Data Scientist Jobs in the South West

Data Scientist
England > South West

The median Data Scientist salary in the South West is £71,991 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 16 May 2025.

The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 126 247 217
Rank change year-on-year +121 -30 +48
Permanent jobs requiring a Data Scientist 57 45 50
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 1.59% 0.49% 0.75%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.69% 0.51% 0.84%
Number of salaries quoted 15 29 42
10th Percentile £52,500 £46,306 -
25th Percentile £53,125 £52,500 £43,125
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £71,991 £65,000 £53,691
Median % change year-on-year +10.76% +21.06% -2.38%
75th Percentile £79,375 £85,000 £65,938
90th Percentile £86,500 £88,750 £69,650
England median annual salary £64,000 £70,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year -8.57% +7.69% -3.70%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
South West

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies 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 3,366 8,908 5,965
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.87% 96.25% 89.00%
Number of salaries quoted 2,014 6,534 3,700
10th Percentile £27,250 £28,000 £29,000
25th Percentile £37,500 £36,365 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £50,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% +5.00%
75th Percentile £63,750 £63,750 £68,750
90th Percentile £77,500 £77,500 £78,750
England median annual salary £57,000 £53,500 £60,800
% change year-on-year +6.54% -12.01% +1.33%

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 16 May 2025.

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 16 May 2025. 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
Gloucestershire +86 41 £67,500 -3.57% 5
Bristol +43 13 £71,991 +10.76% 10
Wiltshire - 3 £55,000 -
Data Scientist
England

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

For the 6 months to 16 May 2025, 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 57 (100.00%) Data Science
2 50 (87.72%) Machine Learning
3 47 (82.46%) Finance
3 47 (82.46%) Degree
3 47 (82.46%) Mathematics
4 46 (80.70%) Artificial Intelligence
4 46 (80.70%) Algorithms
5 45 (78.95%) Computer Science
6 44 (77.19%) Statistics
7 43 (75.44%) Problem-Solving
8 42 (73.68%) Data Analysis
8 42 (73.68%) Visualisation
9 41 (71.93%) Big Data
9 41 (71.93%) DV Cleared
9 41 (71.93%) Security Cleared
9 41 (71.93%) Exploratory Data Analysis
10 40 (70.18%) Cyberattack
10 40 (70.18%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 40 (70.18%) OpenUP
11 34 (59.65%) Python
12 25 (43.86%) Decision-Making
12 25 (43.86%) Mentoring
12 25 (43.86%) Analytics
13 23 (40.35%) Software Engineering
14 21 (36.84%) DevOps
14 21 (36.84%) Computer Science Degree
15 20 (35.09%) Numerate Degree
15 20 (35.09%) Data-Driven Decision Making
15 20 (35.09%) Kubernetes
15 20 (35.09%) Jupyter

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 20 (35.09%) Jupyter
2 3 (5.26%) SAS
Cloud Services
1 4 (7.02%) GCP
1 4 (7.02%) Vertex AI
2 2 (3.51%) AWS
3 1 (1.75%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 41 (71.93%) Big Data
2 2 (3.51%) MySQL
3 1 (1.75%) Power BI
3 1 (1.75%) Relational Database
3 1 (1.75%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 2 (3.51%) Git
General
1 47 (82.46%) Finance
2 40 (70.18%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 7 (12.28%) Banking
4 5 (8.77%) Social Skills
5 4 (7.02%) Analytical Skills
6 3 (5.26%) Retail
7 2 (3.51%) Presentation Skills
7 2 (3.51%) Tech for Good
8 1 (1.75%) Agriculture
8 1 (1.75%) Manufacturing
8 1 (1.75%) Public Sector
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (10.53%) Pandas
2 4 (7.02%) XGBoost
3 1 (1.75%) Django
3 1 (1.75%) Flask
3 1 (1.75%) Keras
3 1 (1.75%) NumPy
3 1 (1.75%) PyTorch
3 1 (1.75%) scikit-learn
3 1 (1.75%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 46 (80.70%) Algorithms
2 40 (70.18%) Cyberattack
3 4 (7.02%) Data Structures
4 2 (3.51%) IoT
4 2 (3.51%) Reinsurance
5 1 (1.75%) Analytical Mindset
5 1 (1.75%) CUDA
Processes & Methodologies
1 57 (100.00%) Data Science
2 50 (87.72%) Machine Learning
3 47 (82.46%) Mathematics
4 46 (80.70%) Artificial Intelligence
5 45 (78.95%) Computer Science
6 44 (77.19%) Statistics
7 43 (75.44%) Problem-Solving
8 42 (73.68%) Data Analysis
8 42 (73.68%) Visualisation
9 41 (71.93%) Exploratory Data Analysis
10 40 (70.18%) OpenUP
11 25 (43.86%) Analytics
11 25 (43.86%) Decision-Making
11 25 (43.86%) Mentoring
12 23 (40.35%) Software Engineering
13 21 (36.84%) DevOps
14 20 (35.09%) Data-Driven Decision Making
14 20 (35.09%) Microservices
14 20 (35.09%) MLOps
14 20 (35.09%) Predictive Modelling
Programming Languages
1 34 (59.65%) Python
2 20 (35.09%) Java
2 20 (35.09%) JavaScript
3 3 (5.26%) SQL
4 2 (3.51%) R
4 2 (3.51%) TypeScript
5 1 (1.75%) MATLAB
5 1 (1.75%) Scala
Qualifications
1 47 (82.46%) Degree
2 41 (71.93%) DV Cleared
2 41 (71.93%) Security Cleared
3 21 (36.84%) Computer Science Degree
4 20 (35.09%) Numerate Degree
5 4 (7.02%) Master's Degree
6 3 (5.26%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (8.77%) Data Quality
System Software
1 20 (35.09%) Docker
Systems Management
1 20 (35.09%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 1 (1.75%) Databricks
1 1 (1.75%) Oracle