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

How pay has moved

Median base salary by the month each role was posted, across current live listings. A monthly snapshot builds a firmer long-run trend over time.

Highest-paying employers

1. #1

   A

   Anthropic

   6 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
   All Anthropic roles →
2. #2

   C

   Cohere

   2 salaried listings in London

   $302,950

   median
   Member of Technical Staff, Integration/RL Team (Research Engineer)C$295k – C$535k (≈ $303k)·RemoteSenior ML Systems Engineer, Frameworks & ToolingC$295k – C$535k (≈ $303k)·Remote
   All Cohere roles →
3. #3

   LS

   Lila Sciences

   4 salaried listings in London

   $286,500

   median
   Scientist II / Senior ML Scientist, Cofolding and Structure-Aware ML$228k – $358k·Cambridge, MA USAScientist II / Senior ML Scientist, Data-Efficient Learning for Drug Discovery$228k – $358k·Cambridge, MA USAStaff / Principal Research Engineer, AI Safety, Technical Mitigations$224k – $336k·Cambridge, MA USAStaff Research Engineer, Scientific Computing and ML/Physics Infrastructure$224k – $294k·Cambridge, MA USA
   All Lila Sciences roles →
4. #4

   GC

   Graham Capital Management, L.P

   3 salaried listings in London

   $275,000

   median
   AI / ML Quantitative Research Manager$250k – $300k·London, England, United KingdomQuantitative Research Manager$250k – $300k·London, England, United KingdomQuantitative Research Analyst$200k – $275k·London, England, United Kingdom
   All Graham Capital Management, L.P roles →
5. #5

   W

   Wayve

   2 salaried listings in London

   $266,000

   median
   Staff Data Scientist$276k – $311k·LondonSenior Data Scientist$210k – $267k·London
   All Wayve roles →

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.