SciPy Job Trends
SciPy
UK
The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs citing SciPy skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 28 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 28 Oct 2026 |
Same period 2025 | Same period 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 830 | 529 | 343 |
| Rank change year-on-year | -301 | -186 | +347 |
| Permanent jobs citing SciPy | 9 | 141 | 495 |
| As % of all permanent jobs in the UK | 0.007% | 0.29% | 0.73% |
| As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category | 0.074% | 1.68% | 3.28% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 9 | 141 | 486 |
| 10th Percentile | £56,400 | £100,000 | £85,000 |
| 25th Percentile | £57,500 | £105,000 | £97,500 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £65,000 | £130,000 | £115,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -50.00% | +13.04% | -8.00% |
| 75th Percentile | £80,000 | £137,500 | £148,750 |
| 90th Percentile | £95,500 | - | £165,000 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary | £60,000 | £71,000 | £67,500 |
| % change year-on-year | -15.49% | +5.19% | +22.73% |
All Software Libraries and Frameworks
UK
SciPy falls under the Software Libraries and Frameworks category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies citing technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills.
| 6 months to 28 Oct 2026 |
Same period 2025 | Same period 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Permanent vacancies citing technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills | 12,106 | 8,414 | 15,093 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK | 9.97% | 17.02% | 22.18% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 8,376 | 5,412 | 9,225 |
| 10th Percentile | £42,500 | £37,500 | £40,000 |
| 25th Percentile | £51,250 | £51,250 | £50,000 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £67,500 | £68,741 | £65,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -1.81% | +5.76% | -3.70% |
| 75th Percentile | £87,500 | £87,500 | £85,000 |
| 90th Percentile | £100,000 | £115,000 | £110,000 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary | £60,000 | £58,750 | £57,500 |
| % change year-on-year | +2.13% | +2.17% | -4.17% |
SciPy Job Vacancy Trend
Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing SciPy relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised.
SciPy Salary Trend
Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing SciPy.
SciPy Salary Histogram
Salary distribution for jobs citing SciPy over the 6 months to 28 October 2026.
SciPy Top 6 Job Locations
The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing SciPy within the UK over the 6 months to 28 October 2026. 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 |
Job Ads Past 6 Months |
Median Salary Past 6 Months |
Median Salary % Change on Same Period Last Year |
Live Jobs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| England | -266 | 9 | £65,000 | -50.00% | 4 |
| London | -195 | 8 | £65,000 | -50.00% | 1 |
| Work from Home | -189 | 7 | £65,000 | -50.00% | 1 |
| UK excluding London | -141 | 1 | £60,000 | -15.49% | 3 |
| East Midlands | - | 1 | £60,000 | - | |
| Midlands | - | 1 | £60,000 | - |
SciPy Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities by Category
The table below expands on the one above by listing co-occurrences one category at a time. It covers the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences in each category.
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
| Rank | Skill | Share | Job Ads |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | NumPy | 100.0% | 9 |
| 1 | Pandas | 100.0% | 9 |
| 3 | scikit-learn | 44.4% | 4 |
| 4 | Keras | 22.2% | 2 |
| 4 | PyTorch | 22.2% | 2 |
| 4 | TensorFlow | 22.2% | 2 |
| 7 | LightGBM | 11.1% | 1 |
| 7 | Statsmodels | 11.1% | 1 |