Senior Data Scientist Jobs in the South West

Senior Data Scientist
England > South West

The median Senior Data Scientist salary in the South West is £77,500 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 25 April 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
25 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 276 241 297
Rank change year-on-year -35 +56 -39
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior Data Scientist 16 31 16
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 0.17% 0.44% 0.20%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.18% 0.49% 0.21%
Number of salaries quoted 15 25 6
10th Percentile £57,500 £43,125 £52,500
25th Percentile £63,750 £51,833 £62,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £77,500 £59,098 £77,000
Median % change year-on-year +31.14% -23.25% +14.07%
75th Percentile £86,875 £64,254 £98,125
90th Percentile £93,423 £68,790 £103,125
England median annual salary £80,000 £67,500 £80,000
% change year-on-year +18.52% -15.63% -5.88%

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 8,793 6,284 7,625
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 96.13% 89.31% 96.45%
Number of salaries quoted 6,444 3,903 5,084
10th Percentile £28,000 £29,000 £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 £80,000 £77,500
England median annual salary £54,000 £60,567 £60,000
% change year-on-year -10.84% +0.95% +9.09%

Senior Data Scientist
Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

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

Job vacancy trend for Senior Data Scientist in the South West

Senior Data Scientist
Salary Trend in the South West

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

Salary trend for Senior Data Scientist in the South West

Senior Data Scientist
Salary Histogram in the South West

Salary distribution for jobs citing Senior Data Scientist in the South West over the 6 months to 25 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Senior Data Scientist in the South West

Senior 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 Senior Data Scientist within the South West region over the 6 months to 25 April 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 -8 13 £75,288 +27.40% 1
Gloucestershire - 3 £77,500 -
Senior Data Scientist
England

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

For the 6 months to 25 April 2024, Senior 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 Senior Data Scientist in the job title.

1 16 (100.00%) Python
1 16 (100.00%) Data Science
2 15 (93.75%) Machine Learning
3 11 (68.75%) Social Skills
4 10 (62.50%) Degree
5 9 (56.25%) SQL
6 8 (50.00%) Data Analysis
6 8 (50.00%) Natural Language Processing
7 7 (43.75%) Pandas
7 7 (43.75%) Artificial Intelligence
7 7 (43.75%) PhD
7 7 (43.75%) Agile
8 6 (37.50%) R
8 6 (37.50%) Deep Learning
9 5 (31.25%) Statistical Modelling
9 5 (31.25%) Algorithms
9 5 (31.25%) Random Forest
9 5 (31.25%) Decision-Making
9 5 (31.25%) Master's Degree
10 4 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
10 4 (25.00%) Technical Leadership
10 4 (25.00%) LLM
10 4 (25.00%) Decision Tree
10 4 (25.00%) Data Structures
10 4 (25.00%) Analytics
10 4 (25.00%) Statistics
10 4 (25.00%) Banking
10 4 (25.00%) Mathematics
10 4 (25.00%) Use Case
10 4 (25.00%) Pharmaceutical

Senior 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 1 (6.25%) Apache Spark
Cloud Services
1 1 (6.25%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (12.50%) Big Data
2 1 (6.25%) Geospatial Data
2 1 (6.25%) PostgreSQL
2 1 (6.25%) Power BI
2 1 (6.25%) Relational Database
2 1 (6.25%) SQL Server
2 1 (6.25%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 1 (6.25%) Git
General
1 11 (68.75%) Social Skills
2 4 (25.00%) Banking
2 4 (25.00%) Finance
2 4 (25.00%) Pharmaceutical
3 2 (12.50%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (6.25%) Law
4 1 (6.25%) Presentation Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (43.75%) Pandas
2 3 (18.75%) NumPy
2 3 (18.75%) PyTorch
2 3 (18.75%) scikit-learn
2 3 (18.75%) TensorFlow
3 2 (12.50%) SpaCy
3 2 (12.50%) XGBoost
4 1 (6.25%) Django
4 1 (6.25%) Flask
4 1 (6.25%) Keras
4 1 (6.25%) NLTK
4 1 (6.25%) PySpark
4 1 (6.25%) Statsmodels
Miscellaneous
1 5 (31.25%) Algorithms
2 4 (25.00%) Data Structures
3 3 (18.75%) Reinsurance
4 2 (12.50%) Team-Oriented Environment
5 1 (6.25%) Analytical Mindset
Processes & Methodologies
1 16 (100.00%) Data Science
2 15 (93.75%) Machine Learning
3 8 (50.00%) Data Analysis
3 8 (50.00%) Natural Language Processing
4 7 (43.75%) Agile
4 7 (43.75%) Artificial Intelligence
5 6 (37.50%) Deep Learning
6 5 (31.25%) Decision-Making
6 5 (31.25%) Random Forest
6 5 (31.25%) Statistical Modelling
7 4 (25.00%) Analytics
7 4 (25.00%) Decision Tree
7 4 (25.00%) LLM
7 4 (25.00%) Mathematics
7 4 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
7 4 (25.00%) Statistics
7 4 (25.00%) Technical Leadership
7 4 (25.00%) Use Case
8 3 (18.75%) Bayesian Methods
8 3 (18.75%) Project Delivery
Programming Languages
1 16 (100.00%) Python
2 9 (56.25%) SQL
3 6 (37.50%) R
Qualifications
1 10 (62.50%) Degree
2 7 (43.75%) PhD
3 5 (31.25%) Master's Degree
4 3 (18.75%) Security Cleared
5 1 (6.25%) Computer Science Degree
Vendors
1 2 (12.50%) Databricks
2 1 (6.25%) Dataiku
2 1 (6.25%) Oracle