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Senior Data Scientist

Sainsbury's • Farringdon, Central London

Salary

£120k – £120k

Posted

10 September 2026

Work mode

Full-time

Sponsor match

high

Skilled WorkerWorker (A rating)

Role overview

Sainsbury's is hiring a Senior Data Scientist in Farringdon, a full-time it role. The advertised salary is £120k – £120k. Sainsbury's holds an active licence on the UK Home Office register of sponsors for the Skilled Worker route, which means it can sponsor a visa for this hire if it chooses to.

Description Senior Data Scientist - Hybrid Working - London/Home Why join us In Customer Data Science (part of the Data Science Hub), we build the systems behind personalised customer decisioning – from customer segmentations to offer optimisation. We impact millions of customers, bringing them value and earning their loyalty. This team already personalises all of the offers you see in the Nectar app, but now we’re growing in ambition and scale. We aim to personalise everything that matters – o…

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Visa sponsorship snapshot

Employer: Sainsbury's — confirmed licensed sponsor
Visa route: Skilled Worker
Advertised salary: £120k – £120k
How this salary compares: about 93% above the £62,268 median across 1,529 it roles with published salaries on FindSponsorJobs
Location: Farringdon, Central London · Full-time
Similar roles nearby: 22 other live it roles in Farringdon — browse them
Posted: 10 September 2026
How we verify sponsors: employers are matched against the UK Home Office register of licensed sponsors — read our methodology.

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