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Data and ML salaries in the United Kingdom

Median $140k a year across 57 live postings that publish pay; the middle half runs from $123k to $160k. 49% of the 117 live postings in this segment publish a band at all.

$140k
Median base
per year
$123k to $160k
Middle half
25th to 75th percentile
$115k to $173k
Most bands
10th to 90th percentile
57
Postings counted
live, with a band
How the published bands spread57 postings
$100k$186k

The middle half: $123k to $160k. The ends are folded into the outer bars.

Data and ML in the United Kingdom, by level

Bars are the middle half of published bands; the tick is the median.

$140k
Remote postings, median
18 postings
$143k
On-site and hybrid, median
39 postings

By job title

TitleMedianPostings
Senior Data Scientist$173k3
Senior Machine Learning Engineer (Large Systems)$160k3

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Questions this data answers

What is the median salary for data and ML roles in the United Kingdom?

$140k a year in base pay, across 57 live postings that publish a salary band. The middle half of those bands runs from $123k to $160k.

What do the best-paid data and ML roles in the United Kingdom offer?

One in ten published bands has a midpoint above $173k, and one in ten sits below $115k.

How many data and ML job posts publish a salary?

49% of the 117 live postings in this segment state a pay range. The figures here are drawn only from those.

Do remote data and ML roles in the United Kingdom pay less?

Remote postings publish a median of $140k against $143k for on-site and hybrid ones, from 18 and 39 postings respectively.

Which companies pay the most for data and ML roles in the United Kingdom?

Among employers with at least two published bands, the highest medians right now are at ARQ ($185k), Intercom ($166k), carwow ($146k).

Where does this data come from?

Base pay only, as employers publish it in their own job posts: the midpoint of each annual range, in the currency most postings use. Equity, bonus and commission are not in it. Updated daily.

Base pay only, as employers publish it in their own job posts: the midpoint of each annual range, in the currency most postings use. Equity, bonus and commission are not in it. Read off the live postings on Refolk's job board, where an employer is only counted while the posting is open. Updated daily.