Data Science Contract Job Trends in Surrey

Data Science
South East > Surrey

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Surrey requiring Data Science skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 16 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 56 35 57
Rank change year-on-year -21 +22 +6
Contract jobs citing Data Science 8 6 2
As % of all contract jobs in Surrey 1.36% 2.08% 0.32%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.57% 2.26% 0.39%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 5 2
10th Percentile £325 £288 -
25th Percentile £389 £325 £650
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £638 £365 £700
Median % change year-on-year +74.73% -47.86% +33.33%
75th Percentile £688 £376 £750
90th Percentile £719 £503 -
South East median daily rate £600 £478 £475
% change year-on-year +25.65% +0.53% -13.64%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Surrey

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 Surrey.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 510 266 518
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Surrey 86.73% 92.04% 83.55%
Number of daily rates quoted 339 194 376
10th Percentile £204 £200 £203
25th Percentile £363 £301 £329
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £475 £463
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% +2.70% -11.90%
75th Percentile £563 £546 £575
90th Percentile £640 £592 £688
South East median daily rate £525 £500 £513
% change year-on-year +5.00% -2.44% -0.49%
Number of hourly rates quoted 72 21 62
10th Percentile £19.20 £13.50 £11.71
25th Percentile £53.28 £24.00 £16.25
Median hourly rate £66.99 £28.00 £30.00
Median % change year-on-year +139.25% -6.67% -33.33%
75th Percentile £70.00 £53.75 £70.00
90th Percentile £78.07 £62.50 £76.86
South East median hourly rate £55.00 £24.00 £50.00
% change year-on-year +129.17% -52.00% -

Data Science
Job Vacancy Trend in Surrey

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

Data Science job vacancy trend in Surrey

Data Science
Daily Rate Trend in Surrey

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

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

Data Science
Daily Rate Histogram in Surrey

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Data Science in Surrey over the 6 months to 16 July 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Data Science in Surrey

Data Science
Hourly Rate Trend in Surrey

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Surrey citing Data Science.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Surrey citing Data Science

Data Science
Contract Job Locations in Surrey

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 Surrey region over the 6 months to 16 July 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
Staines -17 2 £350 -4.11%
Weybridge - 2 £688 -
Redhill - 2 £588 -
Data Science
South East

Data Science
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Surrey 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:

Cloud Services
1 3 (37.50%) Power Platform
2 2 (25.00%) Azure
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (37.50%) Power BI
2 2 (25.00%) Pinecone
2 2 (25.00%) Weaviate
3 1 (12.50%) Tableau
General
1 3 (37.50%) Marketing
1 3 (37.50%) Public Sector
1 3 (37.50%) Social Skills
2 2 (25.00%) Analytical Skills
2 2 (25.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 2 (25.00%) Pharmaceutical
2 2 (25.00%) Presentation Skills
3 1 (12.50%) Automotive
Job Titles
1 3 (37.50%) Analyst
1 3 (37.50%) Data Analyst
1 3 (37.50%) Data Scientist
2 2 (25.00%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
3 1 (12.50%) Senior
3 1 (12.50%) Senior Analyst
3 1 (12.50%) Senior Data Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (25.00%) Faiss
1 2 (25.00%) Hugging Face
1 2 (25.00%) Keras
1 2 (25.00%) LangChain
1 2 (25.00%) PyTorch
1 2 (25.00%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 2 (25.00%) Management Information System
2 1 (12.50%) Data Structures
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (62.50%) Analytics
1 5 (62.50%) Machine Learning
2 4 (50.00%) Data Collection
2 4 (50.00%) Validation
3 3 (37.50%) AI
3 3 (37.50%) Business Intelligence
3 3 (37.50%) Computer Science
3 3 (37.50%) Computer Vision
3 3 (37.50%) Dashboard Development
3 3 (37.50%) Decision-Making
4 2 (25.00%) Bayesian Methods
4 2 (25.00%) Data Analytics
4 2 (25.00%) Deep Learning
4 2 (25.00%) Fraud Detection
4 2 (25.00%) Information Governance
4 2 (25.00%) Mathematics
4 2 (25.00%) Software Engineering
4 2 (25.00%) Statistical Modelling
4 2 (25.00%) Statistics
4 2 (25.00%) Use Case
Programming Languages
1 4 (50.00%) Python
1 4 (50.00%) R
2 3 (37.50%) SQL
3 2 (25.00%) Java
Qualifications
1 3 (37.50%) Degree
1 3 (37.50%) Security Cleared
2 2 (25.00%) Azure Certification
2 2 (25.00%) BPSS Clearance
2 2 (25.00%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (25.00%) Data Quality
1 2 (25.00%) QA
Vendors
1 2 (25.00%) Microsoft
1 2 (25.00%) OpenAI