Data Science Contracts in Berkshire

Data Science
South East > Berkshire

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Berkshire with a requirement for Data Science skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Data Science over the 6 months to 4 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
4 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 109 96 104
Rank change year-on-year -13 +8 -15
Contract jobs citing Data Science 9 21 23
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Berkshire 0.46% 1.17% 0.96%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.52% 1.29% 1.06%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 15 19
10th Percentile £380 £488 £423
25th Percentile £403 £513 £483
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £453 £550 £600
Median % change year-on-year -17.73% -8.33% +29.73%
75th Percentile £683 £622 £678
90th Percentile £850 £710 £763
South East median daily rate £475 £550 £543
% change year-on-year -13.64% +1.38% +7.43%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Berkshire

Data Science is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in Berkshire with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,733 1,629 2,161
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Berkshire 88.83% 90.80% 90.27%
Number of daily rates quoted 912 1,055 1,371
10th Percentile £213 £350 £275
25th Percentile £375 £425 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £525 £500
Median % change year-on-year -2.38% +5.00% +8.11%
75th Percentile £608 £626 £588
90th Percentile £687 £702 £650
South East median daily rate £500 £505 £500
% change year-on-year -0.99% +1.00% +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 100 48 43
10th Percentile £18.95 £19.20 £13.00
25th Percentile £41.44 £25.72 £17.25
Median hourly rate £60.57 £57.82 £21.05
Median % change year-on-year +4.76% +174.67% -
75th Percentile £71.89 £73.69 £33.75
90th Percentile £87.46 £79.51 £68.10
South East median hourly rate £47.50 £50.00 £21.99
% change year-on-year -5.00% +127.43% -20.05%

Data Science
Job Vacancy Trend in Berkshire

Job postings citing Data Science as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Berkshire.

Job vacancy trend for Data Science in Berkshire

Data Science
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Berkshire

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Data Science in Berkshire.

Daily rate trend for Data Science in Berkshire

Data Science
Daily Rate Histogram in Berkshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Data Science in Berkshire over the 6 months to 4 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Data Science in Berkshire

Data Science
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Berkshire

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Data Science in Berkshire.

Hourly rate trend for Data Science in Berkshire

Data Science
Contract Job Locations in Berkshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Data Science within the Berkshire region over the 6 months to 4 May 2024. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Reading -13 6 £413 -28.26% 5
Windsor - 3 £800 - 5
Data Science
South East

Data Science
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Berkshire by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 1 (11.11%) Jupyter
Cloud Services
1 5 (55.56%) Azure
2 4 (44.44%) Azure Data Factory
3 3 (33.33%) Azure Functions
3 3 (33.33%) Power Platform
3 3 (33.33%) Serverless
4 1 (11.11%) Microsoft Purview
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (33.33%) Amazon RDS
1 3 (33.33%) Azure SQL Database
1 3 (33.33%) Power BI
2 1 (11.11%) Data Lake
Development Applications
1 2 (22.22%) Git
2 1 (11.11%) CMake
General
1 4 (44.44%) Social Skills
1 4 (44.44%) Telecoms
2 2 (22.22%) Analytical Skills
2 2 (22.22%) Legal
2 2 (22.22%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 4 (44.44%) Data Engineer
2 3 (33.33%) Azure Data Engineer
2 3 (33.33%) Azure Engineer
3 2 (22.22%) Senior
4 1 (11.11%) Analyst
4 1 (11.11%) Business Analyst
4 1 (11.11%) C++ Software Engineer
4 1 (11.11%) Compliance Manager
4 1 (11.11%) Data Scientist
4 1 (11.11%) Junior
4 1 (11.11%) Junior Data Scientist
4 1 (11.11%) Senior C++ Software Engineer
4 1 (11.11%) Senior Data Engineer
4 1 (11.11%) Senior Software Engineer
4 1 (11.11%) Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (44.44%) XML
2 1 (11.11%) CNTK
2 1 (11.11%) NumPy
2 1 (11.11%) OpenVINO
2 1 (11.11%) Pandas
2 1 (11.11%) PySpark
2 1 (11.11%) PyTorch
2 1 (11.11%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 4 (44.44%) Product Ownership
2 3 (33.33%) Smart Meter
3 2 (22.22%) Analytical Mindset
4 1 (11.11%) Algorithms
Operating Systems
1 4 (44.44%) Linux
1 4 (44.44%) Windows
2 3 (33.33%) Unix
3 1 (11.11%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (55.56%) Analytics
2 4 (44.44%) Artificial Intelligence
2 4 (44.44%) Data Modelling
2 4 (44.44%) ETL
3 3 (33.33%) Business Intelligence
3 3 (33.33%) Capacity Planning
3 3 (33.33%) Dimensional Modelling
3 3 (33.33%) ETL Development
3 3 (33.33%) Impact Assessments
3 3 (33.33%) Machine Learning
3 3 (33.33%) Performance Improvement
3 3 (33.33%) Performance Tuning
3 3 (33.33%) Scrum
3 3 (33.33%) User Stories
4 2 (22.22%) Computer Science
4 2 (22.22%) Data Engineering
4 2 (22.22%) Data Protection
4 2 (22.22%) Problem-Solving
4 2 (22.22%) Project Management
5 1 (11.11%) Service Delivery
Programming Languages
1 4 (44.44%) SQL
2 3 (33.33%) Python
3 1 (11.11%) C++
Qualifications
1 3 (33.33%) Degree
2 1 (11.11%) Computer Science Degree
2 1 (11.11%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (55.56%) GDPR
Vendors
1 3 (33.33%) Ab Initio
2 1 (11.11%) Databricks