Data Science Job Trends in Berkshire

Data Science
South East > Berkshire

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Berkshire requiring Data Science skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 11 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 34 112 133
Rank change year-on-year +78 +21 -69
Permanent jobs citing Data Science 109 13 8
As % of all permanent jobs in Berkshire 5.57% 0.78% 0.38%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 6.77% 0.85% 0.43%
Number of salaries quoted 10 9 6
10th Percentile £64,075 £56,500 £38,130
25th Percentile - £58,750 £42,973
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £72,500 £63,750
Median % change year-on-year -3.45% +13.73% +2.00%
75th Percentile - £78,750 £71,563
90th Percentile £77,500 - £72,500
South East median annual salary £56,250 £62,500 £68,750
% change year-on-year -10.00% -9.09% -1.79%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Berkshire

Data Science falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in Berkshire.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,610 1,531 1,848
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Berkshire 82.27% 92.34% 88.51%
Number of salaries quoted 739 666 1,306
10th Percentile £29,000 £36,563 £31,250
25th Percentile £35,000 £47,500 £38,640
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £65,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -23.08% +18.18% -6.78%
75th Percentile £70,000 £81,250 £71,250
90th Percentile £82,750 £93,750 £87,500
South East median annual salary £50,000 £58,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -13.79% +10.48% -4.55%

Data Science
Job Vacancy Trend in Berkshire

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Data Science relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Berkshire.

Data Science job vacancy trend in Berkshire

Data Science
Salary Trend in Berkshire

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Berkshire citing Data Science.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Berkshire citing Data Science

Data Science
Salary Histogram in Berkshire

Salary distribution for jobs citing Data Science in Berkshire over the 6 months to 11 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Data Science in Berkshire

Data Science
Job Locations in Berkshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Data Science within the Berkshire region over the 6 months to 11 January 2026. 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
Maidenhead - 45 - -
Slough -10 18 - - 57
Windsor - 12 - -
Reading +18 3 £72,500 - 4
Data Science
South East

Data Science
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Berkshire by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Business Applications
1 6 (5.50%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 29 (26.61%) GCP
2 22 (20.18%) Azure
3 16 (14.68%) AWS
4 3 (2.75%) Azure DevOps
4 3 (2.75%) Azure Machine Learning
4 3 (2.75%) Collibra
5 2 (1.83%) Power Platform
6 1 (0.92%) Azure AI
6 1 (0.92%) iPaaS
6 1 (0.92%) Vertex AI
Communications & Networking
1 3 (2.75%) MQTT
1 3 (2.75%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 19 (17.43%) Metadata
2 17 (15.60%) Data Warehouse
3 14 (12.84%) BigQuery
4 10 (9.17%) Data Lake
5 3 (2.75%) Data Mining
5 3 (2.75%) Metadata Repository
5 3 (2.75%) SAP BW
5 3 (2.75%) SAP HANA
6 1 (0.92%) Power BI
6 1 (0.92%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 3 (2.75%) ERwin
1 3 (2.75%) Git
1 3 (2.75%) MLflow
1 3 (2.75%) PowerDesigner
General
1 45 (41.28%) Finance
2 31 (28.44%) Pharmaceutical
3 30 (27.52%) Social Skills
4 28 (25.69%) Law
4 28 (25.69%) Marketing
5 7 (6.42%) Manufacturing
6 6 (5.50%) Documentation Skills
6 6 (5.50%) Influencing Skills
7 3 (2.75%) Publishing
8 1 (0.92%) Analytical Skills
8 1 (0.92%) Legal
8 1 (0.92%) Organisational Skills
8 1 (0.92%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 47 (43.12%) Lead
2 27 (24.77%) Architect
3 24 (22.02%) Senior
4 14 (12.84%) Cloud Architect
4 14 (12.84%) GCP Architect
4 14 (12.84%) Platform Architect
5 13 (11.93%) Data Architect
5 13 (11.93%) Senior Architect
5 13 (11.93%) Senior Data Architect
6 8 (7.34%) Senior Manager
7 7 (6.42%) Data Engineer
7 7 (6.42%) Data Science Engineer
8 4 (3.67%) Analytics Manager
8 4 (3.67%) Associate Director
8 4 (3.67%) Data Manager
8 4 (3.67%) Senior Analytics Manager
9 3 (2.75%) Delivery Manager
9 3 (2.75%) SAP Data Manager
9 3 (2.75%) SAP Delivery Manager
9 3 (2.75%) SAP Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (9.17%) FHIR
2 3 (2.75%) Keras
2 3 (2.75%) Middleware
2 3 (2.75%) REST
2 3 (2.75%) scikit-learn
2 3 (2.75%) SOAP
2 3 (2.75%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 61 (55.96%) Life Science
2 14 (12.84%) Cloud Native
3 13 (11.93%) Onboarding
4 10 (9.17%) Algorithms
4 10 (9.17%) Omics
5 9 (8.26%) Management Information System
6 6 (5.50%) Self-Motivation
7 4 (3.67%) Hackathon
7 4 (3.67%) Low-Code
8 3 (2.75%) LIMS
8 3 (2.75%) Operational Technology
8 3 (2.75%) Product Ownership
9 1 (0.92%) AI Agents
Processes & Methodologies
1 81 (74.31%) Analytics
2 65 (59.63%) Machine Learning
3 64 (58.72%) AI
4 59 (54.13%) Roadmaps
5 55 (50.46%) Computer Science
5 55 (50.46%) Hematology
5 55 (50.46%) Immunology
6 43 (39.45%) Agile
7 42 (38.53%) Generative AI
8 37 (33.94%) Data Governance
8 37 (33.94%) Use Case
9 32 (29.36%) Continuous Improvement
9 32 (29.36%) Deployment Automation
10 31 (28.44%) Data Strategy
11 30 (27.52%) Mentoring
12 29 (26.61%) Enterprise Architecture
13 28 (25.69%) Digital Twin
13 28 (25.69%) Disruptive Innovation
13 28 (25.69%) Intelligent Automation
13 28 (25.69%) Thought Leadership
Programming Languages
1 25 (22.94%) Python
2 14 (12.84%) Go
2 14 (12.84%) Java
3 8 (7.34%) SQL
4 1 (0.92%) R
Qualifications
1 72 (66.06%) Degree
2 44 (40.37%) Master's Degree
3 38 (34.86%) PhD
4 6 (5.50%) Computer Science Degree
5 3 (2.75%) PMI Certification
5 3 (2.75%) PMP
5 3 (2.75%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 41 (37.61%) GxP
2 24 (22.02%) Data Quality
3 20 (18.35%) Accessibility
4 10 (9.17%) CDISC
4 10 (9.17%) HL7
5 3 (2.75%) 21 CFR Part 11
5 3 (2.75%) QA
6 1 (0.92%) California Consumer Privacy Act
6 1 (0.92%) GDPR
System Software
1 3 (2.75%) Docker
Systems Management
1 14 (12.84%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 15 (13.76%) Google
2 9 (8.26%) SAP
3 3 (2.75%) Agilent
4 1 (0.92%) Databricks
4 1 (0.92%) Foundry