Data Science Jobs with Work from Home Options

Data Science
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with an option to work from home (WFH) and a requirement for Data Science skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Data Science over the 6 months to 20 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
20 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 113 86 75
Rank change year-on-year -27 -11 +58
Permanent jobs citing Data Science 878 1,564 3,436
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 2.60% 3.85% 4.82%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.85% 4.01% 4.97%
Number of salaries quoted 624 820 1,153
10th Percentile £38,750 £46,570 £42,500
25th Percentile £43,750 £53,750 £51,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £69,447 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year -13.60% -0.79% -
75th Percentile £85,000 £89,852 £87,500
90th Percentile £107,500 £105,000 £108,500
UK median annual salary £65,000 £70,000 £70,000
% change year-on-year -7.14% - +7.69%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Work from Home

Data Science is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with a WFH option and a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 30,838 38,971 69,157
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 91.21% 96.04% 97.04%
Number of salaries quoted 23,338 27,094 41,652
10th Percentile £33,750 £37,500 £36,250
25th Percentile £42,500 £47,500 £45,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.00% +4.17% +9.09%
75th Percentile £75,000 £82,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £100,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £61,180 £60,000
% change year-on-year -10.10% +1.97% +9.09%

Data Science
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with a work from home option citing Data Science as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Data Science trend for jobs with a WFH option

Data Science
Salary Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average salary quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing Data Science.

Data Science salary trend for jobs with a WFH option

Data Science
Salary Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Salary distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing Data Science over the 6 months to 20 May 2024.

Data Science salary histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Data Science
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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 52 (5.92%) Apache Spark
2 26 (2.96%) SAS
3 21 (2.39%) Microsoft Exchange
4 14 (1.59%) Apache
5 10 (1.14%) Apache Airflow
6 6 (0.68%) Confluence
6 6 (0.68%) nginx
7 3 (0.34%) Luigi
8 2 (0.23%) ArcGIS
8 2 (0.23%) Jupyter
9 1 (0.11%) Ethereum
9 1 (0.11%) Hyperledger
9 1 (0.11%) IIS
9 1 (0.11%) Moodle
Applications
1 14 (1.59%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (0.34%) Spreadsheet
3 2 (0.23%) LaTeX
3 2 (0.23%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 2 (0.23%) SPSS
3 2 (0.23%) Stata
4 1 (0.11%) Blender
4 1 (0.11%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 21 (2.39%) Endur
2 3 (0.34%) OpenLink RightAngle
3 2 (0.23%) SAP S/4HANA
4 1 (0.11%) Distributed Ledger
4 1 (0.11%) SAP MDM
Cloud Services
1 311 (35.42%) Azure
2 222 (25.28%) Power Platform
3 142 (16.17%) AWS
4 110 (12.53%) GCP
5 87 (9.91%) Snowflake
6 70 (7.97%) Azure Data Factory
7 65 (7.40%) Matillion
8 45 (5.13%) Azure Synapse Analytics
9 42 (4.78%) SaaS
10 37 (4.21%) Azure DevOps
11 34 (3.87%) Serverless
12 30 (3.42%) Azure Cosmos DB
13 29 (3.30%) Amazon S3
14 24 (2.73%) Amazon SQS
15 22 (2.51%) Google Docs
15 22 (2.51%) Lucidchart
15 22 (2.51%) Miro
15 22 (2.51%) Slack
16 21 (2.39%) GitHub
17 18 (2.05%) Cloud Computing
Communications & Networking
1 18 (2.05%) Network Security
2 17 (1.94%) HTTP
3 16 (1.82%) DNS
4 5 (0.57%) MQTT
4 5 (0.57%) Reverse Proxy
4 5 (0.57%) VPN
5 4 (0.46%) Intranet
6 3 (0.34%) Firewall
Database & Business Intelligence
1 218 (24.83%) Data Warehouse
2 212 (24.15%) Power BI
3 202 (23.01%) SQL Server
4 111 (12.64%) Data Lake
5 104 (11.85%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 98 (11.16%) Tableau
7 84 (9.57%) Big Data
8 58 (6.61%) Elasticsearch
9 44 (5.01%) Relational Database
10 42 (4.78%) PostgreSQL
11 41 (4.67%) NoSQL
12 40 (4.56%) Hadoop
13 36 (4.10%) Star Schema
14 28 (3.19%) Metadata
15 27 (3.08%) Redis
16 25 (2.85%) BigQuery
16 25 (2.85%) MongoDB
16 25 (2.85%) RDBMS
17 22 (2.51%) Scylla
18 18 (2.05%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 89 (10.14%) Git
2 43 (4.90%) GitLab
3 23 (2.62%) Jenkins
4 12 (1.37%) JIRA
5 7 (0.80%) MLflow
6 6 (0.68%) TeamCity
7 4 (0.46%) Oracle Forms
8 3 (0.34%) Cucumber
8 3 (0.34%) GoCD
8 3 (0.34%) JUnit
8 3 (0.34%) Maven
9 2 (0.23%) CircleCI
9 2 (0.23%) ER Studio
9 2 (0.23%) ERwin
10 1 (0.11%) PHPUnit
10 1 (0.11%) Spinnaker
10 1 (0.11%) Subversion
10 1 (0.11%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 379 (43.17%) Social Skills
2 277 (31.55%) Finance
3 158 (18.00%) Retail
4 133 (15.15%) Analytical Skills
5 108 (12.30%) Public Sector
6 61 (6.95%) Banking
7 60 (6.83%) Marketing
8 56 (6.38%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 34 (3.87%) Law
10 31 (3.53%) Legal
11 29 (3.30%) Games
11 29 (3.30%) Pharmaceutical
12 23 (2.62%) Presentation Skills
13 15 (1.71%) Health Technology
14 14 (1.59%) Manufacturing
15 9 (1.03%) Tech for Good
16 7 (0.80%) Organisational Skills
16 7 (0.80%) Police
17 6 (0.68%) Billing
17 6 (0.68%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 195 (22.21%) Senior
2 149 (16.97%) Data Engineer
3 147 (16.74%) Data Scientist
4 100 (11.39%) Consultant
5 91 (10.36%) Senior Data Scientist
6 78 (8.88%) Business Intelligence Consultant
7 64 (7.29%) Developer
8 63 (7.18%) Lead
9 62 (7.06%) Analyst
9 62 (7.06%) Architect
10 47 (5.35%) Data Manager
11 41 (4.67%) Software Engineer
12 38 (4.33%) Data Analyst
13 36 (4.10%) Senior Data Engineer
14 32 (3.64%) DevOps Engineer
15 31 (3.53%) Principal Engineer
15 31 (3.53%) Python Engineer
16 28 (3.19%) Data Architect
16 28 (3.19%) Principal Software Engineer
17 22 (2.51%) Engineering Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 77 (8.77%) Pandas
2 65 (7.40%) PySpark
3 57 (6.49%) TensorFlow
4 50 (5.69%) scikit-learn
5 45 (5.13%) Kafka
6 32 (3.64%) RESTful
7 28 (3.19%) GraphQL
8 25 (2.85%) CSS
9 21 (2.39%) React
10 19 (2.16%) HTML
11 17 (1.94%) Node.js
11 17 (1.94%) PyTorch
12 16 (1.82%) Django
12 16 (1.82%) JWT
13 15 (1.71%) XGBoost
14 10 (1.14%) RabbitMQ
15 9 (1.03%) .NET
15 9 (1.03%) Web Services
16 8 (0.91%) gRPC
16 8 (0.91%) NumPy
Miscellaneous
1 157 (17.88%) Algorithms
2 110 (12.53%) Data Structures
3 34 (3.87%) Self-Motivation
4 30 (3.42%) Cloud Native
5 28 (3.19%) Life Science
6 26 (2.96%) Virtual Team
7 23 (2.62%) Management Information System
8 22 (2.51%) Product Ownership
9 21 (2.39%) Swaptions
10 19 (2.16%) Credit Risk
11 16 (1.82%) Blockchain
12 14 (1.59%) Distributed Systems
12 14 (1.59%) PMI
13 13 (1.48%) Enterprise Software
14 12 (1.37%) Client/Server
15 11 (1.25%) NHS
16 10 (1.14%) Blog
16 10 (1.14%) Freedom of Information
16 10 (1.14%) Taxonomies
17 9 (1.03%) Legacy Systems
Operating Systems
1 43 (4.90%) Linux
2 26 (2.96%) Windows
3 16 (1.82%) Unix
4 5 (0.57%) Mac OS
5 3 (0.34%) Android
5 3 (0.34%) Apple iOS
5 3 (0.34%) Windows Server
6 1 (0.11%) Solaris
6 1 (0.11%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 415 (47.27%) Machine Learning
2 329 (37.47%) Artificial Intelligence
3 303 (34.51%) Analytics
4 250 (28.47%) ETL
5 234 (26.65%) Business Intelligence
6 215 (24.49%) Data Modelling
7 199 (22.67%) Visualisation
8 179 (20.39%) Roadmaps
9 166 (18.91%) Problem-Solving
10 164 (18.68%) Agile
11 163 (18.56%) Data Engineering
12 152 (17.31%) Software Engineering
13 135 (15.38%) Data Pipeline
14 127 (14.46%) Data Analytics
15 121 (13.78%) Statistics
16 118 (13.44%) CI/CD
17 112 (12.76%) Decision-Making
18 109 (12.41%) DevOps
19 106 (12.07%) Migration
20 105 (11.96%) Data Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 491 (55.92%) SQL
2 439 (50.00%) Python
3 92 (10.48%) Java
4 72 (8.20%) R
5 47 (5.35%) T-SQL
6 39 (4.44%) Scala
7 32 (3.64%) JavaScript
8 30 (3.42%) C#
9 29 (3.30%) Go
10 27 (3.08%) Bash
11 22 (2.51%) Data Analysis Expressions
12 21 (2.39%) TypeScript
12 21 (2.39%) VB
13 20 (2.28%) C
14 11 (1.25%) U-SQL
15 6 (0.68%) Ruby
16 5 (0.57%) JSX
17 3 (0.34%) C++
17 3 (0.34%) Shell Script
18 2 (0.23%) PHP
Qualifications
1 219 (24.94%) Degree
2 109 (12.41%) Master's Degree
3 53 (6.04%) DBS Check
4 44 (5.01%) PhD
5 31 (3.53%) Computer Science Degree
6 20 (2.28%) Security Cleared
7 19 (2.16%) Microsoft Certification
8 18 (2.05%) PMI Certification
9 8 (0.91%) SC Cleared
10 7 (0.80%) DV Cleared
11 5 (0.57%) BPSS Clearance
11 5 (0.57%) Numerate Degree
12 4 (0.46%) ISTQB
12 4 (0.46%) ITIL Certification
12 4 (0.46%) OCP
12 4 (0.46%) Oracle Certification
12 4 (0.46%) PMP
13 3 (0.34%) MBA
14 2 (0.23%) CISA
14 2 (0.23%) CISSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 82 (9.34%) Data Quality
2 31 (3.53%) GDPR
3 19 (2.16%) QA
4 9 (1.03%) Accessibility
5 6 (0.68%) California Consumer Privacy Act
5 6 (0.68%) IFRS
5 6 (0.68%) IFRS 9
6 2 (0.23%) CDISC
6 2 (0.23%) COBIT
6 2 (0.23%) Disclosure Scotland
6 2 (0.23%) GLBA
6 2 (0.23%) NIST
6 2 (0.23%) PCI DSS
6 2 (0.23%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 1 (0.11%) Basel III
System Software
1 45 (5.13%) Docker
2 16 (1.82%) Virtual Machines
3 1 (0.11%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.11%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 80 (9.11%) Kubernetes
2 47 (5.35%) Terraform
3 7 (0.80%) SysTrack
4 5 (0.57%) logstash
5 3 (0.34%) Ansible
5 3 (0.34%) Grafana
6 2 (0.23%) Argo
6 2 (0.23%) Progress Chef
7 1 (0.11%) Kubeflow
7 1 (0.11%) Packer
7 1 (0.11%) yum
Vendors
1 196 (22.32%) Microsoft
2 138 (15.72%) Databricks
3 64 (7.29%) Google
4 42 (4.78%) Oracle
5 31 (3.53%) Dell
6 21 (2.39%) OpenLink
6 21 (2.39%) Sybase
6 21 (2.39%) TIBCO
7 10 (1.14%) Alteryx
8 8 (0.91%) Adobe
8 8 (0.91%) ServiceNow
9 7 (0.80%) SAP
9 7 (0.80%) Snow
10 6 (0.68%) Teradata
11 5 (0.57%) Talend
12 4 (0.46%) FIS
13 3 (0.34%) VMware
14 2 (0.23%) CrowdStrike
14 2 (0.23%) Dataiku
14 2 (0.23%) Salesforce