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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 20 August 2018 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.
| Data Science UK |
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6 months to
20 Aug 2018 |
Same period 2017 |
Same period 2016 |
| Rank |
167 |
230 |
318 |
| Rank change year-on-year |
+63 |
+88 |
+157 |
| Permanent jobs citing Data Science |
3,461 |
2,743 |
2,027 |
| As % of all permanent IT jobs advertised in the UK |
2.05% |
1.56% |
1.03% |
| As % of the Processes & Methodologies category |
2.25% |
1.70% |
1.13% |
| Number of salaries quoted |
2,663 |
2,237 |
1,721 |
| UK median annual salary |
£62,500 |
£64,000 |
£60,000 |
| Median salary % change year-on-year |
-2.34% |
+6.67% |
+1.69% |
| 10th Percentile |
£37,500 |
£35,000 |
£37,500 |
| 90th Percentile |
£96,250 |
£95,000 |
£96,250 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary |
£52,500 |
£50,000 |
£50,000 |
| % change year-on-year |
+5.00% |
- |
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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 |
153,965 |
161,029 |
179,081 |
| As % of all permanent IT jobs advertised in the UK |
91.10% |
91.53% |
90.83% |
| Number of salaries quoted |
122,609 |
128,176 |
149,466 |
| UK median annual salary |
£50,000 |
£50,000 |
£48,000 |
| Median salary % change year-on-year |
- |
+4.17% |
+1.05% |
| 10th Percentile |
£29,000 |
£28,000 |
£27,500 |
| 90th Percentile |
£82,500 |
£80,000 |
£77,500 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary |
£45,000 |
£42,500 |
£42,500 |
| % change year-on-year |
+5.88% |
- |
+0.71% |
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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 20 August 2018.
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 20 August 2018.
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 |
+60 |
3,304 |
£65,000 |
- |
335 |
| London |
+44 |
2,125 |
£70,000 |
+3.70% |
207 |
| UK excluding London |
+82 |
1,274 |
£52,500 |
+5.00% |
147 |
| South East |
+110 |
408 |
£50,000 |
- |
48 |
| North of England |
+24 |
280 |
£50,000 |
-9.09% |
27 |
| East of England |
+56 |
208 |
£50,000 |
+6.38% |
18 |
| North West |
+38 |
200 |
£51,000 |
-8.93% |
11 |
| South West |
+57 |
166 |
£55,000 |
- |
16 |
| Scotland |
+25 |
112 |
£57,500 |
+12.20% |
14 |
| Midlands |
+13 |
83 |
£47,500 |
+11.76% |
19 |
| Yorkshire |
+11 |
72 |
£46,250 |
-15.91% |
14 |
| West Midlands |
+17 |
51 |
£47,500 |
- |
11 |
| East Midlands |
-17 |
30 |
£45,000 |
+5.88% |
8 |
| Wales |
+3 |
14 |
£47,500 |
+8.57% |
3 |
| North East |
-23 |
8 |
£44,000 |
-12.00% |
2 |
| Northern Ireland |
+7 |
7 |
£50,000 |
+42.86% |
2 |
For the 6 months to 20 August 2018, 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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