SciPy Contracts in the UK excluding London

SciPy
UK > UK excluding London

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London with a requirement for SciPy skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited SciPy over the 6 months to 11 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
11 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 385 441 496
Rank change year-on-year +56 +55 -
Contract jobs citing SciPy 5 2 11
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.024% 0.009% 0.036%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 0.15% 0.047% 0.18%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 2 11
10th Percentile £427 £429 -
25th Percentile £431 £434 £408
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £458 £463 £550
Median % change year-on-year -1.08% -15.91% -
75th Percentile £481 £484 £750
90th Percentile £482 £486 -
UK median daily rate £800 £725 £600
% change year-on-year +10.34% +20.83% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £58.75 - -
Median hourly rate £62.50 - -
75th Percentile £66.25 - -
90th Percentile - - -
UK median hourly rate £62.50 - £61.50

All Software Libraries and Frameworks
UK excluding London

SciPy is in the Software Libraries and Frameworks category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills 3,243 4,275 6,082
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 15.83% 18.30% 19.99%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,121 3,186 4,326
10th Percentile £325 £357 £363
25th Percentile £406 £425 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year - - +14.29%
75th Percentile £600 £600 £586
90th Percentile £689 £688 £650
UK median daily rate £534 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -2.91% - +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 211 93 150
10th Percentile £21.73 £22.28 £20.70
25th Percentile £43.00 £50.05 £35.00
Median hourly rate £47.50 £64.00 £51.50
Median % change year-on-year -25.78% +24.27% +14.44%
75th Percentile £65.00 £74.50 £65.48
90th Percentile £75.00 £78.95 £75.39
UK median hourly rate £47.50 £65.00 £50.00
% change year-on-year -26.92% +30.00% +11.11%

SciPy
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing SciPy as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for SciPy in the UK excluding London

SciPy
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing SciPy in the UK excluding London.

Daily rate trend for SciPy in the UK excluding London

SciPy
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing SciPy in the UK excluding London.

Hourly rate trend for SciPy in the UK excluding London

SciPy
Contract Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing SciPy within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 11 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
East of England - 5 £458 - 2
SciPy
UK

SciPy
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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:

Development Applications
1 4 (80.00%) Git
1 4 (80.00%) Mercurial
General
1 4 (80.00%) Multimedia
Job Titles
1 3 (60.00%) Data Engineer
1 3 (60.00%) Machine Learning Engineer
2 1 (20.00%) Developer
2 1 (20.00%) Python Developer
2 1 (20.00%) Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (100.00%) NumPy
1 5 (100.00%) Pandas
1 5 (100.00%) React
Miscellaneous
1 4 (80.00%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 4 (80.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (80.00%) Artificial Intelligence
1 4 (80.00%) Code Quality
1 4 (80.00%) Collaborative Working
1 4 (80.00%) Computer Science
1 4 (80.00%) Continuous Integration
1 4 (80.00%) Data Collection
1 4 (80.00%) Data Pipeline
1 4 (80.00%) Machine Learning
1 4 (80.00%) Signal Processing
1 4 (80.00%) Software Engineering
1 4 (80.00%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 5 (100.00%) Python
2 4 (80.00%) C#
2 4 (80.00%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 4 (80.00%) Computer Science Degree
1 4 (80.00%) Degree