Junior Data Scientist Jobs in London

Junior Data Scientist
England > London

The median Junior Data Scientist salary in London is £32,500 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 394 507 608
Rank change year-on-year +113 +101 +267
Permanent jobs requiring a Junior Data Scientist 2 1 5
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 0.016% 0.004% 0.015%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.017% 0.005% 0.015%
Number of salaries quoted 1 1 4
10th Percentile - - £34,500
25th Percentile £28,750 - £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £32,500 £40,000 £54,000
Median % change year-on-year -18.75% -25.93% +44.00%
75th Percentile £36,250 - £61,000
90th Percentile - - £66,400
England median annual salary £36,250 £47,557 £54,000
% change year-on-year -23.78% -11.93% +44.00%

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 11,514 22,211 32,675
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.11% 94.13% 95.00%
Number of salaries quoted 7,380 16,662 24,070
10th Percentile £41,250 £38,000 £42,500
25th Percentile £55,000 £51,250 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £70,000 £72,500
Median % change year-on-year +7.14% -3.45% +3.57%
75th Percentile £100,000 £93,750 £95,000
90th Percentile £122,500 £115,000 £115,000
England median annual salary £57,500 £53,500 £60,800
% change year-on-year +7.48% -12.01% +1.33%

Junior Data Scientist
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Job vacancy trend for Junior Data Scientist in London

Junior Data Scientist
Salary Trend in London

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

Salary trend for Junior Data Scientist in London

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

For the 6 months to 9 May 2025, Junior 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 Junior Data Scientist in the job title.

1 2 (100.00%) Python
1 2 (100.00%) Data Analysis
1 2 (100.00%) Statistics
1 2 (100.00%) Visualisation
1 2 (100.00%) SaaS
1 2 (100.00%) Exploratory Data Analysis
1 2 (100.00%) Data Science
1 2 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (50.00%) Algorithms
2 1 (50.00%) scikit-learn
2 1 (50.00%) SQL
2 1 (50.00%) Decision-Making
2 1 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (50.00%) Data-Driven Decision Making
2 1 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (50.00%) Data Collection
2 1 (50.00%) Customer Experience
2 1 (50.00%) Actionable Insight
2 1 (50.00%) Actionable Recommendations
2 1 (50.00%) Collaborative Working
2 1 (50.00%) Analytics
2 1 (50.00%) Mobile App
2 1 (50.00%) Time Series Forecasting
2 1 (50.00%) Pandas
2 1 (50.00%) Data Visualisation
2 1 (50.00%) Matplotlib
2 1 (50.00%) Tableau
2 1 (50.00%) Machine Learning
2 1 (50.00%) Statistical Modelling
2 1 (50.00%) Degree

Junior 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:

Cloud Services
1 2 (100.00%) SaaS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (50.00%) Tableau
General
1 2 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (50.00%) Finance
2 1 (50.00%) Retail
2 1 (50.00%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (50.00%) Matplotlib
1 1 (50.00%) Pandas
1 1 (50.00%) scikit-learn
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) Algorithms
1 1 (50.00%) Mobile App
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Data Analysis
1 2 (100.00%) Data Science
1 2 (100.00%) Exploratory Data Analysis
1 2 (100.00%) Statistics
1 2 (100.00%) Visualisation
2 1 (50.00%) Actionable Insight
2 1 (50.00%) Analytics
2 1 (50.00%) B2B
2 1 (50.00%) Business Intelligence
2 1 (50.00%) Computer Science
2 1 (50.00%) Customer Engagement
2 1 (50.00%) Data Management
2 1 (50.00%) Data Visualisation
2 1 (50.00%) Data-Driven Decision Making
2 1 (50.00%) Decision-Making
2 1 (50.00%) Logistics
2 1 (50.00%) Machine Learning
2 1 (50.00%) Mathematics
2 1 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (50.00%) Statistical Modelling
Programming Languages
1 2 (100.00%) Python
2 1 (50.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (50.00%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (50.00%) Actionable Recommendations