Data Science Jobs UK 2025: 50 Companies Hiring Now
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Budgets for predictive analytics, GenAI pilots & real‑time decision engines keep climbing in 2025. The UK’s National AI Strategy, tax relief for R&D & a sharp rise in cloud adoption mean employers need applied scientists, ML engineers, experiment designers, causal‑inference specialists & analytics leaders—right now.
Below you’ll find 50 organisations that have advertised UK‑based data‑science vacancies or announced head‑count growth during the past eight weeks. They’re grouped into five quick‑scan categories so you can jump straight to the kind of employer—& culture—that suits you. For every company you’ll see:
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Why it’s worth a look (tech stack, mission, culture)
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1. Big Tech & Cloud AI Powerhouses (1–10)
Google DeepMind – London, Kings Cross
Vacancy: Research Scientist – Generative RL
Why: Working on Gemini‑3 & frontier‑safety research with enormous TPU clusters.
Amazon (Alexa, AWS AI) – London, Cambridge, Manchester
Vacancy: Applied Scientist – Bedrock Foundation Models
Why: £40 bn UK investment fuels 2 000+ GenAI & personalisation roles.
Microsoft (Copilot & Azure AI) – Cambridge, London
Vacancy: Senior Data Scientist – Multimodal LLMs
Why: Shipping AI Copilot across Office, Windows & Dynamics—huge scale & impact.
Meta Reality Labs – London
Vacancy: Data Scientist – Social Graph Integrity
Why: Combats misinformation & spam for billions of users; cutting‑edge PyTorch infra.
Apple ML Research – St Albans & Battersea
Vacancy: On‑Device Data Scientist – Private Federated Learning
Why: Privacy‑preserving edge models for Vision Pro & iOS19.
NVIDIA Cambridge‑1 – Cambridge
Vacancy: Data & Performance Scientist – GPU Telemetry
Why: Optimising L40/L4 workloads for European healthcare & climate customers.
IBM watsonx – London Southbank
Vacancy: Responsible‑AI Data Scientist – Bias Evaluation
Why: Designs trust toolkits for banks & the NHS—real ethical impact.
Oracle Cloud AI – Reading
Vacancy: Applied Scientist – Vector Search & RAG
Why: Second UK OCI region & aggressive GenAI roadmap = greenfield projects.
Palantir – London
Vacancy: Foundry Data Scientist – National Security Use‑Cases
Why: Fast deployment cycles, direct customer ownership, SC clearance optional.
Salesforce – London
Vacancy: Generative‑AI Data Scientist – Einstein 1 Studio
Why: Chance to shape GenAI features used by 150 k businesses.
2. High‑Growth Scale‑ups & SaaS Unicorns (11–20)
Graphcore – Bristol
Vacancy: ML Benchmark Scientist – IPU Optimisation
Why: Working at the silicon‑software interface—unique hardware.
Revolut – London & remote
Vacancy: Senior Data Scientist – Real‑Time Risk Models
Why: 40 million global users; deeply data‑driven culture & rapid promotion.
Monzo – London
Vacancy: Machine‑Learning Scientist – Personalised Banking
Why: Ship experiments to production weekly; Python & feature store heavy.
Wise – London
Vacancy: Applied Data Scientist – Dynamic Pricing
Why: Money‑movement at huge scale; strong “no‑blame” experimentation ethos.
Wayve – London
Vacancy: Perception & Prediction Scientist – AV2.0
Why: End‑to‑end driving system; petabyte‑scale video & LiDAR datasets.
Synthesia – London
Vacancy: Generative‑Video Scientist – Diffusion & Audio Alignment
Why: Fastest‑growing UK GenAI scale‑up, marquee global clients.
Tractable – London
Vacancy: Computer‑Vision Data Scientist – InsurTech
Why: Millions of images per day; direct loss‑ratio impact.
Deliveroo – London
Vacancy: Experimentation Scientist – A/B Platform
Why: Billions of rows daily; autonomy to launch tests that hit revenue today.
Skyscanner – Edinburgh
Vacancy: Pricing Optimisation Scientist – Airfare Forecasting
Why: Post‑pandemic travel boom & fully modernised data stack.
Ocado Technology – Hatfield & London
Vacancy: Robot Decision Scientist – Warehouse Routing
Why: 600 bots per CFC; reinforcement‑learning at physical scale.
3. Finance, Consulting & Professional Services (21–30)
Barclays – Radbroke (Knutsford)
Vacancy: Quantitative Data Scientist – Fraud LLMs
Why: 24 × 7 global operations; access to terabytes of transaction data.
HSBC – Birmingham AI Hub
Vacancy: Data Science Lead – Sustainable Finance Scoring
Why: Net‑zero loan book targets create unique modelling challenges.
Lloyds Banking Group – Leeds & London
Vacancy: Feature‑Store Scientist – GenAI Personal Finance Coach
Why: Product ships to 20 million customers this year.
NatWest Group – Edinburgh
Vacancy: Responsible‑AI Scientist – Bias & Explainability
Why: Early adopter of UK AI Safety Summit commitments.
Point72 – London
Vacancy: Hedge‑Fund Data Scientist – Alternative Data Signals
Why: Top‑tier comp, cloud‑native quant stack, cutting‑edge NLP.
Deloitte AI & Data – London, Belfast, Edinburgh
Vacancy: Senior Consultant – Generative‑AI Prototyping
Why: £150 m UK GenAI studio just launched; cross‑industry variety.
PwC Data Analytics – London & Manchester
Vacancy: Data Scientist – Supply‑Chain Digital Twin
Why: Immediate client exposure & funded certifications.
Accenture Applied Intelligence – Newcastle & Glasgow
Vacancy: NLP Scientist – Voice‑of‑Customer Solutions
Why: Hybrid hub model & rapid promotion path.
KPMG Ignite AI – London
Vacancy: Senior Data Scientist – Tax LLMs
Why: Differentiated IP & partnership with Microsoft Azure AI.
McKinsey QuantumBlack – London
Vacancy: Data Scientist – Causal Inference & Uplift Modelling
Why: Project‑based work with FTSE‑100 leadership teams.
4. Health, Bio & Life‑Science Innovators (31–40)
AstraZeneca – Cambridge & Macclesfield
Vacancy: Real‑World Evidence Scientist – Multimodal ML
Why: £1 bn R&D campus, access to global clinical & imaging datasets.
GSK – Stevenage & London
Vacancy: GenAI Scientist – Antibody Design
Why: Bespoke LLMs for biologics—high‑impact drug programmes.
BenevolentAI – London & Cambridge
Vacancy: Knowledge‑Graph Scientist – Drug Discovery
Why: Graph & transformer fusion on disease targets; mission‑driven culture.
Exscientia – Oxford
Vacancy: Data Scientist – Active‑Learning Platform
Why: Three AI‑designed drugs in the clinic, series of fresh uplifts.
Babylon Health – remote UK
Vacancy: Health Data Scientist – Symptom Triage LLM
Why: Millions of consultation transcripts; remote‑first setup.
Genomics England – London & Cambridge
Vacancy: Population Genomics Scientist – Spark & Hail
Why: Newborn Genomes Programme & cancer multi‑omic atlas.
Oxford Nanopore – Oxford
Vacancy: Signal Processing Scientist – Nanopore Sequencing
Why: Portable sequencers generating terabytes of raw current data daily.
NHS England – Data & Analytics – Leeds
Vacancy: Senior Data Scientist – Waiting‑List Optimisation
Why: Direct patient impact & public‑service mission.
Evelyn Health AI – Birmingham
Vacancy: Time‑Series Data Scientist – Wearable Sensors
Why: Start‑up with trials across four NHS trusts, hybrid work pattern.
Lifebit – London (remote‑first)
Vacancy: Cloud Genomics Scientist – Trusted Research Environments
Why: National BioBank contracts & modern serverless stack.
5. Public Sector, Research & Social‑Impact Labs (41–50)
National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) – London & Cheltenham
Vacancy: Threat‑Intel Data Scientist – Graph Anomaly Detection
Why: Protects UK critical infrastructure; real‑world stakes.
Government Digital Service (GDS) – London & Bristol
Vacancy: Senior Data Scientist – GOV.UK Personalisation
Why: Flagship One Login analytics; flexible hybrid working.
Office for National Statistics (ONS) – Newport & London
Vacancy: Census Data Scientist – NLP & Synthetic Data
Why: Huge open datasets, influential publications.
Met Office Informatics Lab – Exeter
Vacancy: Climate Data Scientist – Down‑Scaling ML
Why: £1.2 bn supercomputer & urgent mission on extreme‑weather forecasting.
Alan Turing Institute – London
Vacancy: Research Fellow – Fairness & Robustness
Why: Publish at NeurIPS & ICML; shape national AI policy.
Digital Catapult – London & Belfast
Vacancy: Industrial Data Scientist – Predictive Maintenance
Why: Hands‑on with 5G, edge & robotics pilot lines.
NHS Blood & Transplant – Bristol & London
Vacancy: Demand‑Forecasting Scientist – Lifesaving Supply Chain
Why: Direct impact on patient outcomes; unique time‑series challenges.
Transport for London (TfL) – London
Vacancy: Urban Mobility Data Scientist – Graph Optimisation
Why: 25 million journeys per day; open‑source friendly.
BBC R&D – Salford & London
Vacancy: Content Personalisation Scientist – Recommender Systems
Why: Public‑interest media & large streaming datasets.
University of Oxford – Big‑Data Institute – Oxford
Vacancy: Postdoc Data Scientist – Multimodal Health AI
Why: Access to Biobank & hospital imaging; publish & teach.
Hiring trends we’re seeing for 2025
Generative AI everywhere. More than half of advertised roles mention LLM fine‑tuning, retrieval‑augmented generation or diffusion models.
Product‑minded data scientists in demand. Employers expect scientists to own metrics, run A/B tests & speak directly with PMs.
Python still king, but PySpark & SQL remain must‑haves. Ads requesting R have dropped below 10 %; Julia creeps up in research labs.
Data‑science‑with‑MLOps beats pure research. Familiarity with feature stores, model registries & CI/CD for ML commands a 20 % salary premium.
Hybrid is the default. Three office days per week is standard, though many scale‑ups (Lifebit, Synthesia) remain remote‑first.
How to maximise your applications
Tailor your CV – front‑load impact metrics, note model‑to‑production wins & quantify cost savings or revenue uplift.
Use our filters – search “GenAI + remote”, “A/B experimentation + London” or “health data + public sector” on DataScience‑Jobs.co.uk.
Set a job alert – we’ll email you as soon as the Hotlist is refreshed (next edition: October 2025).
Network smartly – attend events like Data Science Festival, PyData London, Women in Data UK & London AI; many employers above sponsor & interview on‑site.
Upskill continuously – master vector databases, causal inference, RLHF & evaluation frameworks (Elo, win‑rate, QA pairs) to stay in demand.
About this Hotlist
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Every employer was confirmed via open UK job adverts, corporate career pages or formal hiring announcements within the eight weeks before publication.
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