Data Science Job Trends in Newcastle upon Tyne

Data Science
Tyne and Wear > Newcastle upon Tyne

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Newcastle upon Tyne requiring Data Science skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 2 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 59 45 60
Rank change year-on-year -14 +15 -8
Permanent jobs citing Data Science 2 17 12
As % of all permanent jobs in Newcastle upon Tyne 0.30% 3.22% 1.69%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.39% 3.53% 1.92%
Number of salaries quoted 2 5 10
10th Percentile - - £40,800
25th Percentile £58,750 £37,789 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £50,000 £51,250
Median % change year-on-year +25.00% -2.44% +14.74%
75th Percentile £66,250 £115,000 £57,500
90th Percentile - - £59,490
Tyne and Wear median annual salary £62,500 £50,000 £51,250
% change year-on-year +25.00% -2.44% +14.74%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Newcastle upon Tyne

Data Science falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in Newcastle upon Tyne.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 510 482 624
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Newcastle upon Tyne 76.23% 91.29% 87.76%
Number of salaries quoted 400 198 552
10th Percentile £28,250 £31,101 £31,250
25th Percentile £35,000 £41,053 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,750 £55,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -7.73% +10.00% -9.09%
75th Percentile £70,000 £72,708 £66,165
90th Percentile £85,000 £95,000 £80,000
Tyne and Wear median annual salary £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% -9.09%

Data Science
Job Vacancy Trend in Newcastle upon Tyne

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Data Science relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Newcastle upon Tyne.

Data Science job vacancy trend in Newcastle upon Tyne

Data Science
Salary Trend in Newcastle upon Tyne

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Newcastle upon Tyne citing Data Science.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Newcastle upon Tyne citing Data Science

Data Science
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Newcastle upon Tyne 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:

General
1 2 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) Data Scientist
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) AI
1 2 (100.00%) Dashboard Development
1 2 (100.00%) Decision-Making
1 2 (100.00%) E-Commerce
1 2 (100.00%) LLM
1 2 (100.00%) Machine Learning
1 2 (100.00%) Predictive Modelling
1 2 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 2 (100.00%) Statistical Analysis
1 2 (100.00%) Statistical Modelling
1 2 (100.00%) Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 2 (100.00%) Python
1 2 (100.00%) SQL