Data Science Job Trends in Salford

Data Science
Manchester > Salford

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Salford requiring Data Science skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 16 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 20 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs citing Data Science 4 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs in Salford 2.13% - -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.90% - -
Number of salaries quoted 0 0 0
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) - - -
Manchester median annual salary £75,000 £75,126 £60,000
% change year-on-year -0.17% +25.21% -10.11%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Salford

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 Salford.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 138 38 102
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Salford 73.40% 95.00% 80.31%
Number of salaries quoted 94 26 66
10th Percentile £40,000 £29,750 £30,000
25th Percentile £45,000 £31,500 £40,625
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £35,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +57.14% -39.13% +4.55%
75th Percentile £75,000 £65,945 £69,800
90th Percentile £95,000 £74,258 £77,925
Manchester median annual salary £60,000 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +4.35% +4.55% -4.35%

Data Science
Job Vacancy Trend in Salford

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

Data Science job vacancy trend in Salford

Data Science
Salary Trend in Salford

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Salford citing Data Science.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Salford citing Data Science

Data Science
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Salford 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:

Communications & Networking
1 1 (25.00%) Internet
General
1 1 (25.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 3 (75.00%) Data Scientist
1 3 (75.00%) Senior
1 3 (75.00%) Senior Data Scientist
Miscellaneous
1 1 (25.00%) Algorithms
1 1 (25.00%) Cybercrime
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (25.00%) Computer Science
1 1 (25.00%) Cybersecurity
Programming Languages
1 1 (25.00%) Python