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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 25 February 2020 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.
| Data Science UK |
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6 months to
25 Feb 2020 |
Same period 2019 |
Same period 2018 |
| Rank |
127 |
147 |
184 |
| Rank change year-on-year |
+20 |
+37 |
+98 |
| Permanent jobs citing Data Science |
3,240 |
3,587 |
3,308 |
| As % of all permanent IT jobs advertised in the UK |
2.62% |
2.39% |
1.90% |
| As % of the Processes & Methodologies category |
2.86% |
2.59% |
2.06% |
| Number of salaries quoted |
2,505 |
2,690 |
2,752 |
| UK median annual salary |
£65,000 |
£65,000 |
£62,500 |
| Median salary % change year-on-year |
- |
+4.00% |
+8.70% |
| 10th Percentile |
£39,050 |
£33,750 |
£35,000 |
| 90th Percentile |
£98,750 |
£100,125 |
£97,500 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary |
£55,000 |
£50,000 |
£50,000 |
| % change year-on-year |
+10.00% |
- |
+5.26% |
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 |
113,478 |
138,684 |
160,553 |
| As % of all permanent IT jobs advertised in the UK |
91.90% |
92.24% |
92.19% |
| Number of salaries quoted |
90,011 |
109,586 |
130,825 |
| UK median annual salary |
£53,500 |
£52,500 |
£50,000 |
| Median salary % change year-on-year |
+1.90% |
+5.00% |
+5.26% |
| 10th Percentile |
£30,882 |
£30,000 |
£28,750 |
| 90th Percentile |
£88,750 |
£85,000 |
£80,000 |
| 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 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 25 February 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 25 February 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 |
+23 |
3,058 |
£67,500 |
+3.85% |
556 |
| London |
+18 |
2,004 |
£75,000 |
+3.45% |
340 |
| UK excluding London |
+2 |
1,186 |
£55,000 |
+10.00% |
251 |
| South East |
-41 |
331 |
£55,000 |
+10.00% |
61 |
| North of England |
+55 |
256 |
£55,000 |
+14.58% |
68 |
| South West |
+33 |
233 |
£52,500 |
-2.78% |
37 |
| North West |
+55 |
159 |
£52,500 |
+9.38% |
39 |
| East of England |
+21 |
131 |
£52,500 |
-4.55% |
21 |
| Midlands |
+3 |
94 |
£55,000 |
+40.61% |
29 |
| Scotland |
+7 |
90 |
£52,500 |
+40.00% |
31 |
| Yorkshire |
+41 |
75 |
£55,000 |
+10.00% |
24 |
| West Midlands |
+37 |
68 |
£55,000 |
+40.61% |
16 |
| Wales |
+34 |
51 |
£50,000 |
-22.33% |
2 |
| East Midlands |
-9 |
26 |
£53,500 |
+33.75% |
13 |
| North East |
+20 |
22 |
£65,000 |
+44.44% |
5 |
| Northern Ireland |
+11 |
4 |
£65,000 |
+103.13% |
2 |
| Channel Islands |
- |
1 |
- |
- |
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For the 6 months to 25 February 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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