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 13 April 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
76,792
104,892
137,408
As % of all permanent IT jobs advertised in the UK
92.47%
92.14%
92.30%
Number of salaries quoted
59,116
84,257
109,289
10th Percentile
£32,500
£31,250
£30,000
25th Percentile
£41,250
£40,000
£37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile)
£55,000
£55,000
£52,500
Median % change year-on-year
-
+4.76%
+5.00%
75th Percentile
£75,000
£72,500
£70,000
90th Percentile
£90,000
£90,000
£85,000
UK excluding London median annual salary
£48,500
£47,500
£45,000
% change year-on-year
+2.11%
+5.56%
-
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 13 April 2021.
Data Science Top 18 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 13 April 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 13 April 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:
