Statistical Inference Contract Job Trends in London

Statistical Inference
England > London

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in London requiring Statistical Inference skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 27 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
27 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 431 - 388
Rank change year-on-year - - +64
Contract jobs citing Statistical Inference 3 0 1
As % of all contract jobs in London 0.015% - 0.006%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.017% - 0.007%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £538
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £300 - £575
Median % change year-on-year - - +6.48%
75th Percentile - - £613
90th Percentile - - -
England median daily rate £300 - £548
% change year-on-year - - +3.30%

All Process & Methodology Skills
London

Statistical Inference 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 London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 17,897 12,384 14,463
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 89.02% 92.53% 88.96%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,693 8,242 9,970
10th Percentile £360 £325 £350
25th Percentile £450 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £538 £550
Median % change year-on-year +2.33% -2.27% -4.35%
75th Percentile £660 £675 £688
90th Percentile £775 £787 £800
England median daily rate £525 £510 £525
% change year-on-year +2.94% -2.86% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 290 255 193
10th Percentile £17.23 £16.50 £17.25
25th Percentile £19.85 £24.77 £22.00
Median hourly rate £35.50 £31.49 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year +12.73% -10.03% -12.50%
75th Percentile £56.25 £49.63 £53.75
90th Percentile £81.25 £63.75 £71.25
England median hourly rate £43.96 £25.15 £42.50
% change year-on-year +74.79% -40.82% -

Statistical Inference
Job Vacancy Trend in London

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Statistical Inference relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in London.

Statistical Inference job vacancy trend in London

Statistical Inference
Daily Rate Trend in London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing Statistical Inference.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing Statistical Inference

Statistical Inference
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:

Applications
1 1 (33.33%) CPLEX
General
1 2 (66.67%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (33.33%) Influencing Skills
2 1 (33.33%) Retail
2 1 (33.33%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (66.67%) Data Scientist
2 1 (33.33%) Analyst
2 1 (33.33%) Data Analyst
2 1 (33.33%) Principal Data Scientist
2 1 (33.33%) Senior Data Scientist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (33.33%) Pandas
1 1 (33.33%) PySpark
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Analytics
1 3 (100.00%) Data Science
2 2 (66.67%) A/B Testing
2 2 (66.67%) Actionable Insight
2 2 (66.67%) Business Intelligence
2 2 (66.67%) Decision Science
2 2 (66.67%) Machine Learning
2 2 (66.67%) Mathematics
2 2 (66.67%) Visualisation
3 1 (33.33%) AI
3 1 (33.33%) Data Analysis
3 1 (33.33%) E-Commerce
3 1 (33.33%) Economics
3 1 (33.33%) ETL
3 1 (33.33%) Logistics
3 1 (33.33%) Operations Research
3 1 (33.33%) Predictive Modelling
3 1 (33.33%) Stakeholder Management
3 1 (33.33%) Statistical Analysis
3 1 (33.33%) Statistics
Programming Languages
1 3 (100.00%) Python
1 3 (100.00%) SQL
2 1 (33.33%) Java
2 1 (33.33%) R
Qualifications
1 1 (33.33%) Degree
1 1 (33.33%) Master's Degree
1 1 (33.33%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (33.33%) Actionable Recommendations