Lead Data Scientist Contracts in London

Lead Data Scientist
England > London

The median Lead Data Scientist daily rate in London is £700, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 3 August 2025.

The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 368 378 471
Rank change year-on-year +10 +93 +139
Contract jobs requiring a Lead Data Scientist 7 8 3
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 0.051% 0.049% 0.012%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.055% 0.052% 0.013%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 6 2
10th Percentile £594 £481 £511
25th Percentile £656 £503 £528
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £700 £563 £563
Median % change year-on-year +24.44% - -19.64%
75th Percentile £753 £638 £603
90th Percentile £794 £713 £624
England median daily rate £700 £563 £488
% change year-on-year +24.44% +15.38% -30.36%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
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 12,757 15,285 22,823
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.93% 94.22% 94.71%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,637 10,873 16,706
10th Percentile £325 £346 £356
25th Percentile £425 £450 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £545 £550 £575
Median % change year-on-year -0.94% -4.35% -
75th Percentile £675 £688 £700
90th Percentile £775 £800 £800
England median daily rate £510 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -2.86% -4.55% +0.46%
Number of hourly rates quoted 204 199 243
10th Percentile £17.98 £17.80 £18.55
25th Percentile £22.86 £22.00 £23.88
Median hourly rate £29.54 £33.07 £37.50
Median % change year-on-year -10.69% -11.81% +11.94%
75th Percentile £50.50 £55.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £63.75 £72.50 £80.00
England median hourly rate £26.00 £45.00 £43.00
% change year-on-year -42.22% +4.65% +67.45%

Lead Data Scientist
Job Vacancy Trend in London

Job postings that featured Lead Data Scientist in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in London.

Job vacancy trend for Lead Data Scientist in London

Lead Data Scientist
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Lead Data Scientist in London.

Daily rate trend for Lead Data Scientist in London

Lead Data Scientist
Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Lead Data Scientist in London over the 6 months to 3 August 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Lead Data Scientist in London

Lead Data Scientist
Contract Job Locations in London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Lead Data Scientist within the London region over the 6 months to 3 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
Central London +2 3 £750 +25.00% 8
Lead Data Scientist
England

Lead Data Scientist Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London

For the 6 months to 3 August 2025, Lead Data Scientist contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the London region featuring Lead Data Scientist in the job title.

1 7 (100.00%) SQL
1 7 (100.00%) Python
1 7 (100.00%) Machine Learning
1 7 (100.00%) Data Science
2 6 (85.71%) Apache Spark
3 5 (71.43%) Algorithms
3 5 (71.43%) Analytics
3 5 (71.43%) Finance
4 4 (57.14%) Artificial Intelligence
4 4 (57.14%) Statistical Modelling
4 4 (57.14%) R
4 4 (57.14%) scikit-learn
4 4 (57.14%) Analytical Skills
5 3 (42.86%) Problem-Solving
5 3 (42.86%) Data Analysis
5 3 (42.86%) Hadoop
5 3 (42.86%) Visualisation
5 3 (42.86%) AWS
5 3 (42.86%) TensorFlow
6 2 (28.57%) Generative AI
6 2 (28.57%) LLM
6 2 (28.57%) Matillion
6 2 (28.57%) Snowflake
6 2 (28.57%) Predictive Modelling
6 2 (28.57%) Azure
6 2 (28.57%) Scala
6 2 (28.57%) Mathematics
6 2 (28.57%) Computer Science
6 2 (28.57%) Credit Risk
6 2 (28.57%) Degree

Lead Data Scientist Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London 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 6 (85.71%) Apache Spark
Cloud Services
1 3 (42.86%) AWS
2 2 (28.57%) Azure
2 2 (28.57%) GCP
2 2 (28.57%) Matillion
2 2 (28.57%) Snowflake
3 1 (14.29%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (42.86%) Hadoop
2 2 (28.57%) Big Data
3 1 (14.29%) Apache Hive
3 1 (14.29%) Power BI
3 1 (14.29%) Tableau
General
1 5 (71.43%) Finance
2 4 (57.14%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (14.29%) Banking
3 1 (14.29%) Financial Institution
3 1 (14.29%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 1 (14.29%) Public Sector
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (57.14%) scikit-learn
2 3 (42.86%) TensorFlow
3 2 (28.57%) Pandas
3 2 (28.57%) PySpark
4 1 (14.29%) D3.js
4 1 (14.29%) NumPy
4 1 (14.29%) PyTorch
4 1 (14.29%) XGBoost
Miscellaneous
1 5 (71.43%) Algorithms
2 2 (28.57%) Credit Risk
3 1 (14.29%) Analytical Mindset
3 1 (14.29%) Distributed Computing
3 1 (14.29%) IoT
3 1 (14.29%) SCADA
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (100.00%) Data Science
1 7 (100.00%) Machine Learning
2 5 (71.43%) Analytics
3 4 (57.14%) Artificial Intelligence
3 4 (57.14%) Statistical Modelling
4 3 (42.86%) Data Analysis
4 3 (42.86%) Problem-Solving
4 3 (42.86%) Visualisation
5 2 (28.57%) Computer Science
5 2 (28.57%) Credit Risk Management
5 2 (28.57%) ETL
5 2 (28.57%) Exploratory Data Analysis
5 2 (28.57%) Generative AI
5 2 (28.57%) LLM
5 2 (28.57%) Mathematics
5 2 (28.57%) Predictive Modelling
5 2 (28.57%) Risk Management
6 1 (14.29%) Business Intelligence
6 1 (14.29%) Data Cleansing
6 1 (14.29%) Data Extraction
Programming Languages
1 7 (100.00%) Python
1 7 (100.00%) SQL
2 4 (57.14%) R
3 2 (28.57%) JavaScript
3 2 (28.57%) Scala
3 2 (28.57%) T-SQL
4 1 (14.29%) MATLAB
Qualifications
1 2 (28.57%) Degree
2 1 (14.29%) Master's Degree
2 1 (14.29%) PhD
2 1 (14.29%) SC Cleared
2 1 (14.29%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 2 (28.57%) Talend