Lead Data Scientist Jobs in the City of London

Lead Data Scientist
Central London > City of London

The median Lead Data Scientist salary in the City of London is £115,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 2 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
2 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 179 - 279
Rank change year-on-year - - -46
Permanent jobs requiring a Lead Data Scientist 3 0 6
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the City of London 0.089% - 0.085%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.093% - 0.089%
Number of salaries quoted 3 0 4
10th Percentile - - £74,500
25th Percentile £107,500 - £81,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £115,000 - £90,000
Median % change year-on-year - - -2.70%
75th Percentile £122,500 - £97,500
90th Percentile - - £102,000
Central London median annual salary £115,000 - £90,000
% change year-on-year - - -10.00%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
City of London

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in the City of 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 the City of London with a recognized job title 3,220 4,571 6,747
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 95.86% 96.48% 95.58%
Number of salaries quoted 2,569 3,851 5,615
10th Percentile £41,000 £42,500 £45,000
25th Percentile £52,500 £55,000 £56,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £73,000 £75,000 £72,500
Median % change year-on-year -2.67% +3.45% -
75th Percentile £95,000 £97,500 £93,750
90th Percentile £112,500 £112,500 £108,750
Central London median annual salary £72,500 £75,000 £72,500
% change year-on-year -3.33% +3.45% +3.57%

Lead Data Scientist
Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London

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

Job vacancy trend for Lead Data Scientist in the City of London

Lead Data Scientist
Salary Trend in the City of London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Lead Data Scientist in the City of London.

Salary trend for Lead Data Scientist in the City of London

Lead Data Scientist Skill Set
Top 24 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the City of London

For the 6 months to 2 May 2024, Lead 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 City of London region featuring Lead Data Scientist in the job title.

1 3 (100.00%) C
1 3 (100.00%) C++
1 3 (100.00%) Java
1 3 (100.00%) SQL
1 3 (100.00%) Python
1 3 (100.00%) Artificial Intelligence
1 3 (100.00%) Neural Network
1 3 (100.00%) Statistics
1 3 (100.00%) Degree
1 3 (100.00%) Mathematics
1 3 (100.00%) Computer Science
1 3 (100.00%) Data Cleansing
1 3 (100.00%) Predictive Modelling
1 3 (100.00%) Natural Language Processing
1 3 (100.00%) Machine Learning
1 3 (100.00%) Analytics
1 3 (100.00%) Deep Learning
1 3 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
1 3 (100.00%) Apache Spark
1 3 (100.00%) Algorithms
1 3 (100.00%) Convolutional Neural Network
1 3 (100.00%) Actionable Insight
1 3 (100.00%) Data Science
2 2 (66.67%) LLM

Lead Data Scientist Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the City of 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 3 (100.00%) Apache Spark
General
1 3 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
Miscellaneous
1 3 (100.00%) Algorithms
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Actionable Insight
1 3 (100.00%) Analytics
1 3 (100.00%) Artificial Intelligence
1 3 (100.00%) Computer Science
1 3 (100.00%) Convolutional Neural Network
1 3 (100.00%) Data Cleansing
1 3 (100.00%) Data Science
1 3 (100.00%) Deep Learning
1 3 (100.00%) Machine Learning
1 3 (100.00%) Mathematics
1 3 (100.00%) Natural Language Processing
1 3 (100.00%) Neural Network
1 3 (100.00%) Predictive Modelling
1 3 (100.00%) Statistics
2 2 (66.67%) LLM
Programming Languages
1 3 (100.00%) C
1 3 (100.00%) C++
1 3 (100.00%) Java
1 3 (100.00%) Python
1 3 (100.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 3 (100.00%) Degree