Senior Data Scientist Jobs in London

Senior Data Scientist
England > London

The median Senior Data Scientist salary in London is £85,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 12 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
12 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 353 404 563
Rank change year-on-year +51 +159 -48
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior Data Scientist 48 111 79
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 0.37% 0.47% 0.23%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.41% 0.50% 0.24%
Number of salaries quoted 22 51 61
10th Percentile £46,500 £68,750 £60,000
25th Percentile £73,125 £72,500 £62,322
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £85,000 £90,000 £75,794
Median % change year-on-year -5.56% +18.74% -5.26%
75th Percentile £96,875 £115,000 £87,500
90th Percentile £106,250 £137,500 £103,750
England median annual salary £81,750 £80,000 £67,500
% change year-on-year +2.19% +18.52% -15.63%

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 11,666 22,251 32,572
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.22% 94.14% 95.07%
Number of salaries quoted 7,370 16,680 24,004
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%

Senior Data Scientist
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Job vacancy trend for Senior Data Scientist in London

Senior Data Scientist
Salary Trend in London

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

Salary trend for Senior Data Scientist in London

Senior Data Scientist
Salary Histogram in London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Senior Data Scientist in London over the 6 months to 12 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Senior Data Scientist in London

Senior 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 Senior Data Scientist within the London region over the 6 months to 12 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 +15 21 £85,000 -26.09% 3
Senior Data Scientist
England

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

For the 6 months to 12 May 2025, Senior 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 Senior Data Scientist in the job title.

1 48 (100.00%) Data Science
2 38 (79.17%) Machine Learning
3 37 (77.08%) Python
4 36 (75.00%) SQL
5 31 (64.58%) Analytics
6 28 (58.33%) Visualisation
7 24 (50.00%) Artificial Intelligence
7 24 (50.00%) Degree
7 24 (50.00%) Social Skills
8 21 (43.75%) Master's Degree
8 21 (43.75%) TensorFlow
9 20 (41.67%) MLOps
10 19 (39.58%) Statistics
11 18 (37.50%) Decision-Making
11 18 (37.50%) Algorithms
12 16 (33.33%) scikit-learn
12 16 (33.33%) Natural Language Processing
13 13 (27.08%) Apache Spark
14 12 (25.00%) Analytical Skills
14 12 (25.00%) Propensity Modelling
14 12 (25.00%) Actionable Insight
14 12 (25.00%) Data Visualisation
14 12 (25.00%) Azure
14 12 (25.00%) PhD
14 12 (25.00%) Generative AI
15 11 (22.92%) Data Modelling
15 11 (22.92%) Neural Network
15 11 (22.92%) Software Engineering
15 11 (22.92%) Mathematics
15 11 (22.92%) Physics

Senior 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 13 (27.08%) Apache Spark
2 7 (14.58%) Apache
2 7 (14.58%) Apache Airflow
Cloud Services
1 12 (25.00%) Azure
2 11 (22.92%) AWS
3 3 (6.25%) GitHub
4 2 (4.17%) dbt
4 2 (4.17%) Power Platform
5 1 (2.08%) SaaS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (22.92%) Tableau
2 4 (8.33%) Amazon Redshift
2 4 (8.33%) Apache Hive
2 4 (8.33%) Hadoop
3 2 (4.17%) Looker
3 2 (4.17%) Power BI
3 2 (4.17%) Relational Database
4 1 (2.08%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 9 (18.75%) Git
General
1 24 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 12 (25.00%) Analytical Skills
3 9 (18.75%) Finance
3 9 (18.75%) Pharmaceutical
4 7 (14.58%) Banking
5 5 (10.42%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 5 (10.42%) Marketing
6 4 (8.33%) Financial Institution
6 4 (8.33%) Retail Banking
7 2 (4.17%) Health Technology
8 1 (2.08%) Presentation Skills
8 1 (2.08%) Private Banking
8 1 (2.08%) Public Sector
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 21 (43.75%) TensorFlow
2 16 (33.33%) scikit-learn
3 11 (22.92%) PySpark
4 9 (18.75%) Pandas
5 6 (12.50%) PyTorch
6 4 (8.33%) Keras
6 4 (8.33%) NumPy
6 4 (8.33%) SciPy
6 4 (8.33%) SpaCy
7 2 (4.17%) PyMC3
7 2 (4.17%) Smart Contracts
7 2 (4.17%) Statsmodels
7 2 (4.17%) XGBoost
8 1 (2.08%) Plotly
Miscellaneous
1 18 (37.50%) Algorithms
2 9 (18.75%) Credit Risk
3 8 (16.67%) Life Science
4 2 (4.17%) Blockchain
4 2 (4.17%) Mobile Banking
4 2 (4.17%) Sports Betting
Processes & Methodologies
1 48 (100.00%) Data Science
2 38 (79.17%) Machine Learning
3 31 (64.58%) Analytics
4 28 (58.33%) Visualisation
5 24 (50.00%) Artificial Intelligence
6 20 (41.67%) MLOps
7 19 (39.58%) Statistics
8 18 (37.50%) Decision-Making
9 16 (33.33%) Natural Language Processing
10 12 (25.00%) Actionable Insight
10 12 (25.00%) Data Visualisation
10 12 (25.00%) Generative AI
10 12 (25.00%) Propensity Modelling
11 11 (22.92%) Business Analytics
11 11 (22.92%) Data Modelling
11 11 (22.92%) Mathematics
11 11 (22.92%) Neural Network
11 11 (22.92%) Physics
11 11 (22.92%) Software Engineering
12 10 (20.83%) Dashboard Development
Programming Languages
1 37 (77.08%) Python
2 36 (75.00%) SQL
3 5 (10.42%) R
Qualifications
1 24 (50.00%) Degree
2 21 (43.75%) Master's Degree
3 12 (25.00%) PhD
4 9 (18.75%) DBS Check
5 1 (2.08%) SC Cleared
5 1 (2.08%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (4.17%) Data Quality
Vendors
1 11 (22.92%) Databricks
2 1 (2.08%) Foundry
2 1 (2.08%) Palantir