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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 19 February 2019 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.
| Data Science UK |
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6 months to
19 Feb 2019 |
Same period 2018 |
Same period 2017 |
| Rank |
145 |
188 |
273 |
| Rank change year-on-year |
+43 |
+85 |
+108 |
| Permanent jobs citing Data Science |
3,607 |
3,289 |
2,100 |
| As % of all permanent IT jobs advertised in the UK |
2.38% |
1.87% |
1.21% |
| As % of the Processes & Methodologies category |
2.59% |
2.04% |
1.33% |
| Number of salaries quoted |
2,704 |
2,728 |
1,744 |
| UK median annual salary |
£65,000 |
£62,500 |
£57,500 |
| Median salary % change year-on-year |
+4.00% |
+8.70% |
-4.17% |
| 10th Percentile |
£33,825 |
£35,000 |
£33,750 |
| 90th Percentile |
£100,000 |
£97,500 |
£90,000 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary |
£50,000 |
£50,000 |
£49,000 |
| % change year-on-year |
- |
+2.04% |
-1.01% |
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 |
139,013 |
161,247 |
158,373 |
| As % of all permanent IT jobs advertised in the UK |
91.74% |
91.84% |
91.31% |
| Number of salaries quoted |
109,707 |
130,895 |
130,572 |
| UK median annual salary |
£52,500 |
£50,000 |
£47,500 |
| Median salary % change year-on-year |
+5.00% |
+5.26% |
- |
| 10th Percentile |
£30,000 |
£28,750 |
£27,750 |
| 90th Percentile |
£85,000 |
£80,000 |
£78,750 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary |
£45,000 |
£45,000 |
£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 19 February 2019.
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 19 February 2019.
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 |
+42 |
3,417 |
£65,000 |
+4.00% |
511 |
| London |
+12 |
2,089 |
£72,500 |
+3.57% |
290 |
| UK excluding London |
+77 |
1,454 |
£50,000 |
- |
244 |
| South East |
+140 |
565 |
£50,000 |
- |
56 |
| North of England |
+49 |
225 |
£48,000 |
-4.00% |
51 |
| South West |
+56 |
207 |
£55,000 |
- |
35 |
| East of England |
+1 |
177 |
£55,000 |
+10.00% |
49 |
| North West |
+30 |
143 |
£48,000 |
+6.67% |
33 |
| Scotland |
+28 |
131 |
£37,500 |
-16.67% |
18 |
| Midlands |
+33 |
126 |
£39,114 |
-7.97% |
29 |
| Yorkshire |
+38 |
65 |
£50,000 |
-13.04% |
16 |
| West Midlands |
+2 |
64 |
£39,114 |
-7.97% |
18 |
| East Midlands |
+45 |
62 |
£40,000 |
-5.88% |
11 |
| North East |
+30 |
17 |
£45,000 |
-18.56% |
2 |
| Wales |
+15 |
16 |
£64,375 |
+35.81% |
4 |
| Northern Ireland |
-10 |
7 |
£32,000 |
-62.35% |
2 |
For the 6 months to 19 February 2019, 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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