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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 18 September 2019 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.
| Data Science UK |
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6 months to
18 Sep 2019 |
Same period 2018 |
Same period 2017 |
| Rank |
137 |
170 |
237 |
| Rank change year-on-year |
+33 |
+67 |
+79 |
| Permanent jobs citing Data Science |
3,650 |
3,388 |
2,717 |
| As % of all permanent IT jobs advertised in the UK |
2.58% |
2.02% |
1.54% |
| As % of the Processes & Methodologies category |
2.80% |
2.20% |
1.67% |
| Number of salaries quoted |
2,781 |
2,552 |
2,200 |
| UK median annual salary |
£65,000 |
£64,500 |
£62,500 |
| Median salary % change year-on-year |
+0.78% |
+3.20% |
+4.17% |
| 10th Percentile |
£37,500 |
£37,500 |
£34,000 |
| 90th Percentile |
£96,250 |
£97,500 |
£95,000 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary |
£52,500 |
£52,500 |
£50,000 |
| % change year-on-year |
- |
+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 |
130,407 |
153,946 |
162,809 |
| As % of all permanent IT jobs advertised in the UK |
92.10% |
91.77% |
92.31% |
| Number of salaries quoted |
102,344 |
122,604 |
128,581 |
| UK median annual salary |
£52,500 |
£50,000 |
£50,000 |
| Median salary % change year-on-year |
+5.00% |
- |
+4.17% |
| 10th Percentile |
£30,000 |
£29,000 |
£28,000 |
| 90th Percentile |
£86,250 |
£82,500 |
£80,000 |
| 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 18 September 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 18 September 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 |
+41 |
3,484 |
£65,000 |
- |
390 |
| London |
+39 |
2,279 |
£70,000 |
- |
251 |
| UK excluding London |
+54 |
1,328 |
£52,500 |
- |
161 |
| South East |
+9 |
383 |
£55,000 |
+10.00% |
43 |
| South West |
+72 |
290 |
£50,000 |
-9.09% |
23 |
| North of England |
+6 |
240 |
£50,000 |
- |
34 |
| East of England |
+58 |
164 |
£62,229 |
+24.46% |
22 |
| North West |
+4 |
161 |
£47,750 |
-9.05% |
26 |
| Scotland |
+17 |
119 |
£50,000 |
-4.76% |
18 |
| Midlands |
+70 |
115 |
£50,000 |
+5.26% |
16 |
| Yorkshire |
+13 |
72 |
£53,750 |
+19.44% |
5 |
| West Midlands |
+42 |
67 |
£52,500 |
+10.53% |
11 |
| East Midlands |
+36 |
48 |
£45,750 |
-3.68% |
5 |
| Wales |
+19 |
18 |
£44,000 |
-7.37% |
3 |
| North East |
+25 |
7 |
£45,000 |
+13.92% |
3 |
| Northern Ireland |
-12 |
1 |
- |
- |
2 |
For the 6 months to 18 September 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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