Hybrid/Remote Data Mining Job Trends

Data Mining
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for remote or hybrid work requiring Data Mining skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 13 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 359 389 492
Rank change year-on-year +30 +103 +55
Permanent jobs citing Data Mining 20 44 39
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.12% 0.28% 0.14%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 0.93% 1.09% 0.57%
Number of salaries quoted 17 19 29
10th Percentile £44,678 £38,000 £47,500
25th Percentile £45,000 £43,750 £56,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £47,500 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year +15.79% -24.00% +4.17%
75th Percentile £110,000 £55,000 £67,500
90th Percentile - £77,500 £68,360
UK median annual salary £40,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -27.27% - -8.33%

All Database & 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 permanent job vacancies with remote or hybrid options requiring database or business intelligence skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for database or business intelligence skills 2,143 4,032 6,790
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 13.27% 25.70% 24.56%
Number of salaries quoted 1,547 2,434 5,775
10th Percentile £37,500 £40,000 £37,500
25th Percentile £46,177 £50,322 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £67,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -7.41% +17.39% -8.00%
75th Percentile £81,250 £93,250 £72,750
90th Percentile £100,000 £118,750 £91,934
UK median annual salary £60,000 £65,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year -7.69% +13.04% -8.00%

Data Mining
Job Vacancy Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Data Mining and offering remote or hybrid work options relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised.

Data Mining job vacancy trend for remote/hybrid jobs

Data Mining
Salary Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Salary distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Data Mining.

Salary distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Data Mining

Data Mining
Salary Histogram for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Salary distribution for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Data Mining over the 6 months to 13 February 2026.

Data Mining salary histogram for jobs with remote/hybrid work options

Data Mining
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 2 (10.00%) Apache Spark
Business Applications
1 1 (5.00%) NEC Housing
Cloud Services
1 16 (80.00%) Azure
2 8 (40.00%) Azure Cosmos DB
2 8 (40.00%) SaaS
3 6 (30.00%) Azure Data Factory
4 5 (25.00%) Azure Synapse Analytics
5 4 (20.00%) Power Platform
6 3 (15.00%) AWS
7 1 (5.00%) Azure DevOps
7 1 (5.00%) Azure Stack
7 1 (5.00%) Cloud Computing
Database & Business Intelligence
1 18 (90.00%) Data Warehouse
2 13 (65.00%) Data Lake
3 9 (45.00%) Azure SQL Database
4 8 (40.00%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
4 8 (40.00%) Data Vault
5 4 (20.00%) Power BI
5 4 (20.00%) SQL Server
5 4 (20.00%) Tableau
6 1 (5.00%) Apache Hive
6 1 (5.00%) Hadoop
6 1 (5.00%) Spark SQL
General
1 10 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
2 9 (45.00%) Retail
3 7 (35.00%) Finance
4 3 (15.00%) Public Sector
4 3 (15.00%) Social Housing
4 3 (15.00%) Social Skills
5 1 (5.00%) Local Government
5 1 (5.00%) Organisational Skills
5 1 (5.00%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 9 (45.00%) Senior
2 8 (40.00%) Architect
2 8 (40.00%) Azure Architect
2 8 (40.00%) Azure Data Architect
2 8 (40.00%) Data Architect
2 8 (40.00%) Senior Architect
2 8 (40.00%) Senior Data Architect
3 6 (30.00%) Data Engineer
4 2 (10.00%) Data Scientist
4 2 (10.00%) Developer
4 2 (10.00%) SQL Developer
5 1 (5.00%) Analyst
5 1 (5.00%) Data Analyst
5 1 (5.00%) Senior Analyst
5 1 (5.00%) Senior Data Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (10.00%) JSON
1 2 (10.00%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 1 (5.00%) Distributed Computing
1 1 (5.00%) EPoS
1 1 (5.00%) Management Information System
1 1 (5.00%) Mashup
1 1 (5.00%) Onboarding
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (75.00%) Data Modelling
2 10 (50.00%) Analytics
3 9 (45.00%) Kimball Methodology
4 8 (40.00%) Data Design
4 8 (40.00%) Data Strategy
4 8 (40.00%) ETL
4 8 (40.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 6 (30.00%) Machine Learning
6 5 (25.00%) Business Intelligence
6 5 (25.00%) Use Case
7 4 (20.00%) Computer Science
7 4 (20.00%) Decision-Making
8 3 (15.00%) Data Analytics
8 3 (15.00%) Data Science
8 3 (15.00%) Predictive Modelling
8 3 (15.00%) Service Delivery
8 3 (15.00%) Statistical Analysis
9 2 (10.00%) Continuous Improvement
9 2 (10.00%) Data Governance
9 2 (10.00%) Pattern Recognition
Programming Languages
1 20 (100.00%) SQL
2 4 (20.00%) Python
3 3 (15.00%) R
4 2 (10.00%) T-SQL
5 1 (5.00%) Java
5 1 (5.00%) Scala
Qualifications
1 4 (20.00%) Degree
2 3 (15.00%) DBS Check
3 2 (10.00%) Azure Certification
3 2 (10.00%) Computer Science Degree
3 2 (10.00%) Microsoft Certification
4 1 (5.00%) Master's Degree
4 1 (5.00%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (10.00%) Data Quality
1 2 (10.00%) GDPR
Vendors
1 8 (40.00%) Databricks
2 3 (15.00%) Civica
2 3 (15.00%) Google
2 3 (15.00%) Microsoft
2 3 (15.00%) Northgate
3 2 (10.00%) Orchard