Data Scientist Salary in United Kingdom during 2025
💰 The median Data Scientist Salary in United Kingdom during 2025 is USD 82,278
✏️ This salary info is based on 171 individual salaries reported during 2025
Salary details
The average Data Scientist salary lies between USD 62,025 and USD 101,265 in the United Kingdom. It represents the overall compensation/gross salary amount for the working year (before deductions like social security, taxes and other contributions), not including equity/stock options or similar benefits.
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- Data Scientist
- Experience
- all levels
- Region
- United Kingdom
- Salary year
- 2025
- Sample size
- 171
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Region represents the primary country of residence of an employee during the year (or residence for tax purposes). All data shown are full-time equivalent (FTE) salaries. Part-time salary information has been extrapolated to its FTE value.
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Top 20 Job Tags for Data Scientist roles
The three most common job tag items assiciated with Data Scientist job listings are Python, Machine Learning and Statistics. Below you find a list of the 20 most occuring job tags in 2025 and the number of open jobs that where associated with them during that period:
Python | 11268 jobs Machine Learning | 10332 jobs Statistics | 8787 jobs SQL | 8053 jobs Engineering | 7853 jobs Computer Science | 6224 jobs R | 5400 jobs Mathematics | 5236 jobs Research | 5104 jobs ML models | 4735 jobs AWS | 3903 jobs Data analysis | 3821 jobs Testing | 3617 jobs Pipelines | 3402 jobs Deep Learning | 3100 jobs LLMs | 2893 jobs TensorFlow | 2764 jobs Data visualization | 2762 jobs Azure | 2734 jobs NLP | 2720 jobsTop 20 Job Perks/Benefits for Data Scientist roles
The three most common job benefits and perks assiciated with Data Scientist job listings are Career development, Health care and Flex hours. Below you find a list of the 20 most occuring job perks or benefits in 2025 and the number of open jobs that where offering them during that period:
Career development | 9432 jobs Health care | 4647 jobs Flex hours | 3086 jobs Competitive pay | 2982 jobs Equity / stock options | 2958 jobs Startup environment | 2842 jobs Insurance | 2674 jobs Salary bonus | 2332 jobs Flex vacation | 2003 jobs Team events | 1952 jobs Parental leave | 1877 jobs Medical leave | 1710 jobs Wellness | 1232 jobs 401(k) matching | 1123 jobs Conferences | 605 jobs Transparency | 481 jobs Relocation support | 401 jobs Fitness / gym | 380 jobs Home office stipend | 356 jobs Unlimited paid time off | 303 jobsRelated salaries
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