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.

Morson Edge · West Yorkshire · £170,000 – £180,000 pa

Lead the data and AI strategy across the organisation, taking ideas from experimentation through to production at scale. Hands-on role spanning generative AI, LLMs, RAG, agentic AI and MLOps, while owning the data platform strategy and building a high-performing team. Works closely with the executive team, Product, Engineering, Architecture and Security.

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.

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.

Harnham - Data and Analytics Recruitment · London · £100,000 – £150,000 pa

Lead a data research function, defining strategy for sourcing and evaluating new datasets and assessing their quality, reliability and commercial value. Oversee statistical analysis, modelling and time series research, run end-to-end projects, and mentor a small team while driving adoption of AI and advanced analytics.

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 Specialist Recruitment - Education · Lancashire · £25 – £35 ph

Lead data strategy across a network of schools, managing SIMS and associated systems, producing performance dashboards and analysis on attainment, attendance and behaviour, and overseeing census returns and GDPR compliance. The role involves training staff, supporting Ofsted preparation and travelling between schools in the North West.

Proactive Appointments · Birmingham · £55,000 – £62,500 pa

Joins a small Data & Insight team owning the full data journey, from extracting source data through modelling and integration to delivering insight for senior leaders, operational teams and customers. Works with a Microsoft-focused stack including Fabric, Power BI, Power Apps, Power Automate, APIs, Python and SQL, with scope to shape standards and solutions as the function is rebuilt.

IT Talent Solutions · Milton Keynes · £50,000 – £65,000 pa

Hands-on senior role bridging business teams and technical developers, supporting BI tools, shaping reporting solutions and promoting self-service analytics. Involves gathering requirements, designing dashboards, leading BI governance, coordinating testing and maintaining a central data platform. Requires advanced Excel, SQL, data warehousing/ETL and cloud platform experience.

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.

Palantir Technologies · Washington, United States · US$10,500 pm

Internship on Palantir's defense product vertical, contributing production code to the Gotham platform used by military command centers. Work spans the full product lifecycle, from ideation and prototyping to shipping, on features like geospatial mapping, alert triage and ML-driven planning tools, with a dedicated mentor and small product teams.