Data Science Contracts in England

Data Science
UK > England

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in 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 9 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
9 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 177 200 178
Rank change year-on-year +23 -22 -22
Contract jobs citing Data Science 493 653 1,162
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 1.34% 1.33% 1.66%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.55% 1.48% 1.83%
Number of daily rates quoted 359 411 758
10th Percentile £359 £413 £409
25th Percentile £450 £491 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £590
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% -2.54% +7.27%
75th Percentile £675 £700 £669
90th Percentile £750 £775 £763
UK median daily rate £525 £569 £588
% change year-on-year -7.69% -3.19% +6.82%
Number of hourly rates quoted 15 21 31
10th Percentile £23.53 £19.00 £26.25
25th Percentile £27.08 £19.25 £33.38
Median hourly rate £42.50 £35.00 £42.00
Median % change year-on-year +21.43% -16.67% +54.90%
75th Percentile £53.75 £52.75 £57.81
90th Percentile £68.75 £57.50 £65.75
UK median hourly rate £35.50 £28.58 £42.00
% change year-on-year +24.21% -31.95% +57.13%

All Process and Methodology Skills
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 England with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 31,821 44,233 63,555
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 86.48% 90.18% 90.80%
Number of daily rates quoted 20,850 31,044 45,163
10th Percentile £300 £325 £331
25th Percentile £413 £445 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £538
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +2.33% +7.50%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £650
90th Percentile £750 £763 £750
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £530
% change year-on-year -4.55% +3.77% +8.72%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,250 1,565 1,721
10th Percentile £12.92 £10.68 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.00 £16.25 £15.25
Median hourly rate £36.50 £37.30 £24.50
Median % change year-on-year -2.14% +52.24% +4.26%
75th Percentile £60.00 £65.00 £49.25
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.00 £64.25
UK median hourly rate £36.50 £36.00 £25.18
% change year-on-year +1.39% +42.97% +2.78%

Data Science
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Data Science in England

Data Science
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

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

Daily rate trend for Data Science in England

Data Science
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Data Science in England over the 6 months to 9 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Data Science in England

Data Science
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

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

Hourly rate trend for Data Science in England

Data Science
Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Data Science in England over the 6 months to 9 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Data Science in England

Data Science
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 within the England region over the 6 months to 9 May 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 +34 334 £550 -8.33% 381
North of England +18 37 £488 -22.00% 62
South East +1 33 £475 -13.64% 57
Midlands +16 28 £488 -9.72% 39
East of England +17 26 £538 +19.44% 33
North West +24 25 £488 -25.00% 37
West Midlands +1 21 £488 -9.39% 23
South West -2 15 £563 +7.14% 39
Yorkshire 0 11 £490 -24.62% 20
East Midlands +26 7 £375 -37.50% 16
North East +12 1 - - 5
Data Science
UK

Data Science
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:

Application Platforms
1 28 (5.68%) Apache Spark
2 26 (5.27%) Apache Airflow
3 12 (2.43%) Apache
4 7 (1.42%) Jupyter
5 2 (0.41%) Confluence
5 2 (0.41%) SAS
5 2 (0.41%) SharePoint
6 1 (0.20%) CMS
Applications
1 7 (1.42%) Microsoft Excel
2 6 (1.22%) Chatbot
2 6 (1.22%) Microsoft Office
3 5 (1.01%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 5 (1.01%) MS Visio
4 3 (0.61%) Microsoft Project
5 2 (0.41%) Simulink
6 1 (0.20%) Adobe After Effects
6 1 (0.20%) Blender
6 1 (0.20%) CPLEX
6 1 (0.20%) Houdini
6 1 (0.20%) Maya
6 1 (0.20%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 7 (1.42%) Distributed Ledger
2 3 (0.61%) SAP BPC
2 3 (0.61%) SAP S/4HANA
3 2 (0.41%) Dynamics CRM
3 2 (0.41%) SAP MDG
4 1 (0.20%) Aladdin
Cloud Services
1 102 (20.69%) Azure
2 79 (16.02%) GCP
3 70 (14.20%) Power Platform
4 68 (13.79%) AWS
5 23 (4.67%) Serverless
5 23 (4.67%) Vertex AI
6 20 (4.06%) Azure Data Factory
7 17 (3.45%) Azure Synapse Analytics
8 14 (2.84%) Snowflake
9 13 (2.64%) Amazon S3
10 12 (2.43%) AWS Lambda
10 12 (2.43%) Azure Machine Learning
10 12 (2.43%) GitHub
11 10 (2.03%) Cloud Computing
11 10 (2.03%) Google Compute Engine
12 8 (1.62%) dbt
12 8 (1.62%) GitHub Actions
13 7 (1.42%) Amazon Kinesis
13 7 (1.42%) Azure Functions
13 7 (1.42%) Figma
Communications & Networking
1 6 (1.22%) Internet
2 3 (0.61%) LAN
2 3 (0.61%) WAN
3 1 (0.20%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 70 (14.20%) Power BI
2 65 (13.18%) Data Warehouse
3 63 (12.78%) Big Data
4 56 (11.36%) Tableau
5 36 (7.30%) BigQuery
5 36 (7.30%) Data Lake
6 26 (5.27%) Hadoop
7 19 (3.85%) Data Mining
8 15 (3.04%) Amazon Redshift
9 14 (2.84%) Metadata
10 13 (2.64%) BusinessObjects
11 11 (2.23%) NoSQL
11 11 (2.23%) SQL Server
12 9 (1.83%) PostgreSQL
13 8 (1.62%) Azure SQL Database
13 8 (1.62%) Looker
13 8 (1.62%) Relational Database
14 7 (1.42%) Presto
15 5 (1.01%) Amazon Athena
15 5 (1.01%) Flink
Development Applications
1 29 (5.88%) Git
2 15 (3.04%) JIRA
3 10 (2.03%) Jenkins
4 7 (1.42%) GitLab
4 7 (1.42%) MLflow
5 3 (0.61%) ERwin
5 3 (0.61%) RStudio
5 3 (0.61%) Selenium
6 2 (0.41%) Cucumber
6 2 (0.41%) kappa
6 2 (0.41%) Poetry
6 2 (0.41%) Visual Studio
7 1 (0.20%) CMake
7 1 (0.20%) LabVIEW
7 1 (0.20%) Robot Framework
7 1 (0.20%) Xcode
General
1 141 (28.60%) Social Skills
2 103 (20.89%) Analytical Skills
3 83 (16.84%) Finance
4 36 (7.30%) Public Sector
5 26 (5.27%) Marketing
6 19 (3.85%) Banking
7 18 (3.65%) Pharmaceutical
7 18 (3.65%) Retail
8 17 (3.45%) Influencing Skills
9 13 (2.64%) Legal
10 12 (2.43%) Presentation Skills
11 8 (1.62%) Telecoms
12 7 (1.42%) Advertising
13 6 (1.22%) Financial Institution
14 5 (1.01%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 5 (1.01%) Police
15 4 (0.81%) Documentation Skills
15 4 (0.81%) Games
15 4 (0.81%) Health Technology
15 4 (0.81%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 124 (25.15%) Data Scientist
2 56 (11.36%) Senior
3 53 (10.75%) Data Engineer
4 52 (10.55%) Analyst
5 45 (9.13%) Architect
6 39 (7.91%) Data Analyst
6 39 (7.91%) Developer
7 29 (5.88%) Lead
8 19 (3.85%) Machine Learning Engineer
8 19 (3.85%) Senior Data Scientist
8 19 (3.85%) Solutions Architect
9 18 (3.65%) Data Manager
10 17 (3.45%) GCP Engineer
11 16 (3.25%) Data Architect
12 12 (2.43%) Consultant
12 12 (2.43%) Senior Data Engineer
13 11 (2.23%) Azure Engineer
13 11 (2.23%) Product Manager
14 9 (1.83%) Data Modeller
14 9 (1.83%) Senior Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 35 (7.10%) PySpark
2 32 (6.49%) scikit-learn
3 29 (5.88%) Pandas
4 28 (5.68%) TensorFlow
5 18 (3.65%) NumPy
5 18 (3.65%) PyTorch
6 14 (2.84%) Kafka
7 12 (2.43%) React
8 11 (2.23%) HTML
9 9 (1.83%) CSS
10 7 (1.42%) Django
11 6 (1.22%) Matplotlib
11 6 (1.22%) Plotly
11 6 (1.22%) REST
12 5 (1.01%) Flask
12 5 (1.01%) XGBoost
12 5 (1.01%) XML
13 4 (0.81%) JSON
13 4 (0.81%) Middleware
13 4 (0.81%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 80 (16.23%) Algorithms
2 23 (4.67%) Data Structures
2 23 (4.67%) Management Information System
3 20 (4.06%) Product Ownership
4 11 (2.23%) Team-Oriented Environment
5 10 (2.03%) Analytical Mindset
5 10 (2.03%) Reference Data
6 9 (1.83%) IoT
7 8 (1.62%) Legacy Systems
8 7 (1.42%) Blockchain
8 7 (1.42%) Self-Motivation
9 6 (1.22%) FMCG
9 6 (1.22%) Life Science
9 6 (1.22%) NHS
10 5 (1.01%) Cloud Native
10 5 (1.01%) Data Protection Act
10 5 (1.01%) Distributed Computing
10 5 (1.01%) Onboarding
11 4 (0.81%) Data Centre
11 4 (0.81%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 11 (2.23%) Windows
2 10 (2.03%) Linux
3 4 (0.81%) Unix
4 1 (0.20%) Android
4 1 (0.20%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 196 (39.76%) Machine Learning
2 171 (34.69%) Analytics
3 119 (24.14%) Artificial Intelligence
4 109 (22.11%) Computer Science
5 108 (21.91%) Data Modelling
6 107 (21.70%) Data Analysis
7 99 (20.08%) Agile
8 98 (19.88%) Visualisation
9 84 (17.04%) Business Intelligence
10 83 (16.84%) Problem-Solving
11 76 (15.42%) ETL
12 75 (15.21%) Data Pipeline
13 68 (13.79%) Data Visualisation
14 63 (12.78%) DevOps
15 60 (12.17%) Data Engineering
16 57 (11.56%) Decision-Making
17 56 (11.36%) Statistics
18 53 (10.75%) Mathematics
19 52 (10.55%) Data Management
20 49 (9.94%) CI/CD
Programming Languages
1 269 (54.56%) Python
2 185 (37.53%) SQL
3 49 (9.94%) R
4 30 (6.09%) Java
5 16 (3.25%) Bash
5 16 (3.25%) Scala
6 15 (3.04%) JavaScript
7 8 (1.62%) MATLAB
8 7 (1.42%) C#
8 7 (1.42%) C++
9 6 (1.22%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 5 (1.01%) PowerShell
11 3 (0.61%) Shell Script
11 3 (0.61%) TypeScript
12 2 (0.41%) Bicep
12 2 (0.41%) VBA
13 1 (0.20%) C
13 1 (0.20%) PL/SQL
13 1 (0.20%) Swift
13 1 (0.20%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 131 (26.57%) Degree
2 64 (12.98%) Computer Science Degree
3 52 (10.55%) Security Cleared
4 40 (8.11%) SC Cleared
5 35 (7.10%) Master's Degree
6 14 (2.84%) PhD
7 9 (1.83%) DV Cleared
8 8 (1.62%) BPSS Clearance
9 6 (1.22%) PMI Certification
9 6 (1.22%) PMP
10 5 (1.01%) Azure Certification
10 5 (1.01%) CISSP
10 5 (1.01%) Numerate Degree
11 3 (0.61%) Microsoft Certification
11 3 (0.61%) Postgraduate
12 2 (0.41%) CFA
12 2 (0.41%) MBA
13 1 (0.20%) Cisco Certification
13 1 (0.20%) HND
13 1 (0.20%) ISEB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 46 (9.33%) Data Quality
2 15 (3.04%) QA
3 11 (2.23%) GDPR
4 10 (2.03%) Accessibility
5 8 (1.62%) Actionable Recommendations
6 4 (0.81%) PMO
7 3 (0.61%) GxP
7 3 (0.61%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 3 (0.61%) WCAG
8 2 (0.41%) California Consumer Privacy Act
9 1 (0.20%) NIST
System Software
1 18 (3.65%) Docker
2 4 (0.81%) Virtual Desktop
3 2 (0.41%) HDFS
Systems Management
1 35 (7.10%) Terraform
2 20 (4.06%) Kubernetes
3 6 (1.22%) Kubeflow
4 3 (0.61%) SysTrack
Vendors
1 53 (10.75%) Databricks
2 35 (7.10%) Microsoft
3 21 (4.26%) Google
4 11 (2.23%) Oracle
4 11 (2.23%) SAP
5 10 (2.03%) Foundry
5 10 (2.03%) Palantir
6 8 (1.62%) Alteryx
7 7 (1.42%) OpenAI
8 6 (1.22%) ServiceNow
9 5 (1.01%) Ab Initio
10 3 (0.61%) Citrix
10 3 (0.61%) Cloudera
10 3 (0.61%) Hyperion
10 3 (0.61%) Informatica
10 3 (0.61%) New Relic
10 3 (0.61%) Splunk
10 3 (0.61%) Teradata
11 2 (0.41%) CA
11 2 (0.41%) IBM