Data Science Jobs in the Thames Valley

Data Science
South East > Thames Valley

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the Thames Valley requiring Data Science skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Data Science over the 6 months leading up to 13 June 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 65 132 79
Rank change year-on-year +67 -53 +33
Permanent jobs citing Data Science 246 121 300
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 3.32% 2.17% 3.97%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.02% 2.29% 4.25%
Number of salaries quoted 58 86 87
10th Percentile £38,620 £38,500 £35,500
25th Percentile £43,750 £46,570 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £70,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -14.29% +27.27% -8.33%
75th Percentile £83,438 £91,250 £93,750
90th Percentile £85,000 £95,000 £100,000
South East median annual salary £57,500 £65,450 £65,000
% change year-on-year -12.15% +0.69% +8.33%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Thames Valley

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 the Thames Valley.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 6,117 5,275 7,065
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 82.61% 94.70% 93.42%
Number of salaries quoted 4,005 2,984 3,915
10th Percentile £29,000 £30,500 £31,250
25th Percentile £37,500 £40,000 £41,939
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% - -
75th Percentile £65,000 £72,500 £72,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £87,500 £82,500
South East median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% - +10.00%

Data Science
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

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

Job vacancy trend for Data Science in the Thames Valley

Data Science
Salary Trend in the Thames Valley

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Data Science in the Thames Valley.

Salary trend for Data Science in the Thames Valley

Data Science
Salary Histogram in the Thames Valley

Salary distribution for jobs citing Data Science in the Thames Valley over the 6 months to 13 June 2024.

Salary histogram for Data Science in the Thames Valley

Data Science
Job Locations in the Thames Valley

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Data Science within the Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 13 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
Buckinghamshire +73 165 £65,000 +1.02% 7
Berkshire -35 45 £62,750 -10.36% 12
Oxfordshire +19 36 £49,396 -46.60% 16
Data Science
South East

Data Science
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Thames Valley 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 7 (2.85%) SAS
2 4 (1.63%) nginx
3 2 (0.81%) Apache Spark
4 1 (0.41%) SharePoint
Applications
1 15 (6.10%) Microsoft Excel
2 7 (2.85%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 24 (9.76%) Azure
2 21 (8.54%) Power Platform
3 15 (6.10%) AWS
4 14 (5.69%) GCP
5 8 (3.25%) Snowflake
6 7 (2.85%) Amazon S3
7 4 (1.63%) Amazon EC2
7 4 (1.63%) Amazon ELB
7 4 (1.63%) GitHub
7 4 (1.63%) GitHub Actions
7 4 (1.63%) Serverless
7 4 (1.63%) Virtual Private Cloud
8 3 (1.22%) AWS Lambda
9 2 (0.81%) Amazon EMR
9 2 (0.81%) Azure Data Factory
9 2 (0.81%) SaaS
10 1 (0.41%) Azure Functions
10 1 (0.41%) Azure Synapse Analytics
10 1 (0.41%) Power Automate
10 1 (0.41%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 4 (1.63%) MQTT
1 4 (1.63%) Reverse Proxy
1 4 (1.63%) VPN
2 2 (0.81%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 21 (8.54%) Power BI
2 17 (6.91%) SQL Server
3 15 (6.10%) Data Warehouse
4 9 (3.66%) BigQuery
4 9 (3.66%) Looker
5 8 (3.25%) Relational Database
6 7 (2.85%) MySQL
6 7 (2.85%) Tableau
7 6 (2.44%) Data Lake
7 6 (2.44%) PostgreSQL
7 6 (2.44%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 5 (2.03%) Amazon RDS
9 4 (1.63%) Amazon Redshift
9 4 (1.63%) Data Mining
9 4 (1.63%) NoSQL
10 3 (1.22%) Data Vault
10 3 (1.22%) Impala
11 2 (0.81%) Amazon Aurora
11 2 (0.81%) Apache Hive
11 2 (0.81%) Geospatial Data
Development Applications
1 9 (3.66%) Git
2 2 (0.81%) ERwin
3 1 (0.41%) Maven
General
1 138 (56.10%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 45 (18.29%) Social Skills
3 29 (11.79%) Finance
4 21 (8.54%) Presentation Skills
5 20 (8.13%) Analytical Skills
6 12 (4.88%) Retail
7 9 (3.66%) Public Sector
8 7 (2.85%) Military
9 5 (2.03%) Marketing
10 3 (1.22%) Manufacturing
10 3 (1.22%) Organisational Skills
11 2 (0.81%) Banking
11 2 (0.81%) Billing
11 2 (0.81%) Games
11 2 (0.81%) Pharmaceutical
11 2 (0.81%) Telecoms
12 1 (0.41%) Electronics
12 1 (0.41%) Influencing Skills
12 1 (0.41%) Legal
Job Titles
1 131 (53.25%) Data Scientist
2 48 (19.51%) Data Engineer
3 41 (16.67%) Senior
4 29 (11.79%) Lead
5 24 (9.76%) Developer
6 23 (9.35%) Security Engineer
7 18 (7.32%) Cybersecurity Engineer
8 15 (6.10%) Project Leader
8 15 (6.10%) Senior Project Leader
9 12 (4.88%) Software Developer
10 11 (4.47%) Data Modeller
10 11 (4.47%) Senior Data Scientist
11 10 (4.07%) Computer Scientist
11 10 (4.07%) Research Scientist
12 9 (3.66%) Platform Engineer
12 9 (3.66%) Principal Data Engineer
12 9 (3.66%) Principal Engineer
12 9 (3.66%) Research Engineer
13 7 (2.85%) Consultant
13 7 (2.85%) Senior Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (3.25%) XML
2 4 (1.63%) CSS
2 4 (1.63%) GraphQL
2 4 (1.63%) gRPC
2 4 (1.63%) HTML
2 4 (1.63%) Knex.js
2 4 (1.63%) LEMP Stack
2 4 (1.63%) Node.js
2 4 (1.63%) React
2 4 (1.63%) React Native
2 4 (1.63%) RESTful
2 4 (1.63%) Sequelize
3 2 (0.81%) Matplotlib
3 2 (0.81%) NumPy
3 2 (0.81%) Pandas
3 2 (0.81%) scikit-learn
3 2 (0.81%) Seaborn
4 1 (0.41%) EDI
4 1 (0.41%) Kafka
Miscellaneous
1 125 (50.81%) Algorithms
2 22 (8.94%) Life Science
3 9 (3.66%) Data Structures
3 9 (3.66%) Self-Motivation
4 7 (2.85%) Biopharmaceutical
5 4 (1.63%) IoT
5 4 (1.63%) Mobile App
6 2 (0.81%) Cyber Threat
6 2 (0.81%) Digital Media
6 2 (0.81%) Distributed Systems
6 2 (0.81%) Grid Computing
7 1 (0.41%) Genomics
7 1 (0.41%) Linux Command Line
7 1 (0.41%) Molecular Biology
7 1 (0.41%) Product Ownership
7 1 (0.41%) Public Cloud
7 1 (0.41%) Renewable Energy
7 1 (0.41%) Smart Meter
Operating Systems
1 5 (2.03%) Linux
2 2 (0.81%) Unix
3 1 (0.41%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 176 (71.54%) Problem-Solving
2 153 (62.20%) Mentoring
3 144 (58.54%) Coaching
4 135 (54.88%) Computer Science
5 134 (54.47%) Cybersecurity
5 134 (54.47%) Red Team
6 127 (51.63%) Mathematics
7 126 (51.22%) Data Analysis
8 122 (49.59%) Decision-Making
9 107 (43.50%) Statistical Modelling
10 102 (41.46%) Digital Forensics
11 68 (27.64%) Analytics
12 52 (21.14%) Data Modelling
13 48 (19.51%) Data Engineering
14 46 (18.70%) Machine Learning
15 30 (12.20%) Artificial Intelligence
16 26 (10.57%) Business Intelligence
17 23 (9.35%) DevOps
18 21 (8.54%) Time Management
19 20 (8.13%) Agile
Programming Languages
1 41 (16.67%) Python
2 24 (9.76%) R
3 19 (7.72%) SQL
4 10 (4.07%) C#
5 8 (3.25%) C++
6 6 (2.44%) JavaScript
6 6 (2.44%) TypeScript
7 4 (1.63%) Java
7 4 (1.63%) JSX
8 3 (1.22%) C
9 2 (0.81%) Fortran
9 2 (0.81%) Julia
9 2 (0.81%) Rust
10 1 (0.41%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 1 (0.41%) MATLAB
10 1 (0.41%) Scala
Qualifications
1 188 (76.42%) Degree
2 27 (10.98%) Master's Degree
3 21 (8.54%) PhD
4 14 (5.69%) Computer Science Degree
5 7 (2.85%) Numerate Degree
6 2 (0.81%) BPSS Clearance
6 2 (0.81%) DBS Check
6 2 (0.81%) SC Cleared
6 2 (0.81%) Security Cleared
7 1 (0.41%) AWS Certification
7 1 (0.41%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 40 (16.26%) Data Quality
2 15 (6.10%) Good Clinical Practice
3 10 (4.07%) GDPR
4 7 (2.85%) CDISC
5 6 (2.44%) Accessibility
System Software
1 13 (5.28%) Docker
2 2 (0.81%) HDFS
Systems Management
1 9 (3.66%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 25 (10.16%) Microsoft
2 9 (3.66%) Google
3 6 (2.44%) iManage
4 4 (1.63%) SAP
4 4 (1.63%) Talend
5 3 (1.22%) Cloudera
6 2 (0.81%) Informatica
6 2 (0.81%) Oracle
6 2 (0.81%) Sun
7 1 (0.41%) Ab Initio