Data Mining Jobs

Data Mining
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies requiring Data Mining skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Data Mining over the 6 months leading up to 28 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 609 697 750
Rank change year-on-year +88 +53 -51
Permanent jobs citing Data Mining 102 215 216
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.19% 0.21% 0.22%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 1.37% 1.18% 1.02%
Number of salaries quoted 34 112 138
10th Percentile £43,750 £26,500 £35,000
25th Percentile £52,500 £42,500 £42,625
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £61,250 £55,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year +11.36% -12.00% -3.85%
75th Percentile £79,688 £65,250 £80,000
90th Percentile £96,625 £77,500 £92,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £56,250 £60,000
% change year-on-year -2.22% -6.25% -14.29%

All Database and 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 7,470 18,284 21,127
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 13.66% 17.90% 21.57%
Number of salaries quoted 4,697 12,509 13,179
10th Percentile £36,250 £35,000 £37,500
25th Percentile £47,500 £42,532 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £57,500 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +8.70% -11.54% +8.33%
75th Percentile £83,750 £77,400 £82,500
90th Percentile £115,000 £97,500 £103,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £52,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +4.76% -4.55% +4.76%

Data Mining
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Data Mining in the UK

Data Mining
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Data Mining.

Salary trend for Data Mining in the UK

Data Mining
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Data Mining over the 6 months to 28 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Data Mining in the UK

Data Mining
Top 15 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 28 May 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
England +45 94 £61,250 +11.36% 235
UK excluding London +172 69 £55,000 -2.22% 141
Work from Home +117 41 £47,500 -20.83% 78
London +31 31 £76,250 +38.64% 123
South East +111 30 £47,500 -17.39% 50
South West +119 19 £62,500 +13.64% 17
Midlands +44 8 £56,250 -2.17% 18
West Midlands +52 7 £55,000 -15.38% 11
North of England +12 4 £80,000 +60.00% 26
Scotland - 4 - - 9
North West -21 3 - - 13
Wales +48 2 - - 4
East of England +39 2 - - 20
Yorkshire +59 1 £80,000 +109.30% 10
East Midlands +35 1 £80,000 +39.13% 6

Data Mining
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 9 (8.82%) SAS
2 3 (2.94%) Apache Spark
Applications
1 26 (25.49%) Microsoft Excel
2 21 (20.59%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 3 (2.94%) Maya
Business Applications
1 2 (1.96%) Dynamics AX
Cloud Services
1 46 (45.10%) Azure
2 39 (38.24%) Power Platform
3 15 (14.71%) AWS
3 15 (14.71%) GCP
3 15 (14.71%) Vertex AI
4 14 (13.73%) Azure Data Factory
5 12 (11.76%) Azure Synapse Analytics
6 5 (4.90%) Amazon EC2
6 5 (4.90%) Amazon S3
7 3 (2.94%) Azure Functions
7 3 (2.94%) Google Workspace
7 3 (2.94%) Microsoft 365
7 3 (2.94%) Serverless
7 3 (2.94%) Snowflake
8 2 (1.96%) Dynamics 365
8 2 (1.96%) Matillion
8 2 (1.96%) SaaS
8 2 (1.96%) Sentry
Communications & Networking
1 2 (1.96%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 39 (38.24%) Power BI
2 18 (17.65%) BusinessObjects
3 16 (15.69%) Data Warehouse
4 10 (9.80%) Data Lake
4 10 (9.80%) Tableau
5 6 (5.88%) SQL Server
6 5 (4.90%) Amazon QuickSight
6 5 (4.90%) Amazon Redshift
6 5 (4.90%) DynamoDB
6 5 (4.90%) Elasticsearch
6 5 (4.90%) NoSQL
7 4 (3.92%) SQL Server Analysis Services
7 4 (3.92%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 3 (2.94%) Apache Ignite
8 3 (2.94%) Big Data
8 3 (2.94%) Hadoop
8 3 (2.94%) Metadata
9 2 (1.96%) Azure SQL Database
9 2 (1.96%) PostgreSQL
9 2 (1.96%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 2 (1.96%) GitLab
General
1 70 (68.63%) Analytical Skills
2 53 (51.96%) Retail
3 41 (40.20%) Social Skills
4 27 (26.47%) Law
5 13 (12.75%) Finance
6 7 (6.86%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 5 (4.90%) Public Sector
8 4 (3.92%) Banking
8 4 (3.92%) Front Office
8 4 (3.92%) Manufacturing
9 3 (2.94%) Marketing
9 3 (2.94%) Presentation Skills
10 2 (1.96%) Publishing
11 1 (0.98%) Aviation
11 1 (0.98%) Local Government
11 1 (0.98%) Social Housing
11 1 (0.98%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 35 (34.31%) Senior
2 30 (29.41%) Lead
3 21 (20.59%) Analyst
4 19 (18.63%) Developer
5 18 (17.65%) Junior
5 18 (17.65%) Junior Developer
6 12 (11.76%) Data Analyst
7 6 (5.88%) Architect
7 6 (5.88%) Fraud Analyst
8 5 (4.90%) Data Engineer
8 5 (4.90%) Senior Analyst
9 4 (3.92%) Risk Manager
10 3 (2.94%) Consultant
10 3 (2.94%) Data Analytics Consultant
10 3 (2.94%) Data Consultant
10 3 (2.94%) Data Model Consultant
10 3 (2.94%) Data Scientist
10 3 (2.94%) Fraud Data Analyst
10 3 (2.94%) IT Architect
10 3 (2.94%) Senior Data Scientist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (2.94%) Kafka
1 3 (2.94%) Lightning Web Components
1 3 (2.94%) PySpark
2 2 (1.96%) GraphQL
3 1 (0.98%) CSS
3 1 (0.98%) HTML
3 1 (0.98%) NumPy
3 1 (0.98%) Pandas
3 1 (0.98%) PyTorch
3 1 (0.98%) scikit-learn
3 1 (0.98%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 29 (28.43%) Algorithms
2 18 (17.65%) Data Structures
3 9 (8.82%) Management Information System
4 6 (5.88%) Credit Risk
5 4 (3.92%) BBC
5 4 (3.92%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
6 3 (2.94%) NHS
6 3 (2.94%) Reference Data
6 3 (2.94%) Self-Motivation
6 3 (2.94%) Tandem
7 2 (1.96%) Analytical Mindset
7 2 (1.96%) Mobile App
8 1 (0.98%) Data Protection Act
8 1 (0.98%) Fibre Optics
8 1 (0.98%) Low-Code
Operating Systems
1 2 (1.96%) Linux
1 2 (1.96%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 46 (45.10%) Visualisation
2 45 (44.12%) Analytics
3 37 (36.27%) Statistical Analysis
4 34 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
5 33 (32.35%) Agile
6 32 (31.37%) Data Analysis
6 32 (31.37%) Machine Learning
6 32 (31.37%) Statistical Modelling
7 31 (30.39%) Data Engineering
8 30 (29.41%) Data Science
8 30 (29.41%) Roadmaps
8 30 (29.41%) Strategic Thinking
9 29 (28.43%) Artificial Intelligence
10 28 (27.45%) Data Management
11 27 (26.47%) Business Intelligence
11 27 (26.47%) DataOps
11 27 (26.47%) DevOps
11 27 (26.47%) Technical Architecture
12 26 (25.49%) Product Management
12 26 (25.49%) Use Case
Programming Languages
1 47 (46.08%) SQL
2 29 (28.43%) Python
3 20 (19.61%) VBA
4 7 (6.86%) R
5 5 (4.90%) MATLAB
6 1 (0.98%) Data Analysis Expressions
6 1 (0.98%) T-SQL
6 1 (0.98%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 20 (19.61%) Degree
2 2 (1.96%) Azure Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (6.86%) Data Quality
2 1 (0.98%) California Consumer Privacy Act
2 1 (0.98%) GDPR
Systems Management
1 2 (1.96%) Grafana
1 2 (1.96%) Kubernetes
1 2 (1.96%) Prometheus
1 2 (1.96%) Puppet
Vendors
1 55 (53.92%) Microsoft
2 25 (24.51%) Google
3 22 (21.57%) Databricks
4 18 (17.65%) Facebook
5 15 (14.71%) OpenAI
6 5 (4.90%) Intel
6 5 (4.90%) Oracle
6 5 (4.90%) SAP
7 4 (3.92%) Ahrefs
7 4 (3.92%) JD Edwards
7 4 (3.92%) Salesforce
8 2 (1.96%) IFS
8 2 (1.96%) New Relic