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

6 months to
30 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 115 129 158
Rank change year-on-year +14 +29 -66
Permanent jobs citing Data Modelling 544 428 567
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 2.47% 2.60% 2.13%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.98% 2.79% 2.42%
Number of salaries quoted 384 266 381
10th Percentile £42,500 £46,875 £41,750
25th Percentile £51,250 £56,250 £52,325
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £67,500 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.70% -3.57% +4.37%
75th Percentile £87,500 £83,750 £85,000
90th Percentile £107,500 £107,500 £100,000
UK median annual salary £70,000 £67,500 £70,000
% change year-on-year +3.70% -3.57% +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 18,280 15,315 23,472
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 82.99% 93.04% 88.02%
Number of salaries quoted 13,282 9,035 17,224
10th Percentile £35,000 £29,750 £35,000
25th Percentile £44,972 £41,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £57,965
Median % change year-on-year - +3.51% -7.26%
75th Percentile £80,000 £78,750 £77,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £101,250 £96,250
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% - -8.33%

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 30 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 27 (4.96%) Apache Spark
2 24 (4.41%) Apache Airflow
3 21 (3.86%) Apache
4 12 (2.21%) SharePoint
5 5 (0.92%) Jupyter
5 5 (0.92%) Microsoft Exchange
6 4 (0.74%) SAS
7 3 (0.55%) Apache Solr
7 3 (0.55%) Palantir Foundry
8 2 (0.37%) Oracle SOA Suite
9 1 (0.18%) CMS
Applications
1 32 (5.88%) Microsoft Excel
2 5 (0.92%) Microsoft Office
3 3 (0.55%) Blender
3 3 (0.55%) Maya
4 1 (0.18%) Chatbot
4 1 (0.18%) FrameMaker
4 1 (0.18%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.18%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 12 (2.21%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
2 7 (1.29%) Dynamics CRM
3 3 (0.55%) Oracle EBS
3 3 (0.55%) Oracle ERP
3 3 (0.55%) SAP S/4HANA
4 2 (0.37%) JDE EnterpriseOne
4 2 (0.37%) NetSuite
4 2 (0.37%) Oracle Payables
4 2 (0.37%) Oracle Receivables
4 2 (0.37%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 211 (38.79%) Azure
2 170 (31.25%) Power Platform
3 113 (20.77%) AWS
4 71 (13.05%) GCP
5 59 (10.85%) Azure Data Factory
6 43 (7.90%) Snowflake
7 39 (7.17%) Azure Synapse Analytics
8 28 (5.15%) dbt
8 28 (5.15%) Serverless
9 27 (4.96%) SaaS
10 22 (4.04%) Amazon S3
11 21 (3.86%) GitHub
12 20 (3.68%) Microsoft Purview
13 19 (3.49%) AWS Lambda
14 16 (2.94%) Azure DevOps
15 15 (2.76%) Microsoft 365
16 14 (2.57%) PowerApps
17 13 (2.39%) GitHub Actions
18 12 (2.21%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
19 11 (2.02%) Amazon CloudWatch
Communications & Networking
1 45 (8.27%) Broadband
2 4 (0.74%) NGN
3 2 (0.37%) SMS
4 1 (0.18%) 4G
4 1 (0.18%) 5G
4 1 (0.18%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 156 (28.68%) Power BI
2 93 (17.10%) Data Warehouse
3 90 (16.54%) Metadata
4 58 (10.66%) Data Lake
5 47 (8.64%) PostgreSQL
6 46 (8.46%) SQL Server
7 45 (8.27%) Relational Database
8 44 (8.09%) Tableau
9 35 (6.43%) Semantic Layer
10 34 (6.25%) BigQuery
11 29 (5.33%) SQL Server Integration Services
12 23 (4.23%) MongoDB
13 22 (4.04%) Delta Lake
14 21 (3.86%) Big Data
15 20 (3.68%) NoSQL
15 20 (3.68%) Star Schema
16 18 (3.31%) Amazon Redshift
17 17 (3.13%) Azure SQL Database
17 17 (3.13%) SAP BW
17 17 (3.13%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 42 (7.72%) Git
2 24 (4.41%) Jenkins
3 7 (1.29%) JIRA
4 6 (1.10%) GitLab
5 3 (0.55%) Bitbucket
5 3 (0.55%) MLflow
5 3 (0.55%) Visual Studio Code
6 1 (0.18%) Ant
6 1 (0.18%) ER Studio
6 1 (0.18%) ERwin
6 1 (0.18%) Mocha
6 1 (0.18%) Postman
6 1 (0.18%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
6 1 (0.18%) Toad
6 1 (0.18%) Visual Studio
General
1 207 (38.05%) Social Skills
2 154 (28.31%) Analytical Skills
3 137 (25.18%) Finance
4 79 (14.52%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 63 (11.58%) Public Sector
6 44 (8.09%) Law
7 29 (5.33%) Retail
8 26 (4.78%) Influencing Skills
9 21 (3.86%) Marketing
10 15 (2.76%) Banking
10 15 (2.76%) Legal
11 14 (2.57%) Manufacturing
12 11 (2.02%) Documentation Skills
13 7 (1.29%) Games
14 5 (0.92%) Billing
14 5 (0.92%) Presentation Skills
15 4 (0.74%) Health Technology
15 4 (0.74%) Legal Technology
15 4 (0.74%) Military
16 3 (0.55%) General Ledger
Job Titles
1 150 (27.57%) Data Engineer
2 130 (23.90%) Architect
3 104 (19.12%) Senior
4 86 (15.81%) Data Architect
5 70 (12.87%) Analyst
6 62 (11.40%) Lead
7 53 (9.74%) Developer
8 40 (7.35%) Senior Data Engineer
9 36 (6.62%) Data Analyst
10 26 (4.78%) Senior Architect
11 23 (4.23%) Solutions Architect
12 20 (3.68%) Business Analyst
13 19 (3.49%) Senior Data Architect
14 18 (3.31%) Consultant
15 16 (2.94%) Business Intelligence Analyst
16 15 (2.76%) Financial Analyst
17 14 (2.57%) Software Engineer
18 13 (2.39%) Data Modeller
18 13 (2.39%) Lead Data Engineer
18 13 (2.39%) Technical Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 50 (9.19%) PySpark
2 43 (7.90%) REST
3 37 (6.80%) Node.js
4 31 (5.70%) Kafka
5 19 (3.49%) JSON
6 16 (2.94%) Lightning Web Components
7 14 (2.57%) Middleware
7 14 (2.57%) Oracle Fusion
8 13 (2.39%) CSS
8 13 (2.39%) React
8 13 (2.39%) SOAP
9 11 (2.02%) .NET
9 11 (2.02%) XML
10 9 (1.65%) RESTful
11 8 (1.47%) Tailwind CSS
12 7 (1.29%) Spring
12 7 (1.29%) Visualforce
13 6 (1.10%) Django
13 6 (1.10%) LangChain
13 6 (1.10%) Pandas
Miscellaneous
1 59 (10.85%) Cloud Native
2 56 (10.29%) Data Structures
3 23 (4.23%) Social Media
4 22 (4.04%) Product Ownership
5 17 (3.13%) Distributed Systems
5 17 (3.13%) Management Information System
6 13 (2.39%) Greenfield Project
6 13 (2.39%) Self-Motivation
7 12 (2.21%) Onboarding
8 11 (2.02%) Algorithms
8 11 (2.02%) Legacy Systems
9 10 (1.84%) Low-Code
10 9 (1.65%) Blog
11 8 (1.47%) Data Fabric
11 8 (1.47%) Reference Data
11 8 (1.47%) Taxonomies
12 7 (1.29%) Analytical Mindset
12 7 (1.29%) Replication
12 7 (1.29%) Video\Live Streaming
13 6 (1.10%) Anti-Piracy
Operating Systems
1 3 (0.55%) Linux
2 1 (0.18%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 247 (45.40%) Analytics
2 199 (36.58%) Business Intelligence
3 169 (31.07%) AI
4 167 (30.70%) Data Engineering
5 162 (29.78%) Data Architecture
6 159 (29.23%) Decision-Making
7 132 (24.26%) Agile
7 132 (24.26%) Data Pipeline
8 126 (23.16%) ETL
9 125 (22.98%) Problem-Solving
10 124 (22.79%) CI/CD
10 124 (22.79%) Data Governance
10 124 (22.79%) Data Strategy
11 85 (15.63%) Machine Learning
12 81 (14.89%) Roadmaps
13 79 (14.52%) DevOps
14 77 (14.15%) Mentoring
15 76 (13.97%) Continuous Improvement
16 72 (13.24%) Stakeholder Engagement
17 66 (12.13%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 255 (46.88%) SQL
2 216 (39.71%) Python
3 36 (6.62%) Java
4 35 (6.43%) Data Analysis Expressions
5 30 (5.51%) JavaScript
6 24 (4.41%) Scala
7 22 (4.04%) T-SQL
8 20 (3.68%) TypeScript
9 17 (3.13%) C#
10 15 (2.76%) Apex Code
11 14 (2.57%) Bicep
12 12 (2.21%) PowerShell
13 10 (1.84%) C++
14 9 (1.65%) Kusto Query Language
15 8 (1.47%) R
16 7 (1.29%) Go
17 4 (0.74%) Bash
18 3 (0.55%) Groovy
18 3 (0.55%) SPARQL
18 3 (0.55%) VBA
Qualifications
1 76 (13.97%) Security Cleared
2 64 (11.76%) Degree
3 56 (10.29%) SC Cleared
4 24 (4.41%) Azure Certification
5 19 (3.49%) Computer Science Degree
5 19 (3.49%) Microsoft Certification
6 13 (2.39%) DV Cleared
7 12 (2.21%) SnowPro
8 11 (2.02%) TOGAF Certification
9 9 (1.65%) CIPD
10 8 (1.47%) BPSS Clearance
11 7 (1.29%) DBS Check
12 5 (0.92%) Master's Degree
13 4 (0.74%) AWS Certification
13 4 (0.74%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
14 2 (0.37%) ACCA
14 2 (0.37%) CIMA
14 2 (0.37%) IIBA
14 2 (0.37%) PMI Certification
15 1 (0.18%) CBAP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 197 (36.21%) Data Quality
2 40 (7.35%) GDPR
3 21 (3.86%) QA
4 18 (3.31%) Accessibility
5 7 (1.29%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 4 (0.74%) California Consumer Privacy Act
6 4 (0.74%) PERC
7 3 (0.55%) IFRS
7 3 (0.55%) IFRS 17
7 3 (0.55%) Solvency II
8 2 (0.37%) MiFID
8 2 (0.37%) UCITS
9 1 (0.18%) Actionable Recommendations
9 1 (0.18%) EU AI Act
9 1 (0.18%) HL7
9 1 (0.18%) PMO
9 1 (0.18%) SNOMED CT
System Software
1 31 (5.70%) Docker
2 5 (0.92%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 39 (7.17%) Terraform
2 14 (2.57%) Kubernetes
3 4 (0.74%) Ansible
4 3 (0.55%) Packer
5 2 (0.37%) Single Sign-On
6 1 (0.18%) QRadar
Vendors
1 141 (25.92%) Microsoft
2 100 (18.38%) Databricks
3 45 (8.27%) Oracle
4 40 (7.35%) SAP
5 36 (6.62%) Salesforce
6 10 (1.84%) MuleSoft
7 8 (1.47%) Google
7 8 (1.47%) Informatica
8 7 (1.29%) Foundry
8 7 (1.29%) HubSpot
9 6 (1.10%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
10 5 (0.92%) OpenAI
10 5 (0.92%) ServiceNow
11 4 (0.74%) Epicor
11 4 (0.74%) IBM
11 4 (0.74%) IFS
11 4 (0.74%) Infor
12 3 (0.55%) BiZZdesign
12 3 (0.55%) Palantir
12 3 (0.55%) TOWER Software