Data Science Contract Job Trends in Derbyshire

Data Science
East Midlands > Derbyshire

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Derbyshire requiring Data Science skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 12 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 16 - 25
Rank change year-on-year - - +14
Contract jobs citing Data Science 8 0 1
As % of all contract jobs in Derbyshire 5.16% - 0.65%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 6.20% - 0.86%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £413 - £425
75th Percentile - - £438
90th Percentile £570 - -
East Midlands median daily rate £420 £425 £375
% change year-on-year -1.18% +13.33% -36.17%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Derbyshire

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 Derbyshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 129 98 116
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Derbyshire 83.23% 80.99% 74.84%
Number of daily rates quoted 45 41 77
10th Percentile £134 £173 £152
25th Percentile £185 £275 £240
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £413 £450 £376
Median % change year-on-year -8.22% +19.68% -16.44%
75th Percentile £525 £525 £550
90th Percentile £604 £625 £663
East Midlands median daily rate £420 £425 £450
% change year-on-year -1.18% -5.56% -2.70%
Number of hourly rates quoted 14 11 15
10th Percentile £15.84 - £15.65
25th Percentile £16.35 £17.00 £16.25
Median hourly rate £16.68 £21.59 £17.72
Median % change year-on-year -22.73% +21.84% +5.29%
75th Percentile £18.78 £24.18 £28.75
90th Percentile £24.72 - £54.00
East Midlands median hourly rate £18.44 £22.50 £20.00
% change year-on-year -18.07% +12.50% +18.84%

Data Science
Job Vacancy Trend in Derbyshire

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Data Science relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Derbyshire.

Data Science job vacancy trend in Derbyshire

Data Science
Daily Rate Trend in Derbyshire

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Derbyshire citing Data Science.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Derbyshire citing Data Science

Data Science
Daily Rate Histogram in Derbyshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Data Science in Derbyshire over the 6 months to 12 January 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Data Science in Derbyshire

Data Science
Contract Job Locations in Derbyshire

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 Derbyshire region over the 6 months to 12 January 2026. 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
Derby - 8 £413 - 7
Data Science
East Midlands

Data Science
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Derbyshire 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:

Application Platforms
1 5 (62.50%) Jupyter
Applications
1 2 (25.00%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 2 (25.00%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 3 (37.50%) Azure
2 1 (12.50%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (12.50%) Power BI
General
1 4 (50.00%) Aerospace
2 2 (25.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 4 (50.00%) Consultant
1 4 (50.00%) Kubernetes Consultant
1 4 (50.00%) Performance Consultant
2 2 (25.00%) Design Engineer
2 2 (25.00%) Digital Design Engineer
3 1 (12.50%) Data Scientist
3 1 (12.50%) Junior
3 1 (12.50%) Junior Data Scientist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (25.00%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 5 (62.50%) Beowulf
2 4 (50.00%) Contract for Difference
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (87.50%) AI
2 5 (62.50%) SDLC
2 5 (62.50%) Use Case
3 4 (50.00%) GAP Analysis
4 3 (37.50%) Analytics
4 3 (37.50%) Machine Learning
5 2 (25.00%) API Integration
5 2 (25.00%) DevOps
5 2 (25.00%) LLM
5 2 (25.00%) Model-Based Systems Engineering
5 2 (25.00%) PLM
5 2 (25.00%) Statistics
5 2 (25.00%) Systems Engineering
5 2 (25.00%) User Experience
6 1 (12.50%) Actionable Insight
6 1 (12.50%) Computational Fluid Dynamics
6 1 (12.50%) Containerisation
6 1 (12.50%) Digital Transformation Programme
6 1 (12.50%) Migration
6 1 (12.50%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 2 (25.00%) C
1 2 (25.00%) C#
1 2 (25.00%) C++
1 2 (25.00%) Python
2 1 (12.50%) SQL
Qualifications
1 5 (62.50%) SC Cleared
1 5 (62.50%) Security Cleared
2 2 (25.00%) Degree
System Software
1 5 (62.50%) Docker
1 5 (62.50%) Slurm Workload Manager
Systems Management
1 5 (62.50%) Kubernetes
1 5 (62.50%) Podman
Vendors
1 4 (50.00%) NVIDIA
2 3 (37.50%) Microsoft
3 2 (25.00%) Siemens
4 1 (12.50%) Databricks