Data Mining Job Trends in Scotland

Data Mining
UK > Scotland

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Scotland requiring Data Mining skills. It covers vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 17 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 141 200 167
Rank change year-on-year +59 -33 +58
Permanent jobs citing Data Mining 4 5 4
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 0.16% 0.11% 0.15%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 1.15% 0.59% 0.69%
Number of salaries quoted 4 0 4
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £35,000 - £56,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 - £66,250
Median % change year-on-year - - +1.92%
75th Percentile £45,000 - £80,000
90th Percentile - - £89,000
UK median annual salary £42,500 £57,500 £65,351
% change year-on-year -26.09% -12.01% +9.78%

All Database and Business Intelligence Skills
Scotland

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

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for database or business intelligence skills 349 841 582
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 13.79% 19.25% 21.65%
Number of salaries quoted 105 260 483
10th Percentile £32,800 £32,500 £36,250
25th Percentile £42,500 £38,750 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £50,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% -13.04% +6.48%
75th Percentile £71,250 £65,000 £72,466
90th Percentile £82,751 £73,886 £82,548
UK median annual salary £60,000 £63,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year -4.76% +0.80% +4.17%

Data Mining
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

Job postings citing Data Mining as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Scotland.

Job vacancy trend for Data Mining in Scotland

Data Mining
Salary Trend in Scotland

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Scotland citing Data Mining.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Scotland citing Data Mining

Data Mining
Job Locations in Scotland

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Data Mining within the Scotland region over the 6 months to 17 September 2025. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Glasgow +76 2 £40,000 - 4
Edinburgh +15 2 £40,000 - 4
Data Mining
UK

Data Mining
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Scotland 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:

Applications
1 4 (100.00%) Microsoft Excel
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (100.00%) Tableau
General
1 4 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
1 4 (100.00%) Finance
Job Titles
1 4 (100.00%) Analyst
1 4 (100.00%) Data Analyst
1 4 (100.00%) Trainee
1 4 (100.00%) Trainee Analyst
1 4 (100.00%) Trainee Data Analyst
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (100.00%) Analytics
1 4 (100.00%) Business Analysis
1 4 (100.00%) Data Analysis
1 4 (100.00%) Data Analytics
1 4 (100.00%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 4 (100.00%) Python
1 4 (100.00%) SQL
Vendors
1 4 (100.00%) Microsoft