Senior Data Scientist Jobs with Work from Home Options

Senior Data Scientist
UK > Work from Home

The median Senior Data Scientist salary in Work from Home is £75,000 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 493 579 675
Rank change year-on-year +86 +96 -152
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior Data Scientist 91 79 189
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 0.27% 0.20% 0.27%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.28% 0.20% 0.28%
Number of salaries quoted 29 61 94
10th Percentile £55,000 £52,500 £63,750
25th Percentile £66,250 £60,000 £73,346
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £67,071 £80,000
Median % change year-on-year +11.82% -16.16% -8.57%
75th Percentile £96,539 £82,500 £88,750
90th Percentile £137,500 £95,000 £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
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%

Senior Data Scientist
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

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

Senior Data Scientist trend for jobs with a WFH option

Senior 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 Senior Data Scientist.

Senior Data Scientist salary trend for jobs with a WFH option

Senior Data Scientist
Salary Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

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

Senior Data Scientist salary histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Senior 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, 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 jobs with remote work options featuring Senior Data Scientist in the job title.

1 91 (100.00%) Data Science
2 84 (92.31%) Python
3 79 (86.81%) SQL
3 79 (86.81%) Machine Learning
4 69 (75.82%) Social Skills
4 69 (75.82%) Statistics
5 66 (72.53%) Artificial Intelligence
6 65 (71.43%) Algorithms
7 64 (70.33%) Natural Language Processing
8 63 (69.23%) Pandas
9 62 (68.13%) Degree
10 61 (67.03%) Decision-Making
11 60 (65.93%) Visualisation
12 57 (62.64%) Mathematics
12 57 (62.64%) Master's Degree
13 55 (60.44%) Generative AI
14 52 (57.14%) TensorFlow
15 51 (56.04%) Propensity Modelling
15 51 (56.04%) Git
15 51 (56.04%) Customer Experience
16 49 (53.85%) Databricks
17 47 (51.65%) PySpark
17 47 (51.65%) Predictive Modelling
17 47 (51.65%) Storytelling
18 46 (50.55%) MLOps
18 46 (50.55%) Tableau
18 46 (50.55%) Physics
18 46 (50.55%) Neural Network
18 46 (50.55%) Actionable Insight
18 46 (50.55%) scikit-learn

Senior 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 3 (3.30%) SAS
2 1 (1.10%) Apache
2 1 (1.10%) Apache Airflow
2 1 (1.10%) Luigi
Applications
1 2 (2.20%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 8 (8.79%) AWS
2 7 (7.69%) Azure
3 6 (6.59%) GCP
4 4 (4.40%) Azure Machine Learning
4 4 (4.40%) Cloud Computing
5 1 (1.10%) Power Platform
5 1 (1.10%) Snowflake
Database & Business Intelligence
1 46 (50.55%) Tableau
2 5 (5.49%) Big Data
3 3 (3.30%) Metadata
3 3 (3.30%) PostgreSQL
4 2 (2.20%) NoSQL
5 1 (1.10%) Bigtable
5 1 (1.10%) CouchDB
5 1 (1.10%) Data Mining
5 1 (1.10%) Elasticsearch
5 1 (1.10%) Power BI
5 1 (1.10%) Redis
5 1 (1.10%) Relational Database
5 1 (1.10%) RethinkDB
Development Applications
1 51 (56.04%) Git
General
1 69 (75.82%) Social Skills
2 20 (21.98%) Finance
3 15 (16.48%) Banking
4 11 (12.09%) Analytical Skills
5 7 (7.69%) Pharmaceutical
6 6 (6.59%) Retail
7 5 (5.49%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 3 (3.30%) Marketing
9 2 (2.20%) Legal
10 1 (1.10%) Presentation Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 63 (69.23%) Pandas
2 52 (57.14%) TensorFlow
3 47 (51.65%) PySpark
4 46 (50.55%) scikit-learn
5 8 (8.79%) PyTorch
6 7 (7.69%) XGBoost
7 4 (4.40%) .NET
7 4 (4.40%) NumPy
8 3 (3.30%) Keras
9 1 (1.10%) Django
9 1 (1.10%) Flask
9 1 (1.10%) SQLAlchemy
Miscellaneous
1 65 (71.43%) Algorithms
2 14 (15.38%) Data Structures
3 7 (7.69%) Life Science
4 4 (4.40%) PMI
5 2 (2.20%) Reinsurance
5 2 (2.20%) Team-Oriented Environment
6 1 (1.10%) Analytical Mindset
6 1 (1.10%) CUDA
6 1 (1.10%) Educational Technology
6 1 (1.10%) Renewable Energy
6 1 (1.10%) Virtual Reality
Processes & Methodologies
1 91 (100.00%) Data Science
2 79 (86.81%) Machine Learning
3 69 (75.82%) Statistics
4 66 (72.53%) Artificial Intelligence
5 64 (70.33%) Natural Language Processing
6 61 (67.03%) Decision-Making
7 60 (65.93%) Visualisation
8 57 (62.64%) Mathematics
9 55 (60.44%) Generative AI
10 51 (56.04%) Customer Experience
10 51 (56.04%) Propensity Modelling
11 47 (51.65%) Predictive Modelling
11 47 (51.65%) Storytelling
12 46 (50.55%) Actionable Insight
12 46 (50.55%) MLOps
12 46 (50.55%) Neural Network
12 46 (50.55%) Physics
13 45 (49.45%) Data Munging
13 45 (49.45%) Demand Forecasting
13 45 (49.45%) WFM
Programming Languages
1 84 (92.31%) Python
2 79 (86.81%) SQL
3 4 (4.40%) C#
4 3 (3.30%) R
Qualifications
1 62 (68.13%) Degree
2 57 (62.64%) Master's Degree
3 45 (49.45%) DBS Check
4 12 (13.19%) PhD
5 4 (4.40%) PMI Certification
6 2 (2.20%) Computer Science Degree
7 1 (1.10%) Postgraduate
7 1 (1.10%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (2.20%) Accessibility
System Software
1 3 (3.30%) Docker
Systems Management
1 3 (3.30%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 49 (53.85%) Databricks
2 5 (5.49%) Microsoft
3 1 (1.10%) Google
3 1 (1.10%) Oracle