Data Science Contracts in Glasgow

Data Science
Scotland > Glasgow

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Glasgow requiring Data Science skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Data Science over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 48 78 77
Rank change year-on-year +30 -1 -5
Contract jobs citing Data Science 32 4 7
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Glasgow 4.01% 0.46% 0.77%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.28% 0.50% 0.81%
Number of daily rates quoted 9 4 4
10th Percentile £409 £386 £354
25th Percentile £459 £421 £359
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £468 £458 £463
Median % change year-on-year +2.19% -1.08% -7.50%
75th Percentile £538 £497 £675
90th Percentile £563 £514 £855
Scotland median daily rate £467 £488 £480
% change year-on-year -4.15% +1.56% -8.57%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
Median hourly rate - - £35.00
Scotland median hourly rate - - £35.00

All Process and Methodology Skills
Glasgow

Data Science falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in Glasgow.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 747 806 862
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Glasgow 93.61% 91.90% 94.31%
Number of daily rates quoted 478 515 629
10th Percentile £311 £280 £325
25th Percentile £393 £400 £410
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £463 £475 £475
Median % change year-on-year -2.63% - +5.56%
75th Percentile £550 £588 £600
90th Percentile £603 £675 £701
Scotland median daily rate £463 £475 £475
% change year-on-year -2.63% - +2.15%
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 40 27
10th Percentile £16.18 £13.75 -
25th Percentile £16.75 £16.00 £10.63
Median hourly rate £19.83 £21.13 £13.50
Median % change year-on-year -6.14% +56.50% -66.24%
75th Percentile £65.00 £44.14 £35.00
90th Percentile £76.83 £63.75 £59.47
Scotland median hourly rate £21.59 £19.34 £17.72
% change year-on-year +11.66% +9.11% -55.69%

Data Science
Job Vacancy Trend in Glasgow

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

Job vacancy trend for Data Science in Glasgow

Data Science
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Glasgow

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

Daily rate trend for Data Science in Glasgow

Data Science
Daily Rate Histogram in Glasgow

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Data Science in Glasgow over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Data Science in Glasgow

Data Science
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Glasgow 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 6 (18.75%) Jupyter
Cloud Services
1 11 (34.38%) Cloud Computing
2 1 (3.13%) AWS
2 1 (3.13%) Azure
2 1 (3.13%) GCP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (37.50%) KDB
1 12 (37.50%) Kdb+
2 2 (6.25%) Neo4j
3 1 (3.13%) Elasticsearch
Development Applications
1 1 (3.13%) Git
General
1 24 (75.00%) Social Skills
2 23 (71.88%) Banking
2 23 (71.88%) Investment Banking
3 14 (43.75%) Finance
4 3 (9.38%) Analytical Skills
5 1 (3.13%) Legal
5 1 (3.13%) Organisational Skills
5 1 (3.13%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 21 (65.63%) Developer
2 17 (53.13%) Python Developer
3 12 (37.50%) C++ Developer
4 11 (34.38%) Investment Banking C++ Developer
4 11 (34.38%) Linux Developer
4 11 (34.38%) Senior
4 11 (34.38%) Senior C++ Developer
4 11 (34.38%) Senior Developer
4 11 (34.38%) Senior Python Developer
5 10 (31.25%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
6 8 (25.00%) JavaScript Engineer
6 8 (25.00%) Python Engineer
7 2 (6.25%) Artificial Intelligence Developer
8 1 (3.13%) Analyst
8 1 (3.13%) Data Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (3.13%) NumPy
1 1 (3.13%) Pandas
1 1 (3.13%) PyTorch
1 1 (3.13%) scikit-learn
1 1 (3.13%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 17 (53.13%) Enterprise Software
2 11 (34.38%) Distributed Systems
3 8 (25.00%) Management Information System
4 2 (6.25%) Data Protection Act
5 1 (3.13%) Analytical Mindset
5 1 (3.13%) Product Ownership
5 1 (3.13%) Reference Data
Operating Systems
1 18 (56.25%) Linux
1 18 (56.25%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 19 (59.38%) Containerisation
2 18 (56.25%) SDLC
3 14 (43.75%) Artificial Intelligence
3 14 (43.75%) Machine Learning
4 12 (37.50%) Decision-Making
5 11 (34.38%) Critical Thinking
5 11 (34.38%) Data Security
5 11 (34.38%) Experimental Design
5 11 (34.38%) Natural Language Processing
5 11 (34.38%) Problem-Solving
5 11 (34.38%) Risk Management
5 11 (34.38%) Statistical Analysis
6 9 (28.13%) Community of Practice
6 9 (28.13%) Data-Driven Decision Making
6 9 (28.13%) Task Automation
7 2 (6.25%) Analytical Thinking
7 2 (6.25%) Analytics
7 2 (6.25%) CI/CD
7 2 (6.25%) Data Protection
8 1 (3.13%) Data Cleansing
Programming Languages
1 32 (100.00%) Python
2 12 (37.50%) C++
3 11 (34.38%) Java
3 11 (34.38%) JavaScript
3 11 (34.38%) TypeScript
4 6 (18.75%) R
5 4 (12.50%) Perl
6 2 (6.25%) SQL
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (3.13%) Data Quality
System Software
1 19 (59.38%) Docker
Systems Management
1 19 (59.38%) Kubernetes
2 1 (3.13%) Terraform
Vendors
1 1 (3.13%) Alteryx
1 1 (3.13%) OpenAI