Principal Data Scientist
Microsoft · Mountain View, CA, US
Hiring signals for Data Scientists
SOC 15-2051 — measured across all currently-active postings classified to this occupation.
50
/ 100
Cooling
Data Scientists Job Market Score
Driven by
- Pay is above the national median ($185k vs $140k national)
- Slow inflow of new postings (only 4% from the last 14 days)
- Few reposted listings (30% appear duplicated)
Data Scientists job market
Aggregated from currently-active postings tracked in Data Scientists.
- 959Active postings
- 28Posted this week
- 349Open 30+ days36% of active
- 152Remote / hybrid16% of active
- 17%List salary162 of 959
- 0%Hourly0 of disclosed
- $185kMedian annual (max)
- —Median hourly (max)
- 18dMedian agep90 62d (long tail)
Wages by category
Wages by employment type
Wages by sector
Top categories
- Data Science912
- ML / AI Engineering11
- VP8
- Director7
- Engineering1
- Data Analyst1
In-demand skills
- Python258
- SQL187
- Apache Spark90
- AWS80
- PyTorch76
- TensorFlow74
- scikit-learn57
- Azure52
Top sectors
- Technology589
- Financial Services253
- Manufacturing131
- Media & Entertainment91
- Retail89
- Transportation & Logistics77
Employment mix
- Unspecified870 · 91%
- Full-time32 · 3%
- Part-time22 · 2%
- Contract22 · 2%
- Intern13 · 1%
Top hiring companies
- Category
- Data Science
- Salary
- $140k–$275k
- Source
- apply.careers.microsoft.com
- Original link
- https://apply.careers.microsoft.com/careers/job/1970393556833962
- Posted
- 2 weeks ago (2026-04-25)
- Status
- active
Activities: Hiring, Research
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- Applied · 0
- No response · 0
- Interviewed · 0
- Rejected · 0
- Hired · 0
- Posting still active · 0
- Posting removed · 0
- Reposted · 0
- Suspicious · 0
- Description vague · 0
- Salary unclear · 0
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