Lead Data Scientist Jobs in England

Lead Data Scientist
UK > England

The median Lead Data Scientist salary in England is £92,778 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 2 June 2024.

The first table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
2 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 803 880 1026
Rank change year-on-year +77 +146 -160
Permanent jobs requiring a Lead Data Scientist 45 34 144
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.049% 0.040% 0.10%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.052% 0.044% 0.11%
Number of salaries quoted 29 30 74
10th Percentile £55,000 £55,750 £62,875
25th Percentile £80,000 £63,125 £72,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £92,778 £80,000 £90,000
Median % change year-on-year +15.97% -11.11% -
75th Percentile £122,500 £89,688 £110,000
90th Percentile £137,500 £97,686 £112,500
UK median annual salary £92,778 £80,000 £90,000
% change year-on-year +15.97% -11.11% -

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
England

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in England. 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 England with a recognized job title 86,435 76,952 135,807
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.72% 91.31% 96.01%
Number of salaries quoted 63,785 50,234 75,047
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,000 £45,000 £43,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £60,567 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -13.32% +0.95% +9.09%
75th Percentile £71,000 £81,250 £80,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £100,000 £97,500
UK median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%

Lead Data Scientist
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings that featured Lead Data Scientist in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for Lead Data Scientist in England

Lead Data Scientist
Salary Trend in England

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Lead Data Scientist in England.

Salary trend for Lead Data Scientist in England

Lead Data Scientist
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Lead Data Scientist in England over the 6 months to 2 June 2024.

Salary histogram for Lead Data Scientist in England

Lead Data Scientist
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Lead Data Scientist within the England region over the 6 months to 2 June 2024. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
London +105 18 £115,000 +35.29% 13
East of England +3 9 - - 1
South East -12 5 £49,396 -26.82% 2
Midlands - 5 £80,000 - 3
West Midlands - 5 £80,000 -
North of England +34 4 £76,389 +9.13% 2
South West -25 4 £85,139 +36.22% 2
North West -13 2 £60,000 -14.29%
Yorkshire - 2 £92,778 - 1
Lead Data Scientist
UK

Lead Data Scientist Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England

For the 6 months to 2 June 2024, Lead 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 job ads across the England region featuring Lead Data Scientist in the job title.

1 45 (100.00%) Data Science
2 32 (71.11%) Python
3 27 (60.00%) Machine Learning
4 25 (55.56%) Degree
5 22 (48.89%) Artificial Intelligence
6 19 (42.22%) Statistics
7 18 (40.00%) SQL
7 18 (40.00%) Natural Language Processing
8 15 (33.33%) Deep Learning
9 14 (31.11%) Mathematics
9 14 (31.11%) Computer Science
9 14 (31.11%) PhD
10 12 (26.67%) LLM
10 12 (26.67%) Algorithms
11 11 (24.44%) Line Management
11 11 (24.44%) Social Skills
11 11 (24.44%) Analytics
12 9 (20.00%) R
12 9 (20.00%) Life Science
12 9 (20.00%) Visualisation
12 9 (20.00%) Biotechnology
12 9 (20.00%) Finance
12 9 (20.00%) Bioinformatics
12 9 (20.00%) Pandas
13 8 (17.78%) Analytical Skills
13 8 (17.78%) Decision-Making
13 8 (17.78%) Generative AI
14 7 (15.56%) Random Forest
14 7 (15.56%) Computer Vision
14 7 (15.56%) Decision Tree

Lead Data Scientist Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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 7 (15.56%) Apache Spark
Applications
1 5 (11.11%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (4.44%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 5 (11.11%) AWS
1 5 (11.11%) Power Platform
2 4 (8.89%) Azure
3 3 (6.67%) GCP
4 1 (2.22%) Azure Machine Learning
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (11.11%) Power BI
2 2 (4.44%) Big Data
2 2 (4.44%) NoSQL
2 2 (4.44%) PostgreSQL
General
1 11 (24.44%) Social Skills
2 9 (20.00%) Finance
3 8 (17.78%) Analytical Skills
4 5 (11.11%) Banking
5 3 (6.67%) Retail
6 2 (4.44%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 2 (4.44%) Legal
7 1 (2.22%) Marketing
7 1 (2.22%) Presentation Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (20.00%) Pandas
2 6 (13.33%) PyTorch
2 6 (13.33%) TensorFlow
3 5 (11.11%) NumPy
4 3 (6.67%) .NET
4 3 (6.67%) XGBoost
5 2 (4.44%) scikit-learn
6 1 (2.22%) Keras
Miscellaneous
1 12 (26.67%) Algorithms
2 9 (20.00%) Life Science
3 7 (15.56%) Data Structures
Processes & Methodologies
1 45 (100.00%) Data Science
2 27 (60.00%) Machine Learning
3 22 (48.89%) Artificial Intelligence
4 19 (42.22%) Statistics
5 18 (40.00%) Natural Language Processing
6 15 (33.33%) Deep Learning
7 14 (31.11%) Computer Science
7 14 (31.11%) Mathematics
8 12 (26.67%) LLM
9 11 (24.44%) Analytics
9 11 (24.44%) Line Management
10 9 (20.00%) Bioinformatics
10 9 (20.00%) Biotechnology
10 9 (20.00%) Visualisation
11 8 (17.78%) Decision-Making
11 8 (17.78%) Generative AI
12 7 (15.56%) Coaching
12 7 (15.56%) Computer Vision
12 7 (15.56%) Decision Tree
12 7 (15.56%) Random Forest
Programming Languages
1 32 (71.11%) Python
2 18 (40.00%) SQL
3 9 (20.00%) R
4 3 (6.67%) C
4 3 (6.67%) C#
4 3 (6.67%) C++
4 3 (6.67%) Java
Qualifications
1 25 (55.56%) Degree
2 14 (31.11%) PhD
3 2 (4.44%) Master's Degree
3 2 (4.44%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (4.44%) Accessibility
2 1 (2.22%) Data Quality
Vendors
1 7 (15.56%) Microsoft
2 2 (4.44%) Databricks