Data Science Manager Jobs

Data Science Manager
UK

The median Data Science Manager salary in the UK is £96,932 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 28 November 2024.

The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 Nov 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 762 720 1043
Rank change year-on-year -42 +323 +37
Permanent jobs requiring a Data Science Manager 39 16 53
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.052% 0.030% 0.042%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.055% 0.031% 0.044%
Number of salaries quoted 4 6 20
10th Percentile - £78,250 £64,750
25th Percentile £86,525 £83,438 £65,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £96,932 £96,250 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year +0.71% +37.50% -12.50%
75th Percentile £112,188 £114,375 £87,500
90th Percentile £120,625 £118,125 £108,000
UK excluding London median annual salary - £74,000 £70,000
% change year-on-year - +5.71% -12.50%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies. 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 the UK with a recognized job title 70,910 51,712 119,805
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.06% 95.51% 95.33%
Number of salaries quoted 36,185 37,781 74,510
10th Percentile £32,500 £31,250 £32,655
25th Percentile £42,500 £42,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.17% - +4.35%
75th Percentile £76,000 £80,000 £80,750
90th Percentile £95,000 £97,500 £97,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,000 £52,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year -0.95% - +5.00%

Data Science Manager
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings that featured Data Science Manager in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Data Science Manager in the UK

Data Science Manager
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for Data Science Manager in the UK

Data Science Manager
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Data Science Manager over the 6 months to 28 November 2024.

Salary histogram for Data Science Manager in the UK

Data Science Manager
Top 15 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Data Science Manager within the UK over the 6 months to 28 November 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
England -39 35 £96,932 -7.68% 9
UK excluding London -58 28 - - 2
Work from Home +20 19 £88,863 +4.54% 4
South East - 11 - - 1
London -8 10 £96,932 -7.68% 6
North of England -20 8 - -
Midlands - 4 - -
North West - 4 - -
Scotland -13 3 - -
Yorkshire +13 2 - -
East Midlands - 2 - -
North East - 2 - -
West Midlands - 2 - -
South West +6 1 - - 1
Northern Ireland - 1 - -

Data Science Manager Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 28 November 2024, Data Science Manager 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 featuring Data Science Manager in the job title.

1 39 (100.00%) Data Science
2 36 (92.31%) Machine Learning
3 35 (89.74%) Decision-Making
4 29 (74.36%) Degree
5 21 (53.85%) Python
6 20 (51.28%) Social Skills
7 19 (48.72%) Finance
7 19 (48.72%) Statistical Modelling
8 18 (46.15%) Natural Language Processing
9 17 (43.59%) Statistics
9 17 (43.59%) Artificial Intelligence
10 16 (41.03%) Software Engineering
10 16 (41.03%) Data Analysis
10 16 (41.03%) Mentoring
10 16 (41.03%) Cybersecurity
10 16 (41.03%) Problem-Solving
10 16 (41.03%) Computer Vision
10 16 (41.03%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 15 (38.46%) LLM
11 15 (38.46%) Coaching
11 15 (38.46%) SQL
12 14 (35.90%) Banking
12 14 (35.90%) Analytical Skills
12 14 (35.90%) Hugging Face
12 14 (35.90%) Generative AI
13 13 (33.33%) Validation
14 12 (30.77%) Legal
14 12 (30.77%) Risk Management
14 12 (30.77%) Resource Management
14 12 (30.77%) Mathematics

Data Science Manager Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 1 (2.56%) Apache
1 1 (2.56%) Apache Spark
Cloud Services
1 12 (30.77%) GitHub
2 3 (7.69%) Power Platform
2 3 (7.69%) Snowflake
3 2 (5.13%) Azure
3 2 (5.13%) GCP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (7.69%) Power BI
2 2 (5.13%) Big Data
2 2 (5.13%) Data Mining
3 1 (2.56%) Data Warehouse
3 1 (2.56%) Tableau
General
1 20 (51.28%) Social Skills
2 19 (48.72%) Finance
3 16 (41.03%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 14 (35.90%) Analytical Skills
4 14 (35.90%) Banking
5 12 (30.77%) Legal
6 2 (5.13%) Influencing Skills
6 2 (5.13%) Retail
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 14 (35.90%) Hugging Face
2 3 (7.69%) NumPy
2 3 (7.69%) Pandas
2 3 (7.69%) scikit-learn
3 2 (5.13%) Google JAX
3 2 (5.13%) JAX
3 2 (5.13%) PyTorch
3 2 (5.13%) TensorFlow
4 1 (2.56%) PySpark
Miscellaneous
1 1 (2.56%) Algorithms
1 1 (2.56%) Reinsurance
Processes & Methodologies
1 39 (100.00%) Data Science
2 36 (92.31%) Machine Learning
3 35 (89.74%) Decision-Making
4 19 (48.72%) Statistical Modelling
5 18 (46.15%) Natural Language Processing
6 17 (43.59%) Artificial Intelligence
6 17 (43.59%) Statistics
7 16 (41.03%) Computer Vision
7 16 (41.03%) Cybersecurity
7 16 (41.03%) Data Analysis
7 16 (41.03%) Mentoring
7 16 (41.03%) Problem-Solving
7 16 (41.03%) Software Engineering
8 15 (38.46%) Coaching
8 15 (38.46%) LLM
9 14 (35.90%) Generative AI
10 13 (33.33%) Validation
11 12 (30.77%) Mathematics
11 12 (30.77%) Resource Management
11 12 (30.77%) Risk Management
Programming Languages
1 21 (53.85%) Python
2 15 (38.46%) SQL
3 2 (5.13%) R
Qualifications
1 29 (74.36%) Degree
2 12 (30.77%) Numerate Degree
Vendors
1 3 (7.69%) Databricks