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.

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.

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 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.

Randstad Technologies Recruitment · Chertsey · £150 – £200 pd

Support data analytics initiatives by running reporting workflows, gathering requirements and helping design ETL pipelines. Source and query data from enterprise systems such as SCM and ERP, then transform it into structured reports and insights for senior leadership. Korean and English proficiency is advantageous for this onsite contract role.

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.