Data Science Jobs in the UK excluding London

Data Science
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London 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 28 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 197 159 108
Rank change year-on-year -38 -51 +17
Permanent jobs citing Data Science 565 1,310 1,836
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 1.45% 1.78% 3.15%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.57% 2.15% 3.29%
Number of salaries quoted 218 639 667
10th Percentile £42,500 £35,000 £37,000
25th Percentile £47,298 £43,750 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £63,076 £55,000 £64,598
Median % change year-on-year +14.68% -14.86% +7.66%
75th Percentile £83,738 £72,500 £80,627
90th Percentile £97,528 £92,750 £95,000
UK median annual salary £71,991 £65,000 £70,000
% change year-on-year +10.76% -7.14% -

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK excluding London

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 the UK excluding London.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 36,047 60,812 55,780
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 92.70% 82.57% 95.55%
Number of salaries quoted 17,118 41,900 28,987
10th Percentile £26,338 £27,300 £30,500
25th Percentile £37,000 £36,250 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,645 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.29% -9.09% +4.76%
75th Percentile £65,000 £65,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £77,500 £77,500 £82,500
UK median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £61,000
% change year-on-year +4.55% -9.84% +1.67%

Data Science
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Job vacancy trend for Data Science in the UK excluding London

Data Science
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Data Science in the UK excluding London.

Salary trend for Data Science in the UK excluding London

Data Science
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Data Science in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 28 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Data Science in the UK excluding London

Data 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 Data Science within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 28 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
South East -32 188 £60,000 - 419
South West +54 108 £70,000 +16.67% 82
North of England -99 91 £58,500 +17.00% 251
Midlands -57 66 £56,218 +2.21% 76
East of England +20 54 £78,369 +39.32% 76
North West -112 52 £57,500 +15.00% 159
Scotland +60 49 £70,000 - 90
West Midlands -34 42 £57,500 +4.55% 44
Yorkshire +17 33 £63,652 +15.73% 74
East Midlands +12 22 £40,000 -15.79% 27
North East +21 6 £57,250 +20.53% 21
Wales +24 5 £80,000 +68.42% 22
Northern Ireland +39 4 - - 14
Data Science
UK

Data 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:

Application Platforms
1 46 (8.14%) Apache Spark
2 32 (5.66%) SharePoint
3 24 (4.25%) Jupyter
4 15 (2.65%) Apache
4 15 (2.65%) Apache Airflow
5 9 (1.59%) SAS
6 3 (0.53%) ArcGIS
7 1 (0.18%) Confluence
7 1 (0.18%) IBM Domino
Applications
1 20 (3.54%) Microsoft Excel
2 15 (2.65%) Chatbot
3 8 (1.42%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 3 (0.53%) Microsoft Office
5 2 (0.35%) MS Visio
5 2 (0.35%) SPSS
Business Applications
1 1 (0.18%) Maximo
1 1 (0.18%) Oracle EBS
1 1 (0.18%) Payment Gateway
Cloud Services
1 232 (41.06%) Azure
2 174 (30.80%) AWS
3 140 (24.78%) GCP
4 103 (18.23%) Power Platform
5 86 (15.22%) Serverless
6 80 (14.16%) AWS Lambda
7 27 (4.78%) Amazon SageMaker
7 27 (4.78%) PowerApps
8 26 (4.60%) Power Automate
9 25 (4.42%) Azure Data Factory
10 22 (3.89%) Azure Synapse Analytics
10 22 (3.89%) Snowflake
11 19 (3.36%) Amazon S3
11 19 (3.36%) Vertex AI
12 13 (2.30%) Azure Machine Learning
13 12 (2.12%) GitHub
14 9 (1.59%) Amazon EC2
15 8 (1.42%) Cloud Computing
16 7 (1.24%) Amazon EMR
17 6 (1.06%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 65 (11.50%) Broadband
2 2 (0.35%) Internet
2 2 (0.35%) Network Security
3 1 (0.18%) Bluetooth
3 1 (0.18%) Ethernet
3 1 (0.18%) LoRaWAN
3 1 (0.18%) Modbus
3 1 (0.18%) MQTT
3 1 (0.18%) PuTTY
3 1 (0.18%) SAN
3 1 (0.18%) VSAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 118 (20.88%) Big Data
2 103 (18.23%) Power BI
3 88 (15.58%) Tableau
4 84 (14.87%) Data Lake
5 43 (7.61%) Data Warehouse
6 34 (6.02%) NoSQL
7 27 (4.78%) Data Mining
7 27 (4.78%) Hadoop
8 20 (3.54%) SQL Server
9 16 (2.83%) Metadata
10 14 (2.48%) Relational Database
11 12 (2.12%) MongoDB
12 11 (1.95%) Amazon Redshift
12 11 (1.95%) PostgreSQL
13 10 (1.77%) Metadata Repository
13 10 (1.77%) MySQL
14 8 (1.42%) Cloud Spanner
14 8 (1.42%) SQL Server Integration Services
15 7 (1.24%) Apache Iceberg
15 7 (1.24%) Delta Lake
Development Applications
1 31 (5.49%) Git
2 9 (1.59%) JIRA
3 6 (1.06%) Bitbucket
4 4 (0.71%) ERwin
4 4 (0.71%) GitLab
4 4 (0.71%) Subversion
5 3 (0.53%) Jenkins
6 2 (0.35%) ER Studio
6 2 (0.35%) PowerDesigner
7 1 (0.18%) MLflow
7 1 (0.18%) Postman
General
1 221 (39.12%) Analytical Skills
2 186 (32.92%) Social Skills
3 173 (30.62%) Finance
4 125 (22.12%) Law
5 61 (10.80%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 54 (9.56%) Banking
6 54 (9.56%) Retail
7 46 (8.14%) Influencing Skills
8 31 (5.49%) Manufacturing
9 23 (4.07%) Marketing
10 22 (3.89%) Public Sector
11 14 (2.48%) Legal
12 13 (2.30%) Pharmaceutical
13 12 (2.12%) Automotive
14 9 (1.59%) Electronics
14 9 (1.59%) Local Government
14 9 (1.59%) Presentation Skills
15 6 (1.06%) Tech for Good
15 6 (1.06%) Telecoms
16 5 (0.88%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 226 (40.00%) Senior
2 124 (21.95%) Data Scientist
3 107 (18.94%) Lead
4 72 (12.74%) Machine Learning Engineer
5 45 (7.96%) Senior Data Scientist
6 41 (7.26%) Data Engineer
7 39 (6.90%) Analyst
8 27 (4.78%) Developer
9 24 (4.25%) Data Analyst
9 24 (4.25%) Software Engineer
10 22 (3.89%) Data Manager
11 16 (2.83%) Architect
11 16 (2.83%) Senior Data Engineer
12 15 (2.65%) Trainer
13 12 (2.12%) Senior Manager
13 12 (2.12%) Senior Software Engineer
14 10 (1.77%) Product Owner
15 9 (1.59%) Data Analytics Director
15 9 (1.59%) Data Science Leader
15 9 (1.59%) Lead Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 32 (5.66%) TensorFlow
2 31 (5.49%) Kafka
2 31 (5.49%) PyTorch
2 31 (5.49%) React
3 25 (4.42%) scikit-learn
4 22 (3.89%) PySpark
5 13 (2.30%) NumPy
6 12 (2.12%) Node.js
7 11 (1.95%) .NET
7 11 (1.95%) Keras
8 9 (1.59%) Pandas
9 8 (1.42%) CSS
9 8 (1.42%) HTML
9 8 (1.42%) Hugging Face
9 8 (1.42%) RESTful
9 8 (1.42%) Spring Boot
9 8 (1.42%) XGBoost
10 7 (1.24%) LangChain
11 6 (1.06%) PyArrow
12 5 (0.88%) .NET Framework
Miscellaneous
1 134 (23.72%) Algorithms
2 67 (11.86%) Self-Motivation
3 46 (8.14%) Cyberattack
4 37 (6.55%) Analytical Mindset
5 21 (3.72%) Product Ownership
6 19 (3.36%) Management Information System
7 16 (2.83%) Cloud Native
8 13 (2.30%) Data Structures
9 10 (1.77%) Credit Risk
9 10 (1.77%) Reinsurance
10 8 (1.42%) Public Cloud
11 7 (1.24%) IoT
12 6 (1.06%) Robotics
13 5 (0.88%) Greenfield Project
13 5 (0.88%) Legacy Systems
14 4 (0.71%) Embedded Systems
14 4 (0.71%) Learning Management System
14 4 (0.71%) Market Risk
14 4 (0.71%) Onboarding
14 4 (0.71%) Renewable Energy
Operating Systems
1 15 (2.65%) Linux
2 10 (1.77%) Unix
3 5 (0.88%) Windows
4 3 (0.53%) Embedded Linux
5 2 (0.35%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 355 (62.83%) Machine Learning
2 281 (49.73%) Analytics
3 256 (45.31%) Problem-Solving
4 222 (39.29%) Artificial Intelligence
5 208 (36.81%) Agile
6 175 (30.97%) Computer Science
7 159 (28.14%) Visualisation
8 153 (27.08%) Mentoring
9 142 (25.13%) Business Intelligence
10 138 (24.42%) Data Engineering
11 124 (21.95%) Decision-Making
12 121 (21.42%) Mathematics
13 116 (20.53%) Data Analysis
14 111 (19.65%) Statistics
15 108 (19.12%) CI/CD
16 95 (16.81%) DevOps
16 95 (16.81%) Roadmaps
17 87 (15.40%) Software Engineering
18 83 (14.69%) Actionable Insight
19 81 (14.34%) Creative Thinking
Programming Languages
1 288 (50.97%) Python
2 148 (26.19%) SQL
3 80 (14.16%) TypeScript
4 52 (9.20%) Java
5 49 (8.67%) R
6 45 (7.96%) JavaScript
7 16 (2.83%) C++
8 13 (2.30%) MATLAB
9 11 (1.95%) C#
10 10 (1.77%) Scala
11 6 (1.06%) Julia
12 5 (0.88%) Bicep
12 5 (0.88%) Go
12 5 (0.88%) VBA
13 4 (0.71%) T-SQL
14 2 (0.35%) Bash
14 2 (0.35%) Kotlin
15 1 (0.18%) Data Analysis Expressions
15 1 (0.18%) Fortran
15 1 (0.18%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 300 (53.10%) Degree
2 110 (19.47%) PhD
3 73 (12.92%) Master's Degree
4 60 (10.62%) Security Cleared
5 58 (10.27%) Computer Science Degree
6 48 (8.50%) DV Cleared
7 25 (4.42%) Numerate Degree
8 18 (3.19%) Azure Certification
9 12 (2.12%) AWS Certification
10 10 (1.77%) DBS Check
10 10 (1.77%) SC Cleared
11 9 (1.59%) Postgraduate
12 6 (1.06%) Microsoft Certification
13 4 (0.71%) BPSS Clearance
14 2 (0.35%) CCFP
14 2 (0.35%) CISSP
14 2 (0.35%) CITP
14 2 (0.35%) EnCE
14 2 (0.35%) GCFE
14 2 (0.35%) GREM
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 72 (12.74%) Data Quality
2 24 (4.25%) GDPR
3 15 (2.65%) Actionable Recommendations
3 15 (2.65%) California Consumer Privacy Act
4 14 (2.48%) Accessibility
5 10 (1.77%) QA
6 9 (1.59%) PCI DSS
7 4 (0.71%) Basel II
7 4 (0.71%) Basel III
7 4 (0.71%) Dodd-Frank
7 4 (0.71%) IFRS
7 4 (0.71%) IFRS 9
8 3 (0.53%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 1 (0.18%) Cyber Essentials
9 1 (0.18%) ISO 9001
9 1 (0.18%) JTAG
9 1 (0.18%) NIST
System Software
1 46 (8.14%) Docker
2 8 (1.42%) HDFS
3 1 (0.18%) Apache Flume
3 1 (0.18%) Embedded Firmware
3 1 (0.18%) Firmware
3 1 (0.18%) Virtual Desktop
3 1 (0.18%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (0.18%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 54 (9.56%) Kubernetes
2 8 (1.42%) Terraform
3 6 (1.06%) Grafana
3 6 (1.06%) Prometheus
4 3 (0.53%) Kibana
5 2 (0.35%) Ansible
5 2 (0.35%) EnCase
5 2 (0.35%) FTK
5 2 (0.35%) RSA Security Analytics
6 1 (0.18%) logstash
6 1 (0.18%) Oozie
Vendors
1 90 (15.93%) Microsoft
2 46 (8.14%) Google
3 40 (7.08%) Databricks
4 27 (4.78%) ServiceNow
5 21 (3.72%) OpenAI
5 21 (3.72%) Oracle
6 15 (2.65%) PayPal
7 11 (1.95%) Informatica
8 8 (1.42%) SAP
9 6 (1.06%) Red Hat
10 4 (0.71%) Palantir
10 4 (0.71%) Salesforce
10 4 (0.71%) Talend
11 3 (0.53%) Xilinx
12 2 (0.35%) FireEye
12 2 (0.35%) MuleSoft
12 2 (0.35%) NetWitness
12 2 (0.35%) NVIDIA
12 2 (0.35%) Splunk
13 1 (0.18%) YouTube