Data Science Contracts in Hertfordshire

Data Science
East of England > Hertfordshire

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Hertfordshire 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 August 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 39 63 65
Rank change year-on-year +24 +2 -25
Contract jobs citing Data Science 14 1 4
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Hertfordshire 3.31% 0.14% 0.54%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.68% 0.16% 0.62%
Number of daily rates quoted 10 0 3
10th Percentile £461 - £530
25th Percentile £508 - £538
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 - £600
Median % change year-on-year - - -11.44%
75th Percentile £675 - £650
90th Percentile - - -
East of England median daily rate £525 £525 £450
% change year-on-year - +16.67% -20.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £61.25
Median hourly rate - - £62.50
75th Percentile - - £63.75
90th Percentile - - -
East of England median hourly rate - - £62.50
% change year-on-year - - +13.64%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Hertfordshire

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 Hertfordshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 380 625 650
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Hertfordshire 89.83% 87.17% 87.60%
Number of daily rates quoted 174 202 355
10th Percentile £261 £201 £260
25th Percentile £446 £306 £369
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £527 £400 £525
Median % change year-on-year +31.63% -23.81% +5.00%
75th Percentile £575 £572 £675
90th Percentile £675 £650 £745
East of England median daily rate £500 £425 £500
% change year-on-year +17.65% -15.00% +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 115 285 145
10th Percentile £16.95 £27.60 £17.73
25th Percentile £30.06 £38.12 £49.00
Median hourly rate £54.50 £50.00 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year +9.00% -23.08% +18.18%
75th Percentile £67.00 £63.75 £70.00
90th Percentile £77.00 £70.00 £90.00
East of England median hourly rate £37.50 £40.00 £21.00
% change year-on-year -6.25% +90.48% +6.01%

Data Science
Job Vacancy Trend in Hertfordshire

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

Job vacancy trend for Data Science in Hertfordshire

Data Science
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Hertfordshire

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

Daily rate trend for Data Science in Hertfordshire

Data Science
Daily Rate Histogram in Hertfordshire

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

Daily rate histogram for Data Science in Hertfordshire

Data Science
Contract Job Locations in Hertfordshire

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 Hertfordshire region over the 6 months to 1 August 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
Stevenage - 6 £505 -
Data Science
East of England

Data Science
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Hertfordshire 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 9 (64.29%) Apache Spark
2 1 (7.14%) IBM Domino
2 1 (7.14%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 11 (78.57%) Azure
2 9 (64.29%) AWS
3 2 (14.29%) GCP
4 1 (7.14%) Azure DevOps
Communications & Networking
1 1 (7.14%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (85.71%) Tableau
2 10 (71.43%) Big Data
3 9 (64.29%) Hadoop
General
1 8 (57.14%) Analytical Skills
2 2 (14.29%) Telecoms
3 1 (7.14%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 13 (92.86%) Developer
2 10 (71.43%) Data Science Developer
3 8 (57.14%) Artificial Intelligence Developer
4 2 (14.29%) Gen AI Developer
4 2 (14.29%) Senior
4 2 (14.29%) Senior Developer
5 1 (7.14%) Full-Stack Developer
5 1 (7.14%) Full-Stack Python Developer
5 1 (7.14%) Lead
5 1 (7.14%) Python Developer
5 1 (7.14%) Technical Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (85.71%) Matplotlib
1 12 (85.71%) PyTorch
1 12 (85.71%) scikit-learn
1 12 (85.71%) Seaborn
1 12 (85.71%) TensorFlow
2 11 (78.57%) NumPy
2 11 (78.57%) Pandas
3 1 (7.14%) .NET
3 1 (7.14%) AngularJS
3 1 (7.14%) CSS
3 1 (7.14%) HTML
3 1 (7.14%) Node.js
3 1 (7.14%) React
Miscellaneous
1 11 (78.57%) Algorithms
Operating Systems
1 1 (7.14%) Linux
1 1 (7.14%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (92.86%) Artificial Intelligence
2 12 (85.71%) Data Analysis
2 12 (85.71%) Data Munging
2 12 (85.71%) Generative AI
2 12 (85.71%) Machine Learning
2 12 (85.71%) Visualisation
3 11 (78.57%) LLM
4 10 (71.43%) Analytics
4 10 (71.43%) Statistical Modelling
5 9 (64.29%) Predictive Analytics
5 9 (64.29%) Reinforcement Learning
5 9 (64.29%) Time Series Forecasting
6 8 (57.14%) Data Analytics
6 8 (57.14%) Decision-Making
6 8 (57.14%) Feature Engineering
7 7 (50.00%) Computer Science
8 2 (14.29%) DevOps
9 1 (7.14%) Storage Management
9 1 (7.14%) Time Series Analysis
9 1 (7.14%) Web Application Development
Programming Languages
1 14 (100.00%) Python
2 13 (92.86%) R
3 1 (7.14%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 7 (50.00%) Degree
1 7 (50.00%) Master's Degree
1 7 (50.00%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (71.43%) Data Quality
System Software
1 1 (7.14%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (7.14%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 1 (7.14%) Databricks
1 1 (7.14%) Microsoft
1 1 (7.14%) OpenAI