Lead Data Scientist Jobs in London

Lead Data Scientist
England > London

The median Lead Data Scientist salary in London is £115,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 21 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
21 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 481 586 767
Rank change year-on-year +105 +181 -170
Permanent jobs requiring a Lead Data Scientist 22 29 130
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 0.093% 0.087% 0.18%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.099% 0.091% 0.19%
Number of salaries quoted 17 24 60
10th Percentile £90,000 £63,125 £63,750
25th Percentile £92,500 £75,000 £81,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £115,000 £87,500 £100,000
Median % change year-on-year +31.43% -12.50% +5.26%
75th Percentile £137,500 £101,875 £112,500
90th Percentile - £106,375 £112,875
England median annual salary £95,000 £80,000 £90,000
% change year-on-year +18.75% -11.11% -

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 22,258 31,854 67,717
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.23% 95.14% 96.28%
Number of salaries quoted 16,594 23,516 34,823
10th Percentile £37,500 £42,402 £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%

Lead Data Scientist
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Job vacancy trend for Lead Data Scientist in London

Lead Data Scientist
Salary Trend in London

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

Salary trend for Lead Data Scientist in London

Lead Data Scientist
Salary Histogram in London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Lead Data Scientist in London over the 6 months to 21 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Lead Data Scientist in London

Lead 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 Lead Data Scientist within the London region over the 6 months to 21 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 - 3 £115,000 - 1
Lead Data Scientist
England

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

For the 6 months to 21 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 London region featuring Lead Data Scientist in the job title.

1 22 (100.00%) Machine Learning
1 22 (100.00%) Data Science
2 20 (90.91%) Python
3 18 (81.82%) Artificial Intelligence
3 18 (81.82%) Statistics
4 14 (63.64%) Degree
4 14 (63.64%) Mathematics
5 13 (59.09%) Computer Science
5 13 (59.09%) SQL
5 13 (59.09%) Natural Language Processing
6 11 (50.00%) Deep Learning
7 10 (45.45%) LLM
8 8 (36.36%) Analytics
8 8 (36.36%) Apache Spark
8 8 (36.36%) Algorithms
8 8 (36.36%) Predictive Modelling
9 7 (31.82%) Neural Network
9 7 (31.82%) Analytical Skills
9 7 (31.82%) Computer Vision
9 7 (31.82%) AWS
10 5 (22.73%) NumPy
10 5 (22.73%) Generative AI
10 5 (22.73%) Roadmaps
10 5 (22.73%) MLOps
11 4 (18.18%) Business Strategy
11 4 (18.18%) Containerisation
11 4 (18.18%) Thought Leadership
11 4 (18.18%) Insurtech
11 4 (18.18%) PyTorch
11 4 (18.18%) Human-Centred Design

Lead 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 8 (36.36%) Apache Spark
Cloud Services
1 7 (31.82%) AWS
2 1 (4.55%) Azure
2 1 (4.55%) GCP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (9.09%) Big Data
2 1 (4.55%) Apache Hive
2 1 (4.55%) Hadoop
General
1 7 (31.82%) Analytical Skills
2 3 (13.64%) Finance
2 3 (13.64%) Social Skills
3 1 (4.55%) Banking
3 1 (4.55%) Marketing
3 1 (4.55%) Presentation Skills
3 1 (4.55%) Retail
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (22.73%) NumPy
2 4 (18.18%) .NET
2 4 (18.18%) Pandas
2 4 (18.18%) PyTorch
2 4 (18.18%) TensorFlow
2 4 (18.18%) XGBoost
Miscellaneous
1 8 (36.36%) Algorithms
2 1 (4.55%) Data Structures
Processes & Methodologies
1 22 (100.00%) Data Science
1 22 (100.00%) Machine Learning
2 18 (81.82%) Artificial Intelligence
2 18 (81.82%) Statistics
3 14 (63.64%) Mathematics
4 13 (59.09%) Computer Science
4 13 (59.09%) Natural Language Processing
5 11 (50.00%) Deep Learning
6 10 (45.45%) LLM
7 8 (36.36%) Analytics
7 8 (36.36%) Predictive Modelling
8 7 (31.82%) Computer Vision
8 7 (31.82%) Neural Network
9 5 (22.73%) Generative AI
9 5 (22.73%) MLOps
9 5 (22.73%) Roadmaps
10 4 (18.18%) Business Strategy
10 4 (18.18%) Containerisation
10 4 (18.18%) Data Pipeline
10 4 (18.18%) Problem-Solving
Programming Languages
1 20 (90.91%) Python
2 13 (59.09%) SQL
3 4 (18.18%) C#
4 3 (13.64%) C
4 3 (13.64%) C++
4 3 (13.64%) Java
5 1 (4.55%) R
Qualifications
1 14 (63.64%) Degree
2 3 (13.64%) PhD
3 2 (9.09%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (4.55%) Data Quality