Data Scientist Jobs with Work from Home Options

Data Scientist
UK > Work from Home

The median Data Scientist salary in Work from Home is £60,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 1 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
1 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 441 426 456
Rank change year-on-year -15 +30 +5
Permanent jobs requiring a Data Scientist 153 218 524
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 0.44% 0.57% 0.71%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.46% 0.59% 0.72%
Number of salaries quoted 76 147 229
10th Percentile £40,000 - £46,250
25th Percentile £45,000 £46,570 £53,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year - -14.29% +9.80%
75th Percentile £82,813 £71,250 £85,000
90th Percentile £96,539 £86,250 £101,250
UK median annual salary £70,000 £65,000 £67,500
% change year-on-year +7.69% -3.70% +17.39%

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 33,422 36,879 72,309
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 96.21% 95.89% 97.34%
Number of salaries quoted 25,463 26,702 42,447
10th Percentile £33,250 £36,750 £36,250
25th Percentile £42,500 £47,447 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,500 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -11.20% +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 1 June 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 1 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 jobs with remote work options featuring Data Scientist in the job title.

1 152 (99.35%) Data Science
2 136 (88.89%) Python
3 124 (81.05%) SQL
4 117 (76.47%) Machine Learning
5 90 (58.82%) Social Skills
6 89 (58.17%) Degree
7 81 (52.94%) Statistics
8 79 (51.63%) Artificial Intelligence
8 79 (51.63%) Pandas
9 78 (50.98%) Algorithms
10 77 (50.33%) Natural Language Processing
11 67 (43.79%) Visualisation
11 67 (43.79%) Mathematics
12 65 (42.48%) Decision-Making
13 64 (41.83%) Master's Degree
14 63 (41.18%) Predictive Modelling
15 62 (40.52%) Git
16 61 (39.87%) Databricks
17 57 (37.25%) TensorFlow
17 57 (37.25%) Generative AI
18 56 (36.60%) Customer Experience
19 55 (35.95%) PySpark
20 53 (34.64%) scikit-learn
21 51 (33.33%) Propensity Modelling
22 50 (32.68%) Actionable Insight
22 50 (32.68%) MLOps
23 48 (31.37%) Tableau
23 48 (31.37%) Physics
24 47 (30.72%) Neural Network
24 47 (30.72%) Storytelling

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 (9.15%) SAS
2 5 (3.27%) Apache
2 5 (3.27%) Apache Airflow
2 5 (3.27%) Luigi
3 1 (0.65%) Apache Spark
Applications
1 2 (1.31%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (0.65%) Blender
Cloud Services
1 18 (11.76%) AWS
1 18 (11.76%) Azure
2 17 (11.11%) GCP
3 7 (4.58%) Azure Machine Learning
4 6 (3.92%) Power Platform
5 5 (3.27%) Cloud Computing
5 5 (3.27%) Snowflake
6 3 (1.96%) GitHub
7 1 (0.65%) Amazon SageMaker
7 1 (0.65%) Azure DevOps
7 1 (0.65%) WhatsApp
Database & Business Intelligence
1 48 (31.37%) Tableau
2 14 (9.15%) Big Data
3 7 (4.58%) PostgreSQL
4 6 (3.92%) Power BI
5 5 (3.27%) Bigtable
5 5 (3.27%) CouchDB
5 5 (3.27%) Elasticsearch
5 5 (3.27%) Redis
5 5 (3.27%) RethinkDB
6 3 (1.96%) Metadata
6 3 (1.96%) Relational Database
7 2 (1.31%) Data Mining
7 2 (1.31%) Data Warehouse
7 2 (1.31%) NoSQL
8 1 (0.65%) Azure SQL Database
8 1 (0.65%) Base SAS
8 1 (0.65%) Delta Lake
8 1 (0.65%) Geospatial Data
8 1 (0.65%) MongoDB
8 1 (0.65%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 62 (40.52%) Git
General
1 90 (58.82%) Social Skills
2 45 (29.41%) Finance
3 26 (16.99%) Analytical Skills
4 24 (15.69%) Banking
5 14 (9.15%) Retail
6 9 (5.88%) Marketing
7 7 (4.58%) Pharmaceutical
8 5 (3.27%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 3 (1.96%) Legal
10 2 (1.31%) Public Sector
11 1 (0.65%) Japanese Language
11 1 (0.65%) Law
11 1 (0.65%) Manufacturing
11 1 (0.65%) Presentation Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 79 (51.63%) Pandas
2 57 (37.25%) TensorFlow
3 55 (35.95%) PySpark
4 53 (34.64%) scikit-learn
5 14 (9.15%) XGBoost
6 11 (7.19%) PyTorch
7 6 (3.92%) NumPy
8 5 (3.27%) SQLAlchemy
9 4 (2.61%) Keras
9 4 (2.61%) Tidyverse
10 3 (1.96%) .NET
11 2 (1.31%) React
12 1 (0.65%) Django
12 1 (0.65%) Flask
12 1 (0.65%) JSON
12 1 (0.65%) MXNet
12 1 (0.65%) Unreal Engine
Miscellaneous
1 78 (50.98%) Algorithms
2 19 (12.42%) Data Structures
3 12 (7.84%) Credit Risk
4 9 (5.88%) Reinsurance
5 7 (4.58%) Life Science
6 5 (3.27%) PMI
6 5 (3.27%) Product Ownership
7 4 (2.61%) Renewable Energy
8 3 (1.96%) Team-Oriented Environment
9 2 (1.31%) Pricing Data
10 1 (0.65%) Analytical Mindset
10 1 (0.65%) Client/Server
10 1 (0.65%) CUDA
10 1 (0.65%) Educational Technology
10 1 (0.65%) iPad
10 1 (0.65%) Management Information System
10 1 (0.65%) Virtual Reality
Processes & Methodologies
1 152 (99.35%) Data Science
2 117 (76.47%) Machine Learning
3 81 (52.94%) Statistics
4 79 (51.63%) Artificial Intelligence
5 77 (50.33%) Natural Language Processing
6 67 (43.79%) Mathematics
6 67 (43.79%) Visualisation
7 65 (42.48%) Decision-Making
8 63 (41.18%) Predictive Modelling
9 57 (37.25%) Generative AI
10 56 (36.60%) Customer Experience
11 51 (33.33%) Propensity Modelling
12 50 (32.68%) Actionable Insight
12 50 (32.68%) MLOps
13 48 (31.37%) Physics
14 47 (30.72%) Neural Network
14 47 (30.72%) Storytelling
15 46 (30.07%) Demand Forecasting
16 45 (29.41%) Data Munging
16 45 (29.41%) Root Cause Analysis
Programming Languages
1 136 (88.89%) Python
2 124 (81.05%) SQL
3 24 (15.69%) R
4 4 (2.61%) C#
5 2 (1.31%) JavaScript
5 2 (1.31%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 89 (58.17%) Degree
2 64 (41.83%) Master's Degree
3 46 (30.07%) DBS Check
4 18 (11.76%) PhD
5 10 (6.54%) Computer Science Degree
6 5 (3.27%) PMI Certification
7 4 (2.61%) Numerate Degree
8 3 (1.96%) Security Cleared
9 1 (0.65%) BPSS Clearance
9 1 (0.65%) DV Cleared
9 1 (0.65%) Postgraduate
9 1 (0.65%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (5.23%) Data Quality
2 6 (3.92%) IFRS
2 6 (3.92%) IFRS 9
3 2 (1.31%) Accessibility
3 2 (1.31%) QA
System Software
1 5 (3.27%) Docker
Systems Management
1 4 (2.61%) Kubernetes
2 1 (0.65%) Kubeflow
2 1 (0.65%) Terraform
Vendors
1 61 (39.87%) Databricks
2 8 (5.23%) Google
3 7 (4.58%) Microsoft
4 1 (0.65%) Dataiku
4 1 (0.65%) Oracle
4 1 (0.65%) ServiceNow