Data Scientist Jobs in Milton Keynes

Data Scientist
Buckinghamshire > Milton Keynes

The median Data Scientist salary in Milton Keynes is £60,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 7 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
7 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 40 63 74
Rank change year-on-year +23 +11 +21
Permanent jobs requiring a Data Scientist 2 24 8
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Milton Keynes 0.79% 2.22% 0.97%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.84% 2.34% 1.02%
Number of salaries quoted 2 2 6
10th Percentile - - £54,938
25th Percentile £57,500 £62,500 £75,313
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £65,000 £91,250
Median % change year-on-year -7.69% -28.77% +40.38%
75th Percentile £62,500 £67,500 £110,000
90th Percentile - - £120,000
Buckinghamshire median annual salary £58,000 £65,000 £64,343
% change year-on-year -10.77% +1.02% -1.01%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Milton Keynes

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Milton Keynes. 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 Milton Keynes with a recognized job title 238 1,027 784
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.44% 95.09% 94.80%
Number of salaries quoted 131 675 541
10th Percentile £31,250 £30,000 £28,954
25th Percentile £41,875 £40,000 £34,324
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £50,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +18.81% -3.81% +0.96%
75th Percentile £69,375 £60,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £87,500 £77,500 £80,000
Buckinghamshire median annual salary £50,967 £47,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year +7.30% -5.00% -3.85%

Data Scientist
Job Vacancy Trend in Milton Keynes

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

Job vacancy trend for Data Scientist in Milton Keynes

Data Scientist
Salary Trend in Milton Keynes

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Data Scientist in Milton Keynes.

Salary trend for Data Scientist in Milton Keynes

Data Scientist Skill Set
Top 13 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Milton Keynes

For the 6 months to 7 May 2025, 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 Milton Keynes region featuring Data Scientist in the job title.

1 2 (100.00%) SQL
1 2 (100.00%) Python
1 2 (100.00%) Business Intelligence
1 2 (100.00%) Artificial Intelligence
1 2 (100.00%) Natural Language Processing
1 2 (100.00%) Tableau
1 2 (100.00%) Machine Learning
1 2 (100.00%) Analytics
1 2 (100.00%) Power BI
1 2 (100.00%) Data Science
1 2 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 2 (100.00%) Power Platform
1 2 (100.00%) Public Sector

Data Scientist Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Milton Keynes 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%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (100.00%) Power BI
1 2 (100.00%) Tableau
General
1 2 (100.00%) Public Sector
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Analytics
1 2 (100.00%) Artificial Intelligence
1 2 (100.00%) Business Intelligence
1 2 (100.00%) Data Science
1 2 (100.00%) Machine Learning
1 2 (100.00%) Natural Language Processing
1 2 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
Programming Languages
1 2 (100.00%) Python
1 2 (100.00%) SQL