Data Science Job Trends in Derby

Data Science
Derbyshire > Derby

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Derby requiring Data Science skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 20 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 32 28 24
Rank change year-on-year -4 -4 -11
Permanent jobs citing Data Science 4 2 1
As % of all permanent jobs in Derby 1.85% 0.83% 0.55%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.14% 1.21% 0.56%
Number of salaries quoted 2 2 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £58,750 £47,500 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £50,000 £40,000
Median % change year-on-year +25.00% +25.00% -33.33%
75th Percentile £66,250 £52,500 £45,000
90th Percentile - - -
Derbyshire median annual salary £62,500 £50,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year +25.00% -4.76% -12.50%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Derby

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 Derby.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 187 165 180
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Derby 86.57% 68.46% 98.90%
Number of salaries quoted 122 102 79
10th Percentile £24,325 £31,250 £23,000
25th Percentile £26,250 £37,500 £31,875
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £41,000 £47,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -13.68% -5.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £58,625 £60,000 £58,750
90th Percentile £67,500 £61,250 £65,000
Derbyshire median annual salary £35,500 £45,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year -21.11% -5.26% +5.56%

Data Science
Job Vacancy Trend in Derby

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

Data Science job vacancy trend in Derby

Data Science
Salary Trend in Derby

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Derby citing Data Science.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Derby citing Data Science

Data Science
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Derby 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (25.00%) Apache Spark
Cloud Services
1 1 (25.00%) Amazon EKS
1 1 (25.00%) Amazon ELB
1 1 (25.00%) Amazon S3
1 1 (25.00%) AWS
1 1 (25.00%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (25.00%) Delta Lake
1 1 (25.00%) DynamoDB
1 1 (25.00%) Metadata
1 1 (25.00%) Power BI
1 1 (25.00%) Spark SQL
1 1 (25.00%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 1 (25.00%) MLflow
General
1 3 (75.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (25.00%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (50.00%) Data Scientist
2 1 (25.00%) Machine Learning Engineer
2 1 (25.00%) Operations Engineer
2 1 (25.00%) Technical Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (25.00%) Keras
1 1 (25.00%) Lambda Expressions
1 1 (25.00%) Metaflow
1 1 (25.00%) NumPy
1 1 (25.00%) Pandas
1 1 (25.00%) PySpark
1 1 (25.00%) PyTorch
1 1 (25.00%) scikit-learn
1 1 (25.00%) TensorFlow
1 1 (25.00%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 1 (25.00%) Linux Command Line
1 1 (25.00%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 1 (25.00%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (75.00%) AI
1 3 (75.00%) Machine Learning
1 3 (75.00%) Problem-Solving
1 3 (75.00%) Visualisation
2 2 (50.00%) Dashboard Development
2 2 (50.00%) Decision-Making
2 2 (50.00%) E-Commerce
2 2 (50.00%) LLM
2 2 (50.00%) Predictive Modelling
2 2 (50.00%) Statistical Analysis
2 2 (50.00%) Statistical Modelling
3 1 (25.00%) Agile
3 1 (25.00%) Data Integration
3 1 (25.00%) Data Management
3 1 (25.00%) Data Security
3 1 (25.00%) ETL
3 1 (25.00%) Information Security
3 1 (25.00%) Mathematics
3 1 (25.00%) Time Management
3 1 (25.00%) Unit Testing
Programming Languages
1 3 (75.00%) Python
1 3 (75.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (25.00%) Chartered Engineer
1 1 (25.00%) Degree
1 1 (25.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (25.00%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 1 (25.00%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (25.00%) Kubeflow
1 1 (25.00%) Kubernetes
1 1 (25.00%) Terraform
Vendors
1 1 (25.00%) Databricks