Lead Data Scientist Jobs in London

Lead Data Scientist
England > London

The median Lead Data Scientist salary in London is £115,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 12 June 2024.

The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 493 585 806
Rank change year-on-year +92 +221 -185
Permanent jobs requiring a Lead Data Scientist 16 18 120
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 0.065% 0.058% 0.16%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.068% 0.061% 0.17%
Number of salaries quoted 11 15 56
10th Percentile £90,000 £70,050 £63,750
25th Percentile £98,125 £77,500 £74,375
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £115,000 £85,000 £95,000
Median % change year-on-year +35.29% -10.53% -2.56%
75th Percentile £130,000 £97,290 £112,500
90th Percentile £137,500 £99,666 -
England median annual salary £85,000 £80,000 £90,000
% change year-on-year +6.25% -11.11% -

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies 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 23,403 29,645 71,541
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.44% 94.97% 96.13%
Number of salaries quoted 17,198 22,316 34,853
10th Percentile £37,500 £41,750 £41,250
25th Percentile £50,000 £54,988 £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 £60,713 £60,000
% change year-on-year -13.53% +1.19% +9.09%

Lead Data Scientist
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Job vacancy trend for Lead Data Scientist in London

Lead Data Scientist
Salary Trend in London

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

Salary trend for Lead Data Scientist in London

Lead Data Scientist
Salary Histogram in London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Lead Data Scientist in London over the 6 months to 12 June 2024.

Salary histogram for Lead Data Scientist in London

Lead 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 Lead Data Scientist within the London region over the 6 months to 12 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 - 3 £115,000 -
Lead Data Scientist
England

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

For the 6 months to 12 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 London region featuring Lead Data Scientist in the job title.

1 16 (100.00%) Machine Learning
1 16 (100.00%) Data Science
2 14 (87.50%) Python
2 14 (87.50%) Artificial Intelligence
3 13 (81.25%) Statistics
4 12 (75.00%) Computer Science
4 12 (75.00%) Degree
5 10 (62.50%) Mathematics
6 9 (56.25%) Natural Language Processing
7 8 (50.00%) SQL
7 8 (50.00%) Analytics
8 7 (43.75%) Deep Learning
8 7 (43.75%) Analytical Skills
8 7 (43.75%) Apache Spark
8 7 (43.75%) Algorithms
8 7 (43.75%) Predictive Modelling
9 6 (37.50%) Neural Network
9 6 (37.50%) LLM
10 4 (25.00%) Generative AI
10 4 (25.00%) MLOps
10 4 (25.00%) Business Strategy
10 4 (25.00%) Project Management
10 4 (25.00%) Visualisation
10 4 (25.00%) Business Development
10 4 (25.00%) Applied Mathematics
10 4 (25.00%) Operations Research
10 4 (25.00%) Actionable Insight
10 4 (25.00%) Thought Leadership
10 4 (25.00%) Insurtech
10 4 (25.00%) Business Analytics

Lead 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 7 (43.75%) Apache Spark
Cloud Services
1 3 (18.75%) AWS
2 1 (6.25%) Azure
2 1 (6.25%) GCP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (12.50%) Big Data
General
1 7 (43.75%) Analytical Skills
2 3 (18.75%) Social Skills
3 2 (12.50%) Finance
4 1 (6.25%) Banking
4 1 (6.25%) Marketing
4 1 (6.25%) Presentation Skills
4 1 (6.25%) Retail
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (18.75%) XGBoost
2 1 (6.25%) .NET
2 1 (6.25%) NumPy
2 1 (6.25%) Pandas
2 1 (6.25%) PyTorch
2 1 (6.25%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 7 (43.75%) Algorithms
2 1 (6.25%) Data Structures
Processes & Methodologies
1 16 (100.00%) Data Science
1 16 (100.00%) Machine Learning
2 14 (87.50%) Artificial Intelligence
3 13 (81.25%) Statistics
4 12 (75.00%) Computer Science
5 10 (62.50%) Mathematics
6 9 (56.25%) Natural Language Processing
7 8 (50.00%) Analytics
8 7 (43.75%) Deep Learning
8 7 (43.75%) Predictive Modelling
9 6 (37.50%) LLM
9 6 (37.50%) Neural Network
10 4 (25.00%) Applied Mathematics
10 4 (25.00%) Business Development
10 4 (25.00%) Business Strategy
10 4 (25.00%) Generative AI
10 4 (25.00%) Human-Centred Design
10 4 (25.00%) MLOps
10 4 (25.00%) Operations Research
10 4 (25.00%) Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 14 (87.50%) Python
2 8 (50.00%) SQL
3 3 (18.75%) C
3 3 (18.75%) C++
3 3 (18.75%) Java
4 1 (6.25%) C#
4 1 (6.25%) R
Qualifications
1 12 (75.00%) Degree
2 3 (18.75%) PhD
3 2 (12.50%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (6.25%) Data Quality