Lead Data Scientist Jobs in the South West

Lead Data Scientist
England > South West

The median Lead Data Scientist salary in the South West is £85,139 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 28 April 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
28 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 285 270 297
Rank change year-on-year -15 +27 -23
Permanent jobs requiring a Lead Data Scientist 4 1 12
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 0.044% 0.014% 0.15%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.045% 0.016% 0.16%
Number of salaries quoted 4 1 5
10th Percentile - - £51,000
25th Percentile £66,250 £51,250 £60,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £85,139 £62,500 £74,000
Median % change year-on-year +36.22% -15.54% +55.79%
75th Percentile £96,539 £73,750 £102,500
90th Percentile - - £103,250
England median annual salary £95,000 £70,000 £88,750
% change year-on-year +35.71% -21.13% -1.39%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
South West

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in the South West. 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 West with a recognized job title 8,802 6,157 7,668
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 96.10% 89.15% 96.44%
Number of salaries quoted 6,436 3,853 5,126
10th Percentile £28,000 £29,288 £29,500
25th Percentile £36,250 £37,500 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £63,750 £68,750 £65,000
90th Percentile £77,500 £80,000 £77,500
England median annual salary £53,500 £60,567 £60,000
% change year-on-year -11.67% +0.95% +9.09%

Lead Data Scientist
Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

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

Job vacancy trend for Lead Data Scientist in the South West

Lead Data Scientist
Salary Trend in the South West

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Lead Data Scientist in the South West.

Salary trend for Lead Data Scientist in the South West

Lead Data Scientist
Salary Histogram in the South West

Salary distribution for jobs citing Lead Data Scientist in the South West over the 6 months to 28 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Lead Data Scientist in the South West

Lead Data Scientist
Job Locations in the South West

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 South West region over the 6 months to 28 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
Bristol +7 2 £92,778 +48.44%
Gloucestershire - 2 £77,500 -
Lead Data Scientist
England

Lead Data Scientist Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South West

For the 6 months to 28 April 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 South West region featuring Lead Data Scientist in the job title.

1 4 (100.00%) Python
1 4 (100.00%) Artificial Intelligence
1 4 (100.00%) Deep Learning
1 4 (100.00%) Pandas
1 4 (100.00%) Data Science
1 4 (100.00%) Social Skills
1 4 (100.00%) Natural Language Processing
1 4 (100.00%) Machine Learning
2 2 (50.00%) Generative AI
2 2 (50.00%) LLM
2 2 (50.00%) Statistical Modelling
2 2 (50.00%) MLOps
2 2 (50.00%) Customer Experience
2 2 (50.00%) Intelligent Automation
2 2 (50.00%) Decision-Making
2 2 (50.00%) Project Delivery
2 2 (50.00%) PyTorch
2 2 (50.00%) Random Forest
2 2 (50.00%) Computer Vision
2 2 (50.00%) Decision Tree
2 2 (50.00%) Price Optimisation
2 2 (50.00%) Mentoring
2 2 (50.00%) Coaching
2 2 (50.00%) Data Structures
2 2 (50.00%) scikit-learn
2 2 (50.00%) TensorFlow
2 2 (50.00%) Propensity Modelling
2 2 (50.00%) Bayesian Methods
2 2 (50.00%) Time Series Forecasting
2 2 (50.00%) Degree

Lead Data Scientist Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South West 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:

General
1 4 (100.00%) Social Skills
2 2 (50.00%) Banking
2 2 (50.00%) Finance
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (100.00%) Pandas
2 2 (50.00%) NumPy
2 2 (50.00%) PyTorch
2 2 (50.00%) scikit-learn
2 2 (50.00%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 2 (50.00%) Data Structures
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (100.00%) Artificial Intelligence
1 4 (100.00%) Data Science
1 4 (100.00%) Deep Learning
1 4 (100.00%) Machine Learning
1 4 (100.00%) Natural Language Processing
2 2 (50.00%) Bayesian Methods
2 2 (50.00%) Coaching
2 2 (50.00%) Computer Vision
2 2 (50.00%) Customer Experience
2 2 (50.00%) Decision Tree
2 2 (50.00%) Decision-Making
2 2 (50.00%) Intelligent Automation
2 2 (50.00%) Mentoring
2 2 (50.00%) MLOps
2 2 (50.00%) Price Optimisation
2 2 (50.00%) Project Delivery
2 2 (50.00%) Propensity Modelling
2 2 (50.00%) Random Forest
2 2 (50.00%) Statistical Modelling
2 2 (50.00%) Time Series Forecasting
Programming Languages
1 4 (100.00%) Python
2 2 (50.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 2 (50.00%) Degree
1 2 (50.00%) PhD
1 2 (50.00%) Security Cleared