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.

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.

Synthesia · London

Join a 40+ person R&D team building avatar-centric interactive video diffusion models, adapting them to audio, motion and interaction cues and streaming infinitely long video in real time. The role spans lip-sync and motion quality, evaluation frameworks and dataset definition, with a strong emphasis on shipping research into production.

Faculty · Remote (UK)

Lead the design, build and deployment of production-grade machine learning systems for defence clients, covering architecture, scalable infrastructure and MLOps standards. Work cross-functionally with engineers, data scientists and commercial teams, and act as a trusted technical advisor to customers while mentoring junior engineers. Requires eligibility for UK Security Clearance and 2-4 days per week on client sites.

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.

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.

Harnham - Data and Analytics Recruitment · London · £80,000 – £90,000 pa

Owns and develops the organisation's Marketing Mix Modelling framework, delivering insights on marketing effectiveness, media performance and budget allocation. Designs incrementality tests, lift studies and geo experiments, builds LTV models and applies causal inference to guide investment decisions, working closely with Marketing stakeholders.

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.

Harnham - Data and Analytics Recruitment · London · £60,000 – £75,000 pa

Partners with Product, Growth, CRM, Commercial and Trading teams to turn complex questions into actionable insights. Focuses on customer behaviour, retention, churn and lifecycle analytics, building dashboards and decision-support tools. Works with SQL and modern data tools such as Snowflake and dbt in a fast-paced, ambiguous environment.

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.

Databricks · United Kingdom

Owns and grows Databricks' public sector business across the Republic of Ireland and Scotland, inheriting an established book of strategic government accounts. Runs a consumption-led sales motion, building Ireland-wide go-to-market plans, expanding platform usage, and co-selling with AWS, Azure and Google Cloud partners. Requires security clearance eligibility and deep knowledge of Irish Government procurement and buying centres.

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.