Data Scientist Jobs in Central London

Data Scientist
London > Central London

The median Data Scientist salary in Central London is £67,500 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 15 May 2024.

The first table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
15 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 122 221 261
Rank change year-on-year +99 +40 -63
Permanent jobs requiring a Data Scientist 68 24 44
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Central London 1.80% 0.47% 0.54%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.89% 0.49% 0.57%
Number of salaries quoted 25 22 34
10th Percentile £45,750 £58,125 £51,125
25th Percentile £51,500 £69,000 £57,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,500 £75,000 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% - +13.21%
75th Percentile £98,750 £79,688 £91,563
90th Percentile £121,500 £92,250 £99,250
London median annual salary £75,000 £68,823 £75,000
% change year-on-year +8.98% -8.24% +15.38%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Central London

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in Central London. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of permanent jobs in our overall sample.

Permanent vacancies in Central London with a recognized job title 3,593 4,926 7,787
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 95.36% 95.99% 95.69%
Number of salaries quoted 2,786 4,099 6,374
10th Percentile £40,000 £41,250 £42,814
25th Percentile £51,813 £54,000 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £72,500 £73,750 £72,500
Median % change year-on-year -1.69% +1.72% +3.57%
75th Percentile £95,000 £95,000 £93,750
90th Percentile £112,500 £112,500 £108,750
London median annual salary £70,000 £72,500 £70,000
% change year-on-year -3.45% +3.57% -

Data Scientist
Job Vacancy Trend in Central London

Job postings that featured Data Scientist in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Central London.

Job vacancy trend for Data Scientist in Central London

Data Scientist
Salary Trend in Central London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Data Scientist in Central London.

Salary trend for Data Scientist in Central London

Data Scientist
Salary Histogram in Central London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Data Scientist in Central London over the 6 months to 15 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Data Scientist in Central London

Data Scientist
Job Locations in Central London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Data Scientist within the Central London region over the 6 months to 15 May 2024. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
City of London +82 52 £67,500 -10.00% 3
West End of London - 9 - -
City of Westminster -3 8 - -
Data Scientist
London

Data Scientist Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Central London

For the 6 months to 15 May 2024, Data Scientist job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the Central London region featuring Data Scientist in the job title.

1 68 (100.00%) Data Science
2 61 (89.71%) Python
3 55 (80.88%) Machine Learning
4 54 (79.41%) Degree
5 52 (76.47%) Statistics
6 51 (75.00%) Algorithms
7 48 (70.59%) SQL
8 45 (66.18%) Artificial Intelligence
8 45 (66.18%) Mathematics
8 45 (66.18%) Visualisation
9 44 (64.71%) Predictive Modelling
10 43 (63.24%) Natural Language Processing
11 42 (61.76%) Social Skills
12 41 (60.29%) Master's Degree
12 41 (60.29%) Neural Network
13 38 (55.88%) Tableau
13 38 (55.88%) MLOps
14 37 (54.41%) TensorFlow
15 36 (52.94%) Actionable Insight
16 34 (50.00%) Pandas
16 34 (50.00%) Decision-Making
17 33 (48.53%) scikit-learn
17 33 (48.53%) Databricks
17 33 (48.53%) Git
17 33 (48.53%) Generative AI
18 32 (47.06%) Root Cause Analysis
18 32 (47.06%) Propensity Modelling
18 32 (47.06%) Physics
18 32 (47.06%) WFM
18 32 (47.06%) PySpark

Data Scientist Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Central London by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 5 (7.35%) Apache Spark
2 3 (4.41%) SAS
3 1 (1.47%) Jupyter
Cloud Services
1 9 (13.24%) Azure
2 3 (4.41%) AWS
2 3 (4.41%) Azure Data Factory
2 3 (4.41%) Power Platform
3 2 (2.94%) Azure Machine Learning
3 2 (2.94%) Azure Synapse Analytics
3 2 (2.94%) GCP
4 1 (1.47%) Azure DevOps
4 1 (1.47%) Cloud Computing
4 1 (1.47%) GitHub
4 1 (1.47%) Serverless
4 1 (1.47%) Snowflake
4 1 (1.47%) WhatsApp
Database & Business Intelligence
1 38 (55.88%) Tableau
2 5 (7.35%) Neo4j
3 3 (4.41%) Big Data
3 3 (4.41%) Data Mining
3 3 (4.41%) Hadoop
3 3 (4.41%) Power BI
4 2 (2.94%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 33 (48.53%) Git
2 1 (1.47%) git-flow
2 1 (1.47%) MLflow
2 1 (1.47%) RStudio
2 1 (1.47%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 42 (61.76%) Social Skills
2 16 (23.53%) Analytical Skills
3 7 (10.29%) Pharmaceutical
4 4 (5.88%) Finance
5 3 (4.41%) Games
6 1 (1.47%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 1 (1.47%) Marketing
6 1 (1.47%) Presentation Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 37 (54.41%) TensorFlow
2 34 (50.00%) Pandas
3 33 (48.53%) scikit-learn
4 32 (47.06%) PySpark
5 5 (7.35%) PyTorch
6 3 (4.41%) Keras
7 2 (2.94%) NumPy
Miscellaneous
1 51 (75.00%) Algorithms
2 7 (10.29%) Life Science
3 1 (1.47%) Reinsurance
3 1 (1.47%) Renewable Energy
Operating Systems
1 1 (1.47%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 68 (100.00%) Data Science
2 55 (80.88%) Machine Learning
3 52 (76.47%) Statistics
4 45 (66.18%) Artificial Intelligence
4 45 (66.18%) Mathematics
4 45 (66.18%) Visualisation
5 44 (64.71%) Predictive Modelling
6 43 (63.24%) Natural Language Processing
7 41 (60.29%) Neural Network
8 38 (55.88%) MLOps
9 36 (52.94%) Actionable Insight
10 34 (50.00%) Decision-Making
11 33 (48.53%) Generative AI
12 32 (47.06%) Customer Experience
12 32 (47.06%) Data Munging
12 32 (47.06%) Demand Forecasting
12 32 (47.06%) Physics
12 32 (47.06%) Propensity Modelling
12 32 (47.06%) Root Cause Analysis
12 32 (47.06%) Storytelling
Programming Languages
1 61 (89.71%) Python
2 48 (70.59%) SQL
3 11 (16.18%) R
4 5 (7.35%) C
4 5 (7.35%) C++
5 4 (5.88%) Java
6 3 (4.41%) VBA
Qualifications
1 54 (79.41%) Degree
2 41 (60.29%) Master's Degree
3 32 (47.06%) DBS Check
4 12 (17.65%) PhD
5 3 (4.41%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (2.94%) SNOMED CT
2 1 (1.47%) Data Quality
2 1 (1.47%) QA
System Software
1 1 (1.47%) Docker
Vendors
1 33 (48.53%) Databricks
2 2 (2.94%) Microsoft
3 1 (1.47%) Alteryx