Head of Data Science Jobs in England

Head of Data Science
UK > England

The median Head of Data Science salary in England is £130,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 3 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
3 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 826 911 1090
Rank change year-on-year +85 +179 -261
Permanent jobs requiring a Head of Data Science 14 16 33
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.016% 0.017% 0.025%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.017% 0.019% 0.026%
Number of salaries quoted 13 11 17
10th Percentile £106,000 £102,500 £77,911
25th Percentile £110,000 £105,000 £81,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £130,000 £110,000 £100,000
Median % change year-on-year +18.18% +10.00% -
75th Percentile £142,500 £117,500 £115,000
90th Percentile £160,500 £121,250 £125,000
UK median annual salary £130,000 £110,000 £100,000
% change year-on-year +18.18% +10.00% -

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
England

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in England. 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 England with a recognized job title 80,599 84,573 127,334
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.47% 91.53% 96.12%
Number of salaries quoted 60,280 53,577 75,684
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,250 £45,000 £43,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,500 £60,800 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.01% +1.33% +9.09%
75th Percentile £71,991 £82,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £91,000 £100,000 £97,500
UK median annual salary £52,508 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.49% - +9.09%

Head of Data Science
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings that featured Head of Data Science in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for Head of Data Science in England

Head of Data Science
Salary Trend in England

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Head of Data Science in England.

Salary trend for Head of Data Science in England

Head of Data Science
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Head of Data Science in England over the 6 months to 3 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Head of Data Science in England

Head of Data Science
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Head of Data Science within the England region over the 6 months to 3 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
London +122 13 £130,000 +18.18% 1
North of England +51 1 - - 1
North West - 1 - - 1
Head of Data Science
UK

Head of Data Science Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England

For the 6 months to 3 May 2024, Head of Data Science 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 England region featuring Head of Data Science in the job title.

1 14 (100.00%) Data Science
2 13 (92.86%) Machine Learning
2 13 (92.86%) Python
3 12 (85.71%) SQL
4 9 (64.29%) Degree
5 7 (50.00%) Credit Risk
6 6 (42.86%) Computer Science
6 6 (42.86%) Analytics
6 6 (42.86%) Scorecard
7 5 (35.71%) Credit Risk Modelling
7 5 (35.71%) R
7 5 (35.71%) AWS
7 5 (35.71%) Data Analysis
7 5 (35.71%) Artificial Intelligence
8 4 (28.57%) Mathematics
8 4 (28.57%) Statistical Analysis
8 4 (28.57%) Statistics
8 4 (28.57%) Fintech
8 4 (28.57%) Master's Degree
9 3 (21.43%) Power BI
9 3 (21.43%) Power Platform
9 3 (21.43%) Azure
9 3 (21.43%) Marketing
9 3 (21.43%) ETL
9 3 (21.43%) Business Intelligence
9 3 (21.43%) Finance
9 3 (21.43%) PhD
10 2 (14.29%) Microsoft Excel
10 2 (14.29%) Data Cleansing
10 2 (14.29%) Cloud Computing

Head of Data Science Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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 1 (7.14%) Apache
1 1 (7.14%) Apache Spark
Applications
1 2 (14.29%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 5 (35.71%) AWS
2 3 (21.43%) Azure
2 3 (21.43%) Power Platform
3 2 (14.29%) Cloud Computing
3 2 (14.29%) GCP
4 1 (7.14%) Google Data Studio
4 1 (7.14%) SaaS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (21.43%) Power BI
2 2 (14.29%) Tableau
3 1 (7.14%) Looker
3 1 (7.14%) MySQL
3 1 (7.14%) NoSQL
3 1 (7.14%) PostgreSQL
3 1 (7.14%) Relational Database
3 1 (7.14%) SQL Server
General
1 3 (21.43%) Finance
1 3 (21.43%) Marketing
2 2 (14.29%) Social Skills
3 1 (7.14%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (7.14%) Automotive
3 1 (7.14%) Law
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (7.14%) PyTorch
1 1 (7.14%) scikit-learn
Miscellaneous
1 7 (50.00%) Credit Risk
2 2 (14.29%) Algorithms
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (100.00%) Data Science
2 13 (92.86%) Machine Learning
3 6 (42.86%) Analytics
3 6 (42.86%) Computer Science
3 6 (42.86%) Scorecard
4 5 (35.71%) Artificial Intelligence
4 5 (35.71%) Credit Risk Modelling
4 5 (35.71%) Data Analysis
5 4 (28.57%) Fintech
5 4 (28.57%) Mathematics
5 4 (28.57%) Statistical Analysis
5 4 (28.57%) Statistics
6 3 (21.43%) Business Intelligence
6 3 (21.43%) ETL
7 2 (14.29%) Budgeting and Resource Allocation
7 2 (14.29%) Data Cleansing
7 2 (14.29%) Data Visualisation
7 2 (14.29%) Mentoring
7 2 (14.29%) Statistical Modelling
7 2 (14.29%) Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 13 (92.86%) Python
2 12 (85.71%) SQL
3 5 (35.71%) R
Qualifications
1 9 (64.29%) Degree
2 4 (28.57%) Master's Degree
3 3 (21.43%) PhD
4 2 (14.29%) Numerate Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (14.29%) Actionable Recommendations
2 1 (7.14%) QA
Vendors
1 1 (7.14%) Databricks
1 1 (7.14%) DataRobot
1 1 (7.14%) Google