Data Scientist Jobs in the North of England

Data Scientist
England > North of England

The median Data Scientist salary in the North of England is £62,879 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 9 September 2024.

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

6 months to
9 Sep 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 298 311 390
Rank change year-on-year +13 +79 -23
Permanent jobs requiring a Data Scientist 44 22 63
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 0.29% 0.22% 0.36%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.31% 0.23% 0.37%
Number of salaries quoted 20 17 43
10th Percentile £37,250 £45,750 £28,250
25th Percentile £46,387 £56,250 £47,094
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,879 £70,576 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -10.91% +22.74% +4.55%
75th Percentile £68,113 £85,000 £73,346
90th Percentile £69,750 £96,539 £80,000
England median annual salary £62,879 £60,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year +4.80% -7.69% +8.33%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
North of England

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in the North of England. 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 of England with a recognized job title 14,266 9,447 16,929
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 95.02% 92.66% 96.58%
Number of salaries quoted 8,363 6,529 10,841
10th Percentile £29,750 £30,000 £28,978
25th Percentile £38,750 £40,000 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,500 £51,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +1.94% +8.42%
75th Percentile £65,000 £70,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £77,500 £81,500 £82,500
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - +5.26%

Data Scientist
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

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

Job vacancy trend for Data Scientist in the North of England

Data Scientist
Salary Trend in the North of England

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

Salary trend for Data Scientist in the North of England

Data Scientist
Salary Histogram in the North of England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Data Scientist in the North of England over the 6 months to 9 September 2024.

Salary histogram for Data Scientist in the North of England

Data Scientist
Job Locations in the North of England

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 of England region over the 6 months to 9 September 2024. 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
North West +9 21 £60,000 -5.88% 18
Yorkshire +41 18 £62,879 -10.91% 12
North East -19 5 £62,879 -26.02% 4
Data Scientist
England

Data Scientist Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North of England

For the 6 months to 9 September 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 North of England region featuring Data Scientist in the job title.

1 44 (100.00%) Data Science
2 38 (86.36%) Python
3 35 (79.55%) SQL
4 33 (75.00%) Machine Learning
5 28 (63.64%) Coaching
6 26 (59.09%) Mentoring
7 23 (52.27%) Analytics
8 22 (50.00%) R
9 21 (47.73%) Analytical Skills
9 21 (47.73%) Agile
10 18 (40.91%) Stakeholder Management
10 18 (40.91%) Natural Language Processing
11 17 (38.64%) Statistics
11 17 (38.64%) Mathematics
12 16 (36.36%) Computer Science
12 16 (36.36%) Technical Leadership
13 14 (31.82%) Collaborative Working
13 14 (31.82%) Project Roadmap
13 14 (31.82%) Roadmaps
14 9 (20.45%) Artificial Intelligence
15 8 (18.18%) QA
15 8 (18.18%) Azure
15 8 (18.18%) Cyber Resilience
16 7 (15.91%) Social Skills
16 7 (15.91%) Data Analysis
16 7 (15.91%) Visualisation
17 6 (13.64%) Algorithms
18 5 (11.36%) GCP
18 5 (11.36%) Finance
18 5 (11.36%) Degree

Data Scientist Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North of England 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 1 (2.27%) SAS
Business Applications
1 3 (6.82%) GoldMine
Cloud Services
1 8 (18.18%) Azure
2 5 (11.36%) GCP
3 2 (4.55%) Power Platform
4 1 (2.27%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 3 (6.82%) DAB
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (4.55%) Power BI
2 1 (2.27%) Base SAS
2 1 (2.27%) Big Data
2 1 (2.27%) SAS EBI
2 1 (2.27%) SQL Server
2 1 (2.27%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 1 (2.27%) Git
General
1 21 (47.73%) Analytical Skills
2 7 (15.91%) Social Skills
3 5 (11.36%) Finance
4 3 (6.82%) Retail
5 2 (4.55%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 1 (2.27%) Law
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (2.27%) PySpark
1 1 (2.27%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 6 (13.64%) Algorithms
2 1 (2.27%) Credit Risk
2 1 (2.27%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 44 (100.00%) Data Science
2 33 (75.00%) Machine Learning
3 28 (63.64%) Coaching
4 26 (59.09%) Mentoring
5 23 (52.27%) Analytics
6 21 (47.73%) Agile
7 18 (40.91%) Natural Language Processing
7 18 (40.91%) Stakeholder Management
8 17 (38.64%) Mathematics
8 17 (38.64%) Statistics
9 16 (36.36%) Computer Science
9 16 (36.36%) Technical Leadership
10 14 (31.82%) Collaborative Working
10 14 (31.82%) Project Roadmap
10 14 (31.82%) Roadmaps
11 9 (20.45%) Artificial Intelligence
12 8 (18.18%) Cyber Resilience
13 7 (15.91%) Data Analysis
13 7 (15.91%) Visualisation
14 4 (9.09%) MLOps
Programming Languages
1 38 (86.36%) Python
2 35 (79.55%) SQL
3 22 (50.00%) R
4 1 (2.27%) MATLAB
Qualifications
1 5 (11.36%) Degree
2 3 (6.82%) Security Cleared
3 1 (2.27%) Master's Degree
3 1 (2.27%) Numerate Degree
3 1 (2.27%) PhD
3 1 (2.27%) Postgraduate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (18.18%) QA
2 1 (2.27%) Accessibility
System Software
1 3 (6.82%) Docker
Systems Management
1 4 (9.09%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 4 (9.09%) Databricks