Senior Data Scientist Contract Job Trends in the West Midlands

Senior Data Scientist
England > West Midlands

As of 4 November 2025, there is not enough information available from job vacancies posted within the last 6 months to determine the median Senior Data Scientist daily rate in the West Midlands.

6 months to
4 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 134 - 111
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a Senior Data Scientist 1 0 1
As % of all contract jobs in the West Midlands 0.049% - 0.052%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.055% - 0.055%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £585
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - £620
75th Percentile - - £655
90th Percentile - - -
England median daily rate £625 £650 £650
% change year-on-year -3.85% - -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
West Midlands

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in the West Midlands. 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 West Midlands with a recognized job title 1,809 1,752 1,810
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 89.38% 92.80% 94.37%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,172 1,108 1,240
10th Percentile £258 £213 £220
25th Percentile £400 £381 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year - +5.26% -4.04%
75th Percentile £588 £612 £588
90th Percentile £675 £700 £700
England median daily rate £510 £525 £538
% change year-on-year -2.86% -2.33% -2.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted 104 58 66
10th Percentile £12.62 £12.58 £15.38
25th Percentile £15.73 £14.03 £17.31
Median hourly rate £25.15 £23.05 £22.20
Median % change year-on-year +9.11% +3.85% +25.25%
75th Percentile £36.38 £33.23 £33.64
90th Percentile £50.00 £45.63 £67.50
England median hourly rate £25.15 £40.66 £45.88
% change year-on-year -38.15% -11.37% +52.93%

Senior Data Scientist
Job Vacancy Trend in the West Midlands

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'Senior Data Scientist' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands.

Senior Data Scientist job vacancy trend in the West Midlands

Senior Data Scientist
Daily Rate Trend in the West Midlands

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Senior Data Scientist job vacancies in the West Midlands.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Senior Data Scientist job vacancies in the West Midlands

Senior Data Scientist
Contract Job Locations in the West Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Senior Data Scientist within the West Midlands region over the 6 months to 4 November 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
Coventry - 1 - -
Senior Data Scientist
England

Senior Data Scientist Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the West Midlands

For the 6 months to 4 November 2025, Senior Data Scientist contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the West Midlands region featuring Senior Data Scientist in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) A/B Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) AI
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) Azure Machine Learning
1 1 (100.00%) Azure Synapse Analytics
1 1 (100.00%) Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 1 (100.00%) Computer Science
1 1 (100.00%) Containerisation
1 1 (100.00%) CRISP-DM
1 1 (100.00%) Data Pipeline
1 1 (100.00%) Data Quality
1 1 (100.00%) Data Science
1 1 (100.00%) Databricks
1 1 (100.00%) Deep Learning
1 1 (100.00%) Degree
1 1 (100.00%) Docker
1 1 (100.00%) Experimental Design
1 1 (100.00%) ITIL
1 1 (100.00%) Kubernetes
1 1 (100.00%) Machine Learning
1 1 (100.00%) Master's Degree
1 1 (100.00%) Mathematics
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (100.00%) MLflow
1 1 (100.00%) MLOps
1 1 (100.00%) Natural Language Processing
1 1 (100.00%) Performance Optimisation
1 1 (100.00%) PhD

Senior Data Scientist Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the West Midlands 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 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) Azure Machine Learning
1 1 (100.00%) Azure Synapse Analytics
1 1 (100.00%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 1 (100.00%) MLflow
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) A/B Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) AI
1 1 (100.00%) Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 1 (100.00%) Computer Science
1 1 (100.00%) Containerisation
1 1 (100.00%) CRISP-DM
1 1 (100.00%) Data Pipeline
1 1 (100.00%) Data Science
1 1 (100.00%) Experimental Design
1 1 (100.00%) ITIL
1 1 (100.00%) Mathematics
1 1 (100.00%) MLOps
1 1 (100.00%) Performance Optimisation
1 1 (100.00%) Service Management
1 1 (100.00%) Software Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) Statistics
1 1 (100.00%) Thought Leadership
1 1 (100.00%) Time Series Forecasting
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) Python
1 1 (100.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) Degree
1 1 (100.00%) Master's Degree
1 1 (100.00%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) Data Quality
System Software
1 1 (100.00%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (100.00%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Databricks
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft