Senior Data Scientist Jobs in the West Midlands

Senior Data Scientist
England > West Midlands

The median Senior Data Scientist salary in the West Midlands is £56,250 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 25 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
25 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 242 278 276
Rank change year-on-year +36 -2 -53
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior Data Scientist 18 1 4
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 0.25% 0.015% 0.055%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.26% 0.016% 0.058%
Number of salaries quoted 18 1 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £50,000 £86,250 £75,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £56,250 £87,500 £80,000
Median % change year-on-year -35.71% +9.38% +56.10%
75th Percentile £80,000 £88,750 £85,000
90th Percentile £81,500 - -
England median annual salary £80,000 £67,500 £80,000
% change year-on-year +18.52% -15.63% -5.88%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
West Midlands

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in the West Midlands. 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 the West Midlands with a recognized job title 6,806 6,079 6,847
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.04% 89.99% 94.68%
Number of salaries quoted 5,153 3,364 4,759
10th Percentile £26,250 £29,750 £30,000
25th Percentile £35,000 £38,912 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% +5.82%
75th Percentile £63,500 £67,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £77,500 £78,750 £78,750
England median annual salary £54,000 £60,567 £60,000
% change year-on-year -10.84% +0.95% +9.09%

Senior Data Scientist
Job Vacancy Trend in the West Midlands

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

Job vacancy trend for Senior Data Scientist in the West Midlands

Senior Data Scientist
Salary Trend in the West Midlands

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Senior Data Scientist in the West Midlands.

Salary trend for Senior Data Scientist in the West Midlands

Senior Data Scientist
Salary Histogram in the West Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing Senior Data Scientist in the West Midlands over the 6 months to 25 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Senior Data Scientist in the West Midlands

Senior Data Scientist
Job Locations in the West Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Senior Data Scientist within the West Midlands region over the 6 months to 25 April 2024. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Birmingham -1 8 £80,000 -8.57%
Solihull - 5 £55,000 -
Worcestershire - 5 £55,000 -
Senior Data Scientist
England

Senior Data Scientist Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the West Midlands

For the 6 months to 25 April 2024, Senior 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 West Midlands region featuring Senior Data Scientist in the job title.

1 18 (100.00%) Python
1 18 (100.00%) Data Science
2 14 (77.78%) Business Intelligence
3 13 (72.22%) Machine Learning
4 11 (61.11%) SQL
5 10 (55.56%) Analytics
5 10 (55.56%) Actionable Insight
5 10 (55.56%) Statistical Modelling
6 9 (50.00%) Predictive Modelling
6 9 (50.00%) Law
6 9 (50.00%) Games
6 9 (50.00%) Strategic Planning
6 9 (50.00%) Self-Motivation
6 9 (50.00%) Data-Driven Decision Making
7 7 (38.89%) Power Platform
7 7 (38.89%) Power BI
7 7 (38.89%) R
8 6 (33.33%) Microsoft
8 6 (33.33%) Microsoft Excel
9 5 (27.78%) Dashboard Development
10 3 (16.67%) Degree
11 2 (11.11%) Azure
11 2 (11.11%) Tableau
11 2 (11.11%) PhD
11 2 (11.11%) Pharmaceutical
11 2 (11.11%) Data Analysis
11 2 (11.11%) Algorithms
11 2 (11.11%) Alteryx
11 2 (11.11%) Social Skills
11 2 (11.11%) Databricks

Senior Data Scientist Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the West Midlands 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:

Applications
1 6 (33.33%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 7 (38.89%) Power Platform
2 2 (11.11%) Azure
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (38.89%) Power BI
2 2 (11.11%) Tableau
General
1 9 (50.00%) Games
1 9 (50.00%) Law
2 2 (11.11%) Pharmaceutical
2 2 (11.11%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 9 (50.00%) Self-Motivation
2 2 (11.11%) Algorithms
Processes & Methodologies
1 18 (100.00%) Data Science
2 14 (77.78%) Business Intelligence
3 13 (72.22%) Machine Learning
4 10 (55.56%) Actionable Insight
4 10 (55.56%) Analytics
4 10 (55.56%) Statistical Modelling
5 9 (50.00%) Data-Driven Decision Making
5 9 (50.00%) Predictive Modelling
5 9 (50.00%) Strategic Planning
6 5 (27.78%) Dashboard Development
7 2 (11.11%) Data Analysis
7 2 (11.11%) Technical Leadership
8 1 (5.56%) Data Munging
Programming Languages
1 18 (100.00%) Python
2 11 (61.11%) SQL
3 7 (38.89%) R
Qualifications
1 3 (16.67%) Degree
2 2 (11.11%) Master's Degree
2 2 (11.11%) PhD
Vendors
1 6 (33.33%) Microsoft
2 2 (11.11%) Alteryx
2 2 (11.11%) Databricks