Permanent Lead Data Scientist Jobs in the UK

19 of 19 Permanent Lead Data Scientist Jobs in the UK

Lead Data Scientist

london (city of london), south east england, united kingdom
Harnham
Lead Data Scientist London - 3 days a week Up to £125,000 About the Company We’re working with a next-generation private markets firm that is redefining value creation by combining deep industry expertise with advanced AI and data science. This is a unique opportunity to join a company that partners directly with portfolio companies … to drive measurable operational and financial performance—powered by data. They’re now hiring a Lead Data Scientist to lead high-impact analytics and machine learning projects across a wide variety of real-world domains. Working closely with a multidisciplinary team, you’ll have the autonomy to shape technical approaches while staying closely tied to commercial … outcomes. This role is ideal for someone who enjoys solving complex, ambiguous business problems using data science, and wants to work at the intersection of technology, investment, and strategy. Key Responsibilities Translate complex business problems into measurable data science solutions that deliver commercial value Lead the design, development, and deployment of predictive and optimisation models across multiple More ❯
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Lead Data Scientist

slough, south east england, united kingdom
Harnham
Lead Data Scientist London - 3 days a week Up to £125,000 About the Company We’re working with a next-generation private markets firm that is redefining value creation by combining deep industry expertise with advanced AI and data science. This is a unique opportunity to join a company that partners directly with portfolio companies … to drive measurable operational and financial performance—powered by data. They’re now hiring a Lead Data Scientist to lead high-impact analytics and machine learning projects across a wide variety of real-world domains. Working closely with a multidisciplinary team, you’ll have the autonomy to shape technical approaches while staying closely tied to commercial … outcomes. This role is ideal for someone who enjoys solving complex, ambiguous business problems using data science, and wants to work at the intersection of technology, investment, and strategy. Key Responsibilities Translate complex business problems into measurable data science solutions that deliver commercial value Lead the design, development, and deployment of predictive and optimisation models across multiple More ❯
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Lead Data Scientist

London, United Kingdom
Hybrid / WFH Options
VIXIO GamblingCompliance
Lead Data Scientist - Regulatory Scanning Initiative This is a unique opportunity to lead a high-impact team, mentor junior talent, and drive innovation in a fast-growing company. You'll work alongside industry experts, collaborate with cross-functional teams, and have the freedom to explore new technologies and methodologies. At Vixio, we're on a mission … to revolutionize how businesses manage regulatory obligations through cutting-edge RegTech solutions combined with our human expertise. Join us as our Lead Data Scientist and play a pivotal role in shaping the future of regulatory intelligence. About the role: As our Lead Data Scientist , you will play a pivotal role in shaping and delivering … data-driven solutions that power our regulatory scanning, analytics, and generative AI capabilities. You'll take ownership of complex data science problems end-to-end, from framing business challenges with stakeholders, to deploying production-ready solutions. We're looking for someone who thrives in fast-moving environments, takes initiative, and delivers measurable results. Working closely with the Head More ❯
Employment Type: Permanent
Salary: GBP Annual
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Lead Data Scientist

London, South East, England, United Kingdom
Harnham - Data & Analytics Recruitment
Lead/Principal Data Scientist London - 3 days a week Up to £135,000 About the Company We're working with a next-generation private markets firm that is redefining value creation by combining deep industry expertise with data science and machine learning. This is a unique opportunity to join a company that partners directly with … portfolio companies to drive measurable operational and financial performance. They're now hiring a Lead/Principal Data Scientist to lead machine learning projects across a wide variety of real-world domains. Working closely with a multidisciplinary team, you'll have the autonomy to shape technical approaches while staying closely tied to commercial outcomes. This role … is ideal for someone who enjoys solving complex, ambiguous business problems using data science, and wants to work at the intersection of technology, investment, and strategy. Key Responsibilities Translate complex business problems into measurable data science solutions that deliver commercial value Lead the design, development, and deployment of predictive and optimisation models across multiple industries Own the More ❯
Employment Type: Full-Time
Salary: £100,000 - £135,000 per annum
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Lead Data Scientist

Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, United Kingdom
Tate
Lead Data Scientist - Financial Services * Based in Nottingham (4 days onsite) * Pay up to £75,000 * Permanent, Full-Time Our client is a fast-growing financial services organisation looking for a Lead Data Scientist to drive innovation across the customer lifecycle. This is a hands-on, commercially focused role where you'll develop predictive … and deliver actionable insights across fraud, marketing, credit risk, and customer management. You'll work closely with cross-functional teams and have the opportunity to shape the future of data science within a dynamic, forward-thinking environment. Key Responsibilities: Own the development and deployment of predictive models to improve customer outcomes. Lead autonomous decisioning initiatives, including model implementation … Deliver insights through structured analysis and clear communication. Identify opportunities for innovation and process improvement using data. Key Skills and Experience: 5+ years of experience delivering end-to-end data science solutions in a commercial setting. Proven ability to lead projects independently and drive results. Strong expertise in machine learning, predictive modelling, and AI. Proficient in Python, R More ❯
Employment Type: Permanent
Salary: £65000 - £75000/annum
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Lead Data Scientist - Routing

London, United Kingdom
Hybrid / WFH Options
Data Science Festival
Lead Data Scientist - Routing Salary: Up to £100k + Benefits Location: London, Hybrid Data Idols is working with a leading logistics company that's reshaping how operations, data, and technology come together. As part of their growth, they're hiring a Data Scientist to join the Routing & Optimisation team, working on complex decision … problems that drive real-world efficiencies. This is an opportunity to be part of a high-impact, production-focused environment where data science meets operational excellence. The Opportunity Working closely with the Head of Routing & Optimisation, you'll design and develop scalable algorithms , heuristics , and ML/optimisation models that tackle some of the most critical challenges in logistics … teams with a fast-delivery mindset A proactive mindset with a bias for action and alignment with values like collaboration, curiosity, and getting things done If you're a data scientist who thrives on complex decision-making problems and wants to make a tangible impact in a fast-moving, tech-led logistics business, we'd love to hear More ❯
Employment Type: Permanent
Salary: GBP Annual
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Lead Data Scientist - Remote

London, South East, England, United Kingdom
Hybrid / WFH Options
Exposed Solutions
heavily into building the ML stack, partnered with leading universities, and trained models on millions of expert-tagged images. Now, they’re scaling globally — and need a world-class Lead Data Scientist to help push the boundaries of computer vision, video analysis, and multimodal LLMs while solving real-world challenges. Role Overview They are looking for an … experienced Lead Data Scientist to spearhead machine-learning initiatives, with particular focus on computer vision, large language models, and production ready ML pipelines in Azure. You will act as the technical lead for the team, setting direction, guiding best practices, and ensuring the successful delivery of high-impact AI solutions. Key Responsibilities · Develop, train, and deploy … evaluate, and productionise multi-modal LLMs for business applications. · Drive experimentation and prototyping of advanced ML/AI techniques · Provide technical direction, mentoring, and hands-on guidance to the data science team. · Work with engineering, product, and business stakeholders to align ML strategy with business goals. · Architect and productionise end-to-end ML pipelines on Azure, while ensuring scalability More ❯
Employment Type: Full-Time
Salary: £60,000 - £80,000 per annum
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Lead Data Scientist - Remote

EH12, Hermiston, City of Edinburgh, United Kingdom
Hybrid / WFH Options
Exposed Solutions
heavily into building the ML stack, partnered with leading universities, and trained models on millions of expert-tagged images. Now, they’re scaling globally — and need a world-class Lead Data Scientist to help push the boundaries of computer vision, video analysis, and multimodal LLMs while solving real-world challenges. Role Overview They are looking for an … experienced Lead Data Scientist to spearhead machine-learning initiatives, with particular focus on computer vision, large language models, and production ready ML pipelines in Azure. You will act as the technical lead for the team, setting direction, guiding best practices, and ensuring the successful delivery of high-impact AI solutions. Key Responsibilities · Develop, train, and deploy … evaluate, and productionise multi-modal LLMs for business applications. · Drive experimentation and prototyping of advanced ML/AI techniques · Provide technical direction, mentoring, and hands-on guidance to the data science team. · Work with engineering, product, and business stakeholders to align ML strategy with business goals. · Architect and productionise end-to-end ML pipelines on Azure, while ensuring scalability More ❯
Employment Type: Permanent
Salary: £60000 - £80000/annum
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Lead Data Scientist

BD3, Apperley Bridge, Bradford, West Yorkshire, United Kingdom
Morrisons
More About The Role At Morrisons, our Data, Analytics & AI team plays a vital role in driving decisions across the business by unlocking the power of our data. Whether it's enabling quick insight through self-serve tools like Looker or delivering deeper analysis through exploring the patterns in our data, we help teams across the business solve … problems, drive performance, and create value. As a Lead Data Scientist, you’ll lead a small but impactful team of data scientists and analysts, helping shape and deliver a roadmap of data science products and initiatives that align with our business goals. You’ll work closely with stakeholders across the organisation to understand their … cutting-edge analytics to solve them. This is a hands-on role with technical delivery at its core, combined with leadership and strategic direction. What you’ll be doing: Lead, mentor and develop a team of Data Scientists and Analysts, setting clear objectives and supporting professional growth Own the delivery of complex data science products and models More ❯
Employment Type: Permanent
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Lead Data Scientist

Birmingham, West Midlands, England, United Kingdom
Harnham - Data & Analytics Recruitment
Lead Data Scientist (3 days onsite) - Travel Required Join a forward-thinking consultancy that's been redefining the industry for over a decade. Operating across sectors such as Defence, Retail, Government, and Healthcare, the firm delivers cutting-edge Data Science and Machine Learning solutions that drive measurable transformation. By blending strategic insight with deep technical expertise … they empower organizations to turn ambitious ideas into meaningful, data-driven impact. What You'll Do Lead the end-to-end delivery of data science and machine learning projects, from discovery to deployment. Shape and execute data science strategies that directly support client objectives and organizational growth. Design and implement custom algorithms and models to solve More ❯
Employment Type: Full-Time
Salary: £100,000 - £150,000 per annum
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Lead Data Scientist

London, United Kingdom
Hybrid / WFH Options
Competition and Markets Authority
Reference number: 434988 Salary: £ 61,575 - £69,238 Hours: Full time, part time, flexible working Contract: Permanent Location: Belfast, Cardiff, Edinburgh, London, Manchester If you are an experienced Data Scientist with strong technical skills, then this is an exciting opportunity to play a key role in the delivery of data science projects at the Competition and Markets … CMA We help people, businesses, and the UK economy by promoting competitive markets and tackling unfair behaviour. Our work is wide ranging, ambitious and often new and challenging. The Data, Technology and Insight Unit (DTI Directorate) encompasses Strategic Insight, Analysis & AI and Technology & Digital. The Directorate provides the CMA with specialist skills and capability to keep pace with fast … moving digital markets, rapidly developing business models and the growing use of data and algorithms. We ensure everyone in the CMA has access to the tools they require to effectively do their jobs and are leading our digital transformation programme to increase the organisations efficiency, effectiveness and capabilities including using AI. The Directorate is key to ensuring that the More ❯
Employment Type: Permanent, Part Time, Work From Home
Salary: £65,000
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Lead Data Scientist

London Area, United Kingdom
Hybrid / WFH Options
Harnham
A fast-growing fintech scale-up is looking for a Lead Data Scientist to drive data-led decision-making across credit risk and pricing, lead a small team, and play a key role in shaping their AI strategy. With a 4x increase in lending over the past year and ambitions to double again in the … next, this is an exciting time to join a business scaling rapidly in the embedded lending space. What You’ll Do Lead and mentor a team of two data scientists Support development of credit risk and pricing models Perform ad hoc analysis and advise stakeholders across Credit Risk, Pricing, Product, and Engineering Assess and shape the company’s … approach to AI Be hands-on when needed, though this is not a deeply technical role What We’re Looking For Background in lending or pricing data science, as well as more broad modelling experience Experience from aggregators, pricing optimisation platforms, fintechs, or insurance companies could be useful Prior experience leading or mentoring data scientists Strong communication and More ❯
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Lead Data Scientist

City of London, London, United Kingdom
Hybrid / WFH Options
Harnham
A fast-growing fintech scale-up is looking for a Lead Data Scientist to drive data-led decision-making across credit risk and pricing, lead a small team, and play a key role in shaping their AI strategy. With a 4x increase in lending over the past year and ambitions to double again in the … next, this is an exciting time to join a business scaling rapidly in the embedded lending space. What You’ll Do Lead and mentor a team of two data scientists Support development of credit risk and pricing models Perform ad hoc analysis and advise stakeholders across Credit Risk, Pricing, Product, and Engineering Assess and shape the company’s … approach to AI Be hands-on when needed, though this is not a deeply technical role What We’re Looking For Background in lending or pricing data science, as well as more broad modelling experience Experience from aggregators, pricing optimisation platforms, fintechs, or insurance companies could be useful Prior experience leading or mentoring data scientists Strong communication and More ❯
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Lead R Engineer / Data Scientist - Integrated Pest Management (IPM)

Fully Remote, St James's Square, Greater London, United Kingdom
Hybrid / WFH Options
Morris Sinclair Recruitment
Remote Role – Central London Office This is a fully remote role but you MUST be UK based and not require a visa to work. Lead R Data Science Engineer - Integrated Pest Management (IPM) Research & Solutions The Organisation Our client develops cutting-edge navigator software for the global agricultural sector, helping farmers transition toward more sustainable practices through science … findings into practical models for farmers and land managers, enabling them to understand their systems better and build more sustainable, profitable operations. Position Overview We're seeking an experienced Data Engineer to join our client's Sustainability team as a lead technical specialist in our R-focused Research Software Engineering group to specialise particularly in Integrated Pest Management. … You'll create and maintain the technical infrastructure that enables our sustainability experts and data scientists to develop innovative agricultural sustainability solutions to solve global issues in Integrated Pest Management (IPM). Core Functions Lead technical best practices across R package design, code architecture, documentation, and dependency management Establish and oversee versioning and CI/CD systems to More ❯
Employment Type: Permanent
Salary: £70000 - £120000/annum
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Lead R Engineer / Data Scientist - Integrated Pest Management & Soil Science

Fully Remote, St James's Square, Greater London, United Kingdom
Hybrid / WFH Options
Morris Sinclair Recruitment
Remote Role – Central London Office This is a fully remote role but you MUST be UK based and not require a visa to work. Lead R Data Science Engineer - Integrated Pest Management (IPM) & Soil Science Research & Solutions The Organisation Our client develops cutting-edge navigator software for the global agricultural sector, helping farmers transition toward more sustainable practices … findings into practical models for farmers and land managers, enabling them to understand their systems better and build more sustainable, profitable operations. Position Overview We're seeking an experienced Data Engineer to join our client's Sustainability team as a lead technical specialist in our R-focused Research Software Engineering group to specialise particularly in Integrated Pest Management … associated soil science. You'll create and maintain the technical infrastructure that enables our sustainability experts and data scientists to develop innovative agricultural sustainability solutions to solve global issues in Integrated Pest Management (IPM) and soil science. Core Functions Lead technical best practices across R package design, code architecture, documentation, and dependency management Establish and oversee versioning and More ❯
Employment Type: Permanent
Salary: £70000 - £120000/annum
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Lead R Engineer / Data Scientist - Integrated Pest Management IPM

London, South East, England, United Kingdom
Hybrid / WFH Options
MORRIS SINCLAIR RECRUITMENT LTD
in Integrated Pest Management (IPM) Remote Role – Central London Office This is a fully remote role but you MUST be UK based and not require a visa to work. Lead R Data Science Engineer - Integrated Pest Management (IPM) Research & Solutions The Organisation Our client develops cutting-edge navigator software for the global agricultural sector, helping farmers transition toward … findings into practical models for farmers and land managers, enabling them to understand their systems better and build more sustainable, profitable operations. Position Overview We're seeking an experienced Data Engineer to join our client's Sustainability team as a lead technical specialist in our R-focused Research Software Engineering group to specialise particularly in Integrated Pest Management. … You'll create and maintain the technical infrastructure that enables our sustainability experts and data scientists to develop innovative agricultural sustainability solutions to solve global issues in Integrated Pest Management (IPM). Core Functions Lead technical best practices across R package design, code architecture, documentation, and dependency management Establish and oversee versioning and CI/CD systems to More ❯
Employment Type: Full-Time
Salary: £70,000 - £120,000 per annum
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Lead R Engineer / Data Scientist - Integrated Pest Management & Soil Science

London, South East, England, United Kingdom
Hybrid / WFH Options
MORRIS SINCLAIR RECRUITMENT LTD
Pest Management (IPM) & soil research Remote Role – Central London Office This is a fully remote role but you MUST be UK based and not require a visa to work. Lead R Data Science Engineer - Integrated Pest Management (IPM) & Soil Science Research & Solutions The Organisation Our client develops cutting-edge navigator software for the global agricultural sector, helping farmers … findings into practical models for farmers and land managers, enabling them to understand their systems better and build more sustainable, profitable operations. Position Overview We're seeking an experienced Data Engineer to join our client's Sustainability team as a lead technical specialist in our R-focused Research Software Engineering group to specialise particularly in Integrated Pest Management … associated soil science. You'll create and maintain the technical infrastructure that enables our sustainability experts and data scientists to develop innovative agricultural sustainability solutions to solve global issues in Integrated Pest Management (IPM) and soil science. Core Functions Lead technical best practices across R package design, code architecture, documentation, and dependency management Establish and oversee versioning and More ❯
Employment Type: Full-Time
Salary: £70,000 - £120,000 per annum
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Lead Data Scientist - Remote

Central London, London, United Kingdom
Hybrid / WFH Options
Exposed Solutions
OurclientisbuildingthemostadvancedAIplatformintheirmarket.Theyhelptheirclientsservecustomerswithunmatchedspeedandaccuracy. TheyveinvestedheavilyintobuildingtheMLstack,partneredwithleadinguniversities,andtrainedmodelsonmillionsofexpert-taggedimages.Now,theyrescalinggloballyandneedaworld-classLeadDataScientisttohelppushtheboundariesofcomputervision,videoanalysis,andmultimodalLLMswhilesolvingreal-worldchallenges. RoleOverview TheyarelookingforanexperiencedLeadDataScientisttospearheadmachine-learninginitiatives,withparticularfocusoncomputervision,largelanguagemodels,andproductionreadyMLpipelinesinAzure.Youwillactasthetechnicalleadfortheteam,settingdirection,guidingbestpractices,andensuringthesuccessfuldeliveryofhigh-impactAIsolutions. KeyResponsibilities Develop,train,anddeploycomputervisionmodels(objectdetection,imageclassification,segmentation,multi-modallearning) Fine-tune,evaluate,andproductionisemulti-modalLLMsforbusinessapplications. DriveexperimentationandprototypingofadvancedML/AItechniques Providetechnicaldirection,mentoring,andhands More ❯
Employment Type: Permanent
Salary: £80,000
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Lead Data Scientist - Remote

Newbridge, Midlothian, Scotland, United Kingdom
Hybrid / WFH Options
Exposed Solutions
OurclientisbuildingthemostadvancedAIplatformintheirmarket.Theyhelptheirclientsservecustomerswithunmatchedspeedandaccuracy. TheyveinvestedheavilyintobuildingtheMLstack,partneredwithleadinguniversities,andtrainedmodelsonmillionsofexpert-taggedimages.Now,theyrescalinggloballyandneedaworld-classLeadDataScientisttohelppushtheboundariesofcomputervision,videoanalysis,andmultimodalLLMswhilesolvingreal-worldchallenges. RoleOverview TheyarelookingforanexperiencedLeadDataScientisttospearheadmachine-learninginitiatives,withparticularfocusoncomputervision,largelanguagemodels,andproductionreadyMLpipelinesinAzure.Youwillactasthetechnicalleadfortheteam,settingdirection,guidingbestpractices,andensuringthesuccessfuldeliveryofhigh-impactAIsolutions. KeyResponsibilities Develop,train,anddeploycomputervisionmodels(objectdetection,imageclassification,segmentation,multi-modallearning) Fine-tune,evaluate,andproductionisemulti-modalLLMsforbusinessapplications. DriveexperimentationandprototypingofadvancedML/AItechniques Providetechnicaldirection,mentoring,andhands More ❯
Employment Type: Permanent
Salary: £80,000
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Lead Data Scientist
10th Percentile
£76,500
25th Percentile
£81,250
Median
£85,000
75th Percentile
£85,000
90th Percentile
£89,000