Data Scientist Contract Job Trends in Milton Keynes

Data Scientist
Buckinghamshire > Milton Keynes

The median Data Scientist daily rate in Milton Keynes is £400, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 20 February 2026.

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

6 months to
20 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 49 - 52
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a Data Scientist 1 0 1
As % of all contract jobs in Milton Keynes 0.24% - 0.20%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.25% - 0.21%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 1
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 - £550
Buckinghamshire median daily rate £400 - £550

All Contract IT Job Roles
Milton Keynes

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Milton Keynes. 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 Milton Keynes with a recognized job title 394 203 476
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 94.26% 96.67% 95.39%
Number of daily rates quoted 271 151 362
10th Percentile £275 £250 £275
25th Percentile £400 £367 £403
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £465 £500
Median % change year-on-year +7.53% -7.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £588 £589 £600
90th Percentile £640 £650 £736
Buckinghamshire median daily rate £500 £475 £500
% change year-on-year +5.26% -5.00% +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 30 4 32
10th Percentile £15.25 £13.65 £15.85
25th Percentile £16.35 £16.13 £17.91
Median hourly rate £29.61 £18.85 £22.51
Median % change year-on-year +57.08% -16.26% +18.47%
75th Percentile £36.00 £32.88 £27.75
90th Percentile £39.63 £55.15 £48.75
Buckinghamshire median hourly rate £22.21 £19.00 £22.00
% change year-on-year +16.88% -13.64% +29.41%

Data Scientist
Job Vacancy Trend in Milton Keynes

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'Data Scientist' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Milton Keynes.

Data Scientist job vacancy trend in Milton Keynes

Data Scientist
Daily Rate Trend in Milton Keynes

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Data Scientist job vacancies in Milton Keynes.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Data Scientist job vacancies in Milton Keynes

Data Scientist Skill Set
Top 26 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Milton Keynes

For the 6 months to 20 February 2026, Data Scientist 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 Milton Keynes region featuring Data Scientist in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) AI
1 1 (100.00%) Amazon SageMaker
1 1 (100.00%) Analytical Modelling
1 1 (100.00%) AWS
1 1 (100.00%) AWS Certification
1 1 (100.00%) Big Data
1 1 (100.00%) Business Case
1 1 (100.00%) Business Strategy
1 1 (100.00%) Collaborative Working
1 1 (100.00%) Computer Science
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) Data Modelling
1 1 (100.00%) Data Science
1 1 (100.00%) Decision-Making
1 1 (100.00%) Degree
1 1 (100.00%) Feature Extraction
1 1 (100.00%) Machine Learning
1 1 (100.00%) Mathematics
1 1 (100.00%) Postgraduate
1 1 (100.00%) Python
1 1 (100.00%) Statistics
1 1 (100.00%) Storytelling
1 1 (100.00%) Systems Thinking
1 1 (100.00%) Validation
1 1 (100.00%) Visualisation

Data Scientist Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Milton Keynes 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%) Amazon SageMaker
1 1 (100.00%) AWS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Big Data
General
1 1 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Finance
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) AI
1 1 (100.00%) Analytical Modelling
1 1 (100.00%) Business Case
1 1 (100.00%) Business Strategy
1 1 (100.00%) Collaborative Working
1 1 (100.00%) Computer Science
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) Data Modelling
1 1 (100.00%) Data Science
1 1 (100.00%) Decision-Making
1 1 (100.00%) Feature Extraction
1 1 (100.00%) Machine Learning
1 1 (100.00%) Mathematics
1 1 (100.00%) Statistics
1 1 (100.00%) Storytelling
1 1 (100.00%) Systems Thinking
1 1 (100.00%) Validation
1 1 (100.00%) Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) AWS Certification
1 1 (100.00%) Degree
1 1 (100.00%) Postgraduate