Job Vacancy Trend Salary Trend Salary Histogram Job Locations Skill Sets
Period
to 2 August 2021

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for Statistical Modelling skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Statistical Modelling over the 6 months to 2 August 2021 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

Statistical Modelling
UK
6 months to
2 Aug 2021		 Same period 2020 Same period 2019
Rank 753 643 819
Rank change year-on-year -110 +176 -23
Permanent jobs citing Statistical Modelling 249 166 303
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.22% 0.24% 0.21%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.23% 0.26% 0.23%
Number of salaries quoted 147 133 219
10th Percentile £33,750 £31,500 £32,400
25th Percentile £46,250 £38,750 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £50,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +18.81% -8.18% -4.35%
75th Percentile £74,375 £71,250 £75,000
90th Percentile £88,750 £104,250 £88,688
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £42,500 £42,500
% change year-on-year +29.41% - -15.00%

Statistical Modelling 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 106,102 62,992 133,680
As % of all permanent IT jobs advertised in the UK 93.76% 92.77% 92.68%
Number of salaries quoted 72,296 50,993 106,655
10th Percentile £32,500 £32,500 £30,000
25th Percentile £42,222 £41,250 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year - +4.76% +5.00%
75th Percentile £75,000 £73,750 £70,000
90th Percentile £92,500 £90,000 £86,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £47,500 £45,000
% change year-on-year +5.26% +5.56% -

Statistical Modelling
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Statistical Modelling as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Statistical Modelling in the UK

Statistical Modelling
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Statistical Modelling.

Salary trend for Statistical Modelling in the UK

Statistical Modelling
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Statistical Modelling over the 6 months to 2 August 2021.

Salary histogram for Statistical Modelling in the UK

Statistical Modelling
Top 15 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Statistical Modelling within the UK over the 6 months to 2 August 2021. 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 -114 239 £60,000 +18.81% 31
London -85 129 £66,250 +10.42% 22
UK excluding London -98 112 £55,000 +29.41% 11
Work from Home -226 38 £58,497 +37.64% 2
South West -40 35 £55,000 +33.33% 3
Midlands -55 23 £52,500 +15.38%
South East -109 22 £58,497 +37.64% 4
North of England -72 18 £60,000 +80.45% 2
North West -35 16 £60,000 +71.43% 2
West Midlands -61 12 £52,500 +16.67%
East Midlands -40 11 £37,750 -17.93%
East of England -47 8 £24,500 -63.43%
Wales -20 4 £56,250 +32.35%
Yorkshire -63 2 - -
Scotland -67 2 £57,500 +15.00% 2

For the 6 months to 2 August 2021, IT jobs citing Statistical Modelling 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 Statistical Modelling.

1 151 (60.64%) Python
2 142 (57.03%) Machine Learning
3 134 (53.82%) Data Science
4 115 (46.18%) SQL
5 108 (43.37%) Analytics
6 106 (42.57%) Degree
7 99 (39.76%) Mathematics
8 86 (34.54%) Decision-Making
9 78 (31.33%) Visualisation
10 75 (30.12%) Algorithms
11 72 (28.92%) Social Skills
12 71 (28.51%) R
12 71 (28.51%) Computer Science
13 69 (27.71%) Statistics
13 69 (27.71%) Analytical Skills
14 67 (26.91%) Finance
15 63 (25.30%) Business Intelligence
16 59 (23.69%) Tableau
17 58 (23.29%) Power BI
17 58 (23.29%) Power Platform
18 56 (22.49%) Artificial Intelligence
19 52 (20.88%) Presentation Skills
20 48 (19.28%) Data Analysis
21 46 (18.47%) Deep Learning
22 45 (18.07%) AWS
22 45 (18.07%) Data Modelling
22 45 (18.07%) TensorFlow
23 43 (17.27%) Big Data
23 43 (17.27%) Natural Language Processing
24 40 (16.06%) Neural Network

Statistical Modelling
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:

Application Platforms
1 31 (12.45%) Apache Spark
2 25 (10.04%) SAS
3 14 (5.62%) Apache
4 6 (2.41%) Elasticsearch
5 3 (1.20%) Apache Airflow
6 2 (0.80%) Apache Pig
6 2 (0.80%) Jupyter
Applications
1 39 (15.66%) Microsoft Excel
2 22 (8.84%) Simulink
2 22 (8.84%) Stateflow
3 19 (7.63%) Spreadsheet
4 15 (6.02%) MS Visio
5 9 (3.61%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 6 (2.41%) SPSS
7 5 (2.01%) Microsoft Project
8 2 (0.80%) Microsoft Office
9 1 (0.40%) EViews
Business Applications
1 4 (1.61%) Summit
Cloud Services
1 58 (23.29%) Power Platform
2 45 (18.07%) AWS
3 29 (11.65%) GCP
4 25 (10.04%) Azure
5 8 (3.21%) Google Analytics
6 6 (2.41%) Power Automate
6 6 (2.41%) PowerApps
7 5 (2.01%) Firebase
7 5 (2.01%) Google Data Studio
8 2 (0.80%) Amazon ECS
8 2 (0.80%) Amazon EKS
8 2 (0.80%) Cloud Computing
8 2 (0.80%) Stackdriver
9 1 (0.40%) Amazon S3
9 1 (0.40%) AWS Fargate
9 1 (0.40%) AWS Lambda
9 1 (0.40%) GitHub
9 1 (0.40%) Google Compute Engine
9 1 (0.40%) Serverless
9 1 (0.40%) Snowflake
Database & Business Intelligence
1 59 (23.69%) Tableau
2 58 (23.29%) Power BI
3 43 (17.27%) Big Data
4 26 (10.44%) Data Mining
5 12 (4.82%) BigQuery
5 12 (4.82%) Looker
6 11 (4.42%) Data Warehouse
6 11 (4.42%) QlikView
7 10 (4.02%) Geospatial Data
7 10 (4.02%) NoSQL
7 10 (4.02%) SQL Server
8 8 (3.21%) Hadoop
8 8 (3.21%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 7 (2.81%) Amazon Redshift
9 7 (2.81%) MySQL
10 5 (2.01%) BusinessObjects
11 3 (1.20%) Amazon QuickSight
11 3 (1.20%) Apache Cassandra
11 3 (1.20%) KDB
12 2 (0.80%) Data Lake
Development Applications
1 4 (1.61%) Git (software)
2 3 (1.20%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
3 2 (0.80%) Jenkins
General
1 72 (28.92%) Social Skills
2 69 (27.71%) Analytical Skills
3 67 (26.91%) Finance
4 52 (20.88%) Presentation Skills
5 38 (15.26%) Games
6 22 (8.84%) Marketing
7 9 (3.61%) Pharmaceutical
8 8 (3.21%) Influencing Skills
9 7 (2.81%) Advertising
9 7 (2.81%) Banking
9 7 (2.81%) Law
10 4 (1.61%) Retail
10 4 (1.61%) Telecoms
11 2 (0.80%) Financial Institution
11 2 (0.80%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 2 (0.80%) Organisational Skills
11 2 (0.80%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 76 (30.52%) Data Scientist
2 55 (22.09%) Analyst
3 25 (10.04%) Data Analyst
4 22 (8.84%) Systems Engineer
5 19 (7.63%) Data Engineer
5 19 (7.63%) Machine Learning Scientist
6 16 (6.43%) Senior Analyst
6 16 (6.43%) Senior Data Scientist
7 12 (4.82%) Developer
8 11 (4.42%) Data Manager
8 11 (4.42%) Programmer
8 11 (4.42%) Senior Data Engineer
8 11 (4.42%) Statistical Programmer
9 10 (4.02%) Analytics Manager
9 10 (4.02%) Data Analytics Manager
10 8 (3.21%) Insight Analyst
10 8 (3.21%) SAS Programmer
10 8 (3.21%) SAS Statistical Programmer
11 7 (2.81%) Machine Learning Engineer
11 7 (2.81%) SQL Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 45 (18.07%) TensorFlow
2 38 (15.26%) PyTorch
3 14 (5.62%) Pandas
4 13 (5.22%) Keras
5 12 (4.82%) scikit-learn
6 8 (3.21%) NumPy
7 7 (2.81%) Node.js
7 7 (2.81%) SciPy
8 6 (2.41%) MXNet
9 5 (2.01%) Caffe
9 5 (2.01%) MDX
9 5 (2.01%) Theano
9 5 (2.01%) Torch
9 5 (2.01%) Web Services
10 4 (1.61%) React
11 2 (0.80%) .NET
11 2 (0.80%) PySpark
12 1 (0.40%) GraphQL
12 1 (0.40%) Next.js
12 1 (0.40%) SpaCy
Miscellaneous
1 75 (30.12%) Algorithms
2 22 (8.84%) Robotics
3 11 (4.42%) FMCG
4 8 (3.21%) Data Structures
4 8 (3.21%) Management Information System
5 7 (2.81%) Enterprise Software
5 7 (2.81%) User Experience
5 7 (2.81%) Wiki
6 6 (2.41%) Data Protection Act
6 6 (2.41%) Mobile Games
7 5 (2.01%) Credit Risk
7 5 (2.01%) Housing Association
8 4 (1.61%) Driving Licence
8 4 (1.61%) Self-Motivation
9 3 (1.20%) mHealth
9 3 (1.20%) Smartphone
9 3 (1.20%) Virtual Team
10 2 (0.80%) Data Centre
11 1 (0.40%) Greenfield Project
11 1 (0.40%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 3 (1.20%) Linux
2 2 (0.80%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 142 (57.03%) Machine Learning
2 134 (53.82%) Data Science
3 108 (43.37%) Analytics
4 99 (39.76%) Mathematics
5 86 (34.54%) Decision-Making
6 78 (31.33%) Visualisation
7 71 (28.51%) Computer Science
8 69 (27.71%) Statistics
9 63 (25.30%) Business Intelligence
10 56 (22.49%) Artificial Intelligence
11 48 (19.28%) Data Analysis
12 46 (18.47%) Deep Learning
13 45 (18.07%) Data Modelling
14 43 (17.27%) Natural Language Processing
15 40 (16.06%) Model Validation
15 40 (16.06%) Neural Network
15 40 (16.06%) Validation
16 38 (15.26%) Data Visualisation
16 38 (15.26%) Predictive Modelling
17 36 (14.46%) Statistical Analysis
Programming Languages
1 151 (60.64%) Python
2 115 (46.18%) SQL
3 71 (28.51%) R
4 37 (14.86%) MATLAB
5 22 (8.84%) C++
6 19 (7.63%) Java
7 18 (7.23%) VBA
8 12 (4.82%) T-SQL
9 11 (4.42%) Data Analysis Expressions (DAX)
10 9 (3.61%) C
11 5 (2.01%) C#
11 5 (2.01%) Scala
12 4 (1.61%) JavaScript
13 3 (1.20%) Go
14 2 (0.80%) Bash Shell
14 2 (0.80%) F#
14 2 (0.80%) Perl
14 2 (0.80%) PL/SQL
14 2 (0.80%) Ruby
15 1 (0.40%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 106 (42.57%) Degree
2 36 (14.46%) PhD
3 13 (5.22%) Computer Science Degree
4 10 (4.02%) Master's Degree
4 10 (4.02%) Numerate Degree
5 4 (1.61%) DBS Check
6 3 (1.20%) DV Cleared
6 3 (1.20%) SC Cleared
6 3 (1.20%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 29 (11.65%) Data Quality
2 14 (5.62%) Good Clinical Practice
3 11 (4.42%) CDISC
4 5 (2.01%) QA
5 1 (0.40%) PMO
System Software
1 9 (3.61%) Docker
Systems Management
1 10 (4.02%) Kubernetes
2 3 (1.20%) Terraform
3 2 (0.80%) Ansible
Vendors
1 25 (10.04%) Microsoft
2 22 (8.84%) OpenAI
3 20 (8.03%) Databricks
4 14 (5.62%) Google
5 7 (2.81%) Dell
6 5 (2.01%) ESRI
6 5 (2.01%) Instagram
7 4 (1.61%) Algorithmics
7 4 (1.61%) Alteryx
8 3 (1.20%) SAP
9 2 (0.80%) Cloudera
9 2 (0.80%) MicroStrategy
10 1 (0.40%) Avaya
10 1 (0.40%) Oracle