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 14 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 405 377 529
Rank change year-on-year -28 +152 -8
Permanent jobs citing Data Mining 13 44 45
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.070% 0.30% 0.14%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 0.54% 1.27% 0.62%
Number of salaries quoted 9 16 29
10th Percentile - £40,750 £47,500
25th Percentile £30,000 £43,750 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £47,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% -20.83% +7.62%
75th Percentile £55,000 £55,000 £67,500
90th Percentile - £57,500 -
UK median annual salary £40,000 £56,250 £55,000
% change year-on-year -28.89% +2.27% -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 2,424 3,454 7,277
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 13.10% 23.76% 22.42%
Number of salaries quoted 1,841 2,331 6,203
10th Percentile £38,500 £37,500 £37,000
25th Percentile £46,250 £49,750 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,000 £65,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.62% +13.04% -11.54%
75th Percentile £80,000 £90,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £97,500 £122,500 £96,539
UK median annual salary £60,000 £62,500 £57,500
% change year-on-year -4.00% +8.70% -11.54%

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 14 May 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:

Applications
1 1 (7.69%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 2 (15.38%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 7 (53.85%) Azure
2 5 (38.46%) Azure Data Factory
2 5 (38.46%) Azure Synapse Analytics
2 5 (38.46%) Power Platform
3 2 (15.38%) AWS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (53.85%) Data Warehouse
2 5 (38.46%) Data Lake
2 5 (38.46%) Power BI
3 2 (15.38%) Tableau
4 1 (7.69%) Power Query
General
1 7 (53.85%) Analytical Skills
1 7 (53.85%) Finance
2 2 (15.38%) Public Sector
2 2 (15.38%) Social Housing
3 1 (7.69%) Fire and Rescue
3 1 (7.69%) Organisational Skills
3 1 (7.69%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 5 (38.46%) Data Engineer
2 3 (23.08%) Sales Executive
3 2 (15.38%) Business Intelligence Manager
3 2 (15.38%) Business Manager
3 2 (15.38%) Data Scientist
3 2 (15.38%) Senior
3 2 (15.38%) Senior Business Manager
3 2 (15.38%) Senior Manager
4 1 (7.69%) Administrator
4 1 (7.69%) Data Administrator
Miscellaneous
1 3 (23.08%) Self-Motivation
2 2 (15.38%) NHS
3 1 (7.69%) Virtual Team
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (53.85%) Analytics
2 5 (38.46%) CRM
2 5 (38.46%) Data Modelling
2 5 (38.46%) ETL
2 5 (38.46%) Problem-Solving
2 5 (38.46%) Use Case
2 5 (38.46%) Visualisation
3 4 (30.77%) Business Intelligence
3 4 (30.77%) Decision-Making
3 4 (30.77%) Predictive Modelling
4 3 (23.08%) B2B
4 3 (23.08%) Business Development
4 3 (23.08%) Customer Service
4 3 (23.08%) Data Visualisation
4 3 (23.08%) Vulnerability Scanning
5 2 (15.38%) Analytical Modelling
5 2 (15.38%) Anomaly Detection
5 2 (15.38%) Dashboard Development
5 2 (15.38%) Predictive Analysis
5 2 (15.38%) Storytelling
Programming Languages
1 10 (76.92%) SQL
2 3 (23.08%) Python
2 3 (23.08%) R
3 2 (15.38%) Formula Language
Qualifications
1 3 (23.08%) DBS Check
2 2 (15.38%) Azure Certification
2 2 (15.38%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (23.08%) Cyber Essentials
2 2 (15.38%) Data Quality
2 2 (15.38%) GDPR
Vendors
1 5 (38.46%) Microsoft
2 2 (15.38%) Civica
2 2 (15.38%) Google
2 2 (15.38%) Northgate
2 2 (15.38%) Orchard