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 12 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 90 130 123
Rank change year-on-year +40 -7 -19
Permanent jobs citing Data Modelling 521 426 844
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 2.65% 2.82% 2.46%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.22% 2.98% 2.76%
Number of salaries quoted 369 245 629
10th Percentile £42,500 £47,500 £38,700
25th Percentile £51,750 £55,000 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,500 £65,000 £63,749
Median % change year-on-year +3.85% +1.96% -1.93%
75th Percentile £85,000 £81,250 £85,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £107,500 £100,000
UK median annual salary £70,000 £65,000 £67,500
% change year-on-year +7.69% -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 16,157 14,306 30,602
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 82.04% 94.59% 89.26%
Number of salaries quoted 11,595 8,366 23,757
10th Percentile £35,000 £30,000 £33,750
25th Percentile £45,000 £42,500 £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 £80,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £105,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +4.35% +4.55% -9.69%

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 12 June 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 37 (7.10%) Apache Airflow
2 26 (4.99%) Apache
3 25 (4.80%) Apache Spark
4 12 (2.30%) SharePoint
5 8 (1.54%) Microsoft Exchange
6 6 (1.15%) SAS
7 5 (0.96%) Jupyter
8 3 (0.58%) Apache Solr
8 3 (0.58%) CMS
8 3 (0.58%) Confluence
8 3 (0.58%) Palantir Foundry
9 1 (0.19%) Oracle SOA Suite
Applications
1 29 (5.57%) Microsoft Excel
2 6 (1.15%) Microsoft Office
3 3 (0.58%) Blender
3 3 (0.58%) Maya
4 2 (0.38%) Chatbot
5 1 (0.19%) MS Visio
5 1 (0.19%) Sketch
5 1 (0.19%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 12 (2.30%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
2 7 (1.34%) NetSuite
3 4 (0.77%) Dynamics CRM
4 3 (0.58%) SAP S/4HANA
5 2 (0.38%) Markit EDM
5 2 (0.38%) Oracle EBS
5 2 (0.38%) Oracle ERP
6 1 (0.19%) Oracle Payables
6 1 (0.19%) Oracle Receivables
6 1 (0.19%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 233 (44.72%) Azure
2 145 (27.83%) Power Platform
3 127 (24.38%) AWS
4 73 (14.01%) Azure Data Factory
5 67 (12.86%) GCP
6 47 (9.02%) Azure Synapse Analytics
7 43 (8.25%) Snowflake
8 37 (7.10%) Serverless
9 33 (6.33%) dbt
10 31 (5.95%) Amazon S3
10 31 (5.95%) Azure DevOps
11 29 (5.57%) GitHub
12 27 (5.18%) SaaS
13 19 (3.65%) AWS Lambda
13 19 (3.65%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
14 15 (2.88%) Salesforce Service Cloud
15 14 (2.69%) GitHub Actions
16 12 (2.30%) Amazon CloudWatch
16 12 (2.30%) Power Automate
16 12 (2.30%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 41 (7.87%) Broadband
2 3 (0.58%) NGN
3 2 (0.38%) SMS
4 1 (0.19%) 4G
4 1 (0.19%) 5G
4 1 (0.19%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 131 (25.14%) Power BI
2 89 (17.08%) Metadata
3 73 (14.01%) Data Warehouse
4 57 (10.94%) Data Lake
5 45 (8.64%) PostgreSQL
5 45 (8.64%) Relational Database
5 45 (8.64%) Tableau
6 38 (7.29%) SQL Server
7 29 (5.57%) Semantic Layer
8 28 (5.37%) BigQuery
9 25 (4.80%) Azure SQL Database
10 22 (4.22%) MySQL
10 22 (4.22%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 21 (4.03%) Amazon Redshift
12 19 (3.65%) NoSQL
13 18 (3.45%) Big Data
13 18 (3.45%) MongoDB
14 17 (3.26%) Delta Lake
14 17 (3.26%) SAP BW
15 16 (3.07%) DynamoDB
Development Applications
1 39 (7.49%) Git
2 17 (3.26%) Jenkins
3 10 (1.92%) JIRA
4 6 (1.15%) GitLab
5 3 (0.58%) ER Studio
5 3 (0.58%) ERwin
6 2 (0.38%) MLflow
7 1 (0.19%) Ant
7 1 (0.19%) Cucumber
7 1 (0.19%) Postman
7 1 (0.19%) SpecFlow
7 1 (0.19%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
7 1 (0.19%) Toad
7 1 (0.19%) Visual Studio
General
1 191 (36.66%) Social Skills
2 136 (26.10%) Analytical Skills
3 135 (25.91%) Finance
4 80 (15.36%) Public Sector
5 70 (13.44%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 39 (7.49%) Law
7 25 (4.80%) Marketing
8 23 (4.41%) Influencing Skills
8 23 (4.41%) Retail
9 12 (2.30%) Legal
10 11 (2.11%) Banking
11 10 (1.92%) Documentation Skills
12 9 (1.73%) Manufacturing
13 8 (1.54%) Publishing
14 7 (1.34%) Games
15 5 (0.96%) Organisational Skills
16 4 (0.77%) Billing
16 4 (0.77%) Local Government
17 3 (0.58%) Financial Institution
17 3 (0.58%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 150 (28.79%) Data Engineer
2 116 (22.26%) Architect
3 106 (20.35%) Senior
4 75 (14.40%) Data Architect
5 72 (13.82%) Lead
6 67 (12.86%) Analyst
7 66 (12.67%) Developer
8 43 (8.25%) Senior Data Engineer
9 39 (7.49%) Data Analyst
10 26 (4.99%) Senior Architect
11 24 (4.61%) Lead Data Engineer
12 21 (4.03%) Platform Engineer
13 19 (3.65%) Business Analyst
13 19 (3.65%) Senior Data Architect
14 17 (3.26%) Business Intelligence Analyst
14 17 (3.26%) Business Intelligence Developer
15 14 (2.69%) Consultant
15 14 (2.69%) Salesforce Developer
16 13 (2.50%) Solutions Architect
17 12 (2.30%) Technical Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 52 (9.98%) REST
2 42 (8.06%) PySpark
3 39 (7.49%) Node.js
4 37 (7.10%) Kafka
5 24 (4.61%) SOAP
6 23 (4.41%) Lightning Web Components
7 19 (3.65%) JSON
8 18 (3.45%) React
9 17 (3.26%) CSS
9 17 (3.26%) Middleware
10 16 (3.07%) .NET
11 13 (2.50%) Oracle Fusion
11 13 (2.50%) Visualforce
12 12 (2.30%) XML
13 10 (1.92%) HTML
14 8 (1.54%) Spring
14 8 (1.54%) Tailwind CSS
15 7 (1.34%) RESTful
16 6 (1.15%) Spring Boot
17 5 (0.96%) OpenTelemetry
Miscellaneous
1 53 (10.17%) Data Structures
2 50 (9.60%) Cloud Native
3 28 (5.37%) Product Ownership
4 21 (4.03%) Social Media
5 17 (3.26%) Management Information System
6 16 (3.07%) Distributed Systems
6 16 (3.07%) Greenfield Project
6 16 (3.07%) Onboarding
7 13 (2.50%) Self-Motivation
8 11 (2.11%) Algorithms
8 11 (2.11%) Legacy Systems
9 10 (1.92%) FMCG
9 10 (1.92%) Public Cloud
10 9 (1.73%) Blog
10 9 (1.73%) Low-Code
11 8 (1.54%) Data Fabric
11 8 (1.54%) Enterprise Software
12 7 (1.34%) Analytical Mindset
12 7 (1.34%) Video\Live Streaming
13 6 (1.15%) Anti-Piracy
Operating Systems
1 3 (0.58%) Windows
2 2 (0.38%) Android
2 2 (0.38%) Linux
3 1 (0.19%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 242 (46.45%) Analytics
2 170 (32.63%) Business Intelligence
3 165 (31.67%) Data Engineering
4 153 (29.37%) Agile
5 152 (29.17%) Data Architecture
6 144 (27.64%) CI/CD
7 138 (26.49%) Data Pipeline
7 138 (26.49%) ETL
8 134 (25.72%) AI
9 132 (25.34%) Decision-Making
10 123 (23.61%) Data Governance
11 117 (22.46%) Problem-Solving
12 112 (21.50%) DevOps
13 105 (20.15%) Data Strategy
14 91 (17.47%) Mentoring
15 75 (14.40%) Machine Learning
16 67 (12.86%) Continuous Improvement
17 63 (12.09%) Visualisation
18 61 (11.71%) Roadmaps
18 61 (11.71%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 247 (47.41%) SQL
2 217 (41.65%) Python
3 45 (8.64%) Java
4 43 (8.25%) JavaScript
5 30 (5.76%) Data Analysis Expressions
6 28 (5.37%) TypeScript
7 23 (4.41%) Apex Code
8 22 (4.22%) Scala
9 20 (3.84%) T-SQL
10 17 (3.26%) C#
10 17 (3.26%) PowerShell
11 10 (1.92%) Bash
12 7 (1.34%) Go
13 6 (1.15%) Bicep
13 6 (1.15%) C++
14 5 (0.96%) Kusto Query Language
15 4 (0.77%) PHP
15 4 (0.77%) R
15 4 (0.77%) SOQL
15 4 (0.77%) SOSL
Qualifications
1 73 (14.01%) Security Cleared
2 72 (13.82%) Degree
3 58 (11.13%) SC Cleared
4 27 (5.18%) Computer Science Degree
5 18 (3.45%) Azure Certification
6 15 (2.88%) TOGAF Certification
7 11 (2.11%) Microsoft Certification
8 8 (1.54%) ACCA
8 8 (1.54%) CIMA
9 6 (1.15%) AWS Certification
9 6 (1.15%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 6 (1.15%) Master's Degree
10 5 (0.96%) DV Cleared
11 4 (0.77%) DBS Check
11 4 (0.77%) SnowPro
12 3 (0.58%) CIPD
13 2 (0.38%) BPSS Clearance
13 2 (0.38%) IIBA
14 1 (0.19%) CBAP
14 1 (0.19%) Numerate Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 182 (34.93%) Data Quality
2 32 (6.14%) GDPR
3 21 (4.03%) QA
4 12 (2.30%) Accessibility
4 12 (2.30%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 3 (0.58%) IFRS
5 3 (0.58%) IFRS 17
5 3 (0.58%) PERC
5 3 (0.58%) Solvency II
6 1 (0.19%) Actionable Recommendations
6 1 (0.19%) HL7
6 1 (0.19%) SNOMED CT
System Software
1 26 (4.99%) Docker
2 10 (1.92%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 38 (7.29%) Terraform
2 10 (1.92%) Kubernetes
3 3 (0.58%) Ansible
3 3 (0.58%) Control-M
3 3 (0.58%) Packer
4 2 (0.38%) Single Sign-On
5 1 (0.19%) Grafana
5 1 (0.19%) Prometheus
5 1 (0.19%) QRadar
Vendors
1 121 (23.22%) Microsoft
2 102 (19.58%) Databricks
3 45 (8.64%) Salesforce
4 37 (7.10%) Oracle
5 35 (6.72%) SAP
6 13 (2.50%) MuleSoft
7 11 (2.11%) Google
7 11 (2.11%) Informatica
8 9 (1.73%) IBM
9 7 (1.34%) ServiceNow
10 6 (1.15%) HubSpot
10 6 (1.15%) OpenAI
11 5 (0.96%) Foundry
12 4 (0.77%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
13 3 (0.58%) Alteryx
13 3 (0.58%) BMC
13 3 (0.58%) Palantir
13 3 (0.58%) Talend
13 3 (0.58%) TOWER Software
14 2 (0.38%) Ab Initio