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 28 October 2021 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.
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.
Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills
119,742
46,190
126,882
As % of all permanent IT jobs advertised in the UK
94.19%
93.06%
92.60%
Number of salaries quoted
79,117
38,578
101,498
10th Percentile
£32,750
£32,750
£30,000
25th Percentile
£42,500
£42,500
£37,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile)
£57,500
£55,000
£52,500
Median % change year-on-year
+4.55%
+4.76%
+5.00%
75th Percentile
£77,500
£73,750
£70,077
90th Percentile
£95,000
£90,000
£87,500
UK excluding London median annual salary
£50,000
£49,000
£45,000
% change year-on-year
+2.04%
+8.89%
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Data Science Job Vacancy Trend
Job postings citing Data Science as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.
Data Science Salary Trend
3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Data Science.
Data Science Salary Histogram
Salary distribution for jobs citing Data Science over the 6 months to 28 October 2021.
Data Science Top 17 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 28 October 2021.
The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.
For the 6 months to 28 October 2021, 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.
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:
