Data Scientist Jobs in the UK excluding London

Data Scientist
UK > UK excluding London

The median Data Scientist salary in the UK excluding London is £62,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 12 June 2024.

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

6 months to
12 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 486 540 586
Rank change year-on-year +54 +46 -61
Permanent jobs requiring a Data Scientist 309 191 305
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.39% 0.35% 0.40%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.41% 0.39% 0.42%
Number of salaries quoted 137 124 188
10th Percentile £40,480 £42,500 £40,853
25th Percentile £49,396 £45,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £57,500 £57,032
Median % change year-on-year +8.70% +0.82% +20.07%
75th Percentile £80,000 £69,738 £68,394
90th Percentile £87,500 £83,875 £80,000
UK median annual salary £67,500 £65,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year +3.85% - +13.04%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK excluding London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in the UK excluding London. 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 UK excluding London with a recognized job title 75,991 49,070 72,896
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.87% 88.81% 95.46%
Number of salaries quoted 53,059 29,227 42,783
10th Percentile £26,750 £29,750 £28,500
25th Percentile £35,000 £38,750 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £53,519 £50,296
Median % change year-on-year -6.58% +6.41% +5.89%
75th Percentile £63,750 £68,750 £67,500
90th Percentile £76,250 £81,250 £80,000
UK median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%

Data Scientist
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Job vacancy trend for Data Scientist in the UK excluding London

Data Scientist
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Data Scientist in the UK excluding London.

Salary trend for Data Scientist in the UK excluding London

Data Scientist
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Data Scientist in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 12 June 2024.

Salary histogram for Data Scientist in the UK excluding London

Data Scientist
Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Data Scientist within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 12 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
South East +65 139 £60,000 - 22
Midlands +6 56 £55,000 +2.33% 7
South West -23 56 £65,000 +18.44% 9
West Midlands +25 47 £57,500 -8.00% 2
North of England -16 33 £60,000 - 14
North West -18 20 £60,000 -11.11% 8
East of England -15 15 £80,000 +39.13% 3
Yorkshire +37 11 £70,576 +28.32% 5
Scotland -67 10 £70,576 -0.95% 2
East Midlands -21 9 £45,000 +20.00% 5
North East -20 2 £43,200 -3.28% 1
Data Scientist
UK

Data Scientist Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London

For the 6 months to 12 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 UK excluding London region featuring Data Scientist in the job title.

1 307 (99.35%) Data Science
2 204 (66.02%) Degree
3 186 (60.19%) Algorithms
4 167 (54.05%) Computer Science
5 164 (53.07%) Data Analysis
6 162 (52.43%) Statistical Modelling
7 161 (52.10%) Python
8 155 (50.16%) Decision-Making
9 154 (49.84%) Problem-Solving
10 152 (49.19%) Mathematics
11 138 (44.66%) Mentoring
12 136 (44.01%) Machine Learning
12 136 (44.01%) Cybersecurity
13 132 (42.72%) Coaching
14 126 (40.78%) Inclusion and Diversity
15 122 (39.48%) Red Team
15 122 (39.48%) Digital Forensics
16 92 (29.77%) SQL
17 79 (25.57%) Agile
18 64 (20.71%) Analytics
19 57 (18.45%) Social Skills
19 57 (18.45%) R
20 53 (17.15%) Artificial Intelligence
21 50 (16.18%) PhD
21 50 (16.18%) Statistics
22 44 (14.24%) Business Intelligence
23 43 (13.92%) Visualisation
24 39 (12.62%) Finance
24 39 (12.62%) Natural Language Processing
25 38 (12.30%) Master's Degree

Data Scientist Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 10 (3.24%) SAS
2 5 (1.62%) Apache
2 5 (1.62%) Apache Airflow
2 5 (1.62%) Luigi
3 3 (0.97%) Apache Spark
Applications
1 8 (2.59%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (0.65%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (0.65%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 26 (8.41%) Azure
2 21 (6.80%) GCP
3 18 (5.83%) Power Platform
4 10 (3.24%) AWS
5 9 (2.91%) SaaS
6 5 (1.62%) Snowflake
7 2 (0.65%) Azure Machine Learning
7 2 (0.65%) Cloud Computing
Database & Business Intelligence
1 18 (5.83%) Power BI
2 16 (5.18%) Big Data
3 14 (4.53%) SQL Server
4 11 (3.56%) PostgreSQL
4 11 (3.56%) Tableau
5 5 (1.62%) Bigtable
5 5 (1.62%) CouchDB
5 5 (1.62%) Elasticsearch
5 5 (1.62%) Redis
5 5 (1.62%) RethinkDB
6 3 (0.97%) Data Warehouse
6 3 (0.97%) Metadata
7 2 (0.65%) NoSQL
8 1 (0.32%) Azure SQL Database
8 1 (0.32%) Data Mining
8 1 (0.32%) Geospatial Data
8 1 (0.32%) MySQL
8 1 (0.32%) Qlik Sense
8 1 (0.32%) Relational Database
8 1 (0.32%) SAS EBI
Development Applications
1 30 (9.71%) Git
2 1 (0.32%) Subversion
General
1 126 (40.78%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 57 (18.45%) Social Skills
3 39 (12.62%) Finance
4 28 (9.06%) Analytical Skills
5 23 (7.44%) Banking
6 14 (4.53%) Pharmaceutical
7 12 (3.88%) Law
8 8 (2.59%) Games
8 8 (2.59%) Marketing
9 7 (2.27%) Retail
10 5 (1.62%) Legal
11 3 (0.97%) Advertising
12 2 (0.65%) International Banking
12 2 (0.65%) Manufacturing
13 1 (0.32%) Electronics
13 1 (0.32%) Influencing Skills
13 1 (0.32%) Presentation Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 37 (11.97%) Pandas
2 27 (8.74%) TensorFlow
3 26 (8.41%) NumPy
4 21 (6.80%) Keras
5 15 (4.85%) XGBoost
6 13 (4.21%) PySpark
7 12 (3.88%) scikit-learn
8 11 (3.56%) PyTorch
9 6 (1.94%) SpaCy
10 5 (1.62%) SQLAlchemy
10 5 (1.62%) Statsmodels
11 2 (0.65%) Matplotlib
11 2 (0.65%) React
11 2 (0.65%) Seaborn
12 1 (0.32%) Django
12 1 (0.32%) EDI
12 1 (0.32%) Flask
12 1 (0.32%) NLTK
12 1 (0.32%) SciPy
Miscellaneous
1 186 (60.19%) Algorithms
2 23 (7.44%) Data Structures
3 14 (4.53%) Reinsurance
4 8 (2.59%) Credit Risk
4 8 (2.59%) Life Science
4 8 (2.59%) Self-Motivation
5 5 (1.62%) Team-Oriented Environment
6 2 (0.65%) Analytical Mindset
6 2 (0.65%) Grid Computing
6 2 (0.65%) Renewable Energy
7 1 (0.32%) iPad
7 1 (0.32%) Linux Command Line
7 1 (0.32%) Management Information System
7 1 (0.32%) Molecular Biology
7 1 (0.32%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 2 (0.65%) Windows
1 2 (0.65%) Windows Vista
2 1 (0.32%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 307 (99.35%) Data Science
2 167 (54.05%) Computer Science
3 164 (53.07%) Data Analysis
4 162 (52.43%) Statistical Modelling
5 155 (50.16%) Decision-Making
6 154 (49.84%) Problem-Solving
7 152 (49.19%) Mathematics
8 138 (44.66%) Mentoring
9 136 (44.01%) Cybersecurity
9 136 (44.01%) Machine Learning
10 132 (42.72%) Coaching
11 122 (39.48%) Digital Forensics
11 122 (39.48%) Red Team
12 79 (25.57%) Agile
13 64 (20.71%) Analytics
14 53 (17.15%) Artificial Intelligence
15 50 (16.18%) Statistics
16 44 (14.24%) Business Intelligence
17 43 (13.92%) Visualisation
18 39 (12.62%) Natural Language Processing
Programming Languages
1 161 (52.10%) Python
2 92 (29.77%) SQL
3 57 (18.45%) R
4 16 (5.18%) MATLAB
5 11 (3.56%) C#
6 5 (1.62%) Julia
7 3 (0.97%) C
7 3 (0.97%) Java
8 2 (0.65%) C++
8 2 (0.65%) Fortran
8 2 (0.65%) JavaScript
8 2 (0.65%) TypeScript
9 1 (0.32%) Rust
9 1 (0.32%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 204 (66.02%) Degree
2 50 (16.18%) PhD
3 38 (12.30%) Master's Degree
4 24 (7.77%) Computer Science Degree
4 24 (7.77%) Security Cleared
5 17 (5.50%) DV Cleared
6 5 (1.62%) Numerate Degree
7 3 (0.97%) SC Cleared
8 2 (0.65%) BPSS Clearance
8 2 (0.65%) DBS Check
9 1 (0.32%) Postgraduate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (4.53%) Data Quality
2 7 (2.27%) Accessibility
3 4 (1.29%) IFRS
3 4 (1.29%) IFRS 9
4 2 (0.65%) Actionable Recommendations
5 1 (0.32%) QA
System Software
1 9 (2.91%) Docker
Systems Management
1 10 (3.24%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 20 (6.47%) Databricks
2 14 (4.53%) Microsoft
3 5 (1.62%) Dataiku
3 5 (1.62%) Google
3 5 (1.62%) Oracle
4 2 (0.65%) Alteryx
4 2 (0.65%) Sun