Data Scientist Jobs in London

Data Scientist
England > London

The median Data Scientist salary in London is £75,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 17 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
17 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 311 415 337
Rank change year-on-year +104 -78 -11
Permanent jobs requiring a Data Scientist 208 222 809
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 0.88% 0.66% 1.17%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.93% 0.69% 1.22%
Number of salaries quoted 116 167 278
10th Percentile £46,875 £46,570 £47,500
25th Percentile £55,000 £52,875 £57,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £68,823 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year +8.98% -8.24% +15.38%
75th Percentile £95,625 £86,250 £88,750
90th Percentile £120,000 £97,290 £109,125
England median annual salary £70,000 £65,000 £67,500
% change year-on-year +7.69% -3.70% +12.50%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
London

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in 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 London with a recognized job title 22,283 31,984 66,421
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.21% 95.13% 96.30%
Number of salaries quoted 16,636 23,610 34,531
10th Percentile £37,500 £42,444 £41,250
25th Percentile £51,250 £55,000 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £72,500 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.45% +3.57% -
75th Percentile £93,750 £95,000 £91,250
90th Percentile £115,000 £115,000 £110,000
England median annual salary £53,000 £60,800 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.83% +1.33% +9.09%

Data Scientist
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Job vacancy trend for Data Scientist in London

Data Scientist
Salary Trend in London

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

Salary trend for Data Scientist in London

Data Scientist
Salary Histogram in London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Data Scientist in London over the 6 months to 17 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Data Scientist in London

Data Scientist
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 Scientist within the London region over the 6 months to 17 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
Central London +102 65 £73,750 -1.67% 4
West London -20 2 £80,000 +64.32% 3
East London +21 1 £80,000 -
Data Scientist
England

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

For the 6 months to 17 May 2024, 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 London region featuring Data Scientist in the job title.

1 208 (100.00%) Data Science
2 189 (90.87%) Python
3 167 (80.29%) Machine Learning
4 135 (64.90%) SQL
5 125 (60.10%) Degree
6 109 (52.40%) Statistics
7 97 (46.63%) Algorithms
8 95 (45.67%) Mathematics
9 94 (45.19%) Social Skills
10 93 (44.71%) Artificial Intelligence
11 87 (41.83%) Predictive Modelling
12 81 (38.94%) Visualisation
12 81 (38.94%) Natural Language Processing
13 72 (34.62%) Master's Degree
14 66 (31.73%) Analytics
15 64 (30.77%) Neural Network
16 62 (29.81%) Customer Experience
17 61 (29.33%) Decision-Making
18 60 (28.85%) Actionable Insight
19 59 (28.37%) TensorFlow
20 58 (27.88%) Computer Science
20 58 (27.88%) Physics
21 57 (27.40%) Tableau
21 57 (27.40%) MLOps
21 57 (27.40%) Generative AI
22 56 (26.92%) Pandas
23 53 (25.48%) Git
24 51 (24.52%) R
24 51 (24.52%) scikit-learn
25 50 (24.04%) Databricks

Data Scientist Skill Set
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 19 (9.13%) SAS
2 18 (8.65%) Apache Spark
3 3 (1.44%) Jupyter
Applications
1 1 (0.48%) Blender
1 1 (0.48%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 42 (20.19%) Azure
2 40 (19.23%) AWS
3 21 (10.10%) GCP
4 12 (5.77%) GitHub
5 10 (4.81%) Power Platform
6 7 (3.37%) Azure Machine Learning
7 4 (1.92%) Amazon SageMaker
8 3 (1.44%) Azure Data Factory
9 2 (0.96%) Azure Synapse Analytics
9 2 (0.96%) Cloud Computing
9 2 (0.96%) Snowflake
10 1 (0.48%) Azure DevOps
10 1 (0.48%) Serverless
10 1 (0.48%) WhatsApp
Database & Business Intelligence
1 57 (27.40%) Tableau
2 22 (10.58%) Data Mining
3 17 (8.17%) Big Data
4 14 (6.73%) Hadoop
5 10 (4.81%) Power BI
6 9 (4.33%) BusinessObjects
6 9 (4.33%) Text Mining
7 5 (2.40%) Amazon QuickSight
8 3 (1.44%) Neo4j
8 3 (1.44%) Relational Database
8 3 (1.44%) SQL Server
9 1 (0.48%) Apache Hive
9 1 (0.48%) Base SAS
9 1 (0.48%) MongoDB
9 1 (0.48%) MySQL
9 1 (0.48%) Qlik Sense
9 1 (0.48%) SAS EBI
Development Applications
1 53 (25.48%) Git
2 1 (0.48%) git-flow
2 1 (0.48%) JIRA
2 1 (0.48%) MLflow
2 1 (0.48%) RStudio
2 1 (0.48%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 94 (45.19%) Social Skills
2 41 (19.71%) Analytical Skills
3 29 (13.94%) Finance
4 18 (8.65%) Marketing
4 18 (8.65%) Retail
5 14 (6.73%) Presentation Skills
6 7 (3.37%) Pharmaceutical
7 5 (2.40%) Banking
8 4 (1.92%) Law
9 2 (0.96%) Games
9 2 (0.96%) Public Sector
10 1 (0.48%) Front Office
10 1 (0.48%) Inclusion and Diversity
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 59 (28.37%) TensorFlow
2 56 (26.92%) Pandas
3 51 (24.52%) scikit-learn
4 47 (22.60%) PySpark
5 15 (7.21%) PyTorch
6 9 (4.33%) NumPy
7 7 (3.37%) Kedro
8 5 (2.40%) XGBoost
9 4 (1.92%) .NET
10 2 (0.96%) Anaconda
10 2 (0.96%) Keras
11 1 (0.48%) JSON
11 1 (0.48%) SciPy
11 1 (0.48%) Unreal Engine
Miscellaneous
1 97 (46.63%) Algorithms
2 9 (4.33%) Management Information System
3 8 (3.85%) Credit Risk
4 7 (3.37%) Life Science
5 5 (2.40%) Onboarding
5 5 (2.40%) PMI
5 5 (2.40%) Semantic Web
6 4 (1.92%) Pricing Data
7 3 (1.44%) Blog
7 3 (1.44%) CUDA
7 3 (1.44%) Social Media
8 2 (0.96%) Cybercrime
8 2 (0.96%) Educational Technology
8 2 (0.96%) Mobile App
8 2 (0.96%) Renewable Energy
9 1 (0.48%) Client/Server
9 1 (0.48%) Data Structures
9 1 (0.48%) Reinsurance
9 1 (0.48%) Self-Motivation
9 1 (0.48%) Virtual Reality
Operating Systems
1 2 (0.96%) Android
1 2 (0.96%) Apple iOS
2 1 (0.48%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 208 (100.00%) Data Science
2 167 (80.29%) Machine Learning
3 109 (52.40%) Statistics
4 95 (45.67%) Mathematics
5 93 (44.71%) Artificial Intelligence
6 87 (41.83%) Predictive Modelling
7 81 (38.94%) Natural Language Processing
7 81 (38.94%) Visualisation
8 66 (31.73%) Analytics
9 64 (30.77%) Neural Network
10 62 (29.81%) Customer Experience
11 61 (29.33%) Decision-Making
12 60 (28.85%) Actionable Insight
13 58 (27.88%) Computer Science
13 58 (27.88%) Physics
14 57 (27.40%) Generative AI
14 57 (27.40%) MLOps
15 46 (22.12%) Data Munging
16 45 (21.63%) Demand Forecasting
16 45 (21.63%) Root Cause Analysis
Programming Languages
1 189 (90.87%) Python
2 135 (64.90%) SQL
3 51 (24.52%) R
4 9 (4.33%) C++
5 8 (3.85%) VBA
6 6 (2.88%) C#
6 6 (2.88%) Java
7 5 (2.40%) C
7 5 (2.40%) MATLAB
Qualifications
1 125 (60.10%) Degree
2 72 (34.62%) Master's Degree
3 46 (22.12%) DBS Check
4 27 (12.98%) PhD
5 5 (2.40%) PMI Certification
5 5 (2.40%) Security Cleared
6 4 (1.92%) Computer Science Degree
7 3 (1.44%) Postgraduate
7 3 (1.44%) SC Cleared
8 2 (0.96%) Numerate Degree
9 1 (0.48%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (2.40%) Data Quality
2 2 (0.96%) IFRS
2 2 (0.96%) IFRS 9
2 2 (0.96%) QA
3 1 (0.48%) Accessibility
3 1 (0.48%) SNOMED CT
System Software
1 2 (0.96%) Docker
Systems Management
1 2 (0.96%) Core Impact
2 1 (0.48%) Kubeflow
2 1 (0.48%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 50 (24.04%) Databricks
2 2 (0.96%) Microsoft
2 2 (0.96%) Sage
3 1 (0.48%) Alteryx
3 1 (0.48%) Google
3 1 (0.48%) ServiceNow