Data Scientist Jobs in Yorkshire

Data Scientist
England > Yorkshire

The median Data Scientist salary in Yorkshire is £70,576 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 18 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
18 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 212 259 255
Rank change year-on-year +47 -4 -33
Permanent jobs requiring a Data Scientist 14 46 26
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Yorkshire 0.24% 0.55% 0.36%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.25% 0.60% 0.37%
Number of salaries quoted 14 14 17
10th Percentile £46,306 £50,000 £49,750
25th Percentile £55,938 £50,313 £53,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,576 £54,250 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +30.09% -16.54% +27.45%
75th Percentile £87,500 £60,625 £73,346
90th Percentile £93,827 £64,250 £79,500
England median annual salary £70,000 £65,000 £67,500
% change year-on-year +7.69% -3.70% +12.50%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Yorkshire

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in Yorkshire. 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 Yorkshire with a recognized job title 5,500 7,625 6,958
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 95.42% 91.28% 96.32%
Number of salaries quoted 4,232 3,601 4,757
10th Percentile £27,000 £31,000 £28,250
25th Percentile £35,000 £40,000 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £49,136 £54,600 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.01% +9.20% +5.26%
75th Percentile £65,000 £70,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £83,750 £80,000
England median annual salary £54,000 £60,250 £60,000
% change year-on-year -10.37% +0.42% +9.09%

Data Scientist
Job Vacancy Trend in Yorkshire

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

Job vacancy trend for Data Scientist in Yorkshire

Data Scientist
Salary Trend in Yorkshire

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

Salary trend for Data Scientist in Yorkshire

Data Scientist
Salary Histogram in Yorkshire

Salary distribution for jobs citing Data Scientist in Yorkshire over the 6 months to 18 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Data Scientist in Yorkshire

Data Scientist
Job Locations in Yorkshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Data Scientist within the Yorkshire region over the 6 months to 18 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
West Yorkshire +58 12 £70,576 +28.32% 1
South Yorkshire +41 2 £62,500 - 4
Data Scientist
England

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

For the 6 months to 18 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 Yorkshire region featuring Data Scientist in the job title.

1 14 (100.00%) Data Science
2 13 (92.86%) Python
3 11 (78.57%) SQL
3 11 (78.57%) Machine Learning
4 10 (71.43%) Banking
5 8 (57.14%) Statistical Modelling
5 8 (57.14%) Agile
6 7 (50.00%) Artificial Intelligence
6 7 (50.00%) Finance
6 7 (50.00%) Random Forest
6 7 (50.00%) Pandas
6 7 (50.00%) Data Structures
6 7 (50.00%) Decision Tree
7 6 (42.86%) LLM
7 6 (42.86%) Decision-Making
7 6 (42.86%) Data Pipeline
7 6 (42.86%) Use Case
7 6 (42.86%) Natural Language Processing
8 5 (35.71%) Econometrics
8 5 (35.71%) Gradient Boosting
8 5 (35.71%) XGBoost
9 4 (28.57%) Data Visualisation
9 4 (28.57%) Analytics
9 4 (28.57%) Visualisation
10 3 (21.43%) Unit Testing
10 3 (21.43%) Data Validation
10 3 (21.43%) Validation
10 3 (21.43%) Stakeholder Management
10 3 (21.43%) SAS
10 3 (21.43%) Marketing

Data Scientist Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Yorkshire 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:

Application Platforms
1 3 (21.43%) SAS
Cloud Services
1 2 (14.29%) Azure
2 1 (7.14%) AWS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (21.43%) Metadata
2 1 (7.14%) Data Lake
2 1 (7.14%) Data Warehouse
General
1 10 (71.43%) Banking
2 7 (50.00%) Finance
3 3 (21.43%) Marketing
3 3 (21.43%) Social Skills
4 1 (7.14%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (7.14%) Retail
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (50.00%) Pandas
2 5 (35.71%) XGBoost
3 2 (14.29%) PySpark
Miscellaneous
1 7 (50.00%) Data Structures
2 2 (14.29%) Algorithms
3 1 (7.14%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (100.00%) Data Science
2 11 (78.57%) Machine Learning
3 8 (57.14%) Agile
3 8 (57.14%) Statistical Modelling
4 7 (50.00%) Artificial Intelligence
4 7 (50.00%) Decision Tree
4 7 (50.00%) Random Forest
5 6 (42.86%) Data Pipeline
5 6 (42.86%) Decision-Making
5 6 (42.86%) LLM
5 6 (42.86%) Natural Language Processing
5 6 (42.86%) Use Case
6 5 (35.71%) Econometrics
6 5 (35.71%) Gradient Boosting
7 4 (28.57%) Analytics
7 4 (28.57%) Data Visualisation
7 4 (28.57%) Visualisation
8 3 (21.43%) Customer Segmentation
8 3 (21.43%) Data Validation
8 3 (21.43%) Pricing Strategy
Programming Languages
1 13 (92.86%) Python
2 11 (78.57%) SQL
3 1 (7.14%) R
Qualifications
1 2 (14.29%) Degree
Vendors
1 2 (14.29%) Databricks