Lead Data Scientist Jobs in Central London

Lead Data Scientist
London > Central London

The median Lead Data Scientist salary in Central London is £115,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 3 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
3 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 190 - 306
Rank change year-on-year - - -52
Permanent jobs requiring a Lead Data Scientist 3 0 7
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Central London 0.079% - 0.087%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.083% - 0.091%
Number of salaries quoted 3 0 4
10th Percentile - - £74,500
25th Percentile £107,500 - £81,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £115,000 - £90,000
Median % change year-on-year - - -10.00%
75th Percentile £122,500 - £97,500
90th Percentile - - £102,000
London median annual salary £111,250 £87,500 £90,000
% change year-on-year +27.14% -2.78% -2.70%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Central London

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised 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 3,615 5,070 7,679
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 95.23% 96.19% 95.74%
Number of salaries quoted 2,833 4,231 6,436
10th Percentile £40,000 £41,250 £42,500
25th Percentile £52,500 £55,000 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £72,500 £75,000 £72,500
Median % change year-on-year -3.33% +3.45% +3.57%
75th Percentile £95,000 £95,000 £93,750
90th Percentile £112,500 £112,500 £108,750
London median annual salary £70,000 £72,500 £70,000
% change year-on-year -3.45% +3.57% -

Lead Data Scientist
Job Vacancy Trend in Central London

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

Job vacancy trend for Lead Data Scientist in Central London

Lead Data Scientist
Salary Trend in Central London

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

Salary trend for Lead Data Scientist in Central London

Lead 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 Lead Data Scientist within the Central London region over the 6 months to 3 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
City of London - 3 £115,000 - 1
Lead Data Scientist
London

Lead Data Scientist Skill Set
Top 24 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Central London

For the 6 months to 3 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 Central London region featuring Lead Data Scientist in the job title.

1 3 (100.00%) C
1 3 (100.00%) C++
1 3 (100.00%) Java
1 3 (100.00%) SQL
1 3 (100.00%) Python
1 3 (100.00%) Artificial Intelligence
1 3 (100.00%) Neural Network
1 3 (100.00%) Statistics
1 3 (100.00%) Degree
1 3 (100.00%) Mathematics
1 3 (100.00%) Computer Science
1 3 (100.00%) Data Cleansing
1 3 (100.00%) Predictive Modelling
1 3 (100.00%) Natural Language Processing
1 3 (100.00%) Machine Learning
1 3 (100.00%) Analytics
1 3 (100.00%) Deep Learning
1 3 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
1 3 (100.00%) Apache Spark
1 3 (100.00%) Algorithms
1 3 (100.00%) Convolutional Neural Network
1 3 (100.00%) Actionable Insight
1 3 (100.00%) Data Science
2 2 (66.67%) LLM

Lead 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 3 (100.00%) Apache Spark
General
1 3 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
Miscellaneous
1 3 (100.00%) Algorithms
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Actionable Insight
1 3 (100.00%) Analytics
1 3 (100.00%) Artificial Intelligence
1 3 (100.00%) Computer Science
1 3 (100.00%) Convolutional Neural Network
1 3 (100.00%) Data Cleansing
1 3 (100.00%) Data Science
1 3 (100.00%) Deep Learning
1 3 (100.00%) Machine Learning
1 3 (100.00%) Mathematics
1 3 (100.00%) Natural Language Processing
1 3 (100.00%) Neural Network
1 3 (100.00%) Predictive Modelling
1 3 (100.00%) Statistics
2 2 (66.67%) LLM
Programming Languages
1 3 (100.00%) C
1 3 (100.00%) C++
1 3 (100.00%) Java
1 3 (100.00%) Python
1 3 (100.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 3 (100.00%) Degree