Data Scientist Jobs in the City of London

Data Scientist
Central London > City of London

The median Data Scientist salary in the City of London is £67,500 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 5 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
5 May 2024		 Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 131 210 241
Rank change year-on-year +79 +31 -51
Permanent jobs requiring a Data Scientist 47 22 48
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the City of London 1.40% 0.47% 0.67%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.46% 0.49% 0.70%
Number of salaries quoted 25 20 36
10th Percentile £45,750 £56,375 £47,500
25th Percentile £51,500 £68,250 £57,188
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,500 £75,000 £73,750
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% +1.69% +5.36%
75th Percentile £106,250 £89,063 £88,750
90th Percentile £121,500 £95,000 £97,500
Central London median annual salary £67,500 £75,000 £75,000
% change year-on-year -10.00% - +7.14%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
City of London

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in the City of 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 City of London with a recognized job title 3,223 4,526 6,835
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 95.92% 96.32% 95.53%
Number of salaries quoted 2,565 3,799 5,685
10th Percentile £41,250 £42,500 £45,000
25th Percentile £52,500 £55,000 £56,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £73,441 £75,000 £72,500
Median % change year-on-year -2.08% +3.45% -
75th Percentile £95,000 £97,500 £93,750
90th Percentile £112,500 £112,500 £108,750
Central London median annual salary £72,500 £74,000 £72,500
% change year-on-year -2.03% +2.07% +3.57%

Data Scientist
Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London

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

Job vacancy trend for Data Scientist in the City of London

Data Scientist
Salary Trend in the City of London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Data Scientist in the City of London.

Salary trend for Data Scientist in the City of London

Data Scientist
Salary Histogram in the City of London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Data Scientist in the City of London over the 6 months to 5 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Data Scientist in the City of London

Data Scientist Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the City of London

For the 6 months to 5 May 2024, 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 City of London region featuring Data Scientist in the job title.

1 47 (100.00%) Python
1 47 (100.00%) Data Science
2 41 (87.23%) Machine Learning
3 33 (70.21%) SQL
4 32 (68.09%) Degree
5 31 (65.96%) Mathematics
6 30 (63.83%) Statistics
6 30 (63.83%) Artificial Intelligence
7 29 (61.70%) Algorithms
8 28 (59.57%) Predictive Modelling
9 27 (57.45%) Natural Language Processing
10 25 (53.19%) Neural Network
11 24 (51.06%) Visualisation
11 24 (51.06%) MLOps
12 23 (48.94%) Tableau
13 22 (46.81%) TensorFlow
14 20 (42.55%) Decision-Making
14 20 (42.55%) Actionable Insight
14 20 (42.55%) Social Skills
15 19 (40.43%) Master's Degree
15 19 (40.43%) Pandas
16 18 (38.30%) Git
16 18 (38.30%) Computer Science
16 18 (38.30%) Databricks
16 18 (38.30%) scikit-learn
16 18 (38.30%) Generative AI
17 17 (36.17%) Customer Experience
17 17 (36.17%) Storytelling
17 17 (36.17%) DBS Check
17 17 (36.17%) PySpark

Data Scientist Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the City of 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 (8.51%) Apache Spark
2 3 (6.38%) SAS
3 2 (4.26%) Jupyter
Cloud Services
1 10 (21.28%) Azure
2 4 (8.51%) AWS
2 4 (8.51%) Power Platform
3 3 (6.38%) Azure Data Factory
4 2 (4.26%) Azure Machine Learning
4 2 (4.26%) Azure Synapse Analytics
4 2 (4.26%) GCP
5 1 (2.13%) Azure DevOps
5 1 (2.13%) Cloud Computing
5 1 (2.13%) GitHub
5 1 (2.13%) Serverless
5 1 (2.13%) Snowflake
5 1 (2.13%) WhatsApp
Database & Business Intelligence
1 23 (48.94%) Tableau
2 5 (10.64%) Neo4j
3 4 (8.51%) Power BI
4 3 (6.38%) Big Data
4 3 (6.38%) Data Mining
4 3 (6.38%) Hadoop
5 2 (4.26%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 18 (38.30%) Git
2 2 (4.26%) RStudio
2 2 (4.26%) Visual Studio Code
3 1 (2.13%) git-flow
3 1 (2.13%) MLflow
General
1 20 (42.55%) Social Skills
2 8 (17.02%) Analytical Skills
3 5 (10.64%) Finance
4 3 (6.38%) Games
5 1 (2.13%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 1 (2.13%) Marketing
5 1 (2.13%) Presentation Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 22 (46.81%) TensorFlow
2 19 (40.43%) Pandas
3 18 (38.30%) scikit-learn
4 17 (36.17%) PySpark
5 5 (10.64%) PyTorch
6 3 (6.38%) Keras
7 2 (4.26%) NumPy
Miscellaneous
1 29 (61.70%) Algorithms
2 2 (4.26%) Reinsurance
3 1 (2.13%) Renewable Energy
Operating Systems
1 1 (2.13%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 47 (100.00%) Data Science
2 41 (87.23%) Machine Learning
3 31 (65.96%) Mathematics
4 30 (63.83%) Artificial Intelligence
4 30 (63.83%) Statistics
5 28 (59.57%) Predictive Modelling
6 27 (57.45%) Natural Language Processing
7 25 (53.19%) Neural Network
8 24 (51.06%) MLOps
8 24 (51.06%) Visualisation
9 20 (42.55%) Actionable Insight
9 20 (42.55%) Decision-Making
10 18 (38.30%) Computer Science
10 18 (38.30%) Generative AI
11 17 (36.17%) Customer Experience
11 17 (36.17%) Demand Forecasting
11 17 (36.17%) Physics
11 17 (36.17%) Root Cause Analysis
11 17 (36.17%) Storytelling
11 17 (36.17%) WFM
Programming Languages
1 47 (100.00%) Python
2 33 (70.21%) SQL
3 12 (25.53%) R
4 4 (8.51%) C
4 4 (8.51%) C++
5 3 (6.38%) Java
5 3 (6.38%) VBA
Qualifications
1 32 (68.09%) Degree
2 19 (40.43%) Master's Degree
3 17 (36.17%) DBS Check
4 5 (10.64%) PhD
5 3 (6.38%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (4.26%) SNOMED CT
2 1 (2.13%) Data Quality
2 1 (2.13%) QA
System Software
1 1 (2.13%) Docker
Vendors
1 18 (38.30%) Databricks
2 2 (4.26%) Alteryx
2 2 (4.26%) Microsoft
5 Data Scientist jobs in Central London