Data Science Contracts in Cardiff

Data Science
South Wales > Cardiff

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Cardiff 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 2 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
2 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 33 42 41
Rank change year-on-year +9 -1 -12
Contract jobs citing Data Science 3 2 12
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Cardiff 1.42% 0.59% 2.29%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.88% 0.67% 2.81%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 1 7
10th Percentile £385 - £253
25th Percentile £393 - £349
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £412 £575 £463
Median % change year-on-year -28.35% +24.32% +15.63%
75th Percentile £497 - £663
90th Percentile £544 - £778
South Wales median daily rate £412 £575 £543
% change year-on-year -28.35% +5.99% +27.65%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Cardiff

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 Cardiff with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 160 300 427
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Cardiff 75.83% 88.24% 81.49%
Number of daily rates quoted 131 235 326
10th Percentile £188 £201 £260
25th Percentile £381 £363 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £460 £463
Median % change year-on-year +8.70% -0.54% +15.63%
75th Percentile £558 £575 £538
90th Percentile £645 £629 £638
South Wales median daily rate £500 £475 £488
% change year-on-year +5.26% -2.56% +8.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 5 5
10th Percentile £13.00 - £13.45
25th Percentile £14.88 £13.00 £15.25
Median hourly rate £18.00 £16.45 £18.75
Median % change year-on-year +9.46% -12.29% +14.42%
75th Percentile £35.88 £23.75 £23.75
90th Percentile £46.60 £24.50 £24.95
South Wales median hourly rate £22.68 £18.14 £21.63
% change year-on-year +25.03% -16.12% +5.36%

Data Science
Job Vacancy Trend in Cardiff

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

Job vacancy trend for Data Science in Cardiff

Data Science
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Cardiff

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

Daily rate trend for Data Science in Cardiff

Data Science
Daily Rate Histogram in Cardiff

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Data Science in Cardiff over the 6 months to 2 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Data Science in Cardiff

Data Science
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Cardiff 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 3 (100.00%) SAS
Applications
1 3 (100.00%) SPSS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (66.67%) Data Mining
General
1 3 (100.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (33.33%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 3 (100.00%) Data Scientist
Miscellaneous
1 3 (100.00%) Credit Risk
2 2 (66.67%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Data Analysis
1 3 (100.00%) Product Strategy
1 3 (100.00%) Statistical Analysis
2 2 (66.67%) Computer Science
2 2 (66.67%) Data Matching
2 2 (66.67%) Data-Driven Decision Making
2 2 (66.67%) Decision-Making
2 2 (66.67%) Mathematics
2 2 (66.67%) Statistical Modelling
2 2 (66.67%) Statistics
3 1 (33.33%) Actionable Insight
3 1 (33.33%) Analytics
3 1 (33.33%) Credit Risk Analysis
3 1 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (33.33%) Risk Analysis
3 1 (33.33%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 3 (100.00%) Python
1 3 (100.00%) R
Qualifications
1 2 (66.67%) Computer Science Degree
1 2 (66.67%) Degree