Senior Data Scientist Contracts in England

Senior Data Scientist
UK > England

The median Senior Data Scientist daily rate in England is £600 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 28 May 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
28 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 521 639 731
Rank change year-on-year +118 +92 -166
Contract jobs requiring a Senior Data Scientist 20 8 40
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.054% 0.017% 0.056%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.059% 0.018% 0.059%
Number of daily rates quoted 15 3 28
10th Percentile £468 £505 £518
25th Percentile £519 £513 £545
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £550 £588
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% -6.38% -5.24%
75th Percentile £680 £613 £638
90th Percentile £775 £635 £763
UK median daily rate £585 £550 £600
% change year-on-year +6.36% -8.33% -3.23%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £57.50
Median hourly rate - - £65.00
75th Percentile - - £72.50
90th Percentile - - -
UK median hourly rate - - £65.00
% change year-on-year - - +47.23%

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 34,037 45,024 67,773
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.73% 94.58% 95.42%
Number of daily rates quoted 22,551 32,010 48,394
10th Percentile £285 £313 £313
25th Percentile £413 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £530
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +3.79% +7.05%
75th Percentile £638 £663 £650
90th Percentile £750 £763 £750
UK median daily rate £525 £540 £525
% change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +7.69%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,522 1,314 1,828
10th Percentile £12.86 £14.25 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.30 £20.00 £15.74
Median hourly rate £37.50 £45.00 £23.31
Median % change year-on-year -16.67% +93.05% +8.42%
75th Percentile £61.60 £65.01 £49.25
90th Percentile £73.75 £77.00 £65.00
UK median hourly rate £37.18 £45.00 £24.00
% change year-on-year -17.38% +87.50% +6.90%

Senior Data Scientist
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Senior Data Scientist in England

Senior Data Scientist
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

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

Daily rate trend for Senior Data Scientist in England

Senior Data Scientist
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Senior Data Scientist in England over the 6 months to 28 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Senior Data Scientist in England

Senior Data Scientist
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 Senior Data Scientist within the England region over the 6 months to 28 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 +97 18 £593 +12.86% 69
South West +5 1 £625 -3.85% 8
Senior Data Scientist
UK

Senior Data Scientist Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England

For the 6 months to 28 May 2024, Senior Data Scientist 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 Senior Data Scientist in the job title.

1 20 (100.00%) Data Science
2 17 (85.00%) Python
3 15 (75.00%) Machine Learning
4 13 (65.00%) SQL
5 10 (50.00%) Algorithms
6 9 (45.00%) Analytics
7 8 (40.00%) Computer Science
8 7 (35.00%) Jupyter
9 6 (30.00%) Actionable Insight
9 6 (30.00%) Git
9 6 (30.00%) Marketing
9 6 (30.00%) Mathematics
9 6 (30.00%) Data Modelling
10 5 (25.00%) E-Commerce
10 5 (25.00%) Finance
10 5 (25.00%) Data Analysis
10 5 (25.00%) Artificial Intelligence
10 5 (25.00%) Deep Learning
10 5 (25.00%) Propensity Modelling
10 5 (25.00%) Matplotlib
10 5 (25.00%) scikit-learn
10 5 (25.00%) Pandas
10 5 (25.00%) Analytical Skills
10 5 (25.00%) Social Skills
10 5 (25.00%) Data Pipeline
11 4 (20.00%) Customer Experience
11 4 (20.00%) Databricks
11 4 (20.00%) Natural Language Processing
11 4 (20.00%) Retail
11 4 (20.00%) Statistics

Senior Data Scientist 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:

Application Platforms
1 7 (35.00%) Jupyter
2 1 (5.00%) SAS
Cloud Services
1 4 (20.00%) AWS
2 3 (15.00%) Azure
2 3 (15.00%) Snowflake
3 2 (10.00%) Azure Machine Learning
3 2 (10.00%) Power Platform
4 1 (5.00%) Amazon SageMaker
4 1 (5.00%) dbt
4 1 (5.00%) GCP
4 1 (5.00%) GitHub
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (10.00%) Power BI
2 1 (5.00%) BigQuery
2 1 (5.00%) Looker
2 1 (5.00%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 6 (30.00%) Git
2 1 (5.00%) JIRA
General
1 6 (30.00%) Marketing
2 5 (25.00%) Analytical Skills
2 5 (25.00%) Finance
2 5 (25.00%) Social Skills
3 4 (20.00%) Retail
4 1 (5.00%) Banking
4 1 (5.00%) Law
4 1 (5.00%) Legal
4 1 (5.00%) Police
4 1 (5.00%) Presentation Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (25.00%) Matplotlib
1 5 (25.00%) Pandas
1 5 (25.00%) scikit-learn
2 3 (15.00%) XGBoost
3 2 (10.00%) Plotly
3 2 (10.00%) pytest
3 2 (10.00%) PyTorch
4 1 (5.00%) PySpark
Miscellaneous
1 10 (50.00%) Algorithms
2 3 (15.00%) Data Structures
3 1 (5.00%) Analytical Mindset
3 1 (5.00%) Marketing Technology
3 1 (5.00%) Reinsurance
Processes & Methodologies
1 20 (100.00%) Data Science
2 15 (75.00%) Machine Learning
3 9 (45.00%) Analytics
4 8 (40.00%) Computer Science
5 6 (30.00%) Actionable Insight
5 6 (30.00%) Data Modelling
5 6 (30.00%) Mathematics
6 5 (25.00%) Artificial Intelligence
6 5 (25.00%) Data Analysis
6 5 (25.00%) Data Pipeline
6 5 (25.00%) Deep Learning
6 5 (25.00%) E-Commerce
6 5 (25.00%) Propensity Modelling
7 4 (20.00%) Customer Experience
7 4 (20.00%) Natural Language Processing
7 4 (20.00%) Statistics
8 3 (15.00%) Logistic Regression
8 3 (15.00%) LSTM
8 3 (15.00%) Random Forest
8 3 (15.00%) Transfer Learning
Programming Languages
1 17 (85.00%) Python
2 13 (65.00%) SQL
3 2 (10.00%) Bash
3 2 (10.00%) R
Qualifications
1 3 (15.00%) Degree
1 3 (15.00%) Master's Degree
2 2 (10.00%) PhD
3 1 (5.00%) Numerate Degree
3 1 (5.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (10.00%) Actionable Recommendations
System Software
1 2 (10.00%) Docker
Systems Management
1 2 (10.00%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 4 (20.00%) Databricks
2 2 (10.00%) Salesforce