Data Science Leader Contracts in England

Data Science Lead
UK > England

The median Data Science Lead daily rate in England is £630 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 25 April 2024.

The first table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
25 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 544 666 773
Rank change year-on-year +122 +107 -155
Contract jobs requiring a Data Science Leader 4 2 7
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.011% 0.004% 0.010%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.012% 0.004% 0.010%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 2 2
10th Percentile - £556 £491
25th Percentile - £584 £505
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £630 £663 £544
Median % change year-on-year -4.91% +21.84% -5.43%
75th Percentile - £734 £592
90th Percentile - £759 £612
UK median daily rate £630 £663 £544
% change year-on-year -4.91% +21.84% -5.43%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 4
Median hourly rate - - £42.00
UK median hourly rate - - £42.00

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
England

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in England. 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 England with a recognized job title 34,517 47,965 67,732
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.72% 94.58% 95.53%
Number of daily rates quoted 22,960 34,010 48,090
10th Percentile £275 £310 £313
25th Percentile £411 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +10.53%
75th Percentile £640 £663 £638
90th Percentile £750 £763 £738
UK median daily rate £525 £540 £525
% change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,411 1,443 1,914
10th Percentile £12.92 £14.31 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.30 £20.00 £15.25
Median hourly rate £35.65 £45.00 £22.50
Median % change year-on-year -20.78% +100.00% +0.36%
75th Percentile £60.00 £65.67 £48.49
90th Percentile £72.50 £76.45 £62.15
UK median hourly rate £35.68 £45.00 £23.00
% change year-on-year -20.71% +95.65% +1.41%

Data Science Leader
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings that featured Data Science Leader in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for Data Science Leader in England

Data Science Leader
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

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

Daily rate trend for Data Science Leader in England

Data Science Leader
Contract Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Data Science Leader within the England region over the 6 months to 25 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
London +109 4 £630 -16.00% 1
Data Science Leader
UK

Data Science Leader Skill Set
Top 9 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England

For the 6 months to 25 April 2024, Data Science Leader contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the England region featuring Data Science Leader in the job title.

1 4 (100.00%) Artificial Intelligence
1 4 (100.00%) Degree
1 4 (100.00%) Natural Language Processing
1 4 (100.00%) Machine Learning
1 4 (100.00%) Chatbot
1 4 (100.00%) Data Science
1 4 (100.00%) Conversational UI
1 4 (100.00%) Customer Experience
1 4 (100.00%) Product Ownership

Data Science Leader Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in 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:

Applications
1 4 (100.00%) Chatbot
Miscellaneous
1 4 (100.00%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (100.00%) Artificial Intelligence
1 4 (100.00%) Conversational UI
1 4 (100.00%) Customer Experience
1 4 (100.00%) Data Science
1 4 (100.00%) Machine Learning
1 4 (100.00%) Natural Language Processing
Qualifications
1 4 (100.00%) Degree