Graduate Data Scientist

JR United Kingdom; Oxford; Hybrid; GBP 30,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a leading company as a Graduate Data Scientist based in Oxford District. This role offers an exciting opportunity to employ your advanced analytical skills, contributing to data-driven decision-making across various departments. The position requires a Master’s in Physics or Mathematics, with an emphasis on collaboration and insight delivery to enhance business performance.

Benefits

Opportunities for career development

Engaging company culture

Recognition (Investors in People Platinum)

Qualifications

• Master’s degree required in a quantitative field, ideally Physics or Maths.
• Practical experience with statistics and data analysis.
• Ability to clearly communicate findings and collaborate effectively.

Responsibilities

• Deliver insights to drive business decisions and design algorithms.
• Perform statistical analysis to optimize revenue strategies.
• Collaborate to develop best practices in analytics.

Skills

Data Interpretation

Statistical Analysis

Communication Skills

Education

Master’s degree in Physics or Mathematics

Tools

SQL

R

Python

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Oxford District, United Kingdom

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Posted:

06.06.2025

Expiry Date:

21.07.2025

Job Description:

Data Science Analysts (Graduates 2024 or 2025) MSc in Physics or Maths preferred.

Hybrid working – 3 days in Borehamwood. Must have a driving licence as offices are not accessible by public transport.

Job Reference J12966

This client is unable to consider any visas including Post Graduate Work Visas.

Safestore is the UK’s largest self-storage group, part of the FTSE 250. We believe that engaged colleagues, who feel valued, are the foundation of our customer-focused culture. We know our people as individuals and show respect for each other, enabling everyone to bring their full, unique selves to work. In 2021, we were awarded the 'Investors in People’ Platinum accreditation, placing us in the top 2% of UK organizations, and have maintained this accreditation since.

“Unrivalled opportunity for career development and to positively influence the business.”

Key Accountabilities

• Partner with support departments to discover and deliver projects using data and statistics to identify trends and optimize decision-making.
• Perform statistical analysis on our customer base to formulate pricing or commercial strategies to optimize revenue.
• Deliver insights to drive business decisions and design algorithms to improve pricing or operational strategies.
• Develop an understanding of relevant internal and external data sources.
• Collaborate with other departments to develop and promote best practices in analytics and experimentation.
• Design and build internal self-service analytics and experimentation tools.

Experience & Skills Required

• A Master’s degree in a quantitative subject, ideally Physics or Mathematics.
• Ability to interpret business questions, query data (SQL), and use statistics to find answers.
• Understanding of statistics (probability distributions, sampling, hypothesis testing, regression) with practical experience.
• Experience with statistical software and programming (R, SQL, Python, or similar).
• Excellent communication skills to understand business needs, deliver findings, and collaborate effectively.

Preferred Requirements

• Experience identifying opportunities for product or business improvements and measuring success.
• Experience applying modeling techniques such as time series forecasting, segmentation/clustering, anomaly detection.

If interested, please apply through our Recruitment Partner, Datatech Analytics.