Data Scientist Jobs in the South West

Data Scientist
England > South West

The median Data Scientist salary in the South West is £65,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 6 May 2024.

The first table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
6 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 256 213 265
Rank change year-on-year -43 +52 -22
Permanent jobs requiring a Data Scientist 43 54 54
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 0.47% 0.78% 0.67%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.48% 0.87% 0.69%
Number of salaries quoted 27 46 41
10th Percentile £46,306 - £41,250
25th Percentile £55,000 £43,125 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £54,882 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +18.44% -0.21% +15.79%
75th Percentile £85,000 £64,254 £65,000
90th Percentile £88,750 £69,650 £77,000
England median annual salary £70,000 £65,000 £67,572
% change year-on-year +7.69% -3.81% +12.62%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
South West

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in the South 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 South West with a recognized job title 8,889 6,189 7,772
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 96.21% 89.27% 96.38%
Number of salaries quoted 6,488 3,847 5,162
10th Percentile £28,000 £29,750 £29,500
25th Percentile £36,250 £37,500 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £63,750 £68,750 £65,000
90th Percentile £77,500 £79,850 £77,500
England median annual salary £53,500 £60,800 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.01% +1.33% +9.09%

Data Scientist
Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

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

Job vacancy trend for Data Scientist in the South West

Data Scientist
Salary Trend in the South West

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

Salary trend for Data Scientist in the South West

Data Scientist
Salary Histogram in the South West

Salary distribution for jobs citing Data Scientist in the South West over the 6 months to 6 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Data Scientist in the South West

Data Scientist
Job Locations in the South 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 South West region over the 6 months to 6 May 2024. 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
Bristol -9 23 £65,000 +9.99% 6
Gloucestershire +6 19 £70,000 - 3
Devon -6 1 £50,000 +36.99% 1
Data Scientist
England

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

For the 6 months to 6 May 2024, 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 South West region featuring Data Scientist in the job title.

1 43 (100.00%) Python
2 42 (97.67%) Data Science
3 39 (90.70%) Machine Learning
4 31 (72.09%) Agile
5 24 (55.81%) Statistics
6 23 (53.49%) NumPy
7 22 (51.16%) Analytics
7 22 (51.16%) TensorFlow
8 21 (48.84%) Algorithms
8 21 (48.84%) Security Cleared
8 21 (48.84%) Visualisation
9 20 (46.51%) Keras
10 18 (41.86%) Actionable Insight
10 18 (41.86%) SQL
11 17 (39.53%) Business Intelligence
12 16 (37.21%) Natural Language Processing
12 16 (37.21%) DV Cleared
13 15 (34.88%) Data Engineering
13 15 (34.88%) Prototyping
13 15 (34.88%) Minimum Viable Product
13 15 (34.88%) Business Analysis
13 15 (34.88%) MATLAB
13 15 (34.88%) Data Modelling
14 14 (32.56%) Pandas
15 13 (30.23%) Data Analysis
16 12 (27.91%) Degree
16 12 (27.91%) Social Skills
17 10 (23.26%) Deep Learning
17 10 (23.26%) Artificial Intelligence
18 8 (18.60%) PhD

Data Scientist Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South 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 2 (4.65%) Apache Spark
2 1 (2.33%) Apache
2 1 (2.33%) Apache Airflow
2 1 (2.33%) Luigi
Cloud Services
1 2 (4.65%) Power Platform
2 1 (2.33%) AWS
2 1 (2.33%) Azure
2 1 (2.33%) GCP
2 1 (2.33%) Snowflake
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (4.65%) Big Data
1 2 (4.65%) PostgreSQL
1 2 (4.65%) Power BI
1 2 (4.65%) Tableau
2 1 (2.33%) Bigtable
2 1 (2.33%) CouchDB
2 1 (2.33%) Elasticsearch
2 1 (2.33%) Geospatial Data
2 1 (2.33%) Hadoop
2 1 (2.33%) Redis
2 1 (2.33%) Relational Database
2 1 (2.33%) RethinkDB
2 1 (2.33%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 2 (4.65%) Git
General
1 12 (27.91%) Social Skills
2 6 (13.95%) Banking
2 6 (13.95%) Finance
3 4 (9.30%) Pharmaceutical
4 2 (4.65%) Analytical Skills
4 2 (4.65%) Law
5 1 (2.33%) Presentation Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 23 (53.49%) NumPy
2 22 (51.16%) TensorFlow
3 20 (46.51%) Keras
4 14 (32.56%) Pandas
5 8 (18.60%) PyTorch
5 8 (18.60%) scikit-learn
6 6 (13.95%) SpaCy
7 5 (11.63%) Statsmodels
8 4 (9.30%) XGBoost
9 2 (4.65%) PySpark
10 1 (2.33%) Django
10 1 (2.33%) Flask
10 1 (2.33%) NLTK
10 1 (2.33%) SciPy
10 1 (2.33%) SQLAlchemy
Miscellaneous
1 21 (48.84%) Algorithms
2 6 (13.95%) Data Structures
3 4 (9.30%) Reinsurance
4 2 (4.65%) Team-Oriented Environment
5 1 (2.33%) Analytical Mindset
Processes & Methodologies
1 42 (97.67%) Data Science
2 39 (90.70%) Machine Learning
3 31 (72.09%) Agile
4 24 (55.81%) Statistics
5 22 (51.16%) Analytics
6 21 (48.84%) Visualisation
7 18 (41.86%) Actionable Insight
8 17 (39.53%) Business Intelligence
9 16 (37.21%) Natural Language Processing
10 15 (34.88%) Business Analysis
10 15 (34.88%) Data Engineering
10 15 (34.88%) Data Modelling
10 15 (34.88%) Minimum Viable Product
10 15 (34.88%) Prototyping
11 13 (30.23%) Data Analysis
12 10 (23.26%) Artificial Intelligence
12 10 (23.26%) Deep Learning
13 8 (18.60%) Statistical Modelling
14 7 (16.28%) Bayesian Methods
14 7 (16.28%) Cybersecurity
Programming Languages
1 43 (100.00%) Python
2 18 (41.86%) SQL
3 15 (34.88%) MATLAB
4 7 (16.28%) R
5 1 (2.33%) C
5 1 (2.33%) C#
Qualifications
1 21 (48.84%) Security Cleared
2 16 (37.21%) DV Cleared
3 12 (27.91%) Degree
4 8 (18.60%) PhD
5 5 (11.63%) Master's Degree
6 2 (4.65%) Computer Science Degree
7 1 (2.33%) Numerate Degree
7 1 (2.33%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (2.33%) Data Quality
Vendors
1 5 (11.63%) Dataiku
2 4 (9.30%) Databricks
3 1 (2.33%) Google
3 1 (2.33%) Oracle