Data Science Job Trends in Nottinghamshire

Data Science
East Midlands > Nottinghamshire

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Nottinghamshire requiring Data Science skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 1 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 43 54 39
Rank change year-on-year +11 -15 +52
Permanent jobs citing Data Science 15 21 13
As % of all permanent jobs in Nottinghamshire 2.38% 2.36% 3.32%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.97% 2.51% 3.80%
Number of salaries quoted 13 7 7
10th Percentile - £64,750 £35,000
25th Percentile £37,500 £73,750 £40,625
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £82,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -51.52% +50.00% -29.03%
75th Percentile £42,500 £86,250 £68,750
90th Percentile £74,250 - -
East Midlands median annual salary £40,000 £77,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -48.39% +55.00% -16.67%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Nottinghamshire

Data Science falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in Nottinghamshire.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 505 836 342
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Nottinghamshire 80.03% 94.04% 87.47%
Number of salaries quoted 327 308 283
10th Percentile £28,000 £31,775 £26,750
25th Percentile £29,000 £36,250 £37,767
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -27.27% +4.76% -4.55%
75th Percentile £60,000 £67,500 £65,625
90th Percentile £80,500 £80,375 £75,000
East Midlands median annual salary £42,500 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -15.00% - -4.76%

Data Science
Job Vacancy Trend in Nottinghamshire

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Data Science relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Nottinghamshire.

Data Science job vacancy trend in Nottinghamshire

Data Science
Salary Trend in Nottinghamshire

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Nottinghamshire citing Data Science.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Nottinghamshire citing Data Science

Data Science
Salary Histogram in Nottinghamshire

Salary distribution for jobs citing Data Science in Nottinghamshire over the 6 months to 1 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Data Science in Nottinghamshire

Data Science
Job Locations in Nottinghamshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Data Science within the Nottinghamshire region over the 6 months to 1 January 2026. 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
Nottingham +5 13 £40,000 -51.52% 6
Mansfield - 2 £39,449 - 2
Data Science
East Midlands

Data Science
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Nottinghamshire 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 10 (66.67%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 10 (66.67%) Power Platform
2 3 (20.00%) SaaS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (66.67%) Power BI
2 8 (53.33%) Tableau
3 3 (20.00%) Data Lake
3 3 (20.00%) Data Warehouse
General
1 10 (66.67%) Finance
2 8 (53.33%) Marketing
3 4 (26.67%) Social Skills
4 2 (13.33%) Analytical Skills
4 2 (13.33%) Local Government
4 2 (13.33%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 10 (66.67%) Analyst
1 10 (66.67%) Data Analyst
2 8 (53.33%) Customer Analyst
2 8 (53.33%) Digital Analyst
2 8 (53.33%) Digital Analytics Analyst
3 6 (40.00%) Analyst Developer
3 6 (40.00%) Analytics Developer
3 6 (40.00%) Business Intelligence Analyst
3 6 (40.00%) Business Intelligence Data Analyst
3 6 (40.00%) Business Intelligence Developer
3 6 (40.00%) Developer
3 6 (40.00%) Digital Analytics Developer
3 6 (40.00%) Digital Developer
4 3 (20.00%) Senior
5 2 (13.33%) Lead
5 2 (13.33%) Lead Data Engineer
5 2 (13.33%) Performance Manager
5 2 (13.33%) Report Manager
5 2 (13.33%) Senior Analyst
5 2 (13.33%) Senior Data Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (13.33%) PySpark
Miscellaneous
1 2 (13.33%) Credit Risk
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (80.00%) Analytics
2 10 (66.67%) Business Intelligence
2 10 (66.67%) Decision-Making
2 10 (66.67%) Economics
2 10 (66.67%) Statistics
3 8 (53.33%) A/B Testing
3 8 (53.33%) Continuous Improvement
3 8 (53.33%) CRM
3 8 (53.33%) Customer Acquisition
3 8 (53.33%) Customer Experience
3 8 (53.33%) Data Visualisation
3 8 (53.33%) Digital Analytics
3 8 (53.33%) Lead Generation
3 8 (53.33%) Statistical Analysis
3 8 (53.33%) Visualisation
4 4 (26.67%) Collaborative Working
5 3 (20.00%) Clean Code
5 3 (20.00%) Coaching
5 3 (20.00%) Data Integration
5 3 (20.00%) Mentoring
Programming Languages
1 15 (100.00%) SQL
2 12 (80.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 12 (80.00%) Degree
2 8 (53.33%) Numerate Degree
3 2 (13.33%) DBS Check
3 2 (13.33%) PMI Certification
3 2 (13.33%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (13.33%) Data Quality
Vendors
1 8 (53.33%) Salesforce
2 5 (33.33%) Databricks