Data Science
South East > Oxfordshire
The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Oxfordshire requiring Data Science skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Data Science over the 6 months leading up to 16 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 16 May 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | - | 26 | - |
| Rank change year-on-year | - | - | - |
| Contract jobs citing Data Science | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in Oxfordshire | - | 0.45% | - |
| As % of the Processes & Methodologies category | - | 0.57% | - |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | - | - | - |
| South East median daily rate | £478 | £475 | £550 |
| % change year-on-year | +0.53% | -13.64% | +1.38% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Median hourly rate | - | £55.00 | - |
| South East median hourly rate | - | £55.00 | £19.98 |
| % change year-on-year | - | +175.28% | -19.40% |
All Process and Methodology Skills
Oxfordshire
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 Oxfordshire.
| Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills | 96 | 176 | 198 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Oxfordshire | 88.89% | 80.00% | 89.19% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 58 | 109 | 129 |
| 10th Percentile | £233 | £150 | £250 |
| 25th Percentile | £273 | £259 | £350 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £475 | £425 | £450 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +11.76% | -5.56% | - |
| 75th Percentile | £613 | £500 | £550 |
| 90th Percentile | £691 | £605 | £644 |
| South East median daily rate | £500 | £500 | £510 |
| % change year-on-year | - | -1.96% | +2.00% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 8 | 38 | 13 |
| 10th Percentile | £13.08 | £12.20 | £22.10 |
| 25th Percentile | £18.91 | £13.12 | £25.95 |
| Median hourly rate | £26.53 | £19.50 | £26.00 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +36.05% | -25.00% | +30.00% |
| 75th Percentile | £46.30 | £29.38 | £32.30 |
| 90th Percentile | - | £65.00 | £52.90 |
| South East median hourly rate | £27.76 | £47.50 | £49.50 |
| % change year-on-year | -41.56% | -4.04% | +130.23% |
Data Science
Job Vacancy Trend in Oxfordshire
Job postings citing Data Science as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Oxfordshire.
Data Science
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Oxfordshire
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Data Science in Oxfordshire.