Data Scientist Jobs
 
Demand Trend Salary Trend Salary Histogram Job Locations Related Skills

The first table below looks at the demand for the Data Scientist role in IT jobs advertised across the UK. 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 currently tracked.

Location
 3 months to
24 May 2013		 Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Data Scientist
Rank 810 892 -
Rank change year-on-year
+82 -
Permanent jobs requiring a Data Scientist 52 7 0
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK 0.048% 0.006% -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.051% 0.006% -
Number of salaries quoted 49 7 0
Average salary £60,000 £70,000 -
Average salary % change year-on-year
-14.28% -
UK excluding London average salary £55,000 £75,000 -
% change year-on-year
-26.66% -
All Job Titles
UK
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category		 102035 114410 117207
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK 94.41% 94.80% 94.20%
Number of salaries quoted 84835 98106 99148
Average salary £42,500 £42,500 £42,500
90% offered a salary of more than £26,500 £27,500 £26,500
10% offered a salary of more than £67,500 £72,500 £70,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%

Data Scientist
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving total of permanent IT jobs citing Data Scientist within the UK as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

Data Scientist Jobs Demand Trend

Data Scientist
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing Data Scientist within the UK.

Data Scientist Salary Trend

Data Scientist
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Data Scientist over the 3 months to 24 May 2013 within the UK.

Data Scientist Salary Histogram

Data Scientist
Top 12 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Data Scientist within the UK over the 3 months to 24 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)		 Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year		 Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads		 Average Salary
Last 3 Months		 Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
England +68 50 £61,250 -12.50%
London +91 44 £62,500 +56.25%
City of London - 16 £71,250 -
Devon - 4 £56,250 -
South West - 4 £56,250 -
Scotland - 1 - -
Edinburgh - 1 - -
Bracknell - 1 £21,000 -
South East - 1 £21,000 -
North West - 1 £67,500 -
Berkshire - 1 £21,000 -
Manchester - 1 £67,500 -

Data Scientist
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs within the UK 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 52 (61.18%) Mathematics
2 51 (60.00%) Computer Science
3 45 (52.94%) Apache Pig
4 44 (51.76%) Degree
4 44 (51.76%) Hadoop
5 43 (50.59%) Big Data
6 41 (48.24%) Java
6 41 (48.24%) Data Mining
7 38 (44.71%) Python
7 38 (44.71%) R
8 34 (40.00%) Analytics
9 27 (31.76%) Visualisation
9 27 (31.76%) SQL
10 26 (30.59%) MATLAB
10 26 (30.59%) Statistics
11 25 (29.41%) Data Analysis
11 25 (29.41%) PhD
12 23 (27.06%) SAS
13 22 (25.88%) Marketing
14 20 (23.53%) C++
15 19 (22.35%) Business Intelligence
15 19 (22.35%) MapReduce
16 17 (20.00%) Machine Learning
17 16 (18.82%) NoSQL
17 16 (18.82%) Neural Network
18 14 (16.47%) Apache Hive
19 12 (14.12%) Scala
19 12 (14.12%) OO
20 11 (12.94%) Artificial Intelligence
20 11 (12.94%) Finance

Data Scientist
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs within the UK 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.

Application Development
1 19 (22.35%) MapReduce
2 7 (8.235%) Lucene
3 4 (4.706%) Django
4 3 (3.529%) J2EE
5 2 (2.353%) Natural Language Processing
6 1 (1.176%) Web Services
6 1 (1.176%) Twisted
6 1 (1.176%) REST
Application Platforms
1 45 (52.94%) Apache Pig
2 23 (27.06%) SAS
3 3 (3.529%) Apache
Applications
1 9 (10.59%) SPSS
2 4 (4.706%) Stata
3 2 (2.353%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 4 (4.706%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 44 (51.76%) Hadoop
2 43 (50.59%) Big Data
3 41 (48.24%) Data Mining
4 16 (18.82%) NoSQL
5 14 (16.47%) Apache Hive
6 9 (10.59%) Data Warehouse
7 8 (9.412%) HBase
8 7 (8.235%) MongoDB
8 7 (8.235%) Apache Cassandra
9 5 (5.882%) MySQL
10 4 (4.706%) SQL Server
11 3 (3.529%) PostgreSQL
11 3 (3.529%) Mahout
12 1 (1.176%) OLAP
12 1 (1.176%) Crystal Reports
12 1 (1.176%) Star Schema
12 1 (1.176%) SQL Server Reporting Services
12 1 (1.176%) SQL Server Integration Services
12 1 (1.176%) SQL Server Analysis Services
12 1 (1.176%) Redis
General
1 22 (25.88%) Marketing
2 11 (12.94%) Finance
3 5 (5.882%) Advertising
4 3 (3.529%) Retail
5 1 (1.176%) Music
5 1 (1.176%) Music Industry
Miscellaneous
1 52 (61.18%) Mathematics
2 51 (60.00%) Computer Science
3 27 (31.76%) Visualisation
4 26 (30.59%) Statistics
5 17 (20.00%) Machine Learning
6 16 (18.82%) Neural Network
7 11 (12.94%) Artificial Intelligence
8 8 (9.412%) Mobile App
9 7 (8.235%) Physics
10 5 (5.882%) Social Network
11 4 (4.706%) iPad
11 4 (4.706%) Blog
11 4 (4.706%) iPhone
12 3 (3.529%) Grid Computing
12 3 (3.529%) Economics
12 3 (3.529%) Open Source
12 3 (3.529%) Social Media
13 2 (2.353%) Smartphone
14 1 (1.176%) Data Integration
14 1 (1.176%) FMCG
Operating Systems
1 4 (4.706%) Apple iOS
1 4 (4.706%) Android
2 3 (3.529%) UNIX
2 3 (3.529%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 34 (40.00%) Analytics
2 25 (29.41%) Data Analysis
3 19 (22.35%) Business Intelligence
4 12 (14.12%) OO
5 10 (11.76%) Statistical Analysis
6 7 (8.235%) Algorithmic Trading
6 7 (8.235%) Software Engineering
7 5 (5.882%) ETL
7 5 (5.882%) Statistical Modelling
8 4 (4.706%) Signal Processing
8 4 (4.706%) Data Modelling
8 4 (4.706%) CRM
9 3 (3.529%) E-Commerce
9 3 (3.529%) B2B
9 3 (3.529%) B2C
9 3 (3.529%) Web Analytics
9 3 (3.529%) Technical Architecture
9 3 (3.529%) Predictive Modelling
10 2 (2.353%) Data Visualisation
10 2 (2.353%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 41 (48.24%) Java
2 38 (44.71%) Python
2 38 (44.71%) R
3 27 (31.76%) SQL
4 26 (30.59%) MATLAB
5 20 (23.53%) C++
6 12 (14.12%) Scala
7 7 (8.235%) Clojure
7 7 (8.235%) Haskell
7 7 (8.235%) Erlang
8 6 (7.059%) Shell Script
8 6 (7.059%) C#
9 5 (5.882%) Perl
10 3 (3.529%) JavaScript
11 2 (2.353%) Ruby
11 2 (2.353%) PHP
Qualifications
1 44 (51.76%) Degree
2 25 (29.41%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (3.529%) QA
System Software
1 1 (1.176%) Apache Flume
Vendors
1 5 (5.882%) Google
2 3 (3.529%) Facebook
3 2 (2.353%) Business Objects
4 1 (1.176%) Oracle
4 1 (1.176%) Cognos
4 1 (1.176%) Microsoft
Data Scientist - (Pig, Hive, SAS)
City of London
R, Pig, Hive, SASThe ideal candidate will have;4+ years experience in a business intelligence, data science or analytics roleAnd/or post graduate experience in a field with...
DP Connect Ltd
Salary: £65000 - £90000 per annum
Posted: 16 May 2013
Hadoop Developer - Data Scientist
London
Candidates should have strong Java backgrounds, experience of Hadoop in a commercial environment, some experience of working on big data/analytics and have a range of tools ideally...
Harvey Nash plc
Salary: Market Rates
Posted: 22 May 2013
Data Scientist - London - Perm - 50-75k
London
The Data Scientist will report to the Global Product & Performance Marketing Manager and will be charged with uncovering business insights via rigorous data analysis... Essential 4+ years experience...
bridgenoble
Salary: £50000 - £75000 per annum + Bonus + Benefits
Posted: 27 April 2013
Data Scientist - London - up to £100k - Python, Matlab, R, SQL
London
Key to the role is ability to breakdown and understand "Big Data" / complex mathematics and algorithms and how complex data can increase the values of marketing within the...
Explore Recruitment Solutions
Salary: £50000 - £100000 per annum
Posted: 21 May 2013
Big Data Analyst / Scientist / Central Manchester / Hadoop
Manchester, North West
Your role will be to provide expertise in the analysis, presentation and utilisation of big data to allow this global enterprise to gain commercial advantage - across the business...
JAM
Salary: £50000 - £85000 per annum + Excellent package
Posted: 23 May 2013
Big Data Analyst / Scientist / Central Manchester / Hadoop
Manchester, Lancashire
You will require a strong track record in the field of big data, data mining, statistics, analysis and general software engineering... Required Profile - Big Data Analyst / Scientist / Central...
Jam Recruitment Ltd
Salary: £50000 - £85000 per annum + Excellent package
Posted: 23 May 2013
Data Scientist - London - £40,000 - £50,000 also Bonus & benefi
London
My client is one of the most successful Data Science companies in the UK, with industry leading expertise in analytics... The successful candidate will have: *3+ year's...
SEC Recruitment Limited
Salary: £40000 - £50000 per annum
Posted: 22 May 2013
Data Scientist
London
Have highly proficient data mining skills such as SQL or hadoop map reduce... Keywords: Data Scientist, Business Objects, SAS, SPSS, Hadoop, SQL, e-commerce, digital commerce, business intelligence,...
Intelligent People
Salary: £50000 - £60000 per annum + benefits
Posted: 20 May 2013
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