Senior Data Scientist Jobs in Central London

Senior Data Scientist
London > Central London

The median Senior Data Scientist salary in Central London is £115,000 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 146 240 288
Rank change year-on-year +94 +48 -45
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior Data Scientist 44 5 17
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Central London 1.17% 0.097% 0.21%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.22% 0.10% 0.22%
Number of salaries quoted 5 5 9
10th Percentile £90,750 £60,000 £69,500
25th Percentile £105,000 £63,750 £75,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £115,000 £72,500 £90,000
Median % change year-on-year +58.62% -19.44% +5.88%
75th Percentile £122,500 £88,750 £97,500
90th Percentile - £89,500 £106,500
London median annual salary £90,000 £75,794 £80,000
% change year-on-year +18.74% -5.26% -5.88%

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% -

Senior Data Scientist
Job Vacancy Trend in Central London

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

Job vacancy trend for Senior Data Scientist in Central London

Senior Data Scientist
Salary Trend in Central London

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

Salary trend for Senior Data Scientist in Central London

Senior Data Scientist
Salary Histogram in Central London

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

Salary histogram for Senior Data Scientist in Central London

Senior 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 Senior 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 +74 28 £115,000 +58.62% 3
West End of London - 9 - -
City of Westminster - 8 - -
Senior Data Scientist
London

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

For the 6 months to 15 May 2024, Senior 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 Senior Data Scientist in the job title.

1 44 (100.00%) Degree
1 44 (100.00%) Algorithms
1 44 (100.00%) Data Science
2 43 (97.73%) Statistics
3 40 (90.91%) Visualisation
4 39 (88.64%) Social Skills
4 39 (88.64%) Master's Degree
5 37 (84.09%) Machine Learning
5 37 (84.09%) Artificial Intelligence
5 37 (84.09%) Mathematics
5 37 (84.09%) Python
6 36 (81.82%) Neural Network
6 36 (81.82%) SQL
6 36 (81.82%) Predictive Modelling
6 36 (81.82%) Natural Language Processing
6 36 (81.82%) Actionable Insight
7 33 (75.00%) MLOps
8 32 (72.73%) Customer Experience
8 32 (72.73%) Decision-Making
8 32 (72.73%) Storytelling
8 32 (72.73%) Generative AI
8 32 (72.73%) Databricks
8 32 (72.73%) PySpark
8 32 (72.73%) DBS Check
8 32 (72.73%) TensorFlow
8 32 (72.73%) scikit-learn
8 32 (72.73%) Root Cause Analysis
8 32 (72.73%) Tableau
8 32 (72.73%) Git
8 32 (72.73%) Propensity Modelling

Senior 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 4 (9.09%) Apache Spark
2 1 (2.27%) Jupyter
Cloud Services
1 1 (2.27%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 32 (72.73%) Tableau
2 1 (2.27%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 32 (72.73%) Git
2 1 (2.27%) RStudio
2 1 (2.27%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 39 (88.64%) Social Skills
2 11 (25.00%) Analytical Skills
3 7 (15.91%) Pharmaceutical
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 32 (72.73%) Pandas
1 32 (72.73%) PySpark
1 32 (72.73%) scikit-learn
1 32 (72.73%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 44 (100.00%) Algorithms
2 7 (15.91%) Life Science
3 1 (2.27%) Reinsurance
Processes & Methodologies
1 44 (100.00%) Data Science
2 43 (97.73%) Statistics
3 40 (90.91%) Visualisation
4 37 (84.09%) Artificial Intelligence
4 37 (84.09%) Machine Learning
4 37 (84.09%) Mathematics
5 36 (81.82%) Actionable Insight
5 36 (81.82%) Natural Language Processing
5 36 (81.82%) Neural Network
5 36 (81.82%) Predictive Modelling
6 33 (75.00%) MLOps
7 32 (72.73%) Customer Experience
7 32 (72.73%) Decision-Making
7 32 (72.73%) Demand Forecasting
7 32 (72.73%) Generative AI
7 32 (72.73%) Physics
7 32 (72.73%) Propensity Modelling
7 32 (72.73%) Root Cause Analysis
7 32 (72.73%) Storytelling
7 32 (72.73%) WFM
Programming Languages
1 37 (84.09%) Python
2 36 (81.82%) SQL
3 4 (9.09%) C
3 4 (9.09%) C++
3 4 (9.09%) Java
4 1 (2.27%) R
Qualifications
1 44 (100.00%) Degree
2 39 (88.64%) Master's Degree
3 32 (72.73%) DBS Check
4 7 (15.91%) PhD
Vendors
1 32 (72.73%) Databricks
2 1 (2.27%) Alteryx