Data Scientist Job Trends in Nottinghamshire

Data Scientist
East Midlands > Nottinghamshire

The median Data Scientist salary in Nottinghamshire 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 57 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs requiring a Data Scientist 29 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs in Nottinghamshire 2.17% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 2.29% - -
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 - -
East Midlands median annual salary £67,500 £59,960 £46,250
% change year-on-year +12.58% +29.64% +19.35%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
Nottinghamshire

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Nottinghamshire. 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 Nottinghamshire with a recognized job title 1,264 534 1,351
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.75% 93.36% 95.88%
Number of salaries quoted 826 313 985
10th Percentile £27,563 £26,000 £27,500
25th Percentile £35,000 £29,750 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £42,500 £49,000
Median % change year-on-year +17.65% -13.27% -10.91%
75th Percentile £65,000 £58,250 £63,750
90th Percentile £75,567 £77,500 £75,000
East Midlands median annual salary £50,000 £42,500 £44,225
% change year-on-year +17.65% -3.90% -13.71%

Data Scientist
Job Vacancy Trend in Nottinghamshire

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 Nottinghamshire.

Data Scientist job vacancy trend in Nottinghamshire

Data Scientist
Salary Trend in Nottinghamshire

Salary distribution trend for Data Scientist job vacancies in Nottinghamshire.

Salary distribution trend for Data Scientist job vacancies in Nottinghamshire

Data Scientist
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 Scientist within the Nottinghamshire region over the 6 months to 29 June 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 - 24 £60,000 - 1
Mansfield - 5 - -
Data Scientist
East Midlands

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

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 Nottinghamshire region featuring Data Scientist in the job title.

1 29 (100.00%) Data Science
1 29 (100.00%) Python
2 24 (82.76%) Machine Learning
2 24 (82.76%) Statistics
3 17 (58.62%) Actionable Insight
4 16 (55.17%) SQL
5 15 (51.72%) Deep Learning
5 15 (51.72%) PyTorch
5 15 (51.72%) Roadmaps
6 14 (48.28%) Analytics
7 9 (31.03%) Hugging Face
7 9 (31.03%) Mentoring
7 9 (31.03%) Project Management
7 9 (31.03%) Software Engineering
7 9 (31.03%) TensorFlow
8 8 (27.59%) Azure
9 7 (24.14%) AWS
9 7 (24.14%) Customer Insight
9 7 (24.14%) Databricks
9 7 (24.14%) Degree
9 7 (24.14%) Feature Engineering
9 7 (24.14%) GCP
9 7 (24.14%) Mathematics
9 7 (24.14%) Pandas
9 7 (24.14%) Predictive Modelling
9 7 (24.14%) scikit-learn
9 7 (24.14%) Validation
10 6 (20.69%) AI
10 6 (20.69%) Computer Science
10 6 (20.69%) Customer Segmentation

Data Scientist Skill Set
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 1 (3.45%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 8 (27.59%) Azure
2 7 (24.14%) AWS
2 7 (24.14%) GCP
3 6 (20.69%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (20.69%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 1 (3.45%) Git
General
1 17 (58.62%) Finance
2 10 (34.48%) Analytical Skills
3 8 (27.59%) Banking
4 6 (20.69%) Pharmaceutical
4 6 (20.69%) Retail
5 1 (3.45%) Marketing
5 1 (3.45%) Social Skills
5 1 (3.45%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 15 (51.72%) PyTorch
2 9 (31.03%) Hugging Face
2 9 (31.03%) TensorFlow
3 7 (24.14%) Pandas
3 7 (24.14%) scikit-learn
4 1 (3.45%) LightGBM
4 1 (3.45%) NumPy
4 1 (3.45%) SciPy
Processes & Methodologies
1 29 (100.00%) Data Science
2 24 (82.76%) Machine Learning
2 24 (82.76%) Statistics
3 17 (58.62%) Actionable Insight
4 15 (51.72%) Deep Learning
4 15 (51.72%) Roadmaps
5 14 (48.28%) Analytics
6 9 (31.03%) Mentoring
6 9 (31.03%) Project Management
6 9 (31.03%) Software Engineering
7 7 (24.14%) Customer Insight
7 7 (24.14%) Feature Engineering
7 7 (24.14%) Mathematics
7 7 (24.14%) Predictive Modelling
7 7 (24.14%) Validation
8 6 (20.69%) Customer Segmentation
8 6 (20.69%) Data Visualisation
8 6 (20.69%) Feature Extraction
8 6 (20.69%) MLOps
8 6 (20.69%) Physics
Programming Languages
1 29 (100.00%) Python
2 16 (55.17%) SQL
3 2 (6.90%) R
Qualifications
1 7 (24.14%) Degree
2 6 (20.69%) DBS Check
System Software
1 1 (3.45%) Docker
Vendors
1 7 (24.14%) Databricks
2 6 (20.69%) Google
3 1 (3.45%) Microsoft