Data Scientist Jobs in Bristol

Data Scientist
South West > Bristol

The median Data Scientist salary in Bristol is £65,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 2 June 2024.

The first table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
2 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 136 139 172
Rank change year-on-year +3 +33 -3
Permanent jobs requiring a Data Scientist 32 27 29
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Bristol 0.96% 1.08% 0.84%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.99% 1.16% 0.87%
Number of salaries quoted 30 26 21
10th Percentile £46,306 £43,125 -
25th Percentile £52,500 £46,563 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £55,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +18.18% -4.35% +21.05%
75th Percentile £80,938 £67,500 £67,500
90th Percentile £85,000 £72,647 £80,000
South West median annual salary £65,000 £54,882 £55,000
% change year-on-year +18.44% -0.21% +15.79%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Bristol

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in Bristol. 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 Bristol with a recognized job title 3,246 2,318 3,351
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 97.10% 92.57% 97.64%
Number of salaries quoted 2,414 1,464 2,171
10th Percentile £31,250 £32,500 £31,250
25th Percentile £42,500 £42,740 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £57,905 £53,325
Median % change year-on-year -5.02% +8.59% +12.26%
75th Percentile £70,250 £73,600 £73,750
90th Percentile £85,000 £86,250 £85,000
South West median annual salary £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% +11.11%

Data Scientist
Job Vacancy Trend in Bristol

Job postings that featured Data Scientist in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Bristol.

Job vacancy trend for Data Scientist in Bristol

Data Scientist
Salary Trend in Bristol

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

Salary trend for Data Scientist in Bristol

Data Scientist
Salary Histogram in Bristol

Salary distribution for jobs citing Data Scientist in Bristol over the 6 months to 2 June 2024.

Salary histogram for Data Scientist in Bristol

Data Scientist Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Bristol

For the 6 months to 2 June 2024, Data Scientist job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the Bristol region featuring Data Scientist in the job title.

1 32 (100.00%) Python
2 31 (96.88%) Data Science
3 27 (84.38%) Machine Learning
4 26 (81.25%) SQL
5 24 (75.00%) Agile
6 18 (56.25%) Data Analysis
6 18 (56.25%) Degree
6 18 (56.25%) Social Skills
7 17 (53.13%) Pandas
7 17 (53.13%) Natural Language Processing
8 16 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
9 14 (43.75%) Cybersecurity
10 13 (40.63%) Analytics
10 13 (40.63%) Computer Science
11 12 (37.50%) Reinsurance
11 12 (37.50%) Databricks
12 11 (34.38%) Statistics
13 10 (31.25%) PySpark
13 10 (31.25%) Computer Science Degree
13 10 (31.25%) Data Pipeline
14 9 (28.13%) Big Data
14 9 (28.13%) Statistical Modelling
14 9 (28.13%) Risk Assessment
15 8 (25.00%) PhD
15 8 (25.00%) Risk Management
15 8 (25.00%) Finance
15 8 (25.00%) Master's Degree
15 8 (25.00%) Analytical Skills
16 7 (21.88%) Mathematics
16 7 (21.88%) Deep Learning

Data Scientist Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Bristol 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 5 (15.63%) Apache
1 5 (15.63%) Apache Airflow
1 5 (15.63%) Luigi
Cloud Services
1 6 (18.75%) GCP
2 5 (15.63%) Snowflake
3 3 (9.38%) Power Platform
4 2 (6.25%) AWS
4 2 (6.25%) Azure
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (28.13%) Big Data
2 5 (15.63%) Bigtable
2 5 (15.63%) CouchDB
2 5 (15.63%) Elasticsearch
2 5 (15.63%) PostgreSQL
2 5 (15.63%) Redis
2 5 (15.63%) RethinkDB
3 3 (9.38%) Power BI
3 3 (9.38%) Tableau
4 1 (3.13%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 7 (21.88%) Git
General
1 18 (56.25%) Social Skills
2 8 (25.00%) Analytical Skills
2 8 (25.00%) Finance
3 6 (18.75%) Banking
4 4 (12.50%) Pharmaceutical
5 1 (3.13%) Presentation Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 17 (53.13%) Pandas
2 10 (31.25%) PySpark
3 5 (15.63%) Keras
3 5 (15.63%) NumPy
3 5 (15.63%) PyTorch
3 5 (15.63%) scikit-learn
3 5 (15.63%) SpaCy
3 5 (15.63%) SQLAlchemy
3 5 (15.63%) Statsmodels
3 5 (15.63%) TensorFlow
4 4 (12.50%) XGBoost
5 1 (3.13%) Django
5 1 (3.13%) Flask
Miscellaneous
1 12 (37.50%) Reinsurance
2 6 (18.75%) Data Structures
3 5 (15.63%) Algorithms
3 5 (15.63%) Team-Oriented Environment
4 1 (3.13%) Analytical Mindset
Processes & Methodologies
1 31 (96.88%) Data Science
2 27 (84.38%) Machine Learning
3 24 (75.00%) Agile
4 18 (56.25%) Data Analysis
5 17 (53.13%) Natural Language Processing
6 16 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
7 14 (43.75%) Cybersecurity
8 13 (40.63%) Analytics
8 13 (40.63%) Computer Science
9 11 (34.38%) Statistics
10 10 (31.25%) Data Pipeline
11 9 (28.13%) Risk Assessment
11 9 (28.13%) Statistical Modelling
12 8 (25.00%) Risk Management
13 7 (21.88%) Deep Learning
13 7 (21.88%) Mathematics
14 6 (18.75%) Data Ingestion
14 6 (18.75%) Decision Tree
14 6 (18.75%) Random Forest
14 6 (18.75%) Stochastic Modelling
Programming Languages
1 32 (100.00%) Python
2 26 (81.25%) SQL
3 7 (21.88%) R
Qualifications
1 18 (56.25%) Degree
2 10 (31.25%) Computer Science Degree
3 8 (25.00%) Master's Degree
3 8 (25.00%) PhD
4 2 (6.25%) Numerate Degree
4 2 (6.25%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (21.88%) Data Quality
2 1 (3.13%) QA
Vendors
1 12 (37.50%) Databricks
2 5 (15.63%) Dataiku
2 5 (15.63%) Google
3 1 (3.13%) Oracle