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The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for Data Science skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Data Science over the 6 months to 17 October 2018 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.
| Data Science UK |
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6 months to
17 Oct 2018 |
Same period 2017 |
Same period 2016 |
| Rank |
168 |
221 |
307 |
| Rank change year-on-year |
+53 |
+86 |
+148 |
| Permanent jobs citing Data Science |
3,305 |
2,841 |
2,029 |
| As % of all permanent IT jobs advertised in the UK |
2.01% |
1.62% |
1.06% |
| As % of the Processes & Methodologies category |
2.21% |
1.77% |
1.16% |
| Number of salaries quoted |
2,476 |
2,316 |
1,725 |
| UK median annual salary |
£65,000 |
£60,000 |
£57,500 |
| Median salary % change year-on-year |
+8.33% |
+4.35% |
-4.17% |
| 10th Percentile |
£37,500 |
£33,750 |
£36,250 |
| 90th Percentile |
£97,500 |
£95,000 |
£95,000 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary |
£52,500 |
£48,500 |
£50,000 |
| % change year-on-year |
+8.25% |
-3.00% |
+11.11% |
Data Science is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills.
| All Process and Methodology Skills UK |
| Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills |
149,712 |
160,336 |
174,348 |
| As % of all permanent IT jobs advertised in the UK |
91.03% |
91.56% |
90.86% |
| Number of salaries quoted |
119,082 |
126,510 |
145,216 |
| UK median annual salary |
£50,000 |
£50,000 |
£48,000 |
| Median salary % change year-on-year |
- |
+4.17% |
+1.05% |
| 10th Percentile |
£29,000 |
£28,250 |
£27,500 |
| 90th Percentile |
£83,750 |
£80,000 |
£78,750 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary |
£45,000 |
£42,500 |
£42,500 |
| % change year-on-year |
+5.88% |
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Data Science
Job Vacancy Trend
Job postings citing Data Science as a percentage of all IT jobs advertised.
Data Science
Salary Trend
This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing Data Science.
Data Science
Salary Histogram
The salary distribution of IT jobs citing Data Science over the 6 months to 17 October 2018.
Data Science
Top 16 Job Locations
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 over the 6 months to 17 October 2018.
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
Job
Vacancies |
| England |
+52 |
3,152 |
£65,000 |
+4.00% |
442 |
| London |
+35 |
2,028 |
£70,000 |
+3.70% |
241 |
| UK excluding London |
+58 |
1,221 |
£52,500 |
+8.25% |
221 |
| South East |
+117 |
426 |
£50,000 |
+6.38% |
65 |
| North of England |
+8 |
230 |
£50,000 |
-9.09% |
47 |
| South West |
+57 |
189 |
£55,000 |
- |
36 |
| North West |
+3 |
166 |
£52,500 |
-6.25% |
26 |
| East of England |
+3 |
160 |
£50,000 |
+6.38% |
34 |
| Scotland |
+34 |
118 |
£52,500 |
+16.67% |
12 |
| Midlands |
-4 |
88 |
£47,500 |
+11.76% |
19 |
| Yorkshire |
-12 |
54 |
£45,000 |
-18.18% |
13 |
| East Midlands |
+5 |
44 |
£45,000 |
+5.88% |
10 |
| West Midlands |
-8 |
44 |
£50,000 |
+17.65% |
9 |
| North East |
-3 |
10 |
£35,000 |
+8.53% |
8 |
| Wales |
-10 |
6 |
£47,500 |
+3.04% |
6 |
| Northern Ireland |
+14 |
4 |
£52,500 |
+61.54% |
2 |
For the 6 months to 17 October 2018, IT jobs citing Data Science also mentioned the following skills in order of popularity.
The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads with a requirement for Data Science.
Data Science
Co-occurring IT Skills by Category
The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category.
The same job type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:
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