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 to 7 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
7 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 658 787 694
Rank change year-on-year +129 -93 +48
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior Data Scientist 178 139 505
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.21% 0.15% 0.38%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.22% 0.17% 0.39%
Number of salaries quoted 107 109 183
10th Percentile £50,000 £51,833 £58,000
25th Percentile £66,250 £60,000 £65,425
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £80,000 £67,500 £80,000
Median % change year-on-year +18.52% -15.63% -
75th Percentile £95,769 £85,000 £95,000
90th Percentile £115,000 £95,000 £110,000
UK median annual salary £80,000 £68,500 £80,000
% change year-on-year +16.79% -14.38% -

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
England

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised 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 80,478 82,732 127,934
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.48% 91.46% 96.08%
Number of salaries quoted 60,133 52,417 75,087
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,250 £45,000 £43,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,500 £60,800 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.01% +1.33% +9.09%
75th Percentile £71,725 £82,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £90,822 £100,000 £97,500
UK median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%

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 7 May 2024.

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 7 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
London +146 103 £90,000 +18.74% 38
North of England +52 21 £72,788 +11.98% 8
Midlands +20 19 £57,500 -34.29% 9
West Midlands +34 18 £56,250 -35.71%
South West -37 16 £77,500 +31.14% 3
East of England +22 14 £80,000 +6.67% 3
North West +21 13 £60,000 -11.11% 4
Yorkshire +82 8 £75,000 +27.66% 2
South East +17 5 £80,000 +14.29% 14
East Midlands - 1 £85,000 - 9
Senior Data Scientist
UK

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

For the 6 months to 7 May 2024, 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.

1 178 (100.00%) Data Science
2 158 (88.76%) Python
3 145 (81.46%) Machine Learning
4 115 (64.61%) SQL
5 107 (60.11%) Degree
6 86 (48.31%) Artificial Intelligence
7 82 (46.07%) Statistics
7 82 (46.07%) Algorithms
7 82 (46.07%) Social Skills
8 72 (40.45%) Mathematics
9 71 (39.89%) Natural Language Processing
10 66 (37.08%) Master's Degree
11 62 (34.83%) Visualisation
12 56 (31.46%) Predictive Modelling
13 54 (30.34%) Pandas
14 53 (29.78%) Actionable Insight
15 52 (29.21%) Decision-Making
16 51 (28.65%) Customer Experience
16 51 (28.65%) Analytics
17 50 (28.09%) Git
18 49 (27.53%) Generative AI
19 48 (26.97%) Physics
19 48 (26.97%) Neural Network
20 47 (26.40%) MLOps
21 45 (25.28%) TensorFlow
22 42 (23.60%) Tableau
22 42 (23.60%) scikit-learn
23 41 (23.03%) PhD
23 41 (23.03%) Databricks
24 40 (22.47%) Propensity Modelling

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 17 (9.55%) Apache Spark
2 5 (2.81%) SAS
3 2 (1.12%) Jupyter
Applications
1 6 (3.37%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (1.12%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 36 (20.22%) Azure
2 29 (16.29%) GCP
3 25 (14.04%) AWS
4 12 (6.74%) Power Platform
5 7 (3.93%) SaaS
6 4 (2.25%) Azure Machine Learning
7 2 (1.12%) Amazon SageMaker
8 1 (0.56%) Cloud Computing
Database & Business Intelligence
1 42 (23.60%) Tableau
2 13 (7.30%) Big Data
3 12 (6.74%) Power BI
4 9 (5.06%) Hadoop
5 3 (1.69%) Metadata
5 3 (1.69%) PostgreSQL
6 2 (1.12%) Amazon QuickSight
6 2 (1.12%) NoSQL
6 2 (1.12%) SQL Server
7 1 (0.56%) Apache Hive
7 1 (0.56%) Data Mining
7 1 (0.56%) Geospatial Data
7 1 (0.56%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 50 (28.09%) Git
2 2 (1.12%) RStudio
2 2 (1.12%) Visual Studio Code
3 1 (0.56%) JIRA
General
1 82 (46.07%) Social Skills
2 23 (12.92%) Finance
3 19 (10.67%) Marketing
4 17 (9.55%) Analytical Skills
4 17 (9.55%) Pharmaceutical
5 16 (8.99%) Banking
6 15 (8.43%) Retail
7 13 (7.30%) Law
8 10 (5.62%) Presentation Skills
9 9 (5.06%) Games
10 2 (1.12%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 2 (1.12%) Legal
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 54 (30.34%) Pandas
2 45 (25.28%) TensorFlow
3 42 (23.60%) scikit-learn
4 36 (20.22%) PySpark
5 13 (7.30%) PyTorch
6 9 (5.06%) NumPy
6 9 (5.06%) XGBoost
7 4 (2.25%) .NET
8 2 (1.12%) SpaCy
9 1 (0.56%) Django
9 1 (0.56%) Flask
9 1 (0.56%) Keras
9 1 (0.56%) NLTK
9 1 (0.56%) SciPy
9 1 (0.56%) Statsmodels
Miscellaneous
1 82 (46.07%) Algorithms
2 12 (6.74%) Life Science
3 11 (6.18%) Data Structures
4 9 (5.06%) Self-Motivation
5 5 (2.81%) Reinsurance
6 4 (2.25%) PMI
7 3 (1.69%) Blog
7 3 (1.69%) CUDA
7 3 (1.69%) Social Media
8 2 (1.12%) Cybercrime
8 2 (1.12%) Onboarding
8 2 (1.12%) Semantic Web
8 2 (1.12%) Team-Oriented Environment
9 1 (0.56%) Analytical Mindset
9 1 (0.56%) Credit Risk
9 1 (0.56%) Educational Technology
9 1 (0.56%) Renewable Energy
9 1 (0.56%) Virtual Reality
Processes & Methodologies
1 178 (100.00%) Data Science
2 145 (81.46%) Machine Learning
3 86 (48.31%) Artificial Intelligence
4 82 (46.07%) Statistics
5 72 (40.45%) Mathematics
6 71 (39.89%) Natural Language Processing
7 62 (34.83%) Visualisation
8 56 (31.46%) Predictive Modelling
9 53 (29.78%) Actionable Insight
10 52 (29.21%) Decision-Making
11 51 (28.65%) Analytics
11 51 (28.65%) Customer Experience
12 49 (27.53%) Generative AI
13 48 (26.97%) Neural Network
13 48 (26.97%) Physics
14 47 (26.40%) MLOps
15 40 (22.47%) Propensity Modelling
16 38 (21.35%) Computer Science
17 37 (20.79%) Storytelling
18 36 (20.22%) Data Munging
Programming Languages
1 158 (88.76%) Python
2 115 (64.61%) SQL
3 39 (21.91%) R
4 5 (2.81%) C#
4 5 (2.81%) C++
5 3 (1.69%) C
5 3 (1.69%) Java
6 2 (1.12%) MATLAB
Qualifications
1 107 (60.11%) Degree
2 66 (37.08%) Master's Degree
3 41 (23.03%) PhD
4 35 (19.66%) DBS Check
5 6 (3.37%) Security Cleared
6 4 (2.25%) PMI Certification
7 3 (1.69%) Postgraduate
8 2 (1.12%) Computer Science Degree
8 2 (1.12%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (2.25%) Data Quality
2 3 (1.69%) Accessibility
System Software
1 1 (0.56%) Docker
Systems Management
1 2 (1.12%) Core Impact
2 1 (0.56%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 41 (23.03%) Databricks
2 8 (4.49%) Microsoft
3 4 (2.25%) Alteryx
4 2 (1.12%) Sage
5 1 (0.56%) Dataiku
5 1 (0.56%) Oracle