Data Science Jobs in United Kingdom
There are 1,057 open Data Science jobs in United Kingdom on freehire right now. 175 of them were posted recently. The skills employers ask for most often are data-science, machine-learning and python.
Salary
| Currency | Period | 25th | Median | 75th | Postings |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GBP | year | £70,000 | £85,000 | £107,800 | 105 |
| GBP | day | £500 | £550 | £680 | 14 |
From postings that disclose pay. Currencies are counted separately, never converted.
Most requested skills
- data-science 63%
- machine-learning 60%
- python 54%
- ai 50%
- analytics 37%
- sql 34%
- cloud 23%
- statistics 21%
How the work is done
- Hybrid 260 · 25%
- Remote 75 · 7%
- Onsite 25 · 2%
Visa sponsorship offered in 50% of the 117 postings that state a position on it.
Seniority
- Senior 337
- Lead 123
- Principal 45
- C-level 33
- Staff 18
- Intern 15
Who is hiring
- 1000+ employees 145
- 501-1000 employees 97
- 51-200 employees 23
- 11-50 employees 7
- 201-500 employees 5
- 1-10 employees 2
Data Scientist/Engineer
Builds and maintains data pipelines, ML models, and analytics tools to improve Black Duck’s cybersecurity platforms, using Python, Airflow, Spark, and PostgreSQL.
Senior Data Scientist — Lead Education Data & AI (Remote)
Lead a team to build search and recommendation systems using Python, ML, and statistical modeling to improve educational content delivery.
Senior Data Scientist — Remote AI Systems Lead
Lead AI system design and ML model deployment for a product-focused company, building training pipelines and maintaining production services with large-scale datasets.
Founding ML/Data Scientist (Remote) - Revenue AI
Build ML models to extract revenue insights from travel data, using Python, Django, and ClickHouse to optimize vacation rental pricing and decisions.
Founding ML/Data Scientist (Remote, UK)
Build ML models to automate revenue for vacation rental owners on Booking.com and Airbnb using private API and competitive pricing data.

Product Data Scientist (Remote)
Build and analyze data models to guide product decisions at a fast-growing startup, using SQL and Python to design experiments and drive user-facing feature improvements.
Senior Data Scientist - Remote-First ML
Lead end-to-end ML development to turn data into actionable insights, collaborating with engineering, product, and operations in a remote-first role.
AI Data Trainer — Master’s Data Scientist (Remote Contract)
Design AI training tasks, write ground-truth solutions in Python/R and SQL, and audit AI-generated code to improve model reasoning and precision.
Senior Data Scientist — Predictive Analytics & AI Agents
Build predictive models and AI agents to forecast rent arrears and tenant risk for a proptech company, collaborating with product and engineering teams.
Life Sciences Data Scientist & AI Engineer
Develop AI and data-driven solutions for life sciences, applying machine learning and data engineering to pharmaceutical and biotech research.
Senior Data Scientist/AI Engineer
Build and deploy AI/ML models (LLMs to classic regression) and shape the company’s GenAI strategy while bridging Data Science and MLOps in a fast-paced fintech environment.
Senior Data Scientist & AI Engineer for Generative AI
Design and build ML, NLP and Generative AI solutions on Databricks, Microsoft Fabric and Azure AI Services to drive business impact.
Senior Data Scientist / Machine Learning Engineer
Build and deploy classical ML models (regression, classification, clustering) in Python to solve manufacturing, asset-downtime, churn, and geospatial problems for private-equity clients.
