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 17 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 78 115 106
Rank change year-on-year +37 -9 -7
Permanent jobs citing Data Modelling 551 417 842
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 3.26% 3.07% 2.81%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.83% 3.22% 3.05%
Number of salaries quoted 347 209 628
10th Percentile £43,750 £45,750 £41,250
25th Percentile £54,500 £53,000 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £62,500 £63,250
Median % change year-on-year +12.00% -1.19% -2.69%
75th Percentile £87,500 £80,000 £85,000
90th Percentile £110,500 £102,410 £100,000
UK median annual salary £70,000 £62,500 £66,500
% change year-on-year +12.00% -6.02% +1.24%

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 14,370 12,931 27,637
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 85.06% 95.25% 92.08%
Number of salaries quoted 9,432 8,809 22,885
10th Percentile £31,250 £33,000 £34,000
25th Percentile £42,500 £46,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £62,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% +8.70% -8.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £81,250 £75,772
90th Percentile £100,000 £105,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -11.41%

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 17 March 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 42 (7.62%) Apache Airflow
2 24 (4.36%) Apache
3 18 (3.27%) Apache Spark
4 10 (1.81%) Confluence
5 8 (1.45%) Microsoft Exchange
5 8 (1.45%) SAS
6 7 (1.27%) SharePoint
7 6 (1.09%) CMS
8 2 (0.36%) Mendix
9 1 (0.18%) Camunda
9 1 (0.18%) Palantir Foundry
Applications
1 31 (5.63%) Microsoft Excel
2 7 (1.27%) Microsoft Office
3 6 (1.09%) Chatbot
4 3 (0.54%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 3 (0.54%) MS Visio
4 3 (0.54%) Sketch
5 1 (0.18%) Microsoft Project
5 1 (0.18%) Notion
5 1 (0.18%) SPSS
Business Applications
1 10 (1.81%) NetSuite
2 9 (1.63%) Dynamics CRM
3 6 (1.09%) Markit EDM
4 4 (0.73%) SAP S/4HANA
5 1 (0.18%) Salesforce CRM
5 1 (0.18%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 331 (60.07%) Azure
2 127 (23.05%) AWS
3 114 (20.69%) Power Platform
4 113 (20.51%) Snowflake
5 105 (19.06%) Azure Data Factory
6 89 (16.15%) Azure DevOps
7 73 (13.25%) Azure Synapse Analytics
8 69 (12.52%) GCP
9 67 (12.16%) GitHub
10 60 (10.89%) dbt
11 47 (8.53%) Serverless
12 42 (7.62%) GitHub Copilot
13 38 (6.90%) SaaS
14 32 (5.81%) Amazon S3
15 31 (5.63%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
16 29 (5.26%) Salesforce Service Cloud
17 18 (3.27%) Microsoft 365
18 17 (3.09%) AWS Lambda
19 12 (2.18%) Power Automate
19 12 (2.18%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 14 (2.54%) Broadband
2 2 (0.36%) NGN
3 1 (0.18%) ADSL
3 1 (0.18%) Internet
3 1 (0.18%) SMS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 166 (30.13%) Data Warehouse
2 106 (19.24%) Power BI
3 79 (14.34%) Metadata
4 71 (12.89%) Data Lake
5 47 (8.53%) SQL Server
6 45 (8.17%) Azure SQL Database
7 39 (7.08%) Tableau
8 30 (5.44%) MySQL
8 30 (5.44%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 28 (5.08%) PostgreSQL
10 26 (4.72%) Relational Database
11 25 (4.54%) BigQuery
12 23 (4.17%) Amazon Redshift
13 21 (3.81%) NoSQL
14 20 (3.63%) SQL Server Integration Services
15 17 (3.09%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
16 16 (2.90%) Snowflake Schema
17 15 (2.72%) Delta Lake
18 13 (2.36%) Amazon Athena
18 13 (2.36%) Data Mining
Development Applications
1 41 (7.44%) Git
2 29 (5.26%) JIRA
3 13 (2.36%) ERwin
4 11 (2.00%) ER Studio
5 5 (0.91%) git-flow
6 4 (0.73%) Jenkins
6 4 (0.73%) PowerDesigner
7 1 (0.18%) Cucumber
7 1 (0.18%) Postman
7 1 (0.18%) SonarQube
7 1 (0.18%) SpecFlow
General
1 195 (35.39%) Social Skills
2 194 (35.21%) Finance
3 141 (25.59%) Analytical Skills
4 64 (11.62%) Public Sector
5 38 (6.90%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 35 (6.35%) Marketing
7 31 (5.63%) Law
8 22 (3.99%) Retail
9 21 (3.81%) Influencing Skills
10 12 (2.18%) Presentation Skills
11 11 (2.00%) Publishing
12 9 (1.63%) Banking
12 9 (1.63%) Legal
13 7 (1.27%) Advertising
14 6 (1.09%) Documentation Skills
14 6 (1.09%) Games
14 6 (1.09%) Manufacturing
15 5 (0.91%) Back Office
15 5 (0.91%) Organisational Skills
15 5 (0.91%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 144 (26.13%) Architect
2 123 (22.32%) Senior
3 121 (21.96%) Data Engineer
4 98 (17.79%) Data Architect
5 72 (13.07%) Developer
6 55 (9.98%) Lead
7 53 (9.62%) Analyst
8 46 (8.35%) Senior Data Engineer
9 33 (5.99%) Data Analyst
10 22 (3.99%) Lead Data Engineer
11 21 (3.81%) Senior Architect
12 20 (3.63%) Salesforce Developer
13 19 (3.45%) Consultant
14 18 (3.27%) Platform Engineer
15 16 (2.90%) Azure Engineer
15 16 (2.90%) Senior Data Architect
16 15 (2.72%) Business Analyst
16 15 (2.72%) Full-Stack Developer
17 14 (2.54%) Senior Developer
17 14 (2.54%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 60 (10.89%) REST
2 44 (7.99%) SOAP
3 43 (7.80%) Lightning Web Components
4 32 (5.81%) .NET
4 32 (5.81%) Kafka
5 26 (4.72%) PySpark
6 24 (4.36%) Middleware
7 19 (3.45%) Visualforce
8 16 (2.90%) JSON
8 16 (2.90%) React
9 15 (2.72%) CSS
10 14 (2.54%) HTML
11 12 (2.18%) XML
12 10 (1.81%) Node.js
13 8 (1.45%) RabbitMQ
13 8 (1.45%) YAML
14 6 (1.09%) RESTful
14 6 (1.09%) Vue
15 5 (0.91%) gRPC
15 5 (0.91%) Material-UI
Miscellaneous
1 58 (10.53%) Product Ownership
2 50 (9.07%) Cloud Native
3 38 (6.90%) Data Structures
4 24 (4.36%) Management Information System
5 22 (3.99%) Enterprise Software
6 18 (3.27%) Greenfield Project
7 15 (2.72%) Analytical Mindset
8 13 (2.36%) Legacy Systems
9 12 (2.18%) Onboarding
10 11 (2.00%) Self-Motivation
11 10 (1.81%) FMCG
12 9 (1.63%) Low-Code
12 9 (1.63%) Public Cloud
13 8 (1.45%) Social Media
14 7 (1.27%) Reference Data
15 6 (1.09%) Algorithms
15 6 (1.09%) Anti-Piracy
15 6 (1.09%) Video\Live Streaming
16 5 (0.91%) Reinsurance
17 4 (0.73%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 7 (1.27%) Android
2 4 (0.73%) Apple iOS
2 4 (0.73%) Windows
3 1 (0.18%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 242 (43.92%) Analytics
2 202 (36.66%) Agile
3 184 (33.39%) Data Engineering
4 169 (30.67%) ETL
5 167 (30.31%) DevOps
6 163 (29.58%) CI/CD
7 151 (27.40%) Data Architecture
8 140 (25.41%) Business Intelligence
9 131 (23.77%) AI
10 128 (23.23%) Data Governance
11 126 (22.87%) Data Pipeline
12 118 (21.42%) Mentoring
13 115 (20.87%) Problem-Solving
14 101 (18.33%) Data Integration
15 100 (18.15%) Continuous Improvement
16 96 (17.42%) Coaching
17 95 (17.24%) Decision-Making
18 82 (14.88%) Data Management
19 76 (13.79%) Asset Management
20 67 (12.16%) Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 235 (42.65%) SQL
2 214 (38.84%) Python
3 58 (10.53%) JavaScript
4 54 (9.80%) Java
5 43 (7.80%) Apex Code
6 42 (7.62%) C#
7 34 (6.17%) TypeScript
8 26 (4.72%) PowerShell
9 25 (4.54%) Data Analysis Expressions
9 25 (4.54%) Scala
10 21 (3.81%) T-SQL
11 11 (2.00%) Bash
12 7 (1.27%) Go
12 7 (1.27%) PHP
13 6 (1.09%) C++
13 6 (1.09%) Kotlin
13 6 (1.09%) R
14 3 (0.54%) Bicep
14 3 (0.54%) Swift
15 2 (0.36%) SOQL
Qualifications
1 98 (17.79%) Degree
2 58 (10.53%) Security Cleared
3 53 (9.62%) Computer Science Degree
4 52 (9.44%) SC Cleared
5 31 (5.63%) Azure Certification
6 26 (4.72%) TOGAF Certification
7 23 (4.17%) AWS Certification
8 22 (3.99%) Microsoft Certification
9 21 (3.81%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 12 (2.18%) ACCA
10 12 (2.18%) CIMA
10 12 (2.18%) Six Sigma Green Belt
11 7 (1.27%) Master's Degree
12 6 (1.09%) DBS Check
13 3 (0.54%) SnowPro
14 2 (0.36%) BPSS Clearance
14 2 (0.36%) DV Cleared
14 2 (0.36%) SAP Certification
15 1 (0.18%) PMI Certification
15 1 (0.18%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 120 (21.78%) Data Quality
2 45 (8.17%) Accessibility
3 23 (4.17%) QA
4 20 (3.63%) GDPR
5 13 (2.36%) Actionable Recommendations
6 12 (2.18%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 2 (0.36%) PERC
8 1 (0.18%) HL7
8 1 (0.18%) ISO 13485
8 1 (0.18%) P3O
8 1 (0.18%) PMO
8 1 (0.18%) SNOMED CT
System Software
1 12 (2.18%) Active Directory
2 10 (1.81%) Docker
Systems Management
1 34 (6.17%) Terraform
2 5 (0.91%) Kubernetes
3 3 (0.54%) Control-M
4 2 (0.36%) Single Sign-On
5 1 (0.18%) Grafana
5 1 (0.18%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 153 (27.77%) Microsoft
2 106 (19.24%) Databricks
3 61 (11.07%) Salesforce
4 23 (4.17%) Google
5 18 (3.27%) MuleSoft
6 15 (2.72%) IBM
6 15 (2.72%) Informatica
7 14 (2.54%) SAP
8 12 (2.18%) Oracle
9 9 (1.63%) Talend
10 4 (0.73%) Ab Initio
10 4 (0.73%) Foundry
10 4 (0.73%) ServiceNow
11 3 (0.54%) BMC
11 3 (0.54%) OpenAI
11 3 (0.54%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
11 3 (0.54%) Sparx
12 2 (0.36%) Cloudera
12 2 (0.36%) iManage
12 2 (0.36%) Zend