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

6 months to
30 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 105 132 128
Rank change year-on-year +27 -4 -30
Permanent jobs citing Data Modelling 523 427 788
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 2.53% 2.70% 2.36%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.08% 2.88% 2.65%
Number of salaries quoted 376 254 580
10th Percentile £42,500 £47,500 £41,250
25th Percentile £51,425 £55,000 £49,688
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £66,750 £67,500 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -1.11% +3.85% -
75th Percentile £85,000 £82,500 £86,250
90th Percentile £102,500 £107,500 £100,000
UK median annual salary £69,973 £65,000 £67,500
% change year-on-year +7.65% -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 16,995 14,837 29,778
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 82.17% 93.93% 89.06%
Number of salaries quoted 12,422 8,708 22,912
10th Percentile £35,000 £29,750 £33,750
25th Percentile £45,000 £41,250 £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 £78,750 £75,250
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% -9.09%

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 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 32 (6.12%) Apache Airflow
2 26 (4.97%) Apache Spark
3 23 (4.40%) Apache
4 13 (2.49%) SharePoint
5 8 (1.53%) Microsoft Exchange
6 6 (1.15%) SAS
7 5 (0.96%) Jupyter
8 3 (0.57%) Apache Solr
8 3 (0.57%) Palantir Foundry
9 2 (0.38%) Oracle SOA Suite
10 1 (0.19%) CMS
10 1 (0.19%) Confluence
Applications
1 32 (6.12%) Microsoft Excel
2 7 (1.34%) Microsoft Office
3 3 (0.57%) Blender
3 3 (0.57%) Maya
4 1 (0.19%) Chatbot
4 1 (0.19%) FrameMaker
4 1 (0.19%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.19%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 12 (2.29%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
2 7 (1.34%) Dynamics CRM
2 7 (1.34%) NetSuite
3 3 (0.57%) Oracle EBS
3 3 (0.57%) Oracle ERP
3 3 (0.57%) SAP S/4HANA
4 2 (0.38%) Oracle Payables
4 2 (0.38%) Oracle Receivables
4 2 (0.38%) Salesforce CRM
5 1 (0.19%) JDE EnterpriseOne
Cloud Services
1 220 (42.07%) Azure
2 154 (29.45%) Power Platform
3 122 (23.33%) AWS
4 73 (13.96%) GCP
5 64 (12.24%) Azure Data Factory
6 41 (7.84%) Azure Synapse Analytics
7 36 (6.88%) Snowflake
8 33 (6.31%) Serverless
9 32 (6.12%) SaaS
10 26 (4.97%) Amazon S3
11 25 (4.78%) dbt
12 22 (4.21%) GitHub
13 21 (4.02%) Azure DevOps
14 19 (3.63%) AWS Lambda
15 17 (3.25%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
16 14 (2.68%) Microsoft 365
17 13 (2.49%) Microsoft Purview
17 13 (2.49%) PowerApps
18 12 (2.29%) GitHub Actions
18 12 (2.29%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 44 (8.41%) Broadband
2 4 (0.76%) 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
1 138 (26.39%) Power BI
2 92 (17.59%) Metadata
3 77 (14.72%) Data Warehouse
4 53 (10.13%) Data Lake
5 48 (9.18%) PostgreSQL
6 45 (8.60%) Relational Database
7 43 (8.22%) Tableau
8 42 (8.03%) SQL Server
9 32 (6.12%) Semantic Layer
10 30 (5.74%) BigQuery
11 29 (5.54%) SQL Server Integration Services
12 22 (4.21%) Azure SQL Database
13 21 (4.02%) MySQL
14 20 (3.82%) Big Data
15 19 (3.63%) Amazon Redshift
16 18 (3.44%) MongoDB
17 17 (3.25%) NoSQL
17 17 (3.25%) SAP BW
17 17 (3.25%) SQL Server Reporting Services
18 16 (3.06%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 36 (6.88%) Git
2 19 (3.63%) Jenkins
3 8 (1.53%) JIRA
4 6 (1.15%) GitLab
5 3 (0.57%) MLflow
6 1 (0.19%) Ant
6 1 (0.19%) Cucumber
6 1 (0.19%) ER Studio
6 1 (0.19%) ERwin
6 1 (0.19%) Mocha
6 1 (0.19%) Postman
6 1 (0.19%) SpecFlow
6 1 (0.19%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
6 1 (0.19%) Toad
6 1 (0.19%) Visual Studio
General
1 189 (36.14%) Social Skills
2 139 (26.58%) Analytical Skills
3 122 (23.33%) Finance
4 79 (15.11%) Public Sector
5 74 (14.15%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 39 (7.46%) Law
7 26 (4.97%) Retail
8 25 (4.78%) Influencing Skills
9 23 (4.40%) Marketing
10 11 (2.10%) Banking
10 11 (2.10%) Documentation Skills
10 11 (2.10%) Legal
10 11 (2.10%) Manufacturing
11 7 (1.34%) Games
11 7 (1.34%) Publishing
12 4 (0.76%) Billing
12 4 (0.76%) Health Technology
12 4 (0.76%) Local Government
12 4 (0.76%) Police
12 4 (0.76%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 147 (28.11%) Data Engineer
2 124 (23.71%) Architect
3 107 (20.46%) Senior
4 85 (16.25%) Data Architect
5 71 (13.58%) Lead
6 68 (13.00%) Analyst
7 64 (12.24%) Developer
8 41 (7.84%) Senior Data Engineer
9 39 (7.46%) Data Analyst
10 33 (6.31%) Senior Architect
11 26 (4.97%) Senior Data Architect
12 21 (4.02%) Lead Data Engineer
13 19 (3.63%) Business Analyst
14 18 (3.44%) Business Intelligence Analyst
15 16 (3.06%) Business Intelligence Developer
15 16 (3.06%) Platform Engineer
15 16 (3.06%) Solutions Architect
16 14 (2.68%) Consultant
17 13 (2.49%) Software Engineer
17 13 (2.49%) Technical Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 47 (8.99%) REST
2 41 (7.84%) PySpark
3 40 (7.65%) Node.js
4 33 (6.31%) Kafka
5 19 (3.63%) JSON
5 19 (3.63%) Middleware
5 19 (3.63%) SOAP
6 18 (3.44%) Lightning Web Components
7 16 (3.06%) CSS
7 16 (3.06%) React
8 15 (2.87%) .NET
9 14 (2.68%) Oracle Fusion
10 12 (2.29%) Visualforce
10 12 (2.29%) XML
11 9 (1.72%) HTML
11 9 (1.72%) RESTful
12 8 (1.53%) Spring
12 8 (1.53%) Tailwind CSS
13 6 (1.15%) LangChain
13 6 (1.15%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 55 (10.52%) Data Structures
2 52 (9.94%) Cloud Native
3 25 (4.78%) Product Ownership
4 22 (4.21%) Social Media
5 18 (3.44%) Management Information System
6 17 (3.25%) Distributed Systems
6 17 (3.25%) Onboarding
7 15 (2.87%) Greenfield Project
8 11 (2.10%) Algorithms
8 11 (2.10%) Public Cloud
8 11 (2.10%) Self-Motivation
9 10 (1.91%) Legacy Systems
9 10 (1.91%) Low-Code
10 9 (1.72%) Blog
10 9 (1.72%) FMCG
11 8 (1.53%) Data Fabric
12 7 (1.34%) Analytical Mindset
12 7 (1.34%) Video\Live Streaming
13 6 (1.15%) Reference Data
13 6 (1.15%) Taxonomies
Operating Systems
1 2 (0.38%) Linux
2 1 (0.19%) Android
2 1 (0.19%) Apple iOS
2 1 (0.19%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 235 (44.93%) Analytics
2 178 (34.03%) Business Intelligence
3 163 (31.17%) Data Architecture
4 161 (30.78%) Data Engineering
5 146 (27.92%) Decision-Making
6 141 (26.96%) Agile
6 141 (26.96%) AI
7 136 (26.00%) CI/CD
8 131 (25.05%) ETL
9 129 (24.67%) Data Pipeline
10 126 (24.09%) Data Governance
11 122 (23.33%) Problem-Solving
12 114 (21.80%) Data Strategy
13 94 (17.97%) DevOps
14 87 (16.63%) Mentoring
15 78 (14.91%) Machine Learning
15 78 (14.91%) Roadmaps
16 69 (13.19%) Continuous Improvement
16 69 (13.19%) Stakeholder Engagement
17 61 (11.66%) Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 245 (46.85%) SQL
2 202 (38.62%) Python
3 40 (7.65%) JavaScript
4 38 (7.27%) Java
5 32 (6.12%) Data Analysis Expressions
6 25 (4.78%) TypeScript
7 23 (4.40%) T-SQL
8 20 (3.82%) Scala
9 17 (3.25%) Apex Code
9 17 (3.25%) C#
10 15 (2.87%) PowerShell
11 9 (1.72%) Bash
11 9 (1.72%) Bicep
12 7 (1.34%) Go
12 7 (1.34%) Kusto Query Language
13 6 (1.15%) C++
14 5 (0.96%) R
15 4 (0.76%) PHP
15 4 (0.76%) SOQL
15 4 (0.76%) SOSL
Qualifications
1 71 (13.58%) Security Cleared
2 70 (13.38%) Degree
3 55 (10.52%) SC Cleared
4 22 (4.21%) Computer Science Degree
5 19 (3.63%) Azure Certification
6 14 (2.68%) Microsoft Certification
7 13 (2.49%) TOGAF Certification
8 9 (1.72%) CIPD
9 7 (1.34%) ACCA
9 7 (1.34%) CIMA
9 7 (1.34%) SnowPro
10 6 (1.15%) DBS Check
10 6 (1.15%) Master's Degree
11 5 (0.96%) AWS Certification
11 5 (0.96%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
11 5 (0.96%) DV Cleared
12 4 (0.76%) BPSS Clearance
13 2 (0.38%) IIBA
14 1 (0.19%) CBAP
14 1 (0.19%) SSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 188 (35.95%) Data Quality
2 37 (7.07%) GDPR
3 23 (4.40%) QA
4 12 (2.29%) Accessibility
4 12 (2.29%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 4 (0.76%) PERC
6 3 (0.57%) California Consumer Privacy Act
6 3 (0.57%) IFRS
6 3 (0.57%) IFRS 17
6 3 (0.57%) Solvency II
7 1 (0.19%) Actionable Recommendations
7 1 (0.19%) HL7
7 1 (0.19%) SNOMED CT
System Software
1 26 (4.97%) Docker
2 8 (1.53%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 35 (6.69%) Terraform
2 12 (2.29%) Kubernetes
3 4 (0.76%) Ansible
4 3 (0.57%) Packer
5 2 (0.38%) Single Sign-On
6 1 (0.19%) Grafana
6 1 (0.19%) Prometheus
6 1 (0.19%) QRadar
Vendors
1 131 (25.05%) Microsoft
2 99 (18.93%) Databricks
3 43 (8.22%) Oracle
3 43 (8.22%) Salesforce
4 36 (6.88%) SAP
5 14 (2.68%) Google
6 12 (2.29%) Informatica
6 12 (2.29%) MuleSoft
7 8 (1.53%) OpenAI
8 7 (1.34%) Foundry
8 7 (1.34%) ServiceNow
9 6 (1.15%) HubSpot
9 6 (1.15%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
10 4 (0.76%) IBM
11 3 (0.57%) Alteryx
11 3 (0.57%) Epicor
11 3 (0.57%) IFS
11 3 (0.57%) Infor
11 3 (0.57%) Palantir
11 3 (0.57%) TOWER Software