Data Science Jobs in London

Data Science
England > London

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in London with a requirement for Data Science skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Data Science over the 6 months to 27 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 72 49 48
Rank change year-on-year -23 -1 +20
Permanent jobs citing Data Science 889 2,060 4,924
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 3.79% 5.75% 7.53%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.14% 6.03% 7.78%
Number of salaries quoted 600 896 1,507
10th Percentile £47,475 £50,000 £47,500
25th Percentile £56,250 £62,500 £60,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £80,000 £80,000 £77,500
Median % change year-on-year - +3.23% +10.71%
75th Percentile £110,000 £100,000 £95,000
90th Percentile £125,000 £117,500 £110,000
England median annual salary £65,000 £70,000 £72,500
% change year-on-year -7.14% -3.45% +11.54%

All Process and Methodology Skills
London

Data Science is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies advertised in London with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 21,454 34,168 63,282
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 91.39% 95.40% 96.83%
Number of salaries quoted 15,999 24,428 34,404
10th Percentile £38,000 £43,750 £42,500
25th Percentile £52,250 £55,000 £53,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £75,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year -6.67% +7.14% -
75th Percentile £95,000 £95,000 £92,500
90th Percentile £115,000 £115,000 £111,250
England median annual salary £55,000 £62,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.00% +4.17% +9.09%

Data Science
Job Vacancy Trend in London

Job postings citing Data Science as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in London.

Job vacancy trend for Data Science in London

Data Science
Salary Trend in London

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

Salary trend for Data Science in London

Data Science
Salary Histogram in London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Data Science in London over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Data Science in London

Data Science
Job Locations in London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Data Science within the London region over the 6 months to 27 April 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
Central London +52 177 £70,000 -12.50% 37
West London -28 14 £80,000 +64.32% 5
South London -36 10 £67,500 +38.64% 2
East London +17 6 £55,000 +42.86% 8
North London -4 3 £70,000 -12.50% 1
Data Science
England

Data Science
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in 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 70 (7.87%) Apache Spark
2 34 (3.82%) SAS
3 28 (3.15%) Microsoft Exchange
4 22 (2.47%) Apache Airflow
5 19 (2.14%) Apache
6 14 (1.57%) Jupyter
7 8 (0.90%) Confluence
8 2 (0.22%) Luigi
9 1 (0.11%) IIS
9 1 (0.11%) nginx
9 1 (0.11%) SharePoint
Applications
1 15 (1.69%) Microsoft Excel
2 5 (0.56%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 4 (0.45%) Microsoft Office
4 3 (0.34%) MS Visio
5 2 (0.22%) Spreadsheet
5 2 (0.22%) SPSS
5 2 (0.22%) Stata
6 1 (0.11%) Adobe Creative Suite
6 1 (0.11%) Blender
Business Applications
1 28 (3.15%) Endur
2 9 (1.01%) OpenLink RightAngle
3 1 (0.11%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 235 (26.43%) Azure
2 225 (25.31%) AWS
3 115 (12.94%) Power Platform
4 112 (12.60%) GCP
5 51 (5.74%) GitHub
6 48 (5.40%) Azure Data Factory
7 38 (4.27%) SaaS
8 33 (3.71%) Azure DevOps
8 33 (3.71%) Azure Synapse Analytics
9 29 (3.26%) Snowflake
10 28 (3.15%) Serverless
11 22 (2.47%) AWS Lambda
12 18 (2.02%) Figma
13 16 (1.80%) dbt
14 13 (1.46%) Amazon S3
15 12 (1.35%) Azure Machine Learning
15 12 (1.35%) Cloud Computing
16 10 (1.12%) Amazon SageMaker
17 9 (1.01%) Azure Data Lake Analytics
17 9 (1.01%) Matillion
Communications & Networking
1 15 (1.69%) Network Security
2 8 (0.90%) DNS
2 8 (0.90%) HTTP
3 4 (0.45%) Intranet
4 3 (0.34%) Firewall
5 2 (0.22%) VPN
6 1 (0.11%) MQTT
6 1 (0.11%) Reverse Proxy
6 1 (0.11%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 112 (12.60%) Power BI
2 109 (12.26%) Tableau
3 98 (11.02%) Data Warehouse
4 77 (8.66%) Big Data
5 76 (8.55%) SQL Server
6 50 (5.62%) Data Mining
6 50 (5.62%) Relational Database
7 44 (4.95%) NoSQL
8 37 (4.16%) MongoDB
9 36 (4.05%) Data Lake
10 35 (3.94%) Hadoop
11 34 (3.82%) PostgreSQL
12 31 (3.49%) RDBMS
13 24 (2.70%) BigQuery
14 23 (2.59%) SQL Server Integration Services
15 21 (2.36%) Amazon QuickSight
16 17 (1.91%) Looker
16 17 (1.91%) MySQL
17 13 (1.46%) Amazon Redshift
17 13 (1.46%) Azure SQL Database
Development Applications
1 84 (9.45%) Git
2 20 (2.25%) JIRA
3 17 (1.91%) Jenkins
4 16 (1.80%) GitLab
5 9 (1.01%) Visual Studio
6 7 (0.79%) MLflow
7 6 (0.67%) TeamCity
8 3 (0.34%) ER Studio
8 3 (0.34%) ERwin
8 3 (0.34%) Team Foundation Server
9 2 (0.22%) RStudio
9 2 (0.22%) Visual Studio Code
10 1 (0.11%) git-flow
10 1 (0.11%) GoCD
10 1 (0.11%) Moq
10 1 (0.11%) Oracle Forms
10 1 (0.11%) Selenium
10 1 (0.11%) Spinnaker
General
1 282 (31.72%) Social Skills
2 173 (19.46%) Finance
3 171 (19.24%) Analytical Skills
4 87 (9.79%) Marketing
5 73 (8.21%) Retail
6 46 (5.17%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 42 (4.72%) Games
8 40 (4.50%) Law
9 32 (3.60%) Legal
10 29 (3.26%) Banking
11 26 (2.92%) Presentation Skills
11 26 (2.92%) Public Sector
12 18 (2.02%) Pharmaceutical
13 17 (1.91%) Health Technology
13 17 (1.91%) Manufacturing
14 11 (1.24%) Publishing
15 10 (1.12%) Front Office
16 8 (0.90%) Organisational Skills
16 8 (0.90%) Tech for Good
17 7 (0.79%) Back Office
Job Titles
1 226 (25.42%) Senior
2 188 (21.15%) Data Scientist
3 135 (15.19%) Data Engineer
4 95 (10.69%) Senior Data Scientist
5 92 (10.35%) Developer
6 70 (7.87%) Lead
7 65 (7.31%) Analyst
8 47 (5.29%) Data Manager
9 40 (4.50%) Senior Data Engineer
10 37 (4.16%) Architect
11 36 (4.05%) Python Engineer
12 31 (3.49%) Data Analyst
13 28 (3.15%) Senior Manager
14 24 (2.70%) Python Data Engineer
15 23 (2.59%) Lead Data Scientist
16 20 (2.25%) Consultant
16 20 (2.25%) Python Developer
17 18 (2.02%) Designer
17 18 (2.02%) Product Manager
18 17 (1.91%) Senior Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 68 (7.65%) Pandas
2 66 (7.42%) PySpark
2 66 (7.42%) TensorFlow
3 41 (4.61%) scikit-learn
4 39 (4.39%) Kafka
5 35 (3.94%) PyTorch
6 33 (3.71%) .NET
7 28 (3.15%) CSS
7 28 (3.15%) NumPy
8 24 (2.70%) RESTful
9 23 (2.59%) React
10 22 (2.47%) HTML
11 21 (2.36%) Django
12 15 (1.69%) JSON
13 14 (1.57%) Apache Beam
13 14 (1.57%) Node.js
14 12 (1.35%) XML
15 10 (1.12%) RabbitMQ
15 10 (1.12%) XGBoost
16 9 (1.01%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 148 (16.65%) Algorithms
2 50 (5.62%) Data Structures
3 43 (4.84%) Product Ownership
4 40 (4.50%) Virtual Team
5 28 (3.15%) Swaptions
6 26 (2.92%) Onboarding
7 21 (2.36%) Management Information System
8 20 (2.25%) Renewable Energy
9 19 (2.14%) Cloud Native
10 17 (1.91%) Life Science
10 17 (1.91%) Self-Motivation
11 16 (1.80%) Credit Risk
12 14 (1.57%) Blockchain
13 13 (1.46%) Blog
13 13 (1.46%) Enterprise Software
14 11 (1.24%) Client/Server
14 11 (1.24%) Cyber Threat
15 10 (1.12%) PMI
16 9 (1.01%) Mobile App
17 8 (0.90%) Hedge funds
Operating Systems
1 41 (4.61%) Linux
2 12 (1.35%) Unix
3 9 (1.01%) Windows
4 6 (0.67%) Android
4 6 (0.67%) Apple iOS
5 1 (0.11%) Solaris
5 1 (0.11%) VMS
5 1 (0.11%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 380 (42.74%) Machine Learning
2 300 (33.75%) Analytics
3 249 (28.01%) Artificial Intelligence
4 221 (24.86%) Visualisation
5 205 (23.06%) Computer Science
6 189 (21.26%) Data Modelling
7 175 (19.69%) Problem-Solving
8 158 (17.77%) Statistics
9 151 (16.99%) Mathematics
10 143 (16.09%) ETL
11 142 (15.97%) Business Intelligence
12 139 (15.64%) Data Visualisation
13 136 (15.30%) Agile
14 135 (15.19%) Software Engineering
15 133 (14.96%) Data Engineering
16 126 (14.17%) Data Pipeline
17 113 (12.71%) DevOps
18 100 (11.25%) Data Analysis
19 93 (10.46%) Natural Language Processing
20 89 (10.01%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 556 (62.54%) Python
2 441 (49.61%) SQL
3 126 (14.17%) R
4 91 (10.24%) Java
5 73 (8.21%) C#
6 35 (3.94%) VB
7 30 (3.37%) C
8 29 (3.26%) JavaScript
9 27 (3.04%) C++
10 26 (2.92%) Data Analysis Expressions
11 24 (2.70%) MATLAB
12 19 (2.14%) Scala
13 18 (2.02%) T-SQL
14 15 (1.69%) TypeScript
15 10 (1.12%) VBA
16 9 (1.01%) U-SQL
17 6 (0.67%) Go
18 3 (0.34%) Bash
19 2 (0.22%) PowerShell
19 2 (0.22%) SAS Macro
Qualifications
1 311 (34.98%) Degree
2 124 (13.95%) Master's Degree
3 69 (7.76%) PhD
4 56 (6.30%) Computer Science Degree
5 29 (3.26%) DBS Check
6 25 (2.81%) Security Cleared
7 15 (1.69%) Microsoft Certification
8 13 (1.46%) SC Cleared
9 10 (1.12%) PMI Certification
10 8 (0.90%) Numerate Degree
10 8 (0.90%) Postgraduate
11 7 (0.79%) DV Cleared
12 5 (0.56%) AWS Certification
13 2 (0.22%) Azure Certification
13 2 (0.22%) HNC
14 1 (0.11%) BPSS Clearance
14 1 (0.11%) MBA
14 1 (0.11%) MCP
14 1 (0.11%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 62 (6.97%) Data Quality
2 18 (2.02%) GDPR
3 16 (1.80%) QA
4 10 (1.12%) PMO
5 9 (1.01%) Accessibility
6 4 (0.45%) California Consumer Privacy Act
7 3 (0.34%) Actionable Recommendations
7 3 (0.34%) SLA
8 2 (0.22%) CDISC
8 2 (0.22%) IFRS
8 2 (0.22%) IFRS 9
8 2 (0.22%) SNOMED CT
System Software
1 54 (6.07%) Docker
2 7 (0.79%) Virtual Machines
3 4 (0.45%) Active Directory
4 2 (0.22%) HDFS
4 2 (0.22%) IAG
5 1 (0.11%) Slurm Workload Manager
Systems Management
1 50 (5.62%) Kubernetes
2 37 (4.16%) Terraform
3 6 (0.67%) Kubeflow
3 6 (0.67%) logstash
4 3 (0.34%) Argo
5 2 (0.22%) Ansible
5 2 (0.22%) Core Impact
5 2 (0.22%) Grafana
5 2 (0.22%) Prometheus
6 1 (0.11%) Kibana
6 1 (0.11%) Podman
6 1 (0.11%) Progress Chef
Vendors
1 97 (10.91%) Databricks
2 68 (7.65%) Microsoft
3 51 (5.74%) Oracle
4 45 (5.06%) Google
5 30 (3.37%) Sybase
6 28 (3.15%) OpenLink
6 28 (3.15%) TIBCO
7 14 (1.57%) Salesforce
8 13 (1.46%) OpenAI
9 12 (1.35%) Alteryx
10 9 (1.01%) Adobe
11 8 (0.90%) Samsung
11 8 (0.90%) YouTube
12 7 (0.79%) Atlassian
13 4 (0.45%) Cloudera
13 4 (0.45%) Facebook
13 4 (0.45%) FIS
13 4 (0.45%) Informatica
14 3 (0.34%) Embarcadero
14 3 (0.34%) Tealium