Data Science Job Trends in Exeter

Data Science
Devon > Exeter

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Exeter requiring Data Science skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 13 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 28 19 26
Rank change year-on-year -9 +7 +18
Permanent jobs citing Data Science 1 12 2
As % of all permanent jobs in Exeter 0.46% 6.22% 1.64%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.57% 7.45% 2.15%
Number of salaries quoted 1 12 2
10th Percentile - £36,500 £44,125
25th Percentile - £41,563 £44,688
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £55,000 £48,750
Median % change year-on-year -18.18% +12.82% -31.57%
75th Percentile - £73,125 £52,188
90th Percentile - £82,500 £52,375
Devon median annual salary £90,000 £65,000 £48,750
% change year-on-year +38.46% +33.33% +33.54%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Exeter

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 Exeter.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 174 161 93
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Exeter 79.45% 83.42% 76.23%
Number of salaries quoted 130 93 75
10th Percentile £24,950 £28,000 £24,000
25th Percentile £27,875 £34,404 £35,249
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £43,491 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year -8.03% +2.33% +6.25%
75th Percentile £50,000 £61,250 £57,500
90th Percentile £60,250 £72,500 £66,750
Devon median annual salary £42,358 £45,500 £45,000
% change year-on-year -6.91% +1.11% +12.50%

Data Science
Job Vacancy Trend in Exeter

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

Data Science job vacancy trend in Exeter

Data Science
Salary Trend in Exeter

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Exeter citing Data Science.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Exeter citing Data Science

Data Science
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Exeter 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:

Applications
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Data Lake
1 1 (100.00%) Power BI
General
1 1 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Analyst
1 1 (100.00%) Data Analyst
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Dimensional Modelling
1 1 (100.00%) MapReduce
1 1 (100.00%) Workflow Analysis
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) Julia
1 1 (100.00%) Python
1 1 (100.00%) R
1 1 (100.00%) SQL