SciPy
UK

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs requiring SciPy skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 27 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
27 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 727 489 612
Rank change year-on-year -238 +123 +249
Permanent jobs citing SciPy 9 161 286
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.010% 0.38% 0.29%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 0.097% 1.96% 1.39%
Number of salaries quoted 7 138 278
10th Percentile - £94,500 £85,000
25th Percentile £45,000 £100,000 £107,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £110,000 £135,000
Median % change year-on-year -54.55% -18.52% +28.57%
75th Percentile £57,500 £137,500 £148,750
90th Percentile £72,000 £137,875 £165,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 - £80,001
% change year-on-year - - +45.46%

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 requiring technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills 9,252 8,222 20,545
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 9.95% 19.34% 20.71%
Number of salaries quoted 6,849 5,534 15,839
10th Percentile £40,000 £38,750 £36,250
25th Percentile £50,000 £51,250 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £66,253 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -1.89% +10.42% -11.11%
75th Percentile £85,000 £87,500 £78,750
90th Percentile £100,000 £112,500 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year - +9.09% -4.35%

SciPy
Job Vacancy Trend

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing SciPy relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised.

SciPy job vacancy trend in the UK

SciPy
Salary Trend

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing SciPy.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing SciPy

SciPy
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing SciPy over the 6 months to 27 May 2026.

Salary histogram for SciPy in the UK

SciPy
Top 10 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 27 May 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
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Work from Home -101 8 £50,000 -54.55% 4
England -209 8 £50,000 -54.55% 10
UK excluding London -52 7 £50,000 - 5
East of England -25 2 £80,000 - 1
Midlands - 2 £55,000 - 2
South East - 2 £50,000 - 1
London -172 1 £50,000 -54.55% 5
East Midlands - 1 £60,000 - 2
South West - 1 £50,000 - 1
West Midlands - 1 £50,000 -

SciPy
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 5 (55.56%) Apache Airflow
Applications
1 1 (11.11%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (11.11%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (11.11%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 5 (55.56%) Prefect
2 1 (11.11%) AWS
2 1 (11.11%) Azure
2 1 (11.11%) GCP
2 1 (11.11%) GitHub
2 1 (11.11%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 1 (11.11%) LTE
1 1 (11.11%) Software-Defined Radio
1 1 (11.11%) Wi-Fi
1 1 (11.11%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (11.11%) Geospatial Data
1 1 (11.11%) GIS
1 1 (11.11%) QGIS
1 1 (11.11%) Relational Database
1 1 (11.11%) Spatial Data
Development Applications
1 7 (77.78%) Git
General
1 2 (22.22%) Social Skills
2 1 (11.11%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (11.11%) French Language
2 1 (11.11%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 5 (55.56%) Developer
1 5 (55.56%) Python Developer
2 2 (22.22%) Data Scientist
3 1 (11.11%) Analyst
3 1 (11.11%) Data Analyst
3 1 (11.11%) Data Engineer
3 1 (11.11%) Geospatial Analyst
3 1 (11.11%) Machine Learning Engineer
3 1 (11.11%) Research Engineer
3 1 (11.11%) Research Scientist
3 1 (11.11%) RF Engineer
3 1 (11.11%) Senior
3 1 (11.11%) Senior Data Engineer
3 1 (11.11%) Senior Data Scientist
3 1 (11.11%) Senior RF Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (88.89%) NumPy
1 8 (88.89%) PyTorch
2 7 (77.78%) Pandas
3 6 (66.67%) OpenCV
3 6 (66.67%) TensorFlow
4 5 (55.56%) Google JAX
4 5 (55.56%) JAX
5 2 (22.22%) scikit-learn
6 1 (11.11%) Flask
6 1 (11.11%) Keras
6 1 (11.11%) LightGBM
6 1 (11.11%) Matplotlib
6 1 (11.11%) ZeroMQ
Miscellaneous
1 7 (77.78%) Algorithms
2 1 (11.11%) FPGA
Operating Systems
1 5 (55.56%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (77.78%) Deep Learning
2 6 (66.67%) Computer Vision
2 6 (66.67%) Signal Processing
3 5 (55.56%) Data Pipeline
3 5 (55.56%) Software Engineering
4 3 (33.33%) Machine Learning
4 3 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
5 2 (22.22%) AI
5 2 (22.22%) Analytics
5 2 (22.22%) Data Analysis
5 2 (22.22%) Data Collection
5 2 (22.22%) Data Science
5 2 (22.22%) Open Source
6 1 (11.11%) Batch Processing
6 1 (11.11%) CI/CD
6 1 (11.11%) Decision-Making
6 1 (11.11%) Digital Signal Processing
6 1 (11.11%) Impact Assessments
6 1 (11.11%) LLM
6 1 (11.11%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 9 (100.00%) Python
2 2 (22.22%) R
2 2 (22.22%) SQL
3 1 (11.11%) C++
Qualifications
1 7 (77.78%) Degree
2 1 (11.11%) Master's Degree
2 1 (11.11%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (11.11%) Data Quality
System Software
1 6 (66.67%) Docker
Vendors
1 5 (55.56%) Databricks
2 1 (11.11%) Google
2 1 (11.11%) Microsoft