Data Science Jobs in London

Data Science
England > London

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in London requiring Data Science skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Data Science over the 6 months leading up to 26 July 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Jul 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 100 83 42
Rank change year-on-year -17 -41 +25
Permanent jobs citing Data Science 696 989 6,202
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 3.36% 3.65% 8.27%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.75% 3.85% 8.52%
Number of salaries quoted 390 727 1,577
10th Percentile £47,475 £50,000 £47,211
25th Percentile £60,000 £60,682 £58,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £80,000 £75,000 £79,800
Median % change year-on-year +6.67% -6.01% +6.40%
75th Percentile £100,000 £101,185 £95,000
90th Percentile £122,500 £124,100 £112,500
England median annual salary £70,000 £72,250 £72,500
% change year-on-year -3.11% -0.34% +7.41%

All Process and Methodology Skills
London

Data Science falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in London.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 18,545 25,706 72,795
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 89.42% 94.78% 97.04%
Number of salaries quoted 12,808 20,124 35,328
10th Percentile £39,500 £42,500 £42,500
25th Percentile £52,500 £55,000 £53,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £72,500 £74,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year -2.03% +5.71% -
75th Percentile £95,000 £95,000 £91,732
90th Percentile £120,000 £116,250 £110,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £62,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -11.29% +3.33% +4.35%

Data Science
Job Vacancy Trend in London

Job postings citing Data Science as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in London.

Job vacancy trend for Data Science in London

Data Science
Salary Trend in London

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

Salary trend for Data Science in London

Data Science
Salary Histogram in London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Data Science in London over the 6 months to 26 July 2024.

Salary histogram for Data Science in London

Data Science
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 Science within the London region over the 6 months to 26 July 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 +68 227 £75,000 - 20
West London -22 17 £72,000 +47.88% 8
South London -47 3 - - 3
East London - 3 £48,036 - 2
Data Science
England

Data Science
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 35 (5.03%) Apache Spark
2 25 (3.59%) SAS
3 16 (2.30%) Apache Airflow
4 12 (1.72%) Apache
5 11 (1.58%) Microsoft Exchange
6 5 (0.72%) Confluence
6 5 (0.72%) Jupyter
7 1 (0.14%) IIS
7 1 (0.14%) nginx
Applications
1 13 (1.87%) Microsoft Excel
2 10 (1.44%) Microsoft Office
3 5 (0.72%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 3 (0.43%) MS Visio
5 2 (0.29%) Stata
6 1 (0.14%) Blender
Business Applications
1 11 (1.58%) Endur
2 1 (0.14%) OpenLink RightAngle
Cloud Services
1 164 (23.56%) Azure
2 151 (21.70%) AWS
3 93 (13.36%) GCP
4 92 (13.22%) Power Platform
5 41 (5.89%) GitHub
6 31 (4.45%) Azure Data Factory
7 27 (3.88%) Azure DevOps
8 23 (3.30%) Azure Synapse Analytics
8 23 (3.30%) Snowflake
9 21 (3.02%) Amazon S3
10 17 (2.44%) Cloud Computing
11 14 (2.01%) Azure Machine Learning
11 14 (2.01%) dbt
12 12 (1.72%) Google Gemini
13 11 (1.58%) Serverless
14 10 (1.44%) Azure Data Lake Analytics
14 10 (1.44%) SaaS
15 8 (1.15%) Amazon SageMaker
15 8 (1.15%) AWS Lambda
15 8 (1.15%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 12 (1.72%) Network Security
2 6 (0.86%) Firewall
2 6 (0.86%) VPN
3 3 (0.43%) DNS
3 3 (0.43%) MQTT
4 2 (0.29%) SMS
5 1 (0.14%) HTTP
5 1 (0.14%) Reverse Proxy
5 1 (0.14%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 117 (16.81%) Tableau
2 90 (12.93%) Power BI
3 86 (12.36%) Data Warehouse
4 59 (8.48%) Big Data
5 33 (4.74%) Data Lake
6 31 (4.45%) NoSQL
7 30 (4.31%) SQL Server
8 28 (4.02%) BigQuery
9 27 (3.88%) Relational Database
10 24 (3.45%) Amazon QuickSight
10 24 (3.45%) Amazon Redshift
11 22 (3.16%) Hadoop
11 22 (3.16%) MongoDB
11 22 (3.16%) PostgreSQL
12 21 (3.02%) Looker
13 20 (2.87%) Data Mining
14 18 (2.59%) Amazon Athena
15 16 (2.30%) Azure SQL Database
15 16 (2.30%) RDBMS
16 15 (2.16%) Elasticsearch
Development Applications
1 102 (14.66%) Git
2 15 (2.16%) Jenkins
3 12 (1.72%) JIRA
4 9 (1.29%) MLflow
5 8 (1.15%) GitLab
6 7 (1.01%) TeamCity
7 4 (0.57%) ERwin
7 4 (0.57%) PyCharm
7 4 (0.57%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
7 4 (0.57%) Visual Studio Code
8 3 (0.43%) ER Studio
8 3 (0.43%) Spinnaker
8 3 (0.43%) Team Foundation Server
9 2 (0.29%) GoCD
10 1 (0.14%) Octopus Deploy
General
1 302 (43.39%) Social Skills
2 161 (23.13%) Analytical Skills
3 109 (15.66%) Finance
4 59 (8.48%) Retail
5 54 (7.76%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 51 (7.33%) Pharmaceutical
7 39 (5.60%) Presentation Skills
8 37 (5.32%) Banking
8 37 (5.32%) Marketing
9 23 (3.30%) Law
9 23 (3.30%) Legal
10 20 (2.87%) Games
11 11 (1.58%) Manufacturing
11 11 (1.58%) Public Sector
12 10 (1.44%) Front Office
13 9 (1.29%) Publishing
14 8 (1.15%) Investment Banking
14 8 (1.15%) Organisational Skills
15 6 (0.86%) Advertising
15 6 (0.86%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 246 (35.34%) Senior
2 173 (24.86%) Data Scientist
3 114 (16.38%) Senior Data Scientist
4 90 (12.93%) Analyst
5 84 (12.07%) Data Engineer
6 61 (8.76%) Developer
7 59 (8.48%) Architect
8 54 (7.76%) Lead
9 41 (5.89%) Senior Manager
10 28 (4.02%) Python Engineer
11 27 (3.88%) Senior Data Engineer
12 26 (3.74%) Data Manager
13 24 (3.45%) Data Analyst
13 24 (3.45%) Senior Architect
14 23 (3.30%) Python Data Engineer
14 23 (3.30%) Salesforce Architect
14 23 (3.30%) Senior Salesforce Architect
15 19 (2.73%) Salesforce Technical Architect
15 19 (2.73%) Senior Technical Manager
15 19 (2.73%) Technical Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 84 (12.07%) TensorFlow
2 70 (10.06%) Pandas
3 67 (9.63%) scikit-learn
4 66 (9.48%) PySpark
5 43 (6.18%) PyTorch
6 26 (3.74%) Kafka
7 20 (2.87%) React
8 16 (2.30%) NumPy
9 15 (2.16%) HTML
10 14 (2.01%) CSS
11 12 (1.72%) .NET
11 12 (1.72%) Apache Beam
11 12 (1.72%) JSON
11 12 (1.72%) RESTful
12 10 (1.44%) Keras
12 10 (1.44%) Node.js
13 9 (1.29%) SQLAlchemy
14 8 (1.15%) Shiny
15 7 (1.01%) XGBoost
15 7 (1.01%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 168 (24.14%) Algorithms
2 52 (7.47%) Data Structures
3 47 (6.75%) Life Science
4 34 (4.89%) Virtual Team
5 25 (3.59%) Onboarding
6 17 (2.44%) Product Ownership
7 14 (2.01%) IoT
8 13 (1.87%) Cloud Native
8 13 (1.87%) Enterprise Software
9 12 (1.72%) Management Information System
9 12 (1.72%) Self-Motivation
10 11 (1.58%) Swaptions
11 10 (1.44%) Blog
12 9 (1.29%) Credit Risk
12 9 (1.29%) Cyber Threat
13 7 (1.01%) Mobile App
13 7 (1.01%) PMI
13 7 (1.01%) Renewable Energy
14 5 (0.72%) Private Cloud
14 5 (0.72%) Semantic Web
Operating Systems
1 25 (3.59%) Linux
2 13 (1.87%) Unix
3 3 (0.43%) Android
3 3 (0.43%) Apple iOS
3 3 (0.43%) Windows
4 2 (0.29%) Windows Server
5 1 (0.14%) Robot Operating System
5 1 (0.14%) Solaris
5 1 (0.14%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 281 (40.37%) Machine Learning
2 265 (38.07%) Analytics
3 238 (34.20%) Visualisation
4 191 (27.44%) Artificial Intelligence
5 190 (27.30%) Computer Science
6 179 (25.72%) Statistics
7 158 (22.70%) Data Visualisation
8 153 (21.98%) Data Modelling
9 146 (20.98%) Mathematics
10 139 (19.97%) Problem-Solving
11 123 (17.67%) Data Engineering
12 119 (17.10%) Agile
13 117 (16.81%) Software Engineering
14 108 (15.52%) Business Intelligence
15 102 (14.66%) Data Pipeline
16 100 (14.37%) Natural Language Processing
17 99 (14.22%) Decision-Making
18 98 (14.08%) Customer Experience
19 90 (12.93%) Actionable Insight
20 87 (12.50%) MLOps
Programming Languages
1 420 (60.34%) Python
2 326 (46.84%) SQL
3 97 (13.94%) R
4 68 (9.77%) Java
5 34 (4.89%) C#
6 31 (4.45%) C++
7 26 (3.74%) JavaScript
8 25 (3.59%) Data Analysis Expressions
9 21 (3.02%) MATLAB
10 20 (2.87%) Scala
11 16 (2.30%) TypeScript
12 13 (1.87%) VBA
13 12 (1.72%) T-SQL
13 12 (1.72%) VB
14 10 (1.44%) U-SQL
15 9 (1.29%) C
15 9 (1.29%) Go
16 4 (0.57%) Shell Script
17 3 (0.43%) Bash
17 3 (0.43%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 308 (44.25%) Degree
2 172 (24.71%) Master's Degree
3 91 (13.07%) PhD
4 51 (7.33%) Computer Science Degree
5 46 (6.61%) DBS Check
6 21 (3.02%) Security Cleared
7 13 (1.87%) SC Cleared
8 12 (1.72%) Microsoft Certification
9 8 (1.15%) Postgraduate
10 7 (1.01%) PMI Certification
11 6 (0.86%) Numerate Degree
12 4 (0.57%) AWS Certification
12 4 (0.57%) Azure Certification
12 4 (0.57%) DV Cleared
13 2 (0.29%) HNC
14 1 (0.14%) BPSS Clearance
14 1 (0.14%) MCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 57 (8.19%) Data Quality
2 17 (2.44%) GDPR
3 12 (1.72%) QA
4 6 (0.86%) Accessibility
5 5 (0.72%) California Consumer Privacy Act
6 1 (0.14%) Actionable Recommendations
6 1 (0.14%) IFRS
6 1 (0.14%) IFRS 9
6 1 (0.14%) PMO
6 1 (0.14%) SNOMED CT
System Software
1 48 (6.90%) Docker
2 2 (0.29%) IAG
3 1 (0.14%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 47 (6.75%) Kubernetes
2 38 (5.46%) Terraform
3 11 (1.58%) Grafana
4 9 (1.29%) Prometheus
5 8 (1.15%) Ansible
6 5 (0.72%) Kubeflow
6 5 (0.72%) logstash
7 4 (0.57%) Argo
7 4 (0.57%) Progress Chef
8 1 (0.14%) Core Impact
Vendors
1 108 (15.52%) Databricks
2 50 (7.18%) Microsoft
3 36 (5.17%) Google
4 25 (3.59%) Oracle
5 24 (3.45%) Salesforce
6 16 (2.30%) OpenAI
7 13 (1.87%) Sybase
8 11 (1.58%) OpenLink
8 11 (1.58%) TIBCO
9 8 (1.15%) Alteryx
10 4 (0.57%) Cloudera
10 4 (0.57%) FIS
10 4 (0.57%) Informatica
10 4 (0.57%) Splunk
11 3 (0.43%) Embarcadero
11 3 (0.43%) Hortonworks
12 2 (0.29%) Capita
12 2 (0.29%) Samsung
12 2 (0.29%) StreamSets
12 2 (0.29%) Tealium