Data Science Contracts in Manchester

Data Science
North West > Manchester

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Manchester 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 27 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 91 105 119
Rank change year-on-year +14 +14 -39
Contract jobs citing Data Science 10 12 22
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Manchester 0.65% 0.63% 0.85%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.75% 0.69% 0.95%
Number of daily rates quoted 8 11 16
10th Percentile - £463 £400
25th Percentile £325 £559 £444
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £350 £650 £475
Median % change year-on-year -46.15% +36.84% -15.18%
75th Percentile £375 £725 £564
90th Percentile - - £594
North West median daily rate £488 £650 £475
% change year-on-year -25.00% +36.84% -11.63%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 2
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £48.75
Median hourly rate - £35.00 £52.50
Median % change year-on-year - -33.33% -
75th Percentile - - £56.25
90th Percentile - - -
North West median hourly rate - £49.57 £52.50
% change year-on-year - -5.58% -

All Process and Methodology Skills
Manchester

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 Manchester with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,335 1,743 2,310
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Manchester 87.08% 91.88% 88.78%
Number of daily rates quoted 911 1,278 1,823
10th Percentile £313 £315 £263
25th Percentile £406 £413 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £488
Median % change year-on-year - +2.46% +8.44%
75th Percentile £588 £590 £575
90th Percentile £694 £658 £663
North West median daily rate £500 £500 £475
% change year-on-year - +5.26% +11.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 73 61 50
10th Percentile £12.42 £14.65 £11.36
25th Percentile £13.50 £20.00 £11.75
Median hourly rate £24.19 £37.30 £15.25
Median % change year-on-year -35.15% +144.59% -4.69%
75th Percentile £57.50 £47.50 £23.69
90th Percentile £72.50 £70.00 £33.88
North West median hourly rate £21.00 £35.00 £20.75
% change year-on-year -40.00% +68.72% +10.64%

Data Science
Job Vacancy Trend in Manchester

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

Job vacancy trend for Data Science in Manchester

Data Science
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Manchester

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

Daily rate trend for Data Science in Manchester

Data Science
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Manchester 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 (10.00%) Apache Spark
Cloud Services
1 2 (20.00%) Figma
2 1 (10.00%) AWS
2 1 (10.00%) Azure
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (10.00%) Big Data
1 1 (10.00%) Hadoop
1 1 (10.00%) Presto
1 1 (10.00%) Tableau
General
1 2 (20.00%) Marketing
1 2 (20.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (10.00%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 6 (60.00%) User Researcher
2 2 (20.00%) Content Designer
2 2 (20.00%) Designer
3 1 (10.00%) Administrator
3 1 (10.00%) Analyst
3 1 (10.00%) Azure Administrator
3 1 (10.00%) Data Analyst
3 1 (10.00%) Senior
3 1 (10.00%) Senior Analyst
3 1 (10.00%) Senior Data Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 2 (20.00%) Taxonomies
2 1 (10.00%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (80.00%) User Experience
1 8 (80.00%) UX Design
2 6 (60.00%) Actionable Insight
2 6 (60.00%) Agile
2 6 (60.00%) Design Persona
2 6 (60.00%) Ergonomics
2 6 (60.00%) Ethnography
2 6 (60.00%) Focus Group
2 6 (60.00%) Front End Development
2 6 (60.00%) Guerrilla Testing
2 6 (60.00%) Human Factors
2 6 (60.00%) Market Research
2 6 (60.00%) Mentoring
2 6 (60.00%) Qualitative Research
2 6 (60.00%) Quantitative Research
2 6 (60.00%) Requirements Gathering
2 6 (60.00%) Service Design
2 6 (60.00%) Usability Testing
2 6 (60.00%) User Research
2 6 (60.00%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
Programming Languages
1 1 (10.00%) Python
1 1 (10.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (10.00%) Computer Science Degree
1 1 (10.00%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (60.00%) Actionable Recommendations
2 1 (10.00%) Data Quality
Systems Management
1 1 (10.00%) Terraform
Vendors
1 1 (10.00%) Databricks
1 1 (10.00%) Splunk
1 1 (10.00%) Teradata