Find data scientists in New York: A guide to source the best talent
Pubished 24th July 2020
In New York, there are currently 3919 data scientists and 68% of them have changed jobs in the last year. The average contractor daily rate is $700 while the average permanent salary is $175,000 in the New York area.
Fast stats on data scientists in New York
LinkedIn Talent Insights, July 2020 | www.itjobswatch.co.uk
Data scientists in New York
Changed jobs in the last year
Avg. Contractor daily rate ($)
Avg. perm salary ($)
Gender breakdown
The data scientist workforce in New York has a male majority of 69% whilst 31% are female.
What schools are producing data scientists?
Among the educational institutions where most graduates are placed into data scientist roles in New York; Columbia University in the City of New York comes out on top with 735 data scientists. New York University comes in second place with 320 data scientists followed by Cornell University with 182.
Top 3 fields of study for data scientists
The number of data scientists that studied in the field
Mathematics
Statistics
Data Science
University degrees
54% of New York's data scientists have a master's degree while 22% have a doctor of philosophy.
Top 3 most common skills among data scientists
The number of data scientists in New York that list the skill on their LinkedIn profile
Python
SQL
R
Most common skills among Data Scientists
The majority (90%) of data scientists in New York list Python as a skill on their LinkedIn profile. Machine Learning and SQL are also among the top skills listed at 80% and 75% respectively.
Fastest growing skills among data scientists
PySpark is the fastest-growing skill among data scientists in New York with an increase of 76% over the past year. Followed by Pandas (software) and Artificial Intelligence (AI) with increases of 66% and 60% respectively.
Fastest growing titles among data scientists
There has been a 17% increase of professionals with Senior Data Scientist as their job title in New York over the past year.
Top companies hiring data scientists
IBM is the top company hiring data scientists in New York with 134 professionals. Spotify comes in second with 92 professionals followed by Aetna with 87.
Industries hiring data scientists
IT & Services is the top industry in New York where data scientists are hired with 586 professionals. Financial Services comes in second with 573 data scientists followed by Internet with 481.
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