United Kingdom
Job Market ObservatoryUnited Kingdom

Data Scientist: job description, salary and skills in United Kingdom

Reference estimate Updated November 2026
Median salary
70 000.00 GBP

Salary range (gross annual)

50 000.00 GBP Junior (P10)
70 000.00 GBP Median
90 000.00 GBP Senior (P90)
Entry levelMarketExpert

Source: Reference estimate · sample ≥ 30 (GDPR).

Most in-demand skills

  • PythonDocumented skill
  • RDocumented skill
  • SQLDocumented skill
  • Machine LearningDocumented skill
  • StatistiquesDocumented skill
  • Deep LearningDocumented skill
  • PandasDocumented skill
  • Data VisualizationDocumented skill

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