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Data Scientist Lead Salaries

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Last updated on April 12, 2025

Average salary is ₹38.8lakhs.

Employees as Data Scientist Lead earn an average of ₹38.8lakhs, mostly ranging from ₹28.3lakhs to ₹95.5lakhs based on 200 profiles.

👨‍💻 Male	₹35lakhs Male Average Salary : ₹ 35 lakhs
👩‍💻 Female	₹34lakhs Female Average Salary : ₹ 34 lakhs

For every ₹100 paid to men, women are paid ₹97

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Company	Title	Experience	Annual Salary	School	Skills
BNY Mellon Pune	Lead Data Scientist	6.8yrs	Base: ₹34.0lakhs Stocks: - Bonus: - CTC:₹34.0lakhs	UCL ABV-Indian Institute of Information Technology and Management	Problem Solving Operations Research Forecasting Demand Forecasting Python Communication (Show More) Question Answering Written Communication Technical Leadership Software Engineering Practices Distributed Systems Large Language Models (Llm) Statistics Analytics Databases Mathematics Feature Engineering Debugging Datasets Prediction Apache Spark Continuous Integration And Continuous Delivery (Ci/cd) Airflow Logistic Regression Data Mining Predictive Modeling Hadoop Microsoft Azure Amazon Web Services (Aws) Pyspark Tensorflow Data Science Computer Vision Keras Transformers Programming Machine Learning Algorithms Data Engineering Pytorch Pattern Recognition Computer Science Artificial Intelligence (Ai) Machine Learning Sql Algorithms Data Structures Oop Information Security Data Analysis Big Data C++ Mongodb Operating Systems Mysql Computer Architecture Apache Pig C Deep Learning Natural Language Processing (Nlp)
Aviso AI India	Lead Data Scientist	8.2yrs		Indian Institute of Technology Hyderabad Mar Athanasius College of Engineering	Sales Intelligence Llama 2 Chatgpt Yolo Rag Prompt Engineering (Show More) Fastapi Linux Large Language Models (Llm) Transformers Github Bert Optical Character Recognition (Ocr) Gitlab Wsl H2o.ai Teradata Javascript Docker
Dentsu Bengaluru	Lead Data Scientist Male	6.9yrs	Base: ₹26.6lakhs Stocks: - Bonus: - CTC:₹26.6lakhs	Birla Institute of Technology Narayana Junior College	Generative Ai Large Language Models (Llm) Unstructured Data Transfer Learning Convolutional Neural Networks (Cnn) Analytical Skills (Show More) Decision Trees Support Vector Machine (Svm) Tensorflow Pytorch Oral Communication Computer Science Statistics Predictive Modeling Data Wrangling Communication Data Analysis Python Sql Data Science Machine Learning Deep Learning Natural Language Processing (Nlp) Big Data Hadoop Pyspark C# Data Structures Algorithms Computer Networking Mapreduce Apache Sqoop Scala .Net Framework C C++ Microsoft Sql Server Ado.net Asp.net Angularjs Entity Framework Microsoft Azure Powershell Snowflake Cloud Apache Kafka Apache Spark Database Management System (Dbms) Hive Pig Data Engineering
Wells Fargo Bengaluru	Lead Data Scientist	11.8yrs		Great Learning Biju Patnaik University of Technology	Artificial Intelligence (Ai) Microsoft Azure Google Cloud Platform (Gcp) Kubernetes Docker Machine Learning (Show More) Natural Language Processing (Nlp) Sql Supply Chain Management Bfsi Telecommunications Amazon Web Services (Aws) Tensorflow Statistical Modeling Python Data Analysis Microsoft Sql Server Microsoft Office Tableau Team Management Scikit-learn Pandas
Bajaj Finserv Pune	Senior Lead Data scientist	1.7yrs	Base: ₹36.2lakhs Stocks: - Bonus: - CTC:₹36.2lakhs	Madras School of Economics
Freshworks Bengaluru	Data Scientist (Lead Data Scientist) Male	11yrs	Base: ₹58.0lakhs Stocks: ₹11.1lakhs (Today) (16.2%) ₹9.3L Bonus: ₹2.9lakhs CTC:₹72.0lakhs (Today) (2.5%) ₹70.2L
John Deere Pune	Lead Data Scientist (7)	5.1yrs	Base: ₹28.3lakhs Stocks: - Bonus: - CTC:₹28.3lakhs	Shaheed Bhagat Singh State Technical Campus	Statistics Git Microsoft Azure Pyspark Data Science Python (Show More) R Analytical Skills Artificial Intelligence (Ai) Data Analysis Data Visualization Machine Learning Statistical Data Analysis Statistical Modeling Amazon Web Services (Aws) Azure Databricks Azure Data Lake Sql Communication Leadership Team Management Search Engine Optimization (Seo) Microsoft Excel Problem Solving Predictive Modeling Teamwork
EPAM Systems Hyderabad	Lead Data Scientist - Level Lead Data Analyst	10.4yrs	Base: ₹39.1lakhs Stocks: - Bonus: - CTC:₹39.1lakhs	Birla Institute of Technology and Science Proschool IMS Bangalore	Fastapi Semantic Kernel Large Language Models (Llm) Rag Data Visualization Predictive Modeling (Show More) Statistical Modeling Database Administration R Microsoft Office Windows Teamwork Shell Scripting Statistics Data Mining Machine Learning Linux Oracle Database Microsoft Sql Server Tableau Python Oracle Core Dba Oracle Database Administrator 12c Linear And Multiple Linear Regression Logistic Regression Time Series Analysis Probability Sampling And Hypothesis Testing Exploratory Data Analysis And Data Cleaning Decision Trees Data Cleaning Time Series Analysis Market Basket Analysis Hadoop Hdfs Hive Text Analytics Data Analysis Sql Statistical Data Analysis Natural Language Processing (Nlp) Text Mining Microsoft Excel Recommender Systems R Shiny Deep Learning Databricks Sap Hana Tensorflow Generative Ai Chatgpt Marketing Mix Modeling
Toplyne Bengaluru	Lead Data Scientist	6.5yrs		Birla Institute of Technology and Science	Public Speaking Html Machine Learning Predictive Analytics Python Pyspark (Show More) Sql Scala Machine Learning Algorithms Deep Learning
Foundit Bengaluru	Lead Data Scientist	8yrs		Thapar Institute of Engineering & Technology Khalsa Academy	Strategic Thinking Amazon Web Services (Aws) Google Cloud Platform (Gcp) Supply Chain Management Statistical Modeling Data Analytics (Show More) Attention To Detail Problem Solving Feast Merlin Apache Airflow Mongodb Elasticsearch Fastapi Large Language Models (Llm) Business Analytics Data Visualization Sas Pytorch Recommender Systems Search Product Management Tensorflow Cluster Analysis Time Series Analysis Anomaly Detection Predictive Modeling Natural Language Processing (Nlp) Machine Learning Python Sql Supply Chain Optimization Data Analysis Statistics Process Simulation Data Science Tableau R Sas Eg Visual Basic For Applications (Vba) Apache Superset Metabase Google Bigquery Postgresql Leadership Public Speaking Teamwork Amazon Redshift Microsoft Office Deep Learning

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Frequently asked questions

How much do Data Scientist Lead employees make?

Employees as Data Scientist Lead earn an average of ₹38.8lakhs, mostly ranging from ₹28.3lakhs per year to ₹95.5lakhs per year based on 200 profiles. The top 10% of employees earn more than ₹63.0lakhs per year.

What is the average salary of Data Scientist Lead?

Average salary of an employee as Data Scientist Lead is ₹38.8lakhs.

What is the highest salary offered as Data Scientist Lead?

Highest reported salary offered as Data Scientist Lead is ₹118.1lakhs. The top 10% of employees earn more than ₹63.0lakhs per year. The top 1% earn more than a whopping ₹95.5lakhs per year.

What are the most common skills required as Data Scientist Lead?

39% of employees have skills in machine learning . 33% also know python . 27% also know deep learning .

What are the highest paying jobs as Data Scientist Lead?

The top 5 highest paying jobs as Data Scientist Lead with reported salaries are:

data scientist - ₹45.0lakhs per year
lead data scientist - ₹37.0lakhs per year
senior lead data scientist - ₹27.0lakhs per year
lead data scientist serving notice period - ₹24.0lakhs per year
technical lead - ₹16.0lakhs per year

Which are the top locations?

What is the median salary offered as Data Scientist Lead?

The median salary approximately calculated from salary profiles measured so far is ₹35.0lakhs per year.

How is the age distributed among employees as Data Scientist Lead?

22% of employees lie between 31-36 yrs . 15% of the employees fall in the age group of 26-31 yrs .

What qualifications do employees have as Data Scientist Lead?

9% hold a PostGraduate degree. 3% hold a Graduate degree.

Which schools do employees working as Data Scientist Lead went to?

3% of employees studied at Birla Institute of Technology and Science . 3% studied at Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) .

Frequently asked questions

How much do Data Scientist Lead employees make?

What is the average salary of Data Scientist Lead?

Average salary of an employee as Data Scientist Lead is ₹38.8lakhs.

What is the highest salary offered as Data Scientist Lead?

What are the most common skills required as Data Scientist Lead?

39% of employees have skills in machine learning . 33% also know python . 27% also know deep learning .

What are the highest paying jobs as Data Scientist Lead?

The top 5 highest paying jobs as Data Scientist Lead with reported salaries are:

data scientist - ₹45.0lakhs per year
lead data scientist - ₹37.0lakhs per year
senior lead data scientist - ₹27.0lakhs per year
lead data scientist serving notice period - ₹24.0lakhs per year
technical lead - ₹16.0lakhs per year

Which are the top locations?

What is the median salary offered as Data Scientist Lead?

The median salary approximately calculated from salary profiles measured so far is ₹35.0lakhs per year.

How is the age distributed among employees as Data Scientist Lead?

22% of employees lie between 31-36 yrs . 15% of the employees fall in the age group of 26-31 yrs .

What qualifications do employees have as Data Scientist Lead?

9% hold a PostGraduate degree. 3% hold a Graduate degree.

Which schools do employees working as Data Scientist Lead went to?

3% of employees studied at Birla Institute of Technology and Science . 3% studied at Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) .

Salary Brackets

Percentage
10-20 lakhs	10-20 lakhs Percentage : 13
20-30 lakhs	20-30 lakhs Percentage : 25
30-40 lakhs	30-40 lakhs Percentage : 26
40-50 lakhs	40-50 lakhs Percentage : 12
> 50 lakhs	> 50 lakhs Percentage : 26

Age Brackets

Percentage
21-26 yrs	21-26 yrs Percentage : 3
26-31 yrs	26-31 yrs Percentage : 15
31-36 yrs	31-36 yrs Percentage : 22
36-41 yrs	36-41 yrs Percentage : 7
> 41 yrs	> 41 yrs Percentage : 2

Skills

Trending

machine learning

39 %

python

33 %

deep learning

27 %

data science

1 %

sql

0 %

data analysis

0 %

Schools

Top

Birla Institute of Technology and Science

3 %

Indian Institute of Technology (IIT)

3 %

Indian Institute of Technology

2 %

National Institute of Technology (NIT)

2 %

Anna University

2 %

Calcutta University

2 %

Indian Institute of Management (IIM)

2 %

Data Scientist Lead Salaries

Average salary is ₹38.8lakhs.

How much do Data Scientist Lead employees make?

What is the average salary of Data Scientist Lead?

What is the highest salary offered as Data Scientist Lead?

What are the most common skills required as Data Scientist Lead?

What are the highest paying jobs as Data Scientist Lead?

Which are the top locations?

What is the median salary offered as Data Scientist Lead?

How is the age distributed among employees as Data Scientist Lead?

What qualifications do employees have as Data Scientist Lead?

Which schools do employees working as Data Scientist Lead went to?

How much do Data Scientist Lead employees make?

What is the average salary of Data Scientist Lead?

What is the highest salary offered as Data Scientist Lead?

What are the most common skills required as Data Scientist Lead?

What are the highest paying jobs as Data Scientist Lead?

Which are the top locations?

What is the median salary offered as Data Scientist Lead?

How is the age distributed among employees as Data Scientist Lead?

What qualifications do employees have as Data Scientist Lead?

Which schools do employees working as Data Scientist Lead went to?

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