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

6 months to
13 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 353 393 470
Rank change year-on-year +40 +77 +126
Permanent jobs citing Data Mining 21 47 16
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.14% 0.29% 0.074%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 1.01% 1.14% 0.30%
Number of salaries quoted 19 18 11
10th Percentile £44,196 £37,000 £43,750
25th Percentile £45,000 £41,875 £58,129
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £48,750 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +2.56% -25.00% +8.33%
75th Percentile £110,000 £64,900 £71,525
90th Percentile - £77,500 £87,500
UK median annual salary £40,000 £56,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -28.57% +6.67% -12.50%

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 2,080 4,125 5,415
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 13.84% 25.20% 24.94%
Number of salaries quoted 1,551 2,458 4,426
10th Percentile £37,500 £39,250 £38,093
25th Percentile £46,000 £50,000 £46,306
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £67,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -7.41% +12.50% -4.00%
75th Percentile £81,250 £92,500 £75,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £118,750 £92,500
UK median annual salary £60,000 £63,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% -4.00%

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 January 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 (9.52%) Apache Spark
Applications
1 1 (4.76%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 2 (9.52%) NEC Housing
Cloud Services
1 15 (71.43%) Azure
2 8 (38.10%) Azure Cosmos DB
2 8 (38.10%) SaaS
3 6 (28.57%) Azure Data Factory
4 5 (23.81%) Azure Synapse Analytics
5 4 (19.05%) Power Platform
6 2 (9.52%) AWS
7 1 (4.76%) Azure DevOps
7 1 (4.76%) Azure Stack
7 1 (4.76%) Cloud Computing
7 1 (4.76%) Snowflake
Database & Business Intelligence
1 17 (80.95%) Data Warehouse
2 13 (61.90%) Data Lake
3 9 (42.86%) Azure SQL Database
4 8 (38.10%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
4 8 (38.10%) Data Vault
5 4 (19.05%) Power BI
5 4 (19.05%) SQL Server
6 3 (14.29%) Tableau
7 1 (4.76%) Apache Hive
7 1 (4.76%) Hadoop
7 1 (4.76%) Spark SQL
General
1 12 (57.14%) Analytical Skills
2 9 (42.86%) Retail
3 6 (28.57%) Finance
4 4 (19.05%) Public Sector
5 3 (14.29%) Social Housing
5 3 (14.29%) Social Skills
6 2 (9.52%) Local Government
7 1 (4.76%) Organisational Skills
7 1 (4.76%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 10 (47.62%) Senior
2 8 (38.10%) Architect
2 8 (38.10%) Azure Architect
2 8 (38.10%) Azure Data Architect
2 8 (38.10%) Data Architect
2 8 (38.10%) Senior Architect
2 8 (38.10%) Senior Data Architect
3 6 (28.57%) Data Engineer
4 3 (14.29%) Analyst
5 2 (9.52%) Data Analyst
5 2 (9.52%) Developer
5 2 (9.52%) Senior Analyst
5 2 (9.52%) Senior Data Analyst
5 2 (9.52%) SQL Developer
6 1 (4.76%) Business Intelligence Analyst
6 1 (4.76%) Data Scientist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (9.52%) JSON
1 2 (9.52%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 2 (9.52%) Mashup
2 1 (4.76%) Distributed Computing
2 1 (4.76%) EPoS
2 1 (4.76%) Management Information System
2 1 (4.76%) Onboarding
Processes & Methodologies
1 16 (76.19%) Data Modelling
2 10 (47.62%) Analytics
3 9 (42.86%) ETL
3 9 (42.86%) Kimball Methodology
4 8 (38.10%) Data Design
4 8 (38.10%) Data Strategy
4 8 (38.10%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 5 (23.81%) Business Intelligence
5 5 (23.81%) Decision-Making
5 5 (23.81%) Machine Learning
5 5 (23.81%) Use Case
6 4 (19.05%) Computer Science
7 3 (14.29%) Actionable Insight
7 3 (14.29%) Data Analytics
7 3 (14.29%) Data Science
7 3 (14.29%) Predictive Modelling
7 3 (14.29%) Service Delivery
7 3 (14.29%) Statistical Analysis
8 2 (9.52%) Focus Group
8 2 (9.52%) Housing Management
Programming Languages
1 21 (100.00%) SQL
2 4 (19.05%) Python
3 3 (14.29%) R
3 3 (14.29%) T-SQL
4 1 (4.76%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 1 (4.76%) Java
4 1 (4.76%) Scala
Qualifications
1 4 (19.05%) Degree
2 3 (14.29%) DBS Check
3 2 (9.52%) Computer Science Degree
4 1 (4.76%) Azure Certification
4 1 (4.76%) Master's Degree
4 1 (4.76%) Microsoft Certification
4 1 (4.76%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (4.76%) Data Quality
1 1 (4.76%) GDPR
Vendors
1 9 (42.86%) Databricks
2 3 (14.29%) Civica
2 3 (14.29%) Microsoft
2 3 (14.29%) Northgate
3 2 (9.52%) Google
4 1 (4.76%) Orchard