Data Science Consultant Contracts

Data Science Consultant
UK

As of 1 May 2025, there is not enough information available from job vacancies posted within the last 6 months to determine the median Data Science Consultant daily rate in the UK.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 518 580 714
Rank change year-on-year +62 +134 +141
Contract jobs requiring a Data Science Consultant 2 2 4
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.007% 0.005% 0.007%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.007% 0.005% 0.007%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 1
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - £700
UK excluding London median daily rate - - -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
UK

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies. 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 the UK with a recognized job title 27,084 40,415 56,464
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.52% 92.78% 94.61%
Number of daily rates quoted 17,692 26,309 39,470
10th Percentile £300 £275 £313
25th Percentile £406 £410 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £515 £525 £540
Median % change year-on-year -1.90% -2.78% +2.86%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £650
90th Percentile £738 £750 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £492 £500
% change year-on-year -3.46% -1.60% +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,035 2,664 1,570
10th Percentile £14.07 £12.86 £14.29
25th Percentile £18.50 £16.30 £19.50
Median hourly rate £29.00 £36.42 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year -20.37% -19.07% +91.49%
75th Percentile £62.50 £60.75 £65.75
90th Percentile £75.00 £72.50 £75.75
UK excluding London median hourly rate £28.00 £39.55 £42.50
% change year-on-year -29.20% -6.94% +117.95%

Data Science Consultant
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings that featured Data Science Consultant in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Data Science Consultant in the UK

Data Science Consultant
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Data Science Consultant.

Daily rate trend for Data Science Consultant in the UK

Data Science Consultant
Top 2 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Data Science Consultant 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 +57 2 - - 4
London +38 2 - - 4

Data Science Consultant Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 1 May 2025, Data Science Consultant 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 featuring Data Science Consultant in the job title.

1 2 (100.00%) Python
2 1 (50.00%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (50.00%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (50.00%) Risk Management
2 1 (50.00%) Finance
2 1 (50.00%) Artificial Intelligence
2 1 (50.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (50.00%) Business Development
2 1 (50.00%) Degree
2 1 (50.00%) Data Protection Act
2 1 (50.00%) Mathematics
2 1 (50.00%) Data Protection
2 1 (50.00%) Data Cleansing
2 1 (50.00%) SC Cleared
2 1 (50.00%) Security Cleared
2 1 (50.00%) Monte Carlo Method
2 1 (50.00%) Azure
2 1 (50.00%) Foundry
2 1 (50.00%) R
2 1 (50.00%) Machine Learning
2 1 (50.00%) Data Analytics
2 1 (50.00%) GitHub
2 1 (50.00%) Analytics
2 1 (50.00%) Pandas
2 1 (50.00%) Algorithms
2 1 (50.00%) scikit-learn
2 1 (50.00%) Azure Machine Learning
2 1 (50.00%) Translating Business Requirements
2 1 (50.00%) QGIS
2 1 (50.00%) Probabilistic Modelling

Data Science Consultant Skill Set
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:

Applications
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 1 (50.00%) Azure
1 1 (50.00%) Azure Machine Learning
1 1 (50.00%) GitHub
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (50.00%) QGIS
General
1 1 (50.00%) Finance
1 1 (50.00%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (50.00%) Pandas
1 1 (50.00%) PySpark
1 1 (50.00%) scikit-learn
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) Algorithms
1 1 (50.00%) Data Protection Act
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (50.00%) Analytics
1 1 (50.00%) Artificial Intelligence
1 1 (50.00%) Business Development
1 1 (50.00%) Business Strategy
1 1 (50.00%) Data Analytics
1 1 (50.00%) Data Cleansing
1 1 (50.00%) Data Protection
1 1 (50.00%) Data Science
1 1 (50.00%) Generative AI
1 1 (50.00%) Machine Learning
1 1 (50.00%) Mathematics
1 1 (50.00%) Monte Carlo Method
1 1 (50.00%) Probabilistic Modelling
1 1 (50.00%) Risk Management
1 1 (50.00%) Translating Business Requirements
Programming Languages
1 2 (100.00%) Python
2 1 (50.00%) R
Qualifications
1 1 (50.00%) Degree
1 1 (50.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (50.00%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) Databricks
1 1 (50.00%) Foundry