The first table below looks at the demand for the Data Scientist role in IT jobs advertised for the Bedford region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Data Scientist in their job title over the 3 months to 24 May 2013 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all Job Titles advertised for the Bedford region.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Data Scientist
Rank - - -
Permanent jobs requiring a Data Scientist 0 0 0
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Bedford - - -
As % of the Job Titles category - - -
Number of salaries quoted 0 0 0
Average salary - - -
UK excluding London average salary £55,000 £75,000 -
% change year-on-year
-26.66% -
All Job Titles
Bedford
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
245 197 163
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Bedford 97.61% 97.52% 99.39%
Number of salaries quoted 239 187 158
Average salary £42,500 £41,000 £37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+3.65% +9.33%
90% offered a salary of more than £29,500 £25,000 £26,500
10% offered a salary of more than £50,000 £50,000 £50,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%
Data Scientist
Bedfordshire

Data Scientist
Top 7 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Bedford region that cited Data Scientist in their job title mentioned the following IT skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled with Data Scientist in their job title.

1 2 (100.00%) JavaScript
1 2 (100.00%) SQL
1 2 (100.00%) SQL Server
1 2 (100.00%) Data Warehouse
1 2 (100.00%) Mathematics
1 2 (100.00%) Visualisation
1 2 (100.00%) Analytics

Data Scientist
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Bedford region that cited Data Scientist in their job title mentioned the following IT skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled with Data Scientist in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (100.00%) SQL Server
1 2 (100.00%) Data Warehouse
Miscellaneous
1 2 (100.00%) Mathematics
1 2 (100.00%) Visualisation
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Analytics
Programming Languages
1 2 (100.00%) JavaScript
1 2 (100.00%) SQL