MogiData Scientist Job Postings Fall in the United Kingdom
The United Kingdom saw a significant decrease in new Data Scientist job postings over the past week.
By Felix Hartmann, Mogi Research · Oct 14, 2026
New Data Scientist job postings in the United Kingdom fell by eighty five percent. This change occurred from the week of October first to seventh, compared to the week of October eighth to fourteenth. The total number of new postings changed from sixty to nine.
This fall may be due to several factors. Employers may be reassessing hiring needs. It is also possible that the number of available candidates has increased, leading to fewer postings needed to fill roles.
In contrast, India saw a ten percent rise in Data Scientist job postings. France experienced a ten percent fall in new postings.
The numbers
What is the fastest growing country for data scientist jobs?
| Name | Last 7 days | The 7 before | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| United Kingdom | 9 | 60 | -85% |
| India | 43 | 39 | +10% |
| France | 9 | 10 | -10% |
| Canada | 15 | 25 | -40% |
| United States | 116 | 202 | -43% |
Top roles: Data Scientist (9)
Counts are job postings, not hires, from company career sites that Mogi's crawl found. Compares the 7 days to 2026-10-14 with the 7 days before them. Covers all countries, all states, Data Scientist. Employers with fewer than five postings in the last eight weeks are grouped together and left out of the rankings. The company details come from the crawl's company profiles, where the crawl has one.
Written by Felix Hartmann of Mogi Research, with AI from the table above. Every figure in it comes from that table.
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