Data Science Contracts in Leeds

Data Science
West Yorkshire > Leeds

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Leeds 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 52 57 76
Rank change year-on-year +5 +19 -2
Contract jobs citing Data Science 8 6 20
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Leeds 1.72% 0.75% 1.50%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.87% 0.87% 1.65%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 4 6
10th Percentile £533 £348 £538
25th Percentile £563 £381 £603
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £625 £425 £650
Median % change year-on-year +47.06% -34.62% +18.18%
75th Percentile £700 £461 £709
90th Percentile £738 £482 £750
West Yorkshire median daily rate £588 £450 £675
% change year-on-year +30.56% -33.33% +22.73%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Leeds

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 Leeds.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 428 692 1,211
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Leeds 92.04% 86.61% 91.05%
Number of daily rates quoted 282 421 872
10th Percentile £263 £300 £388
25th Percentile £350 £413 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £469 £500 £540
Median % change year-on-year -6.25% -7.41% +8.00%
75th Percentile £550 £586 £620
90th Percentile £638 £669 £700
West Yorkshire median daily rate £475 £500 £525
% change year-on-year -5.00% -4.76% +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 24 12
10th Percentile £17.08 £11.75 £12.38
25th Percentile £31.54 £12.15 £16.87
Median hourly rate £41.00 £12.30 £58.25
Median % change year-on-year +233.33% -78.88% +158.37%
75th Percentile £98.08 £12.53 £70.00
90th Percentile £102.00 £14.82 -
West Yorkshire median hourly rate £27.50 £12.53 £25.25
% change year-on-year +119.47% -50.38% +40.28%

Data Science
Job Vacancy Trend in Leeds

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

Job vacancy trend for Data Science in Leeds

Data Science
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Leeds

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

Daily rate trend for Data Science in Leeds

Data Science
Daily Rate Histogram in Leeds

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

Daily rate histogram for Data Science in Leeds

Data Science
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Leeds

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

Hourly rate trend for Data Science in Leeds

Data Science
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Leeds 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:

Applications
1 1 (12.50%) Chatbot
Cloud Services
1 6 (75.00%) GCP
2 3 (37.50%) AWS
2 3 (37.50%) Azure
2 3 (37.50%) Google Compute Engine
2 3 (37.50%) PaaS
3 1 (12.50%) Dynamics 365
3 1 (12.50%) Figma
3 1 (12.50%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (37.50%) BigQuery
2 1 (12.50%) Power BI
2 1 (12.50%) Power Query
General
1 5 (62.50%) Social Skills
2 2 (25.00%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (12.50%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 3 (37.50%) Architect
2 2 (25.00%) Administrator
2 2 (25.00%) GCP Architect
3 1 (12.50%) Analyst
3 1 (12.50%) Consultant
3 1 (12.50%) Data Analyst
3 1 (12.50%) Data Architect
3 1 (12.50%) Designer
3 1 (12.50%) HR Analyst
3 1 (12.50%) HR Data Analyst
3 1 (12.50%) Senior
3 1 (12.50%) Senior Analyst
3 1 (12.50%) Senior Data Analyst
3 1 (12.50%) Solutions Architect
3 1 (12.50%) Solutions Architect - Google Cloud Platform
Miscellaneous
1 1 (12.50%) Analytical Mindset
1 1 (12.50%) Data Protection Act
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (75.00%) Analytics
1 6 (75.00%) Data Engineering
2 4 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
3 3 (37.50%) Data Governance
3 3 (37.50%) Data Modelling
3 3 (37.50%) Data Pipeline
3 3 (37.50%) ETL
3 3 (37.50%) Machine Learning
3 3 (37.50%) Performance Optimisation
4 2 (25.00%) Artificial Intelligence
4 2 (25.00%) Data Analytics
5 1 (12.50%) Business Intelligence
5 1 (12.50%) Computer Science
5 1 (12.50%) Data Analysis
5 1 (12.50%) Data Extraction
5 1 (12.50%) Data Protection
5 1 (12.50%) Natural Language Processing
5 1 (12.50%) Statistics
5 1 (12.50%) UX Design
5 1 (12.50%) Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 3 (37.50%) Python
1 3 (37.50%) Scala
2 2 (25.00%) SQL
3 1 (12.50%) Data Analysis Expressions
Qualifications
1 1 (12.50%) Degree
1 1 (12.50%) Master's Degree
1 1 (12.50%) Microsoft Certification
1 1 (12.50%) Security Cleared
Systems Management
1 6 (75.00%) Terraform
Vendors
1 6 (75.00%) Databricks
2 5 (62.50%) Google
3 2 (25.00%) Microsoft
4 1 (12.50%) Workday