Predictive Modelling Job Trends in the UK excluding London

Predictive Modelling
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the UK excluding London requiring Predictive Modelling skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 14 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 468 494 529
Rank change year-on-year +26 +35 -56
Permanent jobs citing Predictive Modelling 41 72 44
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 0.097% 0.20% 0.13%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.12% 0.23% 0.14%
Number of salaries quoted 36 53 33
10th Percentile £44,196 £25,000 £41,500
25th Percentile £52,500 £25,313 £43,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £45,000 £57,000
Median % change year-on-year +33.33% -21.05% +13.68%
75th Percentile £69,688 £75,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £95,000 £93,250 £74,550
UK median annual salary £62,500 £63,750 £65,000
% change year-on-year -1.96% -1.92% +8.33%

All Process & Methodology Skills
UK excluding London

Predictive Modelling 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 33,283 31,985 30,588
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 78.49% 89.04% 88.64%
Number of salaries quoted 19,187 14,363 22,780
10th Percentile £27,750 £31,250 £28,000
25th Percentile £33,500 £41,250 £38,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £52,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +5.77% -5.45%
75th Percentile £65,000 £70,000 £66,250
90th Percentile £80,000 £83,750 £80,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -4.00%

Predictive Modelling
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Predictive Modelling relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Predictive Modelling job vacancy trend in the UK excluding London

Predictive Modelling
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing Predictive Modelling.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing Predictive Modelling

Predictive Modelling
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Predictive Modelling in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 14 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Predictive Modelling in the UK excluding London

Predictive Modelling
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 Predictive Modelling within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 14 January 2026. 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
North of England +7 14 £61,250 +145.00% 17
Midlands +15 10 £65,000 -21.21% 6
South West +1 10 £60,000 +134.15% 9
South East +32 7 £71,250 +9.62% 29
North West +20 7 £55,000 +117.28% 9
East Midlands -8 6 £53,945 -34.61% 5
Yorkshire -15 5 £62,500 +150.00% 6
West Midlands +15 4 £68,750 -1.79%
North East - 2 £62,500 - 2
Wales - 1 £120,000 - 2
Predictive Modelling
UK

Predictive Modelling
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:

Applications
1 10 (24.39%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (9.76%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 2 (4.88%) NEC Housing
Cloud Services
1 15 (36.59%) Power Platform
2 10 (24.39%) Azure
3 7 (17.07%) AWS
4 5 (12.20%) Snowflake
5 4 (9.76%) GCP
6 2 (4.88%) Microsoft 365
6 2 (4.88%) SaaS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (36.59%) Power BI
2 7 (17.07%) SQL Server
2 7 (17.07%) Tableau
3 4 (9.76%) Amazon Redshift
3 4 (9.76%) BigQuery
3 4 (9.76%) Data Mining
3 4 (9.76%) Looker
4 3 (7.32%) Data Warehouse
5 1 (2.44%) Relational Database
General
1 18 (43.90%) Social Skills
2 15 (36.59%) Analytical Skills
3 11 (26.83%) Finance
4 5 (12.20%) Public Sector
5 4 (9.76%) Pharmaceutical
6 3 (7.32%) Law
6 3 (7.32%) Presentation Skills
6 3 (7.32%) Social Housing
7 2 (4.88%) Local Government
7 2 (4.88%) Manufacturing
7 2 (4.88%) Marketing
8 1 (2.44%) Banking
8 1 (2.44%) Influencing Skills
8 1 (2.44%) Legal
8 1 (2.44%) Retail
Job Titles
1 16 (39.02%) Data Scientist
2 13 (31.71%) Analyst
3 10 (24.39%) Data Analyst
4 8 (19.51%) Senior
4 8 (19.51%) Senior Analyst
4 8 (19.51%) Senior Data Analyst
5 4 (9.76%) Lead
6 2 (4.88%) Consultant
6 2 (4.88%) Credit Analyst
6 2 (4.88%) Credit Risk Analyst
6 2 (4.88%) Head of Data Science
6 2 (4.88%) HR Analyst
6 2 (4.88%) HR Data Analyst
6 2 (4.88%) Principal Consultant
6 2 (4.88%) Risk Analyst
7 1 (2.44%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
7 1 (2.44%) Business Developer
7 1 (2.44%) Business Intelligence Developer
7 1 (2.44%) Developer
7 1 (2.44%) Insight Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (4.88%) Hugging Face
1 2 (4.88%) PyTorch
1 2 (4.88%) TensorFlow
2 1 (2.44%) .NET
2 1 (2.44%) LangChain
2 1 (2.44%) LangGraph
2 1 (2.44%) PySpark
Miscellaneous
1 5 (12.20%) Self-Motivation
2 3 (7.32%) Algorithms
3 2 (4.88%) Credit Risk
3 2 (4.88%) Mashup
4 1 (2.44%) AI Agents
4 1 (2.44%) Autonomous Agent
4 1 (2.44%) IoT
4 1 (2.44%) Operational Technology
Processes & Methodologies
1 38 (92.68%) Decision-Making
2 32 (78.05%) Visualisation
3 29 (70.73%) Data Science
4 25 (60.98%) Analytics
4 25 (60.98%) Machine Learning
5 20 (48.78%) AI
6 18 (43.90%) Data Visualisation
7 17 (41.46%) Business Intelligence
7 17 (41.46%) Problem-Solving
8 16 (39.02%) Statistical Analysis
9 14 (34.15%) Data Analysis
10 13 (31.71%) Actionable Insight
11 12 (29.27%) Dashboard Development
11 12 (29.27%) Statistical Modelling
12 11 (26.83%) LLM
13 10 (24.39%) E-Commerce
14 9 (21.95%) Computer Science
14 9 (21.95%) Statistics
15 8 (19.51%) Data Analytics
15 8 (19.51%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 29 (70.73%) Python
2 22 (53.66%) SQL
3 14 (34.15%) R
Qualifications
1 15 (36.59%) Degree
2 4 (9.76%) Master's Degree
3 3 (7.32%) DBS Check
4 2 (4.88%) Computer Science Degree
4 2 (4.88%) SC Cleared
4 2 (4.88%) Security Cleared
5 1 (2.44%) Azure Certification
5 1 (2.44%) Microsoft Certification
5 1 (2.44%) Numerate Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (12.20%) Data Quality
2 2 (4.88%) GDPR
3 1 (2.44%) Accessibility
Vendors
1 5 (12.20%) Google
2 4 (9.76%) HubSpot
3 3 (7.32%) Civica
3 3 (7.32%) Microsoft
3 3 (7.32%) Northgate
4 2 (4.88%) Salesforce
5 1 (2.44%) Alteryx
5 1 (2.44%) Databricks
5 1 (2.44%) Orchard
5 1 (2.44%) Teradata