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 15 August 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 58 52 69
Rank change year-on-year -6 +17 +16
Contract jobs citing Data Science 5 10 18
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Leeds 0.84% 1.41% 1.62%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.93% 1.67% 1.79%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 4 14
10th Percentile - £415 £177
25th Percentile £513 £438 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £475 £573
Median % change year-on-year +10.53% -17.03% +4.09%
75th Percentile £538 £538 £638
90th Percentile - £560 £709
West Yorkshire median daily rate £525 £475 £573
% change year-on-year +10.53% -17.03% +4.09%

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 536 599 1,006
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Leeds 90.24% 84.25% 90.47%
Number of daily rates quoted 348 397 695
10th Percentile £300 £350 £352
25th Percentile £400 £425 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £490 £500 £550
Median % change year-on-year -2.05% -9.09% +7.32%
75th Percentile £552 £575 £638
90th Percentile £638 £650 £717
West Yorkshire median daily rate £495 £500 £525
% change year-on-year -1.00% -4.76% +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 25 13
10th Percentile £25.15 - £12.00
25th Percentile £25.38 £12.15 £15.75
Median hourly rate £29.56 £13.87 £19.00
Median % change year-on-year +113.09% -27.00% -10.59%
75th Percentile £50.48 £25.00 £21.31
90th Percentile £79.33 £36.75 £23.26
West Yorkshire median hourly rate £22.14 £13.87 £18.50
% change year-on-year +59.63% -25.03% -7.50%

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
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 (20.00%) Chatbot
Cloud Services
1 3 (60.00%) AWS
1 3 (60.00%) Azure
1 3 (60.00%) GCP
1 3 (60.00%) PaaS
2 1 (20.00%) Dynamics 365
2 1 (20.00%) Figma
2 1 (20.00%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (20.00%) Power BI
1 1 (20.00%) Power Query
General
1 2 (40.00%) Analytical Skills
1 2 (40.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (20.00%) Administrator
1 1 (20.00%) Analyst
1 1 (20.00%) Architect
1 1 (20.00%) AWS Administrator
1 1 (20.00%) Data Analyst
1 1 (20.00%) Data Architect
1 1 (20.00%) Data Engineer
1 1 (20.00%) Designer
1 1 (20.00%) GCP Administrator
1 1 (20.00%) HR Analyst
1 1 (20.00%) HR Data Analyst
1 1 (20.00%) Senior
1 1 (20.00%) Senior Analyst
1 1 (20.00%) Senior Data Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 1 (20.00%) Analytical Mindset
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (80.00%) Analytics
2 3 (60.00%) Data Analytics
2 3 (60.00%) Data Engineering
2 3 (60.00%) Machine Learning
3 2 (40.00%) Artificial Intelligence
4 1 (20.00%) Business Intelligence
4 1 (20.00%) Computer Science
4 1 (20.00%) Conversational AI
4 1 (20.00%) Customer Experience
4 1 (20.00%) Data Analysis
4 1 (20.00%) Data Extraction
4 1 (20.00%) Data Modelling
4 1 (20.00%) Data Security
4 1 (20.00%) Natural Language Processing
4 1 (20.00%) Statistics
4 1 (20.00%) Storytelling
4 1 (20.00%) User Experience
4 1 (20.00%) UX Design
4 1 (20.00%) Validation
4 1 (20.00%) Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 3 (60.00%) SQL
2 1 (20.00%) Data Analysis Expressions
Qualifications
1 1 (20.00%) Degree
1 1 (20.00%) Master's Degree
1 1 (20.00%) Microsoft Certification
Systems Management
1 3 (60.00%) Terraform
Vendors
1 3 (60.00%) Databricks
1 3 (60.00%) Google
2 2 (40.00%) Microsoft
3 1 (20.00%) Workday