Senior Data Scientist Jobs in the North of England

Senior Data Scientist
England > North of England

The median Senior Data Scientist salary in the North of England is £72,788 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 375 418 402
Rank change year-on-year +43 -16 -48
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior Data Scientist 21 13 58
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 0.12% 0.074% 0.32%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.13% 0.083% 0.33%
Number of salaries quoted 14 12 26
10th Percentile £40,625 £53,875 -
25th Percentile £55,000 £55,938 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £72,788 £65,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +11.98% - +22.64%
75th Percentile £87,500 £71,250 £75,000
90th Percentile £94,577 - £86,875
England median annual salary £80,000 £67,500 £80,000
% change year-on-year +18.52% -15.63% -

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
North of England

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised 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 16,423 15,639 17,369
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.95% 89.43% 96.21%
Number of salaries quoted 12,697 8,299 11,117
10th Percentile £27,000 £30,500 £27,811
25th Percentile £36,250 £39,000 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £53,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.66% +6.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £65,000 £68,750 £65,000
90th Percentile £78,500 £81,250 £80,000
England median annual salary £53,500 £60,800 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.01% +1.33% +9.09%

Senior Data Scientist
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

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

Job vacancy trend for Senior Data Scientist in the North of England

Senior Data Scientist
Salary Trend in the North of England

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

Salary trend for Senior Data Scientist in the North of England

Senior Data Scientist
Salary Histogram in the North of England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Senior Data Scientist in the North of England over the 6 months to 4 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Senior Data Scientist in the North of England

Senior 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 Senior Data Scientist within the North of England region over the 6 months to 4 May 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 +18 13 £60,000 -11.11% 3
Yorkshire +91 8 £75,000 +27.66% 1
Senior Data Scientist
England

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

For the 6 months to 4 May 2024, Senior 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 Senior Data Scientist in the job title.

1 21 (100.00%) Python
1 21 (100.00%) Data Science
2 19 (90.48%) SQL
3 18 (85.71%) Machine Learning
4 13 (61.90%) Agile
5 12 (57.14%) Visualisation
5 12 (57.14%) GCP
6 11 (52.38%) Artificial Intelligence
7 10 (47.62%) Data Visualisation
8 9 (42.86%) Analytics
9 8 (38.10%) Azure
9 8 (38.10%) Finance
9 8 (38.10%) Social Skills
10 7 (33.33%) Data Governance
10 7 (33.33%) Big Data
10 7 (33.33%) Banking
10 7 (33.33%) Git
10 7 (33.33%) Software Engineering
10 7 (33.33%) SaaS
11 6 (28.57%) Algorithms
12 5 (23.81%) Use Case
12 5 (23.81%) Statistics
13 4 (19.05%) Marketing
13 4 (19.05%) Natural Language Processing
13 4 (19.05%) Random Forest
13 4 (19.05%) Decision Tree
13 4 (19.05%) Statistical Modelling
13 4 (19.05%) Pandas
13 4 (19.05%) Coaching
13 4 (19.05%) Data Structures

Senior 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 3 (14.29%) SAS
Cloud Services
1 12 (57.14%) GCP
2 8 (38.10%) Azure
3 7 (33.33%) SaaS
4 1 (4.76%) AWS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (33.33%) Big Data
2 3 (14.29%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 7 (33.33%) Git
General
1 8 (38.10%) Finance
1 8 (38.10%) Social Skills
2 7 (33.33%) Banking
3 4 (19.05%) Marketing
4 2 (9.52%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 2 (9.52%) Retail
5 1 (4.76%) Pharmaceutical
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (19.05%) Pandas
2 2 (9.52%) XGBoost
Miscellaneous
1 6 (28.57%) Algorithms
2 4 (19.05%) Data Structures
Processes & Methodologies
1 21 (100.00%) Data Science
2 18 (85.71%) Machine Learning
3 13 (61.90%) Agile
4 12 (57.14%) Visualisation
5 11 (52.38%) Artificial Intelligence
6 10 (47.62%) Data Visualisation
7 9 (42.86%) Analytics
8 7 (33.33%) Data Governance
8 7 (33.33%) Software Engineering
9 5 (23.81%) Statistics
9 5 (23.81%) Use Case
10 4 (19.05%) Coaching
10 4 (19.05%) Decision Tree
10 4 (19.05%) Decision-Making
10 4 (19.05%) LLM
10 4 (19.05%) Natural Language Processing
10 4 (19.05%) Random Forest
10 4 (19.05%) Statistical Modelling
11 3 (14.29%) Data Pipeline
11 3 (14.29%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 21 (100.00%) Python
2 19 (90.48%) SQL
3 1 (4.76%) R
Qualifications
1 3 (14.29%) Degree
2 2 (9.52%) Master's Degree
2 2 (9.52%) PhD