Data Science Contracts in the East of England

Data Science
England > East of England

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the East of England 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 29 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
29 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 82 106 106
Rank change year-on-year +24 0 -10
Contract jobs citing Data Science 28 17 41
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the East of England 1.47% 0.82% 1.59%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.70% 0.94% 1.81%
Number of daily rates quoted 21 11 20
10th Percentile £303 £338 £407
25th Percentile £400 £433 £408
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £450 £550
Median % change year-on-year +22.22% -18.18% +6.28%
75th Percentile £575 £531 £600
90th Percentile £675 £538 £776
England median daily rate £542 £550 £590
% change year-on-year -1.55% -6.78% +7.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 1 0
10th Percentile £32.57 - -
25th Percentile £41.81 £18.75 -
Median hourly rate £57.84 £19.50 -
Median % change year-on-year +196.59% - -
75th Percentile £73.23 £20.25 -
90th Percentile £82.09 - -
England median hourly rate £42.50 £35.00 £42.00
% change year-on-year +21.43% -16.67% +54.90%

All Process and Methodology Skills
East of England

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 the East of England with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,645 1,801 2,263
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the East of England 86.13% 87.13% 87.92%
Number of daily rates quoted 709 1,065 1,274
10th Percentile £206 £201 £185
25th Percentile £333 £313 £338
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £475 £475
Median % change year-on-year - - +11.76%
75th Percentile £575 £600 £550
90th Percentile £675 £700 £650
England median daily rate £525 £550 £538
% change year-on-year -4.55% +2.33% +9.14%
Number of hourly rates quoted 605 340 385
10th Percentile £14.16 £13.41 £12.50
25th Percentile £15.39 £14.25 £13.25
Median hourly rate £40.00 £24.62 £15.50
Median % change year-on-year +62.47% +58.84% -13.58%
75th Percentile £62.50 £65.00 £39.55
90th Percentile £75.25 £70.00 £58.75
England median hourly rate £35.83 £37.50 £24.48
% change year-on-year -4.45% +53.20% +1.99%

Data Science
Job Vacancy Trend in the East of England

Job postings citing Data Science as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the East of England.

Job vacancy trend for Data Science in the East of England

Data Science
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the East of England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Data Science in the East of England.

Daily rate trend for Data Science in the East of England

Data Science
Daily Rate Histogram in the East of England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Data Science in the East of England over the 6 months to 29 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Data Science in the East of England

Data Science
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the East of England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Data Science in the East of England.

Hourly rate trend for Data Science in the East of England

Data Science
Hourly Rate Histogram in the East of England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Data Science in the East of England over the 6 months to 29 April 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Data Science in the East of England

Data Science
Contract Job Locations in the East of England

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 East of England region over the 6 months to 29 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
Essex +6 10 £635 +44.32% 1
Hertfordshire +7 6 £375 -28.57% 5
Cambridgeshire 0 5 £550 +22.22% 20
Bedfordshire +2 3 £560 -6.67% 2
Norfolk - 3 £307 - 7
Suffolk +11 1 £450 -14.29%
Data Science
England

Data Science
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the East of England 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 (3.57%) Apache
1 1 (3.57%) Apache Airflow
1 1 (3.57%) Apache Spark
1 1 (3.57%) Confluence
1 1 (3.57%) Luigi
Business Applications
1 2 (7.14%) SAP BPC
1 2 (7.14%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 8 (28.57%) GCP
2 6 (21.43%) Cloud Computing
3 3 (10.71%) Power Platform
4 1 (3.57%) AWS
4 1 (3.57%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 1 (3.57%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (17.86%) Data Warehouse
2 4 (14.29%) Tableau
3 3 (10.71%) Looker
3 3 (10.71%) Power BI
4 2 (7.14%) Big Data
4 2 (7.14%) Electronic Patient Records
4 2 (7.14%) Hadoop
4 2 (7.14%) SAP HANA
5 1 (3.57%) Data Mining
5 1 (3.57%) Metadata
5 1 (3.57%) MongoDB
5 1 (3.57%) NoSQL
5 1 (3.57%) PostgreSQL
5 1 (3.57%) SAP BW
General
1 13 (46.43%) Analytical Skills
2 11 (39.29%) Finance
3 8 (28.57%) Social Skills
4 7 (25.00%) Banking
5 3 (10.71%) Presentation Skills
6 2 (7.14%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 2 (7.14%) Pharmaceutical
7 1 (3.57%) Automotive
7 1 (3.57%) Financial Institution
7 1 (3.57%) Influencing Skills
7 1 (3.57%) Legal
7 1 (3.57%) Marketing
7 1 (3.57%) Organisational Skills
7 1 (3.57%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 7 (25.00%) Architect
2 6 (21.43%) Solutions Architect
3 5 (17.86%) Analyst
3 5 (17.86%) Data Scientist
4 4 (14.29%) Data Manager
5 3 (10.71%) Artificial Intelligence Analyst
5 3 (10.71%) Enterprise Architect
6 2 (7.14%) Analytics Manager
6 2 (7.14%) Consultant
6 2 (7.14%) Data Analytics Manager
6 2 (7.14%) Data Science Manager
6 2 (7.14%) Enterprise Solutions Architect
6 2 (7.14%) EPR Project Manager
6 2 (7.14%) Lead
6 2 (7.14%) Machine Learning Analyst
6 2 (7.14%) Project Manager
6 2 (7.14%) Senior
7 1 (3.57%) Business Analyst
7 1 (3.57%) Data Analyst
7 1 (3.57%) Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (3.57%) Flask
1 1 (3.57%) NumPy
1 1 (3.57%) Pandas
1 1 (3.57%) PySpark
1 1 (3.57%) PyTorch
1 1 (3.57%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 7 (25.00%) Legacy Systems
2 4 (14.29%) Algorithms
2 4 (14.29%) Data Structures
3 3 (10.71%) Life Science
4 2 (7.14%) Management Information System
4 2 (7.14%) NHS
5 1 (3.57%) Cloud Native
5 1 (3.57%) Greenfield Project
5 1 (3.57%) Low-Code
5 1 (3.57%) Product Ownership
5 1 (3.57%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (50.00%) Computer Science
2 11 (39.29%) Problem-Solving
3 10 (35.71%) Analytics
4 9 (32.14%) Artificial Intelligence
4 9 (32.14%) Migration
5 8 (28.57%) Roadmaps
5 8 (28.57%) Technical Leadership
6 7 (25.00%) Agile
6 7 (25.00%) Business Intelligence
6 7 (25.00%) Business Strategy
6 7 (25.00%) Data Management
6 7 (25.00%) Fintech
6 7 (25.00%) TOGAF
6 7 (25.00%) Visualisation
6 7 (25.00%) Zachman Framework
7 6 (21.43%) DevOps
7 6 (21.43%) Enterprise Architecture
7 6 (21.43%) Machine Learning
7 6 (21.43%) Predictive Modelling
7 6 (21.43%) Statistics
Programming Languages
1 11 (39.29%) Java
2 10 (35.71%) Python
3 7 (25.00%) SQL
4 6 (21.43%) R
Qualifications
1 16 (57.14%) Degree
2 12 (42.86%) Computer Science Degree
3 3 (10.71%) Master's Degree
4 1 (3.57%) DV Cleared
4 1 (3.57%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (14.29%) Data Quality
2 2 (7.14%) GxP
2 2 (7.14%) Sarbanes-Oxley
3 1 (3.57%) California Consumer Privacy Act
3 1 (3.57%) GDPR
3 1 (3.57%) PMO
System Software
1 1 (3.57%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (3.57%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 7 (25.00%) Google
2 2 (7.14%) Hyperion
2 2 (7.14%) Microsoft
2 2 (7.14%) SAP