Principal Data Scientist Jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH Options

Principal Data Scientist
UK > Work from Home

As of 1 May 2025, there is not enough information available from job vacancies posted within the last 6 months to determine the median Principal Data Scientist salary in Work from Home.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 388 - 667
Rank change year-on-year - - +180
Permanent jobs requiring a Principal Data Scientist 9 0 6
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 0.060% - 0.014%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.066% - 0.015%
Number of salaries quoted 0 0 6
10th Percentile - - £62,500
25th Percentile - - £63,125
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) - - £78,750
Median % change year-on-year - - -25.00%
75th Percentile - - £95,313
90th Percentile - - £97,500
UK median annual salary - £110,000 £45,750
% change year-on-year - +140.44% -53.08%

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% -

Principal Data Scientist
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

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

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

Principal Data Scientist
Salary Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

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

Principal Data Scientist salary trend for jobs with a WFH option

Principal 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, Principal 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 Principal Data Scientist in the job title.

1 9 (100.00%) SQL
1 9 (100.00%) Python
1 9 (100.00%) Artificial Intelligence
1 9 (100.00%) Neural Network
1 9 (100.00%) Statistics
1 9 (100.00%) Degree
1 9 (100.00%) WFM
1 9 (100.00%) Mathematics
1 9 (100.00%) Physics
1 9 (100.00%) Credit Risk
1 9 (100.00%) Git
1 9 (100.00%) Visualisation
1 9 (100.00%) Predictive Modelling
1 9 (100.00%) Natural Language Processing
1 9 (100.00%) Tableau
1 9 (100.00%) Root Cause Analysis
1 9 (100.00%) Machine Learning
1 9 (100.00%) Propensity Modelling
1 9 (100.00%) Demand Forecasting
1 9 (100.00%) Data Munging
1 9 (100.00%) Pandas
1 9 (100.00%) Algorithms
1 9 (100.00%) scikit-learn
1 9 (100.00%) DBS Check
1 9 (100.00%) TensorFlow
1 9 (100.00%) Actionable Insight
1 9 (100.00%) Databricks
1 9 (100.00%) PySpark
1 9 (100.00%) Master's Degree
1 9 (100.00%) Data Science

Principal 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:

Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (100.00%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 9 (100.00%) Git
General
1 9 (100.00%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (100.00%) Pandas
1 9 (100.00%) PySpark
1 9 (100.00%) scikit-learn
1 9 (100.00%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 9 (100.00%) Algorithms
1 9 (100.00%) Credit Risk
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (100.00%) Actionable Insight
1 9 (100.00%) Artificial Intelligence
1 9 (100.00%) Customer Experience
1 9 (100.00%) Data Munging
1 9 (100.00%) Data Science
1 9 (100.00%) Decision-Making
1 9 (100.00%) Demand Forecasting
1 9 (100.00%) Machine Learning
1 9 (100.00%) Mathematics
1 9 (100.00%) MLOps
1 9 (100.00%) Natural Language Processing
1 9 (100.00%) Neural Network
1 9 (100.00%) Physics
1 9 (100.00%) Predictive Modelling
1 9 (100.00%) Propensity Modelling
1 9 (100.00%) Root Cause Analysis
1 9 (100.00%) Statistics
1 9 (100.00%) Storytelling
1 9 (100.00%) Visualisation
1 9 (100.00%) WFM
Programming Languages
1 9 (100.00%) Python
1 9 (100.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 9 (100.00%) DBS Check
1 9 (100.00%) Degree
1 9 (100.00%) Master's Degree
Vendors
1 9 (100.00%) Databricks