Data Scientist Jobs with Work from Home Options

Data Scientist
UK > Work from Home

The median Data Scientist salary in Work from Home is £65,000 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 436 421 457
Rank change year-on-year -15 +36 -19
Permanent jobs requiring a Data Scientist 149 247 482
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 0.44% 0.61% 0.69%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.46% 0.64% 0.70%
Number of salaries quoted 73 170 224
10th Percentile £40,000 £46,538 £46,250
25th Percentile £45,000 £46,570 £53,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £62,500 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.00% -10.71% +7.69%
75th Percentile £85,000 £77,500 £85,000
90th Percentile £96,539 £87,500 £101,250
UK median annual salary £70,000 £65,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year +7.69% - +13.04%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Work from Home

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies with a WFH option. 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 Work from Home with a recognized job title 32,522 38,765 68,459
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 96.05% 95.93% 97.35%
Number of salaries quoted 24,888 27,595 41,875
10th Percentile £33,093 £36,750 £36,250
25th Percentile £42,500 £47,250 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £56,000 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.40% +4.17% +9.09%
75th Percentile £75,000 £81,250 £80,000
90th Percentile £93,750 £100,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%

Data Scientist
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with a work from home option which featured Data Scientist in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Data Scientist trend for jobs with a WFH option

Data Scientist
Salary Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average salary quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing Data Scientist.

Data Scientist salary trend for jobs with a WFH option

Data Scientist
Salary Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Salary distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing Data Scientist over the 6 months to 18 May 2024.

Data Scientist salary histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Data Scientist Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Job Vacancies with WFH Options

For the 6 months to 18 May 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 jobs with remote work options featuring Data Scientist in the job title.

1 148 (99.33%) Data Science
2 132 (88.59%) Python
3 121 (81.21%) SQL
4 114 (76.51%) Machine Learning
5 83 (55.70%) Social Skills
5 83 (55.70%) Degree
6 81 (54.36%) Statistics
6 81 (54.36%) Artificial Intelligence
6 81 (54.36%) Algorithms
7 75 (50.34%) Pandas
7 75 (50.34%) Natural Language Processing
8 67 (44.97%) Mathematics
9 66 (44.30%) Visualisation
10 64 (42.95%) Decision-Making
10 64 (42.95%) Master's Degree
11 63 (42.28%) Predictive Modelling
12 58 (38.93%) Git
12 58 (38.93%) Generative AI
13 56 (37.58%) Customer Experience
13 56 (37.58%) TensorFlow
13 56 (37.58%) Databricks
14 52 (34.90%) MLOps
15 51 (34.23%) Propensity Modelling
16 50 (33.56%) PySpark
16 50 (33.56%) scikit-learn
17 49 (32.89%) Actionable Insight
18 48 (32.21%) Physics
19 47 (31.54%) Neural Network
19 47 (31.54%) Finance
19 47 (31.54%) Tableau

Data Scientist Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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 14 (9.40%) SAS
2 3 (2.01%) Apache
2 3 (2.01%) Apache Airflow
2 3 (2.01%) Luigi
3 2 (1.34%) Apache Spark
Applications
1 2 (1.34%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (0.67%) Blender
Cloud Services
1 17 (11.41%) AWS
2 16 (10.74%) Azure
3 12 (8.05%) GCP
4 8 (5.37%) Azure Machine Learning
5 5 (3.36%) Power Platform
6 4 (2.68%) Cloud Computing
6 4 (2.68%) GitHub
7 3 (2.01%) Snowflake
8 1 (0.67%) Amazon SageMaker
8 1 (0.67%) Azure DevOps
8 1 (0.67%) Serverless
8 1 (0.67%) WhatsApp
Database & Business Intelligence
1 47 (31.54%) Tableau
2 10 (6.71%) Big Data
3 5 (3.36%) PostgreSQL
3 5 (3.36%) Power BI
4 3 (2.01%) Bigtable
4 3 (2.01%) CouchDB
4 3 (2.01%) Elasticsearch
4 3 (2.01%) Metadata
4 3 (2.01%) Redis
4 3 (2.01%) Relational Database
4 3 (2.01%) RethinkDB
5 2 (1.34%) Data Mining
5 2 (1.34%) Data Warehouse
5 2 (1.34%) NoSQL
6 1 (0.67%) Azure SQL Database
6 1 (0.67%) Base SAS
6 1 (0.67%) Delta Lake
6 1 (0.67%) MongoDB
6 1 (0.67%) SAS EBI
6 1 (0.67%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 58 (38.93%) Git
General
1 83 (55.70%) Social Skills
2 47 (31.54%) Finance
3 24 (16.11%) Banking
4 23 (15.44%) Analytical Skills
5 14 (9.40%) Retail
6 9 (6.04%) Marketing
7 8 (5.37%) Pharmaceutical
8 6 (4.03%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 3 (2.01%) Legal
10 2 (1.34%) Public Sector
11 1 (0.67%) Law
11 1 (0.67%) Manufacturing
11 1 (0.67%) Presentation Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 75 (50.34%) Pandas
2 56 (37.58%) TensorFlow
3 50 (33.56%) PySpark
3 50 (33.56%) scikit-learn
4 14 (9.40%) XGBoost
5 13 (8.72%) PyTorch
6 8 (5.37%) NumPy
7 4 (2.68%) .NET
7 4 (2.68%) Tidyverse
8 3 (2.01%) Keras
8 3 (2.01%) SQLAlchemy
9 2 (1.34%) React
10 1 (0.67%) Django
10 1 (0.67%) Flask
10 1 (0.67%) JSON
10 1 (0.67%) MXNet
10 1 (0.67%) Unreal Engine
Miscellaneous
1 81 (54.36%) Algorithms
2 19 (12.75%) Data Structures
3 12 (8.05%) Credit Risk
4 8 (5.37%) Life Science
5 5 (3.36%) PMI
5 5 (3.36%) Product Ownership
6 4 (2.68%) Pricing Data
6 4 (2.68%) Reinsurance
7 3 (2.01%) Renewable Energy
8 2 (1.34%) Team-Oriented Environment
9 1 (0.67%) Analytical Mindset
9 1 (0.67%) Client/Server
9 1 (0.67%) CUDA
9 1 (0.67%) Educational Technology
9 1 (0.67%) iPad
9 1 (0.67%) Management Information System
9 1 (0.67%) Robotics
9 1 (0.67%) Virtual Reality
Processes & Methodologies
1 148 (99.33%) Data Science
2 114 (76.51%) Machine Learning
3 81 (54.36%) Artificial Intelligence
3 81 (54.36%) Statistics
4 75 (50.34%) Natural Language Processing
5 67 (44.97%) Mathematics
6 66 (44.30%) Visualisation
7 64 (42.95%) Decision-Making
8 63 (42.28%) Predictive Modelling
9 58 (38.93%) Generative AI
10 56 (37.58%) Customer Experience
11 52 (34.90%) MLOps
12 51 (34.23%) Propensity Modelling
13 49 (32.89%) Actionable Insight
14 48 (32.21%) Physics
15 47 (31.54%) Neural Network
15 47 (31.54%) Storytelling
16 45 (30.20%) Demand Forecasting
16 45 (30.20%) Root Cause Analysis
16 45 (30.20%) WFM
Programming Languages
1 132 (88.59%) Python
2 121 (81.21%) SQL
3 25 (16.78%) R
4 4 (2.68%) C#
5 2 (1.34%) JavaScript
5 2 (1.34%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 83 (55.70%) Degree
2 64 (42.95%) Master's Degree
3 46 (30.87%) DBS Check
4 17 (11.41%) PhD
5 5 (3.36%) Computer Science Degree
5 5 (3.36%) PMI Certification
6 3 (2.01%) Security Cleared
7 2 (1.34%) Numerate Degree
8 1 (0.67%) BPSS Clearance
8 1 (0.67%) DV Cleared
8 1 (0.67%) Postgraduate
8 1 (0.67%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (4.03%) IFRS
1 6 (4.03%) IFRS 9
2 3 (2.01%) Data Quality
3 2 (1.34%) Accessibility
3 2 (1.34%) QA
System Software
1 5 (3.36%) Docker
Systems Management
1 4 (2.68%) Kubernetes
2 1 (0.67%) Kubeflow
2 1 (0.67%) Terraform
Vendors
1 56 (37.58%) Databricks
2 7 (4.70%) Microsoft
3 6 (4.03%) Google
4 1 (0.67%) Dataiku
4 1 (0.67%) Oracle
4 1 (0.67%) ServiceNow