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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 6 July 2020 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.
| Data Science UK |
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6 months to
6 Jul 2020 |
Same period 2019 |
Same period 2018 |
| Rank |
123 |
140 |
166 |
| Rank change year-on-year |
+17 |
+26 |
+72 |
| Permanent jobs citing Data Science |
2,054 |
3,824 |
3,722 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK |
2.60% |
2.60% |
2.08% |
| As % of the Processes & Methodologies category |
2.82% |
2.82% |
2.26% |
| Number of salaries quoted |
1,681 |
3,105 |
3,028 |
| Median annual salary |
£65,000 |
£65,000 |
£62,500 |
| Median salary % change year-on-year |
- |
+4.00% |
+4.17% |
| 10th Percentile |
£38,750 |
£36,350 |
£37,500 |
| 90th Percentile |
£97,500 |
£97,500 |
£95,000 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary |
£55,000 |
£52,500 |
£52,500 |
| % change year-on-year |
+4.76% |
- |
+5.00% |
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 |
72,899 |
135,806 |
164,635 |
| As % of all permanent IT jobs advertised in the UK |
92.22% |
92.18% |
92.18% |
| Number of salaries quoted |
58,134 |
106,902 |
132,356 |
| Median annual salary |
£55,000 |
£52,500 |
£50,000 |
| Median salary % change year-on-year |
+4.76% |
+5.00% |
+3.09% |
| 10th Percentile |
£31,750 |
£30,000 |
£29,000 |
| 90th Percentile |
£90,000 |
£86,250 |
£82,500 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary |
£47,500 |
£45,000 |
£45,000 |
| % change year-on-year |
+5.56% |
- |
+5.88% |
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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 6 July 2020.
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 6 July 2020.
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 |
+18 |
1,954 |
£67,500 |
+3.85% |
178 |
| London |
-14 |
1,211 |
£75,000 |
+7.14% |
110 |
| UK excluding London |
+29 |
824 |
£55,000 |
+4.76% |
75 |
| South East |
+22 |
211 |
£57,500 |
+7.48% |
11 |
| Work from Home |
+53 |
181 |
£70,000 |
+21.74% |
22 |
| South West |
+35 |
174 |
£55,000 |
+10.00% |
6 |
| North of England |
+51 |
173 |
£52,500 |
+5.00% |
23 |
| Midlands |
+100 |
102 |
£55,000 |
+22.22% |
8 |
| North West |
+15 |
100 |
£52,500 |
+9.38% |
9 |
| East of England |
+36 |
91 |
£55,000 |
-8.33% |
19 |
| West Midlands |
+114 |
76 |
£55,000 |
+10.00% |
6 |
| Scotland |
+20 |
54 |
£50,000 |
-4.76% |
5 |
| East Midlands |
+53 |
38 |
£37,000 |
-7.50% |
2 |
| North East |
+57 |
37 |
£40,000 |
-15.79% |
12 |
| Yorkshire |
+81 |
36 |
£55,000 |
+4.76% |
2 |
| Wales |
+38 |
32 |
£50,000 |
-20.32% |
3 |
| Northern Ireland |
+17 |
1 |
- |
- |
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For the 6 months to 6 July 2020, 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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