Data Scientist Jobs in England

Data Scientist
UK > England

The median Data Scientist salary in England is £70,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 25 April 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
25 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 409 524 443
Rank change year-on-year +115 -81 -12
Permanent jobs requiring a Data Scientist 475 500 1,028
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.56% 0.53% 0.79%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.59% 0.58% 0.82%
Number of salaries quoted 236 345 474
10th Percentile £45,000 £43,162 £42,500
25th Percentile £52,500 £50,000 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £65,000 £67,500
Median % change year-on-year +7.69% -3.70% +12.50%
75th Percentile £85,000 £77,500 £82,500
90th Percentile £106,875 £88,250 £101,250
UK median annual salary £70,000 £65,000 £67,500
% change year-on-year +7.69% -3.70% +12.50%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
England

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in England. 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 England with a recognized job title 80,250 85,781 125,417
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.48% 91.57% 96.08%
Number of salaries quoted 60,143 54,189 75,436
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,000 £45,000 £43,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £54,000 £60,567 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.84% +0.95% +9.09%
75th Percentile £72,375 £82,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £91,250 £100,000 £97,500
UK median annual salary £52,923 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -11.80% - +9.09%

Data Scientist
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Data Scientist in England

Data Scientist
Salary Trend in England

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

Salary trend for Data Scientist in England

Data Scientist
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Data Scientist in England over the 6 months to 25 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Data Scientist in England

Data Scientist
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Data Scientist within the England region over the 6 months to 25 April 2024. 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
London +73 186 £75,000 +8.98% 106
South East +93 127 £65,000 - 11
Midlands +47 58 £57,500 - 6
West Midlands +54 49 £57,500 -4.17% 3
South West -36 40 £65,000 +18.44% 7
North of England +8 37 £60,000 +4.35% 20
North West +17 21 £60,000 -9.43% 12
East of England +8 15 £80,000 +42.22% 10
Yorkshire +55 14 £70,576 +30.09% 6
East Midlands -11 9 £45,000 -21.74% 3
North East -6 2 £43,200 -3.28% 2
Data Scientist
UK

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

For the 6 months to 25 April 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 England region featuring Data Scientist in the job title.

1 474 (99.79%) Data Science
2 311 (65.47%) Python
3 290 (61.05%) Degree
4 270 (56.84%) Machine Learning
5 252 (53.05%) Algorithms
6 213 (44.84%) Mathematics
7 204 (42.95%) Computer Science
8 187 (39.37%) Decision-Making
9 186 (39.16%) Data Analysis
10 185 (38.95%) SQL
11 167 (35.16%) Statistical Modelling
12 160 (33.68%) Problem-Solving
13 136 (28.63%) Analytics
13 136 (28.63%) Mentoring
14 133 (28.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
15 132 (27.79%) Coaching
16 131 (27.58%) Artificial Intelligence
17 130 (27.37%) Cybersecurity
18 127 (26.74%) Statistics
19 122 (25.68%) Digital Forensics
19 122 (25.68%) Red Team
20 117 (24.63%) Social Skills
21 100 (21.05%) Visualisation
22 99 (20.84%) R
23 95 (20.00%) Predictive Modelling
24 89 (18.74%) Natural Language Processing
25 81 (17.05%) Master's Degree
26 75 (15.79%) Azure
27 73 (15.37%) Actionable Insight
28 71 (14.95%) TensorFlow

Data Scientist Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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 24 (5.05%) SAS
2 19 (4.00%) Apache Spark
3 3 (0.63%) Jupyter
Applications
1 10 (2.11%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (0.42%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (0.42%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (0.21%) Blender
Cloud Services
1 75 (15.79%) Azure
2 59 (12.42%) AWS
3 44 (9.26%) GCP
4 21 (4.42%) Power Platform
5 15 (3.16%) Azure Machine Learning
6 12 (2.53%) GitHub
7 11 (2.32%) Amazon SageMaker
8 9 (1.89%) SaaS
9 6 (1.26%) Azure Data Factory
10 4 (0.84%) Azure DevOps
10 4 (0.84%) Cloud Computing
11 3 (0.63%) Azure Synapse Analytics
12 2 (0.42%) Snowflake
13 1 (0.21%) Serverless
13 1 (0.21%) WhatsApp
Database & Business Intelligence
1 42 (8.84%) Tableau
2 27 (5.68%) Big Data
3 25 (5.26%) Data Mining
4 21 (4.42%) Power BI
5 17 (3.58%) SQL Server
6 15 (3.16%) Hadoop
7 9 (1.89%) BusinessObjects
7 9 (1.89%) Text Mining
8 6 (1.26%) PostgreSQL
9 5 (1.05%) Geospatial Data
9 5 (1.05%) Neo4j
10 4 (0.84%) Relational Database
11 3 (0.63%) Metadata
12 2 (0.42%) Amazon QuickSight
12 2 (0.42%) Data Warehouse
12 2 (0.42%) MongoDB
12 2 (0.42%) MySQL
12 2 (0.42%) NoSQL
13 1 (0.21%) Base SAS
13 1 (0.21%) Spotfire
Development Applications
1 56 (11.79%) Git
2 2 (0.42%) RStudio
2 2 (0.42%) Visual Studio Code
3 1 (0.21%) git-flow
3 1 (0.21%) JIRA
3 1 (0.21%) MLflow
General
1 133 (28.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 117 (24.63%) Social Skills
3 55 (11.58%) Finance
4 54 (11.37%) Analytical Skills
5 27 (5.68%) Marketing
6 23 (4.84%) Banking
6 23 (4.84%) Retail
7 20 (4.21%) Law
8 17 (3.58%) Pharmaceutical
9 14 (2.95%) Presentation Skills
10 12 (2.53%) Games
11 10 (2.11%) Public Sector
12 6 (1.26%) Legal
13 3 (0.63%) Advertising
14 2 (0.42%) International Banking
14 2 (0.42%) Manufacturing
15 1 (0.21%) Electronics
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 71 (14.95%) TensorFlow
2 60 (12.63%) Pandas
3 49 (10.32%) scikit-learn
4 36 (7.58%) NumPy
5 35 (7.37%) PyTorch
6 30 (6.32%) PySpark
7 22 (4.63%) Keras
8 16 (3.37%) XGBoost
9 8 (1.68%) MXNet
10 7 (1.47%) Kedro
10 7 (1.47%) SpaCy
11 5 (1.05%) Statsmodels
12 4 (0.84%) .NET
12 4 (0.84%) React
13 3 (0.63%) SciPy
14 2 (0.42%) Matplotlib
14 2 (0.42%) Seaborn
15 1 (0.21%) Anaconda
15 1 (0.21%) NetworkX
15 1 (0.21%) NLTK
Miscellaneous
1 252 (53.05%) Algorithms
2 16 (3.37%) Data Structures
3 12 (2.53%) Credit Risk
3 12 (2.53%) Life Science
3 12 (2.53%) Self-Motivation
4 10 (2.11%) Management Information System
5 6 (1.26%) Reinsurance
6 5 (1.05%) PMI
7 4 (0.84%) IoT
7 4 (0.84%) Pricing Data
8 3 (0.63%) Blog
8 3 (0.63%) CUDA
8 3 (0.63%) Renewable Energy
8 3 (0.63%) Smart Meter
8 3 (0.63%) Social Media
9 2 (0.42%) Cybercrime
9 2 (0.42%) Educational Technology
9 2 (0.42%) Mobile App
9 2 (0.42%) Semantic Web
9 2 (0.42%) Team-Oriented Environment
Operating Systems
1 2 (0.42%) Android
1 2 (0.42%) Apple iOS
1 2 (0.42%) Windows
1 2 (0.42%) Windows Vista
2 1 (0.21%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 474 (99.79%) Data Science
2 270 (56.84%) Machine Learning
3 213 (44.84%) Mathematics
4 204 (42.95%) Computer Science
5 187 (39.37%) Decision-Making
6 186 (39.16%) Data Analysis
7 167 (35.16%) Statistical Modelling
8 160 (33.68%) Problem-Solving
9 136 (28.63%) Analytics
9 136 (28.63%) Mentoring
10 132 (27.79%) Coaching
11 131 (27.58%) Artificial Intelligence
12 130 (27.37%) Cybersecurity
13 127 (26.74%) Statistics
14 122 (25.68%) Digital Forensics
14 122 (25.68%) Red Team
15 100 (21.05%) Visualisation
16 95 (20.00%) Predictive Modelling
17 89 (18.74%) Natural Language Processing
18 73 (15.37%) Actionable Insight
Programming Languages
1 311 (65.47%) Python
2 185 (38.95%) SQL
3 99 (20.84%) R
4 18 (3.79%) C#
5 16 (3.37%) MATLAB
6 8 (1.68%) C++
6 8 (1.68%) VBA
7 7 (1.47%) Java
8 5 (1.05%) C
9 4 (0.84%) JavaScript
9 4 (0.84%) TypeScript
10 2 (0.42%) Julia
11 1 (0.21%) Gremlin
11 1 (0.21%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 290 (61.05%) Degree
2 81 (17.05%) Master's Degree
3 69 (14.53%) PhD
4 34 (7.16%) Security Cleared
5 26 (5.47%) DBS Check
6 18 (3.79%) Computer Science Degree
7 16 (3.37%) DV Cleared
8 12 (2.53%) SC Cleared
9 5 (1.05%) PMI Certification
10 4 (0.84%) Numerate Degree
10 4 (0.84%) Postgraduate
11 1 (0.21%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (2.95%) Data Quality
2 7 (1.47%) Accessibility
3 4 (0.84%) IFRS
3 4 (0.84%) IFRS 9
4 3 (0.63%) GDPR
5 2 (0.42%) Actionable Recommendations
5 2 (0.42%) QA
5 2 (0.42%) SNOMED CT
System Software
1 12 (2.53%) Docker
Systems Management
1 11 (2.32%) Kubernetes
2 8 (1.68%) Terraform
3 2 (0.42%) Core Impact
4 1 (0.21%) Kubeflow
Vendors
1 51 (10.74%) Databricks
2 21 (4.42%) Microsoft
3 13 (2.74%) Dataiku
4 9 (1.89%) Google
5 5 (1.05%) Alteryx
6 4 (0.84%) Oracle
7 2 (0.42%) Sage
8 1 (0.21%) ServiceNow