Data Science Contracts in the South West

Data Science
England > South West

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the South West 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 136 144 140
Rank change year-on-year +8 -4 -59
Contract jobs citing Data Science 16 30 35
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South West 0.51% 0.82% 0.94%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.61% 0.92% 1.06%
Number of daily rates quoted 11 20 24
10th Percentile £450 £419 £374
25th Percentile £505 £484 £457
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £521 £575
Median % change year-on-year +15.11% -9.35% -4.17%
75th Percentile £675 £656 £638
90th Percentile £700 £683 £668
England median daily rate £542 £556 £590
% change year-on-year -2.65% -5.72% +7.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 4
Median hourly rate - £52.50 £42.00
Median % change year-on-year - +25.00% -
England median hourly rate £42.50 £35.00 £42.00
% change year-on-year +21.43% -16.67% +54.90%

All Process and Methodology Skills
South West

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 the South West with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 2,623 3,261 3,299
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South West 82.82% 89.56% 88.49%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,685 2,401 2,333
10th Percentile £220 £313 £300
25th Percentile £405 £425 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £549 £500
Median % change year-on-year -4.37% +9.80% +7.53%
75th Percentile £625 £644 £589
90th Percentile £700 £719 £670
England median daily rate £525 £550 £538
% change year-on-year -4.55% +2.33% +9.69%
Number of hourly rates quoted 325 341 196
10th Percentile £13.86 £9.80 £15.90
25th Percentile £26.75 £17.50 £20.00
Median hourly rate £48.00 £61.50 £48.75
Median % change year-on-year -21.95% +26.16% +8.33%
75th Percentile £70.00 £70.30 £65.00
90th Percentile £77.50 £83.40 £70.54
England median hourly rate £35.50 £37.50 £24.35
% change year-on-year -5.33% +54.00% +1.46%

Data Science
Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

Job postings citing Data Science as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the South West.

Job vacancy trend for Data Science in the South West

Data Science
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South West

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Data Science in the South West.

Daily rate trend for Data Science in the South West

Data Science
Daily Rate Histogram in the South West

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Data Science in the South West over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Data Science in the South West

Data Science
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the South West

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Data Science in the South West.

Hourly rate trend for Data Science in the South West

Data Science
Contract Job Locations in the South West

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 South West region over the 6 months to 27 April 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
Bristol +14 8 £525 -19.23% 13
Dorset +6 3 £650 +28.40% 1
Gloucestershire +3 2 £700 +16.67% 6
Devon - 1 - - 3
Cornwall - 1 - -
Somerset - 1 £600 - 1
Data Science
England

Data Science
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South West 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 (6.25%) Apache
1 1 (6.25%) Apache Airflow
Applications
1 2 (12.50%) Microsoft Excel
1 2 (12.50%) Microsoft Office
1 2 (12.50%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 2 (12.50%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 2 (12.50%) AWS
1 2 (12.50%) IaaS
1 2 (12.50%) PaaS
2 1 (6.25%) Azure
2 1 (6.25%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (6.25%) Big Data
1 1 (6.25%) Flink
1 1 (6.25%) Power BI
1 1 (6.25%) Tableau
General
1 3 (18.75%) Social Skills
2 2 (12.50%) Marketing
2 2 (12.50%) Military
2 2 (12.50%) Public Sector
2 2 (12.50%) Telecoms
3 1 (6.25%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (6.25%) Banking
3 1 (6.25%) Finance
Job Titles
1 4 (25.00%) Analyst
2 3 (18.75%) Data Engineer
2 3 (18.75%) Data Scientist
2 3 (18.75%) Developer
3 2 (12.50%) Business Analyst
3 2 (12.50%) MATLAB Developer
3 2 (12.50%) Senior
4 1 (6.25%) Administrator
4 1 (6.25%) Analytics Manager
4 1 (6.25%) Artificial Intelligence Specialist
4 1 (6.25%) Azure Administrator
4 1 (6.25%) Data Analyst
4 1 (6.25%) Data Insight Analyst
4 1 (6.25%) Information Analyst
4 1 (6.25%) Insight Analyst
4 1 (6.25%) Insight Data Analyst
4 1 (6.25%) Lead
4 1 (6.25%) Senior Analyst
4 1 (6.25%) Senior Insight Analyst
4 1 (6.25%) Software Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (6.25%) CSS
1 1 (6.25%) Flask
1 1 (6.25%) HTML
1 1 (6.25%) REST
1 1 (6.25%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 3 (18.75%) Algorithms
1 3 (18.75%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (25.00%) Analytics
1 4 (25.00%) Computer Science
1 4 (25.00%) Data Analysis
1 4 (25.00%) Machine Learning
1 4 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
2 3 (18.75%) Data Engineering
2 3 (18.75%) Information Management
3 2 (12.50%) Artificial Intelligence
3 2 (12.50%) Data Analytics
3 2 (12.50%) Data Pipeline
3 2 (12.50%) Information Architecture
3 2 (12.50%) Master Data Management
3 2 (12.50%) Mathematics
3 2 (12.50%) Mentoring
3 2 (12.50%) Predictive Modelling
3 2 (12.50%) Stakeholder Management
4 1 (6.25%) Analytical Modelling
4 1 (6.25%) Clean Code
4 1 (6.25%) Data Interpretation
4 1 (6.25%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 7 (43.75%) Python
2 2 (12.50%) C++
2 2 (12.50%) MATLAB
2 2 (12.50%) SQL
3 1 (6.25%) JavaScript
3 1 (6.25%) R
Qualifications
1 5 (31.25%) Security Cleared
2 4 (25.00%) Degree
2 4 (25.00%) DV Cleared
3 3 (18.75%) SC Cleared
4 2 (12.50%) Computer Science Degree
5 1 (6.25%) Numerate Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (6.25%) Data Quality
Systems Management
1 1 (6.25%) Terraform
Vendors
1 2 (12.50%) Databricks
1 2 (12.50%) Microsoft