Data Scientist Jobs in Central London

Data Scientist
London > Central London

The median Data Scientist salary in Central London is £85,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 30 April 2025.

The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Apr 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 133 144 221
Rank change year-on-year +11 +77 +25
Permanent jobs requiring a Data Scientist 32 53 25
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Central London 1.26% 1.40% 0.47%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.39% 1.47% 0.49%
Number of salaries quoted 8 26 24
10th Percentile £59,250 £45,750 £59,375
25th Percentile £72,188 £48,875 £68,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £85,000 £66,250 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year +28.30% -11.67% -
75th Percentile £90,000 £104,375 £82,188
90th Percentile £91,125 £121,250 £94,250
London median annual salary £80,000 £75,000 £68,823
% change year-on-year +6.67% +8.98% -8.24%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Central London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Central 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 Central London with a recognized job title 2,309 3,597 5,096
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.91% 95.08% 96.19%
Number of salaries quoted 1,638 2,832 4,257
10th Percentile £41,250 £40,000 £41,250
25th Percentile £52,500 £52,500 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £72,500 £72,500 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year - -3.33% +3.45%
75th Percentile £96,250 £95,000 £95,000
90th Percentile £120,000 £112,500 £111,250
London median annual salary £75,000 £70,000 £72,500
% change year-on-year +7.14% -3.45% +3.57%

Data Scientist
Job Vacancy Trend in Central London

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

Job vacancy trend for Data Scientist in Central London

Data Scientist
Salary Trend in Central London

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

Salary trend for Data Scientist in Central London

Data Scientist
Salary Histogram in Central London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Data Scientist in Central London over the 6 months to 30 April 2025.

Salary histogram for Data Scientist in Central London

Data Scientist
Job Locations in Central London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Data Scientist within the Central London region over the 6 months to 30 April 2025. 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
City of London +13 20 £85,000 +28.30% 4
City of Westminster -7 9 - - 1
West End of London -3 4 - - 4
Data Scientist
London

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

For the 6 months to 30 April 2025, 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 Central London region featuring Data Scientist in the job title.

1 32 (100.00%) Data Science
2 25 (78.13%) Social Skills
2 25 (78.13%) Visualisation
3 23 (71.88%) Python
4 20 (62.50%) Machine Learning
5 18 (56.25%) Analytics
6 17 (53.13%) Analytical Skills
6 17 (53.13%) Statistics
7 16 (50.00%) Algorithms
7 16 (50.00%) Decision-Making
8 15 (46.88%) Master's Degree
8 15 (46.88%) Degree
9 13 (40.63%) Natural Language Processing
10 12 (37.50%) SQL
11 11 (34.38%) Artificial Intelligence
12 10 (31.25%) Software Engineering
12 10 (31.25%) Data Modelling
12 10 (31.25%) Azure
12 10 (31.25%) Data Analytics
12 10 (31.25%) scikit-learn
12 10 (31.25%) TensorFlow
12 10 (31.25%) MLOps
13 9 (28.13%) Plotly
13 9 (28.13%) Data Engineering
13 9 (28.13%) Data Transformation
13 9 (28.13%) Data Visualisation
13 9 (28.13%) Computer Science
13 9 (28.13%) PhD
14 8 (25.00%) Pharmaceutical
14 8 (25.00%) Life Science

Data Scientist Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Central 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 4 (12.50%) Apache
1 4 (12.50%) Apache Airflow
1 4 (12.50%) Apache Spark
Cloud Services
1 10 (31.25%) Azure
2 5 (15.63%) AWS
2 5 (15.63%) GitHub
3 1 (3.13%) Amazon S3
3 1 (3.13%) Amazon SageMaker
3 1 (3.13%) AWS CodeCommit
3 1 (3.13%) AWS Lambda
3 1 (3.13%) Cloud9 IDE
3 1 (3.13%) Serverless
3 1 (3.13%) Textract
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (18.75%) Tableau
2 1 (3.13%) Oracle Database
2 1 (3.13%) Oracle Reports
2 1 (3.13%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 6 (18.75%) Git
General
1 25 (78.13%) Social Skills
2 17 (53.13%) Analytical Skills
3 8 (25.00%) Pharmaceutical
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (31.25%) scikit-learn
1 10 (31.25%) TensorFlow
2 9 (28.13%) Plotly
3 7 (21.88%) Pandas
4 6 (18.75%) PySpark
5 5 (15.63%) PyTorch
6 2 (6.25%) OpenCV
6 2 (6.25%) pydantic
7 1 (3.13%) NumPy
7 1 (3.13%) REST
7 1 (3.13%) SciPy
7 1 (3.13%) SpaCy
Miscellaneous
1 16 (50.00%) Algorithms
2 8 (25.00%) Life Science
3 6 (18.75%) Credit Risk
4 4 (12.50%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 32 (100.00%) Data Science
2 25 (78.13%) Visualisation
3 20 (62.50%) Machine Learning
4 18 (56.25%) Analytics
5 17 (53.13%) Statistics
6 16 (50.00%) Decision-Making
7 13 (40.63%) Natural Language Processing
8 11 (34.38%) Artificial Intelligence
9 10 (31.25%) Data Analytics
9 10 (31.25%) Data Modelling
9 10 (31.25%) MLOps
9 10 (31.25%) Software Engineering
10 9 (28.13%) Computer Science
10 9 (28.13%) Data Engineering
10 9 (28.13%) Data Transformation
10 9 (28.13%) Data Visualisation
11 8 (25.00%) Biotechnology
11 8 (25.00%) Business Analytics
11 8 (25.00%) Informatics
11 8 (25.00%) Process Improvement
Programming Languages
1 23 (71.88%) Python
2 12 (37.50%) SQL
3 1 (3.13%) Java
3 1 (3.13%) R
Qualifications
1 15 (46.88%) Degree
1 15 (46.88%) Master's Degree
2 9 (28.13%) PhD
3 6 (18.75%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (3.13%) Actionable Recommendations
System Software
1 1 (3.13%) Docker
Vendors
1 6 (18.75%) Databricks
2 4 (12.50%) Microsoft
3 1 (3.13%) Oracle