1 to 25 of 66 Contract Data Science Jobs in the UK

Lead Data Scientist

Hiring Organisation
Hays Specialist Recruitment Limited
Location
Uxbridge, Middlesex, England, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Contractor
Contract Rate
Salary negotiable
Waterside (UB7 0GB) Hybrid - 2 to 3 days onsite Pay - Flexible daily rate (inside IR35) Role Overview We are seeking a highly experienced Lead Data Scientist to lead our client's London-based Data Science team in the development and delivery of advanced AI tools designed … transform a range of domains across business. The successful candidate will possess a proven track record of leading high-performing Data Science teams, building and deploying AI solutions into production, delivering tangible impact within a commercial setting.This strategic leadership position requires strong technical expertise, consultancy experience ...

Data Architect - SC Cleared

Hiring Organisation
CBSbutler Holdings Limited trading as CBSbutler
Location
Edinburgh, City of Edinburgh, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Contract
Contract Rate
£550 - £650/day
Role: Data Architect Location: Edinburgh or Luton (hybrid/onsite as required) Engagement: Contract - Inside IR35 Rate: £550 - £650 per day Security Clearance: Active SC Clearance required Project Description We are seeking an experienced Data Architect to lead the design, implementation, and governance of enterprise-scale data architectures within a secure environment. You will be responsible for ensuring data across systems is accurate, accessible, secure, and aligned to business and technical objectives. The role requires extensive experience delivering data-intensive systems end-to-end, from initial requirements capture through architecture design and implementation ...

Data Architect - Active SC required

Hiring Organisation
Matchtech
Location
Newcastle Upon Tyne, Tyne And Wear, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Contract
Contract Rate
GBP Annual
based sites) Duration: 6 month initial contract Inside IR35 Role details: Our client, a prominent player in the Defence & Security sector, is looking for Data Architects to join their team on a contract basis. Whilst the site preference is Edinburgh or Newcastle, the team can also support contractors working … environments, you will be required onsite at least 4 days per week. Note, active SC clearance required! Key Responsibilities: Design and implement enterprise-level data architecture solutions, including databases, data warehouses, and data lakes. Develop and maintain logical, physical, and conceptual data models. Define data ...

Data Architect

Hiring Organisation
ARM
Location
Edinburgh, Midlothian, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Contract
Contract Rate
GBP Annual
Data Architect Edinburgh 6-Month contract Paying up to 69p/h (Inside IR35) Please note - due to the nature of the work, you will need to hold or be eligible to obtain a high level of UK Security clearance - please only apply if suitable Key Responsibilities: Design … implement enterprise-level data architecture solutions, including databases, data warehouses, and data lakes. Develop and maintain logical, physical, and conceptual data models. Define data management standards, policies, and best practices. Work with data engineers to design and optimize ETL/ELT pipelines for structured ...

Scrum Master (Banking Industry Required)

Hiring Organisation
Square One Resources
Location
Glasgow, City of Glasgow, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Contract
Contract Rate
£358/day
role requires strong servant-leadership, expert Agile coaching, and the ability to drive predictable delivery across distributed teams while working closely with Product Owners, Data Architects, Cloud Engineers, and CDS Platform Leads. Agile Delivery & Scrum Leadership ? Lead 1-2 CDS Agile squads through Scrum ceremonies (stand-ups, refinement, planning … track delivery metrics (burn-down, cycle time, throughput, flow efficiency) and identify improvement opportunities. ? Enable squads to break down epics/user stories for data ingestion, ETL/ELT pipelines, APIs, cloud migration, metadata/lineage, and data provisioning services. CDS Platform & Technical Coordination ? Coordinate delivery dependencies across ...

MLOps Tech Lead

Hiring Organisation
Stackstudio Digital Ltd
Location
London, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Contract
Contract Rate
From £500 to £525 per day
Details Role/Job Title: MLOps Tech Lead Work Location: London, UK Office Requirement (Hybrid): 2 days per week Key Responsibilities (High-Level) Data Pipeline Development: Lead the technical direction of projects and ensure the use of Sainsbury's best practices to the best quality. Data Integration: Lead … provide expertise on Integrate data from various sources, ensuring data consistency, integrity, and quality across the entire data lifecycle. Infrastructure Management: Provide guidance for the junior & Mid Data Engineers on the best practices when building and managing data infrastructure, including data lakes, warehouses ...

Data Scientist

Hiring Organisation
Emporia Consulting Group Limited
Location
East London, London, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Contract
Contract Rate
£700 to £1000 per day
leading company is hiring a Data Scientist who has experience with Azure, Python, SQL, ML/NLP/GenAI and ML system design. 6-month rolling contract, paying up to £1000 per day, depending on experience. Experience and skills required for the Data Scientist, Advanced … oriented programming languages (e.g. Python, Java). Thorough understanding of the underlying mathematical foundations of statistics and machine learning. Can build scalable, reusable, impactful data science products, usually containing statistical or machine learning algorithms, in collaboration with data engineers and software engineers. Can carry out data ...

Data Pipeline Engineer On prem to AWS migration

Hiring Organisation
Pontoon
Location
Bristol, Avon, England, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Contractor
Contract Rate
£700 - £750 per day
Data Pipeline Engineer (On prem to AWS migration)UtilitiesPredominantly remote: occasional travel to Bristol6 months+£700 - £750 per day In short: We require 3 Data Engineers to join a large on prem to AWS migration programme in replicating data pipelines in readiness for a lift and shift … cloud. Essential: AWS and Redshift In full: Role purpose Reporting to the Lead Data Engineer, the Data Engineer is responsible for designing and maintaining scalable data pipelines, ensuring data availability, quality, and performance to support analytics and operational decision-making. They contribute to the data ...

Data Architect

Hiring Organisation
Harnham - Data & Analytics Recruitment
Location
London, South East, England, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Contractor
Contract Rate
£550 - £600 per day
DATA ARCHITECT£550 - £600 per day 6 - months We are representing a leading UK organisation recognised for its large-scale operations, strong public profile, and commitment to digital transformation. The organisation is undergoing a significant modernisation programme, with investment in technology, data, and cloud platforms to drive efficiency … continuous improvement, this organisation is seeking top-tier talent to help shape its future. Role Overview & Responsibilities Our client is seeking an experienced Senior Data Architect to play a pivotal role in the migration of Finance and HR divisions onto Workday. This contractor will be instrumental in shaping ...

Data Engineer - SC Cleared

Hiring Organisation
CBSbutler Holdings Limited trading as CBSbutler
Location
Edinburgh, City of Edinburgh, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Contract
Contract Rate
£500 - £600/day
Role: Data Engineer Location: Edinburgh or Luton (hybrid/onsite as required) Engagement: Contract - Inside IR35 Security Clearance: Active SC Clearance required Rate: £500 - £600 per day - inside IR35 Project Description We are seeking an experienced Data Engineer to design, build, deploy, and maintain robust data platforms … pipelines within a secure environment. You will be responsible for the end-to-end data engineering lifecycle, transforming raw data into high-quality, consumable datasets that support analytics, reporting, and advanced modelling. You will own and optimise the data operations infrastructure, ensuring performance, reliability, scalability, and security ...

Head of Data

Hiring Organisation
GTC Recruitment
Location
Salisbury, Wiltshire, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Contract
Contract Rate
£995 - £1084/day
client is seeking a highly experienced Head of Data to define and implement a cross-organisation data purpose, vision, and long-term strategy. This role will shape the data landscape, ensuring it meets future business capability requirements and aligns with strategic ambitions across the wider organisation. … successful candidate will guide and assure the business in achieving data maturity, lead on best-practice governance, influence senior stakeholders, and represent the data domain at senior levels across multiple partner bodies. Key Responsibilities Strategic Leadership & Vision Define the organisation’s data purpose, strategic vision, policies, processes ...

Senior Data Engineer/Scientist - Python, Pandas, Numpy, Banking

Hiring Organisation
Harvey Nash
Location
London, South East, England, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Contractor
Contract Rate
£700 - £765 per day
Senior Data Engineer/Data Scientist sought by leading investment bank based in the city of London.**Inside IR35 - 4 days a week on site** Overview Data Engineer/Data Scientist role supporting Front Office operations with expertise in data engineering, and stakeholder management … investment banking environment. Key Responsibilities Build data pipelines for real-time and batch processing of financial data Partner with traders, portfolio managers, and risk teams to deliver analytics solutions Ensure compliance with regulatory reporting requirements Optimize data models for front office metrics and P&L reporting Troubleshoot ...

Data Scientist

Hiring Organisation
InfinityQuest Ltd,
Location
Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Contract
Data Scientist: We are seeking a highly skilled Data Scientist AI to design, develop, and deploy advanced machine learning and artificial intelligence solutions. The ideal candidate will work on large datasets, build predictive models, and collaborate cross-functionally to deliver scalable, data-driven products. Key Responsibilities Design … optimize machine learning and deep learning models. Work on AI/ML projects including NLP, computer vision, recommendation systems, and generative AI. Perform data cleaning, feature engineering, and exploratory data analysis (EDA). Build and manage data pipelines and model training workflows. Deploy models into production ...

Data Science Practitioner

Hiring Organisation
Randstad Digital
Location
Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Contract
Contract Rate
£250 - £375 per day
looking for a senior Data Science Practitioner to lead the charge in designing and delivering AI/ML-based decision-making frameworks. You won't just build models; you will be the architect of business outcomes, translating complex data into measurable value. As a subject matter expert … existing workflows. Measure Impact: Define and justify the ROI of AI solutions to stakeholders through rigorous evaluation frameworks. Your Technical Toolkit Advanced Mastery: Data Science & Machine Learning. Cloud Expertise: Intermediate+ proficiency in Amazon SageMaker . Modern AI: Familiarity with Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) and Model Context Protocol ...

Data Business Analyst

Hiring Organisation
Hydrogen Group
Location
Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Contractor
Contract Rate
£685 per day
Data Business Analyst - Global Markets & Securities Services Location: Edinburgh (Hybrid - 2 days per week onsite)Rate: £685 per day via Umbrella Contract: Initial 6 months The Role We're supporting our financial services clients Global Markets & Securities Services function with the hire of a hands-on Data Business … Analyst to join a small, collaborative delivery pod. This is a practical, data-driven role You'll work directly with traders, business management, and data scientists, getting into the data to analyse, interpret, and improve how it's used across markets initiatives. Key Responsibilities Analyse large, complex ...

Data Platform Engineer

Hiring Organisation
McCabe & Barton
Location
City of London, London, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Contract, Work From Home
Contract Rate
Up to £750 per day
Data Platform Engineer Hybrid (3 days in the office, 2 days WFH) London McCabe & Barton are partnering with a leading financial services client to recruit an experienced Data Platform Engineer on a 6 month contract opportunity. This is an excellent opportunity to join a forward-thinking team driving … innovation with modern cloud-based data technologies. Role Overview As a Data Platform Engineer, you will design, build, and maintain scalable cloud-based data infrastructure using Azure and Databricks. You'll play a key role in ensuring that data pipelines, architecture, and analytics environments are reliable ...

Marketing Science Analyst

Hiring Organisation
Huntress
Location
London, South East, England, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Contractor
Contract Rate
£320 - £370 per day
Marketing Science Analyst- London/Hybrid- 6 Months- £320-£370 Umbrella A global technology company are looking for an experience Marketing Science Analyst to join their team on an initial 6 month assignment. The successful candidate will steward the "Triangulation" of data strategy, leveraging MMM outputs, Data … mROI) forecasts. Forecasting: Build predictive models to simulate business outcomes under various economic and budgetary scenarios, acting as the "radar" for the marketing department. Data Clean Room & Advanced Analytics DCR Architecture: Serve as the analyst lead for our Data Clean Room strategy, specifically within Meta Advanced Analytics ...

Fabric and Databricks Data Engineer - Outside IR35 - Hybrid

Hiring Organisation
Tenth Revolution Group
Location
Oxfordshire, England, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Contractor
Contract Rate
£500 - £600 per day
Fabric and Databricks Data Engineer - Outside IR35 - Hybrid Role OverviewWe're looking for a skilled Fabric & Databricks Engineer to design, build, and maintain scalable analytics and data engineering solutions. You'll work at the core of our data platform, enabling analytics, reporting, and advanced data use cases by leveraging Microsoft Fabric and Databricks. You'll collaborate closely with data analysts, data scientists, and stakeholders to deliver reliable, performant, and secure data pipelines and models. Key Responsibilities Design, develop, and maintain end-to-end data pipelines using Microsoft Fabric and Databricks ...

Databricks Data Engineer

Hiring Organisation
Harnham - Data & Analytics Recruitment
Location
London, South East, England, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Contractor
Contract Rate
£500 - £600 per day
Databricks Data Engineer £500 - £600 per day Outside IR35 We're partnering with a leading online retail company that's transforming the way data and real-time intelligence shape customer experiences. Their mission is to harness cutting-edge data and streaming technologies to drive smarter decisions, improve … efficiency, and create personalised journeys for millions of shoppers worldwide. The Role As a Senior Data Engineer, you'll play a key role in developing and optimising the backbone of the company's data platform. You'll be responsible for building and maintaining large-scale, real-time data ...

Databricks Engineer - £400PD - Remote

Hiring Organisation
Tenth Revolution Group
Location
London, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Contract
Contract Rate
£350 - £400/day
Databricks Engineer - £400PD - Remote About the Role We are seeking a highly skilled Azure Data Engineer with deep, hands-on Databricks experience to join our growing data engineering team. In this role, you will design, build, and optimise scalable data pipelines and lakehouse architectures on Azure, enabling … advanced analytics and data-driven decision making across the business. Key Responsibilities Design, develop, and maintain ETL/ELT pipelines using Azure Databricks, PySpark, and Delta Lake. Build and optimise data lakehouse architectures on Azure Data Lake Storage ( ADLS ) . Develop high-performance data solutions using ...

Data Scientist - Optimisation

Hiring Organisation
ARM
Location
Hounslow, London, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Contract
Contract Rate
£600 - £650/day Inside IR35 (Negotiable rate)
Data Scientist - Optimisation 6 Months Hybrid - 3 days per week on site at Heathrow £Market rate (Inside IR35) Role Purpose This role is responsible for developing industrialised optimisation and machine learning models as part of a full-stack product squad delivering operations decision-support software. ***Please note - The ideal … candidate MUST HAVE strong experience with Optimisation*** Scope As a key member of a product squad, reporting to the Lead Product Data Scientist, the Data Scientist will: Develop data pipelines, machine learning models, and optimisation models Own modelling and robust feature implementation Ensure seamless integration into ...

Data Engineer

Hiring Organisation
Adroit People Ltd
Location
Hounslow, London, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Contract
Contract Rate
£500 per day
Greetings We are Hiring Role: Data Engineer Waterside, UK (Hybrid) Notes: We need someone who doesnt need visa to travel to Europe Duration: Initially 6 months Experience 12+ years of experience mandatory 12+ Years of experience required , Excellent AWS experience. Data Engineer AI Solutions Role Purpose The Data Engineer/Data Analyst will design, build, and maintain robust data pipelines and architectures to enable AI-driven solutions, ensuring frameworks can scale across all OpCos. This role demands consultancy-level technical depth combined with strong delivery discipline. Key Responsibilities Discover, connect to, and process data ...

Data Scientist

Hiring Organisation
Hays Specialist Recruitment Limited
Location
London, South East, England, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Contractor
Contract Rate
Salary negotiable
Data Scientist - MRO AI Solutions - £700+ per day inside IR35 (depending on experience) - Hybrid - 2-3 days per week in West Drayton or Paddington I am working with a key client within the Aviation Sector who are looking for a number of Data Scientists to join their team … estimated to last over two years, and will be offered in the form of a rolling 6 monthly contract, inside IR35. Role Purpose The Data ScientistS will develop advanced models and analytics to unlock value from operational data while ensuring solutions can be adapted for other OpCos. This ...

DevSecOps Engineer AI/LLM Project

Hiring Organisation
Agile Recruit
Location
Manchester, North West, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Contract
Contract Rate
£350 - £550/day
multiple teams Strong problem-solving skills with the ability to debug infrastructure, CI/CD, and application-level issues Ability to collaborate effectively with Data Science, AI, and Engineering teams, understanding boundaries between infrastructure, inference, and model training responsibilities Support and scale the AI platform to run multiple … Intern Neural 7B) and associated inference tooling Support LLM application frameworks (LangChain, vLLM) and Python-based services without owning model training (handled by Data Science teams) Stand up and manage cloud and infrastructure-as-code components using tools such as Terraform Provide general backend and infrastructure support, with ...

HPC Engineer - SC Cleared

Hiring Organisation
Experis
Location
Derby, Derbyshire, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Contract
Contract Rate
£600 - £700/day
generic platform advice) Guidance on MPI-ready container images, build tooling, and repeatable operational patterns Scheduler/runtime alignment and deployment approach (batch, interactive, data science workflows) Clear recommendations and next steps; produce a short written report where required Core technology focus Slurm job scheduling MPI and performance …/workshops with customer engineering teams Awareness of SDLC considerations in research/HPC environments Familiarity with Jupyter (Hub/Lab/Notebooks) supporting data science workflows on shared compute Strong working knowledge of MPI patterns and real-world operational constraints Contract Details: £600 - £700 Per Day Inside ...