Senior Data Scientist Jobs in Edinburgh

Senior Data Scientist
Scotland > Edinburgh

The median Senior Data Scientist salary in Edinburgh is £81,677 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 4 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
4 May 2024		 Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 106 150 152
Rank change year-on-year +44 +2 -29
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior Data Scientist 6 2 8
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Edinburgh 0.39% 0.095% 0.34%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.41% 0.100% 0.35%
Number of salaries quoted 6 2 6
10th Percentile - £98,250 £55,000
25th Percentile £68,718 £99,375 £59,063
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £81,677 £107,500 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year -24.02% +53.57% +16.67%
75th Percentile £96,539 £114,375 £74,375
90th Percentile - £114,750 £77,500
Scotland median annual salary £81,677 £110,000 £72,500
% change year-on-year -25.75% +51.72% +20.83%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Edinburgh

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in Edinburgh. 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 Edinburgh with a recognized job title 1,457 2,007 2,308
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 95.86% 95.21% 98.00%
Number of salaries quoted 1,029 1,188 1,454
10th Percentile £32,950 £36,250 £33,146
25th Percentile £46,250 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - +9.09% +10.00%
75th Percentile £72,433 £77,715 £68,750
90th Percentile £92,047 £89,852 £85,000
Scotland median annual salary £52,500 £56,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year -7.08% +7.62% +10.53%

Senior Data Scientist
Job Vacancy Trend in Edinburgh

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

Job vacancy trend for Senior Data Scientist in Edinburgh

Senior Data Scientist
Salary Trend in Edinburgh

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

Salary trend for Senior Data Scientist in Edinburgh

Senior Data Scientist
Salary Histogram in Edinburgh

Salary distribution for jobs citing Senior Data Scientist in Edinburgh over the 6 months to 4 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Senior Data Scientist in Edinburgh

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

For the 6 months to 4 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 Edinburgh region featuring Senior Data Scientist in the job title.

1 6 (100.00%) SQL
1 6 (100.00%) Python
1 6 (100.00%) Artificial Intelligence
1 6 (100.00%) Use Case
1 6 (100.00%) Natural Language Processing
1 6 (100.00%) Machine Learning
1 6 (100.00%) Statistical Modelling
1 6 (100.00%) Pandas
1 6 (100.00%) Data Science
1 6 (100.00%) Decision-Making
1 6 (100.00%) Random Forest
1 6 (100.00%) Decision Tree
1 6 (100.00%) Data Structures
1 6 (100.00%) LLM
2 5 (83.33%) Banking
2 5 (83.33%) Finance
3 4 (66.67%) Agile
4 3 (50.00%) Mentoring
4 3 (50.00%) Coaching
4 3 (50.00%) Deep Learning
4 3 (50.00%) Propensity Modelling
4 3 (50.00%) Time Series Forecasting
4 3 (50.00%) Validation
4 3 (50.00%) Econometrics
4 3 (50.00%) Unit Testing
4 3 (50.00%) Data Validation
4 3 (50.00%) XGBoost
4 3 (50.00%) Price Optimisation
4 3 (50.00%) Gradient Boosting
4 3 (50.00%) Project Delivery

Senior Data Scientist Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Edinburgh 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:

General
1 5 (83.33%) Banking
1 5 (83.33%) Finance
2 3 (50.00%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (100.00%) Pandas
2 3 (50.00%) XGBoost
Miscellaneous
1 6 (100.00%) Data Structures
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (100.00%) Artificial Intelligence
1 6 (100.00%) Data Science
1 6 (100.00%) Decision Tree
1 6 (100.00%) Decision-Making
1 6 (100.00%) LLM
1 6 (100.00%) Machine Learning
1 6 (100.00%) Natural Language Processing
1 6 (100.00%) Random Forest
1 6 (100.00%) Statistical Modelling
1 6 (100.00%) Use Case
2 4 (66.67%) Agile
3 3 (50.00%) Coaching
3 3 (50.00%) Customer Experience
3 3 (50.00%) Data Pipeline
3 3 (50.00%) Gradient Boosting
3 3 (50.00%) Intelligent Automation
3 3 (50.00%) Mentoring
3 3 (50.00%) Model Validation
3 3 (50.00%) Price Optimisation
3 3 (50.00%) Project Delivery
Programming Languages
1 6 (100.00%) Python
1 6 (100.00%) SQL
78 Senior Data Scientist jobs Nationwide