Data Scientist Contracts in Sheffield

Data Scientist
South Yorkshire > Sheffield

The median Data Scientist daily rate in Sheffield is £560 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 7 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
7 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 46 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a Data Scientist 5 0 0
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Sheffield 1.34% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 1.50% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 3 0 0
10th Percentile £555 - -
25th Percentile £557 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £560 - -
75th Percentile £570 - -
90th Percentile £576 - -
South Yorkshire median daily rate £560 - -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Sheffield

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in Sheffield. 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 Sheffield with a recognized job title 333 440 371
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 89.04% 98.00% 96.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 204 309 300
10th Percentile £365 £363 £300
25th Percentile £413 £475 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £575 £500
Median % change year-on-year -17.39% +15.00% +17.65%
75th Percentile £588 £675 £564
90th Percentile £650 £714 £650
South Yorkshire median daily rate £475 £550 £475
% change year-on-year -13.64% +15.79% +18.75%
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 5 12
10th Percentile £10.90 £11.10 £9.74
25th Percentile £11.33 £11.25 £12.00
Median hourly rate £22.00 £17.72 £16.38
Median % change year-on-year +24.15% +8.21% +6.85%
75th Percentile £23.75 £22.50 £18.11
90th Percentile - £33.00 £23.55
South Yorkshire median hourly rate £13.60 £17.72 £17.64
% change year-on-year -23.28% +0.45% +2.20%

Data Scientist
Job Vacancy Trend in Sheffield

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

Job vacancy trend for Data Scientist in Sheffield

Data Scientist
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Sheffield

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

Daily rate trend for Data Scientist in Sheffield

Data Scientist Skill Set
Top 23 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Sheffield

For the 6 months to 7 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 Sheffield region featuring Data Scientist in the job title.

1 5 (100.00%) Data Analysis
1 5 (100.00%) Strategic Planning
1 5 (100.00%) Statistical Analysis
1 5 (100.00%) Problem Management
1 5 (100.00%) Visualisation
1 5 (100.00%) Predictive Modelling
1 5 (100.00%) Data Visualisation
1 5 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 5 (100.00%) Data Governance
1 5 (100.00%) Machine Learning
1 5 (100.00%) ServiceNow
1 5 (100.00%) Data Privacy
1 5 (100.00%) Mentoring
1 5 (100.00%) Performance Metrics
1 5 (100.00%) Data Science
1 5 (100.00%) Decision-Making
1 5 (100.00%) ITIL
1 5 (100.00%) Data Modelling
1 5 (100.00%) Data Mining
1 5 (100.00%) Service Management
1 5 (100.00%) Service Delivery
2 1 (20.00%) Banking
2 1 (20.00%) Public Sector

Data Scientist Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Sheffield 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:

Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (100.00%) Data Mining
General
1 1 (20.00%) Banking
1 1 (20.00%) Public Sector
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 5 (100.00%) Data Analysis
1 5 (100.00%) Data Governance
1 5 (100.00%) Data Modelling
1 5 (100.00%) Data Privacy
1 5 (100.00%) Data Science
1 5 (100.00%) Data Visualisation
1 5 (100.00%) Decision-Making
1 5 (100.00%) ITIL
1 5 (100.00%) Machine Learning
1 5 (100.00%) Mentoring
1 5 (100.00%) Performance Metrics
1 5 (100.00%) Predictive Modelling
1 5 (100.00%) Problem Management
1 5 (100.00%) Service Delivery
1 5 (100.00%) Service Management
1 5 (100.00%) Statistical Analysis
1 5 (100.00%) Strategic Planning
1 5 (100.00%) Visualisation
Vendors
1 5 (100.00%) ServiceNow