Data Scientist Jobs in Cambridge

Data Scientist
Cambridgeshire > Cambridge

The median Data Scientist salary in Cambridge is £80,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 5 May 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
5 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 66 81 116
Rank change year-on-year +15 +35 -28
Permanent jobs requiring a Data Scientist 16 12 14
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Cambridge 1.61% 1.22% 0.86%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.66% 1.43% 0.93%
Number of salaries quoted 6 5 3
10th Percentile £64,375 - £41,450
25th Percentile £75,000 £47,500 £52,625
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £80,000 £55,000 £77,500
Median % change year-on-year +45.45% -29.03% +47.62%
75th Percentile £85,000 £62,500 £84,375
90th Percentile - £64,000 £84,750
Cambridgeshire median annual salary £80,000 £55,000 £77,500
% change year-on-year +45.45% -29.03% +47.62%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Cambridge

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in Cambridge. 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 Cambridge with a recognized job title 964 837 1,501
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 97.08% 85.23% 92.65%
Number of salaries quoted 742 397 574
10th Percentile £30,063 £31,150 £31,250
25th Percentile £40,000 £40,000 £39,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% +4.55% -
75th Percentile £73,750 £75,000 £71,250
90th Percentile £85,000 £92,500 £83,750
Cambridgeshire median annual salary £52,500 £54,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -2.78% +8.00% -2.91%

Data Scientist
Job Vacancy Trend in Cambridge

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

Job vacancy trend for Data Scientist in Cambridge

Data Scientist
Salary Trend in Cambridge

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

Salary trend for Data Scientist in Cambridge

Data Scientist
Salary Histogram in Cambridge

Salary distribution for jobs citing Data Scientist in Cambridge over the 6 months to 5 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Data Scientist in Cambridge

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

For the 6 months to 5 May 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 Cambridge region featuring Data Scientist in the job title.

1 16 (100.00%) Degree
1 16 (100.00%) Data Science
2 14 (87.50%) PhD
3 9 (56.25%) Bioinformatics
3 9 (56.25%) Biotechnology
3 9 (56.25%) Life Science
3 9 (56.25%) Line Management
4 7 (43.75%) Algorithms
4 7 (43.75%) Machine Learning
4 7 (43.75%) Python
5 6 (37.50%) R
5 6 (37.50%) Data Analysis
5 6 (37.50%) Master's Degree
5 6 (37.50%) Social Skills
6 5 (31.25%) Technical Leadership
6 5 (31.25%) Pharmaceutical
7 2 (12.50%) Mathematics
7 2 (12.50%) Statistics
7 2 (12.50%) Computer Science
8 1 (6.25%) Visualisation
8 1 (6.25%) Pattern Recognition
8 1 (6.25%) Signal Processing
8 1 (6.25%) Data Visualisation
8 1 (6.25%) Tableau
8 1 (6.25%) Analytical Skills
8 1 (6.25%) Statistical Modelling
8 1 (6.25%) Data Analytics
8 1 (6.25%) Analytics
8 1 (6.25%) Deep Learning
8 1 (6.25%) Applied Mathematics

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

Cloud Services
1 1 (6.25%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (6.25%) Power BI
1 1 (6.25%) Tableau
General
1 6 (37.50%) Social Skills
2 5 (31.25%) Pharmaceutical
3 1 (6.25%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (6.25%) Law
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (6.25%) PyTorch
1 1 (6.25%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 9 (56.25%) Life Science
2 7 (43.75%) Algorithms
Processes & Methodologies
1 16 (100.00%) Data Science
2 9 (56.25%) Bioinformatics
2 9 (56.25%) Biotechnology
2 9 (56.25%) Line Management
3 7 (43.75%) Machine Learning
4 6 (37.50%) Data Analysis
5 5 (31.25%) Technical Leadership
6 2 (12.50%) Computer Science
6 2 (12.50%) Mathematics
6 2 (12.50%) Statistics
7 1 (6.25%) Analytics
7 1 (6.25%) Applied Mathematics
7 1 (6.25%) Data Analytics
7 1 (6.25%) Data Visualisation
7 1 (6.25%) Deep Learning
7 1 (6.25%) Pattern Recognition
7 1 (6.25%) Physics
7 1 (6.25%) Signal Processing
7 1 (6.25%) Statistical Modelling
7 1 (6.25%) Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 7 (43.75%) Python
2 6 (37.50%) R
3 1 (6.25%) Java
3 1 (6.25%) SQL
Qualifications
1 16 (100.00%) Degree
2 14 (87.50%) PhD
3 6 (37.50%) Master's Degree
4 1 (6.25%) Numerate Degree