Data Scientist Jobs in London

Data Scientist
England > London

The median Data Scientist salary in London is £75,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 23 April 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
23 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 332 411 341
Rank change year-on-year +79 -70 -29
Permanent jobs requiring a Data Scientist 181 248 739
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 0.77% 0.68% 1.13%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.82% 0.72% 1.18%
Number of salaries quoted 121 187 311
10th Percentile £45,750 £46,570 £47,500
25th Percentile £55,000 £59,191 £57,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £69,598 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year +7.76% -7.20% +15.38%
75th Percentile £97,500 £86,250 £88,125
90th Percentile £115,000 £95,000 £105,000
England median annual salary £70,000 £65,000 £67,500
% change year-on-year +7.69% -3.70% +12.50%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
London

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised 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 22,108 34,442 62,791
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.14% 95.06% 96.35%
Number of salaries quoted 16,669 25,177 34,949
10th Percentile £38,500 £42,500 £41,250
25th Percentile £51,250 £55,000 £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 £54,000 £60,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -10.74% +0.83% +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 23 April 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 23 April 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 +78 48 £67,500 -10.00% 4
West London -15 2 £80,000 +64.32% 2
East London +23 1 £80,000 - 2
Data Scientist
England

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

For the 6 months to 23 April 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.

1 181 (100.00%) Data Science
2 167 (92.27%) Python
3 139 (76.80%) Machine Learning
4 108 (59.67%) SQL
5 98 (54.14%) Degree
6 82 (45.30%) Statistics
7 70 (38.67%) Artificial Intelligence
8 66 (36.46%) Algorithms
9 65 (35.91%) Analytics
9 65 (35.91%) Mathematics
10 63 (34.81%) Social Skills
11 61 (33.70%) Predictive Modelling
12 56 (30.94%) Computer Science
13 52 (28.73%) Natural Language Processing
14 51 (28.18%) Visualisation
15 48 (26.52%) R
16 44 (24.31%) Azure
17 43 (23.76%) Master's Degree
18 41 (22.65%) Neural Network
19 40 (22.10%) AWS
20 35 (19.34%) Decision-Making
21 34 (18.78%) Customer Experience
21 34 (18.78%) MLOps
21 34 (18.78%) Analytical Skills
22 33 (18.23%) TensorFlow
22 33 (18.23%) Generative AI
22 33 (18.23%) Physics
23 32 (17.68%) Actionable Insight
24 31 (17.13%) Pandas
24 31 (17.13%) Finance

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 (9.39%) Apache Spark
1 17 (9.39%) SAS
2 2 (1.10%) Jupyter
Applications
1 1 (0.55%) Blender
1 1 (0.55%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 44 (24.31%) Azure
2 40 (22.10%) AWS
3 21 (11.60%) GCP
4 12 (6.63%) GitHub
4 12 (6.63%) Power Platform
5 7 (3.87%) Azure Machine Learning
6 3 (1.66%) Azure Data Factory
7 2 (1.10%) Amazon SageMaker
7 2 (1.10%) Azure Synapse Analytics
7 2 (1.10%) Cloud Computing
7 2 (1.10%) Snowflake
8 1 (0.55%) Azure DevOps
8 1 (0.55%) Serverless
8 1 (0.55%) WhatsApp
Database & Business Intelligence
1 30 (16.57%) Tableau
2 24 (13.26%) Data Mining
3 17 (9.39%) Big Data
4 14 (7.73%) Hadoop
5 12 (6.63%) Power BI
6 9 (4.97%) BusinessObjects
6 9 (4.97%) Text Mining
7 5 (2.76%) Neo4j
8 3 (1.66%) Relational Database
8 3 (1.66%) SQL Server
9 2 (1.10%) Amazon QuickSight
10 1 (0.55%) Apache Hive
10 1 (0.55%) Base SAS
10 1 (0.55%) MongoDB
10 1 (0.55%) MySQL
10 1 (0.55%) Qlik Sense
10 1 (0.55%) SAS EBI
Development Applications
1 28 (15.47%) Git
2 2 (1.10%) RStudio
2 2 (1.10%) Visual Studio Code
3 1 (0.55%) git-flow
3 1 (0.55%) JIRA
3 1 (0.55%) MLflow
General
1 63 (34.81%) Social Skills
2 34 (18.78%) Analytical Skills
3 31 (17.13%) Finance
4 19 (10.50%) Marketing
5 18 (9.94%) Retail
6 12 (6.63%) Presentation Skills
7 5 (2.76%) Banking
8 4 (2.21%) Law
9 3 (1.66%) Games
9 3 (1.66%) Pharmaceutical
10 2 (1.10%) Public Sector
11 1 (0.55%) Inclusion and Diversity
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 33 (18.23%) TensorFlow
2 31 (17.13%) Pandas
3 25 (13.81%) scikit-learn
4 22 (12.15%) PySpark
5 16 (8.84%) PyTorch
6 10 (5.52%) NumPy
7 7 (3.87%) Kedro
8 6 (3.31%) XGBoost
9 4 (2.21%) .NET
10 3 (1.66%) Keras
11 1 (0.55%) JSON
11 1 (0.55%) SciPy
11 1 (0.55%) Unreal Engine
Miscellaneous
1 66 (36.46%) Algorithms
2 9 (4.97%) Management Information System
3 8 (4.42%) Credit Risk
4 5 (2.76%) PMI
5 4 (2.21%) Pricing Data
6 3 (1.66%) Blog
6 3 (1.66%) CUDA
6 3 (1.66%) Life Science
6 3 (1.66%) Social Media
7 2 (1.10%) Cybercrime
7 2 (1.10%) Educational Technology
7 2 (1.10%) Mobile App
7 2 (1.10%) Onboarding
7 2 (1.10%) Reinsurance
7 2 (1.10%) Semantic Web
8 1 (0.55%) Client/Server
8 1 (0.55%) Data Structures
8 1 (0.55%) Renewable Energy
8 1 (0.55%) Self-Motivation
8 1 (0.55%) Virtual Reality
Operating Systems
1 2 (1.10%) Android
1 2 (1.10%) Apple iOS
2 1 (0.55%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 181 (100.00%) Data Science
2 139 (76.80%) Machine Learning
3 82 (45.30%) Statistics
4 70 (38.67%) Artificial Intelligence
5 65 (35.91%) Analytics
5 65 (35.91%) Mathematics
6 61 (33.70%) Predictive Modelling
7 56 (30.94%) Computer Science
8 52 (28.73%) Natural Language Processing
9 51 (28.18%) Visualisation
10 41 (22.65%) Neural Network
11 35 (19.34%) Decision-Making
12 34 (18.78%) Customer Experience
12 34 (18.78%) MLOps
13 33 (18.23%) Generative AI
13 33 (18.23%) Physics
14 32 (17.68%) Actionable Insight
15 28 (15.47%) Data Analysis
16 22 (12.15%) Data Modelling
16 22 (12.15%) Predictive Analytics
Programming Languages
1 167 (92.27%) Python
2 108 (59.67%) SQL
3 48 (26.52%) R
4 8 (4.42%) C++
4 8 (4.42%) VBA
5 6 (3.31%) C#
6 5 (2.76%) Java
7 4 (2.21%) C
8 2 (1.10%) MATLAB
Qualifications
1 98 (54.14%) Degree
2 43 (23.76%) Master's Degree
3 25 (13.81%) PhD
4 21 (11.60%) DBS Check
5 5 (2.76%) PMI Certification
5 5 (2.76%) Security Cleared
6 4 (2.21%) Computer Science Degree
7 3 (1.66%) Postgraduate
7 3 (1.66%) SC Cleared
8 2 (1.10%) Numerate Degree
9 1 (0.55%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (2.76%) Data Quality
2 2 (1.10%) IFRS
2 2 (1.10%) IFRS 9
2 2 (1.10%) QA
2 2 (1.10%) SNOMED CT
3 1 (0.55%) Accessibility
System Software
1 2 (1.10%) Docker
Systems Management
1 2 (1.10%) Core Impact
2 1 (0.55%) Kubeflow
2 1 (0.55%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 25 (13.81%) Databricks
2 3 (1.66%) Microsoft
3 2 (1.10%) Alteryx
3 2 (1.10%) Sage
4 1 (0.55%) Google
4 1 (0.55%) ServiceNow