Data Mining Contracts with Hybrid/Remote/WFH Options

Data Mining
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for remote or hybrid contract work requiring Data Mining skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Data Mining over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 275 323 419
Rank change year-on-year +48 +96 +141
Contract jobs citing Data Mining 29 22 58
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 0.29% 0.14% 0.22%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 1.38% 0.76% 1.17%
Number of daily rates quoted 13 14 36
10th Percentile £388 £350 £363
25th Percentile £400 £486 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £550 £476
Median % change year-on-year -13.64% +15.61% -13.50%
75th Percentile £838 £553 £548
90th Percentile £888 £571 £619
UK median daily rate £525 £475 £489
% change year-on-year +10.53% -2.86% -11.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 3
Median hourly rate - - £22.16
UK median hourly rate £80.50 £50.00 £28.16
% change year-on-year +61.00% +77.56% -34.51%

All Database and Business Intelligence Skills
Work from Home

Data Mining falls under the Databases and Business Intelligence category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies with remote or hybrid options requiring database or business intelligence skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for database or business intelligence skills 2,098 2,911 4,942
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 21.18% 18.97% 19.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,488 2,137 3,601
10th Percentile £363 £356 £386
25th Percentile £425 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £513 £525
Median % change year-on-year +2.44% -2.38% -
75th Percentile £675 £650 £650
90th Percentile £838 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £525 £525 £540
% change year-on-year - -2.78% -1.64%
Number of hourly rates quoted 21 37 79
10th Percentile £22.50 £20.06 £22.16
25th Percentile £30.00 £22.61 £43.57
Median hourly rate £63.00 £40.00 £66.00
Median % change year-on-year +57.50% -39.39% +46.67%
75th Percentile £66.00 £61.50 £75.00
90th Percentile £92.50 £70.25 £85.00
UK median hourly rate £32.96 £40.00 £60.00
% change year-on-year -17.60% -33.33% +41.18%

Data Mining
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

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

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

Data Mining
Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in job vacancies with remote working options citing Data Mining.

Data Mining daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

Data Mining
Daily Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Daily rate distribution for jobs with remote working options citing Data Mining over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Data Mining daily rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Data Mining
Hourly Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average hourly rate quoted in job vacancies with remote working options citing Data Mining.

Data Mining hourly rate for jobs with a WFH option

Data Mining
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 8 (27.59%) Apache Spark
Applications
1 6 (20.69%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 8 (27.59%) Power Platform
2 5 (17.24%) SaaS
3 3 (10.34%) Azure
4 2 (6.90%) AWS
4 2 (6.90%) Azure Cosmos DB
5 1 (3.45%) Azure Synapse Analytics
5 1 (3.45%) IaaS
5 1 (3.45%) PaaS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (27.59%) Data Warehouse
1 8 (27.59%) Power BI
2 4 (13.79%) Big Data
3 3 (10.34%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
3 3 (10.34%) Data Lake
3 3 (10.34%) Tableau
4 2 (6.90%) Azure SQL Database
4 2 (6.90%) Data Vault
4 2 (6.90%) SQL Server
5 1 (3.45%) Metadata
5 1 (3.45%) MySQL
5 1 (3.45%) RDBMS
5 1 (3.45%) Relational Database
5 1 (3.45%) Snowflake Schema
5 1 (3.45%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 1 (3.45%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 3 (10.34%) Git
2 2 (6.90%) JIRA
General
1 12 (41.38%) Social Skills
2 7 (24.14%) Analytical Skills
3 5 (17.24%) Marketing
4 4 (13.79%) Banking
4 4 (13.79%) Finance
5 3 (10.34%) Investment Banking
5 3 (10.34%) Retail
6 2 (6.90%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 2 (6.90%) Public Sector
7 1 (3.45%) Law
7 1 (3.45%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 10 (34.48%) Data Scientist
2 5 (17.24%) Analyst
2 5 (17.24%) Senior
3 4 (13.79%) Big Data Engineer
3 4 (13.79%) Data Analyst
3 4 (13.79%) Machine Learning Engineer
4 3 (10.34%) Architect
4 3 (10.34%) Data Architect
5 2 (6.90%) Automation Analyst
5 2 (6.90%) Consultant
5 2 (6.90%) Risk Consultant
5 2 (6.90%) Senior Architect
5 2 (6.90%) Senior Consultant
5 2 (6.90%) Senior Data Architect
6 1 (3.45%) Azure Architect
6 1 (3.45%) Business Intelligence Analyst
6 1 (3.45%) Business Intelligence Developer
6 1 (3.45%) Data Engineer
6 1 (3.45%) Developer
6 1 (3.45%) Programme Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (13.79%) Ray
2 3 (10.34%) XML
3 2 (6.90%) NumPy
3 2 (6.90%) Pandas
4 1 (3.45%) Matplotlib
4 1 (3.45%) Plotly
4 1 (3.45%) scikit-learn
Miscellaneous
1 8 (27.59%) Algorithms
2 4 (13.79%) Distributed Computing
2 4 (13.79%) Multi-touch
2 4 (13.79%) Tandem
3 3 (10.34%) Market Risk
3 3 (10.34%) NHS
4 1 (3.45%) Credit Risk
4 1 (3.45%) Legacy Systems
4 1 (3.45%) Management Information System
4 1 (3.45%) Reference Data
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (48.28%) Business Intelligence
2 13 (44.83%) Machine Learning
3 11 (37.93%) Analytics
3 11 (37.93%) Data Science
4 10 (34.48%) Visualisation
5 9 (31.03%) Actionable Insight
6 8 (27.59%) Agile
6 8 (27.59%) Data Analysis
6 8 (27.59%) Problem-Solving
6 8 (27.59%) Statistical Modelling
6 8 (27.59%) Statistics
7 7 (24.14%) Continuous Improvement
7 7 (24.14%) Data Modelling
8 6 (20.69%) Data Visualisation
9 5 (17.24%) Artificial Intelligence
9 5 (17.24%) Predictive Modelling
9 5 (17.24%) Roadmaps
10 4 (13.79%) Decision-Making
10 4 (13.79%) Technical Debt
10 4 (13.79%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 18 (62.07%) SQL
2 13 (44.83%) Python
3 4 (13.79%) C
3 4 (13.79%) C++
3 4 (13.79%) Java
3 4 (13.79%) Shell Script
4 3 (10.34%) JavaScript
5 2 (6.90%) R
6 1 (3.45%) ANSI SQL
6 1 (3.45%) Scala
6 1 (3.45%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 4 (13.79%) Degree
2 3 (10.34%) SC Cleared
2 3 (10.34%) Security Cleared
3 1 (3.45%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (20.69%) Actionable Recommendations
2 4 (13.79%) Data Quality
3 3 (10.34%) Basel II
4 2 (6.90%) GDPR
5 1 (3.45%) Basel III
5 1 (3.45%) COBIT
5 1 (3.45%) NIST
5 1 (3.45%) QA
Vendors
1 5 (17.24%) Databricks
2 2 (6.90%) Microsoft