Region	Salary range (median)
London (indicative) no live adverts yet: baseline range	£45,000 – £85,000 (midpoint £65,000)
East of England 33 live adverts	£37,500 – £37,500 (£37,500 · 25th–75th pct)
South West 27 live adverts	£37,500 – £37,500 (£37,500 · 25th–75th pct)
Northern Ireland (indicative) 9 live adverts	£37,500 – £37,500 (midpoint £37,500)
North East (indicative) 8 live adverts	£37,500 – £37,500 (midpoint £37,500)
Wales (indicative) 9 live adverts	£37,500 – £37,500 (midpoint £37,500)
South East 47 live adverts	£37,500 – £37,500 (£37,500 · 25th–75th pct)
Midlands 45 live adverts	£37,500 – £37,500 (£37,500 · 25th–75th pct)
North West 51 live adverts	£37,500 – £37,500 (£37,500 · 25th–75th pct)
Yorkshire 26 live adverts	£37,500 – £37,500 (£37,500 · 25th–75th pct)
Scotland 13 live adverts	£37,500 – £37,500 (£37,500 · 25th–75th pct)

Methodology: medians reconcile live advertised UK salaries for this role and region; 25th–75th percentiles are shown only where at least 5 live salaried listings back them. They are measured or omitted, never interpolated. Rows marked indicative are anchored to our curated 2026 baseline ranges until enough live data accrues. Listings advertising an implausible annual figure (a mislabelled hourly or daily rate) are excluded rather than converted, because converting one means guessing the hours behind it.

Market view. Analyst titles anchor the bottom of the band and data-engineering and machine-learning roles the top; SQL and Python are assumed, and a cloud platform (Azure, AWS, GCP) plus a BI tool set the premium. Financial services and pharma pay above the public sector and charities.

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Indicatively £34,000–£55,000; data scientists and data engineers £45,000–£85,000 with London and senior roles higher.

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