Data Scientist Jobs in Leeds

Data Scientist
West Yorkshire > Leeds

The median Data Scientist salary in Leeds is £70,576 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 4 May 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
4 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 124 165 190
Rank change year-on-year +41 +25 -31
Permanent jobs requiring a Data Scientist 12 11 20
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Leeds 0.53% 0.36% 0.53%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.56% 0.38% 0.54%
Number of salaries quoted 12 9 12
10th Percentile £46,306 £51,650 £47,500
25th Percentile £54,701 £51,750 £50,313
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,576 £55,000 £61,250
Median % change year-on-year +28.32% -10.20% +11.36%
75th Percentile £87,500 £61,250 £73,346
90th Percentile £95,635 £63,000 -
West Yorkshire median annual salary £70,576 £55,000 £61,250
% change year-on-year +28.32% -10.20% +11.36%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Leeds

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in Leeds. 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 Leeds with a recognized job title 2,160 2,882 3,673
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 96.00% 95.21% 97.30%
Number of salaries quoted 1,561 1,729 2,549
10th Percentile £31,250 £32,429 £32,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £41,250 £41,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - +10.00%
75th Percentile £70,000 £73,750 £70,000
90th Percentile £84,056 £86,250 £85,000
West Yorkshire median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +5.00%

Data Scientist
Job Vacancy Trend in Leeds

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

Job vacancy trend for Data Scientist in Leeds

Data Scientist
Salary Trend in Leeds

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

Salary trend for Data Scientist in Leeds

Data Scientist
Salary Histogram in Leeds

Salary distribution for jobs citing Data Scientist in Leeds over the 6 months to 4 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Data Scientist in Leeds

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

For the 6 months to 4 May 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 Leeds region featuring Data Scientist in the job title.

1 12 (100.00%) Data Science
2 10 (83.33%) SQL
2 10 (83.33%) Python
2 10 (83.33%) Banking
3 9 (75.00%) Machine Learning
4 7 (58.33%) Statistical Modelling
4 7 (58.33%) Artificial Intelligence
4 7 (58.33%) Finance
4 7 (58.33%) Agile
4 7 (58.33%) Pandas
4 7 (58.33%) Data Structures
4 7 (58.33%) Random Forest
4 7 (58.33%) Decision Tree
5 6 (50.00%) Decision-Making
5 6 (50.00%) Natural Language Processing
5 6 (50.00%) Use Case
5 6 (50.00%) LLM
6 5 (41.67%) Econometrics
6 5 (41.67%) Gradient Boosting
6 5 (41.67%) XGBoost
6 5 (41.67%) Data Pipeline
7 4 (33.33%) Social Skills
8 3 (25.00%) Model Validation
8 3 (25.00%) Metadata
8 3 (25.00%) Pricing Strategy
8 3 (25.00%) Customer Segmentation
8 3 (25.00%) Data Visualisation
8 3 (25.00%) Validation
8 3 (25.00%) Stakeholder Management
8 3 (25.00%) SAS

Data Scientist Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Leeds 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 3 (25.00%) SAS
Cloud Services
1 1 (8.33%) Azure
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (25.00%) Metadata
General
1 10 (83.33%) Banking
2 7 (58.33%) Finance
3 4 (33.33%) Social Skills
4 3 (25.00%) Marketing
5 1 (8.33%) Analytical Skills
5 1 (8.33%) Retail
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (58.33%) Pandas
2 5 (41.67%) XGBoost
3 1 (8.33%) PySpark
Miscellaneous
1 7 (58.33%) Data Structures
2 1 (8.33%) Algorithms
2 1 (8.33%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (100.00%) Data Science
2 9 (75.00%) Machine Learning
3 7 (58.33%) Agile
3 7 (58.33%) Artificial Intelligence
3 7 (58.33%) Decision Tree
3 7 (58.33%) Random Forest
3 7 (58.33%) Statistical Modelling
4 6 (50.00%) Decision-Making
4 6 (50.00%) LLM
4 6 (50.00%) Natural Language Processing
4 6 (50.00%) Use Case
5 5 (41.67%) Data Pipeline
5 5 (41.67%) Econometrics
5 5 (41.67%) Gradient Boosting
6 3 (25.00%) Data Visualisation
6 3 (25.00%) Model Validation
6 3 (25.00%) Pricing Strategy
6 3 (25.00%) Stakeholder Management
6 3 (25.00%) Unit Testing
6 3 (25.00%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 10 (83.33%) Python
1 10 (83.33%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (8.33%) Degree
1 1 (8.33%) Numerate Degree
Vendors
1 1 (8.33%) Databricks