Data Scientist Jobs

Data Scientist
Jobs Demand Trend

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

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 Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Data Scientist over the 3 months to 7 March 2014 within the UK.

Data Scientist
Top 18 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 7 March 2014. 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	Find Job Vacancies
England	+98	127	£65,000	+13.04%	24
London	+52	104	£70,000	+14.28%	19
City of London	+1	16	£60,000	-4.00%	5
East of England	+12	8	£37,500	-6.25%
Cambridgeshire	+6	8	£37,500	-6.25%
South East	+12	7	£37,500	-6.25%	1
Cambridge	+8	7	£37,500	-6.25%
Leeds	-	6	£65,000	-	2
West Yorkshire	-	6	£65,000	-	2
Yorkshire	-	6	£65,000	-	2
Scotland	-	4	£45,000	-
Edinburgh	-	4	£45,000	-
Guildford	-	3	£37,500	-
Surrey	-	3	£37,500	-
Hampshire	-	3	£27,500	-
Oxfordshire	-3	1	£45,000	+12.50%	1
Southampton	-	1	£30,000	-
North West	-	1	£52,000	-	1

Data Scientist
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 7 March 2014, 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.

1 127 (57.47%) R 2 124 (56.11%) Statistics 3 120 (54.30%) Analytics 4 117 (52.94%) Hadoop 5 115 (52.04%) Big Data 6 110 (49.77%) Python 7 102 (46.15%) Data Mining 8 97 (43.89%) Mathematics 9 92 (41.63%) SQL 10 74 (33.48%) Computer Science 11 71 (32.13%) PhD 12 70 (31.67%) Degree 13 63 (28.51%) Machine Learning 14 61 (27.60%) Java 15 59 (26.70%) MATLAB

16 57 (25.79%) Predictive Modelling 17 52 (23.53%) C++ 17 52 (23.53%) Data Modelling 18 51 (23.08%) SAS 19 49 (22.17%) Apache Hive 20 48 (21.72%) SPSS 21 46 (20.81%) Relational Database 22 40 (18.10%) Data Analysis 23 38 (17.19%) Visualisation 23 38 (17.19%) MapReduce 24 36 (16.29%) Apache Pig 24 36 (16.29%) Finance 25 34 (15.38%) Perl 26 33 (14.93%) Retail 27 29 (13.12%) Neural Network

Data Scientist
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 7 March 2014, 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 Platforms 1 51 (23.08%) SAS 2 36 (16.29%) Apache Pig 3 8 (3.62%) ElasticSearch 4 1 (0.45%) Apache Solr 4 1 (0.45%) Node.js	Applications 1 48 (21.72%) SPSS 2 16 (7.24%) CPLEX 3 5 (2.26%) Stata 4 4 (1.81%) MS Office 5 3 (1.36%) Mathematica 5 3 (1.36%) Weka 6 2 (0.90%) FastStats 6 2 (0.90%) Simulink 7 1 (0.45%) MS Excel
Business Applications 1 3 (1.36%) Google Analytics 2 1 (0.45%) SiteCatalyst 2 1 (0.45%) WebTrends	Cloud Services 1 15 (6.79%) Amazon AWS 2 7 (3.17%) Amazon EC2 3 6 (2.71%) Amazon EMR 4 5 (2.26%) Amazon S3
Communications & Networking 1 5 (2.26%) Internet 2 2 (0.90%) HTTP	Database & Business Intelligence 1 117 (52.94%) Hadoop 2 115 (52.04%) Big Data 3 102 (46.15%) Data Mining 4 49 (22.17%) Apache Hive 5 46 (20.81%) Relational Database 6 28 (12.67%) MongoDB 7 27 (12.22%) MySQL 8 26 (11.76%) NoSQL 9 22 (9.95%) Mahout 10 16 (7.24%) HBase 11 10 (4.52%) Apache Cassandra 12 9 (4.07%) Data Warehouse 13 8 (3.62%) QlikView 14 7 (3.17%) SQL Server 14 7 (3.17%) PostgreSQL 15 6 (2.71%) Text Mining 16 5 (2.26%) Base SAS 17 4 (1.81%) RDBMS 18 3 (1.36%) Redis 19 2 (0.90%) DataStage
Development Applications 1 4 (1.81%) Yeoman 2 3 (1.36%) Git (software) 3 2 (0.90%) Jenkins 3 2 (0.90%) ProC	General 1 36 (16.29%) Finance 2 33 (14.93%) Retail 3 23 (10.41%) Marketing 4 15 (6.79%) Games 4 15 (6.79%) Telecoms 5 5 (2.26%) Advertising 6 2 (0.90%) Financial Institution 6 2 (0.90%) Law 7 1 (0.45%) Banking 7 1 (0.45%) Spanish Language
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards 1 38 (17.19%) MapReduce 2 11 (4.98%) SciPy 3 9 (4.07%) Natural Language Processing 4 7 (3.17%) NumPy 4 7 (3.17%) .NET 5 5 (2.26%) ASP.NET 6 3 (1.36%) XML 7 2 (0.90%) RabbitMQ 7 2 (0.90%) HTML 8 1 (0.45%) Lucene 8 1 (0.45%) jQuery 8 1 (0.45%) HTML5 8 1 (0.45%) D3.js 8 1 (0.45%) AngularJS 8 1 (0.45%) Akka 8 1 (0.45%) Apache Jena	Miscellaneous 1 124 (56.11%) Statistics 2 97 (43.89%) Mathematics 3 74 (33.48%) Computer Science 4 63 (28.51%) Machine Learning 5 38 (17.19%) Visualisation 6 29 (13.12%) Neural Network 7 27 (12.22%) Economics 8 24 (10.86%) Artificial Intelligence 9 20 (9.05%) Digital Media 10 19 (8.60%) Physics 11 15 (6.79%) Applied Mathematics 11 15 (6.79%) Social Media 12 7 (3.17%) Open Source 13 5 (2.26%) Social Network 14 4 (1.81%) FMCG 15 3 (1.36%) Data Integration 15 3 (1.36%) Biology 15 3 (1.36%) Grid Computing 15 3 (1.36%) Management Information System 16 2 (0.90%) Social Gaming
Operating Systems 1 9 (4.07%) UNIX 1 9 (4.07%) Linux 2 2 (0.90%) Solaris	Processes & Methodologies 1 120 (54.30%) Analytics 2 57 (25.79%) Predictive Modelling 3 52 (23.53%) Data Modelling 4 40 (18.10%) Data Analysis 5 26 (11.76%) Statistical Analysis 6 24 (10.86%) Business Intelligence 7 23 (10.41%) Business Analytics 8 20 (9.05%) Statistical Modelling 9 19 (8.60%) Business Analysis 10 18 (8.14%) Logistic Regression 10 18 (8.14%) Agile Software Development 11 17 (7.69%) Data Analytics 12 14 (6.33%) E-Commerce 12 14 (6.33%) Software Engineering 12 14 (6.33%) ETL 13 13 (5.88%) OO 13 13 (5.88%) Cluster Analysis 13 13 (5.88%) Use Case 14 12 (5.43%) Data Management 15 10 (4.52%) CHAID
Programming Languages 1 127 (57.47%) R 2 110 (49.77%) Python 3 92 (41.63%) SQL 4 61 (27.60%) Java 5 59 (26.70%) MATLAB 6 52 (23.53%) C++ 7 34 (15.38%) Perl 8 19 (8.60%) C# 9 14 (6.33%) Clojure 10 10 (4.52%) Scala 11 9 (4.07%) VBA 12 8 (3.62%) C 13 5 (2.26%) Bash Shell 14 4 (1.81%) PHP 15 3 (1.36%) PL/SQL 15 3 (1.36%) F# 16 2 (0.90%) PowerHouse 16 2 (0.90%) Ruby 16 2 (0.90%) T-SQL 16 2 (0.90%) VB	Qualifications 1 71 (32.13%) PhD 2 70 (31.67%) Degree 3 7 (3.17%) SC Cleared 3 7 (3.17%) Security Cleared 4 3 (1.36%) Postgraduate
Quality Assurance & Compliance 1 4 (1.81%) QA	System Software 1 2 (0.90%) VirtualBox
Systems Management 1 5 (2.26%) Oozie 2 2 (0.90%) Vagrant	Vendors 1 8 (3.62%) Tableau 2 4 (1.81%) Google 2 4 (1.81%) Oracle 2 4 (1.81%) Jaspersoft 3 3 (1.36%) Business Objects 3 3 (1.36%) Teradata 3 3 (1.36%) ParAccel 4 2 (0.90%) Alterian 4 2 (0.90%) Informatica 5 1 (0.45%) MicroStrategy 5 1 (0.45%) Nokia 5 1 (0.45%) Sony 5 1 (0.45%) Cognos 5 1 (0.45%) IBM 5 1 (0.45%) Omniture 5 1 (0.45%) KXEN 5 1 (0.45%) Greenplum 5 1 (0.45%) Hortonworks 5 1 (0.45%) Cloudera 5 1 (0.45%) Facebook