Senior Data Scientist Jobs in England

Senior Data Scientist
UK > England

The median Senior Data Scientist salary in England is £80,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 9 May 2025.

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

6 months to
9 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 580 644 792
Rank change year-on-year +64 +148 -119
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior Data Scientist 91 187 139
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.19% 0.22% 0.15%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.21% 0.23% 0.17%
Number of salaries quoted 41 108 109
10th Percentile £53,750 £50,000 £51,833
25th Percentile £65,000 £66,250 £60,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £80,000 £80,000 £67,500
Median % change year-on-year - +18.52% -15.63%
75th Percentile £91,250 £95,385 £85,000
90th Percentile £106,250 £115,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £80,000 £80,000 £68,500
% change year-on-year - +16.79% -14.38%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
England

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in England. 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 England with a recognized job title 43,417 81,048 82,564
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.53% 94.49% 91.47%
Number of salaries quoted 24,595 60,528 52,373
10th Percentile £30,000 £28,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £42,000 £38,250 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £53,500 £60,800
Median % change year-on-year +7.48% -12.01% +1.33%
75th Percentile £75,000 £71,500 £82,500
90th Percentile £97,500 £91,000 £100,000
UK median annual salary £57,500 £52,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +9.52% -12.50% -

Senior Data Scientist
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Senior Data Scientist in England

Senior Data Scientist
Salary Trend in England

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Senior Data Scientist in England.

Salary trend for Senior Data Scientist in England

Senior Data Scientist
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Senior Data Scientist in England over the 6 months to 9 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Senior Data Scientist in England

Senior Data Scientist
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Senior Data Scientist within the England region over the 6 months to 9 May 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
London +51 49 £85,000 -5.56% 165
South West +125 29 £71,991 -7.11% 5
Yorkshire +58 5 £64,000 -14.67% 3
North of England +34 5 £64,000 -12.07% 13
Midlands +48 4 £57,500 -
West Midlands +45 4 £57,500 +2.22%
South East +91 2 £87,500 +9.38% 41
Senior Data Scientist
UK

Senior Data Scientist Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England

For the 6 months to 9 May 2025, Senior 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 England region featuring Senior Data Scientist in the job title.

1 91 (100.00%) Data Science
2 77 (84.62%) Machine Learning
2 77 (84.62%) Python
3 58 (63.74%) Visualisation
4 57 (62.64%) Artificial Intelligence
5 50 (54.95%) Decision-Making
6 49 (53.85%) Degree
7 44 (48.35%) Statistics
7 44 (48.35%) Algorithms
8 43 (47.25%) SQL
8 43 (47.25%) MLOps
9 40 (43.96%) Analytics
10 37 (40.66%) Finance
10 37 (40.66%) Software Engineering
10 37 (40.66%) Mathematics
11 33 (36.26%) Mentoring
12 31 (34.07%) Computer Science
13 29 (31.87%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 28 (30.77%) LLM
14 28 (30.77%) DevOps
15 27 (29.67%) Social Skills
15 27 (29.67%) Problem-Solving
16 26 (28.57%) Data Analysis
17 25 (27.47%) Security Cleared
17 25 (27.47%) Docker
17 25 (27.47%) TensorFlow
18 24 (26.37%) Kubernetes
18 24 (26.37%) Java
18 24 (26.37%) Data-Driven Decision Making
19 23 (25.27%) Computer Science Degree

Senior Data Scientist Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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 23 (25.27%) Jupyter
2 13 (14.29%) Apache Spark
3 7 (7.69%) Apache
3 7 (7.69%) Apache Airflow
Cloud Services
1 18 (19.78%) Azure
2 15 (16.48%) AWS
3 5 (5.49%) GCP
4 4 (4.40%) GitHub
4 4 (4.40%) Snowflake
4 4 (4.40%) Vertex AI
5 3 (3.30%) Power Platform
6 2 (2.20%) dbt
7 1 (1.10%) Amazon Neptune
7 1 (1.10%) SaaS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 23 (25.27%) Big Data
2 13 (14.29%) Tableau
3 4 (4.40%) Amazon Redshift
3 4 (4.40%) Apache Hive
3 4 (4.40%) Hadoop
4 3 (3.30%) Data Mining
4 3 (3.30%) Power BI
4 3 (3.30%) Relational Database
5 2 (2.20%) Looker
5 2 (2.20%) MySQL
6 1 (1.10%) ArangoDB
6 1 (1.10%) Neo4j
6 1 (1.10%) NoSQL
6 1 (1.10%) PostgreSQL
6 1 (1.10%) Triplestore
Development Applications
1 10 (10.99%) Git
2 1 (1.10%) Jenkins
General
1 37 (40.66%) Finance
2 29 (31.87%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 27 (29.67%) Social Skills
4 14 (15.38%) Analytical Skills
5 11 (12.09%) Banking
6 9 (9.89%) Pharmaceutical
7 5 (5.49%) Marketing
8 4 (4.40%) Financial Institution
8 4 (4.40%) Public Sector
8 4 (4.40%) Retail Banking
9 3 (3.30%) Presentation Skills
10 2 (2.20%) Health Technology
10 2 (2.20%) Tech for Good
11 1 (1.10%) Aviation
11 1 (1.10%) Private Banking
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 25 (27.47%) TensorFlow
2 20 (21.98%) scikit-learn
3 14 (15.38%) Pandas
4 11 (12.09%) PySpark
5 10 (10.99%) PyTorch
6 6 (6.59%) XGBoost
7 5 (5.49%) NumPy
8 4 (4.40%) Keras
8 4 (4.40%) SciPy
8 4 (4.40%) SpaCy
9 2 (2.20%) Plotly
9 2 (2.20%) PyMC3
9 2 (2.20%) Smart Contracts
9 2 (2.20%) Statsmodels
10 1 (1.10%) Apache Jena
10 1 (1.10%) Django
10 1 (1.10%) FastAPI
10 1 (1.10%) Flask
10 1 (1.10%) Hugging Face
10 1 (1.10%) JSON-LD
Miscellaneous
1 44 (48.35%) Algorithms
2 23 (25.27%) Cyberattack
3 9 (9.89%) Credit Risk
4 8 (8.79%) Life Science
5 4 (4.40%) Data Structures
6 2 (2.20%) Blockchain
6 2 (2.20%) IoT
6 2 (2.20%) Mobile Banking
6 2 (2.20%) Sports Betting
7 1 (1.10%) Analytical Mindset
7 1 (1.10%) CUDA
7 1 (1.10%) Greenfield Project
7 1 (1.10%) Reinsurance
7 1 (1.10%) Taxonomies
Processes & Methodologies
1 91 (100.00%) Data Science
2 77 (84.62%) Machine Learning
3 58 (63.74%) Visualisation
4 57 (62.64%) Artificial Intelligence
5 50 (54.95%) Decision-Making
6 44 (48.35%) Statistics
7 43 (47.25%) MLOps
8 40 (43.96%) Analytics
9 37 (40.66%) Mathematics
9 37 (40.66%) Software Engineering
10 33 (36.26%) Mentoring
11 31 (34.07%) Computer Science
12 28 (30.77%) DevOps
12 28 (30.77%) LLM
13 27 (29.67%) Problem-Solving
14 26 (28.57%) Data Analysis
15 24 (26.37%) Data-Driven Decision Making
16 23 (25.27%) Exploratory Data Analysis
16 23 (25.27%) Microservices
16 23 (25.27%) OpenUP
Programming Languages
1 77 (84.62%) Python
2 43 (47.25%) SQL
3 24 (26.37%) Java
4 23 (25.27%) JavaScript
5 9 (9.89%) R
6 2 (2.20%) TypeScript
7 1 (1.10%) Gremlin
7 1 (1.10%) Kotlin
7 1 (1.10%) SPARQL
Qualifications
1 49 (53.85%) Degree
2 25 (27.47%) Security Cleared
3 23 (25.27%) Computer Science Degree
3 23 (25.27%) DV Cleared
4 21 (23.08%) Master's Degree
5 12 (13.19%) PhD
6 9 (9.89%) DBS Check
7 2 (2.20%) Azure Certification
7 2 (2.20%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (9.89%) Data Quality
2 4 (4.40%) Actionable Recommendations
System Software
1 25 (27.47%) Docker
Systems Management
1 24 (26.37%) Kubernetes
2 1 (1.10%) Argo
2 1 (1.10%) Terraform
Vendors
1 14 (15.38%) Databricks
2 1 (1.10%) Foundry
2 1 (1.10%) Google
2 1 (1.10%) Oracle
2 1 (1.10%) Palantir