Senior Data Scientist Jobs in the South East

Senior Data Scientist
England > South East

The median Senior Data Scientist salary in the South East is £80,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 16 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
16 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 389 390 474
Rank change year-on-year +1 +84 -91
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior Data Scientist 6 8 13
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 0.036% 0.056% 0.065%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.038% 0.062% 0.068%
Number of salaries quoted 4 8 12
10th Percentile - £61,000 £51,425
25th Percentile £75,000 £62,500 £58,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £80,000 £67,500 £67,536
Median % change year-on-year +18.52% -0.05% +0.05%
75th Percentile £85,000 £75,000 £73,655
90th Percentile - £75,375 £82,005
England median annual salary £80,000 £67,500 £80,000
% change year-on-year +18.52% -15.63% -

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
South East

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in the South East. 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 the South East with a recognized job title 15,844 12,924 19,181
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.01% 90.26% 96.45%
Number of salaries quoted 11,341 8,141 12,419
10th Percentile £27,500 £29,750 £30,000
25th Percentile £36,032 £40,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% - +10.00%
75th Percentile £65,000 £71,250 £70,000
90th Percentile £77,500 £85,000 £82,500
England median annual salary £53,000 £60,800 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.83% +1.33% +9.09%

Senior Data Scientist
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

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

Job vacancy trend for Senior Data Scientist in the South East

Senior Data Scientist
Salary Trend in the South East

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Senior Data Scientist in the South East.

Salary trend for Senior Data Scientist in the South East

Senior Data Scientist
Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Senior Data Scientist within the South East region over the 6 months to 16 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
Thames Valley +12 3 £80,000 +23.08% 7
Surrey +2 3 £75,000 +7.14% 4
Oxfordshire - 2 £80,000 - 1
Berkshire +24 1 £80,000 +23.08% 6
Senior Data Scientist
England

Senior Data Scientist Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East

For the 6 months to 16 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 South East region featuring Senior Data Scientist in the job title.

1 6 (100.00%) Python
1 6 (100.00%) R
1 6 (100.00%) Algorithms
1 6 (100.00%) Data Science
2 5 (83.33%) Degree
3 4 (66.67%) Machine Learning
3 4 (66.67%) Data Analysis
4 3 (50.00%) PhD
4 3 (50.00%) Data Visualisation
4 3 (50.00%) Analytics
4 3 (50.00%) Mathematics
4 3 (50.00%) Computer Science
4 3 (50.00%) Visualisation
4 3 (50.00%) Azure
4 3 (50.00%) Master's Degree
5 2 (33.33%) Social Skills
5 2 (33.33%) Data Interpretation
5 2 (33.33%) Accessibility
5 2 (33.33%) Analytical Modelling
5 2 (33.33%) People Analytics
5 2 (33.33%) Roadmaps
5 2 (33.33%) Decision-Making
5 2 (33.33%) Technical Leadership
5 2 (33.33%) Thought Leadership
5 2 (33.33%) Storytelling
5 2 (33.33%) Databricks
5 2 (33.33%) Data Strategy
5 2 (33.33%) Quantitative Research
5 2 (33.33%) NoSQL
5 2 (33.33%) Data Structures

Senior Data Scientist Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East 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:

Applications
1 2 (33.33%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 3 (50.00%) Azure
2 1 (16.67%) Azure Machine Learning
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (33.33%) NoSQL
1 2 (33.33%) PostgreSQL
2 1 (16.67%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (16.67%) Git
General
1 2 (33.33%) Legal
1 2 (33.33%) Pharmaceutical
1 2 (33.33%) Social Skills
2 1 (16.67%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (16.67%) Finance
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (16.67%) Keras
1 1 (16.67%) PyTorch
1 1 (16.67%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 6 (100.00%) Algorithms
2 2 (33.33%) Data Structures
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (100.00%) Data Science
2 4 (66.67%) Data Analysis
2 4 (66.67%) Machine Learning
3 3 (50.00%) Analytics
3 3 (50.00%) Computer Science
3 3 (50.00%) Data Visualisation
3 3 (50.00%) Mathematics
3 3 (50.00%) Visualisation
4 2 (33.33%) Analytical Modelling
4 2 (33.33%) Data Analytics
4 2 (33.33%) Data Interpretation
4 2 (33.33%) Decision-Making
4 2 (33.33%) Economics
4 2 (33.33%) People Analytics
4 2 (33.33%) Project Management
4 2 (33.33%) Psychology
4 2 (33.33%) Roadmaps
4 2 (33.33%) Storytelling
4 2 (33.33%) Technical Leadership
4 2 (33.33%) Thought Leadership
Programming Languages
1 6 (100.00%) Python
1 6 (100.00%) R
2 2 (33.33%) SQL
3 1 (16.67%) C#
Qualifications
1 5 (83.33%) Degree
2 3 (50.00%) Master's Degree
2 3 (50.00%) PhD
3 1 (16.67%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (33.33%) Accessibility
System Software
1 1 (16.67%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (16.67%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 2 (33.33%) Databricks
1 2 (33.33%) Microsoft