Data Science Jobs

Local Pensions Partnership Administration · Preston · £90,000 – £100,000 pa

Lead AI strategy, governance and delivery across a major UK pension administration organisation, working with the CTO and executive team to identify and scale AI opportunities. Establish responsible AI frameworks, build and manage a specialist AI team, and oversee adoption of tools such as Microsoft Copilot, Civica UPM and UiPath. The role combines strategic leadership, risk assurance and supplier engagement to drive measurable service improvements.

Harnham - Data and Analytics Recruitment · London · £40,000 – £50,000 pa

Analysing large and complex datasets to uncover business insights while supporting data pipeline and engineering work. The role spans machine learning, Generative AI and LLM projects, including data labelling, model training and experimentation, with direct exposure to founders in an early-stage AI startup.

Palantir Technologies · New York, United States · US$10,500 pm

Interns contribute production code directly to Palantir's Gotham defense product, working across the full lifecycle from ideation and prototyping to shipping. Paired with a dedicated mentor, they build mission-critical tools like geospatial mapping and alert-triaging systems using Java, Go, TypeScript, React, and Spark.

Palantir Technologies · Palo Alto, United States · US$10,500 pa

Interns contribute production code directly to Palantir's Gotham defense product, working across the full lifecycle from ideation and prototyping to shipping. Paired with a dedicated mentor, they build mission-critical tools like geospatial mapping and alert-triaging systems in small product teams using Java, Go, TypeScript, React and Spark.

DCV Technologies · Manchester · £550 – £600 pd

Contract role developing and evaluating AI/ML solutions, including classical models and LLM-based applications on Google Cloud Platform. Involves prompt engineering, RAG concepts, experiment design, model evaluation and documentation, plus requirements gathering, code review and troubleshooting alongside project managers and developers.

Flarebright · Bicester · £39,000 – £49,000 pa

Contributes across the full development lifecycle, from concept and algorithm design to system integration, testing and troubleshooting of safety-critical navigation and autonomy software in C++. Works with a multidisciplinary team on real-time embedded systems, hardware/software-in-the-loop testing and flight test activities, producing design documentation and test reports.

Cobb & Jones Recruitment Limited · Maidstone · £65,000 – £75,000 pa

Join a group-wide transformation team, reporting to the CFO, turning large and complex datasets from a data lake into clear reporting and insight. Build Power BI dashboards, standardise finance reporting templates and working papers, and handle ad hoc data requests from the CEO and Board across finance, procurement, operations, commercial and IT.

University of Essex · Ipswich · £40,000 – £45,000 pa

A KTP Associate role embedded at Distag QCS in Ipswich, working with a large, messy ERP dataset never designed for machine learning. The post holder shapes the data, builds reliable models, and leads the introduction of data-driven decision making in a business with no existing in-house data science capability, balancing hands-on development with commercial priorities.

Faculty · Remote (UK)

Deliver bespoke, production-grade machine learning systems for defence clients, spanning the full ML lifecycle from scoping and architecture to deployment. Work with Python, Scikit-learn, TensorFlow or PyTorch, plus cloud platforms and Docker/Kubernetes, acting as a technical advisor to stakeholders. Requires UK Security Clearance eligibility and 2-4 days per week on client sites.

GXO Logistics · Bradford · £30,000 pa

Produces accurate MI reports, dashboards and performance metrics, analysing operational data to spot trends and improvement opportunities. Builds and maintains Power BI dashboards, Power Apps and automated reporting, partnering with operations, finance, inventory and customer service teams to support decision-making and data quality.

GXO Logistics · Burnley · £60,000 pa

Lead the Management Information function at a new Burnley distribution site, delivering accurate reporting, analytics and business insight to senior operational leaders. Develop dashboards and reporting suites using Power BI or Tableau, drive data governance and continuous improvement, and partner with finance, HR and customer stakeholders to support decision-making.

Qualify Nation Recruitment · London · £28,000 – £38,000 pa

A traineeship covering AI fundamentals, generative AI and LLMs, prompt engineering, workflow and business process automation, AI agents, no-code platforms and API integrations. Participants build a portfolio through realistic projects such as chatbots, automated business processes and process analysis, with mentoring and career guidance. No prior AI or automation experience is required.

University of Hertfordshire · Hatfield · £39,560 – £46,970 pa

Postdoctoral role delivering research on innovative AI/ML algorithms for predictive modelling and optimisation of agricultural applications using heterogeneous data, as part of an Innovate UK-funded collaborative project. Involves developing AI/ML software tools, data management and analysis, supporting the Principal Investigator on project milestones, and contributing to publications and reports.

The University of Edinburgh · Edinburgh · £41,064 – £48,822 pa

Contributes to a cardiovascular and renal research programme using routinely-collected NHS data to improve risk prediction in kidney disease. Involves curating and interrogating large linked datasets, designing data-linkage studies, and performing advanced statistical modelling in R. Embedded in a growing team, with mentoring and future leadership responsibilities.

University of Cambridge · Cambridge · £37,694 – £46,049 pa

Develops mathematical and computational methods for privacy-preserving human pangenome references, including differentially private pangenome graphs, privacy-aware graph algorithms, and benchmarking on genomic data. The interdisciplinary role sits in an applied maths department and involves collaboration on statistical, optimization and differential privacy aspects, with freedom to shape the project's direction.

University of Oxford · Oxford · £39,424 – £47,779 pa

Develop novel statistical and machine learning methods for large-scale genomic, phenotypic and health data, working with Professor Pier Palamara in the Palamara Group. Research spans genomic language models, multimodal and federated learning, and multi-trait/multi-ancestry methods applied to biobank-scale datasets for association testing, fine-mapping and polygenic prediction. The role also involves building reproducible research software, publishing, and guiding junior researchers.