Data Science Director Job Trends in the UK excluding London

Data Science Director
UK > UK excluding London

As of 26 December 2025, there is not enough information available from job vacancies posted within the last 6 months to determine the median Data Science Director salary in the UK excluding London.

6 months to
26 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 515 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs requiring a Data Science Director 1 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 0.002% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.003% - -
Number of salaries quoted 0 0 0
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) - - -
UK median annual salary £135,000 - -

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 38,550 35,299 29,130
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.34% 93.38% 95.30%
Number of salaries quoted 23,494 17,655 22,030
10th Percentile £28,000 £31,250 £28,000
25th Percentile £35,000 £40,000 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,500 £50,918
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +3.11% -3.01%
75th Percentile £65,000 £68,750 £66,250
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 Director
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Data Science Director job vacancy trend in the UK excluding London

Data Science Director
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

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

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

Data Science Director
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 Director within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 26 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
South East - 1 - - 1
Data Science Director
UK

Data Science Director Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding London

For the 6 months to 26 December 2025, Data Science Director 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 Director in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) A/B Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Actionable Insight
1 1 (100.00%) Analytics
1 1 (100.00%) AWS
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) Bayesian Methods
1 1 (100.00%) Computer Science
1 1 (100.00%) Data Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) Data Pipeline
1 1 (100.00%) Data Quality
1 1 (100.00%) Data Science
1 1 (100.00%) Data-Driven Decision Making
1 1 (100.00%) Decision-Making
1 1 (100.00%) Digital Transformation Strategy
1 1 (100.00%) Economics
1 1 (100.00%) Experimental Design
1 1 (100.00%) GCP
1 1 (100.00%) Machine Learning
1 1 (100.00%) Market Research
1 1 (100.00%) Marketing Analytics
1 1 (100.00%) Marketing Mix
1 1 (100.00%) Mathematics
1 1 (100.00%) Mentoring
1 1 (100.00%) Open Source
1 1 (100.00%) Operations Research
1 1 (100.00%) Project Management
1 1 (100.00%) Python
1 1 (100.00%) R
1 1 (100.00%) Regression Analysis
1 1 (100.00%) Resource Allocation

Data Science Director 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) AWS
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) GCP
General
1 1 (100.00%) Finance
1 1 (100.00%) Marketing
1 1 (100.00%) Pharmaceutical
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) A/B Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Actionable Insight
1 1 (100.00%) Analytics
1 1 (100.00%) Bayesian Methods
1 1 (100.00%) Computer Science
1 1 (100.00%) Data Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) Data Science
1 1 (100.00%) Digital Transformation Strategy
1 1 (100.00%) Economics
1 1 (100.00%) Experimental Design
1 1 (100.00%) Machine Learning
1 1 (100.00%) Market Research
1 1 (100.00%) Marketing Analytics
1 1 (100.00%) Mathematics
1 1 (100.00%) Open Source
1 1 (100.00%) Operations Research
1 1 (100.00%) Project Management
1 1 (100.00%) Regression Analysis
1 1 (100.00%) Resource Allocation
1 1 (100.00%) Statistics
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) Python
1 1 (100.00%) R
1 1 (100.00%) SQL
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) Data Quality