Data Scientist Job Trends in Derby

Data Scientist
Derbyshire > Derby

The median Data Scientist salary in Derby is £62,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 14 December 2025.

The table below compares current salary benchmarking and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 34 - 26
Rank change year-on-year - - 0
Permanent jobs requiring a Data Scientist 2 0 1
As % of all permanent jobs in Derby 0.91% - 0.71%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.93% - 0.73%
Number of salaries quoted 2 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £58,750 - £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 - £40,000
Median % change year-on-year - - -30.43%
75th Percentile £66,250 - £45,000
90th Percentile - - -
Derbyshire median annual salary £62,500 - £40,000
% change year-on-year - - -30.43%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Derby

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Derby. 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 Derby with a recognized job title 215 180 137
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 98.17% 98.36% 97.16%
Number of salaries quoted 137 117 76
10th Percentile £25,750 £28,422 £23,000
25th Percentile £27,750 £36,250 £31,063
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,000 £45,000 £48,250
Median % change year-on-year -6.67% -6.74% +4.32%
75th Percentile £57,500 £61,250 £58,750
90th Percentile £67,500 £67,500 £63,125
Derbyshire median annual salary £40,000 £45,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year -11.11% -5.26% +5.56%

Data Scientist
Job Vacancy Trend in Derby

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring 'Data Scientist' in the job title relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Derby.

Data Scientist job vacancy trend in Derby

Data Scientist
Salary Trend in Derby

Salary distribution trend for Data Scientist job vacancies in Derby.

Salary distribution trend for Data Scientist job vacancies in Derby

Data Scientist Skill Set
Top 14 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Derby

For the 6 months to 14 December 2025, Data Scientist job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the Derby region featuring Data Scientist in the job title.

1 2 (100.00%) AI
1 2 (100.00%) Dashboard Development
1 2 (100.00%) Data Science
1 2 (100.00%) Decision-Making
1 2 (100.00%) E-Commerce
1 2 (100.00%) LLM
1 2 (100.00%) Machine Learning
1 2 (100.00%) Predictive Modelling
1 2 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 2 (100.00%) Python
1 2 (100.00%) SQL
1 2 (100.00%) Statistical Analysis
1 2 (100.00%) Statistical Modelling
1 2 (100.00%) Visualisation

Data Scientist Skill Set
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:

General
1 2 (100.00%) Social Skills
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) AI
1 2 (100.00%) Dashboard Development
1 2 (100.00%) Data Science
1 2 (100.00%) Decision-Making
1 2 (100.00%) E-Commerce
1 2 (100.00%) LLM
1 2 (100.00%) Machine Learning
1 2 (100.00%) Predictive Modelling
1 2 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 2 (100.00%) Statistical Analysis
1 2 (100.00%) Statistical Modelling
1 2 (100.00%) Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 2 (100.00%) Python
1 2 (100.00%) SQL