Data Science
East of England > Bedfordshire
The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Bedfordshire requiring Data Science skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Data Science over the 6 months leading up to 11 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 11 May 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | - | 30 | 31 |
| Rank change year-on-year | - | +1 | -7 |
| Contract jobs citing Data Science | 0 | 3 | 1 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in Bedfordshire | - | 1.23% | 0.59% |
| As % of the Processes & Methodologies category | - | 1.43% | 0.65% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| 10th Percentile | - | - | - |
| 25th Percentile | - | - | £575 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | - | £560 | £600 |
| Median % change year-on-year | - | -6.67% | +9.09% |
| 75th Percentile | - | - | £625 |
| 90th Percentile | - | - | - |
| East of England median daily rate | £600 | £538 | £450 |
| % change year-on-year | +11.63% | +19.44% | -14.29% |
All Process and Methodology Skills
Bedfordshire
Data Science falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in Bedfordshire.
| Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills | 154 | 210 | 154 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Bedfordshire | 95.06% | 86.42% | 91.12% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 85 | 123 | 107 |
| 10th Percentile | £468 | £303 | £208 |
| 25th Percentile | £500 | £413 | £316 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £600 | £525 | £475 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +14.29% | +10.53% | -1.20% |
| 75th Percentile | £694 | £575 | £600 |
| 90th Percentile | £745 | £694 | £628 |
| East of England median daily rate | £500 | £475 | £475 |
| % change year-on-year | +5.26% | - | - |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 18 | 34 | 6 |
| 10th Percentile | £20.26 | £15.32 | £18.50 |
| 25th Percentile | £28.21 | £15.39 | £29.31 |
| Median hourly rate | £60.75 | £21.50 | £63.75 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +182.56% | -66.27% | +15.91% |
| 75th Percentile | £81.25 | £32.90 | £87.50 |
| 90th Percentile | £88.00 | £65.75 | £90.00 |
| East of England median hourly rate | £40.00 | £40.14 | £22.00 |
| % change year-on-year | -0.34% | +82.44% | +41.94% |
Data Science
Job Vacancy Trend in Bedfordshire
Job postings citing Data Science as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Bedfordshire.
Data Science
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Bedfordshire
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Data Science in Bedfordshire.