Data Scientist Jobs in London

Data Scientist
England > London

The median Data Scientist salary in London is £72,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 14 June 2024.

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

6 months to
14 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 322 417 358
Rank change year-on-year +95 -59 +3
Permanent jobs requiring a Data Scientist 194 186 870
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 0.78% 0.60% 1.17%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.83% 0.63% 1.22%
Number of salaries quoted 98 144 289
10th Percentile £45,000 £46,570 £47,500
25th Percentile £55,000 £50,938 £57,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £72,500 £67,500 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year +7.41% -10.00% +15.38%
75th Percentile £92,188 £82,500 £90,000
90th Percentile £115,000 £91,750 £105,500
England median annual salary £68,100 £62,500 £67,500
% change year-on-year +8.96% -7.41% +17.39%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in 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 London with a recognized job title 23,403 29,645 71,541
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.44% 94.97% 96.13%
Number of salaries quoted 17,198 22,316 34,853
10th Percentile £37,500 £41,750 £41,250
25th Percentile £50,000 £54,988 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £72,500 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.45% +3.57% -
75th Percentile £93,750 £95,000 £91,250
90th Percentile £115,000 £115,000 £110,000
England median annual salary £52,500 £60,713 £60,000
% change year-on-year -13.53% +1.19% +9.09%

Data Scientist
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Job vacancy trend for Data Scientist in London

Data Scientist
Salary Trend in London

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

Salary trend for Data Scientist in London

Data Scientist
Salary Histogram in London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Data Scientist in London over the 6 months to 14 June 2024.

Salary histogram for Data Scientist in London

Data Scientist
Job Locations in London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Data Scientist within the London region over the 6 months to 14 June 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
Central London +86 64 £68,100 -9.20%
West London -23 2 £80,000 +64.32% 1
East London +20 1 £80,000 -
Data Scientist
England

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

For the 6 months to 14 June 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 London region featuring Data Scientist in the job title.

1 194 (100.00%) Data Science
2 172 (88.66%) Python
3 150 (77.32%) Machine Learning
4 123 (63.40%) SQL
5 111 (57.22%) Degree
6 96 (49.48%) Statistics
7 95 (48.97%) Algorithms
8 94 (48.45%) Social Skills
9 85 (43.81%) Mathematics
10 84 (43.30%) Predictive Modelling
11 81 (41.75%) Visualisation
11 81 (41.75%) Artificial Intelligence
12 69 (35.57%) Natural Language Processing
12 69 (35.57%) Master's Degree
13 64 (32.99%) Customer Experience
14 62 (31.96%) Decision-Making
14 62 (31.96%) Analytics
15 60 (30.93%) Actionable Insight
16 59 (30.41%) Neural Network
17 56 (28.87%) TensorFlow
18 55 (28.35%) scikit-learn
18 55 (28.35%) Pandas
18 55 (28.35%) Physics
19 54 (27.84%) Git
19 54 (27.84%) Tableau
20 53 (27.32%) Generative AI
21 52 (26.80%) MLOps
22 51 (26.29%) Computer Science
23 50 (25.77%) Databricks
24 46 (23.71%) Demand Forecasting

Data Scientist Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in 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 17 (8.76%) Apache Spark
2 14 (7.22%) SAS
3 2 (1.03%) Jupyter
Applications
1 1 (0.52%) Blender
1 1 (0.52%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 41 (21.13%) Azure
2 33 (17.01%) AWS
3 20 (10.31%) GCP
4 11 (5.67%) Power Platform
5 9 (4.64%) GitHub
6 8 (4.12%) Azure Machine Learning
7 3 (1.55%) Anthropic Claude
7 3 (1.55%) Azure Data Factory
7 3 (1.55%) Cloud Computing
7 3 (1.55%) Snowflake
8 2 (1.03%) Amazon SageMaker
8 2 (1.03%) Azure Synapse Analytics
9 1 (0.52%) Azure DevOps
9 1 (0.52%) WhatsApp
Database & Business Intelligence
1 54 (27.84%) Tableau
2 18 (9.28%) Data Mining
3 14 (7.22%) Big Data
3 14 (7.22%) Hadoop
4 11 (5.67%) Power BI
5 6 (3.09%) BusinessObjects
5 6 (3.09%) Text Mining
6 5 (2.58%) Amazon QuickSight
7 3 (1.55%) Relational Database
7 3 (1.55%) SQL Server
8 2 (1.03%) Geospatial Data
9 1 (0.52%) Base SAS
9 1 (0.52%) MongoDB
9 1 (0.52%) MySQL
9 1 (0.52%) Qlik Sense
9 1 (0.52%) SAS EBI
Development Applications
1 54 (27.84%) Git
2 1 (0.52%) git-flow
2 1 (0.52%) JIRA
2 1 (0.52%) MLflow
General
1 94 (48.45%) Social Skills
2 42 (21.65%) Analytical Skills
3 26 (13.40%) Finance
4 20 (10.31%) Marketing
5 19 (9.79%) Retail
6 14 (7.22%) Presentation Skills
7 10 (5.15%) Pharmaceutical
8 5 (2.58%) Banking
9 4 (2.06%) Law
10 2 (1.03%) Public Sector
11 1 (0.52%) Advertising
11 1 (0.52%) Front Office
11 1 (0.52%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 1 (0.52%) Japanese Language
11 1 (0.52%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 56 (28.87%) TensorFlow
2 55 (28.35%) Pandas
2 55 (28.35%) scikit-learn
3 46 (23.71%) PySpark
4 10 (5.15%) PyTorch
5 6 (3.09%) Kedro
6 5 (2.58%) NumPy
7 3 (1.55%) XGBoost
8 2 (1.03%) Anaconda
9 1 (0.52%) .NET
9 1 (0.52%) JSON
9 1 (0.52%) Keras
9 1 (0.52%) SciPy
9 1 (0.52%) Unreal Engine
Miscellaneous
1 95 (48.97%) Algorithms
2 10 (5.15%) Credit Risk
2 10 (5.15%) Life Science
3 6 (3.09%) Management Information System
4 5 (2.58%) Onboarding
4 5 (2.58%) PMI
4 5 (2.58%) Semantic Web
5 3 (1.55%) Blog
5 3 (1.55%) CUDA
5 3 (1.55%) Renewable Energy
5 3 (1.55%) Social Media
6 2 (1.03%) Data Structures
6 2 (1.03%) Educational Technology
6 2 (1.03%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
6 2 (1.03%) Mobile App
7 1 (0.52%) Client/Server
7 1 (0.52%) NHS
7 1 (0.52%) Pricing Data
7 1 (0.52%) Self-Motivation
7 1 (0.52%) Virtual Reality
Operating Systems
1 2 (1.03%) Android
1 2 (1.03%) Apple iOS
2 1 (0.52%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 194 (100.00%) Data Science
2 150 (77.32%) Machine Learning
3 96 (49.48%) Statistics
4 85 (43.81%) Mathematics
5 84 (43.30%) Predictive Modelling
6 81 (41.75%) Artificial Intelligence
6 81 (41.75%) Visualisation
7 69 (35.57%) Natural Language Processing
8 64 (32.99%) Customer Experience
9 62 (31.96%) Analytics
9 62 (31.96%) Decision-Making
10 60 (30.93%) Actionable Insight
11 59 (30.41%) Neural Network
12 55 (28.35%) Physics
13 53 (27.32%) Generative AI
14 52 (26.80%) MLOps
15 51 (26.29%) Computer Science
16 46 (23.71%) Data Munging
16 46 (23.71%) Demand Forecasting
17 45 (23.20%) Propensity Modelling
Programming Languages
1 172 (88.66%) Python
2 123 (63.40%) SQL
3 46 (23.71%) R
4 9 (4.64%) C++
5 8 (4.12%) VBA
6 6 (3.09%) Java
7 5 (2.58%) C
7 5 (2.58%) MATLAB
8 4 (2.06%) C#
Qualifications
1 111 (57.22%) Degree
2 69 (35.57%) Master's Degree
3 46 (23.71%) DBS Check
4 23 (11.86%) PhD
5 5 (2.58%) PMI Certification
5 5 (2.58%) Security Cleared
6 4 (2.06%) Computer Science Degree
7 3 (1.55%) Numerate Degree
7 3 (1.55%) Postgraduate
7 3 (1.55%) SC Cleared
8 1 (0.52%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (2.58%) Data Quality
2 2 (1.03%) IFRS
2 2 (1.03%) IFRS 9
3 1 (0.52%) Accessibility
3 1 (0.52%) QA
System Software
1 3 (1.55%) Docker
Systems Management
1 2 (1.03%) Core Impact
1 2 (1.03%) Kubernetes
2 1 (0.52%) Kubeflow
Vendors
1 50 (25.77%) Databricks
2 2 (1.03%) Microsoft
3 1 (0.52%) ServiceNow