Lead Data Scientist Jobs in England

Lead Data Scientist
UK > England

The median Lead Data Scientist salary in England is £85,000 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 818 862 1045
Rank change year-on-year +44 +183 -164
Permanent jobs requiring a Lead Data Scientist 45 32 141
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.047% 0.039% 0.098%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.050% 0.043% 0.10%
Number of salaries quoted 30 27 71
10th Percentile £50,048 £54,250 £62,500
25th Percentile £67,188 £63,750 £72,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £85,000 £80,000 £90,000
Median % change year-on-year +6.25% -11.11% -
75th Percentile £110,938 £89,375 £111,250
90th Percentile £124,000 £97,290 £112,500
UK median annual salary £92,778 £80,000 £90,000
% change year-on-year +15.97% -11.11% -

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
England

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in England. 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 England with a recognized job title 90,431 74,847 138,483
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.61% 91.19% 95.86%
Number of salaries quoted 65,915 49,353 75,297
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,500 £45,000 £43,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £60,713 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -13.53% +1.19% +9.09%
75th Percentile £70,000 £81,250 £80,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £100,000 £97,500
UK median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%

Lead Data Scientist
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Lead Data Scientist in England

Lead Data Scientist
Salary Trend in England

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

Salary trend for Lead Data Scientist in England

Lead Data Scientist
Salary Histogram in England

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

Salary histogram for Lead Data Scientist in England

Lead Data Scientist
Job Locations in England

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 England 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
London +92 16 £115,000 +35.29% 10
East of England -3 8 - -
South East -26 7 £49,396 -26.82% 1
West Midlands -6 5 £80,000 -
Midlands -33 5 £80,000 - 3
South West -36 5 £77,500 +24.00% 2
North of England +12 4 £76,389 +9.13%
North West -24 2 £60,000 -14.29%
Yorkshire - 2 £92,778 -
Lead Data Scientist
UK

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

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 England region featuring Lead Data Scientist in the job title.

1 45 (100.00%) Data Science
2 32 (71.11%) Python
3 26 (57.78%) Machine Learning
4 25 (55.56%) Degree
5 21 (46.67%) Artificial Intelligence
6 17 (37.78%) Statistics
6 17 (37.78%) SQL
7 16 (35.56%) Natural Language Processing
8 14 (31.11%) Computer Science
9 13 (28.89%) Mathematics
9 13 (28.89%) PhD
9 13 (28.89%) Deep Learning
9 13 (28.89%) Algorithms
10 12 (26.67%) Analytics
11 11 (24.44%) R
11 11 (24.44%) Social Skills
12 10 (22.22%) LLM
12 10 (22.22%) Line Management
13 9 (20.00%) Analytical Skills
13 9 (20.00%) Decision-Making
13 9 (20.00%) Finance
13 9 (20.00%) Visualisation
14 8 (17.78%) Life Science
14 8 (17.78%) Biotechnology
14 8 (17.78%) Bioinformatics
14 8 (17.78%) Coaching
14 8 (17.78%) Data Structures
14 8 (17.78%) Generative AI
15 7 (15.56%) Random Forest
15 7 (15.56%) Decision Tree

Lead Data Scientist Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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 (15.56%) Apache Spark
Applications
1 5 (11.11%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (4.44%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 6 (13.33%) Power Platform
2 5 (11.11%) Azure
3 3 (6.67%) AWS
3 3 (6.67%) GCP
4 1 (2.22%) Azure Machine Learning
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (13.33%) Power BI
2 2 (4.44%) Big Data
2 2 (4.44%) NoSQL
2 2 (4.44%) PostgreSQL
3 1 (2.22%) Data Warehouse
3 1 (2.22%) Qlik Sense
3 1 (2.22%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 1 (2.22%) Git
1 1 (2.22%) Subversion
General
1 11 (24.44%) Social Skills
2 9 (20.00%) Analytical Skills
2 9 (20.00%) Finance
3 5 (11.11%) Banking
4 3 (6.67%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 3 (6.67%) Retail
5 2 (4.44%) Legal
6 1 (2.22%) Marketing
6 1 (2.22%) Presentation Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (15.56%) Pandas
2 4 (8.89%) PyTorch
2 4 (8.89%) TensorFlow
3 3 (6.67%) NumPy
3 3 (6.67%) XGBoost
4 2 (4.44%) scikit-learn
5 1 (2.22%) .NET
5 1 (2.22%) EDI
5 1 (2.22%) Keras
Miscellaneous
1 13 (28.89%) Algorithms
2 8 (17.78%) Data Structures
2 8 (17.78%) Life Science
3 1 (2.22%) Grid Computing
Processes & Methodologies
1 45 (100.00%) Data Science
2 26 (57.78%) Machine Learning
3 21 (46.67%) Artificial Intelligence
4 17 (37.78%) Statistics
5 16 (35.56%) Natural Language Processing
6 14 (31.11%) Computer Science
7 13 (28.89%) Deep Learning
7 13 (28.89%) Mathematics
8 12 (26.67%) Analytics
9 10 (22.22%) Line Management
9 10 (22.22%) LLM
10 9 (20.00%) Decision-Making
10 9 (20.00%) Visualisation
11 8 (17.78%) Bioinformatics
11 8 (17.78%) Biotechnology
11 8 (17.78%) Coaching
11 8 (17.78%) Generative AI
12 7 (15.56%) Decision Tree
12 7 (15.56%) Predictive Modelling
12 7 (15.56%) Random Forest
Programming Languages
1 32 (71.11%) Python
2 17 (37.78%) SQL
3 11 (24.44%) R
4 4 (8.89%) C
4 4 (8.89%) C++
5 3 (6.67%) Java
6 2 (4.44%) Julia
7 1 (2.22%) C#
7 1 (2.22%) Fortran
Qualifications
1 25 (55.56%) Degree
2 13 (28.89%) PhD
3 2 (4.44%) Master's Degree
3 2 (4.44%) Security Cleared
4 1 (2.22%) BPSS Clearance
4 1 (2.22%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (4.44%) Accessibility
2 1 (2.22%) Data Quality
Vendors
1 7 (15.56%) Microsoft
2 2 (4.44%) Databricks
3 1 (2.22%) Sun