The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the City of London with a requirement for Data Science skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Data Science over the 6 months to 21 September 2021 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.
Note that daily and hourly rates are treated separately in these statistics. When calculating contractor rate percentiles, daily rates are never derived from quoted hourly rates or vice versa.
Data Science is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in the City of London with a requirement for process or methodology skills.
Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills
3,301
1,565
5,619
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London
90.56%
89.07%
90.63%
Number of daily rates quoted
2,441
1,148
4,446
10th Percentile
£363
£313
£338
25th Percentile
£460
£417
£425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile)
£550
£513
£525
Median % change year-on-year
+7.32%
-2.38%
+3.96%
75th Percentile
£650
£600
£600
90th Percentile
£738
£675
£675
Central London median daily rate
£550
£513
£520
% change year-on-year
+7.32%
-1.44%
+4.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted
40
33
68
10th Percentile
£11.15
£14.60
£11.25
25th Percentile
£16.07
£17.50
£12.04
Median hourly rate
£27.75
£35.50
£16.50
Median % change year-on-year
-21.83%
+115.15%
-11.76%
75th Percentile
£38.50
£46.00
£23.56
90th Percentile
£63.25
£51.55
£45.41
Central London median hourly rate
£26.00
£34.50
£19.00
% change year-on-year
-24.64%
+81.58%
+1.60%
Data Science Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London
Job postings citing Data Science as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the City of London.
Data Science Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the City of London
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Data Science in the City of London.
Data Science Daily Rate Histogram in the City of London
Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Data Science in the City of London over the 6 months to 21 September 2021.
Data Science Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the City of London
3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Data Science in the City of London.
Data Science Hourly Rate Histogram in the City of London
Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Data Science in the City of London over the 6 months to 21 September 2021.
Data Science Top 30 Co-occurring IT Skills in the City of London
For the 6 months to 21 September 2021, IT contractor jobs citing Data Science also mentioned the following skills in order of popularity.
The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the City of London region with a requirement for Data Science.
Data Science Co-occurring IT Skills in the City of London by Category
The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category.
The same job type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:
