Data Scientist Contracts in Wokingham

Data Scientist
Berkshire > Wokingham

The median Data Scientist daily rate in Wokingham is £500, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025.

The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 28 - 19
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a Data Scientist 2 0 2
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Wokingham 1.13% - 2.78%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.33% - 3.03%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 2
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 - £550
Berkshire median daily rate £570 £400 £550
% change year-on-year +42.50% -27.27% -12.00%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Wokingham

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Wokingham. 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 Wokingham with a recognized job title 150 69 66
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 84.75% 98.57% 91.67%
Number of daily rates quoted 94 56 39
10th Percentile £325 £310 £300
25th Percentile £381 £400 £428
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% -4.76% +10.53%
75th Percentile £550 £588 £638
90th Percentile £662 £675 £758
Berkshire median daily rate £504 £513 £525
% change year-on-year -1.76% -2.38% +7.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 3
10th Percentile - - £34.10
25th Percentile - - £46.06
Median hourly rate £14.30 - £66.00
75th Percentile - - -
90th Percentile - - -
Berkshire median hourly rate £63.37 £59.50 £56.89
% change year-on-year +6.51% +4.60% +170.88%

Data Scientist
Job Vacancy Trend in Wokingham

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

Job vacancy trend for Data Scientist in Wokingham

Data Scientist Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Wokingham

For the 6 months to 1 May 2025, Data Scientist 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 across the Wokingham region featuring Data Scientist in the job title.

1 2 (100.00%) Apache
1 2 (100.00%) Python
1 2 (100.00%) Google
1 2 (100.00%) Hadoop
1 2 (100.00%) Visualisation
1 2 (100.00%) Azure
1 2 (100.00%) AWS
1 2 (100.00%) NumPy
1 2 (100.00%) Data Visualisation
1 2 (100.00%) Machine Learning
1 2 (100.00%) Big Data
1 2 (100.00%) Statistical Modelling
1 2 (100.00%) Data Cleansing
1 2 (100.00%) Time Series Analysis
1 2 (100.00%) Pandas
1 2 (100.00%) Apache Spark
1 2 (100.00%) Algorithms
1 2 (100.00%) GCP
1 2 (100.00%) scikit-learn
1 2 (100.00%) Data Science
1 2 (100.00%) Decision-Making
1 2 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 2 (100.00%) Model Validation
1 2 (100.00%) Predictive Analysis
1 2 (100.00%) Distributed Computing
2 1 (50.00%) LLM
2 1 (50.00%) XGBoost
2 1 (50.00%) SQL
2 1 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (50.00%) Data Pipeline

Data Scientist Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Wokingham 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 2 (100.00%) Apache
1 2 (100.00%) Apache Spark
Cloud Services
1 2 (100.00%) AWS
1 2 (100.00%) Azure
1 2 (100.00%) GCP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (100.00%) Big Data
1 2 (100.00%) Hadoop
2 1 (50.00%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 1 (50.00%) Git
General
1 1 (50.00%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (100.00%) NumPy
1 2 (100.00%) Pandas
1 2 (100.00%) scikit-learn
2 1 (50.00%) Prophet
2 1 (50.00%) TensorFlow
2 1 (50.00%) XGBoost
Miscellaneous
1 2 (100.00%) Algorithms
1 2 (100.00%) Distributed Computing
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Data Cleansing
1 2 (100.00%) Data Science
1 2 (100.00%) Data Visualisation
1 2 (100.00%) Decision-Making
1 2 (100.00%) Machine Learning
1 2 (100.00%) Model Validation
1 2 (100.00%) Predictive Analysis
1 2 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 2 (100.00%) Statistical Modelling
1 2 (100.00%) Time Series Analysis
1 2 (100.00%) Visualisation
2 1 (50.00%) Agile
2 1 (50.00%) ARIMA
2 1 (50.00%) Data Engineering
2 1 (50.00%) LSTM
2 1 (50.00%) MLOps
2 1 (50.00%) Predictive Modelling
2 1 (50.00%) Time Series Forecasting
2 1 (50.00%) Translating Business Requirements
2 1 (50.00%) Use Case
Programming Languages
1 2 (100.00%) Python
2 1 (50.00%) SQL
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) Google