Data Science Engineer Contract Job Trends in Cambridgeshire

Data Science Engineer
East of England > Cambridgeshire

The median Data Science Engineer daily rate in Cambridgeshire 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 43 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a Data Science Engineer 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Cambridgeshire 0.28% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.33% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £225 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £250 - -
75th Percentile £275 - -
90th Percentile - - -
East of England median daily rate £250 - -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Cambridgeshire

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Cambridgeshire. 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 Cambridgeshire with a recognized job title 301 332 404
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 84.31% 75.80% 78.60%
Number of daily rates quoted 114 128 205
10th Percentile £216 £224 £200
25th Percentile £379 £332 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £501 £442 £465
Median % change year-on-year +13.40% -4.95% -2.11%
75th Percentile £618 £556 £550
90th Percentile £700 £629 £598
East of England median daily rate £500 £450 £488
% change year-on-year +11.11% -7.69% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 75 74 102
10th Percentile £13.98 £14.16 -
25th Percentile £14.84 £14.88 £13.41
Median hourly rate £16.30 £21.37 £17.72
Median % change year-on-year -23.72% +20.60% +14.32%
75th Percentile £30.58 £28.44 £20.56
90th Percentile £43.75 £53.75 £33.12
East of England median hourly rate £37.50 £43.90 £40.38
% change year-on-year -14.58% +8.73% +103.81%

Data Science Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Cambridgeshire

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

Job vacancy trend for Data Science Engineer in Cambridgeshire

Data Science Engineer
Daily Rate Trend in Cambridgeshire

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

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

Data Science Engineer
Contract Job Locations in Cambridgeshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Data Science Engineer within the Cambridgeshire region over the 6 months to 26 September 2025. 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
Cambridge - 1 £250 - 1
Data Science Engineer
East of England

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

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 Cambridgeshire 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 Cambridgeshire 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