Data Science Developer Contracts

Data Science Developer
UK

As of 2 May 2024, there is not enough information available from job vacancies posted within the last 6 months to determine the median Data Science Developer daily rate in the UK.

6 months to
2 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 582 704 -
Rank change year-on-year +122 - -
Contract jobs requiring a Data Science Developer 1 1 0
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.002% 0.002% -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.002% 0.002% -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - -
UK excluding London median daily rate - - -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
UK

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies. 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 the UK with a recognized job title 40,269 56,187 84,691
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.75% 94.62% 95.47%
Number of daily rates quoted 26,215 39,262 59,481
10th Percentile £276 £313 £313
25th Percentile £409 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £540 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +10.53%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £638
90th Percentile £750 £750 £735
UK excluding London median daily rate £490 £500 £475
% change year-on-year -2.00% +5.26% +11.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,672 1,567 2,094
10th Percentile £12.86 £14.28 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.30 £19.38 £15.50
Median hourly rate £36.42 £45.00 £23.14
Median % change year-on-year -19.07% +94.45% +2.04%
75th Percentile £61.25 £65.75 £48.75
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.75 £63.25
UK excluding London median hourly rate £39.55 £42.50 £19.50
% change year-on-year -6.94% +117.95% +2.63%

Data Science Developer
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Data Science Developer in the UK

Data Science Developer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for Data Science Developer in the UK

Data Science Developer
Top 3 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Data Science Developer within the UK over the 6 months to 2 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
England +118 1 - -
London +107 1 - -
Work from Home - 1 - -

Data Science Developer Skill Set
Top 21 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 2 May 2024, Data Science Developer 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 featuring Data Science Developer in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) ODBC
1 1 (100.00%) OO
1 1 (100.00%) Risk Management
1 1 (100.00%) Finance
1 1 (100.00%) Blog
1 1 (100.00%) Credit Risk
1 1 (100.00%) Market Risk
1 1 (100.00%) Unit Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Test Scripting
1 1 (100.00%) Amazon S3
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) R
1 1 (100.00%) Functional Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Analytics
1 1 (100.00%) Data Transformation
1 1 (100.00%) DevOps
1 1 (100.00%) Performance Optimisation
1 1 (100.00%) Azure DevOps
1 1 (100.00%) Data Science
1 1 (100.00%) Shiny
1 1 (100.00%) CI/CD

Data Science Developer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) Amazon S3
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) Azure DevOps
General
1 1 (100.00%) Finance
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) ODBC
1 1 (100.00%) Shiny
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Blog
1 1 (100.00%) Credit Risk
1 1 (100.00%) Market Risk
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Analytics
1 1 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 1 (100.00%) Data Science
1 1 (100.00%) Data Transformation
1 1 (100.00%) DevOps
1 1 (100.00%) Functional Testing
1 1 (100.00%) OO
1 1 (100.00%) Performance Optimisation
1 1 (100.00%) Risk Management
1 1 (100.00%) Test Scripting
1 1 (100.00%) Unit Testing
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) R