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 5 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 122 115 96
Rank change year-on-year -7 -19 +40
Permanent jobs citing Data Modelling 394 530 716
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 2.47% 2.67% 3.27%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.66% 3.02% 3.45%
Number of salaries quoted 271 252 508
10th Percentile £47,500 £42,500 £42,500
25th Percentile £55,375 £56,250 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £70,000 £66,050
Median % change year-on-year -7.14% +5.98% -2.15%
75th Percentile £83,750 £82,500 £83,938
90th Percentile £110,000 £96,125 £97,500
UK median annual salary £68,000 £67,500 £67,500
% change year-on-year +0.74% - +3.85%

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 14,787 17,530 20,772
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 92.77% 88.25% 95.01%
Number of salaries quoted 8,599 10,445 16,813
10th Percentile £29,450 £36,000 £37,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £46,250 £47,481
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £62,500 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -8.00% - -
75th Percentile £77,500 £81,250 £80,375
90th Percentile £99,800 £100,000 £97,500
UK median annual salary £54,250 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -9.58% - -

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 5 November 2025.

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 18 (4.57%) Apache
2 16 (4.06%) Confluence
3 13 (3.30%) Apache Airflow
4 10 (2.54%) Apache Spark
5 5 (1.27%) SharePoint
6 3 (0.76%) SAS
7 2 (0.51%) Mendix
8 1 (0.25%) Luigi
Applications
1 32 (8.12%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (1.02%) Chatbot
3 3 (0.76%) Microsoft Office
3 3 (0.76%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 3 (0.76%) MS Visio
4 2 (0.51%) Trello
5 1 (0.25%) Microsoft Project
5 1 (0.25%) PlantUML
5 1 (0.25%) Sketch
5 1 (0.25%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 8 (2.03%) Dynamics CRM
2 4 (1.02%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
3 3 (0.76%) Shopify
4 2 (0.51%) Dynamics GP
4 2 (0.51%) Markit EDM
5 1 (0.25%) Aladdin
5 1 (0.25%) Elite 3E
5 1 (0.25%) NetSuite
5 1 (0.25%) Salesforce CRM
5 1 (0.25%) SAP HCM
5 1 (0.25%) SAP HR
5 1 (0.25%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 200 (50.76%) Azure
2 107 (27.16%) Power Platform
3 83 (21.07%) AWS
4 71 (18.02%) Snowflake
5 45 (11.42%) SaaS
6 44 (11.17%) Azure Data Factory
7 40 (10.15%) Azure DevOps
7 40 (10.15%) Azure Synapse Analytics
8 39 (9.90%) GitHub
9 36 (9.14%) GCP
9 36 (9.14%) Serverless
10 28 (7.11%) dbt
11 23 (5.84%) Amazon S3
12 22 (5.58%) AWS Lambda
13 19 (4.82%) GitHub Copilot
14 15 (3.81%) Power Automate
14 15 (3.81%) PowerApps
15 13 (3.30%) AWS CloudFormation
16 12 (3.05%) Dynamics 365
17 11 (2.79%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 4 (1.02%) Broadband
2 1 (0.25%) ADSL
2 1 (0.25%) Internet
2 1 (0.25%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 143 (36.29%) Data Warehouse
2 99 (25.13%) Power BI
3 66 (16.75%) Data Lake
4 41 (10.41%) Metadata
5 34 (8.63%) SQL Server
6 30 (7.61%) Azure SQL Database
7 24 (6.09%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 22 (5.58%) Snowflake Schema
9 21 (5.33%) Amazon Redshift
10 19 (4.82%) Tableau
11 18 (4.57%) Data Vault
12 17 (4.31%) Power Query
13 15 (3.81%) Relational Database
14 14 (3.55%) MySQL
15 13 (3.30%) SQL Server Integration Services
16 11 (2.79%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
16 11 (2.79%) Data Mining
16 11 (2.79%) NoSQL
17 10 (2.54%) BigQuery
18 8 (2.03%) DynamoDB
Development Applications
1 38 (9.64%) JIRA
2 21 (5.33%) Git
3 17 (4.31%) ER Studio
3 17 (4.31%) ERwin
4 4 (1.02%) git-flow
4 4 (1.02%) PowerDesigner
5 3 (0.76%) Jenkins
6 2 (0.51%) Subversion
7 1 (0.25%) LSMW
General
1 150 (38.07%) Social Skills
2 135 (34.26%) Finance
3 90 (22.84%) Analytical Skills
4 41 (10.41%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 28 (7.11%) Public Sector
6 21 (5.33%) Retail
7 20 (5.08%) Law
8 19 (4.82%) Marketing
9 18 (4.57%) Banking
10 17 (4.31%) Presentation Skills
11 9 (2.28%) Manufacturing
12 7 (1.78%) Tech for Good
13 6 (1.52%) Investment Banking
13 6 (1.52%) Legal
13 6 (1.52%) Pharmaceutical
14 5 (1.27%) Advertising
14 5 (1.27%) Retail Banking
15 4 (1.02%) Billing
16 3 (0.76%) Financial Institution
16 3 (0.76%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 94 (23.86%) Architect
2 83 (21.07%) Data Engineer
3 82 (20.81%) Senior
4 69 (17.51%) Data Architect
5 48 (12.18%) Analyst
5 48 (12.18%) Developer
6 35 (8.88%) Lead
7 34 (8.63%) Senior Data Engineer
8 20 (5.08%) Business Analyst
9 16 (4.06%) Azure Architect
9 16 (4.06%) Solutions Architect
10 15 (3.81%) Azure Data Architect
10 15 (3.81%) Business Intelligence Analyst
10 15 (3.81%) Data Manager
11 14 (3.55%) Python Engineer
12 13 (3.30%) Consultant
12 13 (3.30%) Data Modeller
12 13 (3.30%) Insight Manager
13 12 (3.05%) Business Intelligence Lead
13 12 (3.05%) Business Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 22 (5.58%) REST
2 18 (4.57%) .NET
2 18 (4.57%) JSON
3 16 (4.06%) Lightning Web Components
4 15 (3.81%) Kafka
5 14 (3.55%) CSS
5 14 (3.55%) HTML
6 13 (3.30%) SOAP
6 13 (3.30%) XML
7 9 (2.28%) Middleware
8 8 (2.03%) Visualforce
9 6 (1.52%) AWS CDK
9 6 (1.52%) PySpark
9 6 (1.52%) RESTful
10 5 (1.27%) RabbitMQ
10 5 (1.27%) React
11 4 (1.02%) ADO
11 4 (1.02%) Material-UI
12 3 (0.76%) EDI
12 3 (0.76%) Node.js
Miscellaneous
1 28 (7.11%) Cloud Native
2 27 (6.85%) Product Ownership
3 19 (4.82%) Management Information System
4 18 (4.57%) Data Structures
5 17 (4.31%) Legacy Systems
6 15 (3.81%) Enterprise Software
7 14 (3.55%) Analytical Mindset
8 6 (1.52%) Reinsurance
8 6 (1.52%) Virtual Team
9 5 (1.27%) Distributed Systems
9 5 (1.27%) Legacy Code
9 5 (1.27%) Reference Data
10 4 (1.02%) CMDB
10 4 (1.02%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
10 4 (1.02%) Hybrid Cloud
10 4 (1.02%) Market Risk
11 3 (0.76%) Data Protection Act
11 3 (0.76%) IoT
11 3 (0.76%) Operational Technology
12 2 (0.51%) Low-Code
Operating Systems
1 4 (1.02%) Android
2 3 (0.76%) Apple iOS
2 3 (0.76%) Windows
3 1 (0.25%) Linux
3 1 (0.25%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 154 (39.09%) Analytics
2 153 (38.83%) Agile
3 143 (36.29%) ETL
4 122 (30.96%) Business Intelligence
5 106 (26.90%) Data Engineering
6 101 (25.63%) Data Architecture
7 99 (25.13%) Mentoring
8 91 (23.10%) Data Governance
9 90 (22.84%) DevOps
10 86 (21.83%) CI/CD
11 85 (21.57%) Problem-Solving
12 82 (20.81%) AI
13 78 (19.80%) Data Integration
14 77 (19.54%) Data Pipeline
15 73 (18.53%) Decision-Making
16 70 (17.77%) Continuous Improvement
17 64 (16.24%) Data Management
18 55 (13.96%) Visualisation
19 53 (13.45%) Migration
20 52 (13.20%) Data Science
Programming Languages
1 201 (51.02%) SQL
2 142 (36.04%) Python
3 41 (10.41%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 32 (8.12%) Java
5 27 (6.85%) JavaScript
6 26 (6.60%) C#
7 19 (4.82%) Scala
8 18 (4.57%) TypeScript
9 15 (3.81%) Apex Code
10 12 (3.05%) R
11 11 (2.79%) PowerShell
12 9 (2.28%) T-SQL
13 5 (1.27%) PL/SQL
14 4 (1.02%) Fortran
14 4 (1.02%) Go
14 4 (1.02%) Kotlin
14 4 (1.02%) PHP
14 4 (1.02%) VBA
15 3 (0.76%) Bash
15 3 (0.76%) Swift
Qualifications
1 53 (13.45%) Degree
2 33 (8.38%) Computer Science Degree
3 20 (5.08%) Azure Certification
3 20 (5.08%) Microsoft Certification
4 18 (4.57%) AWS Certification
5 14 (3.55%) Security Cleared
6 12 (3.05%) SC Cleared
6 12 (3.05%) Six Sigma Green Belt
6 12 (3.05%) TOGAF Certification
7 10 (2.54%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
8 9 (2.28%) Master's Degree
9 7 (1.78%) DBS Check
10 6 (1.52%) SnowPro
11 4 (1.02%) PMI Certification
11 4 (1.02%) PMP
12 3 (0.76%) CFA
12 3 (0.76%) CITP
12 3 (0.76%) ITIL Certification
13 2 (0.51%) PhD
14 1 (0.25%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 50 (12.69%) Data Quality
2 20 (5.08%) GDPR
3 18 (4.57%) Accessibility
4 13 (3.30%) Actionable Recommendations
4 13 (3.30%) QA
5 3 (0.76%) HIPAA
6 2 (0.51%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 1 (0.25%) ISO 13485
7 1 (0.25%) P3O
7 1 (0.25%) PCI DSS
7 1 (0.25%) PMO
System Software
1 4 (1.02%) Docker
2 2 (0.51%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 18 (4.57%) Terraform
2 2 (0.51%) Ansible
2 2 (0.51%) Kubernetes
3 1 (0.25%) Grafana
3 1 (0.25%) Progress Chef
3 1 (0.25%) Prometheus
3 1 (0.25%) Puppet
Vendors
1 102 (25.89%) Microsoft
2 73 (18.53%) Databricks
3 25 (6.35%) Salesforce
4 21 (5.33%) Google
5 11 (2.79%) Informatica
5 11 (2.79%) SAP
6 9 (2.28%) Oracle
7 7 (1.78%) MuleSoft
7 7 (1.78%) ServiceNow
8 6 (1.52%) IBM
8 6 (1.52%) Talend
9 4 (1.02%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
9 4 (1.02%) Sparx
10 3 (0.76%) Murex
11 2 (0.51%) Alteryx
11 2 (0.51%) Conga
11 2 (0.51%) DocuSign
11 2 (0.51%) OutSystems
11 2 (0.51%) Palantir
11 2 (0.51%) Samsung