Principal Data Scientist Jobs in London

Principal Data Scientist
England > London

As of 6 May 2025, there is not enough information available from job vacancies posted within the last 6 months to determine the median Principal Data Scientist salary in London.

6 months to
6 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 376 502 630
Rank change year-on-year +126 +128 +229
Permanent jobs requiring a Principal Data Scientist 9 3 3
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 0.070% 0.013% 0.009%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.078% 0.014% 0.009%
Number of salaries quoted 0 3 3
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - £105,000 £82,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) - £110,000 £90,000
Median % change year-on-year - +22.22% -11.11%
75th Percentile - £117,500 £106,250
90th Percentile - £119,000 £111,500
England median annual salary - £110,000 £45,750
% change year-on-year - +140.44% -53.08%

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 11,521 22,183 33,419
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.20% 94.12% 95.04%
Number of salaries quoted 7,470 16,676 24,569
10th Percentile £41,250 £38,084 £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%

Principal Data Scientist
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Job vacancy trend for Principal Data Scientist in London

Principal Data Scientist
Salary Trend in London

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

Salary trend for Principal Data Scientist in London

Principal 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 Principal Data Scientist within the London region over the 6 months to 6 May 2025. 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 +35 6 - - 5
Principal Data Scientist
England

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

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

1 9 (100.00%) SQL
1 9 (100.00%) Python
1 9 (100.00%) Artificial Intelligence
1 9 (100.00%) Neural Network
1 9 (100.00%) Statistics
1 9 (100.00%) Degree
1 9 (100.00%) WFM
1 9 (100.00%) Mathematics
1 9 (100.00%) Physics
1 9 (100.00%) Credit Risk
1 9 (100.00%) Git
1 9 (100.00%) Visualisation
1 9 (100.00%) Predictive Modelling
1 9 (100.00%) Natural Language Processing
1 9 (100.00%) Tableau
1 9 (100.00%) Root Cause Analysis
1 9 (100.00%) Machine Learning
1 9 (100.00%) Propensity Modelling
1 9 (100.00%) Demand Forecasting
1 9 (100.00%) Data Munging
1 9 (100.00%) Pandas
1 9 (100.00%) Algorithms
1 9 (100.00%) scikit-learn
1 9 (100.00%) DBS Check
1 9 (100.00%) TensorFlow
1 9 (100.00%) Actionable Insight
1 9 (100.00%) Databricks
1 9 (100.00%) PySpark
1 9 (100.00%) Master's Degree
1 9 (100.00%) Data Science

Principal 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:

Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (100.00%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 9 (100.00%) Git
General
1 9 (100.00%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (100.00%) Pandas
1 9 (100.00%) PySpark
1 9 (100.00%) scikit-learn
1 9 (100.00%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 9 (100.00%) Algorithms
1 9 (100.00%) Credit Risk
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (100.00%) Actionable Insight
1 9 (100.00%) Artificial Intelligence
1 9 (100.00%) Customer Experience
1 9 (100.00%) Data Munging
1 9 (100.00%) Data Science
1 9 (100.00%) Decision-Making
1 9 (100.00%) Demand Forecasting
1 9 (100.00%) Machine Learning
1 9 (100.00%) Mathematics
1 9 (100.00%) MLOps
1 9 (100.00%) Natural Language Processing
1 9 (100.00%) Neural Network
1 9 (100.00%) Physics
1 9 (100.00%) Predictive Modelling
1 9 (100.00%) Propensity Modelling
1 9 (100.00%) Root Cause Analysis
1 9 (100.00%) Statistics
1 9 (100.00%) Storytelling
1 9 (100.00%) Visualisation
1 9 (100.00%) WFM
Programming Languages
1 9 (100.00%) Python
1 9 (100.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 9 (100.00%) DBS Check
1 9 (100.00%) Degree
1 9 (100.00%) Master's Degree
Vendors
1 9 (100.00%) Databricks