Data Scientist Jobs in Leicester

Data Scientist
Leicestershire > Leicester

The median Data Scientist salary in Leicester is £45,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 30 May 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
30 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 62 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs requiring a Data Scientist 8 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Leicester 1.25% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 1.29% - -
Number of salaries quoted 4 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £42,500 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 - -
75th Percentile £57,500 - -
90th Percentile £75,500 - -
Leicestershire median annual salary £45,000 £37,500 -
% change year-on-year +20.00% - -

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Leicester

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in Leicester. 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 Leicester with a recognized job title 619 605 541
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 96.72% 92.93% 98.19%
Number of salaries quoted 337 175 350
10th Percentile £26,750 £30,500 £25,000
25th Percentile £35,000 £36,250 £32,063
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £50,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% +11.11% -5.26%
75th Percentile £60,000 £60,000 £55,000
90th Percentile £75,000 £67,500 £67,500
Leicestershire median annual salary £45,000 £47,500 £42,500
% change year-on-year -5.26% +11.76% -7.61%

Data Scientist
Job Vacancy Trend in Leicester

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

Job vacancy trend for Data Scientist in Leicester

Data Scientist
Salary Trend in Leicester

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

Salary trend for Data Scientist in Leicester

Data Scientist
Salary Histogram in Leicester

Salary distribution for jobs citing Data Scientist in Leicester over the 6 months to 30 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Data Scientist in Leicester

Data Scientist Skill Set
Top 24 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Leicester

For the 6 months to 30 May 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 Leicester region featuring Data Scientist in the job title.

1 8 (100.00%) Python
1 8 (100.00%) Data Science
2 7 (87.50%) SQL
2 7 (87.50%) R
3 4 (50.00%) Git
3 4 (50.00%) Analytics
3 4 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
3 4 (50.00%) Creative Thinking
4 3 (37.50%) Accessibility
4 3 (37.50%) Data Engineering
4 3 (37.50%) Oracle
4 3 (37.50%) SQL Server
4 3 (37.50%) Microsoft
4 3 (37.50%) Advertising
4 3 (37.50%) PostgreSQL
5 1 (12.50%) Agile
5 1 (12.50%) CRM
5 1 (12.50%) E-Commerce
5 1 (12.50%) TensorFlow
5 1 (12.50%) AWS
5 1 (12.50%) Machine Learning
5 1 (12.50%) Recommender Systems
5 1 (12.50%) PyTorch
5 1 (12.50%) MLOps

Data Scientist Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Leicester 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 (12.50%) AWS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (37.50%) PostgreSQL
1 3 (37.50%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 4 (50.00%) Git
General
1 4 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
2 3 (37.50%) Advertising
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (12.50%) PyTorch
1 1 (12.50%) TensorFlow
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (100.00%) Data Science
2 4 (50.00%) Analytics
2 4 (50.00%) Creative Thinking
3 3 (37.50%) Data Engineering
4 1 (12.50%) Agile
4 1 (12.50%) CRM
4 1 (12.50%) E-Commerce
4 1 (12.50%) Machine Learning
4 1 (12.50%) MLOps
4 1 (12.50%) Recommender Systems
Programming Languages
1 8 (100.00%) Python
2 7 (87.50%) R
2 7 (87.50%) SQL
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (37.50%) Accessibility
Vendors
1 3 (37.50%) Microsoft
1 3 (37.50%) Oracle