Data Science Jobs in South Yorkshire

Data Science
Yorkshire > South Yorkshire

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in South Yorkshire requiring Data Science skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Data Science over the 6 months leading up to 20 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 42 86 61
Rank change year-on-year +44 -25 +11
Permanent jobs citing Data Science 9 9 95
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in South Yorkshire 2.23% 0.65% 6.29%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.46% 0.79% 6.37%
Number of salaries quoted 3 6 1
10th Percentile £48,730 £35,623 -
25th Percentile £54,326 £37,655 £43,465
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £63,652 £47,500 £44,454
Median % change year-on-year +34.00% +6.85% -36.50%
75th Percentile - £51,250 £45,442
90th Percentile - £61,250 -
Yorkshire median annual salary £60,576 £60,000 £61,180
% change year-on-year +0.96% -1.93% +1.97%

All Process and Methodology Skills
South Yorkshire

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 South Yorkshire.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 366 1,139 1,491
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in South Yorkshire 90.59% 82.12% 98.74%
Number of salaries quoted 229 902 538
10th Percentile £26,200 £27,500 £25,350
25th Percentile £31,250 £36,813 £33,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £47,500 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year - +5.56% -10.00%
75th Percentile £70,000 £62,500 £61,250
90th Percentile £80,250 £75,772 £70,000
Yorkshire median annual salary £47,683 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -4.63% -9.09% +9.62%

Data Science
Job Vacancy Trend in South Yorkshire

Job postings citing Data Science as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in South Yorkshire.

Job vacancy trend for Data Science in South Yorkshire

Data Science
Salary Trend in South Yorkshire

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Data Science in South Yorkshire.

Salary trend for Data Science in South Yorkshire

Data Science
Job Locations in South Yorkshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Data Science within the South Yorkshire region over the 6 months to 20 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
Sheffield +47 9 £63,652 +34.00% 12
Data Science
Yorkshire

Data Science
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in South Yorkshire 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:

Applications
1 8 (88.89%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 1 (11.11%) GoldMine
Cloud Services
1 1 (11.11%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 1 (11.11%) DAB
Job Titles
1 8 (88.89%) Analyst
1 8 (88.89%) Data Analyst
1 8 (88.89%) Trainer
2 1 (11.11%) Data Scientist
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (100.00%) Artificial Intelligence
2 8 (88.89%) Computer Science
2 8 (88.89%) Conversational UI
2 8 (88.89%) Mathematics
2 8 (88.89%) Statistics
3 2 (22.22%) Applied Mathematics
4 1 (11.11%) Data Analysis
4 1 (11.11%) Machine Learning
4 1 (11.11%) Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 1 (11.11%) Python
1 1 (11.11%) R
1 1 (11.11%) SQL
Qualifications
1 8 (88.89%) Degree
1 8 (88.89%) Master's Degree
1 8 (88.89%) PhD
Vendors
1 8 (88.89%) PayPal
2 1 (11.11%) Databricks