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 vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 18 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 148 125 96
Rank change year-on-year -23 -29 +36
Permanent jobs citing Data Modelling 357 601 791
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 2.19% 2.56% 3.22%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.35% 2.92% 3.38%
Number of salaries quoted 267 313 605
10th Percentile £49,300 £41,250 £42,500
25th Percentile £57,000 £53,750 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,500 £70,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.57% +7.69% -7.14%
75th Percentile £83,750 £82,500 £83,750
90th Percentile £103,500 £95,000 £97,500
UK median annual salary £70,000 £69,300 £67,251
% change year-on-year +1.01% +3.05% +3.46%

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 15,185 20,575 23,400
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 93.17% 87.78% 95.29%
Number of salaries quoted 8,609 12,675 19,261
10th Percentile £30,000 £35,500 £37,500
25th Percentile £40,750 £45,000 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year - -4.00% +1.71%
75th Percentile £78,750 £80,000 £81,250
90th Percentile £100,000 £100,000 £100,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £57,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -4.35% -4.17% -

Data Modelling
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with remote working options citing Data Modelling as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Data Modelling trend for jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH options

Data Modelling
Salary Trend for Jobs with Hybrid Work Options

Salary distribution trend for jobs with remote work options citing Data Modelling.

Salary distribution trend for jobs with remote work options citing Data Modelling

Data Modelling
Salary Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Salary distribution for jobs with remote working options citing Data Modelling over the 6 months to 18 September 2025.

Data Modelling salary histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Data Modelling
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 20 (5.60%) Apache Spark
2 18 (5.04%) Apache
3 12 (3.36%) Apache Airflow
3 12 (3.36%) Confluence
4 4 (1.12%) SharePoint
5 3 (0.84%) SAS
6 1 (0.28%) Luigi
6 1 (0.28%) Oracle Application Server
Applications
1 22 (6.16%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (1.12%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 2 (0.56%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (0.56%) MS Visio
3 2 (0.56%) Trello
4 1 (0.28%) Chatbot
4 1 (0.28%) PlantUML
4 1 (0.28%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 7 (1.96%) Dynamics CRM
2 4 (1.12%) NetSuite
2 4 (1.12%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
3 3 (0.84%) Shopify
4 2 (0.56%) Aladdin
4 2 (0.56%) Dynamics GP
5 1 (0.28%) Elite 3E
5 1 (0.28%) Salesforce CRM
5 1 (0.28%) SAP HCM
5 1 (0.28%) SAP HR
Cloud Services
1 155 (43.42%) Azure
2 103 (28.85%) Power Platform
3 78 (21.85%) AWS
4 45 (12.61%) Snowflake
5 33 (9.24%) Azure Data Factory
5 33 (9.24%) SaaS
6 26 (7.28%) Azure DevOps
6 26 (7.28%) Azure Synapse Analytics
7 25 (7.00%) GCP
8 24 (6.72%) Serverless
9 19 (5.32%) GitHub
10 18 (5.04%) dbt
11 17 (4.76%) Amazon S3
12 16 (4.48%) AWS Lambda
12 16 (4.48%) Power Automate
13 13 (3.64%) Microsoft 365
13 13 (3.64%) PowerApps
14 12 (3.36%) Dynamics 365
15 11 (3.08%) Microsoft Purview
16 9 (2.52%) Azure Logic Apps
Communications & Networking
1 4 (1.12%) Broadband
2 1 (0.28%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 112 (31.37%) Data Warehouse
2 95 (26.61%) Power BI
3 53 (14.85%) Data Lake
4 38 (10.64%) Metadata
5 26 (7.28%) Amazon Redshift
6 22 (6.16%) SQL Server
6 22 (6.16%) Tableau
7 21 (5.88%) Power Query
8 18 (5.04%) Big Data
9 17 (4.76%) Snowflake Schema
10 16 (4.48%) Relational Database
11 14 (3.92%) Azure SQL Database
12 13 (3.64%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
13 12 (3.36%) SQL Server Integration Services
14 11 (3.08%) Data Vault
14 11 (3.08%) MySQL
14 11 (3.08%) NoSQL
15 8 (2.24%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
15 8 (2.24%) MongoDB
15 8 (2.24%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 34 (9.52%) JIRA
2 23 (6.44%) Git
3 11 (3.08%) ER Studio
4 10 (2.80%) ERwin
5 6 (1.68%) Jenkins
6 4 (1.12%) Subversion
7 2 (0.56%) Visual Studio
8 1 (0.28%) LSMW
General
1 128 (35.85%) Social Skills
2 104 (29.13%) Finance
3 80 (22.41%) Analytical Skills
4 41 (11.48%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 23 (6.44%) Marketing
5 23 (6.44%) Public Sector
6 20 (5.60%) Law
7 17 (4.76%) Banking
8 15 (4.20%) Retail
9 9 (2.52%) Manufacturing
10 7 (1.96%) Games
11 6 (1.68%) Investment Banking
11 6 (1.68%) Pharmaceutical
11 6 (1.68%) Tech for Good
12 5 (1.40%) Billing
12 5 (1.40%) Presentation Skills
13 4 (1.12%) Documentation Skills
13 4 (1.12%) Electronics
13 4 (1.12%) Legal
14 3 (0.84%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 90 (25.21%) Data Engineer
2 73 (20.45%) Senior
3 70 (19.61%) Architect
4 49 (13.73%) Analyst
5 47 (13.17%) Developer
6 45 (12.61%) Data Architect
7 40 (11.20%) Lead
8 35 (9.80%) Senior Data Engineer
9 18 (5.04%) Business Intelligence Developer
10 17 (4.76%) Business Analyst
10 17 (4.76%) Business Intelligence Analyst
11 16 (4.48%) Data Manager
12 15 (4.20%) Business Intelligence Lead
12 15 (4.20%) Power BI Developer
13 14 (3.92%) Enterprise Architect
14 13 (3.64%) Data Analyst
15 12 (3.36%) Engineering Manager
15 12 (3.36%) Lead Data Engineer
16 10 (2.80%) Power BI Analyst
16 10 (2.80%) ServiceNow Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 16 (4.48%) XML
2 15 (4.20%) JSON
3 13 (3.64%) REST
4 12 (3.36%) HTML
4 12 (3.36%) Kafka
5 11 (3.08%) CSS
5 11 (3.08%) Lightning Web Components
6 10 (2.80%) .NET
7 8 (2.24%) PySpark
8 7 (1.96%) Middleware
9 6 (1.68%) Visualforce
10 5 (1.40%) RESTful
11 4 (1.12%) ADO
11 4 (1.12%) EDI
11 4 (1.12%) OAuth
11 4 (1.12%) Pandas
11 4 (1.12%) SOAP
12 3 (0.84%) Restlet
12 3 (0.84%) SAML
12 3 (0.84%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 20 (5.60%) Management Information System
2 17 (4.76%) Data Structures
3 15 (4.20%) Cloud Native
3 15 (4.20%) Legacy Systems
4 14 (3.92%) Enterprise Software
5 12 (3.36%) Product Ownership
6 10 (2.80%) CMDB
6 10 (2.80%) Virtual Team
7 7 (1.96%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
8 5 (1.40%) Distributed Systems
8 5 (1.40%) Legacy Code
9 4 (1.12%) Data Protection Act
10 3 (0.84%) Analytical Mindset
10 3 (0.84%) Hybrid Cloud
10 3 (0.84%) IoT
10 3 (0.84%) Market Risk
10 3 (0.84%) Operational Technology
10 3 (0.84%) Reinsurance
10 3 (0.84%) Replication
10 3 (0.84%) Taxonomies
Operating Systems
1 4 (1.12%) Linux
2 3 (0.84%) Android
2 3 (0.84%) Apple iOS
2 3 (0.84%) Unix
2 3 (0.84%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 142 (39.78%) ETL
2 122 (34.17%) Business Intelligence
3 119 (33.33%) Agile
3 119 (33.33%) Analytics
4 85 (23.81%) Data Architecture
5 83 (23.25%) Mentoring
6 78 (21.85%) Problem-Solving
7 77 (21.57%) Data Governance
8 76 (21.29%) Data Engineering
9 71 (19.89%) Data Pipeline
9 71 (19.89%) DevOps
10 64 (17.93%) Visualisation
11 63 (17.65%) CI/CD
11 63 (17.65%) Decision-Making
12 59 (16.53%) Data Integration
13 51 (14.29%) Data Management
13 51 (14.29%) Roadmaps
14 49 (13.73%) Data Science
14 49 (13.73%) Migration
15 48 (13.45%) Data Strategy
Programming Languages
1 208 (58.26%) SQL
2 132 (36.97%) Python
3 37 (10.36%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 25 (7.00%) Java
5 20 (5.60%) Scala
6 17 (4.76%) JavaScript
6 17 (4.76%) R
7 13 (3.64%) C#
7 13 (3.64%) PowerShell
8 10 (2.80%) PL/SQL
9 9 (2.52%) Apex Code
10 6 (1.68%) Bash
11 5 (1.40%) T-SQL
11 5 (1.40%) TypeScript
11 5 (1.40%) VBA
12 4 (1.12%) Fortran
12 4 (1.12%) Go
12 4 (1.12%) Julia
13 3 (0.84%) Kotlin
13 3 (0.84%) Swift
Qualifications
1 34 (9.52%) Degree
2 18 (5.04%) Computer Science Degree
3 14 (3.92%) Security Cleared
4 13 (3.64%) Microsoft Certification
5 11 (3.08%) Azure Certification
5 11 (3.08%) SC Cleared
6 9 (2.52%) AWS Certification
6 9 (2.52%) Master's Degree
7 5 (1.40%) TOGAF Certification
8 4 (1.12%) DBS Check
8 4 (1.12%) SnowPro
9 3 (0.84%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 3 (0.84%) CFA
9 3 (0.84%) CITP
9 3 (0.84%) ITIL Certification
9 3 (0.84%) PMI Certification
9 3 (0.84%) PMP
10 1 (0.28%) BPSS Clearance
10 1 (0.28%) PhD
10 1 (0.28%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 48 (13.45%) Data Quality
2 22 (6.16%) GDPR
3 11 (3.08%) QA
4 4 (1.12%) Accessibility
5 3 (0.84%) HIPAA
6 2 (0.56%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 1 (0.28%) Dublin Core
7 1 (0.28%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 9 (2.52%) Docker
2 4 (1.12%) HDFS
3 2 (0.56%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 16 (4.48%) Terraform
2 4 (1.12%) Ansible
2 4 (1.12%) Kubernetes
3 3 (0.84%) Grafana
3 3 (0.84%) Prometheus
3 3 (0.84%) Single Sign-On
4 1 (0.28%) Progress Chef
4 1 (0.28%) Puppet
Vendors
1 79 (22.13%) Microsoft
2 60 (16.81%) Databricks
3 20 (5.60%) Oracle
3 20 (5.60%) Salesforce
4 17 (4.76%) Google
5 14 (3.92%) SAP
6 13 (3.64%) ServiceNow
7 10 (2.80%) Informatica
8 7 (1.96%) MuleSoft
9 5 (1.40%) Adobe
10 4 (1.12%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
10 4 (1.12%) Sparx
10 4 (1.12%) Talend
10 4 (1.12%) Teradata
11 3 (0.84%) Murex
11 3 (0.84%) TikTok
12 2 (0.56%) Alteryx
12 2 (0.56%) IBM
12 2 (0.56%) Palantir
12 2 (0.56%) Sage