Senior Data Scientist Jobs in Scotland

Senior Data Scientist
UK > Scotland

The median Senior Data Scientist salary in Scotland is £81,677 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 5 May 2024.

The first table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
5 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 277 217 238
Rank change year-on-year -60 +21 -47
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior Data Scientist 6 3 10
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 0.089% 0.064% 0.17%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.092% 0.071% 0.18%
Number of salaries quoted 6 3 8
10th Percentile - £99,000 £55,500
25th Percentile £68,718 £101,250 £64,688
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £81,677 £110,000 £72,500
Median % change year-on-year -25.75% +51.72% +20.83%
75th Percentile £96,539 £115,000 £81,250
90th Percentile - - £88,000
UK median annual salary £80,000 £68,662 £80,000
% change year-on-year +16.51% -14.17% -

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Scotland

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in Scotland. 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 Scotland with a recognized job title 6,525 4,238 5,555
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 96.88% 90.06% 96.17%
Number of salaries quoted 2,619 2,303 2,990
10th Percentile £27,950 £31,569 £28,750
25th Percentile £40,000 £41,250 £39,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £57,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -7.89% +8.57% +10.53%
75th Percentile £65,000 £72,500 £66,250
90th Percentile £80,000 £85,000 £80,000
UK median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%

Senior Data Scientist
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

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

Job vacancy trend for Senior Data Scientist in Scotland

Senior Data Scientist
Salary Trend in Scotland

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

Salary trend for Senior Data Scientist in Scotland

Senior Data Scientist
Salary Histogram in Scotland

Salary distribution for jobs citing Senior Data Scientist in Scotland over the 6 months to 5 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Senior Data Scientist in Scotland

Senior Data Scientist
Job Locations in Scotland

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 Scotland region over the 6 months to 5 May 2024. 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
Edinburgh +40 6 £81,677 -24.02% 1
Senior Data Scientist
UK

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

For the 6 months to 5 May 2024, 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 Scotland region featuring Senior Data Scientist in the job title.

1 6 (100.00%) SQL
1 6 (100.00%) Python
1 6 (100.00%) Artificial Intelligence
1 6 (100.00%) Use Case
1 6 (100.00%) Natural Language Processing
1 6 (100.00%) Machine Learning
1 6 (100.00%) Statistical Modelling
1 6 (100.00%) Pandas
1 6 (100.00%) Data Science
1 6 (100.00%) Decision-Making
1 6 (100.00%) Random Forest
1 6 (100.00%) Decision Tree
1 6 (100.00%) Data Structures
1 6 (100.00%) LLM
2 5 (83.33%) Banking
2 5 (83.33%) Finance
3 4 (66.67%) Agile
4 3 (50.00%) Mentoring
4 3 (50.00%) Coaching
4 3 (50.00%) Deep Learning
4 3 (50.00%) Propensity Modelling
4 3 (50.00%) Time Series Forecasting
4 3 (50.00%) Validation
4 3 (50.00%) Econometrics
4 3 (50.00%) Unit Testing
4 3 (50.00%) Data Validation
4 3 (50.00%) XGBoost
4 3 (50.00%) Price Optimisation
4 3 (50.00%) Gradient Boosting
4 3 (50.00%) Project Delivery

Senior Data Scientist Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Scotland 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:

General
1 5 (83.33%) Banking
1 5 (83.33%) Finance
2 3 (50.00%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (100.00%) Pandas
2 3 (50.00%) XGBoost
Miscellaneous
1 6 (100.00%) Data Structures
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (100.00%) Artificial Intelligence
1 6 (100.00%) Data Science
1 6 (100.00%) Decision Tree
1 6 (100.00%) Decision-Making
1 6 (100.00%) LLM
1 6 (100.00%) Machine Learning
1 6 (100.00%) Natural Language Processing
1 6 (100.00%) Random Forest
1 6 (100.00%) Statistical Modelling
1 6 (100.00%) Use Case
2 4 (66.67%) Agile
3 3 (50.00%) Customer Experience
3 3 (50.00%) Data Pipeline
3 3 (50.00%) Econometrics
3 3 (50.00%) Generative AI
3 3 (50.00%) Intelligent Automation
3 3 (50.00%) Model Validation
3 3 (50.00%) Price Optimisation
3 3 (50.00%) Project Delivery
3 3 (50.00%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 6 (100.00%) Python
1 6 (100.00%) SQL