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 6 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
6 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 105 130 125
Rank change year-on-year +25 -5 -27
Permanent jobs citing Data Modelling 534 432 770
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 2.54% 2.66% 2.34%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.09% 2.85% 2.63%
Number of salaries quoted 387 260 566
10th Percentile £42,500 £47,500 £41,250
25th Percentile £51,425 £55,563 £49,406
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,500 £65,750 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +2.66% +1.15% -
75th Percentile £86,000 £82,500 £85,000
90th Percentile £107,500 £107,500 £100,000
UK median annual salary £69,973 £65,000 £67,500
% change year-on-year +7.65% -3.70% -

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 17,307 15,183 29,306
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 82.42% 93.63% 88.89%
Number of salaries quoted 12,659 8,999 22,465
10th Percentile £35,000 £29,913 £33,750
25th Percentile £45,000 £41,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year - +4.35% -8.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £78,750 £75,772
90th Percentile £100,000 £102,500 £95,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +4.35% +4.55% -8.71%

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 6 July 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 30 (5.62%) Apache Airflow
2 26 (4.87%) Apache Spark
3 22 (4.12%) Apache
4 13 (2.43%) SharePoint
5 8 (1.50%) Microsoft Exchange
6 6 (1.12%) SAS
7 5 (0.94%) Jupyter
8 3 (0.56%) Apache Solr
8 3 (0.56%) Palantir Foundry
9 2 (0.37%) Oracle SOA Suite
10 1 (0.19%) CMS
10 1 (0.19%) Confluence
Applications
1 33 (6.18%) Microsoft Excel
2 7 (1.31%) Microsoft Office
3 3 (0.56%) Blender
3 3 (0.56%) Maya
4 1 (0.19%) Chatbot
4 1 (0.19%) FrameMaker
4 1 (0.19%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.19%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 12 (2.25%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
2 7 (1.31%) Dynamics CRM
3 6 (1.12%) NetSuite
4 3 (0.56%) Oracle EBS
4 3 (0.56%) Oracle ERP
4 3 (0.56%) SAP S/4HANA
5 2 (0.37%) Oracle Payables
5 2 (0.37%) Oracle Receivables
5 2 (0.37%) Salesforce CRM
6 1 (0.19%) JDE EnterpriseOne
Cloud Services
1 221 (41.39%) Azure
2 161 (30.15%) Power Platform
3 116 (21.72%) AWS
4 72 (13.48%) GCP
5 65 (12.17%) Azure Data Factory
6 42 (7.87%) Azure Synapse Analytics
7 38 (7.12%) Snowflake
8 31 (5.81%) SaaS
8 31 (5.81%) Serverless
9 26 (4.87%) dbt
10 24 (4.49%) Amazon S3
11 21 (3.93%) GitHub
12 19 (3.56%) AWS Lambda
12 19 (3.56%) Azure DevOps
13 17 (3.18%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
14 14 (2.62%) Microsoft 365
14 14 (2.62%) Microsoft Purview
15 13 (2.43%) PowerApps
16 12 (2.25%) GitHub Actions
16 12 (2.25%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 44 (8.24%) Broadband
2 4 (0.75%) NGN
3 2 (0.37%) SMS
4 1 (0.19%) 4G
4 1 (0.19%) 5G
4 1 (0.19%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 145 (27.15%) Power BI
2 92 (17.23%) Metadata
3 84 (15.73%) Data Warehouse
4 53 (9.93%) Data Lake
5 48 (8.99%) PostgreSQL
6 44 (8.24%) Relational Database
6 44 (8.24%) SQL Server
7 43 (8.05%) Tableau
8 33 (6.18%) Semantic Layer
9 30 (5.62%) BigQuery
9 30 (5.62%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 21 (3.93%) Azure SQL Database
10 21 (3.93%) MySQL
11 20 (3.75%) Big Data
11 20 (3.75%) SQL Server Reporting Services
12 19 (3.56%) Star Schema
13 18 (3.37%) Amazon Redshift
13 18 (3.37%) MongoDB
14 17 (3.18%) Delta Lake
14 17 (3.18%) SAP BW
Development Applications
1 36 (6.74%) Git
2 19 (3.56%) Jenkins
3 7 (1.31%) JIRA
4 6 (1.12%) GitLab
5 3 (0.56%) MLflow
6 1 (0.19%) Ant
6 1 (0.19%) Cucumber
6 1 (0.19%) ER Studio
6 1 (0.19%) ERwin
6 1 (0.19%) Mocha
6 1 (0.19%) Postman
6 1 (0.19%) SpecFlow
6 1 (0.19%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
6 1 (0.19%) Toad
6 1 (0.19%) Visual Studio
General
1 197 (36.89%) Social Skills
2 142 (26.59%) Analytical Skills
3 128 (23.97%) Finance
4 81 (15.17%) Public Sector
5 74 (13.86%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 38 (7.12%) Law
7 26 (4.87%) Retail
8 25 (4.68%) Influencing Skills
9 21 (3.93%) Marketing
10 12 (2.25%) Banking
10 12 (2.25%) Manufacturing
11 11 (2.06%) Documentation Skills
12 10 (1.87%) Legal
13 7 (1.31%) Games
14 6 (1.12%) Publishing
15 5 (0.94%) Local Government
15 5 (0.94%) Presentation Skills
16 4 (0.75%) Billing
16 4 (0.75%) Health Technology
16 4 (0.75%) Police
Job Titles
1 150 (28.09%) Data Engineer
2 125 (23.41%) Architect
3 108 (20.22%) Senior
4 86 (16.10%) Data Architect
5 73 (13.67%) Lead
6 70 (13.11%) Analyst
7 65 (12.17%) Developer
8 42 (7.87%) Senior Data Engineer
9 38 (7.12%) Data Analyst
10 33 (6.18%) Senior Architect
11 26 (4.87%) Senior Data Architect
12 21 (3.93%) Lead Data Engineer
13 19 (3.56%) Business Analyst
13 19 (3.56%) Business Intelligence Analyst
14 18 (3.37%) Solutions Architect
15 16 (3.00%) Business Intelligence Developer
16 15 (2.81%) Platform Engineer
17 14 (2.62%) Consultant
18 13 (2.43%) Software Engineer
18 13 (2.43%) Technical Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 47 (8.80%) REST
2 43 (8.05%) PySpark
3 39 (7.30%) Node.js
4 32 (5.99%) Kafka
5 19 (3.56%) JSON
5 19 (3.56%) Lightning Web Components
5 19 (3.56%) Middleware
5 19 (3.56%) SOAP
6 15 (2.81%) .NET
6 15 (2.81%) CSS
6 15 (2.81%) React
7 14 (2.62%) Oracle Fusion
8 12 (2.25%) Visualforce
8 12 (2.25%) XML
9 9 (1.69%) RESTful
10 8 (1.50%) HTML
10 8 (1.50%) Spring
10 8 (1.50%) Tailwind CSS
11 6 (1.12%) LangChain
11 6 (1.12%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 56 (10.49%) Cloud Native
2 53 (9.93%) Data Structures
3 25 (4.68%) Product Ownership
4 22 (4.12%) Social Media
5 19 (3.56%) Management Information System
6 17 (3.18%) Distributed Systems
6 17 (3.18%) Onboarding
7 16 (3.00%) Greenfield Project
8 11 (2.06%) Algorithms
8 11 (2.06%) Public Cloud
9 10 (1.87%) Legacy Systems
9 10 (1.87%) Low-Code
9 10 (1.87%) Self-Motivation
10 9 (1.69%) Blog
11 8 (1.50%) Data Fabric
11 8 (1.50%) FMCG
12 7 (1.31%) Analytical Mindset
12 7 (1.31%) Reference Data
12 7 (1.31%) Video\Live Streaming
13 6 (1.12%) Taxonomies
Operating Systems
1 2 (0.37%) Linux
2 1 (0.19%) Android
2 1 (0.19%) Apple iOS
2 1 (0.19%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 240 (44.94%) Analytics
2 185 (34.64%) Business Intelligence
3 166 (31.09%) Data Architecture
4 163 (30.52%) Data Engineering
5 154 (28.84%) Decision-Making
6 145 (27.15%) AI
7 140 (26.22%) Agile
8 136 (25.47%) CI/CD
9 131 (24.53%) Data Pipeline
9 131 (24.53%) ETL
10 125 (23.41%) Data Governance
11 124 (23.22%) Problem-Solving
12 119 (22.28%) Data Strategy
13 92 (17.23%) DevOps
14 89 (16.67%) Mentoring
15 80 (14.98%) Machine Learning
15 80 (14.98%) Roadmaps
16 72 (13.48%) Stakeholder Engagement
17 71 (13.30%) Continuous Improvement
18 60 (11.24%) Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 247 (46.25%) SQL
2 201 (37.64%) Python
3 38 (7.12%) JavaScript
4 36 (6.74%) Java
5 34 (6.37%) Data Analysis Expressions
6 23 (4.31%) T-SQL
6 23 (4.31%) TypeScript
7 20 (3.75%) Scala
8 18 (3.37%) Apex Code
9 15 (2.81%) C#
9 15 (2.81%) PowerShell
10 10 (1.87%) Bicep
11 8 (1.50%) Bash
11 8 (1.50%) Kusto Query Language
12 7 (1.31%) C++
12 7 (1.31%) Go
13 5 (0.94%) R
14 4 (0.75%) PHP
14 4 (0.75%) SOQL
14 4 (0.75%) SOSL
Qualifications
1 71 (13.30%) Security Cleared
2 69 (12.92%) Degree
3 55 (10.30%) SC Cleared
4 20 (3.75%) Computer Science Degree
5 18 (3.37%) Azure Certification
6 13 (2.43%) Microsoft Certification
7 11 (2.06%) TOGAF Certification
8 9 (1.69%) CIPD
9 8 (1.50%) SnowPro
10 7 (1.31%) DV Cleared
11 6 (1.12%) ACCA
11 6 (1.12%) CIMA
11 6 (1.12%) DBS Check
11 6 (1.12%) Master's Degree
12 5 (0.94%) BPSS Clearance
13 3 (0.56%) AWS Certification
13 3 (0.56%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
14 2 (0.37%) IIBA
15 1 (0.19%) CBAP
15 1 (0.19%) SSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 191 (35.77%) Data Quality
2 39 (7.30%) GDPR
3 23 (4.31%) QA
4 12 (2.25%) Accessibility
4 12 (2.25%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 4 (0.75%) PERC
6 3 (0.56%) California Consumer Privacy Act
6 3 (0.56%) IFRS
6 3 (0.56%) IFRS 17
6 3 (0.56%) Solvency II
7 1 (0.19%) Actionable Recommendations
7 1 (0.19%) EU AI Act
7 1 (0.19%) HL7
7 1 (0.19%) SNOMED CT
System Software
1 26 (4.87%) Docker
2 8 (1.50%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 35 (6.55%) Terraform
2 12 (2.25%) Kubernetes
3 4 (0.75%) Ansible
4 3 (0.56%) Packer
5 2 (0.37%) Single Sign-On
6 1 (0.19%) Grafana
6 1 (0.19%) Prometheus
6 1 (0.19%) QRadar
Vendors
1 135 (25.28%) Microsoft
2 100 (18.73%) Databricks
3 43 (8.05%) Oracle
3 43 (8.05%) Salesforce
4 37 (6.93%) SAP
5 15 (2.81%) Google
6 12 (2.25%) Informatica
6 12 (2.25%) MuleSoft
7 8 (1.50%) OpenAI
8 7 (1.31%) Foundry
8 7 (1.31%) ServiceNow
9 6 (1.12%) HubSpot
9 6 (1.12%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
10 4 (0.75%) IBM
11 3 (0.56%) Alteryx
11 3 (0.56%) Epicor
11 3 (0.56%) IFS
11 3 (0.56%) Infor
11 3 (0.56%) Palantir
11 3 (0.56%) TOWER Software