Data Science Manager
UK

The median Data Science Manager salary in the UK is £70,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 9 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
9 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 873 816 1148
Rank change year-on-year -57 +332 -262
Permanent jobs requiring a Data Science Manager 29 156 81
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.029% 0.15% 0.052%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.031% 0.17% 0.054%
Number of salaries quoted 24 26 18
10th Percentile £67,250 - £49,411
25th Percentile £69,313 £53,595 £56,563
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £74,087 £72,500
Median % change year-on-year -5.52% +2.19% -19.44%
75th Percentile £75,500 £94,938 £83,750
90th Percentile £104,000 £108,762 £87,270
UK excluding London median annual salary £70,000 £65,000 £54,508
% change year-on-year +7.69% +19.25% -

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies. 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 with a recognized job title 93,776 92,678 150,788
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.62% 91.45% 96.10%
Number of salaries quoted 67,209 58,362 84,200
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,500 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £71,250 £81,250 £78,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £100,000 £96,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £53,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -5.66% +6.00% +5.26%

Data Science Manager
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Data Science Manager in the UK

Data Science Manager
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Data Science Manager.

Salary trend for Data Science Manager in the UK

Data Science Manager
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Data Science Manager over the 6 months to 9 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Data Science Manager in the UK

Data Science Manager
Top 8 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Data Science Manager within the UK over the 6 months to 9 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
Work from Home -45 22 £70,000 -26.62% 3
UK excluding London -123 21 £70,000 +7.69% 3
Scotland -52 16 £70,000 +27.17%
England -38 13 £85,000 +3.03% 4
London +105 8 £105,000 +24.87% 1
West Midlands +12 3 £85,000 -8.11% 1
Midlands -10 3 £85,000 -8.11% 1
South West -27 2 £83,500 +51.70%

Data Science Manager Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 9 May 2024, Data Science Manager 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 featuring Data Science Manager in the job title.

1 29 (100.00%) Data Science
2 20 (68.97%) Finance
3 19 (65.52%) Python
4 17 (58.62%) Machine Learning
5 14 (48.28%) Analytics
6 13 (44.83%) SQL
7 11 (37.93%) Data Analytics
8 10 (34.48%) Power Platform
8 10 (34.48%) Power BI
9 9 (31.03%) GCP
9 9 (31.03%) Data Engineering
9 9 (31.03%) Google
10 8 (27.59%) Internal Audit
11 6 (20.69%) Stakeholder Management
11 6 (20.69%) Tableau
12 5 (17.24%) Algorithms
12 5 (17.24%) R
12 5 (17.24%) Retail
12 5 (17.24%) Social Skills
13 4 (13.79%) Databricks
13 4 (13.79%) Monetization
13 4 (13.79%) Snowflake
13 4 (13.79%) PMI
13 4 (13.79%) PMI Certification
13 4 (13.79%) Artificial Intelligence
13 4 (13.79%) Azure
14 3 (10.34%) Statistical Modelling
14 3 (10.34%) Data Transformation
14 3 (10.34%) Agile
14 3 (10.34%) Decision-Making

Data Science Manager Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 2 (6.90%) ArcGIS
1 2 (6.90%) SAS
2 1 (3.45%) Apache Spark
Cloud Services
1 10 (34.48%) Power Platform
2 9 (31.03%) GCP
3 4 (13.79%) Azure
3 4 (13.79%) Snowflake
4 1 (3.45%) AWS
4 1 (3.45%) Azure Data Factory
4 1 (3.45%) Azure Synapse Analytics
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (34.48%) Power BI
2 6 (20.69%) Tableau
3 2 (6.90%) Data Mining
3 2 (6.90%) GIS
3 2 (6.90%) Spatial Data
4 1 (3.45%) Hadoop
General
1 20 (68.97%) Finance
2 5 (17.24%) Retail
2 5 (17.24%) Social Skills
3 1 (3.45%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (3.45%) Banking
3 1 (3.45%) Law
3 1 (3.45%) Manufacturing
3 1 (3.45%) Marketing
3 1 (3.45%) Presentation Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (6.90%) Django
1 2 (6.90%) jQuery
1 2 (6.90%) PostGIS
1 2 (6.90%) Twitter Bootstrap
2 1 (3.45%) Pandas
Miscellaneous
1 5 (17.24%) Algorithms
2 4 (13.79%) PMI
3 2 (6.90%) Cloud Native
3 2 (6.90%) Lidar
3 2 (6.90%) Virtual Team
4 1 (3.45%) Data Structures
Processes & Methodologies
1 29 (100.00%) Data Science
2 17 (58.62%) Machine Learning
3 14 (48.28%) Analytics
4 11 (37.93%) Data Analytics
5 9 (31.03%) Data Engineering
6 8 (27.59%) Internal Audit
7 6 (20.69%) Stakeholder Management
8 4 (13.79%) Artificial Intelligence
8 4 (13.79%) Monetization
9 3 (10.34%) Agile
9 3 (10.34%) Data Transformation
9 3 (10.34%) Decision-Making
9 3 (10.34%) Statistical Modelling
10 2 (6.90%) Agile Project Management
10 2 (6.90%) Data Cleansing
10 2 (6.90%) Data Integration
10 2 (6.90%) Remote Sensing
10 2 (6.90%) Use Case
10 2 (6.90%) Web Application Development
10 2 (6.90%) Web Development
Programming Languages
1 19 (65.52%) Python
2 13 (44.83%) SQL
3 5 (17.24%) R
4 2 (6.90%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 4 (13.79%) PMI Certification
2 2 (6.90%) Degree
3 1 (3.45%) Master's Degree
3 1 (3.45%) PhD
3 1 (3.45%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (6.90%) Data Quality
1 2 (6.90%) QA
Systems Management
1 2 (6.90%) Terraform
Vendors
1 9 (31.03%) Google
2 4 (13.79%) Databricks