Data Science Jobs in London

Data Science
England > London

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in London requiring Data Science skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Data Science over the 6 months leading up to 12 June 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 78 57 44
Rank change year-on-year -21 -13 +22
Permanent jobs citing Data Science 883 1,606 6,124
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 3.56% 5.14% 8.23%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.99% 5.41% 8.47%
Number of salaries quoted 552 814 1,523
10th Percentile £47,500 £49,280 £45,000
25th Percentile £57,500 £61,197 £60,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £77,500 £80,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.23% -3.13% +10.34%
75th Percentile £100,000 £100,000 £95,000
90th Percentile £122,500 £117,500 £112,500
England median annual salary £65,000 £70,000 £72,500
% change year-on-year -7.14% -3.45% +9.43%

All Process and Methodology Skills
London

Data Science falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in London.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 22,142 29,692 72,269
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 89.35% 95.12% 97.11%
Number of salaries quoted 16,050 21,866 34,403
10th Percentile £37,500 £42,500 £42,500
25th Percentile £51,250 £55,000 £53,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £75,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year -6.67% +7.14% -
75th Percentile £95,000 £95,000 £92,250
90th Percentile £115,000 £116,250 £110,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £62,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.00% +4.17% +9.09%

Data Science
Job Vacancy Trend in London

Job postings citing Data Science as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in London.

Job vacancy trend for Data Science in London

Data Science
Salary Trend in London

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

Salary trend for Data Science in London

Data Science
Salary Histogram in London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Data Science in London over the 6 months to 12 June 2024.

Salary histogram for Data Science in London

Data Science
Job Locations in London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Data Science within the London 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
Central London +55 208 £72,500 -3.33% 21
West London -29 13 £85,000 +74.59% 9
South London -39 9 £65,000 +33.51% 1
East London +13 6 £55,000 +42.86% 7
North London -1 3 £70,000 -12.50%
Data Science
England

Data Science
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London 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 66 (7.47%) Apache Spark
2 33 (3.74%) SAS
3 19 (2.15%) Apache
3 19 (2.15%) Apache Airflow
3 19 (2.15%) Microsoft Exchange
4 13 (1.47%) Jupyter
5 9 (1.02%) Confluence
6 2 (0.23%) Luigi
7 1 (0.11%) IIS
7 1 (0.11%) nginx
7 1 (0.11%) SharePoint
Applications
1 14 (1.59%) Microsoft Excel
2 8 (0.91%) Microsoft Office
3 7 (0.79%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 3 (0.34%) MS Visio
5 2 (0.23%) Spreadsheet
5 2 (0.23%) SPSS
5 2 (0.23%) Stata
6 1 (0.11%) Adobe Creative Suite
6 1 (0.11%) Blender
Business Applications
1 19 (2.15%) Endur
2 4 (0.45%) OpenLink RightAngle
3 1 (0.11%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 222 (25.14%) Azure
2 202 (22.88%) AWS
3 112 (12.68%) Power Platform
4 110 (12.46%) GCP
5 46 (5.21%) GitHub
6 45 (5.10%) Azure Data Factory
7 35 (3.96%) SaaS
8 32 (3.62%) Azure DevOps
9 31 (3.51%) Snowflake
10 30 (3.40%) Azure Synapse Analytics
11 23 (2.60%) Serverless
12 18 (2.04%) AWS Lambda
13 16 (1.81%) Amazon S3
14 15 (1.70%) Cloud Computing
14 15 (1.70%) dbt
15 12 (1.36%) Figma
15 12 (1.36%) Google Gemini
16 11 (1.25%) Azure Data Lake Analytics
16 11 (1.25%) Azure Machine Learning
17 8 (0.91%) Matillion
Communications & Networking
1 15 (1.70%) Network Security
2 8 (0.91%) DNS
2 8 (0.91%) HTTP
3 4 (0.45%) Firewall
3 4 (0.45%) Intranet
4 2 (0.23%) VPN
5 1 (0.11%) MQTT
5 1 (0.11%) Reverse Proxy
5 1 (0.11%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 122 (13.82%) Tableau
2 109 (12.34%) Power BI
3 100 (11.33%) Data Warehouse
4 84 (9.51%) Big Data
5 62 (7.02%) SQL Server
6 42 (4.76%) Relational Database
7 39 (4.42%) Data Lake
8 38 (4.30%) MongoDB
8 38 (4.30%) PostgreSQL
9 37 (4.19%) Hadoop
10 35 (3.96%) NoSQL
11 32 (3.62%) Data Mining
12 28 (3.17%) BigQuery
13 25 (2.83%) RDBMS
14 22 (2.49%) SQL Server Integration Services
15 20 (2.27%) Amazon Redshift
15 20 (2.27%) Looker
16 19 (2.15%) Amazon QuickSight
17 17 (1.93%) Azure SQL Database
18 14 (1.59%) Elasticsearch
Development Applications
1 104 (11.78%) Git
2 19 (2.15%) JIRA
3 18 (2.04%) GitLab
3 18 (2.04%) Jenkins
4 9 (1.02%) MLflow
4 9 (1.02%) Visual Studio
5 6 (0.68%) TeamCity
6 4 (0.45%) ERwin
7 3 (0.34%) ER Studio
7 3 (0.34%) Spinnaker
7 3 (0.34%) Team Foundation Server
8 2 (0.23%) GoCD
9 1 (0.11%) git-flow
9 1 (0.11%) Oracle Forms
General
1 338 (38.28%) Social Skills
2 182 (20.61%) Analytical Skills
3 148 (16.76%) Finance
4 83 (9.40%) Marketing
5 81 (9.17%) Retail
6 62 (7.02%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 45 (5.10%) Law
8 39 (4.42%) Presentation Skills
9 35 (3.96%) Banking
9 35 (3.96%) Pharmaceutical
10 34 (3.85%) Legal
11 32 (3.62%) Games
12 24 (2.72%) Public Sector
13 17 (1.93%) Health Technology
13 17 (1.93%) Manufacturing
14 11 (1.25%) Front Office
14 11 (1.25%) Publishing
15 9 (1.02%) Organisational Skills
16 8 (0.91%) Tech for Good
17 7 (0.79%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 265 (30.01%) Senior
2 194 (21.97%) Data Scientist
3 120 (13.59%) Data Engineer
4 118 (13.36%) Senior Data Scientist
5 85 (9.63%) Developer
6 82 (9.29%) Analyst
7 63 (7.13%) Lead
8 51 (5.78%) Architect
9 43 (4.87%) Data Manager
9 43 (4.87%) Senior Manager
10 37 (4.19%) Python Engineer
11 35 (3.96%) Senior Data Engineer
12 31 (3.51%) Data Analyst
13 24 (2.72%) Python Data Engineer
14 22 (2.49%) Consultant
15 21 (2.38%) Python Developer
16 20 (2.27%) DevOps Engineer
17 19 (2.15%) Senior Analyst
18 18 (2.04%) Senior Architect
19 17 (1.93%) Salesforce Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 86 (9.74%) TensorFlow
2 77 (8.72%) PySpark
3 73 (8.27%) Pandas
4 63 (7.13%) scikit-learn
5 40 (4.53%) Kafka
6 36 (4.08%) PyTorch
7 27 (3.06%) RESTful
8 24 (2.72%) CSS
9 21 (2.38%) React
10 20 (2.27%) .NET
10 20 (2.27%) HTML
11 19 (2.15%) NumPy
12 16 (1.81%) Django
13 15 (1.70%) Node.js
14 14 (1.59%) Apache Beam
15 12 (1.36%) JSON
16 10 (1.13%) RabbitMQ
17 9 (1.02%) Web Services
18 8 (0.91%) Shiny
18 8 (0.91%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 181 (20.50%) Algorithms
2 63 (7.13%) Data Structures
3 41 (4.64%) Virtual Team
4 36 (4.08%) Product Ownership
5 34 (3.85%) Life Science
6 24 (2.72%) Onboarding
7 22 (2.49%) Management Information System
8 19 (2.15%) Cloud Native
8 19 (2.15%) Credit Risk
8 19 (2.15%) Swaptions
9 17 (1.93%) Renewable Energy
10 14 (1.59%) Enterprise Software
10 14 (1.59%) Self-Motivation
11 13 (1.47%) Blog
12 11 (1.25%) Blockchain
12 11 (1.25%) Client/Server
12 11 (1.25%) Cyber Threat
13 10 (1.13%) IoT
13 10 (1.13%) Mobile App
13 10 (1.13%) PMI
Operating Systems
1 38 (4.30%) Linux
2 15 (1.70%) Unix
3 10 (1.13%) Windows
4 5 (0.57%) Android
4 5 (0.57%) Apple iOS
5 2 (0.23%) Windows Server
6 1 (0.11%) Robot Operating System
6 1 (0.11%) Solaris
6 1 (0.11%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 367 (41.56%) Machine Learning
2 300 (33.98%) Analytics
3 255 (28.88%) Visualisation
4 246 (27.86%) Artificial Intelligence
5 220 (24.92%) Computer Science
6 189 (21.40%) Data Modelling
7 183 (20.72%) Statistics
8 171 (19.37%) Problem-Solving
9 166 (18.80%) Mathematics
10 158 (17.89%) Data Visualisation
11 143 (16.19%) Software Engineering
12 141 (15.97%) Data Engineering
13 138 (15.63%) Agile
14 130 (14.72%) Business Intelligence
15 128 (14.50%) ETL
16 127 (14.38%) Data Pipeline
17 111 (12.57%) Customer Experience
18 108 (12.23%) Decision-Making
19 105 (11.89%) Natural Language Processing
20 101 (11.44%) DevOps
Programming Languages
1 541 (61.27%) Python
2 439 (49.72%) SQL
3 120 (13.59%) R
4 86 (9.74%) Java
5 59 (6.68%) C#
6 31 (3.51%) C
7 29 (3.28%) Data Analysis Expressions
8 28 (3.17%) JavaScript
9 27 (3.06%) C++
10 23 (2.60%) MATLAB
11 21 (2.38%) Scala
11 21 (2.38%) VB
12 20 (2.27%) VBA
13 17 (1.93%) T-SQL
14 16 (1.81%) TypeScript
15 11 (1.25%) U-SQL
16 9 (1.02%) Go
17 3 (0.34%) PowerShell
17 3 (0.34%) Shell Script
18 2 (0.23%) SAS Macro
Qualifications
1 343 (38.84%) Degree
2 158 (17.89%) Master's Degree
3 77 (8.72%) PhD
4 65 (7.36%) Computer Science Degree
5 46 (5.21%) DBS Check
6 21 (2.38%) Security Cleared
7 17 (1.93%) Microsoft Certification
8 11 (1.25%) SC Cleared
9 10 (1.13%) PMI Certification
10 9 (1.02%) Postgraduate
11 8 (0.91%) Numerate Degree
12 5 (0.57%) DV Cleared
13 3 (0.34%) Azure Certification
14 2 (0.23%) AWS Certification
14 2 (0.23%) HNC
15 1 (0.11%) BPSS Clearance
15 1 (0.11%) MBA
15 1 (0.11%) MCP
15 1 (0.11%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 74 (8.38%) Data Quality
2 19 (2.15%) GDPR
3 13 (1.47%) QA
4 11 (1.25%) Accessibility
5 5 (0.57%) California Consumer Privacy Act
6 3 (0.34%) PMO
7 2 (0.23%) CDISC
7 2 (0.23%) IFRS
7 2 (0.23%) IFRS 9
8 1 (0.11%) Actionable Recommendations
System Software
1 61 (6.91%) Docker
2 7 (0.79%) Virtual Machines
3 4 (0.45%) Active Directory
4 2 (0.23%) HDFS
4 2 (0.23%) IAG
5 1 (0.11%) Slurm Workload Manager
Systems Management
1 52 (5.89%) Kubernetes
2 36 (4.08%) Terraform
3 6 (0.68%) Kubeflow
4 5 (0.57%) Ansible
4 5 (0.57%) logstash
5 4 (0.45%) Grafana
6 3 (0.34%) Argo
6 3 (0.34%) Prometheus
7 2 (0.23%) Core Impact
8 1 (0.11%) Podman
8 1 (0.11%) Progress Chef
Vendors
1 119 (13.48%) Databricks
2 71 (8.04%) Microsoft
3 44 (4.98%) Google
4 40 (4.53%) Oracle
5 24 (2.72%) Salesforce
6 21 (2.38%) Sybase
7 19 (2.15%) OpenLink
7 19 (2.15%) TIBCO
8 13 (1.47%) OpenAI
9 9 (1.02%) Alteryx
10 8 (0.91%) Samsung
11 5 (0.57%) Adobe
12 4 (0.45%) FIS
12 4 (0.45%) Informatica
12 4 (0.45%) Splunk
13 3 (0.34%) Cloudera
13 3 (0.34%) Facebook
13 3 (0.34%) Hortonworks
13 3 (0.34%) Tealium
13 3 (0.34%) YouTube