Data Scientist II
Microsoft · Redmond, WA, US
Hiring signals for Data Scientists
SOC 15-2051 — measured across all currently-active postings classified to this occupation.
50
/ 100
Cooling
Data Scientists Job Market Score
Driven by
- Pay is above the national median ($185k vs $138k national)
- Slow inflow of new postings (only 4% from the last 14 days)
- Few reposted listings (30% appear duplicated)
Data Scientists job market
Aggregated from currently-active postings tracked in Data Scientists.
- 954Active postings
- 26Posted this week
- 348Open 30+ days36% of active
- 154Remote / hybrid16% of active
- 17%List salary159 of 954
- 0%Hourly0 of disclosed
- $185kMedian annual (max)
- —Median hourly (max)
- 19dMedian agep90 63d (long tail)
Wages by category
Wages by employment type
Wages by sector
Top categories
- Data Science906
- ML / AI Engineering12
- VP8
- Director7
- Engineering1
- Data Analyst1
In-demand skills
- Python256
- SQL179
- Apache Spark89
- AWS77
- PyTorch75
- TensorFlow73
- scikit-learn58
- Azure50
Top sectors
- Technology583
- Financial Services253
- Manufacturing131
- Media & Entertainment90
- Retail86
- Transportation & Logistics74
Employment mix
- Unspecified864 · 91%
- Full-time33 · 3%
- Part-time22 · 2%
- Contract22 · 2%
- Intern13 · 1%
Top hiring companies
- Category
- Data Science
- Source
- apply.careers.microsoft.com
- Original link
- https://apply.careers.microsoft.com/careers/job/1970393556636440
- Posted
- 2 weeks ago (2026-04-25)
- Status
- active
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- Applied · 0
- No response · 0
- Interviewed · 0
- Rejected · 0
- Hired · 0
- Posting still active · 0
- Posting removed · 0
- Reposted · 0
- Suspicious · 0
- Description vague · 0
- Salary unclear · 0
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