Data Science Job Trends in Birmingham

Data Science
West Midlands > Birmingham

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Birmingham requiring Data Science skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 14 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 88 91 85
Rank change year-on-year +3 -6 +22
Permanent jobs citing Data Science 20 39 24
As % of all permanent jobs in Birmingham 1.15% 2.16% 1.77%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.45% 2.32% 2.01%
Number of salaries quoted 17 16 20
10th Percentile £41,000 - £35,000
25th Percentile £57,500 £37,500 £46,563
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,500 £42,500 £54,825
Median % change year-on-year +58.82% -22.48% -0.32%
75th Percentile £85,000 £67,500 £58,738
90th Percentile £91,250 £91,250 £67,500
West Midlands median annual salary £65,250 £52,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year +24.29% - +0.48%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Birmingham

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 Birmingham.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,381 1,683 1,194
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Birmingham 79.37% 93.29% 88.05%
Number of salaries quoted 979 784 1,009
10th Percentile £30,000 £37,500 £31,000
25th Percentile £42,000 £43,500 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% +4.55% -2.62%
75th Percentile £70,000 £73,750 £67,500
90th Percentile £82,500 £90,875 £82,500
West Midlands median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% +10.00% -4.76%

Data Science
Job Vacancy Trend in Birmingham

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

Data Science job vacancy trend in Birmingham

Data Science
Salary Trend in Birmingham

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Birmingham citing Data Science.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Birmingham citing Data Science

Data Science
Salary Histogram in Birmingham

Salary distribution for jobs citing Data Science in Birmingham over the 6 months to 14 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Data Science in Birmingham

Data Science
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Birmingham 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:

Applications
1 1 (5.00%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 1 (5.00%) NetSuite
1 1 (5.00%) Odoo
Cloud Services
1 4 (20.00%) AWS
1 4 (20.00%) Azure
2 3 (15.00%) Power Platform
2 3 (15.00%) SaaS
3 2 (10.00%) GCP
3 2 (10.00%) Microsoft Copilot
4 1 (5.00%) Azure Machine Learning
4 1 (5.00%) ChatGPT
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (20.00%) Tableau
2 3 (15.00%) Power BI
3 2 (10.00%) Data Lake
3 2 (10.00%) Data Warehouse
4 1 (5.00%) Data Mining
Development Applications
1 1 (5.00%) MLflow
General
1 10 (50.00%) Finance
2 4 (20.00%) Analytical Skills
2 4 (20.00%) Social Skills
3 3 (15.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 3 (15.00%) Marketing
4 2 (10.00%) Law
4 2 (10.00%) Legal
4 2 (10.00%) Presentation Skills
4 2 (10.00%) Public Sector
5 1 (5.00%) Back Office
5 1 (5.00%) Games
5 1 (5.00%) Manufacturing
5 1 (5.00%) Retail
Job Titles
1 4 (20.00%) Data Scientist
1 4 (20.00%) Head of Data Science
1 4 (20.00%) Senior
2 3 (15.00%) Data Engineer
2 3 (15.00%) Lead
3 2 (10.00%) Analyst
3 2 (10.00%) Credit Analyst
3 2 (10.00%) Credit Risk Analyst
3 2 (10.00%) Risk Analyst
3 2 (10.00%) Senior Data Engineer
4 1 (5.00%) Developer
4 1 (5.00%) Engagement Manager
4 1 (5.00%) Graduate
4 1 (5.00%) Implementation Manager
4 1 (5.00%) Lead Developer
4 1 (5.00%) Python Developer
4 1 (5.00%) Risk Manager
4 1 (5.00%) Senior Manager
4 1 (5.00%) Software Developer
4 1 (5.00%) Trainee
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (10.00%) PyTorch
1 2 (10.00%) TensorFlow
2 1 (5.00%) RESTful
2 1 (5.00%) scikit-learn
Miscellaneous
1 4 (20.00%) Algorithms
2 3 (15.00%) Credit Risk
3 1 (5.00%) Analytical Mindset
3 1 (5.00%) FMCG
3 1 (5.00%) Marketing Technology
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (60.00%) Analytics
1 12 (60.00%) Machine Learning
2 11 (55.00%) AI
3 7 (35.00%) Data Visualisation
3 7 (35.00%) Decision-Making
3 7 (35.00%) Visualisation
4 6 (30.00%) Computer Science
5 5 (25.00%) Mentoring
5 5 (25.00%) Statistical Modelling
6 4 (20.00%) Actionable Insight
6 4 (20.00%) Data Engineering
6 4 (20.00%) LLM
6 4 (20.00%) Natural Language Processing
6 4 (20.00%) Predictive Analytics
6 4 (20.00%) Predictive Modelling
6 4 (20.00%) Problem-Solving
7 3 (15.00%) Clean Code
7 3 (15.00%) Generative AI
7 3 (15.00%) MLOps
7 3 (15.00%) Statistics
Programming Languages
1 10 (50.00%) Python
2 8 (40.00%) SQL
3 3 (15.00%) R
4 1 (5.00%) C++
4 1 (5.00%) Java
Qualifications
1 5 (25.00%) Degree
2 3 (15.00%) Computer Science Degree
3 2 (10.00%) DV Cleared
3 2 (10.00%) Security Cleared
4 1 (5.00%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (15.00%) Data Quality
2 1 (5.00%) Accessibility
2 1 (5.00%) GDPR
System Software
1 1 (5.00%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (5.00%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 3 (15.00%) Microsoft
1 3 (15.00%) Salesforce
2 2 (10.00%) Databricks
2 2 (10.00%) OpenAI
3 1 (5.00%) Alteryx
3 1 (5.00%) SAP