Senior Data Scientist Jobs in the Midlands

Senior Data Scientist
England > Midlands

The median Senior 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 252 292 328
Rank change year-on-year +40 +36 +21
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior Data Scientist 4 19 1
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 0.057% 0.16% 0.011%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.062% 0.17% 0.012%
Number of salaries quoted 2 19 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £53,750 £50,000 £86,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £57,500 £87,500
Median % change year-on-year - -34.29% +22.81%
75th Percentile £61,250 £80,000 £88,750
90th Percentile - £85,000 -
England median annual salary £80,000 £80,000 £67,500
% change year-on-year - +18.52% -15.63%

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%

Senior Data Scientist
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

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

Job vacancy trend for Senior Data Scientist in the Midlands

Senior Data Scientist
Salary Trend in the Midlands

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

Salary trend for Senior Data Scientist in the Midlands

Senior 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 Senior 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 +36 4 £57,500 +2.22%
Senior Data Scientist
England

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

For the 6 months to 6 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 Midlands region featuring Senior Data Scientist in the job title.

1 4 (100.00%) Python
1 4 (100.00%) Data Analysis
1 4 (100.00%) Artificial Intelligence
1 4 (100.00%) Software Engineering
1 4 (100.00%) Mathematics
1 4 (100.00%) Visualisation
1 4 (100.00%) Machine Learning
1 4 (100.00%) Data Science
1 4 (100.00%) Decision-Making
2 2 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
2 2 (50.00%) Data-Driven Decision Making
2 2 (50.00%) Public Sector
2 2 (50.00%) MLOps
2 2 (50.00%) User Research
2 2 (50.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 2 (50.00%) Azure Certification
2 2 (50.00%) LLM
2 2 (50.00%) Analytics
2 2 (50.00%) Docker
2 2 (50.00%) DevOps
2 2 (50.00%) Mentoring
2 2 (50.00%) Microservices
2 2 (50.00%) Algorithms
2 2 (50.00%) Kubernetes
2 2 (50.00%) Jupyter
2 2 (50.00%) Data Engineering
2 2 (50.00%) Cyberattack
2 2 (50.00%) Exploratory Data Analysis
2 2 (50.00%) Databricks
2 2 (50.00%) Computer Science Degree

Senior 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:

Application Platforms
1 2 (50.00%) Jupyter
Cloud Services
1 2 (50.00%) Azure
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (50.00%) Big Data
1 2 (50.00%) Data Mining
General
1 2 (50.00%) Finance
1 2 (50.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
1 2 (50.00%) Public Sector
Miscellaneous
1 2 (50.00%) Algorithms
1 2 (50.00%) Cyberattack
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (100.00%) Artificial Intelligence
1 4 (100.00%) Data Analysis
1 4 (100.00%) Data Science
1 4 (100.00%) Decision-Making
1 4 (100.00%) Machine Learning
1 4 (100.00%) Mathematics
1 4 (100.00%) Software Engineering
1 4 (100.00%) Visualisation
2 2 (50.00%) Analytics
2 2 (50.00%) Data Analytics
2 2 (50.00%) Data-Driven Decision Making
2 2 (50.00%) DevOps
2 2 (50.00%) LLM
2 2 (50.00%) Mentoring
2 2 (50.00%) Microservices
2 2 (50.00%) MLOps
2 2 (50.00%) Neural Network
2 2 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
2 2 (50.00%) Statistical Modelling
2 2 (50.00%) User Research
Programming Languages
1 4 (100.00%) Python
2 2 (50.00%) Java
2 2 (50.00%) JavaScript
2 2 (50.00%) R
Qualifications
1 2 (50.00%) Azure Certification
1 2 (50.00%) Computer Science Degree
1 2 (50.00%) Degree
1 2 (50.00%) DV Cleared
1 2 (50.00%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 2 (50.00%) Docker
Systems Management
1 2 (50.00%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 2 (50.00%) Databricks