Data Science Job Trends in the North East

Data Science
England > North East

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the North East requiring Data Science skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 14 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 74 68 64
Rank change year-on-year -6 -4 +6
Permanent jobs citing Data Science 4 21 9
As % of all permanent jobs in the North East 0.39% 2.26% 1.20%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.49% 2.54% 1.35%
Number of salaries quoted 2 9 7
10th Percentile - £37,789 -
25th Percentile £58,750 £47,500 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £62,500 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year - +31.58% +6.35%
75th Percentile £66,250 £80,000 £56,250
90th Percentile - £115,000 £57,500
England median annual salary £70,000 £70,000 £70,000

All Process & Methodology Skills
North East

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 North East.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 810 827 667
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North East 78.64% 88.92% 89.29%
Number of salaries quoted 547 337 572
10th Percentile £28,250 £30,750 £29,525
25th Percentile £31,250 £36,250 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £50,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year - +5.26% -5.00%
75th Percentile £67,500 £68,750 £61,445
90th Percentile £80,000 £85,000 £75,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -4.00%

Data Science
Job Vacancy Trend in the North East

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

Data Science job vacancy trend in the North East

Data Science
Salary Trend in the North East

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the North East citing Data Science.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the North East citing Data Science

Data Science
Job Locations in the North East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Data Science within the North East region over the 6 months to 14 January 2026. 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
Tyne and Wear -6 4 £62,500 - 25
Data Science
England

Data Science
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North East 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 2 (50.00%) Microsoft Excel
1 2 (50.00%) Microsoft Office
1 2 (50.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 2 (50.00%) Azure
1 2 (50.00%) Azure AI
1 2 (50.00%) Microsoft 365
1 2 (50.00%) Microsoft Copilot
1 2 (50.00%) Power Platform
General
1 4 (100.00%) Social Skills
2 2 (50.00%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (50.00%) Data Scientist
1 2 (50.00%) Trainer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (50.00%) Driving Licence
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (100.00%) AI
1 4 (100.00%) Machine Learning
2 2 (50.00%) Change Management
2 2 (50.00%) Collaborative Working
2 2 (50.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 2 (50.00%) Dashboard Development
2 2 (50.00%) Data Governance
2 2 (50.00%) Decision-Making
2 2 (50.00%) LLM
2 2 (50.00%) Predictive Modelling
2 2 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
2 2 (50.00%) Programme Delivery
2 2 (50.00%) Prompt Engineering
2 2 (50.00%) Roadmaps
2 2 (50.00%) Statistical Analysis
2 2 (50.00%) Statistical Modelling
2 2 (50.00%) Strategic Thinking
2 2 (50.00%) Visualisation
2 2 (50.00%) Workflow
2 2 (50.00%) Workshop Facilitation
Programming Languages
1 2 (50.00%) Python
1 2 (50.00%) SQL
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (50.00%) ISO 9001
Vendors
1 2 (50.00%) Microsoft