Data Science Jobs with Work from Home Options

Data Science
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent remote or hybrid work requiring Data Science skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Data Science over the 6 months leading up to 26 July 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Jul 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 172 124 68
Rank change year-on-year -48 -56 +31
Permanent jobs citing Data Science 546 879 4,028
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 1.95% 2.68% 5.13%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.21% 2.79% 5.28%
Number of salaries quoted 332 680 1,203
10th Percentile £41,250 £46,570 £42,500
25th Percentile £50,475 £53,750 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,500 £67,500 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year - -3.57% +7.69%
75th Percentile £87,500 £86,542 £88,750
90th Percentile £107,500 £101,185 £108,750
UK median annual salary £70,000 £70,000 £72,500
% change year-on-year - -3.45% +11.54%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Work from Home

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 with remote or hybrid options requiring process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 24,720 31,469 76,283
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 88.48% 95.89% 97.14%
Number of salaries quoted 17,624 23,346 43,834
10th Percentile £35,000 £37,500 £36,250
25th Percentile £42,500 £47,500 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,965 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -7.26% +4.17% +9.09%
75th Percentile £77,500 £81,250 £80,000
90th Percentile £96,250 £100,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - +9.09%

Data Science
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with a work from home option citing Data Science as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Data Science trend for jobs with a WFH option

Data Science
Salary Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average salary quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing Data Science.

Data Science salary trend for jobs with a WFH option

Data Science
Salary Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Salary distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing Data Science over the 6 months to 26 July 2024.

Data Science salary histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Data Science
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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:

Application Platforms
1 28 (5.13%) Apache Spark
2 15 (2.75%) SAS
3 11 (2.01%) Apache
3 11 (2.01%) Apache Airflow
3 11 (2.01%) Microsoft Exchange
4 6 (1.10%) nginx
5 5 (0.92%) Confluence
5 5 (0.92%) Luigi
6 2 (0.37%) Jupyter
7 1 (0.18%) Ethereum
7 1 (0.18%) Hyperledger
7 1 (0.18%) IIS
7 1 (0.18%) Moodle
Applications
1 9 (1.65%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (0.37%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 2 (0.37%) Stata
3 1 (0.18%) Blender
3 1 (0.18%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.18%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 11 (2.01%) Endur
2 1 (0.18%) Distributed Ledger
2 1 (0.18%) OpenLink RightAngle
2 1 (0.18%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 141 (25.82%) Azure
2 95 (17.40%) Power Platform
3 90 (16.48%) AWS
4 76 (13.92%) GCP
5 34 (6.23%) Snowflake
6 31 (5.68%) Azure Data Factory
7 26 (4.76%) GitHub
8 25 (4.58%) Azure Synapse Analytics
9 24 (4.40%) Cloud Computing
10 20 (3.66%) Azure DevOps
11 19 (3.48%) Amazon S3
12 16 (2.93%) Azure Machine Learning
13 15 (2.75%) dbt
14 12 (2.20%) SaaS
15 11 (2.01%) Azure Data Lake Analytics
16 8 (1.47%) Amazon SageMaker
16 8 (1.47%) Azure Monitor
17 7 (1.28%) Azure Sentinel
17 7 (1.28%) GitHub Actions
17 7 (1.28%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 13 (2.38%) Network Security
2 5 (0.92%) MQTT
2 5 (0.92%) Reverse Proxy
2 5 (0.92%) VPN
3 1 (0.18%) Firewall
3 1 (0.18%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 97 (17.77%) Tableau
2 84 (15.38%) Power BI
3 73 (13.37%) Data Warehouse
4 47 (8.61%) Big Data
5 39 (7.14%) Data Lake
6 31 (5.68%) NoSQL
6 31 (5.68%) SQL Server
7 28 (5.13%) PostgreSQL
7 28 (5.13%) Relational Database
8 17 (3.11%) Azure SQL Database
8 17 (3.11%) RDBMS
9 15 (2.75%) BigQuery
10 12 (2.20%) Hadoop
10 12 (2.20%) MongoDB
10 12 (2.20%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 11 (2.01%) Microsoft Analysis Services
11 11 (2.01%) Qlik Sense
12 10 (1.83%) Elasticsearch
13 9 (1.65%) Redis
13 9 (1.65%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 93 (17.03%) Git
2 13 (2.38%) Jenkins
3 11 (2.01%) Subversion
4 9 (1.65%) MLflow
5 8 (1.47%) RStudio
6 6 (1.10%) TeamCity
7 5 (0.92%) JIRA
8 4 (0.73%) GitLab
9 3 (0.55%) GoCD
10 2 (0.37%) CircleCI
10 2 (0.37%) ER Studio
10 2 (0.37%) ERwin
11 1 (0.18%) Cucumber
11 1 (0.18%) JUnit
11 1 (0.18%) Maven
11 1 (0.18%) Spinnaker
11 1 (0.18%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 227 (41.58%) Social Skills
2 126 (23.08%) Analytical Skills
3 102 (18.68%) Finance
4 51 (9.34%) Pharmaceutical
5 46 (8.42%) Retail
6 32 (5.86%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 25 (4.58%) Marketing
8 22 (4.03%) Banking
9 21 (3.85%) Games
10 19 (3.48%) Public Sector
11 17 (3.11%) Law
11 17 (3.11%) Legal
11 17 (3.11%) Presentation Skills
12 7 (1.28%) Manufacturing
13 6 (1.10%) Military
13 6 (1.10%) Publishing
13 6 (1.10%) Telecoms
14 5 (0.92%) Front Office
14 5 (0.92%) Social Science
15 4 (0.73%) Investment Banking
Job Titles
1 189 (34.62%) Senior
2 144 (26.37%) Data Scientist
3 103 (18.86%) Senior Data Scientist
4 80 (14.65%) Data Engineer
5 61 (11.17%) Analyst
6 45 (8.24%) Lead
7 42 (7.69%) Developer
8 36 (6.59%) Architect
9 31 (5.68%) Data Analyst
10 30 (5.49%) Senior Data Engineer
11 29 (5.31%) Data Manager
12 26 (4.76%) Consultant
13 22 (4.03%) Software Engineer
14 21 (3.85%) Python Engineer
14 21 (3.85%) Senior Developer
15 19 (3.48%) Data Architect
16 18 (3.30%) Python Data Engineer
17 17 (3.11%) Data Science Manager
18 16 (2.93%) DevOps Engineer
18 16 (2.93%) Engineering Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 74 (13.55%) PySpark
2 63 (11.54%) Pandas
3 57 (10.44%) TensorFlow
4 56 (10.26%) scikit-learn
5 19 (3.48%) Kafka
6 16 (2.93%) PyTorch
7 12 (2.20%) React
8 10 (1.83%) CSS
9 9 (1.65%) GraphQL
9 9 (1.65%) HTML
9 9 (1.65%) RESTful
10 8 (1.47%) SQLAlchemy
11 7 (1.28%) gRPC
11 7 (1.28%) Microsoft Graph
11 7 (1.28%) Node.js
12 6 (1.10%) .NET
12 6 (1.10%) Keras
12 6 (1.10%) Web Services
13 5 (0.92%) Knex.js
13 5 (0.92%) React Native
Miscellaneous
1 137 (25.09%) Algorithms
2 47 (8.61%) Life Science
3 31 (5.68%) Data Structures
4 19 (3.48%) Cloud Native
5 12 (2.20%) Reinsurance
6 11 (2.01%) Credit Risk
6 11 (2.01%) Enterprise Software
6 11 (2.01%) PMI
6 11 (2.01%) Swaptions
7 10 (1.83%) Blog
7 10 (1.83%) Product Ownership
8 8 (1.47%) Distributed Systems
8 8 (1.47%) Low-Code
8 8 (1.47%) Management Information System
9 7 (1.28%) IoT
10 6 (1.10%) Mobile App
11 5 (0.92%) Private Cloud
11 5 (0.92%) Team-Oriented Environment
12 4 (0.73%) Virtual Team
13 3 (0.55%) Renewable Energy
Operating Systems
1 28 (5.13%) Linux
2 15 (2.75%) Unix
3 5 (0.92%) Windows
4 3 (0.55%) Windows Server
5 1 (0.18%) Android
5 1 (0.18%) Apple iOS
5 1 (0.18%) Robot Operating System
5 1 (0.18%) Solaris
5 1 (0.18%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 234 (42.86%) Analytics
2 229 (41.94%) Machine Learning
3 180 (32.97%) Visualisation
4 136 (24.91%) Artificial Intelligence
5 132 (24.18%) Data Modelling
6 128 (23.44%) Statistics
7 122 (22.34%) Software Engineering
8 110 (20.15%) Agile
9 107 (19.60%) Data Visualisation
10 98 (17.95%) Computer Science
11 95 (17.40%) Data Engineering
12 92 (16.85%) Decision-Making
13 86 (15.75%) Natural Language Processing
14 81 (14.84%) Business Intelligence
15 80 (14.65%) Mathematics
16 78 (14.29%) Problem-Solving
17 75 (13.74%) Roadmaps
18 71 (13.00%) Informatics
18 71 (13.00%) Mentoring
19 70 (12.82%) ETL
Programming Languages
1 294 (53.85%) Python
2 259 (47.44%) SQL
3 68 (12.45%) R
4 48 (8.79%) Java
5 21 (3.85%) JavaScript
6 17 (3.11%) Bash
6 17 (3.11%) Data Analysis Expressions
7 14 (2.56%) C#
7 14 (2.56%) Scala
8 13 (2.38%) T-SQL
9 12 (2.20%) TypeScript
10 11 (2.01%) Julia
10 11 (2.01%) U-SQL
10 11 (2.01%) VB
11 10 (1.83%) Go
12 6 (1.10%) Ruby
13 5 (0.92%) JSX
14 4 (0.73%) C
14 4 (0.73%) C++
15 3 (0.55%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 189 (34.62%) Degree
2 125 (22.89%) Master's Degree
3 64 (11.72%) PhD
4 51 (9.34%) DBS Check
5 32 (5.86%) Computer Science Degree
6 21 (3.85%) Security Cleared
7 17 (3.11%) SC Cleared
8 15 (2.75%) PMI Certification
9 13 (2.38%) Microsoft Certification
10 10 (1.83%) Numerate Degree
11 4 (0.73%) ITIL Certification
11 4 (0.73%) PMP
12 3 (0.55%) BPSS Clearance
12 3 (0.55%) DV Cleared
12 3 (0.55%) ISTQB
13 2 (0.37%) Azure Certification
13 2 (0.37%) MBA
13 2 (0.37%) Postgraduate
14 1 (0.18%) AWS Certification
14 1 (0.18%) MCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 55 (10.07%) Data Quality
2 32 (5.86%) QA
3 14 (2.56%) GDPR
4 6 (1.10%) California Consumer Privacy Act
5 3 (0.55%) Accessibility
5 3 (0.55%) IFRS
5 3 (0.55%) IFRS 9
6 1 (0.18%) SNOMED CT
System Software
1 31 (5.68%) Docker
2 1 (0.18%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.18%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 45 (8.24%) Kubernetes
2 26 (4.76%) Terraform
3 7 (1.28%) SysTrack
4 5 (0.92%) logstash
5 3 (0.55%) Ansible
5 3 (0.55%) Argo
5 3 (0.55%) Grafana
6 2 (0.37%) Progress Chef
7 1 (0.18%) Kubeflow
7 1 (0.18%) Packer
7 1 (0.18%) yum
Vendors
1 127 (23.26%) Databricks
2 72 (13.19%) Microsoft
3 41 (7.51%) Google
4 22 (4.03%) Oracle
5 11 (2.01%) OpenLink
5 11 (2.01%) Sybase
5 11 (2.01%) TIBCO
6 8 (1.47%) Dell
6 8 (1.47%) ServiceNow
7 7 (1.28%) Alteryx
7 7 (1.28%) Snow
8 5 (0.92%) SAP
9 4 (0.73%) FIS
9 4 (0.73%) Talend
10 3 (0.55%) Dataiku
10 3 (0.55%) VMware
11 2 (0.37%) CrowdStrike
11 2 (0.37%) Sage
12 1 (0.18%) OpenAI
12 1 (0.18%) YouTube