Data Science Engineer Contract Job Trends in Reading

Data Science Engineer
Berkshire > Reading

The median Data Science Engineer daily rate in Reading is £500, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 15 April 2026.

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

6 months to
15 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 89 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a Data Science Engineer 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Reading 0.096% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.10% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 - -
Berkshire median daily rate £500 - -

All Contract IT Job Roles
Reading

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Reading. 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 Reading with a recognized job title 981 575 1,117
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 94.42% 94.73% 93.55%
Number of daily rates quoted 625 348 635
10th Percentile £306 £325 £213
25th Percentile £425 £445 £410
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% -4.55%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £617
90th Percentile £700 £700 £688
Berkshire median daily rate £500 £524 £508
% change year-on-year -4.58% +3.15% -3.24%
Number of hourly rates quoted 127 4 50
10th Percentile £33.60 - £20.17
25th Percentile £80.75 - £51.86
Median hourly rate £84.00 £70.00 £61.60
Median % change year-on-year +20.00% +13.64% -4.99%
75th Percentile £88.00 £71.80 £75.83
90th Percentile £104.45 £75.03 £87.47
Berkshire median hourly rate £83.00 £63.00 £58.30
% change year-on-year +31.75% +8.06% +4.21%

Data Science Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Reading

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'Data Science Engineer' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Reading.

Data Science Engineer job vacancy trend in Reading

Data Science Engineer
Daily Rate Trend in Reading

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Data Science Engineer job vacancies in Reading.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Data Science Engineer job vacancies in Reading

Data Science Engineer Skill Set
Top 14 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Reading

For the 6 months to 15 April 2026, Data Science Engineer 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 Reading region featuring Data Science Engineer in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Analytics
1 1 (100.00%) Business Analysis
1 1 (100.00%) Customer Engagement
1 1 (100.00%) Customer Segmentation
1 1 (100.00%) Data Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) Data Pipeline
1 1 (100.00%) Data Science
1 1 (100.00%) Databricks
1 1 (100.00%) Predictive Modelling
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) Propensity Modelling
1 1 (100.00%) Python
1 1 (100.00%) SQL
1 1 (100.00%) Survival Analysis

Data Science Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Reading 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:

Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Clustering
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Analytics
1 1 (100.00%) Business Analysis
1 1 (100.00%) Customer Engagement
1 1 (100.00%) Customer Segmentation
1 1 (100.00%) Data Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) Data Pipeline
1 1 (100.00%) Data Science
1 1 (100.00%) Predictive Modelling
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) Propensity Modelling
1 1 (100.00%) Survival Analysis
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) Python
1 1 (100.00%) SQL
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Databricks