Data Scientist Jobs in Birmingham

Data Scientist
West Midlands > Birmingham

The median Data Scientist salary in Birmingham is £62,879 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 15 November 2024.

The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Nov 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 109 105 167
Rank change year-on-year -4 +62 +6
Permanent jobs requiring a Data Scientist 18 4 6
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Birmingham 0.81% 0.32% 0.22%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.85% 0.34% 0.23%
Number of salaries quoted 9 4 4
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £37,500 £58,750 £62,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,879 £62,500 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +0.61% -3.85% +13.04%
75th Percentile £75,000 £66,250 £71,875
90th Percentile £79,000 - £79,750
West Midlands median annual salary £56,440 £62,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -9.70% +4.17% -

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Birmingham

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Birmingham. 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 Birmingham with a recognized job title 2,109 1,183 2,593
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 95.13% 95.40% 95.89%
Number of salaries quoted 1,122 977 2,012
10th Percentile £35,000 £31,250 £32,500
25th Percentile £43,750 £41,250 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year - -4.35% +4.55%
75th Percentile £70,000 £68,750 £73,750
90th Percentile £85,000 £80,000 £85,000
West Midlands median annual salary £52,398 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +4.80% - -

Data Scientist
Job Vacancy Trend in Birmingham

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

Job vacancy trend for Data Scientist in Birmingham

Data Scientist
Salary Trend in Birmingham

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Data Scientist in Birmingham.

Salary trend for Data Scientist in Birmingham

Data Scientist
Salary Histogram in Birmingham

Salary distribution for jobs citing Data Scientist in Birmingham over the 6 months to 15 November 2024.

Salary histogram for Data Scientist in Birmingham

Data Scientist Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Birmingham

For the 6 months to 15 November 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 Birmingham region featuring Data Scientist in the job title.

1 18 (100.00%) Data Science
2 17 (94.44%) Python
3 16 (88.89%) SQL
4 13 (72.22%) Computer Science
5 12 (66.67%) Machine Learning
6 11 (61.11%) Analytics
6 11 (61.11%) Mathematics
6 11 (61.11%) Statistics
6 11 (61.11%) Analytical Skills
7 10 (55.56%) R
8 8 (44.44%) Mentoring
8 8 (44.44%) Coaching
9 7 (38.89%) Power Platform
9 7 (38.89%) Power BI
9 7 (38.89%) Actionable Insight
9 7 (38.89%) Statistical Modelling
9 7 (38.89%) Artificial Intelligence
10 6 (33.33%) Marketing
10 6 (33.33%) Stakeholder Management
10 6 (33.33%) Business Intelligence
10 6 (33.33%) Data Engineering
11 5 (27.78%) Decision-Making
11 5 (27.78%) Agile
11 5 (27.78%) Degree
11 5 (27.78%) Azure
12 4 (22.22%) Natural Language Processing
12 4 (22.22%) Data Analysis
12 4 (22.22%) Finance
12 4 (22.22%) Manufacturing
12 4 (22.22%) Microsoft

Data Scientist Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Birmingham 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 4 (22.22%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 7 (38.89%) Power Platform
2 5 (27.78%) Azure
3 4 (22.22%) Azure Synapse Analytics
4 1 (5.56%) Azure Machine Learning
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (38.89%) Power BI
2 4 (22.22%) Relational Database
3 3 (16.67%) Tableau
4 2 (11.11%) Data Warehouse
4 2 (11.11%) Spotfire
5 1 (5.56%) Data Lake
General
1 11 (61.11%) Analytical Skills
2 6 (33.33%) Marketing
3 4 (22.22%) Finance
3 4 (22.22%) Manufacturing
4 2 (11.11%) Pharmaceutical
5 1 (5.56%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (5.56%) NumPy
1 1 (5.56%) Pandas
Miscellaneous
1 2 (11.11%) Life Science
Processes & Methodologies
1 18 (100.00%) Data Science
2 13 (72.22%) Computer Science
3 12 (66.67%) Machine Learning
4 11 (61.11%) Analytics
4 11 (61.11%) Mathematics
4 11 (61.11%) Statistics
5 8 (44.44%) Coaching
5 8 (44.44%) Mentoring
6 7 (38.89%) Actionable Insight
6 7 (38.89%) Artificial Intelligence
6 7 (38.89%) Statistical Modelling
7 6 (33.33%) Business Intelligence
7 6 (33.33%) Data Engineering
7 6 (33.33%) Stakeholder Management
8 5 (27.78%) Agile
8 5 (27.78%) Decision-Making
9 4 (22.22%) Customer-Centricity
9 4 (22.22%) Data Analysis
9 4 (22.22%) Deep Learning
9 4 (22.22%) Natural Language Processing
Programming Languages
1 17 (94.44%) Python
2 16 (88.89%) SQL
3 10 (55.56%) R
4 4 (22.22%) C++
4 4 (22.22%) Java
Qualifications
1 5 (27.78%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (11.11%) Accessibility
1 2 (11.11%) QA
2 1 (5.56%) Actionable Recommendations
Vendors
1 4 (22.22%) Microsoft
2 2 (11.11%) Databricks