Data Scientist Jobs in London

Data Scientist
England > London

The median Data Scientist salary in London is £75,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 3 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
3 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 320 411 349
Rank change year-on-year +91 -62 +7
Permanent jobs requiring a Data Scientist 194 197 870
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 0.80% 0.62% 1.18%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.85% 0.65% 1.23%
Number of salaries quoted 103 150 294
10th Percentile £51,500 £46,570 £47,500
25th Percentile £55,000 £50,313 £57,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £67,500 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year +11.11% -10.00% +20.00%
75th Percentile £95,000 £84,375 £90,000
90th Percentile £119,000 £92,750 £106,750
England median annual salary £70,000 £62,500 £67,500
% change year-on-year +12.00% -7.41% +17.39%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
London

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in London. 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 London with a recognized job title 22,823 30,392 70,934
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.47% 95.03% 96.26%
Number of salaries quoted 16,894 22,814 34,976
10th Percentile £37,500 £41,750 £41,250
25th Percentile £50,000 £54,991 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £72,500 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.45% +3.57% -
75th Percentile £93,750 £95,000 £91,250
90th Percentile £115,000 £115,000 £110,000
England median annual salary £52,500 £60,567 £60,000
% change year-on-year -13.32% +0.95% +9.09%

Data Scientist
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Job vacancy trend for Data Scientist in London

Data Scientist
Salary Trend in London

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

Salary trend for Data Scientist in London

Data Scientist
Salary Histogram in London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Data Scientist in London over the 6 months to 3 June 2024.

Salary histogram for Data Scientist in London

Data Scientist
Job Locations in London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Data Scientist within the London region over the 6 months to 3 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
Central London +82 59 £87,500 +16.67% 2
West London -20 2 £80,000 +64.32% 1
East London +26 1 £80,000 -
Data Scientist
England

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

For the 6 months to 3 June 2024, 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 London region featuring Data Scientist in the job title.

1 194 (100.00%) Data Science
2 175 (90.21%) Python
3 154 (79.38%) Machine Learning
4 124 (63.92%) SQL
5 114 (58.76%) Degree
6 99 (51.03%) Statistics
7 93 (47.94%) Social Skills
7 93 (47.94%) Algorithms
8 90 (46.39%) Mathematics
9 86 (44.33%) Artificial Intelligence
10 85 (43.81%) Predictive Modelling
11 80 (41.24%) Visualisation
12 73 (37.63%) Natural Language Processing
13 69 (35.57%) Master's Degree
14 63 (32.47%) Customer Experience
15 62 (31.96%) Decision-Making
16 61 (31.44%) Analytics
17 60 (30.93%) Actionable Insight
18 59 (30.41%) TensorFlow
18 59 (30.41%) Neural Network
19 58 (29.90%) Pandas
20 57 (29.38%) Physics
21 56 (28.87%) scikit-learn
22 55 (28.35%) Tableau
23 54 (27.84%) Generative AI
24 53 (27.32%) MLOps
24 53 (27.32%) Git
25 51 (26.29%) Computer Science
26 50 (25.77%) Databricks
27 49 (25.26%) R

Data Scientist Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London 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 17 (8.76%) Apache Spark
2 15 (7.73%) SAS
3 3 (1.55%) Jupyter
Applications
1 1 (0.52%) Blender
1 1 (0.52%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 41 (21.13%) Azure
2 38 (19.59%) AWS
3 23 (11.86%) GCP
4 10 (5.15%) GitHub
4 10 (5.15%) Power Platform
5 6 (3.09%) Azure Machine Learning
6 3 (1.55%) Amazon SageMaker
6 3 (1.55%) Anthropic Claude
6 3 (1.55%) Azure Data Factory
6 3 (1.55%) Cloud Computing
6 3 (1.55%) Snowflake
7 2 (1.03%) Azure Synapse Analytics
8 1 (0.52%) Azure DevOps
8 1 (0.52%) WhatsApp
Database & Business Intelligence
1 55 (28.35%) Tableau
2 19 (9.79%) Data Mining
3 15 (7.73%) Big Data
4 14 (7.22%) Hadoop
5 10 (5.15%) Power BI
6 7 (3.61%) BusinessObjects
6 7 (3.61%) Text Mining
7 5 (2.58%) Amazon QuickSight
8 3 (1.55%) Relational Database
8 3 (1.55%) SQL Server
9 1 (0.52%) Base SAS
9 1 (0.52%) Geospatial Data
9 1 (0.52%) MongoDB
9 1 (0.52%) MySQL
9 1 (0.52%) Qlik Sense
9 1 (0.52%) SAS EBI
Development Applications
1 53 (27.32%) Git
2 1 (0.52%) git-flow
2 1 (0.52%) JIRA
2 1 (0.52%) MLflow
2 1 (0.52%) RStudio
2 1 (0.52%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 93 (47.94%) Social Skills
2 39 (20.10%) Analytical Skills
3 25 (12.89%) Finance
4 19 (9.79%) Marketing
4 19 (9.79%) Retail
5 14 (7.22%) Presentation Skills
6 7 (3.61%) Pharmaceutical
7 5 (2.58%) Banking
8 4 (2.06%) Law
9 2 (1.03%) Public Sector
10 1 (0.52%) Front Office
10 1 (0.52%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 1 (0.52%) Japanese Language
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 59 (30.41%) TensorFlow
2 58 (29.90%) Pandas
3 56 (28.87%) scikit-learn
4 46 (23.71%) PySpark
5 13 (6.70%) PyTorch
6 7 (3.61%) NumPy
7 6 (3.09%) Kedro
8 3 (1.55%) .NET
8 3 (1.55%) XGBoost
9 2 (1.03%) Anaconda
10 1 (0.52%) JSON
10 1 (0.52%) Keras
10 1 (0.52%) SciPy
10 1 (0.52%) Unreal Engine
Miscellaneous
1 93 (47.94%) Algorithms
2 8 (4.12%) Credit Risk
3 7 (3.61%) Life Science
3 7 (3.61%) Management Information System
4 5 (2.58%) Onboarding
4 5 (2.58%) PMI
4 5 (2.58%) Semantic Web
5 3 (1.55%) Blog
5 3 (1.55%) CUDA
5 3 (1.55%) Renewable Energy
5 3 (1.55%) Social Media
6 2 (1.03%) Educational Technology
6 2 (1.03%) Mobile App
6 2 (1.03%) Pricing Data
7 1 (0.52%) Client/Server
7 1 (0.52%) Cybercrime
7 1 (0.52%) Data Structures
7 1 (0.52%) Reinsurance
7 1 (0.52%) Self-Motivation
7 1 (0.52%) Virtual Reality
Operating Systems
1 2 (1.03%) Android
1 2 (1.03%) Apple iOS
2 1 (0.52%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 194 (100.00%) Data Science
2 154 (79.38%) Machine Learning
3 99 (51.03%) Statistics
4 90 (46.39%) Mathematics
5 86 (44.33%) Artificial Intelligence
6 85 (43.81%) Predictive Modelling
7 80 (41.24%) Visualisation
8 73 (37.63%) Natural Language Processing
9 63 (32.47%) Customer Experience
10 62 (31.96%) Decision-Making
11 61 (31.44%) Analytics
12 60 (30.93%) Actionable Insight
13 59 (30.41%) Neural Network
14 57 (29.38%) Physics
15 54 (27.84%) Generative AI
16 53 (27.32%) MLOps
17 51 (26.29%) Computer Science
18 46 (23.71%) Data Munging
18 46 (23.71%) Demand Forecasting
19 45 (23.20%) Storytelling
Programming Languages
1 175 (90.21%) Python
2 124 (63.92%) SQL
3 49 (25.26%) R
4 9 (4.64%) C++
5 8 (4.12%) VBA
6 6 (3.09%) C#
6 6 (3.09%) Java
7 5 (2.58%) C
7 5 (2.58%) MATLAB
Qualifications
1 114 (58.76%) Degree
2 69 (35.57%) Master's Degree
3 46 (23.71%) DBS Check
4 22 (11.34%) PhD
5 5 (2.58%) PMI Certification
5 5 (2.58%) Security Cleared
6 4 (2.06%) Computer Science Degree
7 3 (1.55%) Numerate Degree
7 3 (1.55%) Postgraduate
7 3 (1.55%) SC Cleared
8 1 (0.52%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (2.58%) Data Quality
2 2 (1.03%) IFRS
2 2 (1.03%) IFRS 9
3 1 (0.52%) Accessibility
3 1 (0.52%) QA
System Software
1 3 (1.55%) Docker
Systems Management
1 2 (1.03%) Core Impact
1 2 (1.03%) Kubernetes
2 1 (0.52%) Kubeflow
Vendors
1 50 (25.77%) Databricks
2 2 (1.03%) Microsoft
3 1 (0.52%) Alteryx
3 1 (0.52%) Google
3 1 (0.52%) Sage
3 1 (0.52%) ServiceNow