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.

Pontoon · Leeds · £500 – £600 pd

Analyses customer journeys, data lineage and end-to-end data flows to turn complex business needs into trusted data solutions, working with stakeholders, product owners, architects and data engineers. Supports a major banking data transformation, tracing critical data from source to consumption and shaping future-state data products as legacy systems migrate to modern platforms.

University of Exeter · Exeter · £21,805 pa

An interdisciplinary PhD developing miniaturised, low-power sensing hardware co-designed with AI for field monitoring of wild animals, including individual recognition and automated behavioural and physiological quantification. Systems are benchmarked under controlled conditions then validated on wild jackdaws and West African field sites, spanning behavioural ecology, electronic engineering and data science.

Adecco · London · £600 – £750 pd

Develops and deploys machine learning models and data pipelines that shape decision-making, customer service and business performance. Works closely with ML and software engineers on integration and coding standards, and engages stakeholders to translate complex business problems into data science solutions. Retail context with scope for personalisation, recommendation and experimentation work.

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.

BDO · London

Builds and productionises AI/ML models for a regulated financial client, covering data wrangling, feature engineering, model development and validation, and containerised deployment. Works with an existing delivery team on classification, outlier detection, ranking and time-series risk analysis, with documentation and reproducible Git-based workflows. RegTech, FinCrime and graph analytics experience is advantageous.

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.

University of Exeter · Exeter · £21,805 pa

Develops and tests an integrated sensing and modelling framework for predicting fine-scale forest microclimate in Amazonia, combining low-cost sensor networks, physics-based models and machine learning with Lidar and satellite data. The role involves sensor calibration, model validation, uncertainty propagation and possible fieldwork in Brazil, with scope to emphasise hardware, modelling or data science.

The University of Manchester · Manchester · £48,337 – £59,390 pa

Develops and applies machine-learning and AI methods to protein engineering and enzyme design, analysing complex biological and chemical datasets and building predictive models and computational tools. Works within an interdisciplinary group spanning the Manchester Institute of Biotechnology and Department of Chemistry, providing ML expertise, training and support to computational and experimental colleagues.

UCL · London · £46,261 – £48,679 pa

Develop and evaluate novel AI algorithms to quantify brain iron load from standard-format MRI data, with a focus on quantitative susceptibility mapping (QSM). Based in UCL's Hawkes Institute, a multidisciplinary grouping at the intersection of engineering and health, the post is funded for four months.

University of Sheffield · Sheffield · £32,080 pa

Builds and evaluates machine learning models that predict Strep A outbreak risk from multiple real-world datasets, turning them into early-warning signals. Works closely with clinicians and an engineering team so the analysis feeds into a practical public health tool. Combines health data, time series and mathematical modelling in a cross-disciplinary research setting.

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.

Hays Technology · Belfast · £460 – £485 pd

Gather and document business and data requirements, analyse data flows, lineage and sourcing, and write SQL to validate data. Produce BRDs, process maps and functional specs while working with business, data and technology stakeholders on Markets and regulatory transformation. Requires Capital Markets or Financial Services background and strong SQL skills.

Real · Berkshire · £500 pd

Support a Microsoft Fabric implementation within a data transformation programme, gathering and documenting business and technical requirements while mapping business processes. Work closely with stakeholders in Agile delivery to help ensure a modern data platform is delivered successfully, with exposure to Fabric being highly desirable.

Opus Recruitment Solutions · London · £260 – £290 pd

Two Data Analysts are sought to support analytical and reporting initiatives in a payments, banking or fintech context. Day to day involves backbook segmentation, customer analytics, propensity and predictive modelling, performance reporting, and building and automating dashboards and MI. The role requires strong SQL and Power BI or Tableau skills, working with large datasets and stakeholders to turn business requirements into analytical solutions.

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.