Senior Data Scientist Jobs in England

Senior Data Scientist
UK > England

The median Senior Data Scientist salary in England is £80,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 18 May 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
18 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 637 793 702
Rank change year-on-year +156 -91 +50
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior Data Scientist 197 128 506
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.23% 0.15% 0.37%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.24% 0.16% 0.39%
Number of salaries quoted 108 101 165
10th Percentile £50,000 £51,833 £60,500
25th Percentile £67,188 £60,200 £65,850
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £80,000 £67,500 £80,000
Median % change year-on-year +18.52% -15.63% -
75th Percentile £95,000 £85,000 £95,000
90th Percentile £115,000 £97,290 £112,500
UK median annual salary £80,000 £68,500 £80,000
% change year-on-year +16.79% -14.38% -

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 81,760 80,739 129,993
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.54% 91.52% 96.05%
Number of salaries quoted 60,876 51,417 74,746
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,125 £45,000 £43,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,000 £60,800 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.83% +1.33% +9.09%
75th Percentile £71,250 £82,500 £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%

Senior Data Scientist
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Senior Data Scientist in England

Senior Data Scientist
Salary Trend in England

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

Salary trend for Senior Data Scientist in England

Senior Data Scientist
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Senior Data Scientist in England over the 6 months to 18 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Senior Data Scientist in England

Senior 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 Senior Data Scientist within the England region over the 6 months to 18 May 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 +157 120 £90,000 +16.13% 62
North of England +60 20 £75,000 +11.11% 6
Midlands +8 19 £57,500 -34.29% 5
West Midlands +28 18 £56,250 -35.71% 1
South West -28 18 £77,500 +31.14% 7
East of England +11 14 £80,000 +6.67%
North West +12 13 £60,000 -11.11% 2
Yorkshire +84 7 £75,000 +25.00% 1
South East +1 6 £80,000 +18.52% 22
East Midlands - 1 £85,000 - 4
Senior Data Scientist
UK

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

For the 6 months to 18 May 2024, 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 job ads across the England region featuring Senior Data Scientist in the job title.

1 197 (100.00%) Data Science
2 173 (87.82%) Python
3 160 (81.22%) Machine Learning
4 131 (66.50%) SQL
5 122 (61.93%) Degree
6 99 (50.25%) Statistics
6 99 (50.25%) Artificial Intelligence
7 98 (49.75%) Social Skills
8 96 (48.73%) Algorithms
9 87 (44.16%) Mathematics
10 86 (43.65%) Natural Language Processing
11 82 (41.62%) Master's Degree
12 79 (40.10%) Visualisation
13 67 (34.01%) Predictive Modelling
14 65 (32.99%) Pandas
15 64 (32.49%) Actionable Insight
15 64 (32.49%) Customer Experience
16 62 (31.47%) Decision-Making
17 60 (30.46%) Git
18 59 (29.95%) Neural Network
18 59 (29.95%) Generative AI
19 58 (29.44%) Physics
19 58 (29.44%) Analytics
20 56 (28.43%) TensorFlow
21 55 (27.92%) MLOps
21 55 (27.92%) Tableau
22 53 (26.90%) Databricks
23 52 (26.40%) scikit-learn
24 50 (25.38%) Propensity Modelling
25 48 (24.37%) PySpark

Senior 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 18 (9.14%) Apache Spark
2 8 (4.06%) SAS
3 1 (0.51%) Apache
3 1 (0.51%) Apache Airflow
3 1 (0.51%) Jupyter
3 1 (0.51%) Luigi
Applications
1 6 (3.05%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (1.02%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 37 (18.78%) Azure
2 30 (15.23%) GCP
3 25 (12.69%) AWS
4 11 (5.58%) Power Platform
5 7 (3.55%) SaaS
6 5 (2.54%) Azure Machine Learning
7 2 (1.02%) Amazon SageMaker
8 1 (0.51%) Cloud Computing
8 1 (0.51%) Snowflake
Database & Business Intelligence
1 55 (27.92%) Tableau
2 15 (7.61%) Big Data
3 11 (5.58%) Power BI
4 9 (4.57%) Hadoop
5 5 (2.54%) Amazon QuickSight
6 4 (2.03%) PostgreSQL
7 3 (1.52%) Metadata
8 2 (1.02%) NoSQL
8 2 (1.02%) SQL Server
9 1 (0.51%) Apache Hive
9 1 (0.51%) Bigtable
9 1 (0.51%) CouchDB
9 1 (0.51%) Data Mining
9 1 (0.51%) Elasticsearch
9 1 (0.51%) Geospatial Data
9 1 (0.51%) Redis
9 1 (0.51%) Relational Database
9 1 (0.51%) RethinkDB
Development Applications
1 60 (30.46%) Git
2 1 (0.51%) JIRA
2 1 (0.51%) RStudio
2 1 (0.51%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 98 (49.75%) Social Skills
2 25 (12.69%) Analytical Skills
3 24 (12.18%) Finance
4 21 (10.66%) Pharmaceutical
5 19 (9.64%) Marketing
6 16 (8.12%) Banking
7 15 (7.61%) Retail
8 13 (6.60%) Law
9 10 (5.08%) Presentation Skills
10 9 (4.57%) Games
11 2 (1.02%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 2 (1.02%) Legal
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 65 (32.99%) Pandas
2 56 (28.43%) TensorFlow
3 52 (26.40%) scikit-learn
4 48 (24.37%) PySpark
5 14 (7.11%) PyTorch
6 9 (4.57%) NumPy
6 9 (4.57%) XGBoost
7 4 (2.03%) .NET
8 2 (1.02%) Keras
8 2 (1.02%) SpaCy
9 1 (0.51%) Django
9 1 (0.51%) Flask
9 1 (0.51%) NLTK
9 1 (0.51%) SciPy
9 1 (0.51%) SQLAlchemy
9 1 (0.51%) Statsmodels
Miscellaneous
1 96 (48.73%) Algorithms
2 16 (8.12%) Life Science
3 11 (5.58%) Data Structures
4 9 (4.57%) Self-Motivation
5 6 (3.05%) Reinsurance
6 5 (2.54%) Onboarding
6 5 (2.54%) Semantic Web
7 4 (2.03%) PMI
7 4 (2.03%) Team-Oriented Environment
8 3 (1.52%) Blog
8 3 (1.52%) CUDA
8 3 (1.52%) Social Media
9 2 (1.02%) Cybercrime
10 1 (0.51%) Analytical Mindset
10 1 (0.51%) Credit Risk
10 1 (0.51%) Educational Technology
10 1 (0.51%) Renewable Energy
10 1 (0.51%) Virtual Reality
Processes & Methodologies
1 197 (100.00%) Data Science
2 160 (81.22%) Machine Learning
3 99 (50.25%) Artificial Intelligence
3 99 (50.25%) Statistics
4 87 (44.16%) Mathematics
5 86 (43.65%) Natural Language Processing
6 79 (40.10%) Visualisation
7 67 (34.01%) Predictive Modelling
8 64 (32.49%) Actionable Insight
8 64 (32.49%) Customer Experience
9 62 (31.47%) Decision-Making
10 59 (29.95%) Generative AI
10 59 (29.95%) Neural Network
11 58 (29.44%) Analytics
11 58 (29.44%) Physics
12 55 (27.92%) MLOps
13 50 (25.38%) Propensity Modelling
14 47 (23.86%) Storytelling
15 46 (23.35%) Data Munging
16 45 (22.84%) Demand Forecasting
Programming Languages
1 173 (87.82%) Python
2 131 (66.50%) SQL
3 42 (21.32%) R
4 6 (3.05%) C++
5 5 (2.54%) C#
5 5 (2.54%) MATLAB
6 4 (2.03%) C
6 4 (2.03%) Java
Qualifications
1 122 (61.93%) Degree
2 82 (41.62%) Master's Degree
3 47 (23.86%) PhD
4 45 (22.84%) DBS Check
5 6 (3.05%) Security Cleared
6 4 (2.03%) Computer Science Degree
6 4 (2.03%) PMI Certification
7 3 (1.52%) Postgraduate
8 2 (1.02%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (2.03%) Data Quality
2 3 (1.52%) Accessibility
System Software
1 1 (0.51%) Docker
Systems Management
1 2 (1.02%) Core Impact
2 1 (0.51%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 53 (26.90%) Databricks
2 8 (4.06%) Microsoft
3 3 (1.52%) Alteryx
4 2 (1.02%) Sage
5 1 (0.51%) Dataiku
5 1 (0.51%) Google
5 1 (0.51%) Oracle