Data Science Contracts in Kent

Data Science
South East > Kent

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Kent 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 5 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
5 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 28 - 38
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Data Science 1 0 2
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Kent 0.50% - 0.70%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.75% - 0.82%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 2
10th Percentile - - £538
25th Percentile £538 - £556
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 - £600
75th Percentile £563 - £631
90th Percentile - - £643
South East median daily rate £475 £550 £543
% change year-on-year -13.64% +1.38% +8.50%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Kent

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 Kent with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 133 161 244
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Kent 66.50% 73.85% 85.61%
Number of daily rates quoted 93 122 218
10th Percentile £205 £121 £181
25th Percentile £230 £205 £306
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £423 £350 £433
Median % change year-on-year +20.71% -19.08% +15.33%
75th Percentile £540 £523 £575
90th Percentile £656 £656 £638
South East median daily rate £500 £510 £500
% change year-on-year -1.96% +2.00% +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 13 6 7
10th Percentile £11.47 £42.32 £20.54
25th Percentile £15.00 £47.60 £28.00
Median hourly rate £35.50 £57.12 £33.24
Median % change year-on-year -37.84% +71.83% -14.59%
75th Percentile £46.87 £64.50 £41.92
90th Percentile £62.96 £72.97 £48.35
South East median hourly rate £47.50 £49.00 £21.95
% change year-on-year -3.06% +123.23% -20.51%

Data Science
Job Vacancy Trend in Kent

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

Job vacancy trend for Data Science in Kent

Data Science
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Kent

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

Daily rate trend for Data Science in Kent

Data Science
Contract Job Locations in Kent

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 Kent region over the 6 months to 5 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
Dartford - 1 £550 -
Data Science
South East

Data Science
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Kent 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:

Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Data Manager
1 1 (100.00%) Data Science Manager
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) SQL