Data Science Jobs in the Thames Valley

Data Science
South East > Thames Valley

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the Thames Valley with a requirement for Data Science skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Data Science over the 6 months to 26 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
26 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 75 123 91
Rank change year-on-year +48 -32 +38
Permanent jobs citing Data Science 224 146 232
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 3.32% 2.37% 3.39%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.90% 2.51% 3.65%
Number of salaries quoted 55 96 77
10th Percentile £43,750 £34,875 £32,500
25th Percentile £50,000 £46,570 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £65,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year - - +18.18%
75th Percentile £81,875 £88,750 £97,500
90th Percentile £85,000 £92,500 £100,000
South East median annual salary £61,500 £66,475 £60,000
% change year-on-year -7.48% +10.79% -

All Process and Methodology Skills
Thames Valley

Data Science is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies advertised in the Thames Valley with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 5,748 5,819 6,353
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 85.22% 94.63% 92.87%
Number of salaries quoted 4,036 3,162 3,927
10th Percentile £29,000 £29,375 £31,250
25th Percentile £38,000 £38,750 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% - -
75th Percentile £65,000 £72,500 £71,250
90th Percentile £80,000 £87,500 £82,500
South East median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% - +10.00%

Data Science
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

Job postings citing Data Science as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley.

Job vacancy trend for Data Science in the Thames Valley

Data Science
Salary Trend in the Thames Valley

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Data Science in the Thames Valley.

Salary trend for Data Science in the Thames Valley

Data Science
Salary Histogram in the Thames Valley

Salary distribution for jobs citing Data Science in the Thames Valley over the 6 months to 26 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Data Science in the Thames Valley

Data Science
Job Locations in the Thames Valley

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Data Science within the Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 26 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
Buckinghamshire +73 174 £65,000 +33.51% 7
Oxfordshire +31 25 £66,250 -5.36% 7
Berkshire -66 25 £65,000 - 13
Data Science
South East

Data Science
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Thames Valley 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 7 (3.13%) SAS
2 4 (1.79%) nginx
3 2 (0.89%) Apache Spark
4 1 (0.45%) SharePoint
Applications
1 7 (3.13%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 1 (0.45%) SAP MDM
1 1 (0.45%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 24 (10.71%) Azure
2 15 (6.70%) Power Platform
3 13 (5.80%) AWS
3 13 (5.80%) GCP
4 9 (4.02%) Snowflake
5 7 (3.13%) Amazon S3
6 5 (2.23%) Azure Data Factory
6 5 (2.23%) Serverless
7 4 (1.79%) Amazon EC2
7 4 (1.79%) Amazon ELB
7 4 (1.79%) AWS Lambda
7 4 (1.79%) GitHub
7 4 (1.79%) GitHub Actions
7 4 (1.79%) Virtual Private Cloud
8 3 (1.34%) Azure DevOps
8 3 (1.34%) PaaS
9 2 (0.89%) Amazon EMR
9 2 (0.89%) SaaS
10 1 (0.45%) Azure Functions
10 1 (0.45%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 4 (1.79%) MQTT
1 4 (1.79%) Reverse Proxy
1 4 (1.79%) VPN
2 2 (0.89%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 18 (8.04%) SQL Server
2 15 (6.70%) Power BI
3 14 (6.25%) Data Warehouse
4 9 (4.02%) BigQuery
4 9 (4.02%) Looker
5 8 (3.57%) Data Lake
5 8 (3.57%) Relational Database
6 7 (3.13%) MySQL
7 6 (2.68%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 5 (2.23%) Amazon RDS
8 5 (2.23%) Amazon Redshift
8 5 (2.23%) Tableau
9 4 (1.79%) Data Mining
9 4 (1.79%) NoSQL
9 4 (1.79%) PostgreSQL
10 3 (1.34%) Amazon Aurora
10 3 (1.34%) Geospatial Data
10 3 (1.34%) Impala
11 2 (0.89%) Apache Hive
11 2 (0.89%) Hadoop
Development Applications
1 10 (4.46%) Git
2 2 (0.89%) ERwin
3 1 (0.45%) Maven
General
1 137 (61.16%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 33 (14.73%) Social Skills
3 21 (9.38%) Analytical Skills
4 13 (5.80%) Retail
5 12 (5.36%) Finance
6 9 (4.02%) Public Sector
7 7 (3.13%) Military
8 6 (2.68%) Marketing
9 4 (1.79%) Presentation Skills
10 3 (1.34%) Games
10 3 (1.34%) Manufacturing
10 3 (1.34%) Organisational Skills
11 2 (0.89%) Banking
11 2 (0.89%) Billing
11 2 (0.89%) Pharmaceutical
11 2 (0.89%) Telecoms
12 1 (0.45%) Electronics
12 1 (0.45%) Influencing Skills
12 1 (0.45%) Legal
Job Titles
1 121 (54.02%) Data Scientist
2 49 (21.88%) Data Engineer
3 25 (11.16%) Senior
4 23 (10.27%) Security Engineer
5 18 (8.04%) Cybersecurity Engineer
6 13 (5.80%) Developer
7 10 (4.46%) Computer Scientist
7 10 (4.46%) Research Scientist
8 9 (4.02%) Lead
8 9 (4.02%) Platform Engineer
8 9 (4.02%) Principal Data Engineer
8 9 (4.02%) Principal Engineer
9 8 (3.57%) Research Engineer
10 7 (3.13%) Business Intelligence Lead
10 7 (3.13%) Consultant
10 7 (3.13%) Senior Developer
10 7 (3.13%) Senior Manager
11 6 (2.68%) Analyst
11 6 (2.68%) Business Intelligence Consultant
12 5 (2.23%) Data Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (3.57%) XML
2 4 (1.79%) CSS
2 4 (1.79%) GraphQL
2 4 (1.79%) gRPC
2 4 (1.79%) HTML
2 4 (1.79%) Knex.js
2 4 (1.79%) LEMP Stack
2 4 (1.79%) Node.js
2 4 (1.79%) React
2 4 (1.79%) React Native
2 4 (1.79%) RESTful
2 4 (1.79%) Sequelize
3 2 (0.89%) Matplotlib
3 2 (0.89%) NumPy
3 2 (0.89%) Pandas
3 2 (0.89%) scikit-learn
3 2 (0.89%) Seaborn
4 1 (0.45%) Kafka
Miscellaneous
1 122 (54.46%) Algorithms
2 10 (4.46%) Data Structures
3 9 (4.02%) Self-Motivation
4 7 (3.13%) Biopharmaceutical
4 7 (3.13%) IoT
4 7 (3.13%) Life Science
4 7 (3.13%) Product Ownership
5 4 (1.79%) Mobile App
5 4 (1.79%) Smart Meter
6 2 (0.89%) Cyber Threat
6 2 (0.89%) Digital Media
7 1 (0.45%) Genomics
7 1 (0.45%) Molecular Biology
7 1 (0.45%) Renewable Energy
Operating Systems
1 5 (2.23%) Linux
2 1 (0.45%) Unix
2 1 (0.45%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 160 (71.43%) Problem-Solving
2 149 (66.52%) Mentoring
3 144 (64.29%) Coaching
4 134 (59.82%) Cybersecurity
4 134 (59.82%) Red Team
5 132 (58.93%) Computer Science
6 124 (55.36%) Mathematics
7 120 (53.57%) Decision-Making
8 109 (48.66%) Data Analysis
9 103 (45.98%) Statistical Modelling
10 102 (45.54%) Digital Forensics
11 61 (27.23%) Analytics
12 50 (22.32%) Data Modelling
13 49 (21.88%) Data Engineering
14 48 (21.43%) Machine Learning
15 29 (12.95%) Artificial Intelligence
16 28 (12.50%) Agile
17 22 (9.82%) DevOps
18 21 (9.38%) Data Pipeline
19 20 (8.93%) Business Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 38 (16.96%) Python
2 22 (9.82%) R
3 19 (8.48%) SQL
4 11 (4.91%) C#
5 5 (2.23%) C++
6 4 (1.79%) JavaScript
6 4 (1.79%) JSX
6 4 (1.79%) TypeScript
7 3 (1.34%) Java
8 1 (0.45%) Data Analysis Expressions
8 1 (0.45%) Scala
Qualifications
1 168 (75.00%) Degree
2 23 (10.27%) Master's Degree
3 18 (8.04%) PhD
4 15 (6.70%) Computer Science Degree
5 7 (3.13%) Numerate Degree
6 1 (0.45%) AWS Certification
6 1 (0.45%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 43 (19.20%) Data Quality
2 13 (5.80%) GDPR
3 7 (3.13%) CDISC
4 6 (2.68%) Accessibility
System Software
1 14 (6.25%) Docker
2 2 (0.89%) HDFS
Systems Management
1 10 (4.46%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 16 (7.14%) Microsoft
2 9 (4.02%) Google
3 6 (2.68%) iManage
3 6 (2.68%) SAP
4 5 (2.23%) Talend
5 3 (1.34%) Cloudera
5 3 (1.34%) Databricks
6 2 (0.89%) Informatica
7 1 (0.45%) Ab Initio
7 1 (0.45%) Oracle