Data Science Jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH Options

Data Science
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent remote or hybrid work requiring Data Science skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Data Science over the 6 months leading up to 10 June 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
10 Jun 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 125 128 90
Rank change year-on-year +3 -38 -19
Permanent jobs citing Data Science 566 851 1,345
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 2.93% 2.41% 3.56%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.12% 2.69% 3.71%
Number of salaries quoted 195 608 755
10th Percentile £41,450 £38,750 £46,570
25th Percentile £54,180 £43,750 £53,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,810 £60,000 £69,447
Median % change year-on-year +9.68% -13.60% -0.79%
75th Percentile £87,500 £85,000 £89,852
90th Percentile £98,474 £107,500 £103,016
UK median annual salary £72,500 £65,000 £70,000
% change year-on-year +11.54% -7.14% -

All Process and Methodology Skills
Work from Home

Data Science falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with remote or hybrid options requiring process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 18,114 31,654 36,238
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 93.84% 89.73% 96.02%
Number of salaries quoted 9,557 23,643 25,788
10th Percentile £26,250 £33,750 £37,500
25th Percentile £41,250 £42,500 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £57,500 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year - -8.00% +4.17%
75th Percentile £76,840 £75,000 £82,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £95,000 £100,000
UK median annual salary £56,000 £55,000 £60,800
% change year-on-year +1.82% -9.54% +1.33%

Data Science
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with remote working options citing Data Science as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Data Science trend for jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH options

Data Science
Salary Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average salary quoted in job vacancies with remote working options citing Data Science.

Data Science salary trend for jobs with a WFH option

Data Science
Salary Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Salary distribution for jobs with remote working options citing Data Science over the 6 months to 10 June 2025.

Data Science salary histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Data Science
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 34 (6.01%) Apache Spark
2 23 (4.06%) Jupyter
3 21 (3.71%) Apache Airflow
4 19 (3.36%) Apache
5 8 (1.41%) SAS
6 4 (0.71%) nginx
7 2 (0.35%) SharePoint
Applications
1 23 (4.06%) Microsoft Excel
2 15 (2.65%) Chatbot
3 9 (1.59%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 4 (0.71%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 3 (0.53%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 308 (54.42%) AWS
2 291 (51.41%) Azure
3 252 (44.52%) GCP
4 242 (42.76%) Serverless
5 241 (42.58%) AWS Lambda
6 57 (10.07%) Power Platform
7 18 (3.18%) Snowflake
8 17 (3.00%) GitHub
9 16 (2.83%) Amazon S3
10 14 (2.47%) Amazon SageMaker
11 11 (1.94%) Azure Data Factory
11 11 (1.94%) Azure Synapse Analytics
12 9 (1.59%) Azure Machine Learning
12 9 (1.59%) dbt
13 8 (1.41%) Amazon EC2
13 8 (1.41%) SaaS
14 6 (1.06%) Azure DevOps
14 6 (1.06%) Cloud Computing
14 6 (1.06%) OpenShift
14 6 (1.06%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 215 (37.99%) Broadband
2 5 (0.88%) 4G
2 5 (0.88%) 5G
2 5 (0.88%) Unified Communications
2 5 (0.88%) WAN
3 2 (0.35%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 58 (10.25%) Big Data
2 54 (9.54%) Power BI
3 47 (8.30%) Tableau
4 44 (7.77%) Data Warehouse
5 27 (4.77%) NoSQL
6 20 (3.53%) Metadata
7 19 (3.36%) Data Lake
7 19 (3.36%) Relational Database
8 18 (3.18%) Hadoop
9 16 (2.83%) SQL Server
10 15 (2.65%) Amazon Redshift
10 15 (2.65%) Elasticsearch
11 14 (2.47%) DynamoDB
12 12 (2.12%) MongoDB
12 12 (2.12%) PostgreSQL
13 11 (1.94%) BigQuery
14 9 (1.59%) Delta Lake
15 8 (1.41%) Metadata Repository
16 7 (1.24%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
16 7 (1.24%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 27 (4.77%) Git
2 8 (1.41%) JIRA
3 6 (1.06%) Bitbucket
4 4 (0.71%) Subversion
5 3 (0.53%) Babel
5 3 (0.53%) GitLab
5 3 (0.53%) gulp
5 3 (0.53%) webpack
6 2 (0.35%) Artifactory
6 2 (0.35%) Jenkins
6 2 (0.35%) Visual Studio
7 1 (0.18%) ERwin
7 1 (0.18%) MLflow
General
1 279 (49.29%) Analytical Skills
2 106 (18.73%) Finance
3 83 (14.66%) Social Skills
4 70 (12.37%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 31 (5.48%) Banking
6 21 (3.71%) Retail
7 18 (3.18%) Public Sector
8 17 (3.00%) Manufacturing
8 17 (3.00%) Publishing
9 16 (2.83%) Marketing
9 16 (2.83%) Tech for Good
10 15 (2.65%) Health Technology
11 12 (2.12%) Games
11 12 (2.12%) Law
12 10 (1.77%) Pharmaceutical
13 6 (1.06%) Influencing Skills
13 6 (1.06%) Presentation Skills
14 5 (0.88%) Local Government
15 4 (0.71%) Electronics
15 4 (0.71%) Legal
Job Titles
1 324 (57.24%) Senior
2 222 (39.22%) Machine Learning Engineer
3 108 (19.08%) Data Scientist
4 59 (10.42%) Senior Data Scientist
5 45 (7.95%) Developer
6 39 (6.89%) Data Engineer
7 31 (5.48%) Analyst
8 29 (5.12%) Lead
9 26 (4.59%) Data Manager
10 25 (4.42%) Senior Developer
11 21 (3.71%) Data Analyst
12 19 (3.36%) Architect
13 15 (2.65%) Trainer
14 14 (2.47%) Python Developer
14 14 (2.47%) Software Engineer
15 12 (2.12%) Data Architect
16 10 (1.77%) Solutions Architect
17 9 (1.59%) Data Entry Analyst
17 9 (1.59%) Senior Data Engineer
17 9 (1.59%) Senior Python Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 32 (5.65%) scikit-learn
2 31 (5.48%) PySpark
2 31 (5.48%) TensorFlow
3 28 (4.95%) React
4 21 (3.71%) PyTorch
5 19 (3.36%) Pandas
5 19 (3.36%) RESTful
6 18 (3.18%) Kafka
7 14 (2.47%) .NET
7 14 (2.47%) Swagger
8 11 (1.94%) NumPy
9 10 (1.77%) Keras
10 9 (1.59%) .NET Framework
10 9 (1.59%) XGBoost
11 8 (1.41%) CSS
11 8 (1.41%) HTML
12 7 (1.24%) Node.js
13 6 (1.06%) FastAPI
13 6 (1.06%) PyArrow
13 6 (1.06%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 222 (39.22%) Self-Motivation
2 83 (14.66%) Algorithms
3 46 (8.13%) Cyberattack
4 24 (4.24%) Management Information System
5 14 (2.47%) Credit Risk
6 11 (1.94%) Data Structures
7 10 (1.77%) Greenfield Project
7 10 (1.77%) IoT
8 9 (1.59%) Legacy Systems
9 7 (1.24%) Cloud Native
10 6 (1.06%) Enterprise Software
10 6 (1.06%) Product Ownership
10 6 (1.06%) Smart City
11 5 (0.88%) Distributed Systems
11 5 (0.88%) Mobile Games
11 5 (0.88%) NHS
11 5 (0.88%) Operational Technology
12 4 (0.71%) Biopharmaceutical
12 4 (0.71%) Market Risk
13 3 (0.53%) Clustering
Operating Systems
1 10 (1.77%) Linux
2 6 (1.06%) Unix
3 4 (0.71%) Ubuntu
3 4 (0.71%) Windows
4 2 (0.35%) VMS
4 2 (0.35%) Windows Vista
Processes & Methodologies
1 373 (65.90%) Machine Learning
2 332 (58.66%) Problem-Solving
3 282 (49.82%) Agile
3 282 (49.82%) Mentoring
4 242 (42.76%) CI/CD
5 221 (39.05%) Personalization
6 217 (38.34%) Clean Code
7 216 (38.16%) Creative Thinking
8 215 (37.99%) Performance Metrics
9 153 (27.03%) Analytics
10 140 (24.73%) Artificial Intelligence
11 124 (21.91%) Computer Science
12 112 (19.79%) Mathematics
13 108 (19.08%) Statistics
14 97 (17.14%) Visualisation
15 86 (15.19%) Decision-Making
16 69 (12.19%) DevOps
17 68 (12.01%) Software Engineering
18 67 (11.84%) Business Intelligence
19 59 (10.42%) Data Analysis
Programming Languages
1 444 (78.45%) Python
2 236 (41.70%) TypeScript
3 147 (25.97%) SQL
4 37 (6.54%) JavaScript
5 36 (6.36%) R
6 35 (6.18%) Java
7 21 (3.71%) C#
8 10 (1.77%) C++
9 7 (1.24%) C
10 6 (1.06%) VBA
11 5 (0.88%) Julia
12 4 (0.71%) Go
12 4 (0.71%) PL/SQL
12 4 (0.71%) Scala
13 3 (0.53%) MATLAB
13 3 (0.53%) SPARQL
14 2 (0.35%) Bash
14 2 (0.35%) PowerShell
14 2 (0.35%) Shell Script
15 1 (0.18%) Fortran
Qualifications
1 384 (67.84%) Degree
2 250 (44.17%) PhD
3 53 (9.36%) Master's Degree
4 52 (9.19%) Security Cleared
5 51 (9.01%) Computer Science Degree
6 48 (8.48%) DV Cleared
7 31 (5.48%) Numerate Degree
8 13 (2.30%) DBS Check
9 7 (1.24%) Azure Certification
10 6 (1.06%) SC Cleared
11 5 (0.88%) Six Sigma Black Belt
12 4 (0.71%) Microsoft Certification
12 4 (0.71%) PMI Certification
12 4 (0.71%) PMP
12 4 (0.71%) Postgraduate
12 4 (0.71%) SAP Certification
13 3 (0.53%) AWS Certification
14 2 (0.35%) CITP
15 1 (0.18%) BPSS Clearance
15 1 (0.18%) Chartered Engineer
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 46 (8.13%) Data Quality
2 20 (3.53%) QA
3 12 (2.12%) Accessibility
4 9 (1.59%) GDPR
5 5 (0.88%) PCI DSS
6 4 (0.71%) Actionable Recommendations
6 4 (0.71%) Basel II
6 4 (0.71%) Basel III
6 4 (0.71%) Dodd-Frank
6 4 (0.71%) IFRS
6 4 (0.71%) IFRS 9
7 2 (0.35%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 1 (0.18%) California Consumer Privacy Act
8 1 (0.18%) Cyber Essentials
System Software
1 40 (7.07%) Docker
2 10 (1.77%) HDFS
3 2 (0.35%) Active Directory
3 2 (0.35%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 44 (7.77%) Kubernetes
2 10 (1.77%) Terraform
3 2 (0.35%) Packer
4 1 (0.18%) Ansible
4 1 (0.18%) Kibana
4 1 (0.18%) logstash
Vendors
1 48 (8.48%) Databricks
2 32 (5.65%) Microsoft
3 18 (3.18%) Google
3 18 (3.18%) SAP
4 15 (2.65%) PayPal
5 9 (1.59%) Oracle
6 8 (1.41%) Teradata
7 6 (1.06%) Informatica
7 6 (1.06%) Red Hat
8 3 (0.53%) Salesforce
9 1 (0.18%) Alteryx
9 1 (0.18%) Foundry
9 1 (0.18%) MicroStrategy
9 1 (0.18%) OpenAI
9 1 (0.18%) Palantir
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