Hybrid/Remote Data Science Engineer Job Trends

Data Science Engineer
UK > Work from Home

The median Data Science Engineer salary for remote/hybrid work is £85,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 16 December 2025.

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

6 months to
16 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 371 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs requiring a Data Science Engineer 1 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.007% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.007% - -
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 0
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £85,000 - -
UK median annual salary £70,000 £80,000 £50,500
% change year-on-year -12.50% +58.42% -30.34%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Work from Home

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies with remote/hybrid work options. 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 Work from Home with a recognized job title 14,336 16,942 19,047
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.46% 96.27% 95.66%
Number of salaries quoted 9,312 10,582 15,490
10th Percentile £30,000 £35,000 £36,250
25th Percentile £41,000 £45,651 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.17% - -4.00%
75th Percentile £77,500 £80,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £97,500 £97,500 £97,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -

Data Science Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend for Remote/Hybrid Roles

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring 'Data Science Engineer' in the job title and offering remote or hybrid work options relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised.

Data Science Engineer job vacancy trend for remote/hybrid roles

Data Science Engineer
Salary Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Salary distribution trend for remote Data Science Engineer job vacancies.

Salary distribution trend for remote Data Science Engineer job vacancies

Data Science Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Remote/Hybrid Jobs

For the 6 months to 16 December 2025, Data Science Engineer 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 jobs with hybrid/remote work options featuring Data Science Engineer in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) AI
1 1 (100.00%) Analytical Thinking
1 1 (100.00%) Analytics
1 1 (100.00%) Artificial Intelligence Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) AWS
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) Azure AI
1 1 (100.00%) Azure Certification
1 1 (100.00%) Azure Machine Learning
1 1 (100.00%) Business Transformation
1 1 (100.00%) Chatbot
1 1 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 1 (100.00%) Clean Code
1 1 (100.00%) Computer Science
1 1 (100.00%) Computer Science Degree
1 1 (100.00%) Containerisation
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) Conversational AI
1 1 (100.00%) Conversational UI
1 1 (100.00%) Data Science
1 1 (100.00%) Databricks
1 1 (100.00%) Data-Driven Decision Making
1 1 (100.00%) Decision-Making
1 1 (100.00%) Degree
1 1 (100.00%) Docker
1 1 (100.00%) GCP
1 1 (100.00%) Generative AI
1 1 (100.00%) Kubernetes
1 1 (100.00%) LangChain
1 1 (100.00%) LLM

Data Science Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Remote/Hybrid Jobs 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:

Applications
1 1 (100.00%) Chatbot
Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) AWS
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) Azure AI
1 1 (100.00%) Azure Machine Learning
1 1 (100.00%) GCP
Development Applications
1 1 (100.00%) MLflow
General
1 1 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Organisational Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) LangChain
1 1 (100.00%) PyTorch
1 1 (100.00%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) AI Agents
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) AI
1 1 (100.00%) Analytical Thinking
1 1 (100.00%) Analytics
1 1 (100.00%) Artificial Intelligence Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) Business Transformation
1 1 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 1 (100.00%) Clean Code
1 1 (100.00%) Computer Science
1 1 (100.00%) Containerisation
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) Conversational AI
1 1 (100.00%) Conversational UI
1 1 (100.00%) Data Science
1 1 (100.00%) Data-Driven Decision Making
1 1 (100.00%) Decision-Making
1 1 (100.00%) Generative AI
1 1 (100.00%) Machine Learning
1 1 (100.00%) MLOps
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) Azure Certification
1 1 (100.00%) Computer Science Degree
1 1 (100.00%) Degree
1 1 (100.00%) Master's Degree
System Software
1 1 (100.00%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (100.00%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Databricks