Bayesian Methods Contracts

Bayesian Techniques (including Bayesian Networks, Statistics and Modelling)
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies requiring Bayesian Methods skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Bayesian Methods over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 503 570 715
Rank change year-on-year +67 +145 +122
Contract jobs citing Bayesian Methods 17 12 3
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.058% 0.028% 0.005%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.064% 0.032% 0.006%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 6 2
10th Percentile - £75 £282
25th Percentile £513 £209 £323
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £625 £405
Median % change year-on-year -16.00% +54.32% -4.99%
75th Percentile £538 £669 £498
90th Percentile £568 £680 £544
UK excluding London median daily rate - - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £21.25 - -
Median hourly rate £22.50 - -
75th Percentile £23.75 - -
90th Percentile - - -
UK excluding London median hourly rate - - -

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

Bayesian Methods 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.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 26,594 37,597 53,655
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 90.84% 86.31% 89.91%
Number of daily rates quoted 17,149 24,227 37,238
10th Percentile £308 £300 £325
25th Percentile £413 £413 £438
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £520 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year -0.95% -4.55% +4.76%
75th Percentile £630 £638 £650
90th Percentile £743 £750 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £483 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -3.50% - +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,071 2,443 1,746
10th Percentile £14.41 £12.75 £11.00
25th Percentile £18.21 £16.00 £16.25
Median hourly rate £29.00 £35.65 £37.30
Median % change year-on-year -18.65% -4.42% +49.20%
75th Percentile £60.38 £59.98 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £72.50 £75.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £27.50 £37.34 £36.00
% change year-on-year -26.35% +3.72% +80.00%

Bayesian Methods
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Bayesian Methods as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Bayesian Methods in the UK

Bayesian Methods
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Bayesian Methods.

Daily rate trend for Bayesian Methods in the UK

Bayesian Methods
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Bayesian Methods.

Hourly rate trend for Bayesian Methods in the UK

Bayesian Methods
Top 3 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Bayesian Methods within the UK over the 6 months to 1 May 2025. 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
England +67 17 £525 -16.00% 38
London +40 9 £565 -9.60% 36
Work from Home +37 6 - - 22

Bayesian Methods
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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:

Application Platforms
1 12 (70.59%) Apache Spark
2 2 (11.76%) Confluence
Cloud Services
1 9 (52.94%) Azure
2 2 (11.76%) AWS
2 2 (11.76%) Cloud Computing
2 2 (11.76%) GitHub
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (29.41%) Data Mining
2 2 (11.76%) Big Data
3 1 (5.88%) Text Mining
Development Applications
1 4 (23.53%) JIRA
2 2 (11.76%) Git
General
1 13 (76.47%) Marketing
2 2 (11.76%) Analytical Skills
2 2 (11.76%) Pharmaceutical
2 2 (11.76%) Social Skills
3 1 (5.88%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 14 (82.35%) Data Scientist
2 10 (58.82%) Senior
3 8 (47.06%) Senior Data Scientist
4 1 (5.88%) Data Modeller
4 1 (5.88%) Econometrician
4 1 (5.88%) Machine Learning Scientist
4 1 (5.88%) Marketing Specialist
4 1 (5.88%) Senior Data Warehouse Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (17.65%) Pandas
2 1 (5.88%) .NET
Miscellaneous
1 13 (76.47%) Multi-touch
2 4 (23.53%) Algorithms
3 2 (11.76%) Genomics
3 2 (11.76%) Omics
4 1 (5.88%) Analytical Mindset
4 1 (5.88%) Data Structures
4 1 (5.88%) FMCG
Operating Systems
1 2 (11.76%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 16 (94.12%) Data Science
1 16 (94.12%) Machine Learning
2 15 (88.24%) Data Analysis
3 14 (82.35%) Statistical Modelling
4 13 (76.47%) Statistics
5 11 (64.71%) Data Extraction
6 9 (52.94%) Applied Mathematics
6 9 (52.94%) Computer Science
6 9 (52.94%) Data Collection
6 9 (52.94%) Marketing Mix
6 9 (52.94%) Mathematics
6 9 (52.94%) Validation
7 5 (29.41%) Neural Network
8 4 (23.53%) A/B Testing
8 4 (23.53%) Affinity Analysis
8 4 (23.53%) Analytics
8 4 (23.53%) Continuous Improvement
8 4 (23.53%) Data Management
8 4 (23.53%) Decision Tree
8 4 (23.53%) Predictive Modelling
Programming Languages
1 17 (100.00%) Python
2 9 (52.94%) R
3 8 (47.06%) SQL
4 1 (5.88%) C
4 1 (5.88%) C++
4 1 (5.88%) Java
4 1 (5.88%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 10 (58.82%) Degree
2 9 (52.94%) PhD
3 1 (5.88%) SC Cleared
3 1 (5.88%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (11.76%) Data Quality
1 2 (11.76%) GDPR
Vendors
1 2 (11.76%) Atlassian
1 2 (11.76%) Databricks