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salary report · updated november 2026

How Much Do Data Science Jobs Pay in London? (November 2026)

As of November 2026, the median data science salary in London is $168,275 a year. Most roles pay between $88,900 and $285,375 (the 10th–90th percentile), drawn from 116 live salaried listings across 46 companies. All figures are converted to annual US dollars so different sources compare like-for-like.

Median salary
$168,275
per year · annual USD
Typical range
$89k – $285k
10th–90th percentile
Range seen
$16k – $645k
lowest to highest
Sample
116
salaried listings · 46 companies
Data Scientist payData Analyst payResearch Scientist payAI Engineer payMachine Learning Engineer payData Engineer pay

How pay has moved

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Median base salary by month, from our monthly salary snapshots.

Highest-paying employers

  1. #1
    A
    Anthropic
    8 salaried listings in London
    $565,150
    median
    Research Engineer, RL Scaling Science£375k – £640k (≈ $645k)·London, UKResearch Engineer, Machine Learning (RL Velocity)£370k – £630k (≈ $635k)·London, UKResearch Engineer, Machine Learning (Reinforcement Learning)£260k – £630k (≈ $565k)·London, UKResearch Engineer, Pretraining£260k – £630k (≈ $565k)·London, UKResearch Engineer, Pretraining Scaling - London£260k – £630k (≈ $565k)·London, UK
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  2. #2
    H
    Harvey
    2 salaried listings in London
    $285,000
    median
    Research Engineer / Scientist, Reinforcement Learning$230k – $340k·LondonResearch Engineer, Infrastructure$230k – $340k·London
    All Harvey roles →
  3. #3
    LS
    Lila Sciences
    2 salaried listings in London
    $259,500
    median
    Staff / Principal Research Engineer, AI Safety Mitigations$224k – $336k·Cambridge, MA USAResearch Scientist / Research Engineer, Automated Safety$180k – $298k·Cambridge, MA USA
    All Lila Sciences roles →
  4. #4
    GC
    Graham Capital Management, L.P
    2 salaried listings in London
    $256,250
    median
    Quantitative Research Manager$250k – $300k·London, England, United KingdomQuantitative Research Analyst$200k – $275k·London, England, United Kingdom
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  5. #5
    HR
    Hudson River Trading
    6 salaried listings in London
    $250,000
    median
    AI Research Engineer, Inference$250k – $300k·London, United KingdomAI Research Engineer, Pre-Training$250k – $300k·London, United KingdomAI Researcher$200k – $300k·London, United KingdomAI Researcher, LLMs$200k – $300k·London, United KingdomApplied AI Engineer$200k – $300k·London, United Kingdom
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Employers ranked by median advertised base among those with at least two salaried listings in London; each one’s best-paying open roles are listed beneath it.

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Data science pay elsewhere

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Methodology: data science listings in London with a published salary, updated daily. Figures come from roles that are open right now. Ranges and single figures are converted to an annual US-dollar midpoint; hourly rates are annualised and out-of-band values dropped. Salary data is self-reported by employers and covers the roles that disclose pay — treat it as a directional guide, not a guarantee.