Job prospects Data Miner in Saskatchewan

Explore current and future job prospects for people working as a "data miner" in Saskatchewan or across Canada.

Job opportunities in Saskatchewan

The recent trends from the past 3 years were updated on July 25, 2025. The job outlooks over the next 3 years were updated on December 10, 2025.

Prospects over the next 3 years

The employment outlook will be Moderate for data scientists (NOC 21211) in Saskatchewan for the 2025-2027 period.

The following factors contributed to this outlook:

• Employment growth will lead to several new positions.
• Not many positions will become available due to retirements.
• There are a small number of unemployed workers with recent experience in this occupation.

• Demand for this occupation is driven by rapid technological advancement, the expansion of digital services, and the increasing complexity of software and systems.
• This occupation is highly susceptible to automation, as recent research shows over 70 per cent of its associated duties and work activities could potentially be performed by automation technologies.
• Increased private and public-sector investments in digital infrastructure, including broadband projects and AI data centers.
• Workers in this occupation are concentrated in the Regina region where job prospects are the strongest.

Here are some key facts about data scientists in Saskatchewan:

• Approximately 550 people work in this occupation.
• Data scientists mainly work in the following sectors:
  • Monetary Authorities - central bank and securities, commodity contracts and other intermediation and related activities (NAICS 521, 522, 523): 21%
  • Information and cultural industries (NAICS 51): 10%
  • Computer systems design services (NAICS 5415): 10%
  • Hospitals (NAICS 622): 9%
  • Universities (NAICS 6113): 9%
• 93% of data scientists work all year, while 7% work only part of the year, compared to 65% and 35% respectively among all occupations. Those who worked only part of the year did so for an average of 48 weeks compared to 43 weeks for all occupations.
• The gender distribution of people in this occupation is:
  • Men: 73% compared to 53% for all occupations
  • Women: 27% compared to 47% for all occupations
• The educational attainment of workers in this occupation is:
  • no high school diploma: n/a
  • high school diploma or equivalent: n/a
  • apprenticeship or trades certificate or diploma: n/a
  • college certificate or diploma or university certificate below bachelor's: 6% compared to 17% for all occupations
  • bachelor's degree: 42% compared to 18% for all occupations
  • university certificate, degree or diploma above bachelor level: 45% compared to 7% for all occupations

Breakdown by region

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Source Labour Market Information | Prospects Methodology

Labour market conditions over the next 10 years

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