Data Mining
UK
The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs requiring Data Mining skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 1 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 1 Jan 2026 |
Same period 2025 | Same period 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 466 | 557 | 588 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +91 | +31 | +143 |
| Permanent jobs citing Data Mining | 186 | 155 | 125 |
| As % of all permanent jobs in the UK | 0.31% | 0.28% | 0.24% |
| As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category | 2.81% | 1.57% | 1.16% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 164 | 53 | 49 |
| 10th Percentile | - | £39,750 | £35,599 |
| 25th Percentile | £35,000 | £42,500 | £40,000 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £40,000 | £56,000 | £55,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -28.57% | +1.82% | -7.97% |
| 75th Percentile | £45,000 | £65,700 | £67,500 |
| 90th Percentile | £57,500 | £131,500 | £90,500 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary | £40,000 | £46,250 | £46,250 |
| % change year-on-year | -13.51% | - | -15.73% |
All Database & Business Intelligence Skills
UK
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.
| Permanent vacancies with a requirement for database or business intelligence skills | 6,613 | 9,851 | 10,735 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK | 11.18% | 17.84% | 20.91% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 4,191 | 5,574 | 8,290 |
| 10th Percentile | £35,000 | £37,500 | £36,500 |
| 25th Percentile | £42,500 | £47,500 | £46,250 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £60,000 | £62,779 | £60,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -4.43% | +4.63% | -4.00% |
| 75th Percentile | £80,000 | £85,000 | £80,000 |
| 90th Percentile | £100,000 | £112,500 | £95,000 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary | £52,500 | £53,000 | £55,000 |
| % change year-on-year | -0.94% | -3.64% | - |
Data Mining
Job Vacancy Trend
Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Data Mining relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised.
Data Mining
Salary Trend
Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Data Mining.
Data Mining
Salary Histogram
Salary distribution for jobs citing Data Mining over the 6 months to 1 January 2026.
Data Mining
Top 16 Job Locations
The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Data Mining within the UK over the 6 months to 1 January 2026. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| England | +102 | 172 | £40,000 | -28.57% | 134 |
| UK excluding London | +136 | 145 | £40,000 | -13.51% | 129 |
| North of England | +79 | 63 | £40,000 | -15.79% | 40 |
| London | -14 | 41 | £40,000 | -35.90% | 35 |
| North West | +52 | 28 | £40,000 | - | 20 |
| Midlands | +38 | 27 | £40,000 | -31.91% | 24 |
| Yorkshire | +15 | 25 | £40,000 | -15.79% | 17 |
| Work from Home | +50 | 21 | £50,000 | +2.56% | 4 |
| South East | +16 | 21 | £50,000 | +17.65% | 37 |
| West Midlands | +29 | 19 | £40,000 | -33.33% | 13 |
| East of England | +29 | 13 | £40,000 | +25.00% | 10 |
| Scotland | +12 | 12 | £40,000 | -11.11% | 6 |
| North East | - | 10 | £40,000 | - | 5 |
| East Midlands | -1 | 8 | £42,695 | -4.06% | 11 |
| South West | +12 | 7 | £40,000 | -8.57% | 7 |
| Wales | - | 2 | £40,000 | - | 5 |
Data Mining
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities 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:
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