Find data scientists in San Francisco: A guide to source the best talent
Pubished 24th July 2020
In San Francisco, there are currently 7597 data scientists and 54% of them have changed jobs in the last year. The average contractor daily rate is $720 while the average permanent salary is $180,000 in the San Francisco area.
Fast stats on data scientists
LinkedIn Talent Insights, July 2020 | www.itjobswatch.co.uk
Data scientists in San Francisco
Changed jobs in the last year
Avg. Contractor daily rate (US$)
Avg. perm salary (US$)
Gender breakdown
The data scientist workforce in San Francisco has a male majority of 65% whilst 35% are female.
What schools are producing data scientists?
Among the educational institutions where most graduates are placed into data scientist roles in San Francisco; University of California, Berkeley comes out on top with 878 data scientists. Stanford University comes in second with 628 data scientists followed by Columbia University in the City of New York with 250.
Top 3 fields of study for data scientists
University degrees
47% of San Francisco's data scientists have a master's degree while over a third (35%) have a doctor of philosophy.
Top 3 most common skills among data scientists
The number of data scientists in San Francisco that list the skill on their LinkedIn profile
Python
SQL
R
Most common skills among data scientists
The majority (89%) of data scientists in San Francisco list Python as a skill on their LinkedIn profile. The programming languages SQL and R are also among the top skills listed at 75% and 70% respectively.
Fastest growing skills among data scientists
Pandas (Software) is the fastest-growing skill among data scientists in San Francisco with an increase of 60% over the past year. Followed by PySpark and Matplotlib with increases of 55% and 47% respectively.
Fastest growing titles among data scientists
There has been an 11% increase in senior-level data scientists in San Francisco over the past year.
Top companies hiring data scientists
Facebook is the top company hiring data scientists in San Francisco with 607 professionals. Apple comes in second with 358 professionals followed by Google with 236.
Industries hiring data scientists
Internet is the top industry in San Francisco where data scientists are hired with 2527 professionals. Computer Software comes in second with 1397 data scientists followed by IT & Services with 803.
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