Data Scientist Jobs in the North of England

Data Scientist
England > North of England

The median Data Scientist salary in the North of England is £60,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 1 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
1 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 364 367 369
Rank change year-on-year +3 +2 -27
Permanent jobs requiring a Data Scientist 33 63 94
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 0.17% 0.39% 0.51%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.18% 0.44% 0.53%
Number of salaries quoted 25 29 51
10th Percentile £38,400 £43,030 £47,500
25th Percentile £46,306 £43,162 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% -4.17% +26.32%
75th Percentile £85,000 £71,250 £71,673
90th Percentile £89,000 £77,000 £81,250
England median annual salary £70,000 £62,500 £67,500
% change year-on-year +12.00% -7.41% +17.39%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
North of England

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in the North of England. 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 the North of England with a recognized job title 17,953 14,401 17,753
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 95.20% 89.25% 96.28%
Number of salaries quoted 13,711 7,947 10,940
10th Percentile £27,000 £30,500 £27,750
25th Percentile £36,250 £40,000 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £53,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.66% +6.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £65,000 £68,750 £65,000
90th Percentile £77,500 £80,627 £80,000
England median annual salary £52,500 £60,331 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.98% +0.55% +9.09%

Data Scientist
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

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

Job vacancy trend for Data Scientist in the North of England

Data Scientist
Salary Trend in the North of England

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Data Scientist in the North of England.

Salary trend for Data Scientist in the North of England

Data Scientist
Salary Histogram in the North of England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Data Scientist in the North of England over the 6 months to 1 June 2024.

Salary histogram for Data Scientist in the North of England

Data Scientist
Job Locations in the North of England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Data Scientist within the North of England region over the 6 months to 1 June 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
North West +1 20 £60,000 -11.11% 6
Yorkshire +34 11 £70,576 +28.32% 8
North East -16 2 £43,200 -3.28% 1
Data Scientist
England

Data Scientist Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North of England

For the 6 months to 1 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 North of England region featuring Data Scientist in the job title.

1 33 (100.00%) Data Science
2 29 (87.88%) Python
3 24 (72.73%) Machine Learning
4 23 (69.70%) SQL
5 19 (57.58%) Agile
6 15 (45.45%) GCP
6 15 (45.45%) Analytics
7 14 (42.42%) Visualisation
7 14 (42.42%) Artificial Intelligence
7 14 (42.42%) Social Skills
8 13 (39.39%) Azure
9 12 (36.36%) Finance
10 11 (33.33%) Data Visualisation
11 9 (27.27%) Banking
11 9 (27.27%) Algorithms
12 8 (24.24%) Decision-Making
12 8 (24.24%) Software Engineering
12 8 (24.24%) Data Governance
12 8 (24.24%) Statistical Modelling
13 7 (21.21%) Big Data
13 7 (21.21%) Natural Language Processing
13 7 (21.21%) Git
13 7 (21.21%) R
13 7 (21.21%) Use Case
13 7 (21.21%) SaaS
13 7 (21.21%) Statistics
13 7 (21.21%) Pandas
14 6 (18.18%) Data Structures
14 6 (18.18%) Random Forest
14 6 (18.18%) Decision Tree

Data Scientist Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North of England 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 (15.15%) SAS
Cloud Services
1 15 (45.45%) GCP
2 13 (39.39%) Azure
3 7 (21.21%) SaaS
4 4 (12.12%) AWS
5 2 (6.06%) Cloud Computing
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (21.21%) Big Data
2 3 (9.09%) Metadata
3 2 (6.06%) Data Warehouse
4 1 (3.03%) Data Mining
Development Applications
1 7 (21.21%) Git
General
1 14 (42.42%) Social Skills
2 12 (36.36%) Finance
3 9 (27.27%) Banking
4 5 (15.15%) Retail
5 4 (12.12%) Analytical Skills
5 4 (12.12%) Marketing
6 3 (9.09%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 2 (6.06%) Law
8 1 (3.03%) Pharmaceutical
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (21.21%) Pandas
2 4 (12.12%) XGBoost
3 1 (3.03%) NumPy
3 1 (3.03%) PySpark
3 1 (3.03%) scikit-learn
3 1 (3.03%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 9 (27.27%) Algorithms
2 6 (18.18%) Data Structures
3 2 (6.06%) Credit Risk
4 1 (3.03%) iPad
4 1 (3.03%) Product Ownership
4 1 (3.03%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 2 (6.06%) Windows
1 2 (6.06%) Windows Vista
Processes & Methodologies
1 33 (100.00%) Data Science
2 24 (72.73%) Machine Learning
3 19 (57.58%) Agile
4 15 (45.45%) Analytics
5 14 (42.42%) Artificial Intelligence
5 14 (42.42%) Visualisation
6 11 (33.33%) Data Visualisation
7 8 (24.24%) Data Governance
7 8 (24.24%) Decision-Making
7 8 (24.24%) Software Engineering
7 8 (24.24%) Statistical Modelling
8 7 (21.21%) Natural Language Processing
8 7 (21.21%) Statistics
8 7 (21.21%) Use Case
9 6 (18.18%) Decision Tree
9 6 (18.18%) LLM
9 6 (18.18%) Random Forest
10 5 (15.15%) Data Analysis
10 5 (15.15%) Data Pipeline
10 5 (15.15%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 29 (87.88%) Python
2 23 (69.70%) SQL
3 7 (21.21%) R
4 2 (6.06%) Julia
5 1 (3.03%) C#
5 1 (3.03%) MATLAB
5 1 (3.03%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 4 (12.12%) Degree
2 3 (9.09%) Master's Degree
2 3 (9.09%) PhD
3 1 (3.03%) DV Cleared
3 1 (3.03%) Numerate Degree
3 1 (3.03%) Postgraduate
3 1 (3.03%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (6.06%) Accessibility
1 2 (6.06%) Data Quality
1 2 (6.06%) IFRS
1 2 (6.06%) IFRS 9
Systems Management
1 1 (3.03%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 1 (3.03%) Databricks