Data Science
UK

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 10 December 2023 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
10 Dec 2023
Same period 2022 Same period 2021
Rank 133 71 83
Rank change year-on-year -62 +12 +58
Permanent jobs citing Data Science 1,338 5,515 4,851
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 2.56% 4.51% 3.82%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.72% 4.71% 4.00%
Number of salaries quoted 939 2,111 2,486
10th Percentile £43,330 £42,500 £42,500
25th Percentile £55,500 £53,750 £51,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £72,500 £70,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.57% - +7.69%
75th Percentile £91,592 £92,500 £91,250
90th Percentile £120,000 £111,250 £109,375
UK excluding London median annual salary £65,000 £62,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +4.00% +13.64% -

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

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 49,175 117,045 121,323
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 94.07% 95.76% 95.47%
Number of salaries quoted 35,535 71,782 82,169
10th Percentile £32,250 £34,575 £32,500
25th Percentile £43,750 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £61,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -1.64% +1.67% +9.09%
75th Percentile £80,000 £82,500 £77,500
90th Percentile £98,750 £100,000 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £53,519 £50,000
% change year-on-year -1.90% +7.04% +4.17%

Data Science
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Data Science as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Data Science in the UK

Data Science
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Data Science.

Salary trend for Data Science in the UK

Data Science
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Data Science over the 6 months to 10 December 2023.

Salary histogram for Data Science in the UK

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 10 December 2023. 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
Jobs
England -59 1,208 £75,000 +7.14% 889
London -18 747 £82,000 +5.81% 544
Work from Home -32 584 £70,000 -3.45% 505
UK excluding London -107 507 £65,000 +4.00% 432
South West -2 134 £65,033 +4.05% 39
North of England -106 115 £63,000 +3.14% 116
South East -58 91 £70,875 +1.25% 129
Yorkshire -60 74 £65,066 +4.66% 28
Scotland -25 73 £65,066 +0.10% 33
Midlands -82 56 £57,000 -5.00% 56
North West -84 40 £62,500 +2.04% 81
West Midlands -37 34 £56,000 -6.67% 36
East Midlands -34 22 £62,500 +4.17% 20
East of England -38 18 £62,500 +13.64% 40
Wales +4 13 £46,060 -19.28% 14
Northern Ireland +32 7 £70,000 +40.00% 7
North East +29 1 £55,000 +29.41% 8

Data Science
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 99 (7.40%) Apache Spark
2 55 (4.11%) Apache Airflow
3 39 (2.91%) SAS
4 34 (2.54%) Jupyter
5 23 (1.72%) Apache
6 8 (0.60%) Confluence
7 5 (0.37%) Luigi
7 5 (0.37%) SharePoint
8 3 (0.22%) ArcGIS
9 2 (0.15%) Apache Solr
9 2 (0.15%) IIS
10 1 (0.075%) Apache Pulsar
10 1 (0.075%) Apache Synapse
10 1 (0.075%) CMS
10 1 (0.075%) IBM Domino
10 1 (0.075%) Red Hat Fuse
10 1 (0.075%) WebSphere
10 1 (0.075%) WebSphere Application Server
Applications
1 41 (3.06%) Microsoft Excel
2 7 (0.52%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 5 (0.37%) Microsoft Office
4 4 (0.30%) MS Visio
5 3 (0.22%) Chatbot
5 3 (0.22%) Trello
6 2 (0.15%) Adobe XD
6 2 (0.15%) InVision
6 2 (0.15%) Sketch
7 1 (0.075%) Adobe Creative Suite
Business Applications
1 58 (4.33%) Endur
2 6 (0.45%) OpenLink RightAngle
2 6 (0.45%) SAP S/4HANA
3 4 (0.30%) HFM
3 4 (0.30%) Oracle ERP
3 4 (0.30%) ProductWriter
3 4 (0.30%) SAP ERP
4 2 (0.15%) Ringtail
4 2 (0.15%) SAP MDM
Cloud Services
1 340 (25.41%) AWS
2 284 (21.23%) Azure
3 235 (17.56%) Power Platform
4 167 (12.48%) GCP
5 47 (3.51%) Amazon S3
6 46 (3.44%) Azure Data Factory
7 45 (3.36%) Serverless
7 45 (3.36%) Snowflake
8 39 (2.91%) Azure Synapse Analytics
9 37 (2.77%) SaaS
10 30 (2.24%) Azure DevOps
11 26 (1.94%) dbt
12 25 (1.87%) GitHub
13 21 (1.57%) AWS Lambda
13 21 (1.57%) Azure Machine Learning
14 20 (1.49%) Matillion
15 19 (1.42%) Cloud Computing
16 18 (1.35%) Google Analytics
17 15 (1.12%) Amazon Kinesis
17 15 (1.12%) Amazon SageMaker
Communications & Networking
1 21 (1.57%) Internet
2 10 (0.75%) Network Security
3 4 (0.30%) Unified Communications
4 3 (0.22%) HTTP
5 2 (0.15%) DHCP
5 2 (0.15%) DNS
5 2 (0.15%) IPv6
6 1 (0.075%) BGP
6 1 (0.075%) Firewall
6 1 (0.075%) NAS
6 1 (0.075%) SAN
6 1 (0.075%) TCP/IP
6 1 (0.075%) VLAN
6 1 (0.075%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 233 (17.41%) Power BI
2 173 (12.93%) Tableau
3 156 (11.66%) Big Data
4 155 (11.58%) Data Warehouse
5 120 (8.97%) SQL Server
6 108 (8.07%) Data Lake
7 94 (7.03%) Relational Database
8 68 (5.08%) RDBMS
9 62 (4.63%) NoSQL
10 56 (4.19%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 52 (3.89%) Data Mining
11 52 (3.89%) Hadoop
12 43 (3.21%) SQL Server Reporting Services
13 40 (2.99%) Amazon QuickSight
13 40 (2.99%) Apache Hive
14 36 (2.69%) PostgreSQL
15 35 (2.62%) BigQuery
16 33 (2.47%) Presto
17 32 (2.39%) Amazon Redshift
18 30 (2.24%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 70 (5.23%) Git
2 35 (2.62%) Jenkins
3 15 (1.12%) IBM UrbanCode
3 15 (1.12%) JIRA
4 14 (1.05%) SonarQube
5 8 (0.60%) GitLab
6 7 (0.52%) git-flow
6 7 (0.52%) MLflow
6 7 (0.52%) Moq
7 5 (0.37%) RStudio
7 5 (0.37%) Visual Studio Code
8 4 (0.30%) Visual Website Optimizer
9 3 (0.22%) Cucumber
10 2 (0.15%) JUnit
10 2 (0.15%) Maven
10 2 (0.15%) MSBuild
10 2 (0.15%) Selenium
10 2 (0.15%) SpecFlow
11 1 (0.075%) Oracle Forms
11 1 (0.075%) Visual Studio
General
1 409 (30.57%) Finance
2 315 (23.54%) Social Skills
3 254 (18.98%) Analytical Skills
4 133 (9.94%) Banking
5 131 (9.79%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 104 (7.77%) Marketing
7 87 (6.50%) Games
8 73 (5.46%) Retail
9 68 (5.08%) Presentation Skills
10 50 (3.74%) Public Sector
11 37 (2.77%) Legal
12 28 (2.09%) Retail Banking
13 24 (1.79%) Law
14 17 (1.27%) Organisational Skills
15 13 (0.97%) Documentation Skills
16 12 (0.90%) Manufacturing
17 11 (0.82%) Back Office
17 11 (0.82%) Influencing Skills
18 10 (0.75%) Advertising
18 10 (0.75%) Front Office
Job Titles
1 328 (24.51%) Senior
2 253 (18.91%) Data Engineer
3 248 (18.54%) Data Scientist
4 143 (10.69%) Analyst
5 135 (10.09%) Developer
6 131 (9.79%) Lead
7 91 (6.80%) Senior Data Scientist
8 68 (5.08%) Data Analyst
9 66 (4.93%) Senior Data Engineer
10 58 (4.33%) Senior Developer
11 49 (3.66%) Architect
12 42 (3.14%) Data Manager
13 40 (2.99%) Lead Data Scientist
13 40 (2.99%) Product Manager
13 40 (2.99%) Software Engineer
14 39 (2.91%) Lead Data Engineer
15 37 (2.77%) Senior Analyst
16 36 (2.69%) Data Architect
17 33 (2.47%) Python Engineer
18 32 (2.39%) Business Intelligence Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 89 (6.65%) Pandas
2 72 (5.38%) HTML
2 72 (5.38%) PyTorch
3 68 (5.08%) TensorFlow
4 64 (4.78%) PySpark
5 56 (4.19%) NumPy
5 56 (4.19%) scikit-learn
6 54 (4.04%) .NET
7 51 (3.81%) Kafka
8 32 (2.39%) CSS
9 31 (2.32%) React
10 30 (2.24%) JSON
11 28 (2.09%) Keras
12 22 (1.64%) Django
13 17 (1.27%) XGBoost
14 16 (1.20%) XML
15 15 (1.12%) Middleware
16 14 (1.05%) ASP.NET
16 14 (1.05%) Flask
17 13 (0.97%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 191 (14.28%) Algorithms
2 68 (5.08%) Product Ownership
3 65 (4.86%) Virtual Team
4 58 (4.33%) Swaptions
5 48 (3.59%) Cyberattack
6 46 (3.44%) Data Structures
7 37 (2.77%) Cloud Native
8 34 (2.54%) Onboarding
9 33 (2.47%) Self-Motivation
10 30 (2.24%) Robotics
11 26 (1.94%) Distributed Systems
11 26 (1.94%) Greenfield Project
12 23 (1.72%) IoT
13 22 (1.64%) Marketing Technology
14 21 (1.57%) Hedge funds
14 21 (1.57%) Management Information System
15 18 (1.35%) Equities
15 18 (1.35%) Public Cloud
16 16 (1.20%) Renewable Energy
17 15 (1.12%) Online Banking
Operating Systems
1 52 (3.89%) Linux
2 22 (1.64%) Windows
3 12 (0.90%) Unix
4 10 (0.75%) zOS
5 9 (0.67%) Mac OS
6 2 (0.15%) Windows 10
6 2 (0.15%) Windows Server
7 1 (0.075%) Apple iOS
7 1 (0.075%) Debian
7 1 (0.075%) Mac OS X
Processes & Methodologies
1 604 (45.14%) Analytics
2 532 (39.76%) Machine Learning
3 422 (31.54%) Agile
4 364 (27.20%) Business Intelligence
5 343 (25.64%) Problem-Solving
6 315 (23.54%) Artificial Intelligence
7 313 (23.39%) Data Modelling
8 308 (23.02%) Visualisation
9 269 (20.10%) Computer Science
10 222 (16.59%) Data Engineering
11 201 (15.02%) Software Engineering
12 192 (14.35%) Statistics
13 185 (13.83%) Data Analytics
14 182 (13.60%) ETL
14 182 (13.60%) Mathematics
15 180 (13.45%) Data Pipeline
15 180 (13.45%) DevOps
16 171 (12.78%) Data Visualisation
17 162 (12.11%) Data Analysis
18 150 (11.21%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 732 (54.71%) Python
2 536 (40.06%) SQL
3 178 (13.30%) Java
4 151 (11.29%) R
5 111 (8.30%) JavaScript
6 106 (7.92%) C#
7 70 (5.23%) VB
8 60 (4.48%) C++
9 42 (3.14%) MATLAB
10 38 (2.84%) Scala
11 37 (2.77%) T-SQL
12 28 (2.09%) Data Analysis Expressions
13 26 (1.94%) Bash
14 23 (1.72%) Go
15 20 (1.49%) TypeScript
16 18 (1.35%) PowerShell
17 14 (1.05%) Rust
18 9 (0.67%) C
19 7 (0.52%) Gremlin
19 7 (0.52%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 396 (29.60%) Degree
2 143 (10.69%) Master's Degree
3 116 (8.67%) Security Cleared
4 90 (6.73%) Computer Science Degree
5 75 (5.61%) PhD
6 72 (5.38%) DV Cleared
7 31 (2.32%) SC Cleared
8 25 (1.87%) Numerate Degree
9 11 (0.82%) Microsoft Certification
10 9 (0.67%) DBS Check
11 8 (0.60%) AWS Certification
12 7 (0.52%) MBA
13 6 (0.45%) BPSS Clearance
13 6 (0.45%) OCP
13 6 (0.45%) Oracle Certification
14 5 (0.37%) Azure Certification
14 5 (0.37%) Tableau Certification
15 4 (0.30%) CIPD
16 2 (0.15%) IIBA
16 2 (0.15%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 117 (8.74%) Data Quality
2 40 (2.99%) QA
3 18 (1.35%) Accessibility
3 18 (1.35%) PMO
4 15 (1.12%) GDPR
5 13 (0.97%) Actionable Recommendations
6 3 (0.22%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 3 (0.22%) SNOMED CT
7 2 (0.15%) NIST
7 2 (0.15%) SLA
8 1 (0.075%) California Consumer Privacy Act
8 1 (0.075%) Cyber Essentials
8 1 (0.075%) IFRS
8 1 (0.075%) IFRS 9
8 1 (0.075%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 97 (7.25%) Docker
2 11 (0.82%) Virtual Machines
3 8 (0.60%) Active Directory
4 5 (0.37%) Virtual Desktop
5 4 (0.30%) Hyper-V
5 4 (0.30%) VMware Infrastructure
6 1 (0.075%) Apache Flume
6 1 (0.075%) Firmware
6 1 (0.075%) HDFS
6 1 (0.075%) IAG
6 1 (0.075%) Slurm Workload Manager
Systems Management
1 135 (10.09%) Kubernetes
2 48 (3.59%) Terraform
3 4 (0.30%) Grafana
3 4 (0.30%) Prometheus
4 3 (0.22%) Ansible
5 2 (0.15%) Oozie
5 2 (0.15%) Puppet
6 1 (0.075%) Argo
6 1 (0.075%) Kibana
6 1 (0.075%) logstash
6 1 (0.075%) Microsoft Clustering
6 1 (0.075%) Microsoft Intune
6 1 (0.075%) Progress Chef
6 1 (0.075%) Proxmox
6 1 (0.075%) Rancher
6 1 (0.075%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 132 (9.87%) Databricks
2 85 (6.35%) Oracle
3 84 (6.28%) Microsoft
4 82 (6.13%) Google
5 58 (4.33%) OpenLink
5 58 (4.33%) Sybase
5 58 (4.33%) TIBCO
6 34 (2.54%) IBM
7 28 (2.09%) Alteryx
8 21 (1.57%) Dell
9 20 (1.49%) SAP
10 19 (1.42%) Dataiku
11 14 (1.05%) Veracode
12 13 (0.97%) Adobe
13 12 (0.90%) Informatica
13 12 (0.90%) YouTube
14 11 (0.82%) Atlassian
15 10 (0.75%) TOWER Software
16 8 (0.60%) Salesforce
16 8 (0.60%) Teradata