Data Science Jobs in the Midlands

Data Science
England > Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the 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 22 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
22 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 196 137 152
Rank change year-on-year -59 +15 +50
Permanent jobs citing Data Science 66 205 182
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 0.96% 1.69% 2.02%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.05% 2.08% 2.09%
Number of salaries quoted 35 145 55
10th Percentile £37,500 £35,000 £33,750
25th Percentile £42,500 £43,750 £37,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £55,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.55% +22.22% -30.77%
75th Percentile £80,000 £65,000 £62,500
90th Percentile £86,250 £80,000 £80,750
England median annual salary £72,500 £65,000 £71,800
% change year-on-year +11.54% -9.47% -0.97%

All Process and Methodology Skills
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 Midlands.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 6,312 9,877 8,695
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 91.54% 81.43% 96.50%
Number of salaries quoted 2,461 7,187 4,406
10th Percentile £27,250 £26,250 £29,750
25th Percentile £33,750 £35,000 £38,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £48,500 £47,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +2.11% -9.52% +5.00%
75th Percentile £63,750 £62,374 £67,500
90th Percentile £75,000 £75,000 £77,500
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 Midlands

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

Job vacancy trend for Data Science in the Midlands

Data Science
Salary Trend in the Midlands

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

Salary trend for Data Science in the Midlands

Data Science
Salary Histogram in the Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing Data Science in the Midlands over the 6 months to 22 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Data Science in the Midlands

Data Science
Job Locations in the 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 Midlands region over the 6 months to 22 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
West Midlands -31 45 £57,500 +4.55% 69
East Midlands 0 19 £72,500 +52.63% 46
Data Science
England

Data Science
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the 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 7 (10.61%) Apache Spark
2 2 (3.03%) Jupyter
Applications
1 7 (10.61%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (3.03%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 30 (45.45%) Azure
2 15 (22.73%) AWS
2 15 (22.73%) Power Platform
3 9 (13.64%) Azure Synapse Analytics
4 8 (12.12%) AWS Lambda
4 8 (12.12%) Azure Data Factory
4 8 (12.12%) GCP
4 8 (12.12%) Serverless
5 6 (9.09%) Cloud Computing
6 4 (6.06%) Amazon S3
7 3 (4.55%) Amazon EC2
7 3 (4.55%) Amazon SageMaker
7 3 (4.55%) GitHub
7 3 (4.55%) SaaS
8 2 (3.03%) Lucidchart
8 2 (3.03%) Microsoft Purview
8 2 (3.03%) Snowflake
9 1 (1.52%) Amazon EMR
9 1 (1.52%) Azure App Service
9 1 (1.52%) Azure Storage
Communications & Networking
1 4 (6.06%) Broadband
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (22.73%) Power BI
2 8 (12.12%) Big Data
2 8 (12.12%) Data Warehouse
2 8 (12.12%) Metadata
3 7 (10.61%) Relational Database
3 7 (10.61%) SQL Server
4 6 (9.09%) PostgreSQL
5 5 (7.58%) Data Hub
5 5 (7.58%) Metadata Repository
5 5 (7.58%) Tableau
6 4 (6.06%) Hadoop
7 3 (4.55%) Amazon Athena
7 3 (4.55%) Amazon Redshift
7 3 (4.55%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
7 3 (4.55%) Parquet
7 3 (4.55%) Spark SQL
8 2 (3.03%) Data Lake
8 2 (3.03%) Elasticsearch
8 2 (3.03%) Looker
8 2 (3.03%) MongoDB
Development Applications
1 4 (6.06%) Git
2 3 (4.55%) ERwin
2 3 (4.55%) GitLab
2 3 (4.55%) JIRA
3 2 (3.03%) ER Studio
3 2 (3.03%) PowerDesigner
4 1 (1.52%) Jenkins
4 1 (1.52%) Postman
General
1 35 (53.03%) Finance
2 19 (28.79%) Analytical Skills
3 15 (22.73%) Social Skills
4 11 (16.67%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 11 (16.67%) Manufacturing
4 11 (16.67%) Marketing
5 9 (13.64%) Local Government
6 6 (9.09%) Presentation Skills
7 5 (7.58%) Public Sector
8 3 (4.55%) Advertising
8 3 (4.55%) Retail
9 2 (3.03%) Automotive
9 2 (3.03%) Banking
9 2 (3.03%) Esports
9 2 (3.03%) Law
10 1 (1.52%) Tech for Good
Job Titles
1 18 (27.27%) Data Scientist
2 10 (15.15%) Lecturer
3 9 (13.64%) Lead
3 9 (13.64%) Senior
4 7 (10.61%) Data Manager
5 4 (6.06%) Developer
5 4 (6.06%) Machine Learning Engineer
5 4 (6.06%) Senior Data Scientist
6 3 (4.55%) Business Intelligence Lead
6 3 (4.55%) Data Engineer
6 3 (4.55%) Data Science Manager
7 2 (3.03%) C++ Developer
7 2 (3.03%) C++ Software Developer
7 2 (3.03%) Credit Risk Manager
7 2 (3.03%) Data Modeller
7 2 (3.03%) Data Science Leader
7 2 (3.03%) Decision Scientist
7 2 (3.03%) Head of IT
7 2 (3.03%) Risk Manager
7 2 (3.03%) Software Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (9.09%) PySpark
2 3 (4.55%) EDI
2 3 (4.55%) XGBoost
3 2 (3.03%) OpenMP
4 1 (1.52%) PyTorch
4 1 (1.52%) React
4 1 (1.52%) scikit-learn
4 1 (1.52%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 10 (15.15%) Algorithms
2 4 (6.06%) Credit Risk
2 4 (6.06%) Cyberattack
2 4 (6.06%) Self-Motivation
3 3 (4.55%) Management Information System
4 2 (3.03%) CUDA
4 2 (3.03%) Hybrid Cloud
4 2 (3.03%) SIMD
5 1 (1.52%) Data Protection Act
5 1 (1.52%) IoT
5 1 (1.52%) Renewable Energy
Operating Systems
1 2 (3.03%) Linux
1 2 (3.03%) Windows
1 2 (3.03%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 36 (54.55%) Machine Learning
2 31 (46.97%) Analytics
2 31 (46.97%) Computer Science
3 25 (37.88%) Artificial Intelligence
4 21 (31.82%) Decision-Making
5 20 (30.30%) Business Intelligence
6 19 (28.79%) Data Analysis
6 19 (28.79%) Mathematics
7 15 (22.73%) Problem-Solving
8 14 (21.21%) Agile
8 14 (21.21%) Statistics
9 13 (19.70%) Statistical Modelling
9 13 (19.70%) Visualisation
10 12 (18.18%) Customer Experience
10 12 (18.18%) Data Engineering
10 12 (18.18%) Exploratory Data Analysis
11 11 (16.67%) Deep Learning
12 10 (15.15%) Actionable Insight
12 10 (15.15%) ETL
12 10 (15.15%) Generative AI
Programming Languages
1 34 (51.52%) Python
2 30 (45.45%) SQL
3 14 (21.21%) R
4 10 (15.15%) Java
5 9 (13.64%) C++
6 4 (6.06%) TypeScript
7 3 (4.55%) JavaScript
8 2 (3.03%) MATLAB
9 1 (1.52%) Data Analysis Expressions
Qualifications
1 32 (48.48%) Degree
2 8 (12.12%) DBS Check
2 8 (12.12%) Postgraduate
3 6 (9.09%) Computer Science Degree
3 6 (9.09%) Security Cleared
4 4 (6.06%) Azure Certification
4 4 (6.06%) DV Cleared
4 4 (6.06%) PhD
5 3 (4.55%) Master's Degree
6 2 (3.03%) CITP
6 2 (3.03%) Microsoft Certification
6 2 (3.03%) Numerate Degree
6 2 (3.03%) SC Cleared
7 1 (1.52%) AWS Certification
7 1 (1.52%) BPSS Clearance
7 1 (1.52%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (4.55%) Data Quality
2 1 (1.52%) Cyber Essentials
2 1 (1.52%) GDPR
2 1 (1.52%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (1.52%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 6 (9.09%) Docker
Systems Management
1 4 (6.06%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 15 (22.73%) Microsoft
2 10 (15.15%) Databricks
3 8 (12.12%) Oracle
4 5 (7.58%) Informatica
5 3 (4.55%) Salesforce
6 1 (1.52%) Google