Data Science Jobs in the South East

Data Science
England > South East

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the South East with a requirement for Data Science skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Data Science over the 6 months to 5 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
5 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 118 165 115
Rank change year-on-year +47 -50 +62
Permanent jobs citing Data Science 396 301 604
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 2.37% 2.02% 3.04%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.80% 2.14% 3.22%
Number of salaries quoted 137 190 239
10th Percentile - £38,175 £32,500
25th Percentile £43,750 £47,500 £43,875
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £67,500 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -11.11% +3.85% +8.33%
75th Percentile £85,000 £91,250 £82,500
90th Percentile £95,000 £105,000 £100,000
England median annual salary £65,000 £70,000 £72,500
% change year-on-year -7.14% -3.45% +11.54%

All Process and Methodology Skills
South East

Data Science 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 advertised in the South East with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 14,143 14,089 18,784
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 84.72% 94.51% 94.40%
Number of salaries quoted 9,926 8,168 12,068
10th Percentile £27,500 £30,500 £31,250
25th Percentile £36,250 £41,250 £41,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% - +10.00%
75th Percentile £65,000 £72,500 £70,000
90th Percentile £77,500 £85,000 £82,500
England median annual salary £55,000 £62,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.00% +4.17% +9.09%

Data Science
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

Job postings citing Data Science as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the South East.

Job vacancy trend for Data Science in the South East

Data Science
Salary Trend in the South East

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Data Science in the South East.

Salary trend for Data Science in the South East

Data Science
Salary Histogram in the South East

Salary distribution for jobs citing Data Science in the South East over the 6 months to 5 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Data Science in the South East

Data Science
Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Data Science within the South East region over the 6 months to 5 May 2024. 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
Thames Valley +47 222 £65,000 - 42
Buckinghamshire +70 171 £65,000 +33.51% 8
Hampshire +31 104 £60,000 - 13
Surrey -22 34 £50,000 -28.57% 18
Berkshire -57 26 £65,000 - 22
Oxfordshire +34 25 £66,250 -28.38% 12
East Sussex +31 20 £52,500 +10.53% 2
Kent +3 12 £47,500 - 1
West Sussex +30 3 £50,000 +38.89% 1
Sussex - 1 £46,000 -
Data Science
England

Data Science
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East 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 19 (4.80%) SAS
2 4 (1.01%) nginx
3 2 (0.51%) Apache Spark
4 1 (0.25%) SharePoint
Applications
1 16 (4.04%) Microsoft Office
2 11 (2.78%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (0.51%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.25%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 2 (0.51%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (0.25%) SAP MDM
Cloud Services
1 108 (27.27%) Azure
2 58 (14.65%) Power Platform
3 42 (10.61%) Azure DevOps
4 40 (10.10%) IBM Cloud
5 34 (8.59%) Snowflake
6 29 (7.32%) GCP
7 22 (5.56%) Serverless
8 21 (5.30%) Matillion
9 14 (3.54%) AWS
10 7 (1.77%) Amazon S3
11 5 (1.26%) Azure Data Factory
12 4 (1.01%) Amazon EC2
12 4 (1.01%) Amazon ELB
12 4 (1.01%) AWS Lambda
12 4 (1.01%) GitHub
12 4 (1.01%) GitHub Actions
12 4 (1.01%) Virtual Private Cloud
13 3 (0.76%) Microsoft 365
13 3 (0.76%) SaaS
14 2 (0.51%) Amazon EMR
Communications & Networking
1 4 (1.01%) MQTT
1 4 (1.01%) Reverse Proxy
1 4 (1.01%) VPN
2 2 (0.51%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 58 (14.65%) Power BI
2 39 (9.85%) SQL Server
3 38 (9.60%) Data Warehouse
4 31 (7.83%) Data Lake
5 28 (7.07%) BigQuery
6 25 (6.31%) Looker
6 25 (6.31%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 22 (5.56%) Metadata
8 13 (3.28%) Tableau
9 11 (2.78%) Big Data
10 9 (2.27%) Relational Database
11 8 (2.02%) MySQL
12 7 (1.77%) NoSQL
12 7 (1.77%) PostgreSQL
13 6 (1.52%) Amazon Redshift
14 5 (1.26%) Amazon RDS
15 4 (1.01%) Data Mining
16 3 (0.76%) Amazon Aurora
16 3 (0.76%) Impala
17 2 (0.51%) Geospatial Data
Development Applications
1 11 (2.78%) Git
2 2 (0.51%) ERwin
3 1 (0.25%) JIRA
3 1 (0.25%) Maven
3 1 (0.25%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 137 (34.60%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 72 (18.18%) Public Sector
2 72 (18.18%) Social Skills
3 67 (16.92%) Finance
4 66 (16.67%) Analytical Skills
5 43 (10.86%) Retail
6 35 (8.84%) Military
7 14 (3.54%) Presentation Skills
8 11 (2.78%) Marketing
9 10 (2.53%) Korean Language
10 8 (2.02%) Billing
11 6 (1.52%) Legal
12 5 (1.26%) Aviation
12 5 (1.26%) Pharmaceutical
12 5 (1.26%) Swedish Language
13 4 (1.01%) Wearables
14 3 (0.76%) Games
14 3 (0.76%) Manufacturing
14 3 (0.76%) Organisational Skills
15 2 (0.51%) Banking
Job Titles
1 125 (31.57%) Data Scientist
2 67 (16.92%) Data Engineer
3 49 (12.37%) Senior
4 29 (7.32%) Architect
4 29 (7.32%) Data Architect
5 28 (7.07%) Consultant
6 25 (6.31%) Lead
7 24 (6.06%) Platform Engineer
7 24 (6.06%) Principal Data Engineer
7 24 (6.06%) Principal Engineer
8 23 (5.81%) Security Engineer
8 23 (5.81%) Software Engineer
9 22 (5.56%) Developer
10 21 (5.30%) Business Intelligence Consultant
11 19 (4.80%) Python Engineer
12 18 (4.55%) Cybersecurity Engineer
12 18 (4.55%) Python Software Engineer
13 14 (3.54%) Senior Software Engineer
14 12 (3.03%) Analyst
15 10 (2.53%) Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (2.53%) EDI
2 8 (2.02%) XML
3 5 (1.26%) CSS
3 5 (1.26%) HTML
3 5 (1.26%) NumPy
3 5 (1.26%) Pandas
3 5 (1.26%) RESTful
4 4 (1.01%) GraphQL
4 4 (1.01%) gRPC
4 4 (1.01%) Knex.js
4 4 (1.01%) LEMP Stack
4 4 (1.01%) Node.js
4 4 (1.01%) React
4 4 (1.01%) React Native
4 4 (1.01%) Sequelize
5 3 (0.76%) Matplotlib
6 2 (0.51%) Flask
6 2 (0.51%) scikit-learn
6 2 (0.51%) Seaborn
6 2 (0.51%) SpaCy
Miscellaneous
1 141 (35.61%) Algorithms
2 40 (10.10%) Blockchain
2 40 (10.10%) Distributed Systems
2 40 (10.10%) Hybrid Cloud
3 29 (7.32%) Self-Motivation
4 16 (4.04%) Data Structures
5 8 (2.02%) Life Science
6 7 (1.77%) Biopharmaceutical
7 6 (1.52%) IoT
7 6 (1.52%) Product Ownership
8 5 (1.26%) Mobile App
8 5 (1.26%) Robotics
9 4 (1.01%) Cloud Native
9 4 (1.01%) Industry 4.0
9 4 (1.01%) PMI
9 4 (1.01%) Pricing Data
10 3 (0.76%) Smart Meter
11 2 (0.51%) Cyber Threat
11 2 (0.51%) Digital Media
11 2 (0.51%) Renewable Energy
Operating Systems
1 64 (16.16%) Linux
2 40 (10.10%) Alpine Linux
2 40 (10.10%) CentOS
2 40 (10.10%) Debian
3 19 (4.80%) Windows
4 1 (0.25%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 194 (48.99%) Problem-Solving
2 165 (41.67%) Mentoring
3 150 (37.88%) Mathematics
4 145 (36.62%) Coaching
5 141 (35.61%) Decision-Making
6 140 (35.35%) Computer Science
7 135 (34.09%) Data Analysis
8 134 (33.84%) Cybersecurity
8 134 (33.84%) Red Team
9 126 (31.82%) Artificial Intelligence
10 120 (30.30%) Machine Learning
11 116 (29.29%) Analytics
12 103 (26.01%) Statistical Modelling
13 102 (25.76%) Digital Forensics
14 79 (19.95%) DevOps
15 78 (19.70%) Data Modelling
16 76 (19.19%) Business Intelligence
17 70 (17.68%) Data Engineering
18 60 (15.15%) Agile
19 56 (14.14%) Data Pipeline
Programming Languages
1 84 (21.21%) Python
2 72 (18.18%) SQL
3 30 (7.58%) R
4 26 (6.57%) C#
5 23 (5.81%) JavaScript
6 21 (5.30%) C++
6 21 (5.30%) T-SQL
7 18 (4.55%) Java
8 15 (3.79%) C
8 15 (3.79%) Haskell
9 6 (1.52%) Bash
10 4 (1.01%) JSX
10 4 (1.01%) TypeScript
11 1 (0.25%) Data Analysis Expressions
11 1 (0.25%) Scala
Qualifications
1 210 (53.03%) Degree
2 40 (10.10%) Azure Certification
2 40 (10.10%) MCSA
2 40 (10.10%) MCSE
2 40 (10.10%) Microsoft Certification
3 30 (7.58%) Master's Degree
4 23 (5.81%) PhD
5 18 (4.55%) Computer Science Degree
6 9 (2.27%) Numerate Degree
7 7 (1.77%) Security Cleared
8 4 (1.01%) DV Cleared
8 4 (1.01%) PMI Certification
9 3 (0.76%) SC Cleared
10 2 (0.51%) MBA
11 1 (0.25%) AWS Certification
11 1 (0.25%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 58 (14.65%) GDPR
2 49 (12.37%) Data Quality
3 8 (2.02%) Accessibility
4 7 (1.77%) CDISC
5 2 (0.51%) QA
6 1 (0.25%) Good Clinical Practice
6 1 (0.25%) HIPAA
System Software
1 55 (13.89%) Docker
2 2 (0.51%) HDFS
Systems Management
1 51 (12.88%) Kubernetes
2 40 (10.10%) Terraform
3 5 (1.26%) SELinux
Vendors
1 46 (11.62%) Microsoft
2 40 (10.10%) IBM
2 40 (10.10%) Red Hat
3 25 (6.31%) Databricks
4 24 (6.06%) Google
5 10 (2.53%) Salesforce
6 7 (1.77%) SAP
7 6 (1.52%) iManage
8 5 (1.26%) Talend
9 4 (1.01%) Alteryx
10 3 (0.76%) Cloudera
10 3 (0.76%) Informatica
11 2 (0.51%) Oracle
12 1 (0.25%) Ab Initio
12 1 (0.25%) Ariba
12 1 (0.25%) Mapbox
12 1 (0.25%) Vertica