Data Scientist Jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH Options

Data Scientist
UK > Work from Home

The median Data Scientist salary for remote or hybrid work is £62,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 1 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
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 287 466 412
Rank change year-on-year +179 -54 +56
Permanent jobs requiring a Data Scientist 112 126 283
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 0.75% 0.37% 0.66%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.83% 0.39% 0.69%
Number of salaries quoted 48 72 199
10th Percentile £46,500 £40,000 -
25th Percentile £53,750 £45,000 £46,570
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,000 £67,500 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -8.15% +8.00% -10.71%
75th Percentile £78,125 £87,500 £76,875
90th Percentile £90,000 £96,539 £86,500
UK median annual salary £64,000 £70,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year -8.57% +7.69% -3.70%

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 WFH or hybrid 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 13,554 32,482 41,080
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.64% 95.99% 96.08%
Number of salaries quoted 9,860 24,960 29,208
10th Percentile £30,000 £33,000 £36,500
25th Percentile £43,750 £42,500 £47,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £56,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year +7.14% -10.40% +4.17%
75th Percentile £77,500 £75,000 £81,250
90th Percentile £100,000 £92,500 £100,000
UK median annual salary £57,500 £52,777 £60,000
% change year-on-year +8.95% -12.04% -

Data Scientist
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with remote working options which featured Data Scientist in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Data Scientist trend for jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH options

Data Scientist
Salary Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average salary quoted in job vacancies with remote working options citing Data Scientist.

Data Scientist salary trend for jobs with a WFH option

Data Scientist
Salary Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Salary distribution for jobs with remote working options citing Data Scientist over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Data Scientist salary histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Data Scientist Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Job Vacancies with WFH Options

For the 6 months to 1 May 2025, 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 jobs with hybrid or remote work options featuring Data Scientist in the job title.

1 112 (100.00%) Data Science
2 98 (87.50%) Machine Learning
3 80 (71.43%) Python
3 80 (71.43%) Artificial Intelligence
4 77 (68.75%) Degree
5 71 (63.39%) Visualisation
6 69 (61.61%) Statistics
7 68 (60.71%) Algorithms
8 65 (58.04%) Mathematics
9 59 (52.68%) Problem-Solving
10 56 (50.00%) Computer Science
11 54 (48.21%) Finance
11 54 (48.21%) Security Cleared
12 52 (46.43%) Analytics
13 51 (45.54%) DV Cleared
14 47 (41.96%) Big Data
14 47 (41.96%) Data Analysis
15 46 (41.07%) OpenUP
15 46 (41.07%) Exploratory Data Analysis
15 46 (41.07%) Cyberattack
15 46 (41.07%) Inclusion and Diversity
16 44 (39.29%) Decision-Making
17 43 (38.39%) SQL
18 41 (36.61%) MLOps
19 39 (34.82%) Predictive Modelling
20 38 (33.93%) Mentoring
21 32 (28.57%) Docker
22 28 (25.00%) DevOps
22 28 (25.00%) Natural Language Processing
23 26 (23.21%) Software Engineering

Data Scientist Skill Set
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 23 (20.54%) Jupyter
2 6 (5.36%) Apache Spark
3 4 (3.57%) Apache
3 4 (3.57%) Apache Airflow
4 3 (2.68%) SAS
Applications
1 7 (6.25%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (1.79%) Chatbot
Cloud Services
1 15 (13.39%) Azure
2 14 (12.50%) Power Platform
3 6 (5.36%) AWS
3 6 (5.36%) GCP
4 5 (4.46%) Snowflake
5 4 (3.57%) Vertex AI
6 2 (1.79%) Azure Machine Learning
7 1 (0.89%) Amazon Neptune
7 1 (0.89%) Azure Data Factory
7 1 (0.89%) Azure Functions
7 1 (0.89%) Azure Logic Apps
7 1 (0.89%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 1 (0.89%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 47 (41.96%) Big Data
2 22 (19.64%) Tableau
3 14 (12.50%) Power BI
4 1 (0.89%) BigQuery
4 1 (0.89%) Hadoop
4 1 (0.89%) PostgreSQL
4 1 (0.89%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 13 (11.61%) Git
2 1 (0.89%) JIRA
General
1 54 (48.21%) Finance
2 46 (41.07%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 24 (21.43%) Social Skills
4 13 (11.61%) Public Sector
5 9 (8.04%) Presentation Skills
6 8 (7.14%) Analytical Skills
7 7 (6.25%) Banking
8 5 (4.46%) Retail
9 4 (3.57%) Marketing
10 1 (0.89%) Automotive
10 1 (0.89%) Documentation Skills
10 1 (0.89%) Electronics
10 1 (0.89%) Health Technology
10 1 (0.89%) Manufacturing
10 1 (0.89%) Pharmaceutical
10 1 (0.89%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 16 (14.29%) scikit-learn
1 16 (14.29%) TensorFlow
2 13 (11.61%) Pandas
3 9 (8.04%) PySpark
4 7 (6.25%) PyTorch
5 6 (5.36%) Hugging Face
6 5 (4.46%) XGBoost
7 1 (0.89%) Django
7 1 (0.89%) FastAPI
7 1 (0.89%) Flask
7 1 (0.89%) JSON
7 1 (0.89%) JSON-LD
7 1 (0.89%) Keras
7 1 (0.89%) Plotly
Miscellaneous
1 68 (60.71%) Algorithms
2 46 (41.07%) Cyberattack
3 9 (8.04%) Credit Risk
4 7 (6.25%) Linux Command Line
5 4 (3.57%) Biopharmaceutical
5 4 (3.57%) Data Structures
6 2 (1.79%) Analytical Mindset
7 1 (0.89%) Greenfield Project
7 1 (0.89%) Renewable Energy
7 1 (0.89%) Semantic Web
7 1 (0.89%) Taxonomies
Operating Systems
1 7 (6.25%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 112 (100.00%) Data Science
2 98 (87.50%) Machine Learning
3 80 (71.43%) Artificial Intelligence
4 71 (63.39%) Visualisation
5 69 (61.61%) Statistics
6 65 (58.04%) Mathematics
7 59 (52.68%) Problem-Solving
8 56 (50.00%) Computer Science
9 52 (46.43%) Analytics
10 47 (41.96%) Data Analysis
11 46 (41.07%) Exploratory Data Analysis
11 46 (41.07%) OpenUP
12 44 (39.29%) Decision-Making
13 41 (36.61%) MLOps
14 39 (34.82%) Predictive Modelling
15 38 (33.93%) Mentoring
16 28 (25.00%) DevOps
16 28 (25.00%) Natural Language Processing
17 26 (23.21%) LLM
17 26 (23.21%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 80 (71.43%) Python
2 43 (38.39%) SQL
3 24 (21.43%) Java
4 23 (20.54%) JavaScript
5 13 (11.61%) R
6 2 (1.79%) C++
6 2 (1.79%) SPARQL
7 1 (0.89%) Fortran
7 1 (0.89%) Gremlin
7 1 (0.89%) Kotlin
7 1 (0.89%) MATLAB
Qualifications
1 77 (68.75%) Degree
2 54 (48.21%) Security Cleared
3 51 (45.54%) DV Cleared
4 25 (22.32%) Computer Science Degree
5 23 (20.54%) Numerate Degree
6 19 (16.96%) Master's Degree
7 9 (8.04%) DBS Check
8 8 (7.14%) PhD
8 8 (7.14%) SC Cleared
9 1 (0.89%) Postgraduate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (7.14%) Data Quality
2 5 (4.46%) Actionable Recommendations
3 1 (0.89%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 32 (28.57%) Docker
Systems Management
1 23 (20.54%) Kubernetes
2 1 (0.89%) Terraform
Vendors
1 15 (13.39%) Databricks
2 2 (1.79%) F5
2 2 (1.79%) PayPal
3 1 (0.89%) Foundry
3 1 (0.89%) Google
3 1 (0.89%) Oracle
3 1 (0.89%) Palantir
3 1 (0.89%) SAP