Principal Data Scientist Jobs in the City of London

Principal Data Scientist
Central London > City of London

As of 28 May 2025, there is not enough information available from job vacancies posted within the last 6 months to determine the median Principal Data Scientist salary in the City of London.

6 months to
28 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 136 176 -
Rank change year-on-year +40 - -
Permanent jobs requiring a Principal Data Scientist 3 1 0
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the City of London 0.16% 0.030% -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.17% 0.031% -
Number of salaries quoted 0 1 0
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) - £115,000 -
Central London median annual salary - £115,000 -

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
City of London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies 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 1,781 3,214 4,384
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.25% 96.14% 96.22%
Number of salaries quoted 1,351 2,532 3,665
10th Percentile £41,250 £41,250 £42,444
25th Percentile £52,500 £53,750 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £72,500 £73,000 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year -0.68% -2.67% +3.45%
75th Percentile £95,000 £95,000 £97,500
90th Percentile £120,000 £112,500 £115,000
Central London median annual salary £72,500 £72,500 £73,210
% change year-on-year - -0.97% +0.98%

Principal Data Scientist
Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London

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

Job vacancy trend for Principal Data Scientist in the City of London

Principal Data Scientist
Salary Trend in the City of London

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

Salary trend for Principal Data Scientist in the City of London

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

For the 6 months to 28 May 2025, Principal 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 Principal Data Scientist in the job title.

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%) WFM
1 3 (100.00%) Mathematics
1 3 (100.00%) Physics
1 3 (100.00%) Credit Risk
1 3 (100.00%) Git
1 3 (100.00%) Visualisation
1 3 (100.00%) Predictive Modelling
1 3 (100.00%) Natural Language Processing
1 3 (100.00%) Tableau
1 3 (100.00%) Root Cause Analysis
1 3 (100.00%) Machine Learning
1 3 (100.00%) Propensity Modelling
1 3 (100.00%) Demand Forecasting
1 3 (100.00%) Data Munging
1 3 (100.00%) Pandas
1 3 (100.00%) Algorithms
1 3 (100.00%) scikit-learn
1 3 (100.00%) DBS Check
1 3 (100.00%) TensorFlow
1 3 (100.00%) Actionable Insight
1 3 (100.00%) Databricks
1 3 (100.00%) PySpark
1 3 (100.00%) Master's Degree
1 3 (100.00%) Data Science

Principal 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:

Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (100.00%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 3 (100.00%) Git
General
1 3 (100.00%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (100.00%) Pandas
1 3 (100.00%) PySpark
1 3 (100.00%) scikit-learn
1 3 (100.00%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 3 (100.00%) Algorithms
1 3 (100.00%) Credit Risk
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Actionable Insight
1 3 (100.00%) Artificial Intelligence
1 3 (100.00%) Customer Experience
1 3 (100.00%) Data Munging
1 3 (100.00%) Data Science
1 3 (100.00%) Decision-Making
1 3 (100.00%) Demand Forecasting
1 3 (100.00%) Machine Learning
1 3 (100.00%) Mathematics
1 3 (100.00%) MLOps
1 3 (100.00%) Natural Language Processing
1 3 (100.00%) Neural Network
1 3 (100.00%) Physics
1 3 (100.00%) Predictive Modelling
1 3 (100.00%) Propensity Modelling
1 3 (100.00%) Root Cause Analysis
1 3 (100.00%) Statistics
1 3 (100.00%) Storytelling
1 3 (100.00%) Visualisation
1 3 (100.00%) WFM
Programming Languages
1 3 (100.00%) Python
1 3 (100.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 3 (100.00%) DBS Check
1 3 (100.00%) Degree
1 3 (100.00%) Master's Degree
Vendors
1 3 (100.00%) Databricks