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

6 months to
13 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 82 119 92
Rank change year-on-year +37 -27 +11
Permanent jobs citing Data Modelling 466 482 745
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 3.10% 2.95% 3.43%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.55% 3.14% 3.67%
Number of salaries quoted 280 221 518
10th Percentile £46,250 £42,500 £38,675
25th Percentile £56,500 £52,500 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £71,846 £65,000 £63,874
Median % change year-on-year +10.53% +1.76% -1.73%
75th Percentile £87,500 £82,500 £82,500
90th Percentile £110,000 £96,250 £97,500
UK median annual salary £71,014 £65,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year +9.25% - -

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 13,144 15,339 20,307
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 87.43% 93.72% 93.52%
Number of salaries quoted 8,355 9,020 16,451
10th Percentile £30,000 £36,250 £36,250
25th Percentile £41,500 £47,000 £45,000
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 £82,100 £78,750
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 13 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 26 (5.58%) Apache Airflow
2 21 (4.51%) Apache
3 15 (3.22%) Apache Spark
4 13 (2.79%) 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 (5.79%) Microsoft Excel
2 6 (1.29%) Chatbot
3 4 (0.86%) Microsoft Office
4 3 (0.64%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 3 (0.64%) MS Visio
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 (1.93%) Dynamics CRM
2 7 (1.50%) NetSuite
3 6 (1.29%) Markit EDM
4 1 (0.21%) Aladdin
4 1 (0.21%) SAP S/4HANA
4 1 (0.21%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 298 (63.95%) Azure
2 119 (25.54%) Snowflake
3 107 (22.96%) AWS
4 92 (19.74%) Power Platform
5 90 (19.31%) Azure DevOps
6 82 (17.60%) Azure Data Factory
7 71 (15.24%) GitHub
8 69 (14.81%) Azure Synapse Analytics
9 56 (12.02%) dbt
10 49 (10.52%) GCP
11 48 (10.30%) GitHub Copilot
12 46 (9.87%) Serverless
13 41 (8.80%) SaaS
14 31 (6.65%) Amazon S3
15 19 (4.08%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
16 18 (3.86%) AWS Lambda
17 17 (3.65%) Salesforce Service Cloud
18 12 (2.58%) PowerApps
18 12 (2.58%) Salesforce Einstein
19 11 (2.36%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 2 (0.43%) Broadband
2 1 (0.21%) ADSL
2 1 (0.21%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 181 (38.84%) Data Warehouse
2 85 (18.24%) Power BI
3 82 (17.60%) Data Lake
4 51 (10.94%) Metadata
5 42 (9.01%) Azure SQL Database
6 30 (6.44%) SQL Server
6 30 (6.44%) Tableau
7 23 (4.94%) Snowflake Schema
8 21 (4.51%) Amazon Redshift
8 21 (4.51%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 19 (4.08%) MySQL
10 18 (3.86%) Data Vault
10 18 (3.86%) NoSQL
11 16 (3.43%) BigQuery
11 16 (3.43%) Data Mining
12 15 (3.22%) Relational Database
13 13 (2.79%) Delta Lake
14 12 (2.58%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
14 12 (2.58%) SQL Server Integration Services
15 10 (2.15%) Amazon Athena
Development Applications
1 39 (8.37%) JIRA
2 34 (7.30%) Git
3 18 (3.86%) ER Studio
3 18 (3.86%) ERwin
4 6 (1.29%) Jenkins
5 5 (1.07%) git-flow
6 4 (0.86%) PowerDesigner
7 1 (0.21%) SonarQube
General
1 185 (39.70%) Finance
2 170 (36.48%) Social Skills
3 124 (26.61%) Analytical Skills
4 32 (6.87%) Public Sector
5 29 (6.22%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 28 (6.01%) Marketing
7 25 (5.36%) Retail
8 22 (4.72%) Law
9 13 (2.79%) Presentation Skills
10 10 (2.15%) Banking
11 8 (1.72%) Advertising
11 8 (1.72%) Legal
11 8 (1.72%) Manufacturing
12 7 (1.50%) Publishing
13 6 (1.29%) Influencing Skills
14 5 (1.07%) Back Office
14 5 (1.07%) Organisational Skills
14 5 (1.07%) Retail Banking
15 4 (0.86%) Documentation Skills
15 4 (0.86%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 131 (28.11%) Architect
2 102 (21.89%) Data Engineer
2 102 (21.89%) Senior
3 91 (19.53%) Data Architect
4 49 (10.52%) Developer
5 37 (7.94%) Senior Data Engineer
6 32 (6.87%) Analyst
7 30 (6.44%) Lead
8 17 (3.65%) Consultant
9 16 (3.43%) Azure Engineer
9 16 (3.43%) Lead Data Engineer
9 16 (3.43%) Solutions Architect
10 14 (3.00%) Data Modeller
11 13 (2.79%) Applications Architect
11 13 (2.79%) Business Analyst
11 13 (2.79%) Data Analyst
12 12 (2.58%) Azure Architect
12 12 (2.58%) Azure Data Architect
12 12 (2.58%) Business Manager
12 12 (2.58%) Insight Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 41 (8.80%) REST
2 33 (7.08%) SOAP
3 29 (6.22%) Lightning Web Components
4 24 (5.15%) Kafka
5 20 (4.29%) .NET
5 20 (4.29%) PySpark
6 14 (3.00%) CSS
7 13 (2.79%) HTML
7 13 (2.79%) JSON
8 12 (2.58%) XML
9 11 (2.36%) Middleware
9 11 (2.36%) React
10 8 (1.72%) YAML
11 7 (1.50%) AWS CDK
11 7 (1.50%) RabbitMQ
11 7 (1.50%) Visualforce
12 5 (1.07%) Material-UI
12 5 (1.07%) Node.js
13 3 (0.64%) RESTful
13 3 (0.64%) WebSockets
Miscellaneous
1 48 (10.30%) Cloud Native
2 46 (9.87%) Product Ownership
3 25 (5.36%) Enterprise Software
4 20 (4.29%) Data Structures
5 18 (3.86%) Management Information System
6 16 (3.43%) Analytical Mindset
7 14 (3.00%) Legacy Systems
8 7 (1.50%) Self-Motivation
9 6 (1.29%) FMCG
9 6 (1.29%) Greenfield Project
10 5 (1.07%) Distributed Systems
10 5 (1.07%) Reference Data
10 5 (1.07%) Virtual Team
11 4 (0.86%) Reinsurance
12 3 (0.64%) AI Agents
12 3 (0.64%) Data Protection Act
12 3 (0.64%) e-Learning
12 3 (0.64%) Low-Code
12 3 (0.64%) Mobile App
12 3 (0.64%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 6 (1.29%) Android
2 4 (0.86%) Windows
3 3 (0.64%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 202 (43.35%) Analytics
2 196 (42.06%) Agile
3 158 (33.91%) ETL
4 156 (33.48%) Data Engineering
5 154 (33.05%) DevOps
6 137 (29.40%) CI/CD
7 134 (28.76%) Data Architecture
8 123 (26.39%) AI
9 114 (24.46%) Business Intelligence
9 114 (24.46%) Mentoring
10 113 (24.25%) Data Pipeline
11 108 (23.18%) Data Governance
12 106 (22.75%) Data Integration
13 98 (21.03%) Coaching
14 94 (20.17%) Problem-Solving
15 91 (19.53%) Continuous Improvement
16 77 (16.52%) Asset Management
17 74 (15.88%) Clean Code
18 72 (15.45%) Data Management
19 68 (14.59%) Migration
Programming Languages
1 217 (46.57%) SQL
2 187 (40.13%) Python
3 46 (9.87%) Java
4 43 (9.23%) C#
4 43 (9.23%) JavaScript
5 35 (7.51%) TypeScript
6 30 (6.44%) Apex Code
6 30 (6.44%) Scala
7 24 (5.15%) Data Analysis Expressions
8 19 (4.08%) PowerShell
9 12 (2.58%) T-SQL
10 8 (1.72%) Bash
10 8 (1.72%) R
11 6 (1.29%) Kotlin
12 4 (0.86%) PHP
12 4 (0.86%) PL/SQL
13 3 (0.64%) Fortran
13 3 (0.64%) Swift
14 2 (0.43%) Bicep
14 2 (0.43%) Go
Qualifications
1 72 (15.45%) Degree
2 49 (10.52%) Computer Science Degree
3 34 (7.30%) Azure Certification
4 29 (6.22%) Microsoft Certification
4 29 (6.22%) Security Cleared
5 28 (6.01%) AWS Certification
5 28 (6.01%) SC Cleared
6 25 (5.36%) TOGAF Certification
7 24 (5.15%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
8 12 (2.58%) Six Sigma Green Belt
9 7 (1.50%) ACCA
9 7 (1.50%) CIMA
9 7 (1.50%) Master's Degree
10 5 (1.07%) DBS Check
10 5 (1.07%) SnowPro
11 1 (0.21%) DV Cleared
11 1 (0.21%) Numerate Degree
11 1 (0.21%) PMI Certification
11 1 (0.21%) PMP
11 1 (0.21%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 78 (16.74%) Data Quality
2 44 (9.44%) Accessibility
3 13 (2.79%) Actionable Recommendations
4 11 (2.36%) GDPR
4 11 (2.36%) 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 (1.29%) Docker
2 4 (0.86%) Active Directory
3 2 (0.43%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 32 (6.87%) 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
1 133 (28.54%) Microsoft
2 97 (20.82%) Databricks
3 42 (9.01%) Salesforce
4 18 (3.86%) Google
5 11 (2.36%) IBM
6 9 (1.93%) Informatica
6 9 (1.93%) SAP
6 9 (1.93%) Talend
7 8 (1.72%) Oracle
8 7 (1.50%) MuleSoft
9 4 (0.86%) Ab Initio
9 4 (0.86%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
10 3 (0.64%) BMC
10 3 (0.64%) ServiceNow
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