Data Scientist Contracts in Central London

Data Scientist
London > Central London

The median Data Scientist daily rate in Central London is £650 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 26 April 2024.

The first table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
26 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 128 172 182
Rank change year-on-year +44 +10 -54
Contract jobs requiring a Data Scientist 9 8 15
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Central London 0.37% 0.21% 0.33%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.38% 0.22% 0.35%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 3 11
10th Percentile £562 £391 £363
25th Percentile £625 £416 £469
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £650 £475 £575
Median % change year-on-year +36.84% -17.39% +9.52%
75th Percentile £675 £503 £606
90th Percentile - £513 £619
London median daily rate £550 £525 £575
% change year-on-year +4.76% -8.70% +4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 2
10th Percentile - - £48.45
25th Percentile - - £50.25
Median hourly rate - - £54.50
75th Percentile - - £58.75
90th Percentile - - £60.55
London median hourly rate £43.75 - £46.75

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Central London

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in Central London. 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 Central London with a recognized job title 2,343 3,693 4,279
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 95.24% 95.33% 94.25%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,665 2,527 3,262
10th Percentile £343 £325 £363
25th Percentile £450 £463 £465
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £580 £560
Median % change year-on-year -5.17% +3.57% +6.67%
75th Percentile £684 £725 £675
90th Percentile £789 £813 £763
London median daily rate £550 £575 £575
% change year-on-year -4.35% - +9.52%
Number of hourly rates quoted 34 29 50
10th Percentile £19.23 £15.50 £13.74
25th Percentile £21.44 £18.50 £18.50
Median hourly rate £25.78 £35.00 £37.25
Median % change year-on-year -26.34% -6.04% +107.23%
75th Percentile £27.81 £58.75 £51.50
90th Percentile £48.30 £85.66 £62.83
London median hourly rate £27.66 £35.50 £35.00
% change year-on-year -22.10% +1.43% +12.90%

Data Scientist
Job Vacancy Trend in Central London

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

Job vacancy trend for Data Scientist in Central London

Data Scientist
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Central London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Data Scientist in Central London.

Daily rate trend for Data Scientist in Central London

Data Scientist
Daily Rate Histogram in Central London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Data Scientist in Central London over the 6 months to 26 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Data Scientist in Central London

Data Scientist
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Central London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Data Scientist in Central London.

Hourly rate trend for Data Scientist in Central London

Data Scientist
Contract Job Locations in Central London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Data Scientist within the Central London region over the 6 months to 26 April 2024. 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
City of London +47 9 £650 +35.06% 1
Data Scientist
London

Data Scientist Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Central London

For the 6 months to 26 April 2024, 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 Central London region featuring Data Scientist in the job title.

1 9 (100.00%) Python
1 9 (100.00%) Data Science
2 8 (88.89%) Visualisation
3 7 (77.78%) Data Visualisation
3 7 (77.78%) Power Platform
3 7 (77.78%) Power BI
4 6 (66.67%) Tableau
4 6 (66.67%) SQL
5 4 (44.44%) Business Intelligence
5 4 (44.44%) Change Management
5 4 (44.44%) Management Information System
5 4 (44.44%) Finance
5 4 (44.44%) Asset Management
5 4 (44.44%) Data Management
5 4 (44.44%) Mathematics
5 4 (44.44%) Alteryx
5 4 (44.44%) R
6 3 (33.33%) Analytics
6 3 (33.33%) Decision-Making
6 3 (33.33%) Statistical Analysis
7 2 (22.22%) Software Engineering
7 2 (22.22%) Google
7 2 (22.22%) Marketing
7 2 (22.22%) Test Strategy
7 2 (22.22%) Machine Learning
7 2 (22.22%) Open Source
7 2 (22.22%) Google Analytics
7 2 (22.22%) Data Analysis
7 2 (22.22%) Salesforce
7 2 (22.22%) MATLAB

Data Scientist Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Central London 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 7 (77.78%) Power Platform
2 2 (22.22%) GCP
2 2 (22.22%) Google Analytics
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (77.78%) Power BI
2 6 (66.67%) Tableau
3 2 (22.22%) BigQuery
3 2 (22.22%) Looker
4 1 (11.11%) BusinessObjects
Development Applications
1 1 (11.11%) Git
General
1 4 (44.44%) Finance
2 2 (22.22%) Marketing
2 2 (22.22%) Social Skills
3 1 (11.11%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (11.11%) Public Sector
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (11.11%) PyTorch
1 1 (11.11%) scikit-learn
1 1 (11.11%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 4 (44.44%) Management Information System
2 2 (22.22%) Algorithms
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (100.00%) Data Science
2 8 (88.89%) Visualisation
3 7 (77.78%) Data Visualisation
4 4 (44.44%) Asset Management
4 4 (44.44%) Business Intelligence
4 4 (44.44%) Change Management
4 4 (44.44%) Data Management
4 4 (44.44%) Mathematics
5 3 (33.33%) Analytics
5 3 (33.33%) Decision-Making
5 3 (33.33%) Statistical Analysis
6 2 (22.22%) Actionable Insight
6 2 (22.22%) Business Case
6 2 (22.22%) Coaching
6 2 (22.22%) Customer Experience
6 2 (22.22%) Data Transformation
6 2 (22.22%) Data-Driven Decision Making
6 2 (22.22%) Open Source
6 2 (22.22%) Roadmaps
6 2 (22.22%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 9 (100.00%) Python
2 6 (66.67%) SQL
3 4 (44.44%) R
4 2 (22.22%) MATLAB
5 1 (11.11%) Scala
Qualifications
1 1 (11.11%) Computer Science Degree
1 1 (11.11%) Degree
1 1 (11.11%) Master's Degree
1 1 (11.11%) PhD
Vendors
1 4 (44.44%) Alteryx
2 2 (22.22%) Google
2 2 (22.22%) Salesforce