Data Scientist Contracts in Cambridge

Data Scientist
Cambridgeshire > Cambridge

The median Data Scientist daily rate in Cambridge is £475, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 21 August 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
21 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 26 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
DemandTrendContract jobs requiring a Data Scientist 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Cambridge 0.60% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.69% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £438 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 - -
75th Percentile £513 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Cambridgeshire median daily rate £475 £525 -
% change year-on-year -9.52% - -

All DemandTrendContract 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.

DemandTrendContract vacancies in Cambridge with a recognized job title 145 144 220
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 87.35% 86.75% 93.22%
Number of daily rates quoted 73 72 142
10th Percentile £351 £230 £187
25th Percentile £425 £338 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £420 £470
Median % change year-on-year +25.00% -10.64% -1.05%
75th Percentile £625 £550 £538
90th Percentile £720 £638 £586
Cambridgeshire median daily rate £500 £425 £450
% change year-on-year +17.65% -5.56% -5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 18 17
10th Percentile £17.11 £22.53 £15.50
25th Percentile £44.61 £36.06 -
Median hourly rate £60.00 £52.50 £17.72
Median % change year-on-year +14.29% +196.28% -59.73%
75th Percentile £69.38 £63.75 £53.75
90th Percentile £78.75 £67.13 £61.75
Cambridgeshire median hourly rate £16.74 £21.37 £17.72
% change year-on-year -21.67% +20.60% +18.13%

Data Scientist
Job Vacancy Trend in Cambridge

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

Job vacancy trend for Data Scientist in Cambridge

Data Scientist
Daily Rate Trend in Cambridge

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Data Scientist job vacancies in Cambridge

Data Scientist Skill Set
Top 22 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Cambridge

For the 6 months to 21 August 2025, Data Scientist 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 Scientist in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Python
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) Data Analysis
1 1 (100.00%) Artificial Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Bioinformatics
1 1 (100.00%) Biotechnology
1 1 (100.00%) AWS
1 1 (100.00%) NumPy
1 1 (100.00%) Machine Learning
1 1 (100.00%) Docker
1 1 (100.00%) Pandas
1 1 (100.00%) Kubernetes
1 1 (100.00%) scikit-learn
1 1 (100.00%) Jupyter
1 1 (100.00%) Actionable Insight
1 1 (100.00%) Data Science
1 1 (100.00%) PyTorch
1 1 (100.00%) MLflow
1 1 (100.00%) Data Interpretation
1 1 (100.00%) Feature Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) Genomics
1 1 (100.00%) Biomedicine

Data Scientist 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (100.00%) Jupyter
Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) AWS
Development Applications
1 1 (100.00%) MLflow
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) NumPy
1 1 (100.00%) Pandas
1 1 (100.00%) PyTorch
1 1 (100.00%) scikit-learn
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Genomics
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Actionable Insight
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) Artificial Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Bioinformatics
1 1 (100.00%) Biomedicine
1 1 (100.00%) Biotechnology
1 1 (100.00%) Data Analysis
1 1 (100.00%) Data Interpretation
1 1 (100.00%) Data Science
1 1 (100.00%) Feature Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) Machine Learning
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) Python
System Software
1 1 (100.00%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (100.00%) Kubernetes