Data Science Manager Contract Job Trends in England

Data Science Manager
UK > England

The median Data Science Manager daily rate in England is £525, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 18 September 2025.

The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 511 527 587
Rank change year-on-year +16 +60 +191
Contract jobs requiring a Data Science Manager 1 1 3
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.004% 0.003% 0.007%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.004% 0.003% 0.008%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 1 2
10th Percentile - - £289
25th Percentile £513 £650 £349
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £700 £486
Median % change year-on-year -25.00% +43.96% -30.54%
75th Percentile £538 £750 £637
90th Percentile - - £705
UK median daily rate £463 £700 £486
% change year-on-year -33.93% +43.96% -30.54%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
England

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies 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 25,377 30,623 39,527
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.32% 92.98% 94.28%
Number of daily rates quoted 16,381 19,128 27,584
10th Percentile £280 £300 £300
25th Percentile £400 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £508 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year -3.33% -4.55% -
75th Percentile £625 £638 £650
90th Percentile £738 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £530
% change year-on-year -4.76% -0.94% -3.64%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,363 1,485 1,349
10th Percentile £13.75 £14.60 £15.25
25th Percentile £17.31 £21.25 £19.06
Median hourly rate £25.15 £46.18 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year -45.54% +2.62% +73.08%
75th Percentile £54.88 £67.50 £65.00
90th Percentile £71.49 £75.00 £78.00
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £43.00 £44.50
% change year-on-year -41.51% -3.37% +71.15%

Data Science Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Data Science Manager in England

Data Science Manager
Daily Rate Trend in England

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Data Science Manager job vacancies in England.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Data Science Manager job vacancies in England

Data Science Manager
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 Manager within the England region over the 6 months to 18 September 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
London - 1 £525 - 21
Data Science Manager
UK

Data Science Manager Skill Set
Top 10 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England

For the 6 months to 18 September 2025, Data Science Manager 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 Manager in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Project Management
1 1 (100.00%) Finance
1 1 (100.00%) Legal
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management
1 1 (100.00%) Banking
1 1 (100.00%) Artificial Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Data Protection
1 1 (100.00%) Machine Learning
1 1 (100.00%) Data Science
1 1 (100.00%) Roadmaps

Data Science Manager 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:

General
1 1 (100.00%) Banking
1 1 (100.00%) Finance
1 1 (100.00%) Legal
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Artificial Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Data Protection
1 1 (100.00%) Data Science
1 1 (100.00%) Machine Learning
1 1 (100.00%) Project Management
1 1 (100.00%) Roadmaps
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management