Salary for Senior-level / Expert Data Scientist in United Kingdom during 2025

💰 The median Salary for Senior-level / Expert Data Scientist in United Kingdom during 2025 is USD 94,151

✏️ This salary info is based on 56 individual salaries reported during 2025

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Salary details

The average senior-level / expert Data Scientist salary lies between USD 77,097 and USD 113,924 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
Senior-level / Expert
Region
United Kingdom
Salary year
2025
Sample size
56
Top 10%
$ 130,329
Top 25%
$ 113,924
Median
$ 94,151
Bottom 25%
$ 77,097
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 Senior-level / Expert Data Scientist roles

The three most common job tag items assiciated with senior-level / expert 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 | 4908 jobs Machine Learning | 4626 jobs Statistics | 3860 jobs Engineering | 3715 jobs SQL | 3571 jobs Computer Science | 2690 jobs ML models | 2377 jobs Mathematics | 2303 jobs Research | 2288 jobs R | 2268 jobs AWS | 2001 jobs Testing | 1849 jobs Deep Learning | 1714 jobs Pipelines | 1541 jobs LLMs | 1540 jobs Data analysis | 1518 jobs GCP | 1415 jobs Data visualization | 1340 jobs TensorFlow | 1338 jobs NLP | 1262 jobs

Top 20 Job Perks/Benefits for Senior-level / Expert Data Scientist roles

The three most common job benefits and perks assiciated with senior-level / expert 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 | 4323 jobs Health care | 2125 jobs Startup environment | 1562 jobs Equity / stock options | 1561 jobs Competitive pay | 1515 jobs Insurance | 1422 jobs Flex hours | 1410 jobs Salary bonus | 1237 jobs Parental leave | 978 jobs Flex vacation | 954 jobs Team events | 880 jobs Medical leave | 854 jobs 401(k) matching | 526 jobs Wellness | 518 jobs Conferences | 292 jobs Transparency | 224 jobs Home office stipend | 192 jobs Relocation support | 182 jobs Fitness / gym | 151 jobs Unlimited paid time off | 144 jobs

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