Data Scientist Contracts in South Yorkshire

Data Scientist
Yorkshire > South Yorkshire

The median Data Scientist daily rate in South Yorkshire is £557 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 19 May 2024.

The first table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
19 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 55 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a Data Scientist 8 0 0
As % of all contract jobs advertised in South Yorkshire 1.79% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 2.00% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 4 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £554 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £557 - -
75th Percentile £565 - -
90th Percentile £574 - -
Yorkshire median daily rate £557 £675 £450
% change year-on-year -17.48% +50.00% -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
South Yorkshire

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in South Yorkshire. 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 South Yorkshire with a recognized job title 401 483 492
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 89.51% 91.30% 95.91%
Number of daily rates quoted 257 337 387
10th Percentile £244 £259 £278
25th Percentile £407 £450 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £550 £475
Median % change year-on-year -13.64% +15.79% +15.15%
75th Percentile £564 £675 £550
90th Percentile £623 £743 £643
Yorkshire median daily rate £475 £525 £475
% change year-on-year -9.52% +10.53% +7.95%
Number of hourly rates quoted 18 5 29
10th Percentile £10.90 £13.60 £10.94
25th Percentile £12.63 £17.50 £16.00
Median hourly rate £13.60 £20.00 £19.00
Median % change year-on-year -32.03% +5.26% -11.63%
75th Percentile £23.31 £22.75 £22.67
90th Percentile £23.75 £33.10 £24.00
Yorkshire median hourly rate £14.84 £21.50 £17.64
% change year-on-year -31.00% +21.88% -9.54%

Data Scientist
Job Vacancy Trend in South Yorkshire

Job postings that featured Data Scientist in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in South Yorkshire.

Job vacancy trend for Data Scientist in South Yorkshire

Data Scientist
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in South Yorkshire

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Data Scientist in South Yorkshire.

Daily rate trend for Data Scientist in South Yorkshire

Data Scientist
Contract Job Locations in South Yorkshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Data Scientist within the South Yorkshire region over the 6 months to 19 May 2024. 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
Sheffield - 8 £557 - 1
Data Scientist
Yorkshire

Data Scientist Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in South Yorkshire

For the 6 months to 19 May 2024, Data Scientist contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the South Yorkshire region featuring Data Scientist in the job title.

1 8 (100.00%) ITIL
1 8 (100.00%) Data Modelling
1 8 (100.00%) Data Science
1 8 (100.00%) ServiceNow
2 5 (62.50%) Decision-Making
2 5 (62.50%) Data Privacy
2 5 (62.50%) Mentoring
2 5 (62.50%) Performance Metrics
2 5 (62.50%) Problem Management
2 5 (62.50%) Visualisation
2 5 (62.50%) Predictive Modelling
2 5 (62.50%) Data Visualisation
2 5 (62.50%) Continuous Improvement
2 5 (62.50%) Data Governance
2 5 (62.50%) Machine Learning
2 5 (62.50%) Data Mining
2 5 (62.50%) Service Management
2 5 (62.50%) Service Delivery
2 5 (62.50%) Data Analysis
2 5 (62.50%) Strategic Planning
2 5 (62.50%) Statistical Analysis
3 3 (37.50%) Degree
3 3 (37.50%) Computer Science
3 3 (37.50%) ITSM
3 3 (37.50%) Data Security
3 3 (37.50%) Scrum
3 3 (37.50%) Business Intelligence
3 3 (37.50%) PMP
3 3 (37.50%) PMI Certification
3 3 (37.50%) HTML

Data Scientist Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in South Yorkshire by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Cloud Services
1 3 (37.50%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (62.50%) Data Mining
2 3 (37.50%) MySQL
2 3 (37.50%) Power BI
2 3 (37.50%) Qlik Sense
2 3 (37.50%) Relational Database
General
1 2 (25.00%) Public Sector
2 1 (12.50%) Banking
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (37.50%) AngularJS
1 3 (37.50%) CSS
1 3 (37.50%) HTML
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (100.00%) Data Modelling
1 8 (100.00%) Data Science
1 8 (100.00%) ITIL
2 5 (62.50%) Continuous Improvement
2 5 (62.50%) Data Analysis
2 5 (62.50%) Data Governance
2 5 (62.50%) Data Privacy
2 5 (62.50%) Data Visualisation
2 5 (62.50%) Decision-Making
2 5 (62.50%) Machine Learning
2 5 (62.50%) Mentoring
2 5 (62.50%) Performance Metrics
2 5 (62.50%) Predictive Modelling
2 5 (62.50%) Problem Management
2 5 (62.50%) Service Delivery
2 5 (62.50%) Service Management
2 5 (62.50%) Statistical Analysis
2 5 (62.50%) Strategic Planning
2 5 (62.50%) Visualisation
3 3 (37.50%) ITSM
Programming Languages
1 3 (37.50%) JavaScript
1 3 (37.50%) SQL
Qualifications
1 3 (37.50%) Computer Science Degree
1 3 (37.50%) Degree
1 3 (37.50%) Master's Degree
1 3 (37.50%) PMI Certification
1 3 (37.50%) PMP
Vendors
1 8 (100.00%) ServiceNow