Data Science
Central London > City of Westminster
The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the City of Westminster requiring Data Science skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Data Science over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 1 May 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 10 | - | - |
| Rank change year-on-year | - | - | - |
| Contract jobs citing Data Science | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in the City of Westminster | 4.55% | - | - |
| As % of the Processes & Methodologies category | 5.26% | - | - |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 10th Percentile | - | - | - |
| 25th Percentile | £510 | - | - |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £520 | - | - |
| 75th Percentile | £530 | - | - |
| 90th Percentile | - | - | - |
| Central London median daily rate | £600 | £575 | £600 |
| % change year-on-year | +4.35% | -4.17% | - |
All Process and Methodology Skills
City of Westminster
Data Science falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in the City of Westminster.
| Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills | 38 | 40 | 33 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of Westminster | 86.36% | 90.91% | 91.67% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 30 | 28 | 24 |
| 10th Percentile | £409 | £435 | £219 |
| 25th Percentile | £425 | £497 | £368 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £550 | £594 | £550 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -7.37% | +7.95% | - |
| 75th Percentile | £636 | £806 | £650 |
| 90th Percentile | £691 | £956 | £850 |
| Central London median daily rate | £565 | £550 | £600 |
| % change year-on-year | +2.73% | -8.33% | +5.26% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Median hourly rate | - | £40.00 | - |
| Central London median hourly rate | £29.07 | £27.81 | £35.00 |
| % change year-on-year | +4.53% | -20.54% | -14.63% |
Data Science
Job Vacancy Trend in the City of Westminster
Job postings citing Data Science as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the City of Westminster.
Data Science
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the City of Westminster
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Data Science in the City of Westminster.
Data Science
Contract Job Locations in the City of Westminster
The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Data Science within the City of Westminster region over the 6 months to 1 May 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paddington | - | 1 | - | - | |
| Westminster | - | 1 | £520 | - | 1 |
| Data Science Central London |
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Data Science
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the City of Westminster 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: