Data Science
North West > Lancashire
The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Lancashire 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 9 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 9 May 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | - | - | 33 |
| Rank change year-on-year | - | - | - |
| Contract jobs citing Data Science | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in Lancashire | - | - | 0.84% |
| As % of the Processes & Methodologies category | - | - | 0.97% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | - | - | - |
| North West median daily rate | £455 | £488 | £650 |
| % change year-on-year | -6.67% | -25.00% | +36.84% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 10th Percentile | - | - | £47.18 |
| 25th Percentile | - | - | £48.72 |
| Median hourly rate | - | - | £52.99 |
| 75th Percentile | - | - | £55.55 |
| 90th Percentile | - | - | £56.06 |
| North West median hourly rate | £25.43 | - | £49.57 |
| % change year-on-year | - | - | -5.58% |
All Process and Methodology Skills
Lancashire
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 Lancashire.
| Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills | 163 | 158 | 207 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Lancashire | 90.56% | 79.00% | 86.61% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 83 | 76 | 112 |
| 10th Percentile | £400 | £266 | £284 |
| 25th Percentile | £463 | £413 | £401 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £538 | £500 | £500 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +7.60% | - | +5.26% |
| 75th Percentile | £600 | £646 | £604 |
| 90th Percentile | £655 | £720 | £700 |
| North West median daily rate | £475 | £500 | £500 |
| % change year-on-year | -5.00% | - | +5.26% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 22 | 53 | 44 |
| 10th Percentile | £15.34 | - | £24.50 |
| 25th Percentile | £23.43 | £16.06 | £29.30 |
| Median hourly rate | £28.75 | £25.60 | £42.50 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +12.30% | -39.76% | +15.65% |
| 75th Percentile | £53.07 | £45.88 | £52.13 |
| 90th Percentile | £63.36 | £47.64 | £56.38 |
| North West median hourly rate | £32.50 | £23.80 | £36.00 |
| % change year-on-year | +36.55% | -33.89% | +71.43% |
Data Science
Job Vacancy Trend in Lancashire
Job postings citing Data Science as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Lancashire.
Data Science
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Lancashire
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Data Science in Lancashire.