Data Scientist Jobs in Bristol

Data Scientist
South West > Bristol

The median Data Scientist salary in Bristol is £65,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 28 April 2024.

The first table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
28 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 142 132 164
Rank change year-on-year -10 +32 -3
Permanent jobs requiring a Data Scientist 22 38 30
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Bristol 0.71% 1.44% 0.91%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.73% 1.55% 0.93%
Number of salaries quoted 21 34 21
10th Percentile £52,500 £44,125 £45,000
25th Percentile £57,500 £51,250 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £59,098 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +9.99% +2.78% +21.05%
75th Percentile £85,000 £67,188 £71,250
90th Percentile - £71,748 £85,000
South West median annual salary £65,000 £54,882 £55,000
% change year-on-year +18.44% -0.21% +12.82%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Bristol

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in Bristol. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of permanent jobs in our overall sample.

Permanent vacancies in Bristol with a recognized job title 3,000 2,457 3,213
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 96.84% 92.79% 97.99%
Number of salaries quoted 2,238 1,544 2,219
10th Percentile £33,500 £31,250 £31,250
25th Percentile £42,625 £42,710 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £57,810 £53,112
Median % change year-on-year -0.54% +8.85% +14.22%
75th Percentile £71,250 £74,250 £71,250
90th Percentile £85,000 £87,500 £85,000
South West median annual salary £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% +11.11%

Data Scientist
Job Vacancy Trend in Bristol

Job postings that featured Data Scientist in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Bristol.

Job vacancy trend for Data Scientist in Bristol

Data Scientist
Salary Trend in Bristol

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Data Scientist in Bristol.

Salary trend for Data Scientist in Bristol

Data Scientist
Salary Histogram in Bristol

Salary distribution for jobs citing Data Scientist in Bristol over the 6 months to 28 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Data Scientist in Bristol

Data Scientist Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Bristol

For the 6 months to 28 April 2024, Data Scientist job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the Bristol region featuring Data Scientist in the job title.

1 22 (100.00%) Python
1 22 (100.00%) Data Science
2 19 (86.36%) Machine Learning
3 16 (72.73%) SQL
4 14 (63.64%) Agile
5 13 (59.09%) Data Analysis
6 12 (54.55%) Natural Language Processing
7 11 (50.00%) Pandas
8 9 (40.91%) Social Skills
9 8 (36.36%) Statistical Modelling
9 8 (36.36%) Degree
10 7 (31.82%) R
10 7 (31.82%) Analytics
10 7 (31.82%) Deep Learning
10 7 (31.82%) Statistics
11 6 (27.27%) Random Forest
11 6 (27.27%) Cybersecurity
11 6 (27.27%) Data Structures
11 6 (27.27%) Visualisation
11 6 (27.27%) Use Case
11 6 (27.27%) Artificial Intelligence
11 6 (27.27%) Banking
11 6 (27.27%) Finance
11 6 (27.27%) Decision Tree
11 6 (27.27%) Problem-Solving
11 6 (27.27%) LLM
12 5 (22.73%) Data Pipeline
12 5 (22.73%) Statsmodels
12 5 (22.73%) SpaCy
12 5 (22.73%) Dataiku

Data Scientist Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Bristol by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Cloud Services
1 1 (4.55%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (9.09%) Big Data
2 1 (4.55%) Power BI
2 1 (4.55%) Relational Database
2 1 (4.55%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 2 (9.09%) Git
General
1 9 (40.91%) Social Skills
2 6 (27.27%) Banking
2 6 (27.27%) Finance
3 4 (18.18%) Pharmaceutical
4 2 (9.09%) Analytical Skills
5 1 (4.55%) Presentation Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (50.00%) Pandas
2 5 (22.73%) Keras
2 5 (22.73%) NumPy
2 5 (22.73%) PyTorch
2 5 (22.73%) scikit-learn
2 5 (22.73%) SpaCy
2 5 (22.73%) Statsmodels
2 5 (22.73%) TensorFlow
3 4 (18.18%) XGBoost
4 2 (9.09%) PySpark
5 1 (4.55%) Django
5 1 (4.55%) Flask
Miscellaneous
1 6 (27.27%) Data Structures
2 5 (22.73%) Algorithms
3 4 (18.18%) Reinsurance
4 2 (9.09%) Team-Oriented Environment
5 1 (4.55%) Analytical Mindset
Processes & Methodologies
1 22 (100.00%) Data Science
2 19 (86.36%) Machine Learning
3 14 (63.64%) Agile
4 13 (59.09%) Data Analysis
5 12 (54.55%) Natural Language Processing
6 8 (36.36%) Statistical Modelling
7 7 (31.82%) Analytics
7 7 (31.82%) Deep Learning
7 7 (31.82%) Statistics
8 6 (27.27%) Artificial Intelligence
8 6 (27.27%) Cybersecurity
8 6 (27.27%) Decision Tree
8 6 (27.27%) LLM
8 6 (27.27%) Problem-Solving
8 6 (27.27%) Random Forest
8 6 (27.27%) Use Case
8 6 (27.27%) Visualisation
9 5 (22.73%) Data Pipeline
9 5 (22.73%) Data Visualisation
9 5 (22.73%) Decision-Making
Programming Languages
1 22 (100.00%) Python
2 16 (72.73%) SQL
3 7 (31.82%) R
Qualifications
1 8 (36.36%) Degree
2 5 (22.73%) Master's Degree
2 5 (22.73%) PhD
3 2 (9.09%) Computer Science Degree
3 2 (9.09%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (4.55%) Data Quality
Vendors
1 5 (22.73%) Dataiku
2 3 (13.64%) Databricks
3 1 (4.55%) Oracle