Data Science Manager
UK

The median Data Science Manager salary in the UK is £70,000 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 864 842 1159
Rank change year-on-year -22 +317 -272
Permanent jobs requiring a Data Science Manager 26 135 85
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.026% 0.14% 0.053%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.027% 0.15% 0.055%
Number of salaries quoted 22 25 18
10th Percentile £67,250 - £49,411
25th Percentile £67,938 £53,595 £56,563
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £80,674 £72,500
Median % change year-on-year -13.23% +11.27% -19.44%
75th Percentile £73,750 £95,000 £83,750
90th Percentile £89,000 £109,260 £87,270
UK excluding London median annual salary £70,000 £65,000 £54,508
% change year-on-year +7.69% +19.25% -

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies. 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 the UK with a recognized job title 94,593 90,744 154,424
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.69% 91.51% 96.08%
Number of salaries quoted 67,603 57,335 84,442
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,500 £45,000 £42,521
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £71,000 £80,000 £78,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £100,000 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £53,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -5.66% +6.00% +5.26%

Data Science Manager
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Data Science Manager in the UK

Data Science Manager
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Data Science Manager.

Salary trend for Data Science Manager in the UK

Data Science Manager
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Data Science Manager over the 6 months to 18 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Data Science Manager in the UK

Data Science Manager
Top 8 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Data Science Manager within the UK 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
Work from Home -23 22 £70,000 -26.62% 3
UK excluding London -136 21 £70,000 +7.69% 4
Scotland -49 16 £70,000 +27.17%
England -31 10 £82,500 -2.94% 8
London +108 5 £80,000 -8.57% 4
West Midlands +12 3 £85,000 -8.11% 1
Midlands -9 3 £85,000 -8.11% 1
South West -32 2 £83,500 +51.70%

Data Science Manager Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 18 May 2024, Data Science Manager 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 featuring Data Science Manager in the job title.

1 26 (100.00%) Data Science
2 19 (73.08%) Finance
3 18 (69.23%) Python
4 17 (65.38%) Machine Learning
5 12 (46.15%) SQL
5 12 (46.15%) Analytics
6 9 (34.62%) Data Analytics
6 9 (34.62%) GCP
6 9 (34.62%) Data Engineering
6 9 (34.62%) Google
7 8 (30.77%) Power BI
7 8 (30.77%) Power Platform
7 8 (30.77%) Internal Audit
8 6 (23.08%) Tableau
9 5 (19.23%) R
9 5 (19.23%) Retail
9 5 (19.23%) Algorithms
10 4 (15.38%) Databricks
10 4 (15.38%) Monetization
10 4 (15.38%) Snowflake
10 4 (15.38%) Social Skills
10 4 (15.38%) PMI
10 4 (15.38%) PMI Certification
10 4 (15.38%) Stakeholder Management
11 3 (11.54%) Statistical Modelling
11 3 (11.54%) Decision-Making
12 2 (7.69%) Lidar
12 2 (7.69%) Personalization
12 2 (7.69%) Cloud Native
12 2 (7.69%) Spatial Data

Data Science Manager Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 2 (7.69%) ArcGIS
1 2 (7.69%) SAS
2 1 (3.85%) Apache Spark
Cloud Services
1 9 (34.62%) GCP
2 8 (30.77%) Power Platform
3 4 (15.38%) Snowflake
4 1 (3.85%) AWS
4 1 (3.85%) Azure
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (30.77%) Power BI
2 6 (23.08%) Tableau
3 2 (7.69%) GIS
3 2 (7.69%) Spatial Data
4 1 (3.85%) Hadoop
General
1 19 (73.08%) Finance
2 5 (19.23%) Retail
3 4 (15.38%) Social Skills
4 1 (3.85%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (3.85%) Banking
4 1 (3.85%) Law
4 1 (3.85%) Manufacturing
4 1 (3.85%) Marketing
4 1 (3.85%) Presentation Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (7.69%) Django
1 2 (7.69%) jQuery
1 2 (7.69%) PostGIS
1 2 (7.69%) Twitter Bootstrap
2 1 (3.85%) Pandas
Miscellaneous
1 5 (19.23%) Algorithms
2 4 (15.38%) PMI
3 2 (7.69%) Cloud Native
3 2 (7.69%) Lidar
3 2 (7.69%) Virtual Team
4 1 (3.85%) Data Structures
Processes & Methodologies
1 26 (100.00%) Data Science
2 17 (65.38%) Machine Learning
3 12 (46.15%) Analytics
4 9 (34.62%) Data Analytics
4 9 (34.62%) Data Engineering
5 8 (30.77%) Internal Audit
6 4 (15.38%) Monetization
6 4 (15.38%) Stakeholder Management
7 3 (11.54%) Decision-Making
7 3 (11.54%) Statistical Modelling
8 2 (7.69%) Agile
8 2 (7.69%) Agile Project Management
8 2 (7.69%) Data Integration
8 2 (7.69%) Mentoring
8 2 (7.69%) Performance Optimisation
8 2 (7.69%) Remote Sensing
8 2 (7.69%) Software Engineering
8 2 (7.69%) Text Analytics
8 2 (7.69%) Virtual Team Management
8 2 (7.69%) Web Application Development
Programming Languages
1 18 (69.23%) Python
2 12 (46.15%) SQL
3 5 (19.23%) R
4 2 (7.69%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 4 (15.38%) PMI Certification
2 2 (7.69%) Degree
3 1 (3.85%) Master's Degree
3 1 (3.85%) PhD
3 1 (3.85%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (7.69%) Data Quality
1 2 (7.69%) QA
Systems Management
1 2 (7.69%) Terraform
Vendors
1 9 (34.62%) Google
2 4 (15.38%) Databricks