Lead Data Scientist Jobs in the North West

Lead Data Scientist
England > North West

The median Lead Data Scientist salary in the North West is £82,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 5 July 2025.

The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 292 294 286
Rank change year-on-year +2 -8 +66
Permanent jobs requiring a Lead Data Scientist 2 2 2
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 0.025% 0.018% 0.029%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.028% 0.019% 0.032%
Number of salaries quoted 2 2 2
10th Percentile £78,250 - £57,625
25th Percentile £79,375 £55,000 £59,688
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £82,500 £60,000 £66,250
Median % change year-on-year +37.50% -9.43% -34.08%
75th Percentile £84,375 £65,000 £69,688
90th Percentile £84,750 - £69,875
England median annual salary £85,000 £80,000 £80,000
% change year-on-year +6.25% - -11.11%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
North West

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in the North West. 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 North West with a recognized job title 7,145 10,543 6,243
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.93% 95.34% 89.88%
Number of salaries quoted 3,841 7,768 3,978
10th Percentile £29,500 £27,500 £30,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £37,469 £40,370
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,055 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +0.11% -9.09% +4.76%
75th Percentile £65,000 £65,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £75,000 £79,338 £81,250
England median annual salary £55,000 £52,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +4.76% -12.50% -

Lead Data Scientist
Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

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

Job vacancy trend for Lead Data Scientist in the North West

Lead Data Scientist
Salary Trend in the North West

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

Salary trend for Lead Data Scientist in the North West

Lead Data Scientist
Job Locations in the North West

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 North West region over the 6 months to 5 July 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
Manchester +53 2 £82,500 +37.50% 2
Lead Data Scientist
England

Lead Data Scientist Skill Set
Top 14 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North West

For the 6 months to 5 July 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 North West region featuring Lead Data Scientist in the job title.

1 2 (100.00%) E-Commerce
1 2 (100.00%) Retail
1 2 (100.00%) Data Science
2 1 (50.00%) Influencing Skills
2 1 (50.00%) MLOps
2 1 (50.00%) Marketing Mix
2 1 (50.00%) Personalization
2 1 (50.00%) SQL
2 1 (50.00%) Python
2 1 (50.00%) Customer Segmentation
2 1 (50.00%) Mentoring
2 1 (50.00%) GCP
2 1 (50.00%) Marketing
2 1 (50.00%) Open Source

Lead Data Scientist Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North West 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 1 (50.00%) GCP
General
1 2 (100.00%) Retail
2 1 (50.00%) Influencing Skills
2 1 (50.00%) Marketing
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Data Science
1 2 (100.00%) E-Commerce
2 1 (50.00%) Customer Segmentation
2 1 (50.00%) Marketing Mix
2 1 (50.00%) Mentoring
2 1 (50.00%) MLOps
2 1 (50.00%) Open Source
2 1 (50.00%) Personalization
Programming Languages
1 1 (50.00%) Python
1 1 (50.00%) SQL