Data Science Contracts in Berkshire

Data Science
South East > Berkshire

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Berkshire with a requirement for Data Science skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Data Science over the 6 months to 2 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
2 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 109 92 109
Rank change year-on-year -17 +17 -18
Contract jobs citing Data Science 12 22 25
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Berkshire 0.62% 1.23% 1.05%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.71% 1.37% 1.17%
Number of daily rates quoted 8 17 20
10th Percentile £322 £413 £398
25th Percentile £390 £450 £418
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £453 £550 £585
Median % change year-on-year -17.73% -5.98% +30.00%
75th Percentile £638 £575 £651
90th Percentile £810 £620 £763
South East median daily rate £475 £525 £555
% change year-on-year -9.52% -5.41% +10.45%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Berkshire

Data Science is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in Berkshire with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,694 1,602 2,143
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Berkshire 87.68% 89.80% 89.85%
Number of daily rates quoted 856 1,001 1,357
10th Percentile £235 £340 £268
25th Percentile £375 £425 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £525 £500
Median % change year-on-year -2.38% +5.00% +6.38%
75th Percentile £608 £638 £588
90th Percentile £675 £702 £650
South East median daily rate £510 £505 £500
% change year-on-year +0.99% +1.00% +8.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 104 53 38
10th Percentile £17.15 £18.50 £13.00
25th Percentile £41.25 £26.13 £17.00
Median hourly rate £60.80 £63.00 £21.03
Median % change year-on-year -3.49% +199.64% -1.18%
75th Percentile £71.89 £74.79 £34.97
90th Percentile £87.46 £79.19 £67.72
South East median hourly rate £47.50 £52.50 £21.99
% change year-on-year -9.52% +138.80% -17.81%

Data Science
Job Vacancy Trend in Berkshire

Job postings citing Data Science as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Berkshire.

Job vacancy trend for Data Science in Berkshire

Data Science
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Berkshire

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

Daily rate trend for Data Science in Berkshire

Data Science
Daily Rate Histogram in Berkshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Data Science in Berkshire over the 6 months to 2 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Data Science in Berkshire

Data Science
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Berkshire

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Data Science in Berkshire.

Hourly rate trend for Data Science in Berkshire

Data Science
Contract Job Locations in Berkshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Data Science within the Berkshire region over the 6 months to 2 June 2024. 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
Reading -11 9 £413 -28.26% 10
Windsor - 3 £800 - 3
Maidenhead - 1 £235 -
Data Science
South East

Data Science
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Berkshire 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 1 (8.33%) Jupyter
Cloud Services
1 6 (50.00%) Azure
2 4 (33.33%) Azure Data Factory
2 4 (33.33%) Power Platform
3 3 (25.00%) Azure Functions
3 3 (25.00%) Serverless
4 1 (8.33%) Microsoft Purview
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (33.33%) Power BI
2 3 (25.00%) Amazon RDS
2 3 (25.00%) Azure SQL Database
3 1 (8.33%) Data Lake
3 1 (8.33%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 3 (25.00%) Git
2 1 (8.33%) CMake
General
1 6 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 5 (41.67%) Telecoms
3 4 (33.33%) Analytical Skills
4 2 (16.67%) Legal
4 2 (16.67%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 4 (33.33%) Data Engineer
2 3 (25.00%) Azure Data Engineer
2 3 (25.00%) Azure Engineer
3 2 (16.67%) Analyst
3 2 (16.67%) Data Scientist
3 2 (16.67%) Senior
4 1 (8.33%) Architect
4 1 (8.33%) Artificial Intelligence Architect
4 1 (8.33%) Business Analyst
4 1 (8.33%) C++ Software Engineer
4 1 (8.33%) Compliance Manager
4 1 (8.33%) Data Analyst
4 1 (8.33%) Junior
4 1 (8.33%) Junior Data Scientist
4 1 (8.33%) Sales Analyst
4 1 (8.33%) Security Architect
4 1 (8.33%) Senior C++ Software Engineer
4 1 (8.33%) Senior Data Engineer
4 1 (8.33%) Senior Software Engineer
4 1 (8.33%) Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (33.33%) XML
2 2 (16.67%) PyTorch
2 2 (16.67%) TensorFlow
3 1 (8.33%) CNTK
3 1 (8.33%) Google JAX
3 1 (8.33%) NumPy
3 1 (8.33%) OpenVINO
3 1 (8.33%) Pandas
3 1 (8.33%) PySpark
3 1 (8.33%) scikit-learn
Miscellaneous
1 4 (33.33%) Product Ownership
2 3 (25.00%) Smart Meter
3 2 (16.67%) Algorithms
3 2 (16.67%) Analytical Mindset
4 1 (8.33%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 4 (33.33%) Linux
1 4 (33.33%) Windows
2 3 (25.00%) Unix
3 1 (8.33%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (41.67%) Analytics
1 5 (41.67%) Artificial Intelligence
2 4 (33.33%) Business Intelligence
2 4 (33.33%) Data Modelling
2 4 (33.33%) ETL
2 4 (33.33%) Machine Learning
2 4 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
3 3 (25.00%) Capacity Planning
3 3 (25.00%) Data Protection
3 3 (25.00%) Dimensional Modelling
3 3 (25.00%) ETL Development
3 3 (25.00%) Impact Assessments
3 3 (25.00%) Performance Improvement
3 3 (25.00%) Performance Tuning
3 3 (25.00%) Scrum
3 3 (25.00%) User Stories
4 2 (16.67%) Agile
4 2 (16.67%) Computer Science
4 2 (16.67%) Project Management
4 2 (16.67%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 6 (50.00%) Python
2 5 (41.67%) SQL
3 2 (16.67%) C++
4 1 (8.33%) C
4 1 (8.33%) Java
4 1 (8.33%) R
Qualifications
1 4 (33.33%) Degree
2 1 (8.33%) Computer Science Degree
2 1 (8.33%) Master's Degree
2 1 (8.33%) Numerate Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (50.00%) GDPR
2 1 (8.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (8.33%) NIST
Systems Management
1 1 (8.33%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 3 (25.00%) Ab Initio
2 1 (8.33%) Databricks
2 1 (8.33%) Salesforce