Data Scientist Contracts in Cardiff

Data Scientist
South Wales > Cardiff

The median Data Scientist daily rate in Cardiff is £412 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 10 May 2024.

The first table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

 6 months to
10 May 2024		 Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 31 - 54
Rank change year-on-year - - -25
Contract jobs requiring a Data Scientist 3 0 3
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Cardiff 1.46% - 0.58%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.57% - 0.60%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 0 2
10th Percentile £385 - £290
25th Percentile £393 - £331
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £412 - £425
Median % change year-on-year - - +6.25%
75th Percentile £497 - £531
90th Percentile £544 - £580
South Wales median daily rate £396 - £543
% change year-on-year - - +35.63%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Cardiff

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in Cardiff. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in Cardiff with a recognized job title 191 313 502
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.72% 97.51% 96.91%
Number of daily rates quoted 155 245 386
10th Percentile £199 £184 £244
25th Percentile £381 £356 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 £450 £450
Median % change year-on-year +8.33% - +12.50%
75th Percentile £539 £565 £538
90th Percentile £609 £625 £638
South Wales median daily rate £450 £475 £475
% change year-on-year -5.26% - +11.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 6 5
10th Percentile £11.25 £13.00 £13.45
25th Percentile £11.57 £13.81 £15.25
Median hourly rate £13.00 £17.25 £18.75
Median % change year-on-year -24.65% -7.99% +20.97%
75th Percentile £16.85 £22.34 £23.75
90th Percentile £19.74 £24.38 £24.95
South Wales median hourly rate £21.49 £18.14 £19.33
% change year-on-year +18.44% -6.16% +1.74%

Data Scientist
Job Vacancy Trend in Cardiff

Job postings that featured Data Scientist in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Cardiff.

Job vacancy trend for Data Scientist in Cardiff

Data Scientist
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Cardiff

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

Daily rate trend for Data Scientist in Cardiff

Data Scientist
Daily Rate Histogram in Cardiff

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Data Scientist in Cardiff over the 6 months to 10 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Data Scientist in Cardiff

Data Scientist Skill Set
Top 28 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Cardiff

For the 6 months to 10 May 2024, Data Scientist contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the Cardiff region featuring Data Scientist in the job title.

1 3 (100.00%) SAS
1 3 (100.00%) SPSS
1 3 (100.00%) Data Analysis
1 3 (100.00%) Statistical Analysis
1 3 (100.00%) Python
1 3 (100.00%) Credit Risk
1 3 (100.00%) R
1 3 (100.00%) Data Science
1 3 (100.00%) Product Strategy
1 3 (100.00%) Social Skills
2 2 (66.67%) Data Matching
2 2 (66.67%) Computer Science Degree
2 2 (66.67%) Decision-Making
2 2 (66.67%) Self-Motivation
2 2 (66.67%) Data-Driven Decision Making
2 2 (66.67%) Statistical Modelling
2 2 (66.67%) Data Mining
2 2 (66.67%) Statistics
2 2 (66.67%) Degree
2 2 (66.67%) Mathematics
2 2 (66.67%) Computer Science
3 1 (33.33%) Risk Analysis
3 1 (33.33%) Analytics
3 1 (33.33%) User Experience
3 1 (33.33%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (33.33%) Actionable Insight
3 1 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (33.33%) Credit Risk Analysis

Data Scientist Skill Set
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
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%) Data Science
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
2 Data Scientist jobs in South Wales