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 5 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 78 118 99
Rank change year-on-year +40 -19 +2
Permanent jobs citing Data Modelling 529 469 833
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 3.31% 2.94% 3.05%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.82% 3.11% 3.29%
Number of salaries quoted 328 219 640
10th Percentile £46,104 £44,750 £41,250
25th Percentile £55,938 £52,500 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,932 £65,000 £63,749
Median % change year-on-year +9.13% +1.96% -1.93%
75th Percentile £87,500 £80,000 £85,000
90th Percentile £110,000 £96,350 £97,500
UK median annual salary £70,932 £65,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year +9.13% - -

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 13,835 15,102 25,325
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 86.68% 94.55% 92.81%
Number of salaries quoted 8,819 8,974 20,920
10th Percentile £30,000 £36,250 £34,759
25th Percentile £42,500 £47,500 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £63,000 £58,478
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +7.73% -6.43%
75th Percentile £80,000 £82,500 £77,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £102,500 £95,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -12.00%

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 5 February 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 33 (6.24%) Apache Airflow
2 24 (4.54%) Apache
3 15 (2.84%) Apache Spark
4 14 (2.65%) Confluence
5 6 (1.13%) CMS
5 6 (1.13%) SharePoint
6 5 (0.95%) Microsoft Exchange
7 4 (0.76%) SAS
8 2 (0.38%) Mendix
8 2 (0.38%) Palantir Foundry
9 1 (0.19%) Camunda
9 1 (0.19%) Luigi
Applications
1 32 (6.05%) Microsoft Excel
2 7 (1.32%) Microsoft Office
3 6 (1.13%) Chatbot
4 3 (0.57%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 3 (0.57%) MS Visio
4 3 (0.57%) Sketch
5 1 (0.19%) Microsoft Project
5 1 (0.19%) Notion
5 1 (0.19%) PlantUML
5 1 (0.19%) Spreadsheet
5 1 (0.19%) SPSS
Business Applications
1 11 (2.08%) NetSuite
2 10 (1.89%) Dynamics CRM
3 6 (1.13%) Markit EDM
4 1 (0.19%) SAP S/4HANA
4 1 (0.19%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 330 (62.38%) Azure
2 124 (23.44%) AWS
3 120 (22.68%) Snowflake
4 114 (21.55%) Power Platform
5 96 (18.15%) Azure Data Factory
6 95 (17.96%) Azure DevOps
7 73 (13.80%) Azure Synapse Analytics
7 73 (13.80%) GitHub
8 63 (11.91%) GCP
9 62 (11.72%) dbt
10 48 (9.07%) GitHub Copilot
11 46 (8.70%) Serverless
12 45 (8.51%) SaaS
13 31 (5.86%) Amazon S3
14 26 (4.91%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
15 24 (4.54%) Salesforce Service Cloud
16 16 (3.02%) AWS Lambda
17 15 (2.84%) Microsoft 365
17 15 (2.84%) Power Automate
17 15 (2.84%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 2 (0.38%) Broadband
2 1 (0.19%) ADSL
2 1 (0.19%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 180 (34.03%) Data Warehouse
2 104 (19.66%) Power BI
3 80 (15.12%) Data Lake
4 68 (12.85%) Metadata
5 44 (8.32%) Azure SQL Database
6 40 (7.56%) Tableau
7 37 (6.99%) SQL Server
8 27 (5.10%) MySQL
8 27 (5.10%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 23 (4.35%) Snowflake Schema
10 21 (3.97%) Amazon Redshift
10 21 (3.97%) NoSQL
11 18 (3.40%) Relational Database
12 17 (3.21%) BigQuery
12 17 (3.21%) PostgreSQL
12 17 (3.21%) SQL Server Integration Services
13 16 (3.02%) Data Vault
14 15 (2.84%) Data Mining
15 14 (2.65%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
15 14 (2.65%) Delta Lake
Development Applications
1 41 (7.75%) Git
2 37 (6.99%) JIRA
3 18 (3.40%) ERwin
4 17 (3.21%) ER Studio
5 5 (0.95%) git-flow
5 5 (0.95%) Jenkins
6 4 (0.76%) PowerDesigner
7 1 (0.19%) Cucumber
7 1 (0.19%) SonarQube
7 1 (0.19%) SpecFlow
General
1 200 (37.81%) Finance
2 190 (35.92%) Social Skills
3 137 (25.90%) Analytical Skills
4 55 (10.40%) Public Sector
5 32 (6.05%) Marketing
6 31 (5.86%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 28 (5.29%) Retail
8 22 (4.16%) Law
9 12 (2.27%) Presentation Skills
10 11 (2.08%) Publishing
11 10 (1.89%) Influencing Skills
12 9 (1.70%) Banking
12 9 (1.70%) Legal
13 8 (1.51%) Advertising
14 7 (1.32%) Manufacturing
15 5 (0.95%) Back Office
15 5 (0.95%) Organisational Skills
15 5 (0.95%) Retail Banking
15 5 (0.95%) Telecoms
16 4 (0.76%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 144 (27.22%) Architect
2 120 (22.68%) Senior
3 111 (20.98%) Data Engineer
4 102 (19.28%) Data Architect
5 65 (12.29%) Developer
6 45 (8.51%) Analyst
6 45 (8.51%) Lead
7 40 (7.56%) Senior Data Engineer
8 25 (4.73%) Data Analyst
9 22 (4.16%) Lead Data Engineer
10 18 (3.40%) Senior Architect
10 18 (3.40%) Senior Data Architect
11 17 (3.21%) Azure Engineer
11 17 (3.21%) Consultant
12 16 (3.02%) Solutions Architect
13 14 (2.65%) Business Analyst
13 14 (2.65%) Data Modeller
13 14 (2.65%) Platform Engineer
13 14 (2.65%) Salesforce Developer
14 13 (2.46%) Full-Stack Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 50 (9.45%) REST
2 40 (7.56%) SOAP
3 36 (6.81%) Lightning Web Components
4 29 (5.48%) Kafka
5 27 (5.10%) .NET
6 23 (4.35%) PySpark
7 19 (3.59%) Middleware
8 16 (3.02%) JSON
9 15 (2.84%) CSS
9 15 (2.84%) React
10 14 (2.65%) HTML
10 14 (2.65%) Visualforce
11 13 (2.46%) XML
12 10 (1.89%) Node.js
13 8 (1.51%) RabbitMQ
13 8 (1.51%) YAML
14 6 (1.13%) AWS CDK
15 5 (0.95%) gRPC
15 5 (0.95%) Material-UI
15 5 (0.95%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 52 (9.83%) Cloud Native
2 50 (9.45%) Product Ownership
3 28 (5.29%) Data Structures
4 25 (4.73%) Enterprise Software
5 23 (4.35%) Management Information System
6 17 (3.21%) Analytical Mindset
7 16 (3.02%) Legacy Systems
8 13 (2.46%) Greenfield Project
9 10 (1.89%) FMCG
9 10 (1.89%) Self-Motivation
10 9 (1.70%) Public Cloud
11 8 (1.51%) Onboarding
11 8 (1.51%) Reference Data
12 6 (1.13%) Distributed Systems
13 5 (0.95%) Reinsurance
13 5 (0.95%) Virtual Team
14 3 (0.57%) Distributed Computing
14 3 (0.57%) Low-Code
14 3 (0.57%) Mobile App
14 3 (0.57%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 7 (1.32%) Android
2 4 (0.76%) Apple iOS
2 4 (0.76%) Windows
3 1 (0.19%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 223 (42.16%) Analytics
2 211 (39.89%) Agile
3 174 (32.89%) DevOps
4 173 (32.70%) Data Engineering
4 173 (32.70%) ETL
5 165 (31.19%) CI/CD
6 151 (28.54%) Data Architecture
7 134 (25.33%) Business Intelligence
8 133 (25.14%) Mentoring
9 132 (24.95%) Data Governance
10 129 (24.39%) AI
11 118 (22.31%) Data Pipeline
12 112 (21.17%) Problem-Solving
13 110 (20.79%) Coaching
14 107 (20.23%) Data Integration
15 97 (18.34%) Continuous Improvement
16 83 (15.69%) Data Management
17 81 (15.31%) Asset Management
18 76 (14.37%) Decision-Making
19 75 (14.18%) Data Strategy
Programming Languages
1 241 (45.56%) SQL
2 205 (38.75%) Python
3 55 (10.40%) JavaScript
4 52 (9.83%) Java
5 46 (8.70%) C#
6 38 (7.18%) TypeScript
7 37 (6.99%) Apex Code
8 27 (5.10%) Scala
9 26 (4.91%) PowerShell
10 24 (4.54%) Data Analysis Expressions
11 17 (3.21%) T-SQL
12 11 (2.08%) Bash
13 7 (1.32%) PHP
13 7 (1.32%) R
14 6 (1.13%) Kotlin
15 3 (0.57%) Swift
16 2 (0.38%) Bicep
16 2 (0.38%) Go
16 2 (0.38%) SOQL
16 2 (0.38%) SOSL
Qualifications
1 87 (16.45%) Degree
2 53 (10.02%) Computer Science Degree
3 42 (7.94%) Security Cleared
4 39 (7.37%) SC Cleared
5 33 (6.24%) Azure Certification
6 27 (5.10%) AWS Certification
6 27 (5.10%) Microsoft Certification
7 25 (4.73%) TOGAF Certification
8 24 (4.54%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 12 (2.27%) Six Sigma Green Belt
10 11 (2.08%) ACCA
10 11 (2.08%) CIMA
11 8 (1.51%) Master's Degree
12 5 (0.95%) DBS Check
13 4 (0.76%) SnowPro
14 2 (0.38%) BPSS Clearance
14 2 (0.38%) DV Cleared
15 1 (0.19%) PhD
15 1 (0.19%) PMP
15 1 (0.19%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 99 (18.71%) Data Quality
2 45 (8.51%) Accessibility
3 14 (2.65%) GDPR
4 13 (2.46%) Actionable Recommendations
4 13 (2.46%) QA
5 9 (1.70%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 1 (0.19%) ISO 13485
6 1 (0.19%) P3O
6 1 (0.19%) PCI DSS
6 1 (0.19%) PMO
System Software
1 10 (1.89%) Docker
2 9 (1.70%) Active Directory
3 2 (0.38%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 34 (6.43%) Terraform
2 6 (1.13%) Kubernetes
3 3 (0.57%) Control-M
4 2 (0.38%) Single Sign-On
5 1 (0.19%) Ansible
5 1 (0.19%) Grafana
5 1 (0.19%) Progress Chef
5 1 (0.19%) Prometheus
5 1 (0.19%) Puppet
Vendors
1 148 (27.98%) Microsoft
2 105 (19.85%) Databricks
3 52 (9.83%) Salesforce
4 25 (4.73%) Google
5 14 (2.65%) Informatica
6 12 (2.27%) MuleSoft
7 11 (2.08%) IBM
8 9 (1.70%) SAP
8 9 (1.70%) Talend
9 8 (1.51%) Oracle
10 4 (0.76%) Ab Initio
10 4 (0.76%) ServiceNow
11 3 (0.57%) BMC
11 3 (0.57%) Foundry
11 3 (0.57%) OpenAI
11 3 (0.57%) Palantir
11 3 (0.57%) Sparx
12 2 (0.38%) Cloudera
12 2 (0.38%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
12 2 (0.38%) Zend