Junior Data Scientist
UK

The median Junior Data Scientist salary in the UK is £47,557 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 1 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
1 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 896 977 1187
Rank change year-on-year +81 +210 -306
Permanent jobs requiring a Junior Data Scientist 7 6 24
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.007% 0.006% 0.015%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.008% 0.006% 0.016%
Number of salaries quoted 7 6 24
10th Percentile £43,783 £35,625 £28,250
25th Percentile £46,306 £42,188 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,557 £54,000 £36,250
Median % change year-on-year -11.93% +48.97% -9.38%
75th Percentile £48,809 £67,000 £48,750
90th Percentile - £75,000 £50,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £47,557 £61,250 £38,500
% change year-on-year -22.36% +59.09% +10.00%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes 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 93,219 95,232 149,773
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.62% 91.54% 96.07%
Number of salaries quoted 66,883 59,878 85,286
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,500 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,777 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.04% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £71,250 £81,250 £78,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £100,000 £96,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% +5.26%

Junior Data Scientist
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Junior Data Scientist in the UK

Junior Data Scientist
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for Junior Data Scientist in the UK

Junior Data Scientist
Top 8 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Junior Data Scientist within the UK over the 6 months to 1 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
Work from Home +85 6 £47,557 -4.89% 2
UK excluding London +7 6 £47,557 -22.36%
England +93 5 £47,557 -11.93% 2
North of England +41 2 £47,557 +11.90%
Scotland - 2 £47,557 -
Yorkshire - 2 £47,557 -
South West - 2 £47,557 -
London +123 1 £40,000 -25.93% 2

Junior Data Scientist Skill Set
Top 29 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 1 May 2024, Junior 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 featuring Junior Data Scientist in the job title.

1 7 (100.00%) SQL
1 7 (100.00%) Python
1 7 (100.00%) Pandas
1 7 (100.00%) Data Science
2 6 (85.71%) Data Pipeline
2 6 (85.71%) LLM
2 6 (85.71%) Data Structures
2 6 (85.71%) XGBoost
2 6 (85.71%) Random Forest
2 6 (85.71%) Decision Tree
2 6 (85.71%) Gradient Boosting
2 6 (85.71%) Machine Learning
2 6 (85.71%) Statistical Modelling
2 6 (85.71%) Use Case
2 6 (85.71%) Natural Language Processing
2 6 (85.71%) Artificial Intelligence
2 6 (85.71%) Finance
2 6 (85.71%) Econometrics
3 5 (71.43%) Agile
3 5 (71.43%) Banking
4 1 (14.29%) Statistics
4 1 (14.29%) Degree
4 1 (14.29%) Benchmarking
4 1 (14.29%) Process Improvement
4 1 (14.29%) Visualisation
4 1 (14.29%) NumPy
4 1 (14.29%) Data Analytics
4 1 (14.29%) Analytics
4 1 (14.29%) Relational Database

Junior Data Scientist 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:

Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (14.29%) Relational Database
General
1 6 (85.71%) Finance
2 5 (71.43%) Banking
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (100.00%) Pandas
2 6 (85.71%) XGBoost
3 1 (14.29%) NumPy
Miscellaneous
1 6 (85.71%) Data Structures
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (100.00%) Data Science
2 6 (85.71%) Artificial Intelligence
2 6 (85.71%) Data Pipeline
2 6 (85.71%) Decision Tree
2 6 (85.71%) Econometrics
2 6 (85.71%) Gradient Boosting
2 6 (85.71%) LLM
2 6 (85.71%) Machine Learning
2 6 (85.71%) Natural Language Processing
2 6 (85.71%) Random Forest
2 6 (85.71%) Statistical Modelling
2 6 (85.71%) Use Case
3 5 (71.43%) Agile
4 1 (14.29%) Analytics
4 1 (14.29%) Benchmarking
4 1 (14.29%) Data Analytics
4 1 (14.29%) Process Improvement
4 1 (14.29%) Statistics
4 1 (14.29%) Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 7 (100.00%) Python
1 7 (100.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (14.29%) Degree