Data Scientist Job Trends in Yorkshire

Data Scientist
England > Yorkshire

The median Data Scientist salary in Yorkshire is £55,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 23 October 2025.

The table below compares current salary benchmarking and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
23 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 160 145 181
Rank change year-on-year -15 +36 +73
Permanent jobs requiring a Data Scientist 1 26 19
As % of all permanent jobs in Yorkshire 0.030% 0.60% 0.55%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.035% 0.63% 0.57%
Number of salaries quoted 1 5 10
10th Percentile - £57,558 £66,721
25th Percentile £52,500 £57,646 £68,718
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £62,879 £70,576
Median % change year-on-year -12.53% -10.91% +12.92%
75th Percentile £57,500 £68,113 £96,539
90th Percentile - - -
England median annual salary £70,000 £62,879 £67,500
% change year-on-year +11.32% -6.85% +3.85%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Yorkshire

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Yorkshire. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of permanent jobs in our overall sample.

Permanent vacancies in Yorkshire with a recognized job title 2,881 4,114 3,337
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 85.97% 94.77% 97.29%
Number of salaries quoted 1,550 2,029 2,488
10th Percentile £26,000 £28,750 £29,000
25th Percentile £30,500 £40,000 £37,851
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £50,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% -4.76% -
75th Percentile £65,000 £66,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £79,100 £80,000 £82,548
England median annual salary £54,000 £57,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -6.09% -4.17% -

Data Scientist
Job Vacancy Trend in Yorkshire

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring 'Data Scientist' in the job title relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Yorkshire.

Data Scientist job vacancy trend in Yorkshire

Data Scientist
Salary Trend in Yorkshire

Salary distribution trend for Data Scientist job vacancies in Yorkshire.

Salary distribution trend for Data Scientist job vacancies in Yorkshire

Data Scientist
Job Locations in Yorkshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Data Scientist within the Yorkshire region over the 6 months to 23 October 2025. 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
North Yorkshire - 1 £55,000 - 1
Data Scientist
England

Data Scientist Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Yorkshire

For the 6 months to 23 October 2025, Data Scientist job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the Yorkshire region featuring Data Scientist in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Actionable Insight
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) Analytics
1 1 (100.00%) API Development
1 1 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 1 (100.00%) Data Analysis
1 1 (100.00%) Data Mining
1 1 (100.00%) Data Science
1 1 (100.00%) Decision-Making
1 1 (100.00%) DevOps
1 1 (100.00%) E-Commerce
1 1 (100.00%) Exploratory Data Analysis
1 1 (100.00%) Machine Learning
1 1 (100.00%) Mathematics
1 1 (100.00%) Minimum Viable Product
1 1 (100.00%) MLOps
1 1 (100.00%) Neural Network
1 1 (100.00%) Pandas
1 1 (100.00%) Physics
1 1 (100.00%) Postgraduate
1 1 (100.00%) Predictive Modelling
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) pytest
1 1 (100.00%) Python
1 1 (100.00%) scikit-learn
1 1 (100.00%) Software Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) SQL
1 1 (100.00%) Statistical Modelling
1 1 (100.00%) Statistics
1 1 (100.00%) TDD

Data Scientist Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Yorkshire 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:

Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Data Mining
General
1 1 (100.00%) Finance
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) Pandas
1 1 (100.00%) pytest
1 1 (100.00%) scikit-learn
1 1 (100.00%) TensorFlow
1 1 (100.00%) XGBoost
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Actionable Insight
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) Analytics
1 1 (100.00%) API Development
1 1 (100.00%) Data Analysis
1 1 (100.00%) Data Science
1 1 (100.00%) Decision-Making
1 1 (100.00%) DevOps
1 1 (100.00%) E-Commerce
1 1 (100.00%) Exploratory Data Analysis
1 1 (100.00%) Machine Learning
1 1 (100.00%) Mathematics
1 1 (100.00%) Minimum Viable Product
1 1 (100.00%) Neural Network
1 1 (100.00%) Physics
1 1 (100.00%) Predictive Modelling
1 1 (100.00%) Software Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) Statistical Modelling
1 1 (100.00%) Statistics
1 1 (100.00%) TDD
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) Python
1 1 (100.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) Postgraduate