Data Science Consultant Contract Job Trends in London

Data Science Consultant
England > London

The median Data Science Consultant daily rate in London is £400, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 19 February 2026.

The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 399 347 -
Rank change year-on-year -52 - -
Contract jobs requiring a Data Science Consultant 1 3 0
As % of all contract jobs in London 0.006% 0.022% -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.007% 0.024% -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 - -
England median daily rate £525 - -

All Contract IT Job Roles
London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in London. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in London with a recognized job title 14,448 12,681 16,978
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.69% 93.64% 93.17%
Number of daily rates quoted 9,636 8,215 12,242
10th Percentile £350 £331 £325
25th Percentile £425 £438 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - -5.17%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £675
90th Percentile £750 £800 £778
England median daily rate £501 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.67% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 228 142 335
10th Percentile £18.25 £21.02 £16.00
25th Percentile £23.94 £24.66 £19.05
Median hourly rate £34.75 £37.25 £29.00
Median % change year-on-year -6.72% +28.45% -17.14%
75th Percentile £59.79 £53.75 £49.48
90th Percentile £76.58 £78.72 £66.60
England median hourly rate £33.00 £35.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year -5.71% - -12.50%

Data Science Consultant
Job Vacancy Trend in London

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'Data Science Consultant' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in London.

Data Science Consultant job vacancy trend in London

Data Science Consultant
Daily Rate Trend in London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Data Science Consultant job vacancies in London.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Data Science Consultant job vacancies in London

Data Science Consultant Skill Set
Top 16 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in London

For the 6 months to 19 February 2026, Data Science Consultant contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the London region featuring Data Science Consultant in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) AI
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) Azure AI
1 1 (100.00%) Azure Machine Learning
1 1 (100.00%) Data Protection
1 1 (100.00%) Data Science
1 1 (100.00%) Foundry
1 1 (100.00%) Generative AI
1 1 (100.00%) LangChain
1 1 (100.00%) LLM
1 1 (100.00%) Machine Learning
1 1 (100.00%) Pandas
1 1 (100.00%) Python
1 1 (100.00%) PyTorch
1 1 (100.00%) scikit-learn
1 1 (100.00%) Semantic Kernel

Data Science Consultant Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in London by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) Azure AI
1 1 (100.00%) Azure Machine Learning
General
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) LangChain
1 1 (100.00%) Pandas
1 1 (100.00%) PyTorch
1 1 (100.00%) scikit-learn
1 1 (100.00%) Semantic Kernel
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Cloud Native
1 1 (100.00%) Data Protection Act
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) AI
1 1 (100.00%) Data Protection
1 1 (100.00%) Data Science
1 1 (100.00%) Generative AI
1 1 (100.00%) LLM
1 1 (100.00%) Machine Learning
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) Python
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Foundry