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.

Experis · United Kingdom · £1,000 pd

Lead the design, governance and delivery of enterprise-scale Power BI reporting and analytics for a major public sector transformation programme. Define architecture, standards and roadmap across the Microsoft data platform, including Azure SQL, Data Lake, Synapse and Fabric, while implementing RLS, workspace controls and CI/CD practices. Client-facing role mentoring developers and working with data engineering, security and DevOps teams.

Innova Solutions · London · £50 pa

Applies statistics and time-series analysis to mobile app telemetry, turning raw data into decision-ready insights and dashboards for leadership. Builds multi-page Streamlit dashboards and integrates API/SQL sources including Snowflake and OpenSearch, working end-to-end from data source to analysis to dashboard alongside QE, delivery and product teams.

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.

MRJ Recruitment · Manchester · £450 – £525 pd

Builds machine learning models for agentic search, recommendation engines, personalisation and ranking, taking ideas from experimentation into production. Works hands-on with Python, SQL and Snowflake on large datasets, using SHAP for explainability and collaborating with Data, Product and Engineering teams.

Spencer Rose · Bristol · £450 – £480 pd

Designs, builds and deploys end-to-end AI/ML solutions for a banking client's Coach AI programme, including LLM-powered assistants, copilots and multi-agent agentic systems. The role covers ML pipelines, MLOps deployment, NLP, computer vision and voice AI, plus AI guardrails, responsible-AI governance and mentoring a team as senior lead.

Bowers Partnership · London · £825 pd

Hands-on VP-level data scientist building generative AI, LLM/NLP and statistical modelling products end to end for a boutique investment bank's M&A and advisory bankers. Works in a small team taking prototypes into production, writing production-quality Python and explaining models to senior non-technical stakeholders. M&A experience is essential.

Matchtech · Southampton · £75 ph

Six-month contract supporting PLM reporting and data analytics across Teamcenter and Enovia for a defence client. The role covers requirements gathering, wireframing, data modelling and validation, and building dashboards with Teamcenter Reporting and TCRA, working with the PLM product team, data colleagues and vendors. Primarily remote with occasional site visits.

Michael Page · Birmingham · £85,000 – £95,000 pa

Lead enterprise-wide data and analytics capability for a large social housing organisation on a 12-month fixed term contract. Own the data strategy, governance framework, enterprise data architecture and BI/analytics delivery, while managing a data function and advising executive and senior leadership teams. Requires one day per week onsite at the Birmingham head office.

Michael Page · Birmingham · £85,000 – £95,000 pa

Lead enterprise-wide data and analytics capability on a 12-month fixed term contract, owning the data strategy, governance framework, architecture roadmap and BI services. The role chairs governance forums, oversees cloud data platforms and analytics, and manages a data function while reporting to executive teams. One day per week is required onsite in Birmingham.

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.

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 Surrey · Guildford · £32,722 – £37,369 pa

Supports data collection, storage, analysis and governance for an InnovateUK-funded project using acoustic monitoring to detect early signs of ill health in poultry flocks. Involves reporting to multiple stakeholders and some front- and back-end software development, with significant on-site presence at a hybrid Guildford base.

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.