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salary report · updated september 2026

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

As of September 2026, the median data science salary in the UK is $133,350 a year. Most roles pay between $60,325 and $275,000 (the 10th–90th percentile), drawn from 119 live salaried listings across 52 companies. All figures are converted to annual US dollars so different sources compare like-for-like.

Median salary
$133,350
per year · annual USD
Typical range
$60k – $275k
10th–90th percentile
Range seen
$19k – $645k
lowest to highest
Sample
119
salaried listings · 52 companies
Data Scientist payData Analyst payMachine Learning Engineer pay

How pay has moved

$117k$133k$149kJun 2026Jul 2026Aug 2026Sep 2026

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 the UK
    $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
    GC
    Graham Capital Management, L.P
    3 salaried listings in the UK
    $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 →
  3. #3
    W
    Wayve
    2 salaried listings in the UK
    $266,000
    median
    Staff Data Scientist$276k – $311k·LondonSenior Data Scientist$210k – $267k·London
    All Wayve roles →
  4. #4
    HR
    Hudson River Trading
    5 salaried listings in the UK
    $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 KingdomResearch Engineer$200k – $300k·London, United Kingdom
    All Hudson River Trading roles →
  5. #5
    X
    Xantium
    2 salaried listings in the UK
    $210,000
    median
    Quantitative Developer Intern$192k – $228k·London, England, New York, New YorkQuantitative Researcher Intern$192k – $228k·London, England, New York, New York
    All Xantium roles →

Employers ranked by median advertised base among those with at least two salaried listings in the UK; 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 the UK 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.