Senior Data Scientist Jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH Options

Senior Data Scientist
UK > Work from Home

The median Senior Data Scientist salary for remote or hybrid work is £73,496 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 3 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
3 May 2025		 Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 358 514 584
Rank change year-on-year +156 +70 +77
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior Data Scientist 59 70 93
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 0.39% 0.21% 0.22%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.43% 0.22% 0.23%
Number of salaries quoted 22 30 70
10th Percentile £46,500 £54,875 £51,833
25th Percentile £62,000 £63,438 £56,563
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £73,496 £75,000 £66,102
Median % change year-on-year -2.01% +13.46% -17.37%
75th Percentile £89,375 £96,539 £80,004
90th Percentile £90,000 £137,500 £90,500
UK median annual salary £80,000 £80,000 £68,500
% change year-on-year - +16.79% -14.38%

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 13,761 32,474 40,893
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.71% 96.00% 96.05%
Number of salaries quoted 9,932 24,947 29,049
10th Percentile £30,000 £33,008 £36,711
25th Percentile £43,750 £42,500 £47,447
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 £52,550 £60,000
% change year-on-year +9.42% -12.42% -

Senior Data Scientist
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

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

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

Senior Data Scientist
Salary Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

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

Senior Data Scientist salary trend for jobs with a WFH option

Senior Data Scientist
Salary Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Salary distribution for jobs with remote working options citing Senior Data Scientist over the 6 months to 3 May 2025.

Senior Data Scientist salary histogram for jobs with a WFH option

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

For the 6 months to 3 May 2025, Senior 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 Senior Data Scientist in the job title.

1 59 (100.00%) Data Science
2 53 (89.83%) Machine Learning
2 53 (89.83%) Python
3 45 (76.27%) Artificial Intelligence
4 40 (67.80%) MLOps
5 39 (66.10%) Decision-Making
6 38 (64.41%) Visualisation
7 35 (59.32%) Degree
8 34 (57.63%) Mathematics
8 34 (57.63%) Statistics
8 34 (57.63%) Algorithms
9 31 (52.54%) Mentoring
10 28 (47.46%) Finance
10 28 (47.46%) DevOps
11 26 (44.07%) LLM
12 25 (42.37%) SQL
12 25 (42.37%) Software Engineering
13 24 (40.68%) Java
13 24 (40.68%) Docker
13 24 (40.68%) Problem-Solving
13 24 (40.68%) Data-Driven Decision Making
14 23 (38.98%) Computer Science Degree
14 23 (38.98%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 23 (38.98%) Microservices
14 23 (38.98%) Kubernetes
14 23 (38.98%) Jupyter
14 23 (38.98%) Exploratory Data Analysis
14 23 (38.98%) Cyberattack
14 23 (38.98%) Big Data
14 23 (38.98%) DV Cleared

Senior 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 (38.98%) Jupyter
2 5 (8.47%) Apache Spark
3 4 (6.78%) Apache
3 4 (6.78%) Apache Airflow
Cloud Services
1 12 (20.34%) Azure
2 6 (10.17%) AWS
3 5 (8.47%) GCP
4 4 (6.78%) Snowflake
4 4 (6.78%) Vertex AI
5 1 (1.69%) Amazon Neptune
5 1 (1.69%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 23 (38.98%) Big Data
2 11 (18.64%) Tableau
3 1 (1.69%) PostgreSQL
3 1 (1.69%) Power BI
3 1 (1.69%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 11 (18.64%) Git
General
1 28 (47.46%) Finance
2 23 (38.98%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 10 (16.95%) Social Skills
4 4 (6.78%) Banking
5 2 (3.39%) Presentation Skills
6 1 (1.69%) Analytical Skills
6 1 (1.69%) Health Technology
6 1 (1.69%) Pharmaceutical
6 1 (1.69%) Public Sector
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 14 (23.73%) scikit-learn
1 14 (23.73%) TensorFlow
2 13 (22.03%) Pandas
3 9 (15.25%) PySpark
4 5 (8.47%) PyTorch
5 4 (6.78%) XGBoost
6 1 (1.69%) Django
6 1 (1.69%) FastAPI
6 1 (1.69%) Flask
6 1 (1.69%) Hugging Face
6 1 (1.69%) JSON
6 1 (1.69%) JSON-LD
6 1 (1.69%) Plotly
Miscellaneous
1 34 (57.63%) Algorithms
2 23 (38.98%) Cyberattack
3 9 (15.25%) Credit Risk
4 4 (6.78%) Biopharmaceutical
4 4 (6.78%) Data Structures
5 1 (1.69%) Analytical Mindset
5 1 (1.69%) Greenfield Project
5 1 (1.69%) Taxonomies
Processes & Methodologies
1 59 (100.00%) Data Science
2 53 (89.83%) Machine Learning
3 45 (76.27%) Artificial Intelligence
4 40 (67.80%) MLOps
5 39 (66.10%) Decision-Making
6 38 (64.41%) Visualisation
7 34 (57.63%) Mathematics
7 34 (57.63%) Statistics
8 31 (52.54%) Mentoring
9 28 (47.46%) DevOps
10 26 (44.07%) LLM
11 25 (42.37%) Software Engineering
12 24 (40.68%) Data-Driven Decision Making
12 24 (40.68%) Problem-Solving
13 23 (38.98%) Computer Science
13 23 (38.98%) Data Analysis
13 23 (38.98%) Exploratory Data Analysis
13 23 (38.98%) Microservices
13 23 (38.98%) OpenUP
14 18 (30.51%) Natural Language Processing
Programming Languages
1 53 (89.83%) Python
2 25 (42.37%) SQL
3 24 (40.68%) Java
4 23 (38.98%) JavaScript
5 6 (10.17%) R
6 1 (1.69%) Gremlin
6 1 (1.69%) Kotlin
6 1 (1.69%) SPARQL
Qualifications
1 35 (59.32%) Degree
2 23 (38.98%) Computer Science Degree
2 23 (38.98%) DV Cleared
2 23 (38.98%) Security Cleared
3 9 (15.25%) DBS Check
3 9 (15.25%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (13.56%) Data Quality
2 4 (6.78%) Actionable Recommendations
System Software
1 24 (40.68%) Docker
Systems Management
1 23 (38.98%) Kubernetes
2 1 (1.69%) Terraform
Vendors
1 13 (22.03%) Databricks
2 1 (1.69%) Foundry
2 1 (1.69%) Oracle
2 1 (1.69%) Palantir
100 Senior Data Scientist jobs with Hybrid/WFH options