Senior Data Scientist Job Trends in the UK excluding London

Senior Data Scientist
UK > UK excluding London

The median Senior Data Scientist salary in the UK excluding London is £87,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 17 October 2026.

The table below compares current salary benchmarking and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Oct 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 514 525 537
Rank change year-on-year +11 +12 -3
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior Data Scientist 168 6 64
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 0.19% 0.018% 0.13%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.21% 0.020% 0.14%
Number of salaries quoted 78 5 27
10th Percentile £72,500 £80,500 £49,831
25th Percentile £75,000 - £57,646
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £87,500 £85,000 £62,879
Median % change year-on-year +2.94% +35.18% -22.61%
75th Percentile £95,000 - £78,125
90th Percentile £100,000 - £82,750
UK median annual salary £90,000 £85,000 £70,000
% change year-on-year +5.88% +21.43% -13.85%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
UK excluding London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in the UK excluding London. 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.

6 months to
17 Oct 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Permanent vacancies in the UK excluding London with a recognized job title 80,991 30,605 47,025
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 92.29% 89.77% 95.39%
Number of salaries quoted 55,892 17,473 25,782
10th Percentile £30,000 £26,750 £30,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £32,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £45,750 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +20.22% -8.50% -4.76%
75th Percentile £70,000 £63,750 £65,000
90th Percentile £87,500 £80,000 £80,000
UK median annual salary £58,500 £53,000 £56,000
% change year-on-year +10.38% -5.36% -6.67%

Senior Data Scientist Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring 'Senior Data Scientist' in the job title relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Senior Data Scientist job vacancy trend in the UK excluding London

Senior Data Scientist Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution trend for Senior Data Scientist job vacancies in the UK excluding London.

Salary distribution trend for Senior Data Scientist job vacancies in the UK excluding London

Senior Data Scientist Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Senior Data Scientist in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 17 October 2026.

Salary histogram for Senior Data Scientist in the UK excluding London

Senior Data Scientist Job Locations in the UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 17 October 2026. 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
North of England -14 54 £90,000 +9.09% 30
South East -16 47 £90,000 - 24
Midlands - 36 £75,000 - 21
East Midlands - 34 £75,000 - 7
North West -13 27 £90,000 +9.09% 16
Yorkshire - 24 £90,000 - 14
South West -62 13 £75,000 -11.76% 13
Wales - 8 £100,000 - 8
Northern Ireland - 7 £90,000 -
North East - 3 £100,000 -
West Midlands - 2 £75,013 - 14
Scotland - 2 £75,013 - 2
East of England - 1 £65,000 - 14
Senior Data Scientist
UK

Senior Data Scientist Skill Set Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding London

For the 6 months to 17 October 2026, Senior Data Scientist job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the UK excluding London region featuring Senior Data Scientist in the job title.

RankSkillShareJob Ads
1Data Science100.0%168
2Machine Learning57.1%96
3AI31.5%53
4Python31.0%52
5SQL22.6%38
6Roadmaps20.2%34
7Actionable Insight19.6%33
7Analytics19.6%33
9Mentoring19.0%32
9Software Engineering19.0%32
11PyTorch16.7%28
11Statistics16.7%28
13TensorFlow16.1%27
14Deep Learning14.3%24
14Hugging Face14.3%24
16Project Management13.7%23
17Decision-Making11.3%19
18Generative AI10.1%17
19Agile9.5%16
19Continuous Improvement9.5%16
21Customer Insight8.9%15
21Neural Network8.9%15
23Degree8.3%14
24MLOps7.7%13
25LLM7.1%12
25Predictive Modelling7.1%12
27Customer Requirements6.5%11
27Git6.5%11
29Azure6.0%10
29Security Cleared6.0%10

Senior Data Scientist Skill Set Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding London by Category

The table below expands on the one above by listing co-occurrences one category at a time. It covers the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences in each category.

Job Titles

RankJob TitleShareJob Ads
1Lead Data Scientist42.9%72
2Principal Data Scientist16.1%27
3Lead Developer7.7%13
4Research Scientist6.5%11
5Machine Learning Researcher6.0%10
5Machine Learning Scientist6.0%10
111 Senior Data Scientist jobs in the UK excluding London