Data Science Manager
UK
The median Data Science Manager salary in the UK is £105,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 7 June 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 Jun 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 707 | 878 | 859 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +171 | -19 | +319 |
| Permanent jobs requiring a Data Science Manager | 13 | 26 | 97 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK | 0.023% | 0.024% | 0.10% |
| As % of the Job Titles category | 0.025% | 0.026% | 0.11% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 11 | 22 | 25 |
| 10th Percentile | £72,500 | £67,250 | - |
| 25th Percentile | £93,750 | £67,938 | £53,595 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £105,000 | £70,000 | £80,674 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +50.00% | -13.23% | +11.27% |
| 75th Percentile | £112,500 | £73,750 | £95,000 |
| 90th Percentile | - | £89,000 | £109,260 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary | £95,000 | £70,000 | £65,000 |
| % change year-on-year | +35.71% | +7.69% | +26.18% |
All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK
For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies. 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 UK with a recognized job title | 50,996 | 101,545 | 85,653 |
| % of permanent jobs with a recognized job title | 90.28% | 94.91% | 91.24% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 26,743 | 71,806 | 55,466 |
| 10th Percentile | £28,500 | £28,500 | £32,500 |
| 25th Percentile | £40,000 | £38,500 | £45,000 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £55,000 | £52,500 | £60,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +4.76% | -12.50% | - |
| 75th Percentile | £73,750 | £70,000 | £80,000 |
| 90th Percentile | £95,000 | £90,000 | £100,000 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary | £50,818 | £50,000 | £53,500 |
| % change year-on-year | +1.64% | -6.54% | +6.48% |
Data Science Manager
Job Vacancy Trend
Job postings that featured Data Science Manager in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.
Data Science Manager
Salary Trend
3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Data Science Manager.
Data Science Manager
Salary Histogram
Salary distribution for jobs citing Data Science Manager over the 6 months to 7 June 2025.
Data Science Manager
Top 7 Job Locations
The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Data Science Manager within the UK over the 6 months to 7 June 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| England | +164 | 13 | £105,000 | +27.27% | 64 |
| London | +119 | 8 | £105,000 | +31.25% | 37 |
| Work from Home | +115 | 7 | £105,000 | +50.00% | 30 |
| UK excluding London | +170 | 5 | £95,000 | +35.71% | 36 |
| Midlands | +65 | 3 | £75,000 | -11.76% | |
| East Midlands | - | 3 | £75,000 | - | |
| South West | +115 | 2 | £100,000 | +19.76% | 2 |
Data Science Manager Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities
For the 6 months to 7 June 2025, Data Science Manager 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 featuring Data Science Manager in the job title.
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Data Science Manager Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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: