Senior Data Scientist Contract Job Trends in the North of England

Senior Data Scientist
England > North of England

The median Senior Data Scientist daily rate in the North of England is £625, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 8 September 2026.

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

6 months to
8 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 250 180 -
Rank change year-on-year -70 - -
Contract jobs requiring a Senior Data Scientist 4 1 0
As % of all contract jobs in the North of England 0.052% 0.026% -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.057% 0.028% -
Number of daily rates quoted 4 1 0
10th Percentile £548 - -
25th Percentile £581 £463 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £625 £475 -
Median % change year-on-year +31.58% - -
75th Percentile £675 £488 -
90th Percentile £720 - -
England median daily rate £650 £625 £650
% change year-on-year +4.00% -3.85% -

All Contract IT Job Roles
North of England

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in the North of England. 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 the North of England with a recognized job title 6,983 3,626 3,784
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.62% 92.48% 92.95%
Number of daily rates quoted 4,091 2,368 2,248
10th Percentile £313 £251 £276
25th Percentile £406 £369 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £455 £500
Median % change year-on-year +9.89% -9.00% -
75th Percentile £588 £550 £588
90th Percentile £675 £640 £675
England median daily rate £525 £508 £525
% change year-on-year +3.45% -3.33% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 643 214 248
10th Percentile £16.62 £13.00 £15.03
25th Percentile £25.38 £17.30 £18.00
Median hourly rate £42.50 £22.60 £32.75
Median % change year-on-year +88.03% -30.98% +45.36%
75th Percentile £70.00 £50.56 £50.00
90th Percentile £79.75 £76.11 £70.00
England median hourly rate £44.03 £25.15 £47.50
% change year-on-year +75.07% -47.05% +8.20%

Senior Data Scientist
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

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

Senior Data Scientist job vacancy trend in the North of England

Senior Data Scientist
Daily Rate Trend in the North of England

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Senior Data Scientist job vacancies in the North of England.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Senior Data Scientist job vacancies in the North of England

Senior Data Scientist
Daily Rate Histogram in the North of England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Senior Data Scientist in the North of England over the 6 months to 8 September 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Senior Data Scientist in the North of England

Senior Data Scientist
Contract Job Locations in the North of England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Senior Data Scientist within the North of England region over the 6 months to 8 September 2026. 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
North West -53 2 £675 +42.11% 15
North East - 2 £575 - 1
Senior Data Scientist
England

Senior Data Scientist Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North of England

For the 6 months to 8 September 2026, Senior 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 North of England region featuring Senior Data Scientist in the job title.

1 4 (100.00%) AI
1 4 (100.00%) Data Science
1 4 (100.00%) Machine Learning
2 3 (75.00%) Decision-Making
3 2 (50.00%) Actionable Insight
3 2 (50.00%) Analytics
3 2 (50.00%) Generative AI
3 2 (50.00%) LLM
3 2 (50.00%) MLOps
3 2 (50.00%) Python
3 2 (50.00%) PyTorch
3 2 (50.00%) SC Cleared
3 2 (50.00%) Security Cleared
3 2 (50.00%) Service Delivery
3 2 (50.00%) SQL
3 2 (50.00%) Statistics
4 1 (25.00%) A/B Testing
4 1 (25.00%) Agile
4 1 (25.00%) Amazon SageMaker
4 1 (25.00%) Analytical Modelling
4 1 (25.00%) AWS
4 1 (25.00%) Azure
4 1 (25.00%) Azure Machine Learning
4 1 (25.00%) Code Quality
4 1 (25.00%) Continuous Improvement
4 1 (25.00%) Conversational AI
4 1 (25.00%) Conversational UI
4 1 (25.00%) Databricks
4 1 (25.00%) Deep Learning
4 1 (25.00%) Experimental Design

Senior Data Scientist Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North of England 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (25.00%) Jupyter
Cloud Services
1 1 (25.00%) Amazon SageMaker
1 1 (25.00%) AWS
1 1 (25.00%) Azure
1 1 (25.00%) Azure Machine Learning
1 1 (25.00%) GCP
Development Applications
1 1 (25.00%) MLflow
General
1 3 (75.00%) Analytical Skills
2 2 (50.00%) Social Skills
3 1 (25.00%) Banking
3 1 (25.00%) Finance
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (50.00%) PyTorch
2 1 (25.00%) NumPy
2 1 (25.00%) Pandas
2 1 (25.00%) scikit-learn
2 1 (25.00%) TensorFlow
2 1 (25.00%) XGBoost
Miscellaneous
1 1 (25.00%) AI Agents
1 1 (25.00%) Onboarding
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (100.00%) AI
1 4 (100.00%) Data Science
1 4 (100.00%) Machine Learning
2 3 (75.00%) Decision-Making
3 2 (50.00%) Actionable Insight
3 2 (50.00%) Analytics
3 2 (50.00%) Generative AI
3 2 (50.00%) LLM
3 2 (50.00%) MLOps
3 2 (50.00%) Service Delivery
3 2 (50.00%) Statistics
4 1 (25.00%) Analytical Modelling
4 1 (25.00%) Code Quality
4 1 (25.00%) Continuous Improvement
4 1 (25.00%) Conversational AI
4 1 (25.00%) Mathematics
4 1 (25.00%) Natural Language Processing
4 1 (25.00%) Predictive Modelling
4 1 (25.00%) Roadmaps
4 1 (25.00%) Use Case
Programming Languages
1 2 (50.00%) Python
1 2 (50.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 2 (50.00%) SC Cleared
1 2 (50.00%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 1 (25.00%) Databricks