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 27 January 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
60,313
114,969
138,225
As % of all permanent IT jobs advertised in the UK
92.40%
92.10%
92.26%
Number of salaries quoted
48,609
92,106
110,401
Median annual salary
£55,000
£52,500
£52,500
Median salary % change year-on-year
+4.76%
-
+5.00%
10th Percentile
£32,500
£30,125
£29,750
90th Percentile
£90,000
£87,500
£85,000
UK excluding London median annual salary
£49,000
£46,000
£45,000
% change year-on-year
+6.52%
+2.22%
-
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 27 January 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 27 January 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 27 January 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:
