Data Science Contracts in Dorset

Data Science
South West > Dorset

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Dorset 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 28 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
28 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 25 30 32
Rank change year-on-year +5 +2 -
Contract jobs citing Data Science 3 5 1
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Dorset 1.83% 2.31% 0.52%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.14% 2.79% 0.59%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 4 0
10th Percentile £405 - -
25th Percentile £488 £488 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £650 £506 -
Median % change year-on-year +28.40% - -
75th Percentile £675 £533 -
90th Percentile - £536 -
South West median daily rate £600 £521 £575
% change year-on-year +15.11% -9.35% -2.13%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Dorset

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 Dorset with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 140 179 169
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Dorset 85.37% 82.87% 88.48%
Number of daily rates quoted 90 103 89
10th Percentile £174 £160 £276
25th Percentile £175 £243 £419
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £456 £488 £475
Median % change year-on-year -6.41% +2.63% +18.75%
75th Percentile £630 £610 £575
90th Percentile £825 £638 £650
South West median daily rate £525 £549 £500
% change year-on-year -4.37% +9.80% +6.95%
Number of hourly rates quoted 35 36 39
10th Percentile £11.87 £17.50 £21.00
25th Percentile £13.69 £48.86 £45.36
Median hourly rate £15.31 £56.29 £52.50
Median % change year-on-year -72.80% +7.22% +10.53%
75th Percentile £56.49 £62.72 £63.97
90th Percentile £61.25 £70.77 £79.28
South West median hourly rate £48.00 £61.50 £48.75
% change year-on-year -21.95% +26.16% +8.33%

Data Science
Job Vacancy Trend in Dorset

Job postings citing Data Science as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Dorset.

Job vacancy trend for Data Science in Dorset

Data Science
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Dorset

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Data Science in Dorset.

Daily rate trend for Data Science in Dorset

Data Science
Daily Rate Histogram in Dorset

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Data Science in Dorset over the 6 months to 28 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Data Science in Dorset

Data Science
Contract Job Locations in Dorset

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 Dorset region over the 6 months to 28 April 2024. 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
Bournemouth - 1 £350 -
Data Science
South West

Data Science
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Dorset 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (33.33%) Apache
1 1 (33.33%) Apache Airflow
Cloud Services
1 1 (33.33%) AWS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (33.33%) Big Data
1 1 (33.33%) Flink
General
1 2 (66.67%) Military
Job Titles
1 2 (66.67%) Developer
1 2 (66.67%) MATLAB Developer
2 1 (33.33%) Data Engineer
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (33.33%) Analytics
1 1 (33.33%) Computer Science
1 1 (33.33%) Data Analytics
1 1 (33.33%) Data Architecture
1 1 (33.33%) Data Engineering
1 1 (33.33%) Data Integration
1 1 (33.33%) Data Modelling
1 1 (33.33%) Data Pipeline
1 1 (33.33%) ETL
1 1 (33.33%) Performance Optimisation
1 1 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
Programming Languages
1 2 (66.67%) C++
1 2 (66.67%) MATLAB
2 1 (33.33%) Python
Qualifications
1 2 (66.67%) DV Cleared
1 2 (66.67%) SC Cleared
1 2 (66.67%) Security Cleared
2 1 (33.33%) Computer Science Degree
2 1 (33.33%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (33.33%) Data Quality
Vendors
1 1 (33.33%) Databricks