Data & ML salaries in United Kingdom
Built from 147 employer-stated ranges observed in live postings (as of 2026-10-11). Every number traces to a public source row.
Employers hiring Data & ML roles in United Kingdom state a median of $208,000 annual USD (P25 $150,000, P75 $294,500), measured from 147 employer-published ranges as of 2026-10-11.
Beyond base: 14.3% of evaluated postings here mention equity, 15.1% mention bonus/commission (n=746 evaluated excerpts).
Skills mentioned in this market
Tokens that literally appear in the posting text, with n and share of open roles. Not inferred.
| Skill | n | Share of open roles |
|---|---|---|
| Python | 243 | 32.6% |
| LLM | 173 | 23.2% |
| Roadmapping | 127 | 17.0% |
| SQL | 121 | 16.2% |
| AWS | 93 | 12.5% |
| A/B Testing | 74 | 9.9% |
| GCP | 65 | 8.7% |
| CI/CD | 63 | 8.4% |
| Azure | 62 | 8.3% |
| PyTorch | 59 | 7.9% |
| Git | 52 | 7.0% |
| Kubernetes | 47 | 6.3% |
Where would an offer land?
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- P10
- $91,882
- P20
- $148,729
- P30
- $160,000
- P40
- $181,780
- P50
- $208,000
- P60
- $250,000
- P70
- $274,400
- P80
- $317,289
- P90
- $379,928
Deciles of employer-stated ranges (midpoints, annual USD) for this market. Percentiles interpolate between deciles; sample statistics, not an offer recommendation.
Median over time
What moved here in 30 days
- 2026-10-09 range revised ↑ Staff Machine Learning Engineer · accurx · 135,000–155,000 GBP → 135,000–175,000 GBP
- 2026-10-05 range stated Senior AI Engineer (GTM) · paddle · 150,000+ CAD
- 2026-10-02 range stated Senior Product Manager, Billing Engine & Platforms Monetization · gitlab · 139,200–235,200 USD
Change events derived from consecutive dated observations of this market. Full stream: API →
Who is being hired here
41.8% of open roles here are remote-eligible, and Manager roles are the largest slice at 37.9% of postings.
Stated pay by level
| Seniority | n | P25 | Median | P75 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Director | 5 | $234,662 | $325,153 | $333,311 |
| Principal | 3 | $200,950 | $239,100 | $293,687 |
| Staff | 7 | $191,299 | $203,000 | $204,916 |
| Manager | 22 | $152,034 | $175,170 | $243,500 |
| Senior | 20 | $128,899 | $150,000 | $163,933 |
| Intern | 3 | $104,000 | $150,000 | $150,000 |
| Junior | 4 | $150,000 | $150,000 | $150,000 |
levels shown only at n≥3 · USD comparisons use dated reference FX; original local ranges are retained.
Companies behind these numbers (United Kingdom)
| Company | Sector | Open roles | Stated ranges | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10xteam | — | 27 | 27 | View roles → |
| anthropic | ai | 22 | 18 | View roles → |
| monzo | fintech | 16 | 14 | View roles → |
| wehrtyou | trading | 16 | 13 | View roles → |
| squarepointcapital | trading | 15 | 8 | View roles → |
| apolloresearch | — | 6 | 6 | View roles → |
| aptura | — | 11 | 5 | View roles → |
| gitlab | software | 7 | 4 | View roles → |
| airapps | — | 4 | 4 | View roles → |
| anyone-ai | — | 4 | 4 | View roles → |
| comind | — | 4 | 4 | View roles → |
| jumptrading | trading | 16 | 3 | View roles → |
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