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 19 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
19 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 118 157 106
Rank change year-on-year +39 -51 +73
Permanent jobs citing Data Science 393 301 626
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 2.33% 2.10% 3.13%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.76% 2.22% 3.31%
Number of salaries quoted 127 187 236
10th Percentile £43,250 £39,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £43,750 £47,500 £44,357
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 £92,500 £82,500
90th Percentile £95,000 £105,000 £100,000
England median annual salary £65,000 £71,500 £72,500
% change year-on-year -9.09% -1.38% +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 14,220 13,554 18,887
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 84.27% 94.51% 94.46%
Number of salaries quoted 9,861 7,915 11,840
10th Percentile £27,500 £30,500 £31,250
25th Percentile £36,250 £41,250 £41,250
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 £86,250 £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 19 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 19 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 +59 222 £65,000 - 34
Buckinghamshire +69 165 £65,000 +33.51% 6
Hampshire +22 101 £60,000 +9.09% 11
Surrey -24 34 £50,000 -28.57% 9
Berkshire -47 34 £65,000 - 17
Oxfordshire +25 23 £60,000 -35.14% 11
East Sussex +31 20 £52,500 +10.53% 2
Kent +3 12 £47,500 -
West Sussex +20 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 (4.83%) SAS
2 4 (1.02%) nginx
3 2 (0.51%) Apache Spark
4 1 (0.25%) SharePoint
Applications
1 19 (4.83%) Microsoft Excel
2 16 (4.07%) Microsoft Office
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
1 102 (25.95%) Azure
2 56 (14.25%) Power Platform
3 40 (10.18%) Azure DevOps
3 40 (10.18%) IBM Cloud
4 31 (7.89%) Snowflake
5 29 (7.38%) GCP
6 19 (4.83%) Matillion
6 19 (4.83%) Serverless
7 13 (3.31%) AWS
8 7 (1.78%) Amazon S3
9 4 (1.02%) Amazon EC2
9 4 (1.02%) Amazon ELB
9 4 (1.02%) GitHub
9 4 (1.02%) GitHub Actions
9 4 (1.02%) Virtual Private Cloud
10 3 (0.76%) AWS Lambda
10 3 (0.76%) Azure Data Factory
10 3 (0.76%) Microsoft 365
10 3 (0.76%) SaaS
11 2 (0.51%) Amazon EMR
Communications & Networking
1 4 (1.02%) MQTT
1 4 (1.02%) Reverse Proxy
1 4 (1.02%) VPN
2 2 (0.51%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 56 (14.25%) Power BI
2 39 (9.92%) SQL Server
3 37 (9.41%) Data Warehouse
4 28 (7.12%) BigQuery
5 27 (6.87%) Data Lake
6 25 (6.36%) Looker
6 25 (6.36%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 20 (5.09%) Metadata
8 13 (3.31%) Tableau
9 11 (2.80%) Big Data
10 9 (2.29%) Relational Database
11 8 (2.04%) MySQL
12 7 (1.78%) NoSQL
12 7 (1.78%) PostgreSQL
13 5 (1.27%) Amazon RDS
13 5 (1.27%) Amazon Redshift
14 4 (1.02%) Data Mining
15 3 (0.76%) Impala
16 2 (0.51%) Amazon Aurora
16 2 (0.51%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 11 (2.80%) 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 (34.86%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 77 (19.59%) Social Skills
3 74 (18.83%) Finance
4 72 (18.32%) Public Sector
5 64 (16.28%) Analytical Skills
6 42 (10.69%) Retail
7 35 (8.91%) Military
8 22 (5.60%) Presentation Skills
9 10 (2.54%) Korean Language
10 9 (2.29%) Marketing
11 8 (2.04%) Billing
12 6 (1.53%) Legal
13 5 (1.27%) Aviation
13 5 (1.27%) Pharmaceutical
13 5 (1.27%) Swedish Language
14 4 (1.02%) Wearables
15 3 (0.76%) Manufacturing
15 3 (0.76%) Organisational Skills
16 2 (0.51%) Law
16 2 (0.51%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 124 (31.55%) Data Scientist
2 66 (16.79%) Data Engineer
3 54 (13.74%) Senior
4 34 (8.65%) Lead
5 28 (7.12%) Consultant
6 26 (6.62%) Architect
6 26 (6.62%) Data Architect
7 24 (6.11%) Platform Engineer
7 24 (6.11%) Principal Data Engineer
7 24 (6.11%) Principal Engineer
8 23 (5.85%) Security Engineer
8 23 (5.85%) Software Engineer
9 22 (5.60%) Developer
10 21 (5.34%) Business Intelligence Consultant
11 19 (4.83%) Python Engineer
12 18 (4.58%) Cybersecurity Engineer
12 18 (4.58%) Python Software Engineer
13 14 (3.56%) Senior Software Engineer
14 11 (2.80%) Analyst
15 10 (2.54%) Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (2.54%) EDI
2 8 (2.04%) XML
3 5 (1.27%) CSS
3 5 (1.27%) HTML
3 5 (1.27%) NumPy
3 5 (1.27%) Pandas
3 5 (1.27%) RESTful
4 4 (1.02%) GraphQL
4 4 (1.02%) gRPC
4 4 (1.02%) Knex.js
4 4 (1.02%) LEMP Stack
4 4 (1.02%) Node.js
4 4 (1.02%) React
4 4 (1.02%) React Native
4 4 (1.02%) Sequelize
5 3 (0.76%) Matplotlib
5 3 (0.76%) PyTorch
6 2 (0.51%) FastAPI
6 2 (0.51%) LangChain
6 2 (0.51%) SpaCy
Miscellaneous
1 142 (36.13%) Algorithms
2 40 (10.18%) Blockchain
2 40 (10.18%) Distributed Systems
2 40 (10.18%) Hybrid Cloud
3 29 (7.38%) Self-Motivation
4 16 (4.07%) Life Science
5 15 (3.82%) Data Structures
6 7 (1.78%) Biopharmaceutical
7 5 (1.27%) Mobile App
7 5 (1.27%) Robotics
8 4 (1.02%) Cloud Native
8 4 (1.02%) Industry 4.0
8 4 (1.02%) IoT
8 4 (1.02%) PMI
8 4 (1.02%) Pricing Data
9 2 (0.51%) Cyber Threat
9 2 (0.51%) Digital Media
9 2 (0.51%) Product Ownership
9 2 (0.51%) Renewable Energy
10 1 (0.25%) Smart Meter
Operating Systems
1 64 (16.28%) Linux
2 40 (10.18%) Alpine Linux
2 40 (10.18%) CentOS
2 40 (10.18%) Debian
3 19 (4.83%) Windows
4 1 (0.25%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 201 (51.15%) Problem-Solving
2 165 (41.98%) Mentoring
3 150 (38.17%) Mathematics
4 145 (36.90%) Coaching
5 141 (35.88%) Data Analysis
6 140 (35.62%) Computer Science
6 140 (35.62%) Decision-Making
7 134 (34.10%) Cybersecurity
7 134 (34.10%) Red Team
8 124 (31.55%) Artificial Intelligence
9 116 (29.52%) Analytics
10 111 (28.24%) Machine Learning
11 103 (26.21%) Statistical Modelling
12 102 (25.95%) Digital Forensics
13 77 (19.59%) DevOps
14 74 (18.83%) Business Intelligence
14 74 (18.83%) Data Modelling
15 69 (17.56%) Data Engineering
16 53 (13.49%) Agile
16 53 (13.49%) ETL
Programming Languages
1 81 (20.61%) Python
2 67 (17.05%) SQL
3 31 (7.89%) R
4 26 (6.62%) C#
5 23 (5.85%) JavaScript
6 21 (5.34%) C++
7 19 (4.83%) T-SQL
8 18 (4.58%) Java
9 15 (3.82%) C
9 15 (3.82%) Haskell
10 6 (1.53%) Bash
11 4 (1.02%) JSX
11 4 (1.02%) TypeScript
12 1 (0.25%) Data Analysis Expressions
12 1 (0.25%) Scala
Qualifications
1 218 (55.47%) Degree
2 40 (10.18%) Azure Certification
2 40 (10.18%) MCSA
2 40 (10.18%) MCSE
2 40 (10.18%) Microsoft Certification
3 30 (7.63%) Master's Degree
4 23 (5.85%) PhD
5 18 (4.58%) Computer Science Degree
6 9 (2.29%) Numerate Degree
7 7 (1.78%) Security Cleared
8 4 (1.02%) DV Cleared
8 4 (1.02%) 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 54 (13.74%) GDPR
2 46 (11.70%) Data Quality
3 9 (2.29%) Good Clinical Practice
4 8 (2.04%) Accessibility
5 7 (1.78%) CDISC
6 1 (0.25%) HIPAA
6 1 (0.25%) QA
System Software
1 55 (13.99%) Docker
2 2 (0.51%) HDFS
Systems Management
1 51 (12.98%) Kubernetes
2 40 (10.18%) Terraform
3 5 (1.27%) SELinux
Vendors
1 50 (12.72%) Microsoft
2 40 (10.18%) IBM
2 40 (10.18%) Red Hat
3 24 (6.11%) Google
4 21 (5.34%) Databricks
5 10 (2.54%) Salesforce
6 6 (1.53%) iManage
6 6 (1.53%) SAP
7 4 (1.02%) Alteryx
7 4 (1.02%) Talend
8 3 (0.76%) Cloudera
9 2 (0.51%) Informatica
9 2 (0.51%) Oracle
10 1 (0.25%) Ab Initio
10 1 (0.25%) Ariba
10 1 (0.25%) Mapbox
10 1 (0.25%) Vertica