Lead Data Scientist Jobs in the UK excluding London

Lead Data Scientist
UK > UK excluding London

The median Lead Data Scientist salary in the UK excluding London is £80,000 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 735 730 810
Rank change year-on-year -5 +80 -124
Permanent jobs requiring a Lead Data Scientist 28 18 34
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.039% 0.030% 0.047%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.041% 0.034% 0.050%
Number of salaries quoted 17 15 18
10th Percentile £61,750 £58,750 £56,150
25th Percentile £75,000 £62,500 £63,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £80,000 £70,000 £78,750
Median % change year-on-year +14.29% -11.11% +50.00%
75th Percentile £96,539 £82,500 £100,625
90th Percentile - £114,000 £105,750
UK median annual salary £92,778 £80,000 £90,000
% change year-on-year +15.97% -11.11% -

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK excluding London

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding 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 the UK excluding London with a recognized job title 67,828 52,627 68,668
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.85% 89.17% 95.75%
Number of salaries quoted 47,933 30,028 42,497
10th Percentile £26,750 £29,750 £28,500
25th Percentile £35,000 £38,750 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £53,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.66% +6.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £63,750 £68,750 £66,250
90th Percentile £76,250 £81,250 £80,000
UK median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%

Lead Data Scientist
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Job vacancy trend for Lead Data Scientist in the UK excluding London

Lead Data Scientist
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Salary trend for Lead Data Scientist in the UK excluding London

Lead Data Scientist
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

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

Salary histogram for Lead Data Scientist in the UK excluding London

Lead Data Scientist
Job Locations in the UK excluding 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 UK excluding 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
East of England +19 9 - -
West Midlands - 5 £80,000 -
Midlands - 5 £80,000 - 5
North of England +47 4 £76,389 +10.31% 3
South West -14 4 £85,139 +36.22% 2
South East -6 3 £75,000 +7.14% 3
Scotland -56 3 £92,778 -15.66%
Yorkshire +74 2 £92,778 +35.44% 1
North West -4 2 £60,000 -14.29%
Lead Data Scientist
UK

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

For the 6 months to 17 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 UK excluding London region featuring Lead Data Scientist in the job title.

1 28 (100.00%) Data Science
2 19 (67.86%) Python
3 13 (46.43%) Degree
4 12 (42.86%) Machine Learning
5 11 (39.29%) Line Management
5 11 (39.29%) SQL
5 11 (39.29%) PhD
5 11 (39.29%) Social Skills
6 10 (35.71%) Natural Language Processing
7 9 (32.14%) Deep Learning
7 9 (32.14%) Coaching
7 9 (32.14%) Data Structures
7 9 (32.14%) Decision-Making
7 9 (32.14%) Pandas
7 9 (32.14%) Finance
7 9 (32.14%) Artificial Intelligence
7 9 (32.14%) Bioinformatics
7 9 (32.14%) Biotechnology
7 9 (32.14%) Life Science
8 8 (28.57%) R
9 7 (25.00%) Use Case
9 7 (25.00%) Banking
9 7 (25.00%) Microsoft
9 7 (25.00%) Random Forest
9 7 (25.00%) Decision Tree
9 7 (25.00%) Mentoring
9 7 (25.00%) Propensity Modelling
9 7 (25.00%) Time Series Forecasting
9 7 (25.00%) Statistical Modelling
9 7 (25.00%) Generative AI

Lead Data Scientist Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding 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:

Applications
1 5 (17.86%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (7.14%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 5 (17.86%) Power Platform
2 3 (10.71%) Azure
3 2 (7.14%) GCP
4 1 (3.57%) Azure Machine Learning
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (17.86%) Power BI
2 2 (7.14%) NoSQL
2 2 (7.14%) PostgreSQL
General
1 11 (39.29%) Social Skills
2 9 (32.14%) Finance
3 7 (25.00%) Banking
4 2 (7.14%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 2 (7.14%) Legal
4 2 (7.14%) Retail
5 1 (3.57%) Analytical Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (32.14%) Pandas
2 3 (10.71%) PyTorch
2 3 (10.71%) TensorFlow
3 2 (7.14%) NumPy
3 2 (7.14%) scikit-learn
4 1 (3.57%) Keras
Miscellaneous
1 9 (32.14%) Data Structures
1 9 (32.14%) Life Science
2 5 (17.86%) Algorithms
Processes & Methodologies
1 28 (100.00%) Data Science
2 12 (42.86%) Machine Learning
3 11 (39.29%) Line Management
4 10 (35.71%) Natural Language Processing
5 9 (32.14%) Artificial Intelligence
5 9 (32.14%) Bioinformatics
5 9 (32.14%) Biotechnology
5 9 (32.14%) Coaching
5 9 (32.14%) Decision-Making
5 9 (32.14%) Deep Learning
6 7 (25.00%) Customer Experience
6 7 (25.00%) Decision Tree
6 7 (25.00%) Generative AI
6 7 (25.00%) Intelligent Automation
6 7 (25.00%) LLM
6 7 (25.00%) Mentoring
6 7 (25.00%) Project Delivery
6 7 (25.00%) Propensity Modelling
6 7 (25.00%) Random Forest
6 7 (25.00%) Time Series Forecasting
Programming Languages
1 19 (67.86%) Python
2 11 (39.29%) SQL
3 8 (28.57%) R
Qualifications
1 13 (46.43%) Degree
2 11 (39.29%) PhD
3 2 (7.14%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (7.14%) Accessibility
Vendors
1 7 (25.00%) Microsoft
2 2 (7.14%) Databricks