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

6 months to
18 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 90 113 91
Rank change year-on-year +23 -22 +20
Permanent jobs citing Data Modelling 461 502 664
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 3.02% 2.87% 3.35%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.40% 3.10% 3.53%
Number of salaries quoted 282 241 457
10th Percentile £46,250 £42,500 £41,848
25th Percentile £53,750 £53,000 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £68,000 £65,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.62% - -
75th Percentile £85,938 £82,500 £82,548
90th Percentile £110,000 £95,000 £97,500
UK median annual salary £70,000 £65,000 £66,750
% change year-on-year +7.69% -2.62% +2.69%

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 13,578 16,190 18,834
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 89.06% 92.72% 94.98%
Number of salaries quoted 8,689 9,805 15,142
10th Percentile £30,000 £36,250 £36,250
25th Percentile £40,625 £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% - -2.60%

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 18 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 (3.90%) Apache Airflow
2 16 (3.47%) Apache
3 14 (3.04%) Apache Spark
3 14 (3.04%) Confluence
4 5 (1.08%) SharePoint
5 4 (0.87%) CMS
6 3 (0.65%) SAS
7 2 (0.43%) Mendix
8 1 (0.22%) Camunda
8 1 (0.22%) Luigi
Applications
1 29 (6.29%) Microsoft Excel
2 6 (1.30%) Chatbot
3 5 (1.08%) Microsoft Office
3 5 (1.08%) MS Visio
4 3 (0.65%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 3 (0.65%) 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 (1.95%) Dynamics CRM
2 5 (1.08%) 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
1 290 (62.91%) Azure
2 114 (24.73%) Snowflake
3 104 (22.56%) Power Platform
4 92 (19.96%) AWS
5 84 (18.22%) Azure DevOps
6 77 (16.70%) Azure Data Factory
7 69 (14.97%) GitHub
8 64 (13.88%) Azure Synapse Analytics
9 51 (11.06%) dbt
10 45 (9.76%) GitHub Copilot
11 44 (9.54%) GCP
12 42 (9.11%) Serverless
13 39 (8.46%) SaaS
14 27 (5.86%) Amazon S3
15 20 (4.34%) AWS Lambda
16 18 (3.90%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
17 16 (3.47%) Salesforce Service Cloud
18 15 (3.25%) PowerApps
19 13 (2.82%) AWS CloudFormation
19 13 (2.82%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 2 (0.43%) Broadband
2 1 (0.22%) ADSL
2 1 (0.22%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 184 (39.91%) Data Warehouse
2 97 (21.04%) Power BI
3 79 (17.14%) Data Lake
4 44 (9.54%) Metadata
5 40 (8.68%) Azure SQL Database
6 32 (6.94%) SQL Server
7 26 (5.64%) Snowflake Schema
8 24 (5.21%) Tableau
9 22 (4.77%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 19 (4.12%) Data Vault
11 18 (3.90%) Amazon Redshift
11 18 (3.90%) MySQL
12 16 (3.47%) Data Mining
12 16 (3.47%) Relational Database
13 14 (3.04%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
13 14 (3.04%) BigQuery
13 14 (3.04%) NoSQL
14 13 (2.82%) SQL Server Integration Services
15 11 (2.39%) Power Query
16 10 (2.17%) Delta Lake
Development Applications
1 39 (8.46%) JIRA
2 32 (6.94%) Git
3 18 (3.90%) ER Studio
4 17 (3.69%) ERwin
5 6 (1.30%) Jenkins
6 5 (1.08%) git-flow
7 4 (0.87%) PowerDesigner
8 1 (0.22%) SonarQube
General
1 176 (38.18%) Finance
2 168 (36.44%) Social Skills
3 120 (26.03%) Analytical Skills
4 35 (7.59%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 32 (6.94%) Public Sector
6 25 (5.42%) Marketing
6 25 (5.42%) Retail
7 20 (4.34%) Law
8 16 (3.47%) Presentation Skills
9 11 (2.39%) Banking
10 8 (1.74%) Advertising
10 8 (1.74%) Manufacturing
11 7 (1.52%) Legal
12 6 (1.30%) Pharmaceutical
13 5 (1.08%) Organisational Skills
13 5 (1.08%) Retail Banking
14 4 (0.87%) Documentation Skills
14 4 (0.87%) Influencing Skills
14 4 (0.87%) Investment Banking
14 4 (0.87%) Tech for Good
Job Titles
1 124 (26.90%) Architect
2 99 (21.48%) Senior
3 94 (20.39%) Data Engineer
4 91 (19.74%) Data Architect
5 52 (11.28%) Developer
6 41 (8.89%) Analyst
7 37 (8.03%) Senior Data Engineer
8 32 (6.94%) Lead
9 17 (3.69%) Business Analyst
9 17 (3.69%) Consultant
10 16 (3.47%) Azure Engineer
10 16 (3.47%) Solutions Architect
11 15 (3.25%) Azure Architect
11 15 (3.25%) Azure Data Architect
12 14 (3.04%) Data Modeller
13 12 (2.60%) Business Manager
13 12 (2.60%) Data Manager
13 12 (2.60%) Insight Manager
14 11 (2.39%) Applications Architect
14 11 (2.39%) Data Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 40 (8.68%) REST
2 30 (6.51%) SOAP
3 27 (5.86%) Lightning Web Components
4 21 (4.56%) .NET
5 20 (4.34%) Kafka
6 16 (3.47%) JSON
6 16 (3.47%) PySpark
7 15 (3.25%) CSS
7 15 (3.25%) HTML
8 12 (2.60%) XML
9 11 (2.39%) Middleware
10 8 (1.74%) React
11 7 (1.52%) AWS CDK
11 7 (1.52%) RabbitMQ
11 7 (1.52%) Visualforce
11 7 (1.52%) YAML
12 6 (1.30%) RESTful
13 5 (1.08%) Material-UI
14 4 (0.87%) ADO
14 4 (0.87%) HTML5 Canvas
Miscellaneous
1 46 (9.98%) Product Ownership
2 44 (9.54%) Cloud Native
3 20 (4.34%) Enterprise Software
4 18 (3.90%) Management Information System
5 16 (3.47%) Analytical Mindset
5 16 (3.47%) Data Structures
6 14 (3.04%) Legacy Systems
7 6 (1.30%) Virtual Team
8 5 (1.08%) Data Protection Act
8 5 (1.08%) Reference Data
9 4 (0.87%) Distributed Systems
9 4 (0.87%) Mobile App
9 4 (0.87%) Reinsurance
10 3 (0.65%) AI Agents
10 3 (0.65%) Distributed Computing
10 3 (0.65%) FMCG
10 3 (0.65%) Greenfield Project
10 3 (0.65%) Low-Code
10 3 (0.65%) Self-Motivation
10 3 (0.65%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 6 (1.30%) Android
2 3 (0.65%) Apple iOS
2 3 (0.65%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 200 (43.38%) Analytics
2 195 (42.30%) Agile
3 161 (34.92%) ETL
4 148 (32.10%) DevOps
5 143 (31.02%) Data Engineering
6 131 (28.42%) CI/CD
7 126 (27.33%) Data Architecture
8 124 (26.90%) Business Intelligence
9 120 (26.03%) AI
10 113 (24.51%) Mentoring
11 109 (23.64%) Data Integration
12 106 (22.99%) Data Pipeline
13 100 (21.69%) Data Governance
14 95 (20.61%) Problem-Solving
15 90 (19.52%) Continuous Improvement
16 89 (19.31%) Coaching
17 72 (15.62%) Asset Management
18 71 (15.40%) Data Management
19 69 (14.97%) Clean Code
20 66 (14.32%) Decision-Making
Programming Languages
1 218 (47.29%) SQL
2 177 (38.39%) Python
3 40 (8.68%) Java
3 40 (8.68%) JavaScript
4 38 (8.24%) C#
5 34 (7.38%) Data Analysis Expressions
6 30 (6.51%) TypeScript
7 28 (6.07%) Apex Code
7 28 (6.07%) Scala
8 18 (3.90%) PowerShell
9 12 (2.60%) T-SQL
10 9 (1.95%) R
11 6 (1.30%) Kotlin
12 5 (1.08%) Bash
12 5 (1.08%) PL/SQL
13 4 (0.87%) Fortran
13 4 (0.87%) Go
13 4 (0.87%) PHP
14 3 (0.65%) Bicep
14 3 (0.65%) Swift
Qualifications
1 65 (14.10%) Degree
2 44 (9.54%) Computer Science Degree
3 31 (6.72%) Azure Certification
4 29 (6.29%) Microsoft Certification
5 26 (5.64%) AWS Certification
6 24 (5.21%) Security Cleared
7 23 (4.99%) SC Cleared
8 21 (4.56%) TOGAF Certification
9 20 (4.34%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 12 (2.60%) Six Sigma Green Belt
11 7 (1.52%) Master's Degree
12 6 (1.30%) SnowPro
13 5 (1.08%) DBS Check
14 4 (0.87%) ACCA
14 4 (0.87%) CIMA
15 1 (0.22%) DV Cleared
15 1 (0.22%) PhD
15 1 (0.22%) PMI Certification
15 1 (0.22%) PMP
15 1 (0.22%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 68 (14.75%) Data Quality
2 45 (9.76%) Accessibility
3 15 (3.25%) QA
4 14 (3.04%) GDPR
5 13 (2.82%) Actionable Recommendations
6 2 (0.43%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 1 (0.22%) ISO 13485
7 1 (0.22%) P3O
7 1 (0.22%) PCI DSS
7 1 (0.22%) PMO
System Software
1 7 (1.52%) Docker
2 3 (0.65%) Active Directory
3 2 (0.43%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 31 (6.72%) Terraform
2 5 (1.08%) Kubernetes
3 3 (0.65%) Control-M
4 1 (0.22%) Ansible
4 1 (0.22%) Progress Chef
4 1 (0.22%) Puppet
Vendors
1 140 (30.37%) Microsoft
2 95 (20.61%) Databricks
3 37 (8.03%) Salesforce
4 20 (4.34%) Google
5 10 (2.17%) IBM
6 9 (1.95%) Informatica
6 9 (1.95%) Talend
7 8 (1.74%) Oracle
7 8 (1.74%) SAP
8 7 (1.52%) MuleSoft
9 4 (0.87%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
10 3 (0.65%) Ab Initio
10 3 (0.65%) BMC
10 3 (0.65%) Cloudera
10 3 (0.65%) Sparx
11 2 (0.43%) Alteryx
11 2 (0.43%) OutSystems
11 2 (0.43%) Palantir
11 2 (0.43%) Samsung
11 2 (0.43%) Zend