Data Scientist Job Trends in Exeter

Data Scientist
Devon > Exeter

The median Data Scientist salary in Exeter is £55,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 17 June 2026.

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

6 months to
17 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 37 - 41
Rank change year-on-year - - +5
Permanent jobs requiring a Data Scientist 2 0 2
As % of all permanent jobs in Exeter 0.51% - 0.52%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.52% - 0.53%
Number of salaries quoted 2 0 2
10th Percentile - - £49,750
25th Percentile - - £53,125
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 - £60,000
Median % change year-on-year - - +64.38%
75th Percentile - - £65,625
90th Percentile - - £68,250
Devon median annual salary £55,000 - £60,000
% change year-on-year - - +64.38%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
Exeter

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Exeter. 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 Exeter with a recognized job title 381 108 374
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 96.46% 93.91% 96.89%
Number of salaries quoted 268 93 310
10th Percentile £28,125 £29,000 £26,250
25th Percentile £35,000 £29,750 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £46,250 £31,500 £40,000
Median % change year-on-year +46.83% -21.25% -9.69%
75th Percentile £57,813 £50,000 £50,000
90th Percentile £70,000 £64,750 £57,500
Devon median annual salary £45,000 £37,750 £45,000
% change year-on-year +19.21% -16.11% +3.75%

Data Scientist
Job Vacancy Trend in Exeter

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 Exeter.

Data Scientist job vacancy trend in Exeter

Data Scientist
Salary Trend in Exeter

Salary distribution trend for Data Scientist job vacancies in Exeter.

Salary distribution trend for Data Scientist job vacancies in Exeter

Data Scientist Skill Set
Top 20 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Exeter

For the 6 months to 17 June 2026, 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 Exeter region featuring Data Scientist in the job title.

1 2 (100.00%) Agile
1 2 (100.00%) Analytics
1 2 (100.00%) Apache Spark
1 2 (100.00%) Azure
1 2 (100.00%) Azure Data Factory
1 2 (100.00%) Big Data
1 2 (100.00%) Cloud Computing
1 2 (100.00%) Collaborative Working
1 2 (100.00%) Data Lake
1 2 (100.00%) Data Science
1 2 (100.00%) Databricks
1 2 (100.00%) Decision-Making
1 2 (100.00%) Git
1 2 (100.00%) Jupyter
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft Excel
1 2 (100.00%) PySpark
1 2 (100.00%) Python
1 2 (100.00%) SQL
1 2 (100.00%) VBA
1 2 (100.00%) Visual Studio Code

Data Scientist Skill Set
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:

Application Platforms
1 2 (100.00%) Apache Spark
1 2 (100.00%) Jupyter
Applications
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 2 (100.00%) Azure
1 2 (100.00%) Azure Data Factory
1 2 (100.00%) Cloud Computing
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (100.00%) Big Data
1 2 (100.00%) Data Lake
Development Applications
1 2 (100.00%) Git
1 2 (100.00%) Visual Studio Code
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (100.00%) PySpark
Miscellaneous
1 2 (100.00%) Algorithms
1 2 (100.00%) Distributed Computing
1 2 (100.00%) Legacy Systems
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Agile
1 2 (100.00%) Analytics
1 2 (100.00%) Collaborative Working
1 2 (100.00%) Data Science
1 2 (100.00%) Decision-Making
Programming Languages
1 2 (100.00%) Python
1 2 (100.00%) SQL
1 2 (100.00%) VBA
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) Databricks