Data Science Developer Job Trends in the UK excluding London

Data Science Developer
UK > UK excluding London

As of 15 December 2025, there is not enough information available from job vacancies posted within the last 6 months to determine the median Data Science Developer salary in the UK excluding London.

6 months to
15 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 516 587 -
Rank change year-on-year +71 - -
Permanent jobs requiring a Data Science Developer 1 3 0
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 0.002% 0.008% -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.003% 0.008% -
Number of salaries quoted 0 2 0
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) - £40,000 -
UK median annual salary - £40,000 £185,000
% change year-on-year - -78.38% +311.11%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK excluding London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in the UK excluding London. 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 UK excluding London with a recognized job title 37,301 36,909 27,134
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 89.94% 93.75% 95.48%
Number of salaries quoted 22,520 18,928 20,543
10th Percentile £27,750 £31,250 £28,000
25th Percentile £33,750 £40,000 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £48,500 £52,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -7.62% - -
75th Percentile £65,000 £68,750 £67,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £82,500 £80,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -

Data Science Developer
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring 'Data Science Developer' in the job title relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Data Science Developer job vacancy trend in the UK excluding London

Data Science Developer
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution trend for Data Science Developer job vacancies in the UK excluding London.

Salary distribution trend for Data Science Developer job vacancies in the UK excluding London

Data Science Developer
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 Data Science Developer within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 15 December 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
East of England +22 1 - -
Data Science Developer
UK

Data Science Developer Skill Set
Top 27 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding London

For the 6 months to 15 December 2025, Data Science Developer job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the UK excluding London region featuring Data Science Developer in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) AI
1 1 (100.00%) Analytics
1 1 (100.00%) Apache Spark
1 1 (100.00%) AWS
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) Big Data
1 1 (100.00%) Data Analysis
1 1 (100.00%) Data Analytics
1 1 (100.00%) Data Munging
1 1 (100.00%) Data Science
1 1 (100.00%) GCP
1 1 (100.00%) Generative AI
1 1 (100.00%) Hadoop
1 1 (100.00%) LLM
1 1 (100.00%) Machine Learning
1 1 (100.00%) Matplotlib
1 1 (100.00%) NumPy
1 1 (100.00%) Pandas
1 1 (100.00%) Python
1 1 (100.00%) PyTorch
1 1 (100.00%) R
1 1 (100.00%) scikit-learn
1 1 (100.00%) Seaborn
1 1 (100.00%) Statistical Modelling
1 1 (100.00%) Tableau
1 1 (100.00%) TensorFlow
1 1 (100.00%) Visualisation

Data Science Developer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding London by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 1 (100.00%) Apache Spark
Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) AWS
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) GCP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Big Data
1 1 (100.00%) Hadoop
1 1 (100.00%) Tableau
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) Matplotlib
1 1 (100.00%) NumPy
1 1 (100.00%) Pandas
1 1 (100.00%) PyTorch
1 1 (100.00%) scikit-learn
1 1 (100.00%) Seaborn
1 1 (100.00%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Algorithms
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) AI
1 1 (100.00%) Analytics
1 1 (100.00%) Data Analysis
1 1 (100.00%) Data Analytics
1 1 (100.00%) Data Munging
1 1 (100.00%) Data Science
1 1 (100.00%) Generative AI
1 1 (100.00%) LLM
1 1 (100.00%) Machine Learning
1 1 (100.00%) Statistical Modelling
1 1 (100.00%) Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) Python
1 1 (100.00%) R