Junior Data Scientist Jobs

Junior Data Scientist
UK

The median Junior Data Scientist salary in the UK is £40,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 22 May 2025.

The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
22 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 712 904 956
Rank change year-on-year +192 +52 +255
Permanent jobs requiring a Junior Data Scientist 2 7 7
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.004% 0.007% 0.007%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.004% 0.007% 0.008%
Number of salaries quoted 1 7 6
10th Percentile - £43,783 £35,625
25th Percentile - £46,306 £42,188
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £47,557 £54,000
Median % change year-on-year -15.89% -11.93% +54.29%
75th Percentile - £48,809 £67,000
90th Percentile - - £75,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £40,000 £47,557 £61,250
% change year-on-year -15.89% -22.36% +63.33%

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 49,668 94,676 90,476
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.49% 94.69% 91.51%
Number of salaries quoted 25,895 67,575 57,131
10th Percentile £29,250 £28,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £41,250 £38,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £56,000 £52,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +6.67% -12.50% -
75th Percentile £73,750 £70,750 £80,000
90th Percentile £96,250 £90,000 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £51,645 £50,000 £53,325
% change year-on-year +3.29% -6.24% +6.65%

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 5 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 22 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
England +157 2 £40,000 -15.89% 8
UK excluding London +184 1 £40,000 -15.89% 4
Work from Home +132 1 £40,000 -15.89% 3
London +118 1 - - 5
East of England - 1 £40,000 -

Junior Data Scientist Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 22 May 2025, 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 2 (100.00%) Analytics
1 2 (100.00%) Data Science
1 2 (100.00%) Python
2 1 (50.00%) Business Intelligence
2 1 (50.00%) B2B
2 1 (50.00%) SQL
2 1 (50.00%) Decision-Making
2 1 (50.00%) Data-Driven Decision Making
2 1 (50.00%) Power Platform
2 1 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (50.00%) Customer Experience
2 1 (50.00%) Customer Service
2 1 (50.00%) Docker
2 1 (50.00%) Time Series Forecasting
2 1 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (50.00%) Exploratory Data Analysis
2 1 (50.00%) Power BI
2 1 (50.00%) Actionable Insight
2 1 (50.00%) Actionable Recommendations
2 1 (50.00%) Automotive
2 1 (50.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 1 (50.00%) Retail
2 1 (50.00%) Data Analysis
2 1 (50.00%) Statistics
2 1 (50.00%) JIRA
2 1 (50.00%) Git
2 1 (50.00%) Visualisation
2 1 (50.00%) SaaS
2 1 (50.00%) Predictive Modelling
2 1 (50.00%) R

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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (50.00%) Power Platform
1 1 (50.00%) SaaS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (50.00%) Power BI
1 1 (50.00%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 1 (50.00%) Git
1 1 (50.00%) JIRA
General
1 1 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (50.00%) Automotive
1 1 (50.00%) Retail
1 1 (50.00%) Social Skills
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Analytics
1 2 (100.00%) Data Science
2 1 (50.00%) Actionable Insight
2 1 (50.00%) B2B
2 1 (50.00%) Business Intelligence
2 1 (50.00%) Customer Experience
2 1 (50.00%) Customer Service
2 1 (50.00%) Data Analysis
2 1 (50.00%) Data Visualisation
2 1 (50.00%) Data-Driven Decision Making
2 1 (50.00%) Decision-Making
2 1 (50.00%) Exploratory Data Analysis
2 1 (50.00%) Predictive Modelling
2 1 (50.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 1 (50.00%) Statistical Modelling
2 1 (50.00%) Statistics
2 1 (50.00%) Time Series Forecasting
2 1 (50.00%) Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 2 (100.00%) Python
2 1 (50.00%) R
2 1 (50.00%) SQL
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (50.00%) Actionable Recommendations
System Software
1 1 (50.00%) Docker