Data Scientist Jobs in the North East

Data Scientist
England > North East

The median Data Scientist salary in the North East is £52,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 20 May 2025.

The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 74 114 106
Rank change year-on-year +40 -8 +5
Permanent jobs requiring a Data Scientist 1 2 8
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North East 0.12% 0.11% 0.64%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.14% 0.11% 0.79%
Number of salaries quoted 1 2 6
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £51,000 £40,800 £43,162
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,000 £43,200 £44,666
Median % change year-on-year +20.37% -3.28% -36.19%
75th Percentile £53,000 £45,600 £46,169
90th Percentile - - £65,584
England median annual salary £64,000 £70,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year -8.57% +7.69% -3.70%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
North East

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in the North East. 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 the North East with a recognized job title 729 1,802 1,007
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.00% 95.75% 79.98%
Number of salaries quoted 400 1,447 602
10th Percentile £25,000 £27,500 £30,600
25th Percentile £26,500 £35,500 £37,313
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £47,500 £47,641
Median % change year-on-year -5.26% -0.30% +19.10%
75th Percentile £65,526 £62,500 £60,899
90th Percentile £75,945 £75,000 £72,500
England median annual salary £56,000 £53,000 £60,800
% change year-on-year +5.66% -12.83% +1.33%

Data Scientist
Job Vacancy Trend in the North East

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

Job vacancy trend for Data Scientist in the North East

Data Scientist
Salary Trend in the North East

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Data Scientist in the North East.

Salary trend for Data Scientist in the North East

Data Scientist
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 Scientist within the North East region over the 6 months to 20 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
Tyne and Wear +41 1 £52,000 +20.37% 7
Data Scientist
England

Data Scientist Skill Set
Top 11 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North East

For the 6 months to 20 May 2025, 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 North East region featuring Data Scientist in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Service Delivery
1 1 (100.00%) Artificial Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Statistical Analysis
1 1 (100.00%) Visualisation
1 1 (100.00%) Data Visualisation
1 1 (100.00%) Machine Learning
1 1 (100.00%) Statistical Modelling
1 1 (100.00%) Analytics
1 1 (100.00%) Actionable Insight
1 1 (100.00%) Data Strategy
1 1 (100.00%) Data Science

Data Scientist Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North East 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:

Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Actionable Insight
1 1 (100.00%) Analytics
1 1 (100.00%) Artificial Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Data Science
1 1 (100.00%) Data Strategy
1 1 (100.00%) Data Visualisation
1 1 (100.00%) Machine Learning
1 1 (100.00%) Service Delivery
1 1 (100.00%) Statistical Analysis
1 1 (100.00%) Statistical Modelling
1 1 (100.00%) Visualisation