Data Scientist Jobs in the North West

Data Scientist
England > North West

The median Data Scientist salary in the North West is £45,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 22 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
22 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 275 270 283
Rank change year-on-year -5 +13 -3
Permanent jobs requiring a Data Scientist 16 21 14
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 0.20% 0.21% 0.18%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.22% 0.22% 0.20%
Number of salaries quoted 11 13 13
10th Percentile £41,250 £35,950 £45,250
25th Percentile £42,125 £47,683 £62,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £60,000 £67,500
Median % change year-on-year -25.00% -11.11% +12.50%
75th Percentile £57,500 £67,500 £71,250
90th Percentile £62,500 £82,000 £83,000
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 West

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in the North West. 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 West with a recognized job title 7,193 9,462 6,909
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 91.99% 94.63% 89.55%
Number of salaries quoted 3,847 7,265 4,026
10th Percentile £25,750 £27,250 £30,069
25th Percentile £40,000 £36,250 £40,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,055 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +0.11% -9.09% +4.76%
75th Percentile £61,000 £65,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £77,500 £79,260 £81,250
England median annual salary £56,800 £53,000 £60,800
% change year-on-year +7.17% -12.83% +1.33%

Data Scientist
Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

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

Job vacancy trend for Data Scientist in the North West

Data Scientist
Salary Trend in the North West

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

Salary trend for Data Scientist in the North West

Data Scientist
Salary Histogram in the North West

Salary distribution for jobs citing Data Scientist in the North West over the 6 months to 22 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Data Scientist in the North West

Data Scientist
Job Locations in the North West

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 West 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
Manchester +52 8 £45,000 -25.00% 34
Merseyside - 4 £55,000 - 1
Lancashire -78 2 £45,000 +0.92% 9
Cheshire - 2 £50,250 - 5
Data Scientist
England

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

For the 6 months to 22 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 West region featuring Data Scientist in the job title.

1 16 (100.00%) Data Science
2 12 (75.00%) Python
2 12 (75.00%) Statistics
2 12 (75.00%) Machine Learning
3 11 (68.75%) Analytics
3 11 (68.75%) Visualisation
4 10 (62.50%) Degree
4 10 (62.50%) SQL
5 9 (56.25%) Algorithms
6 8 (50.00%) Mathematics
6 8 (50.00%) Master's Degree
7 7 (43.75%) Business Intelligence
7 7 (43.75%) Azure
7 7 (43.75%) Computer Science
8 6 (37.50%) Data Visualisation
8 6 (37.50%) Statistical Modelling
8 6 (37.50%) Power BI
8 6 (37.50%) Problem-Solving
8 6 (37.50%) Power Platform
9 5 (31.25%) Decision-Making
9 5 (31.25%) Big Data
9 5 (31.25%) Tableau
9 5 (31.25%) PhD
9 5 (31.25%) Validation
10 4 (25.00%) Agile
10 4 (25.00%) ETL
10 4 (25.00%) Finance
10 4 (25.00%) NoSQL
10 4 (25.00%) Hadoop
10 4 (25.00%) Apache Spark

Data Scientist Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North West 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 4 (25.00%) Apache Spark
2 2 (12.50%) Apache
3 1 (6.25%) Apache Airflow
Applications
1 1 (6.25%) Chatbot
Cloud Services
1 7 (43.75%) Azure
2 6 (37.50%) Power Platform
3 3 (18.75%) AWS
4 2 (12.50%) Azure DevOps
4 2 (12.50%) Azure Machine Learning
5 1 (6.25%) Azure Functions
5 1 (6.25%) Azure Logic Apps
5 1 (6.25%) dbt
5 1 (6.25%) GCP
5 1 (6.25%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 1 (6.25%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (37.50%) Power BI
2 5 (31.25%) Big Data
2 5 (31.25%) Tableau
3 4 (25.00%) Hadoop
3 4 (25.00%) NoSQL
4 2 (12.50%) Elasticsearch
4 2 (12.50%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 2 (12.50%) Git
2 1 (6.25%) MLflow
General
1 4 (25.00%) Finance
2 3 (18.75%) Marketing
2 3 (18.75%) Retail
2 3 (18.75%) Social Skills
3 2 (12.50%) Advertising
3 2 (12.50%) Automotive
3 2 (12.50%) Manufacturing
4 1 (6.25%) Analytical Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (12.50%) Apache NiFi
2 1 (6.25%) XGBoost
Miscellaneous
1 9 (56.25%) Algorithms
2 1 (6.25%) Analytical Mindset
Processes & Methodologies
1 16 (100.00%) Data Science
2 12 (75.00%) Machine Learning
2 12 (75.00%) Statistics
3 11 (68.75%) Analytics
3 11 (68.75%) Visualisation
4 8 (50.00%) Mathematics
5 7 (43.75%) Business Intelligence
5 7 (43.75%) Computer Science
6 6 (37.50%) Data Visualisation
6 6 (37.50%) Problem-Solving
6 6 (37.50%) Statistical Modelling
7 5 (31.25%) Decision-Making
7 5 (31.25%) Validation
8 4 (25.00%) Agile
8 4 (25.00%) Business Strategy
8 4 (25.00%) Collaborative Working
8 4 (25.00%) ETL
9 3 (18.75%) Actionable Insight
9 3 (18.75%) Dashboard Development
9 3 (18.75%) Model Validation
Programming Languages
1 12 (75.00%) Python
2 10 (62.50%) SQL
3 3 (18.75%) R
4 2 (12.50%) Java
4 2 (12.50%) MATLAB
Qualifications
1 10 (62.50%) Degree
2 8 (50.00%) Master's Degree
3 5 (31.25%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (12.50%) Accessibility
1 2 (12.50%) Data Quality
Systems Management
1 2 (12.50%) Kibana
Vendors
1 2 (12.50%) Talend
2 1 (6.25%) PayPal