Data Scientist Contract Job Trends in Coventry

Data Scientist
West Midlands > Coventry

The median Data Scientist daily rate in Coventry is £498, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 16 May 2026.

The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
16 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 34 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a Data Scientist 3 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Coventry 1.06% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 1.14% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile £493 - -
25th Percentile £494 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £498 - -
75th Percentile £499 - -
90th Percentile £500 - -
West Midlands median daily rate £500 £650 £590
% change year-on-year -23.08% +10.17% +18.00%

All Contract IT Job Roles
Coventry

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Coventry. 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 Coventry with a recognized job title 264 100 115
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.62% 91.74% 95.83%
Number of daily rates quoted 166 71 91
10th Percentile £293 £200 £275
25th Percentile £389 £211 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £400 £525
Median % change year-on-year +18.75% -23.81% +9.38%
75th Percentile £525 £519 £625
90th Percentile £688 £634 £688
West Midlands median daily rate £475 £483 £485
% change year-on-year -1.66% -0.41% -3.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 0 0
10th Percentile £14.00 - -
25th Percentile £14.75 - -
Median hourly rate £26.00 - -
75th Percentile £27.00 - -
90th Percentile - - -
West Midlands median hourly rate £33.99 £18.07 £22.00
% change year-on-year +88.13% -17.89% +10.00%

Data Scientist
Job Vacancy Trend in Coventry

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'Data Scientist' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Coventry.

Data Scientist job vacancy trend in Coventry

Data Scientist
Daily Rate Trend in Coventry

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

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

Data Scientist Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Coventry

For the 6 months to 16 May 2026, Data Scientist contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the Coventry region featuring Data Scientist in the job title.

1 3 (100.00%) Agile
1 3 (100.00%) AI
1 3 (100.00%) Azure
1 3 (100.00%) Azure Machine Learning
1 3 (100.00%) Azure Synapse Analytics
1 3 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 3 (100.00%) Containerisation
1 3 (100.00%) CRISP-DM
1 3 (100.00%) Data Science
1 3 (100.00%) Deep Learning
1 3 (100.00%) Docker
1 3 (100.00%) ITIL
1 3 (100.00%) Kubernetes
1 3 (100.00%) Machine Learning
1 3 (100.00%) MLOps
1 3 (100.00%) Natural Language Processing
1 3 (100.00%) Python
1 3 (100.00%) Service Management
1 3 (100.00%) Software Engineering
1 3 (100.00%) SQL
1 3 (100.00%) Statistical Modelling
1 3 (100.00%) Time Series Forecasting
2 2 (66.67%) A/B Testing
2 2 (66.67%) Business Intelligence
2 2 (66.67%) Chatbot
2 2 (66.67%) Computer Science
2 2 (66.67%) Conversational UI
2 2 (66.67%) Data Pipeline
2 2 (66.67%) Data Quality
2 2 (66.67%) Databricks

Data Scientist Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Coventry by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Applications
1 2 (66.67%) Chatbot
Cloud Services
1 3 (100.00%) Azure
1 3 (100.00%) Azure Machine Learning
1 3 (100.00%) Azure Synapse Analytics
2 2 (66.67%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (66.67%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 2 (66.67%) MLflow
General
1 1 (33.33%) Public Sector
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Agile
1 3 (100.00%) AI
1 3 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 3 (100.00%) Containerisation
1 3 (100.00%) CRISP-DM
1 3 (100.00%) Data Science
1 3 (100.00%) Deep Learning
1 3 (100.00%) ITIL
1 3 (100.00%) Machine Learning
1 3 (100.00%) MLOps
1 3 (100.00%) Natural Language Processing
1 3 (100.00%) Service Management
1 3 (100.00%) Software Engineering
1 3 (100.00%) Statistical Modelling
1 3 (100.00%) Time Series Forecasting
2 2 (66.67%) A/B Testing
2 2 (66.67%) Experimental Design
2 2 (66.67%) LLM
2 2 (66.67%) Mathematics
2 2 (66.67%) Statistics
Programming Languages
1 3 (100.00%) Python
1 3 (100.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 2 (66.67%) Degree
1 2 (66.67%) Master's Degree
1 2 (66.67%) PhD
2 1 (33.33%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (66.67%) Data Quality
System Software
1 3 (100.00%) Docker
Systems Management
1 3 (100.00%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 2 (66.67%) Databricks
1 2 (66.67%) Microsoft