Data Science Job Trends in West End of London

Data Science
Central London > West End of London

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in West End of London requiring Data Science skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 21 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 12 19 13
Rank change year-on-year +7 -6 +29
Permanent jobs citing Data Science 1 5 4
As % of all permanent jobs in West End of London 2.08% 5.81% 5.63%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.22% 5.95% 6.06%
Number of salaries quoted 1 1 4
10th Percentile - - £53,038
25th Percentile £78,750 £65,000 £63,219
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £82,500 £70,000 £71,250
Median % change year-on-year +17.86% -1.75% -
75th Percentile £86,250 £75,000 £83,844
90th Percentile - - £99,988
Central London median annual salary £85,000 £76,250 £72,500
% change year-on-year +11.48% +5.17% -13.17%

All Process & Methodology Skills
West End of London

Data Science falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in West End of London.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 45 84 66
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in West End of London 93.75% 97.67% 92.96%
Number of salaries quoted 28 25 61
10th Percentile £46,250 £50,500 £40,000
25th Percentile £55,313 £65,000 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £73,000 £82,500 £70,576
Median % change year-on-year -11.52% +16.90% +8.58%
75th Percentile £89,063 £106,250 £85,000
90th Percentile £112,500 £111,250 £100,000
Central London median annual salary £80,000 £75,000 £75,000
% change year-on-year +6.67% - -

Data Science
Job Vacancy Trend in West End of London

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Data Science relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in West End of London.

Data Science job vacancy trend in West End of London

Data Science
Salary Trend in West End of London

Salary distribution trend for jobs in West End of London citing Data Science.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in West End of London citing Data Science

Data Science
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in West End of London by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 1 (100.00%) Apache Spark
Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) AWS
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) GCP
1 1 (100.00%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) Kerberos
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Apache Hive
1 1 (100.00%) Big Data
1 1 (100.00%) Hadoop
General
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Data Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Senior
1 1 (100.00%) Senior Data Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) JDBC
1 1 (100.00%) LDAP
1 1 (100.00%) OAuth
1 1 (100.00%) OAuth2
1 1 (100.00%) ODBC
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Distributed Architecture
1 1 (100.00%) Distributed Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Linux Command Line
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Linux
1 1 (100.00%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) AI
1 1 (100.00%) Computer Science
1 1 (100.00%) Data Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) Data Pipeline
1 1 (100.00%) Disaster Recovery
1 1 (100.00%) High Availability
1 1 (100.00%) Infrastructure Automation
1 1 (100.00%) Machine Learning
1 1 (100.00%) Root Cause Analysis
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) Java
1 1 (100.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) Computer Science Degree
1 1 (100.00%) Degree
System Software
1 1 (100.00%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (100.00%) Ansible
1 1 (100.00%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Dell