Data Scientist Job Trends in Nottingham

Data Scientist
Nottinghamshire > Nottingham

The median Data Scientist salary in Nottingham is £60,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 29 June 2026.

The table below compares current salary benchmarking and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
29 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 48 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs requiring a Data Scientist 24 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs in Nottingham 2.09% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 2.21% - -
Number of salaries quoted 7 0 0
10th Percentile £52,500 - -
25th Percentile £58,750 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 - -
75th Percentile - - -
90th Percentile £61,000 - -
Nottinghamshire median annual salary £60,000 - -

All Permanent IT Job Roles
Nottingham

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Nottingham. 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 Nottingham with a recognized job title 1,088 357 987
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.61% 93.46% 97.24%
Number of salaries quoted 690 204 722
10th Percentile £28,000 £24,300 £30,000
25th Percentile £35,000 £30,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £47,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% -5.00% -9.09%
75th Percentile £65,000 £63,750 £65,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £80,000 £80,000
Nottinghamshire median annual salary £50,000 £42,500 £49,000
% change year-on-year +17.65% -13.27% -10.91%

Data Scientist
Job Vacancy Trend in Nottingham

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring 'Data Scientist' in the job title relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Nottingham.

Data Scientist job vacancy trend in Nottingham

Data Scientist
Salary Trend in Nottingham

Salary distribution trend for Data Scientist job vacancies in Nottingham.

Salary distribution trend for Data Scientist job vacancies in Nottingham

Data Scientist Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Nottingham

For the 6 months to 29 June 2026, Data Scientist job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the Nottingham region featuring Data Scientist in the job title.

1 24 (100.00%) Data Science
1 24 (100.00%) Python
2 19 (79.17%) Machine Learning
2 19 (79.17%) Statistics
3 14 (58.33%) Analytics
4 13 (54.17%) SQL
5 12 (50.00%) Actionable Insight
5 12 (50.00%) PyTorch
6 10 (41.67%) Deep Learning
6 10 (41.67%) Roadmaps
7 8 (33.33%) Azure
8 7 (29.17%) AWS
8 7 (29.17%) Databricks
8 7 (29.17%) Degree
8 7 (29.17%) GCP
8 7 (29.17%) Mathematics
8 7 (29.17%) Pandas
8 7 (29.17%) Predictive Modelling
8 7 (29.17%) scikit-learn
9 6 (25.00%) Computer Science
9 6 (25.00%) Customer Segmentation
9 6 (25.00%) Data Visualisation
9 6 (25.00%) DBS Check
9 6 (25.00%) E-Commerce
9 6 (25.00%) Economics
9 6 (25.00%) Google
9 6 (25.00%) Hugging Face
9 6 (25.00%) Mentoring
9 6 (25.00%) MLOps
9 6 (25.00%) Physics

Data Scientist Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Nottingham 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 1 (4.17%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 8 (33.33%) Azure
2 7 (29.17%) AWS
2 7 (29.17%) GCP
3 6 (25.00%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (25.00%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 1 (4.17%) Git
General
1 12 (50.00%) Finance
2 10 (41.67%) Analytical Skills
3 6 (25.00%) Pharmaceutical
3 6 (25.00%) Retail
4 5 (20.83%) Banking
5 1 (4.17%) Marketing
5 1 (4.17%) Social Skills
5 1 (4.17%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (50.00%) PyTorch
2 7 (29.17%) Pandas
2 7 (29.17%) scikit-learn
3 6 (25.00%) Hugging Face
3 6 (25.00%) TensorFlow
4 1 (4.17%) LightGBM
4 1 (4.17%) NumPy
4 1 (4.17%) SciPy
Processes & Methodologies
1 24 (100.00%) Data Science
2 19 (79.17%) Machine Learning
2 19 (79.17%) Statistics
3 14 (58.33%) Analytics
4 12 (50.00%) Actionable Insight
5 10 (41.67%) Deep Learning
5 10 (41.67%) Roadmaps
6 7 (29.17%) Mathematics
6 7 (29.17%) Predictive Modelling
7 6 (25.00%) Computer Science
7 6 (25.00%) Customer Segmentation
7 6 (25.00%) Data Visualisation
7 6 (25.00%) E-Commerce
7 6 (25.00%) Economics
7 6 (25.00%) Mentoring
7 6 (25.00%) MLOps
7 6 (25.00%) Physics
7 6 (25.00%) Project Management
7 6 (25.00%) Software Engineering
7 6 (25.00%) Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 24 (100.00%) Python
2 13 (54.17%) SQL
3 2 (8.33%) R
Qualifications
1 7 (29.17%) Degree
2 6 (25.00%) DBS Check
System Software
1 1 (4.17%) Docker
Vendors
1 7 (29.17%) Databricks
2 6 (25.00%) Google
3 1 (4.17%) Microsoft