Data Scientist Jobs in the South East

Data Scientist
England > South East

The median Data Scientist salary in the South East is £65,000 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 271 344 439
Rank change year-on-year +73 +95 -80
Permanent jobs requiring a Data Scientist 130 48 69
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 0.73% 0.35% 0.33%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.78% 0.39% 0.35%
Number of salaries quoted 23 32 46
10th Percentile £38,620 - £39,926
25th Percentile £49,698 £46,570 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £60,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year +8.33% +26.32% -5.00%
75th Percentile £73,750 £75,000 £70,188
90th Percentile £85,000 £90,125 £78,150
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
South East

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in the South East. 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 South East with a recognized job title 16,769 12,374 19,894
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.15% 89.99% 96.32%
Number of salaries quoted 11,915 7,936 12,370
10th Percentile £27,750 £30,000 £30,000
25th Percentile £36,250 £40,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% - +10.00%
75th Percentile £65,000 £71,250 £70,000
90th Percentile £77,500 £85,000 £82,500
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 South East

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

Job vacancy trend for Data Scientist in the South East

Data Scientist
Salary Trend in the South East

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

Salary trend for Data Scientist in the South East

Data Scientist
Salary Histogram in the South East

Salary distribution for jobs citing Data Scientist in the South East over the 6 months to 1 June 2024.

Salary histogram for Data Scientist in the South East

Data Scientist
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 Scientist within the South East 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
Thames Valley +83 124 £62,500 +28.37% 15
Buckinghamshire +55 102 - -
Berkshire +10 13 £62,500 +28.37% 7
Oxfordshire +12 9 £60,948 - 8
Surrey -8 6 £70,000 - 4
Data Scientist
England

Data Scientist Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East

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 South East region featuring Data Scientist in the job title.

1 129 (99.23%) Data Science
2 125 (96.15%) Degree
3 121 (93.08%) Computer Science
4 120 (92.31%) Algorithms
5 114 (87.69%) Mathematics
6 109 (83.85%) Data Analysis
7 108 (83.08%) Decision-Making
8 106 (81.54%) Problem-Solving
9 103 (79.23%) Mentoring
9 103 (79.23%) Statistical Modelling
10 102 (78.46%) Cybersecurity
10 102 (78.46%) Digital Forensics
10 102 (78.46%) Coaching
10 102 (78.46%) Red Team
10 102 (78.46%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 24 (18.46%) Python
12 21 (16.15%) Machine Learning
13 17 (13.08%) R
13 17 (13.08%) PhD
13 17 (13.08%) Master's Degree
14 15 (11.54%) Predictive Modelling
15 13 (10.00%) Artificial Intelligence
16 12 (9.23%) Computer Science Degree
17 10 (7.69%) Mathematical Modelling
17 10 (7.69%) Kubernetes
17 10 (7.69%) SQL Server
17 10 (7.69%) Agile
17 10 (7.69%) C#
17 10 (7.69%) Git
17 10 (7.69%) Propensity Modelling

Data Scientist Skill Set
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:

Applications
1 2 (1.54%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 4 (3.08%) Azure
2 2 (1.54%) SaaS
3 1 (0.77%) AWS
3 1 (0.77%) Azure Machine Learning
3 1 (0.77%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (7.69%) SQL Server
2 3 (2.31%) Tableau
3 2 (1.54%) NoSQL
3 2 (1.54%) PostgreSQL
4 1 (0.77%) MongoDB
4 1 (0.77%) MySQL
4 1 (0.77%) Power BI
4 1 (0.77%) Spotfire
Development Applications
1 10 (7.69%) Git
General
1 102 (78.46%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 6 (4.62%) Social Skills
3 4 (3.08%) Analytical Skills
4 3 (2.31%) Legal
5 2 (1.54%) Marketing
5 2 (1.54%) Pharmaceutical
6 1 (0.77%) Electronics
6 1 (0.77%) Finance
6 1 (0.77%) Manufacturing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (1.54%) Matplotlib
1 2 (1.54%) NumPy
1 2 (1.54%) Pandas
1 2 (1.54%) scikit-learn
1 2 (1.54%) Seaborn
1 2 (1.54%) XGBoost
2 1 (0.77%) Keras
2 1 (0.77%) PyTorch
2 1 (0.77%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 120 (92.31%) Algorithms
2 2 (1.54%) Data Structures
2 2 (1.54%) Renewable Energy
3 1 (0.77%) Molecular Biology
Processes & Methodologies
1 129 (99.23%) Data Science
2 121 (93.08%) Computer Science
3 114 (87.69%) Mathematics
4 109 (83.85%) Data Analysis
5 108 (83.08%) Decision-Making
6 106 (81.54%) Problem-Solving
7 103 (79.23%) Mentoring
7 103 (79.23%) Statistical Modelling
8 102 (78.46%) Coaching
8 102 (78.46%) Cybersecurity
8 102 (78.46%) Digital Forensics
8 102 (78.46%) Red Team
9 21 (16.15%) Machine Learning
10 15 (11.54%) Predictive Modelling
11 13 (10.00%) Artificial Intelligence
12 10 (7.69%) Agile
12 10 (7.69%) Mathematical Modelling
12 10 (7.69%) Propensity Modelling
13 7 (5.38%) Statistics
14 5 (3.85%) Analytics
Programming Languages
1 24 (18.46%) Python
2 17 (13.08%) R
3 10 (7.69%) C#
4 5 (3.85%) SQL
5 2 (1.54%) Java
Qualifications
1 125 (96.15%) Degree
2 17 (13.08%) Master's Degree
2 17 (13.08%) PhD
3 12 (9.23%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (2.31%) Data Quality
2 2 (1.54%) Accessibility
System Software
1 10 (7.69%) Docker
Systems Management
1 10 (7.69%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 2 (1.54%) Databricks
1 2 (1.54%) Microsoft