Data Scientist Contract Job Trends in Derbyshire

Data Scientist
East Midlands > Derbyshire

As of 3 October 2025, there is not enough information available from job vacancies posted within the last 6 months to determine the median Data Scientist daily rate in Derbyshire.

6 months to
3 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 22 - 23
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a Data Scientist 1 0 4
As % of all contract jobs in Derbyshire 0.75% - 2.48%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.85% - 2.65%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 4
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - £450
75th Percentile - - £500
90th Percentile - - -
East Midlands median daily rate - £500 £475
% change year-on-year - +5.26% -9.52%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Derbyshire

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Derbyshire. 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 Derbyshire with a recognized job title 117 164 151
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 87.31% 98.20% 93.79%
Number of daily rates quoted 66 71 94
10th Percentile £149 £250 £181
25th Percentile £348 £322 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £508 £450 £481
Median % change year-on-year +12.78% -6.49% +20.31%
75th Percentile £629 £588 £623
90th Percentile £725 £630 £664
East Midlands median daily rate £415 £445 £489
% change year-on-year -6.74% -9.00% +8.67%
Number of hourly rates quoted 13 19 22
10th Percentile £18.85 £17.00 £17.71
25th Percentile £25.04 £18.65 £17.72
Median hourly rate £25.15 £24.18 £18.86
Median % change year-on-year +4.01% +28.21% +16.29%
75th Percentile - £50.00 £29.69
90th Percentile - £51.00 £53.98
East Midlands median hourly rate £21.13 £24.00 £18.16
% change year-on-year -11.98% +32.14% +3.43%

Data Scientist
Job Vacancy Trend in Derbyshire

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 Derbyshire.

Data Scientist job vacancy trend in Derbyshire

Data Scientist
Daily Rate Trend in Derbyshire

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

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

Data Scientist
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 Scientist within the Derbyshire region over the 6 months to 3 October 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
Derby - 1 - -
Data Scientist
East Midlands

Data Scientist Skill Set
Top 15 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Derbyshire

For the 6 months to 3 October 2025, 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 Derbyshire region featuring Data Scientist in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) SQL
1 1 (100.00%) Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (100.00%) Aerospace
1 1 (100.00%) Migration
1 1 (100.00%) Data Management
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) Data Analytics
1 1 (100.00%) Analytics
1 1 (100.00%) Power BI
1 1 (100.00%) Actionable Insight
1 1 (100.00%) Databricks
1 1 (100.00%) Digital Transformation Programme
1 1 (100.00%) Data Science
1 1 (100.00%) Power Platform

Data Scientist Skill Set
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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Power BI
General
1 1 (100.00%) Aerospace
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Actionable Insight
1 1 (100.00%) Analytics
1 1 (100.00%) Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Data Analytics
1 1 (100.00%) Data Management
1 1 (100.00%) Data Science
1 1 (100.00%) Digital Transformation Programme
1 1 (100.00%) Migration
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) SQL
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Databricks
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft