Data Science Leader Jobs in the South East

Data Science Lead
England > South East

As of 30 May 2025, there is not enough information available from job vacancies posted within the last 6 months to determine the median Data Science Lead salary in the South East.

6 months to
30 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 309 - 386
Rank change year-on-year - - +112
Permanent jobs requiring a Data Science Leader 3 0 10
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 0.031% - 0.071%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.036% - 0.079%
Number of salaries quoted 0 0 7
10th Percentile - - £54,000
25th Percentile - - £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) - - £70,000
75th Percentile - - £85,000
90th Percentile - - -
England median annual salary £55,000 £85,000 £70,000
% change year-on-year -35.29% +21.43% -17.65%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
South East

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in the South East. 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 South East with a recognized job title 8,376 16,502 12,665
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 86.93% 94.09% 90.18%
Number of salaries quoted 4,469 11,730 7,982
10th Percentile £30,000 £27,613 £30,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £36,250 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% -9.09% -
75th Percentile £68,750 £65,000 £71,250
90th Percentile £77,500 £77,500 £85,000
England median annual salary £56,000 £52,500 £60,800
% change year-on-year +6.67% -13.65% +1.33%

Data Science Leader
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

Job postings that featured Data Science Leader in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the South East.

Job vacancy trend for Data Science Leader in the South East

Data Science Leader
Salary Trend in the South East

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Data Science Leader in the South East.

Salary trend for Data Science Leader in the South East

Data Science Leader
Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Data Science Leader within the South East region over the 6 months to 30 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
Berkshire - 3 - - 2
Thames Valley - 3 - - 2
Data Science Leader
England

Data Science Leader Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East

For the 6 months to 30 May 2025, Data Science Leader 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 South East region featuring Data Science Leader in the job title.

1 3 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 3 (100.00%) Law
1 3 (100.00%) Agile
1 3 (100.00%) Retail
1 3 (100.00%) Artificial Intelligence
1 3 (100.00%) Resource Management
1 3 (100.00%) Product Management
1 3 (100.00%) Azure
1 3 (100.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
1 3 (100.00%) Natural Language Processing
1 3 (100.00%) Data Governance
1 3 (100.00%) Machine Learning
1 3 (100.00%) Analytics
1 3 (100.00%) DevOps
1 3 (100.00%) Time Series Analysis
1 3 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
1 3 (100.00%) Customer-Centric Approach
1 3 (100.00%) Databricks
1 3 (100.00%) Azure Data Factory
1 3 (100.00%) Strategic Thinking
1 3 (100.00%) Customer-Centricity
1 3 (100.00%) Data Science
1 3 (100.00%) Decision-Making
1 3 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 3 (100.00%) Data-Driven Decision Making
1 3 (100.00%) Thought Leadership
1 3 (100.00%) Azure Synapse Analytics
1 3 (100.00%) Social Skills
1 3 (100.00%) MLOps
1 3 (100.00%) Decision Intelligence

Data Science Leader Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East 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 3 (100.00%) Azure
1 3 (100.00%) Azure Data Factory
1 3 (100.00%) Azure Synapse Analytics
General
1 3 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
1 3 (100.00%) Law
1 3 (100.00%) Retail
1 3 (100.00%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 3 (100.00%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Agile
1 3 (100.00%) Analytics
1 3 (100.00%) Artificial Intelligence
1 3 (100.00%) Customer-Centric Approach
1 3 (100.00%) Customer-Centricity
1 3 (100.00%) Data Governance
1 3 (100.00%) Data Science
1 3 (100.00%) Data-Driven Decision Making
1 3 (100.00%) Decision-Making
1 3 (100.00%) DevOps
1 3 (100.00%) Machine Learning
1 3 (100.00%) MLOps
1 3 (100.00%) Natural Language Processing
1 3 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 3 (100.00%) Product Management
1 3 (100.00%) Resource Management
1 3 (100.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
1 3 (100.00%) Strategic Thinking
1 3 (100.00%) Thought Leadership
1 3 (100.00%) Time Series Analysis
Vendors
1 3 (100.00%) Databricks
1 3 (100.00%) Microsoft