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A growing Microsoft Partner Consultancy are looking for a passionate AI Consultant join their impressive team. The role is home-based, with some element of travel to client sites when required, and to regular company conferences and events. For this reason, they're able to consider candidates across the UK.This role sits within their specialist AI Practice - focused on providing cutting-edge...
A growing Microsoft Partner Consultancy are looking for a passionate AI Consultant join their impressive team. The role is home-based, with some element of travel to client sites when required, and to regular company conferences and events. For this reason, they're able to consider candidates across the UK.This role sits within their specialist AI Practice - focused on providing cutting-edge...
A growing Microsoft Partner Consultancy are looking for a passionate AI Consultant join their impressive team. The role is home-based, with some element of travel to client sites when required, and to regular company conferences and events. For this reason, they're able to consider candidates across the UK.This role sits within their specialist AI Practice - focused on providing cutting-edge...
A growing Microsoft Partner Consultancy are looking for a passionate AI Consultant join their impressive team. The role is home-based, with some element of travel to client sites when required, and to regular company conferences and events. For this reason, they're able to consider candidates across the UK.This role sits within their specialist AI Practice - focused on providing cutting-edge...
A growing Microsoft Partner Consultancy are looking for a passionate AI Consultant join their impressive team. The role is home-based, with some element of travel to client sites when required, and to company conferences and events. For this reason, they're able to consider candidates across the UK.This role sits within their specialist AI Practice - focused on providing cutting-edge solutions...
A growing Microsoft Partner Consultancy are looking for a passionate AI Consultant join their impressive team. The role is home-based, with some element of travel to client sites when required, and to company conferences and events. For this reason, they're able to consider candidates across the UK.This role sits within their specialist AI Practice - focused on providing cutting-edge solutions...
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The UK’s data science job market is evolving fast—from forecasting models and AI assistants to real-time decision systems. In 2026, data scientists aren’t just expected to build models—they’re responsible for shaping insights that fuel everything from patient care to predictive banking. Welcome to the Data Science Jobs Skills Radar 2026—your essential annual guide to the languages, tools, and platforms driving demand across the UK. Whether you’re entering the job market or reskilling mid-career, this roadmap helps you prioritise the skills that matter most right now.
The data science job market in the UK is thriving—but also increasingly competitive. As organisations in finance, healthcare, retail, government, and tech accelerate digital transformation, the demand for data talent has soared. Yet many of the best data science jobs are never posted publicly. They’re shared behind closed doors—within professional networks, at invite-only events, or through member-only mailing lists and specialist interest groups. These “hidden” roles are often filled through referrals, collaborations, or direct outreach to trusted experts. In this guide, we’ll show you how to unlock these hidden opportunities by engaging with key UK professional bodies such as the Royal Statistical Society (RSS), BCS (The Chartered Institute for IT), and Turing Society, plus communities like PyData and AI UK. You’ll learn how to use directories, CPD events, and networks to move beyond job boards—and into roles where you’re approached, not just applying.
Redundancy can be tough to face, especially in a competitive field like data science. But it’s important to know: your experience, analytical thinking, and modelling skills are still in demand. Across sectors like healthcare, finance, e-commerce, government and AI startups, UK employers continue to seek data scientists who can deliver value through insight, prediction, and automation. This guide will walk you through how to bounce back from redundancy with purpose and clarity—whether you're a data analyst looking to step up, a mid-level data scientist, or a machine learning specialist seeking a better-aligned opportunity.
Why last year’s pay survey is already out of date for UK data scientists “Am I being paid enough?” Every data professional eventually asks that question—often after a teammate reveals a hefty counter‑offer, a recruiter shares a six‑figure opening, or a headline trumpets the latest multimillion‑pound AI investment. Yet salary guides published even twelve months ago belong in a museum. Generative‑AI hype re‑priced Machine‑Learning Engineer roles, LLM fine‑tuning turned Prompt Engineering into a genuine career path, & fresh regulation forced companies to hire Responsible‑AI Officers on senior‑scientist money. To cut through the noise, DataScience‑Jobs.co.uk distilled a transparent, three‑factor formula. Insert your role, your region, & your seniority, and you’ll get a realistic 2025 salary benchmark—no stale averages, no vague ranges. This article walks you through the formula, examines the forces pushing data‑science pay ever higher, and offers five concrete actions to boost your market value within ninety days.
The ability to communicate clearly is now just as important as knowing how to build a predictive model or fine-tune a neural network. In fact, many UK data science job interviews are now designed to test your ability to explain your work to non-technical audiences—not just your technical competence. Whether you’re applying for your first data science role or moving into a lead or consultancy position, this guide will show you how to structure your presentation, simplify technical content, design effective visuals, and confidently answer stakeholder questions.
Bookmark this guide—refreshed every quarter—so you always know who’s really expanding their data‑science teams. 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: Main UK hub Example live or recent vacancy Why it’s worth a look (tech stack, mission, culture) Search any employer on DataScience‑Jobs.co.uk to view current ads, or set up a free alert so fresh openings land straight in your inbox.
