Data Science Jobs in the East Midlands

Data Science
England > East Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the East Midlands requiring Data Science skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Data Science over the 6 months leading up to 28 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 134 146 143
Rank change year-on-year +12 -3 +18
Permanent jobs citing Data Science 22 49 34
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the East Midlands 0.83% 1.04% 1.22%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.90% 1.32% 1.27%
Number of salaries quoted 13 32 15
10th Percentile £27,500 £35,000 £29,750
25th Percentile £34,474 £42,500 £31,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £47,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -15.79% -13.64% -4.35%
75th Percentile £72,500 £61,688 £60,625
90th Percentile £77,500 £68,375 £77,500
England median annual salary £72,246 £65,000 £70,000
% change year-on-year +11.15% -7.14% -3.45%

All Process and Methodology Skills
East Midlands

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 the East Midlands.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 2,457 3,715 2,667
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the East Midlands 92.33% 78.59% 96.00%
Number of salaries quoted 915 2,597 1,233
10th Percentile £25,550 £25,750 £26,750
25th Percentile £31,000 £32,000 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £43,500 £44,500 £50,498
Median % change year-on-year -2.25% -11.88% +6.31%
75th Percentile £57,500 £56,200 £65,000
90th Percentile £67,500 £68,750 £76,250
England median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year +4.55% -12.00% +4.17%

Data Science
Job Vacancy Trend in the East Midlands

Job postings citing Data Science as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the East Midlands.

Job vacancy trend for Data Science in the East Midlands

Data Science
Salary Trend in the East Midlands

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Data Science in the East Midlands.

Salary trend for Data Science in the East Midlands

Data Science
Salary Histogram in the East Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing Data Science in the East Midlands over the 6 months to 28 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Data Science in the East Midlands

Data Science
Job Locations in the East Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Data Science within the East Midlands region over the 6 months to 28 May 2025. 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
Nottinghamshire +32 13 £38,251 -19.47% 9
Leicestershire +26 4 £75,000 +57.89% 11
Northamptonshire -9 3 - - 4
Lincolnshire - 2 £28,000 - 3
Data Science
England

Data Science
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the East Midlands 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:

Application Platforms
1 6 (27.27%) Apache Spark
Applications
1 2 (9.09%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 6 (27.27%) AWS
2 5 (22.73%) AWS Lambda
2 5 (22.73%) Serverless
3 3 (13.64%) Amazon EC2
3 3 (13.64%) Amazon S3
3 3 (13.64%) Amazon SageMaker
3 3 (13.64%) Azure
3 3 (13.64%) GitHub
3 3 (13.64%) Power Platform
4 2 (9.09%) Cloud Computing
4 2 (9.09%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 2 (9.09%) Broadband
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (27.27%) Tableau
2 4 (18.18%) PostgreSQL
3 3 (13.64%) Amazon Athena
3 3 (13.64%) Parquet
3 3 (13.64%) Power BI
3 3 (13.64%) Spark SQL
Development Applications
1 3 (13.64%) Git
1 3 (13.64%) GitLab
General
1 9 (40.91%) Finance
2 8 (36.36%) Analytical Skills
3 7 (31.82%) Marketing
3 7 (31.82%) Social Skills
4 4 (18.18%) Presentation Skills
5 3 (13.64%) Retail
6 2 (9.09%) Esports
6 2 (9.09%) Law
7 1 (4.55%) Manufacturing
7 1 (4.55%) Public Sector
7 1 (4.55%) Social Housing
7 1 (4.55%) Tech for Good
Job Titles
1 6 (27.27%) Data Manager
2 4 (18.18%) Analyst
2 4 (18.18%) Developer
3 3 (13.64%) Data Science Manager
4 2 (9.09%) Analyst Developer
4 2 (9.09%) Analytics Developer
4 2 (9.09%) Business Intelligence Analyst
4 2 (9.09%) Business Intelligence Developer
4 2 (9.09%) Consultant
4 2 (9.09%) Credit Risk Manager
4 2 (9.09%) Customer Analyst
4 2 (9.09%) Data Analyst
4 2 (9.09%) Digital Analytics Analyst
4 2 (9.09%) Digital Analytics Developer
4 2 (9.09%) Lecturer
4 2 (9.09%) Performance Manager
4 2 (9.09%) Portfolio Manager
4 2 (9.09%) Recruitment Consultant
4 2 (9.09%) Risk Manager
4 2 (9.09%) Senior
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (27.27%) PySpark
2 3 (13.64%) XGBoost
3 1 (4.55%) React
Miscellaneous
1 2 (9.09%) Credit Risk
1 2 (9.09%) Self-Motivation
2 1 (4.55%) Renewable Energy
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (40.91%) Analytics
1 9 (40.91%) Machine Learning
2 6 (27.27%) Artificial Intelligence
2 6 (27.27%) Continuous Improvement
2 6 (27.27%) Decision-Making
3 5 (22.73%) Customer Experience
3 5 (22.73%) Personalization
4 4 (18.18%) Performance Metrics
4 4 (18.18%) Predictive Modelling
4 4 (18.18%) Problem-Solving
4 4 (18.18%) Statistics
5 3 (13.64%) Business Intelligence
5 3 (13.64%) Data Analysis
5 3 (13.64%) Data Engineering
5 3 (13.64%) Data Visualisation
5 3 (13.64%) E-Commerce
5 3 (13.64%) Economics
5 3 (13.64%) Stakeholder Management
5 3 (13.64%) Time Management
5 3 (13.64%) Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 14 (63.64%) Python
2 9 (40.91%) SQL
3 2 (9.09%) MATLAB
3 2 (9.09%) TypeScript
4 1 (4.55%) JavaScript
4 1 (4.55%) R
Qualifications
1 10 (45.45%) Degree
2 7 (31.82%) DBS Check
3 2 (9.09%) Master's Degree
3 2 (9.09%) Numerate Degree
3 2 (9.09%) PhD
Vendors
1 3 (13.64%) Databricks
1 3 (13.64%) Salesforce
2 2 (9.09%) Google