Data Scientist Salary in United Kingdom during 2025

💰 The median Data Scientist Salary in United Kingdom during 2025 is USD 88,607

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The average Data Scientist salary lies between USD 69,620 and USD 110,081 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
72
Top 10%
$ 126,582
Top 25%
$ 110,081
Median
$ 88,607
Bottom 25%
$ 69,620
Bottom 10%
$ 56,962

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 | 4789 jobs Machine Learning | 4442 jobs Statistics | 3596 jobs SQL | 3493 jobs Engineering | 3372 jobs Computer Science | 2529 jobs R | 2269 jobs Mathematics | 2164 jobs ML models | 2148 jobs Research | 2094 jobs AWS | 1818 jobs Testing | 1672 jobs Data analysis | 1584 jobs Deep Learning | 1555 jobs Data visualization | 1399 jobs GCP | 1318 jobs LLMs | 1314 jobs Pipelines | 1284 jobs TensorFlow | 1192 jobs NLP | 1161 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 Startup environment. 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 | 4070 jobs Health care | 1888 jobs Startup environment | 1367 jobs Equity / stock options | 1358 jobs Competitive pay | 1331 jobs Insurance | 1287 jobs Flex hours | 1285 jobs Salary bonus | 1073 jobs Flex vacation | 831 jobs Team events | 816 jobs Parental leave | 793 jobs Medical leave | 728 jobs Wellness | 488 jobs 401(k) matching | 464 jobs Conferences | 261 jobs Transparency | 203 jobs Relocation support | 170 jobs Home office stipend | 159 jobs Fitness / gym | 150 jobs Unlimited paid time off | 127 jobs

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Data Scientist @ $ 61,559 (Netherlands) Details
Data Scientist @ $ 51,536 (Lithuania) Details
Data Scientist @ $ 63,157 (France) Details
Data Scientist @ $ 36,842 (Spain) Details
Data Scientist @ $ 59,999 (Germany) Details
Data Scientist @ $ 136,000 (Canada) - Senior-level / Expert Details
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Data Scientist @ $ 110,554 (Australia) Details
Data Scientist @ $ 46,842 (Austria) Details

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