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 166 individual salaries reported during 2025

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Salary details

The average Data Scientist salary lies between USD 62,484 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.

Job title
Data Scientist
Experience
all levels
Region
United Kingdom
Salary year
2025
Sample size
166
Top 10%
$ 122,531
Top 25%
$ 101,265
Median
$ 82,278
Bottom 25%
$ 62,484
Bottom 10%
$ 50,245

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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Salary trend

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 | 10214 jobs Machine Learning | 9382 jobs Statistics | 7922 jobs SQL | 7337 jobs Engineering | 7079 jobs Computer Science | 5614 jobs R | 4906 jobs Mathematics | 4711 jobs Research | 4595 jobs ML models | 4278 jobs AWS | 3577 jobs Data analysis | 3446 jobs Testing | 3279 jobs Pipelines | 3016 jobs Deep Learning | 2851 jobs LLMs | 2609 jobs Data visualization | 2537 jobs TensorFlow | 2523 jobs Azure | 2492 jobs NLP | 2455 jobs

Top 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 | 8551 jobs Health care | 4209 jobs Flex hours | 2821 jobs Equity / stock options | 2709 jobs Competitive pay | 2690 jobs Startup environment | 2588 jobs Insurance | 2463 jobs Salary bonus | 2114 jobs Flex vacation | 1804 jobs Team events | 1773 jobs Parental leave | 1707 jobs Medical leave | 1549 jobs Wellness | 1116 jobs 401(k) matching | 1012 jobs Conferences | 552 jobs Transparency | 435 jobs Relocation support | 370 jobs Fitness / gym | 331 jobs Home office stipend | 326 jobs Unlimited paid time off | 281 jobs

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Data Scientist @ $ 108,000 (United States) - Entry-level / Junior Details
Data Scientist @ $ 160,000 (United States) - Senior-level / Expert Details
Data Scientist @ $ 130,000 (United States) - Mid-level / Intermediate Details
Data Scientist @ $ 181,100 (United States) - Executive-level / Director Details
Data Scientist @ $ 154,050 (United States) Details
Data Scientist @ $ 66,359 (Netherlands) Details
Data Scientist @ $ 51,536 (Lithuania) Details
Data Scientist @ $ 35,743 (India) Details
Data Scientist @ $ 76,631 (Ireland) Details
Data Scientist @ $ 69,620 (United Kingdom) - Mid-level / Intermediate Details
Data Scientist @ $ 94,151 (United Kingdom) - Senior-level / Expert Details
Data Scientist @ $ 57,894 (France) Details
Data Scientist @ $ 34,210 (Spain) Details
Data Scientist @ $ 75,789 (Germany) Details
Data Scientist @ $ 99,700 (Canada) - Entry-level / Junior Details
Data Scientist @ $ 108,000 (Canada) - Mid-level / Intermediate Details
Data Scientist @ $ 138,000 (Canada) - Senior-level / Expert Details
Data Scientist @ $ 130,000 (Canada) Details
Data Scientist @ $ 109,026 (Australia) Details
Data Scientist @ $ 46,435 (Austria) Details

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