Data Science Engineer Contract Job Trends in Cambridge

Data Science Engineer
Cambridgeshire > Cambridge

The median Data Science Engineer daily rate in Cambridge is £250, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 26 September 2025.

The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 31 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a Data Science Engineer 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Cambridge 0.54% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.61% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £225 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £250 - -
75th Percentile £275 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Cambridgeshire median daily rate £250 - -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Cambridge

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Cambridge. 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 Cambridge with a recognized job title 163 174 201
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 87.63% 91.10% 93.06%
Number of daily rates quoted 87 82 118
10th Percentile £250 £225 £180
25th Percentile £413 £332 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £420 £450
Median % change year-on-year +25.00% -6.67% -5.26%
75th Percentile £625 £547 £538
90th Percentile £700 £638 £579
Cambridgeshire median daily rate £501 £442 £465
% change year-on-year +13.40% -4.95% -2.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 12 20
10th Percentile £34.53 £22.50 £17.60
25th Percentile £55.16 £25.32 -
Median hourly rate £62.50 £52.50 £17.72
Median % change year-on-year +19.05% +196.28% -59.73%
75th Percentile £73.13 £59.06 £61.56
90th Percentile £81.25 £63.75 £77.50
Cambridgeshire median hourly rate £16.30 £21.37 £17.72
% change year-on-year -23.72% +20.60% +14.32%

Data Science Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Cambridge

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

Job vacancy trend for Data Science Engineer in Cambridge

Data Science Engineer
Daily Rate Trend in Cambridge

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Data Science Engineer job vacancies in Cambridge.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Data Science Engineer job vacancies in Cambridge

Data Science Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Cambridge

For the 6 months to 26 September 2025, Data Science Engineer 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 Cambridge region featuring Data Science Engineer in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) .NET
1 1 (100.00%) MCP
1 1 (100.00%) Python
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (100.00%) Validation
1 1 (100.00%) Scrum
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) Artificial Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Software Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) Test Automation
1 1 (100.00%) RESTful
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) Foundry
1 1 (100.00%) Machine Learning
1 1 (100.00%) GitHub
1 1 (100.00%) Deep Learning
1 1 (100.00%) Data Privacy
1 1 (100.00%) Pandas
1 1 (100.00%) Algorithms
1 1 (100.00%) scikit-learn
1 1 (100.00%) TensorFlow
1 1 (100.00%) Cloud Native
1 1 (100.00%) Serverless
1 1 (100.00%) Data Science
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) Azure Functions
1 1 (100.00%) NIST
1 1 (100.00%) PyTorch
1 1 (100.00%) Data Pipeline
1 1 (100.00%) Azure AKS

Data Science Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Cambridge 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%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) Azure AKS
1 1 (100.00%) Azure Functions
1 1 (100.00%) GitHub
1 1 (100.00%) GitHub Copilot
1 1 (100.00%) Serverless
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) .NET
1 1 (100.00%) Pandas
1 1 (100.00%) PyTorch
1 1 (100.00%) RESTful
1 1 (100.00%) scikit-learn
1 1 (100.00%) Semantic Kernel
1 1 (100.00%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Algorithms
1 1 (100.00%) Cloud Native
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) API Management
1 1 (100.00%) Artificial Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Data Pipeline
1 1 (100.00%) Data Privacy
1 1 (100.00%) Data Science
1 1 (100.00%) Deep Learning
1 1 (100.00%) LLM
1 1 (100.00%) Machine Learning
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) Prompt Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) Retrieval-Augmented Generation
1 1 (100.00%) Scrum
1 1 (100.00%) Software Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) Test Automation
1 1 (100.00%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) MCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) EU AI Act
1 1 (100.00%) NIST
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Foundry
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft