Data Science Contract Job Trends in Bournemouth

Data Science
Dorset > Bournemouth

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Bournemouth requiring Data Science skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 12 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 14 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Data Science 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Bournemouth 2.04% - -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.50% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £625 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £650 - -
75th Percentile £675 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Dorset median daily rate £650 £700 £650
% change year-on-year -7.14% +7.69% -

All Process and Methodology Skills
Bournemouth

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 Bournemouth.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 40 55 71
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Bournemouth 81.63% 93.22% 84.52%
Number of daily rates quoted 16 36 51
10th Percentile £230 £371 £139
25th Percentile £270 £411 £172
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £488 £364
Median % change year-on-year +2.56% +33.93% -26.46%
75th Percentile £553 £550 £788
90th Percentile £675 £675 £825
Dorset median daily rate £500 £488 £531
% change year-on-year +2.56% -8.24% +7.32%
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 6 14
10th Percentile - - £15.16
25th Percentile £15.25 £14.41 £15.27
Median hourly rate £15.50 £15.22 £17.48
Median % change year-on-year +1.87% -12.96% +2.19%
75th Percentile £15.75 £15.62 £19.05
90th Percentile £26.56 £20.40 £21.50
Dorset median hourly rate £15.50 £15.22 £56.49
% change year-on-year +1.87% -73.07% +175.56%

Data Science
Job Vacancy Trend in Bournemouth

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Data Science relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Bournemouth.

Data Science job vacancy trend in Bournemouth

Data Science
Daily Rate Trend in Bournemouth

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Bournemouth citing Data Science.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Bournemouth citing Data Science

Data Science
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Bournemouth by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Architect
1 1 (100.00%) Data Architect
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) AI
1 1 (100.00%) Analytics
1 1 (100.00%) Data Architecture
1 1 (100.00%) Data Migration
1 1 (100.00%) Microservices
1 1 (100.00%) Migration
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) Data Quality