Lead Data Scientist Jobs in the Midlands

Lead Data Scientist
England > Midlands

The median Lead Data Scientist salary in the Midlands is £57,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 6 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
6 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 254 306 -
Rank change year-on-year +52 - -
Permanent jobs requiring a Lead Data Scientist 2 5 0
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 0.028% 0.043% -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.031% 0.045% -
Number of salaries quoted 2 5 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £53,750 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £80,000 -
Median % change year-on-year -28.13% - -
75th Percentile £61,250 - -
90th Percentile - - -
England median annual salary £85,500 £95,000 £70,000
% change year-on-year -10.00% +35.71% -22.22%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Midlands

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in the Midlands. 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 the Midlands with a recognized job title 6,484 11,032 8,504
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 91.78% 94.31% 89.59%
Number of salaries quoted 2,851 8,249 4,760
10th Percentile £27,500 £26,200 £29,000
25th Percentile £33,750 £33,750 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £47,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% -9.52% +5.00%
75th Percentile £63,750 £60,741 £67,500
90th Percentile £75,000 £75,000 £77,500
England median annual salary £57,500 £53,500 £60,800
% change year-on-year +7.48% -12.01% +1.33%

Lead Data Scientist
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

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

Job vacancy trend for Lead Data Scientist in the Midlands

Lead Data Scientist
Salary Trend in the Midlands

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Lead Data Scientist in the Midlands.

Salary trend for Lead Data Scientist in the Midlands

Lead Data Scientist
Job Locations in the Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Lead Data Scientist within the Midlands 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
West Midlands +47 2 £57,500 -28.13%
Lead Data Scientist
England

Lead Data Scientist Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Midlands

For the 6 months to 6 May 2025, Lead 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 Midlands region featuring Lead Data Scientist in the job title.

1 2 (100.00%) Python
1 2 (100.00%) Data Mining
1 2 (100.00%) Agile
1 2 (100.00%) Data Analysis
1 2 (100.00%) Artificial Intelligence
1 2 (100.00%) Neural Network
1 2 (100.00%) Software Engineering
1 2 (100.00%) Statistical Analysis
1 2 (100.00%) Predictive Analytics
1 2 (100.00%) Mathematics
1 2 (100.00%) Applied Mathematics
1 2 (100.00%) Use Case
1 2 (100.00%) Visualisation
1 2 (100.00%) Azure
1 2 (100.00%) Open Source
1 2 (100.00%) Software Architecture
1 2 (100.00%) Waterfall
1 2 (100.00%) R
1 2 (100.00%) Data Visualisation
1 2 (100.00%) Machine Learning
1 2 (100.00%) Statistical Modelling
1 2 (100.00%) Data Analytics
1 2 (100.00%) Analytics
1 2 (100.00%) Data Engineering
1 2 (100.00%) Databricks
1 2 (100.00%) Collaborative Working
1 2 (100.00%) Data Science
1 2 (100.00%) Decision-Making
1 2 (100.00%) Public Sector
1 2 (100.00%) User Research

Lead Data Scientist Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Midlands 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%) Azure
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (100.00%) Data Mining
General
1 2 (100.00%) Public Sector
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Agile
1 2 (100.00%) Analytics
1 2 (100.00%) Applied Mathematics
1 2 (100.00%) Artificial Intelligence
1 2 (100.00%) Data Analysis
1 2 (100.00%) Data Analytics
1 2 (100.00%) Data Engineering
1 2 (100.00%) Data Visualisation
1 2 (100.00%) Machine Learning
1 2 (100.00%) Mathematics
1 2 (100.00%) Neural Network
1 2 (100.00%) Open Source
1 2 (100.00%) Predictive Analytics
1 2 (100.00%) Software Architecture
1 2 (100.00%) Software Engineering
1 2 (100.00%) Statistical Analysis
1 2 (100.00%) Statistical Modelling
1 2 (100.00%) Use Case
1 2 (100.00%) Visualisation
1 2 (100.00%) Waterfall
Programming Languages
1 2 (100.00%) Python
1 2 (100.00%) R
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) Azure Certification
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) Databricks