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
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.
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- Data Scientist
- Experience
- Senior-level / Expert
- Region
- United Kingdom
- Salary year
- 2025
- Sample size
- 56
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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 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 | 6341 jobs Machine Learning | 5985 jobs Statistics | 5060 jobs Engineering | 4800 jobs SQL | 4553 jobs Computer Science | 3588 jobs ML models | 3035 jobs Research | 2999 jobs Mathematics | 2998 jobs R | 2983 jobs AWS | 2508 jobs Testing | 2309 jobs Deep Learning | 2094 jobs Pipelines | 2064 jobs Data analysis | 1962 jobs LLMs | 1947 jobs GCP | 1704 jobs TensorFlow | 1697 jobs Spark | 1655 jobs NLP | 1643 jobsTop 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 Equity / stock options. 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 | 5565 jobs Health care | 2789 jobs Equity / stock options | 1970 jobs Competitive pay | 1907 jobs Startup environment | 1888 jobs Flex hours | 1799 jobs Insurance | 1780 jobs Salary bonus | 1551 jobs Parental leave | 1271 jobs Flex vacation | 1249 jobs Medical leave | 1127 jobs Team events | 1116 jobs 401(k) matching | 697 jobs Wellness | 696 jobs Conferences | 372 jobs Transparency | 290 jobs Home office stipend | 236 jobs Relocation support | 230 jobs Fitness / gym | 203 jobs Unlimited paid time off | 178 jobsRelated salaries
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