th Percentile £110,000 £95,125 £97,500
UK median annual salary £70,000 £65,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year +7.69% - -

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 13,242 15,566 19,692
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 88.14% 93.33% 94.03%
Number of salaries quoted 8,377 9,229 15,874
10th Percentile £30,000 £36,250 £36,250
25th Percentile £41,250 £46,250 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% +4.17% -4.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £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% - -4.00%

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 4 January 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 24 (5.12%) Apache Airflow
2 20 (4.26%) Apache
3 15 (3.20%) Apache Spark
4 14 (2.99%) Confluence
5 5 (1.07%) CMS
6 3 (0.64%) SharePoint
7 2 (0.43%) Mendix
7 2 (0.43%) SAS
8 1 (0.21%) Camunda
8 1 (0.21%) Luigi
Applications
1 27 (5.76%) Microsoft Excel
2 6 (1.28%) Chatbot
3 4 (0.85%) Microsoft Office
3 4 (0.85%) 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 (1.92%) Dynamics CRM
2 6 (1.28%) Markit EDM
2 6 (1.28%) NetSuite
3 1 (0.21%) Aladdin
3 1 (0.21%) SAP S/4HANA
3 1 (0.21%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 303 (64.61%) Azure
2 119 (25.37%) Snowflake
3 108 (23.03%) AWS
4 94 (20.04%) Power Platform
5 90 (19.19%) Azure DevOps
6 80 (17.06%) Azure Data Factory
7 71 (15.14%) GitHub
8 67 (14.29%) Azure Synapse Analytics
9 56 (11.94%) dbt
10 50 (10.66%) GCP
11 48 (10.23%) GitHub Copilot
12 45 (9.59%) Serverless
13 40 (8.53%) SaaS
14 30 (6.40%) Amazon S3
15 19 (4.05%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
16 18 (3.84%) AWS Lambda
17 17 (3.62%) Salesforce Service Cloud
18 13 (2.77%) PowerApps
19 12 (2.56%) Power Automate
19 12 (2.56%) Salesforce Einstein
Communications & Networking
1 2 (0.43%) Broadband
2 1 (0.21%) ADSL
2 1 (0.21%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 183 (39.02%) Data Warehouse
2 87 (18.55%) Power BI
3 82 (17.48%) Data Lake
4 50 (10.66%) Metadata
5 40 (8.53%) Azure SQL Database
6 30 (6.40%) SQL Server
7 27 (5.76%) Tableau
8 24 (5.12%) Snowflake Schema
9 21 (4.48%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 20 (4.26%) Amazon Redshift
11 19 (4.05%) Data Vault
11 19 (4.05%) MySQL
12 18 (3.84%) NoSQL
13 16 (3.41%) BigQuery
13 16 (3.41%) Data Mining
13 16 (3.41%) Relational Database
14 12 (2.56%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
14 12 (2.56%) Delta Lake
14 12 (2.56%) SQL Server Integration Services
15 9 (1.92%) Amazon Athena
Development Applications
1 41 (8.74%) JIRA
2 33 (7.04%) Git
3 18 (3.84%) ER Studio
3 18 (3.84%) ERwin
4 6 (1.28%) Jenkins
5 5 (1.07%) git-flow
6 4 (0.85%) PowerDesigner
7 1 (0.21%) SonarQube
General
1 183 (39.02%) Finance
2 173 (36.89%) Social Skills
3 126 (26.87%) Analytical Skills
4 32 (6.82%) Public Sector
5 30 (6.40%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 27 (5.76%) Marketing
7 25 (5.33%) Retail
8 22 (4.69%) Law
9 14 (2.99%) Presentation Skills
10 9 (1.92%) Banking
11 8 (1.71%) Advertising
11 8 (1.71%) Legal
11 8 (1.71%) Manufacturing
12 6 (1.28%) Influencing Skills
12 6 (1.28%) Publishing
13 5 (1.07%) Back Office
13 5 (1.07%) Organisational Skills
13 5 (1.07%) Retail Banking
14 4 (0.85%) Pharmaceutical
14 4 (0.85%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 132 (28.14%) Architect
2 101 (21.54%) Data Engineer
3 100 (21.32%) Senior
4 93 (19.83%) Data Architect
5 49 (10.45%) Developer
6 36 (7.68%) Senior Data Engineer
7 33 (7.04%) Analyst
8 29 (6.18%) Lead
9 18 (3.84%) Consultant
10 16 (3.41%) Azure Engineer
10 16 (3.41%) Solutions Architect
11 15 (3.20%) Business Analyst
12 14 (2.99%) Data Modeller
12 14 (2.99%) Lead Data Engineer
13 13 (2.77%) Applications Architect
13 13 (2.77%) Azure Architect
13 13 (2.77%) Azure Data Architect
14 12 (2.56%) Business Manager
14 12 (2.56%) Data Analyst
14 12 (2.56%) Insight Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 40 (8.53%) REST
2 32 (6.82%) SOAP
3 29 (6.18%) Lightning Web Components
4 23 (4.90%) Kafka
5 20 (4.26%) .NET
6 19 (4.05%) PySpark
7 14 (2.99%) CSS
7 14 (2.99%) JSON
8 13 (2.77%) HTML
8 13 (2.77%) XML
9 11 (2.35%) Middleware
9 11 (2.35%) React
10 8 (1.71%) YAML
11 7 (1.49%) AWS CDK
11 7 (1.49%) RabbitMQ
11 7 (1.49%) Visualforce
12 5 (1.07%) Material-UI
12 5 (1.07%) Node.js
13 4 (0.85%) ADO
14 3 (0.64%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 47 (10.02%) Cloud Native
1 47 (10.02%) Product Ownership
2 25 (5.33%) Enterprise Software
3 20 (4.26%) Data Structures
4 18 (3.84%) Management Information System
5 16 (3.41%) Analytical Mindset
6 14 (2.99%) Legacy Systems
7 6 (1.28%) Self-Motivation
8 5 (1.07%) Distributed Systems
8 5 (1.07%) FMCG
8 5 (1.07%) Greenfield Project
8 5 (1.07%) Reference Data
8 5 (1.07%) Virtual Team
9 4 (0.85%) Reinsurance
10 3 (0.64%) AI Agents
10 3 (0.64%) Data Protection Act
10 3 (0.64%) e-Learning
10 3 (0.64%) Low-Code
10 3 (0.64%) Mobile App
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 (42.86%) Agile
2 200 (42.64%) Analytics
3 162 (34.54%) ETL
4 155 (33.05%) DevOps
5 153 (32.62%) Data Engineering
6 136 (29.00%) CI/CD
7 135 (28.78%) Data Architecture
8 125 (26.65%) AI
9 117 (24.95%) Business Intelligence
10 114 (24.31%) Mentoring
11 112 (23.88%) Data Pipeline
12 109 (23.24%) Data Governance
13 108 (23.03%) Data Integration
14 97 (20.68%) Coaching
15 96 (20.47%) Problem-Solving
16 92 (19.62%) Continuous Improvement
17 77 (16.42%) Asset Management
18 73 (15.57%) Clean Code
18 73 (15.57%) Data Management
19 70 (14.93%) Migration
Programming Languages
1 218 (46.48%) SQL
2 189 (40.30%) Python
3 47 (10.02%) Java
4 43 (9.17%) C#
5 42 (8.96%) JavaScript
6 34 (7.25%) TypeScript
7 30 (6.40%) Apex Code
7 30 (6.40%) Scala
8 24 (5.12%) Data Analysis Expressions
9 19 (4.05%) PowerShell
10 12 (2.56%) T-SQL
11 8 (1.71%) R
12 7 (1.49%) Bash
13 6 (1.28%) Kotlin
14 5 (1.07%) PL/SQL
15 4 (0.85%) Fortran
15 4 (0.85%) PHP
16 3 (0.64%) Swift
17 2 (0.43%) Go
17 2 (0.43%) VBA
Qualifications
1 71 (15.14%) Degree
2 49 (10.45%) Computer Science Degree
3 35 (7.46%) Azure Certification
4 30 (6.40%) Microsoft Certification
4 30 (6.40%) Security Cleared
5 29 (6.18%) AWS Certification
5 29 (6.18%) SC Cleared
6 25 (5.33%) TOGAF Certification
7 24 (5.12%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
8 12 (2.56%) Six Sigma Green Belt
9 7 (1.49%) Master's Degree
10 6 (1.28%) ACCA
10 6 (1.28%) CIMA
11 5 (1.07%) DBS Check
11 5 (1.07%) SnowPro
12 1 (0.21%) Numerate Degree
12 1 (0.21%) PhD
12 1 (0.21%) PMI Certification
12 1 (0.21%) PMP
12 1 (0.21%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 76 (16.20%) Data Quality
2 44 (9.38%) Accessibility
3 13 (2.77%) Actionable Recommendations
4 11 (2.35%) GDPR
4 11 (2.35%) QA
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 32 (6.82%) Terraform
2 5 (1.07%) Kubernetes
3 3 (0.64%) Control-M
4 1 (0.21%) Ansible
4 1 (0.21%) Progress Chef
4 1 (0.21%) Puppet
Vendors
1 136 (29.00%) Microsoft
2 97 (20.68%) Databricks
3 41 (8.74%) Salesforce
4 19 (4.05%) Google
5 11 (2.35%) IBM
6 9 (1.92%) Informatica
6 9 (1.92%) SAP
6 9 (1.92%) Talend
7 8 (1.71%) 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%) iManage
11 2 (0.43%) OutSystems
11 2 (0.43%) Palantir
11 2 (0.43%) Samsung
11 2 (0.43%) Zend