Cognitive Science Job Trends in the UK excluding London

Cognitive Science
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the UK excluding London requiring Cognitive Science skills. It covers vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 14 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 544 597 -
Rank change year-on-year +53 - -
Permanent jobs citing Cognitive Science 3 37 0
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.009% 0.067% -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.010% 0.085% -
Number of salaries quoted 0 5 0
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) - £27,500 -
UK median annual salary - £27,500 -

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK excluding London

Cognitive 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 the UK excluding London.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 29,858 43,371 33,701
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 86.63% 78.28% 94.58%
Number of salaries quoted 16,125 23,980 23,959
10th Percentile £26,500 £30,000 £29,250
25th Percentile £32,500 £40,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £52,500 £54,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.52% -2.78% +2.86%
75th Percentile £65,000 £67,500 £68,750
90th Percentile £80,000 £80,000 £81,250
UK median annual salary £55,000 £57,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -4.35% -4.17% -

Cognitive Science
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing Cognitive Science as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for Cognitive Science in the UK excluding London

Cognitive Science
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing Cognitive Science.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing Cognitive Science

Cognitive Science
Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Cognitive Science within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 14 September 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
Wales - 3 - -
Cognitive Science
UK

Cognitive Science
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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:

Cloud Services
1 3 (100.00%) Google Workspace
1 3 (100.00%) SurveyMonkey
Communications & Networking
1 3 (100.00%) Bluetooth
1 3 (100.00%) Firewall
1 3 (100.00%) Intrusion Detection
1 3 (100.00%) Modbus
1 3 (100.00%) Network Security
1 3 (100.00%) TCP/IP
1 3 (100.00%) VLAN
1 3 (100.00%) Wireshark
1 3 (100.00%) ZigBee
Development Applications
1 3 (100.00%) Burp Suite
1 3 (100.00%) Metasploit
General
1 3 (100.00%) Aerospace
1 3 (100.00%) Law
1 3 (100.00%) Manufacturing
Miscellaneous
1 3 (100.00%) CAN bus
1 3 (100.00%) Cyber Threat
1 3 (100.00%) IoT
1 3 (100.00%) Operational Technology
1 3 (100.00%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 3 (100.00%) Android
1 3 (100.00%) Kali Linux
1 3 (100.00%) Linux
1 3 (100.00%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Artificial Intelligence
1 3 (100.00%) Cloud Security
1 3 (100.00%) Computer Science
1 3 (100.00%) Cryptography
1 3 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 3 (100.00%) Data Science
1 3 (100.00%) Decision-Making
1 3 (100.00%) Ergonomics
1 3 (100.00%) Human Factors
1 3 (100.00%) Innovative Thinking
1 3 (100.00%) Machine Learning
1 3 (100.00%) Prototyping
1 3 (100.00%) Psychology
1 3 (100.00%) Risk Management
1 3 (100.00%) Security Architecture
1 3 (100.00%) Security Monitoring
1 3 (100.00%) Smart Manufacturing
1 3 (100.00%) Statistics
1 3 (100.00%) User Experience
1 3 (100.00%) Vulnerability Scanning
Programming Languages
1 3 (100.00%) C++
1 3 (100.00%) Java
1 3 (100.00%) Python
1 3 (100.00%) R
1 3 (100.00%) Rust
Qualifications
1 3 (100.00%) BPSS Clearance
1 3 (100.00%) Computer Science Degree
1 3 (100.00%) Degree
1 3 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 3 (100.00%) Security Cleared
Systems Management
1 3 (100.00%) Nessus
1 3 (100.00%) Nmap
Vendors
1 3 (100.00%) Cisco
1 3 (100.00%) Google
1 3 (100.00%) Qualtrics
1 3 (100.00%) Red Hat
1 3 (100.00%) Splunk