Data Science Contract Job Trends in Nottinghamshire

Data Science
East Midlands > Nottinghamshire

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Nottinghamshire requiring Data Science skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 2 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 41 - 30
Rank change year-on-year - - +1
Contract jobs citing Data Science 3 0 1
As % of all contract jobs in Nottinghamshire 0.89% - 0.64%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.20% - 0.78%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £720 - -
East Midlands median daily rate £450 £459 £375
% change year-on-year -1.96% +22.40% -37.50%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Nottinghamshire

Data Science 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 Nottinghamshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 251 120 128
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Nottinghamshire 74.70% 87.59% 81.53%
Number of daily rates quoted 138 70 63
10th Percentile £177 £341 £253
25th Percentile £211 £412 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £453 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year -9.50% +5.26% -9.52%
75th Percentile £553 £530 £575
90th Percentile £650 £588 £683
East Midlands median daily rate £450 £447 £417
% change year-on-year +0.67% +7.32% -7.44%
Number of hourly rates quoted 37 7 15
10th Percentile £12.94 - £12.02
25th Percentile £13.25 - £12.75
Median hourly rate £15.68 £13.81 £14.27
Median % change year-on-year +13.50% -3.22% -28.65%
75th Percentile £16.35 £14.96 £17.32
90th Percentile £16.60 £23.17 £23.10
East Midlands median hourly rate £22.00 £18.87 £17.00
% change year-on-year +16.59% +11.00% -7.43%

Data Science
Job Vacancy Trend in Nottinghamshire

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Data Science relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Nottinghamshire.

Data Science job vacancy trend in Nottinghamshire

Data Science
Daily Rate Trend in Nottinghamshire

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Nottinghamshire citing Data Science.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Nottinghamshire citing Data Science

Data Science
Contract Job Locations in Nottinghamshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Data Science within the Nottinghamshire region over the 6 months to 2 May 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
Nottingham - 3 £720 - 9
Data Science
East Midlands

Data Science
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Nottinghamshire 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 (33.33%) Jupyter
Job Titles
1 2 (66.67%) Analytics Developer
1 2 (66.67%) Developer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (33.33%) Beowulf
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) Actionable Insight
1 2 (66.67%) Analytics
1 2 (66.67%) Data Analytics
1 2 (66.67%) Data Modelling
1 2 (66.67%) Visualisation
2 1 (33.33%) AI
2 1 (33.33%) Containerisation
2 1 (33.33%) GAP Analysis
2 1 (33.33%) Machine Learning
2 1 (33.33%) SDLC
2 1 (33.33%) Use Case
Programming Languages
1 2 (66.67%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (33.33%) SC Cleared
1 1 (33.33%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 1 (33.33%) Slurm Workload Manager
Systems Management
1 1 (33.33%) Kubernetes
1 1 (33.33%) Podman