Data Science Contracts in the East Midlands

Data Science
England > East Midlands

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the East Midlands 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 62 69 86
Rank change year-on-year +7 +17 -14
Contract jobs citing Data Science 6 9 6
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the East Midlands 0.74% 0.89% 0.43%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.94% 1.02% 0.52%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 9 4
10th Percentile £356 £443 £420
25th Percentile £360 £450 £488
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £375 £600 £625
Median % change year-on-year -37.50% -4.00% +4.17%
75th Percentile £393 - £727
90th Percentile £403 £633 £730
England median daily rate £544 £575 £595
% change year-on-year -5.43% -3.36% +8.18%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
Median hourly rate £21.73 - -
England median hourly rate £35.50 £35.00 £43.50
% change year-on-year +1.43% -19.54% +35.94%

All Process and Methodology Skills
East Midlands

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 the East Midlands with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 635 881 1,155
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the East Midlands 78.11% 87.57% 82.74%
Number of daily rates quoted 432 687 872
10th Percentile £200 £223 £200
25th Percentile £275 £350 £345
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £475 £450
Median % change year-on-year -10.53% +5.56% +13.92%
75th Percentile £550 £592 £525
90th Percentile £623 £700 £613
England median daily rate £525 £550 £545
% change year-on-year -4.55% +0.92% +9.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 57 48 74
10th Percentile £11.41 £11.80 £9.74
25th Percentile £12.75 £15.19 £13.95
Median hourly rate £17.00 £23.25 £20.00
Median % change year-on-year -26.88% +16.25% +53.85%
75th Percentile £26.15 £51.50 £30.97
90th Percentile £42.35 £65.00 £35.00
England median hourly rate £37.50 £37.15 £25.00
% change year-on-year +0.94% +48.60% +11.11%

Data Science
Job Vacancy Trend in the East Midlands

Job postings citing Data Science as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the East Midlands.

Job vacancy trend for Data Science in the East Midlands

Data Science
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the East Midlands

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Data Science in the East Midlands.

Daily rate trend for Data Science in the East Midlands

Data Science
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the East Midlands

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Data Science in the East Midlands.

Hourly rate trend for Data Science in the East Midlands

Data Science
Contract Job Locations in the East Midlands

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 East Midlands 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
Leicestershire +9 2 £375 -31.82% 7
Northamptonshire - 2 £385 - 1
Lincolnshire +12 1 - -
Nottinghamshire +10 1 - - 5
Data Science
England

Data Science
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the East Midlands 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 (33.33%) Apache Spark
2 1 (16.67%) Apache
Applications
1 1 (16.67%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 2 (33.33%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (33.33%) Power BI
2 1 (16.67%) Apache Hive
2 1 (16.67%) Big Data
2 1 (16.67%) Hadoop
2 1 (16.67%) NoSQL
2 1 (16.67%) QlikView
General
1 3 (50.00%) Public Sector
2 2 (33.33%) Finance
2 2 (33.33%) Marketing
2 2 (33.33%) Retail
3 1 (16.67%) Back Office
3 1 (16.67%) Banking
3 1 (16.67%) Police
3 1 (16.67%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 4 (66.67%) Analyst
2 3 (50.00%) Data Analyst
3 2 (33.33%) Marketing Analyst
3 2 (33.33%) Marketing Data Analyst
3 2 (33.33%) Senior
4 1 (16.67%) Big Data Developer
4 1 (16.67%) Business Analyst
4 1 (16.67%) Data Engineer
4 1 (16.67%) Developer
4 1 (16.67%) Hadoop Developer
4 1 (16.67%) Senior Analyst
4 1 (16.67%) Senior Business Analyst
4 1 (16.67%) Senior Data Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (16.67%) Anaconda
1 1 (16.67%) Kafka
Miscellaneous
1 1 (16.67%) Algorithms
1 1 (16.67%) Management Information System
1 1 (16.67%) Video Conferencing
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (50.00%) Analytics
1 3 (50.00%) Business Intelligence
2 2 (33.33%) A/B Testing
2 2 (33.33%) Computer Science
2 2 (33.33%) Data Analysis
2 2 (33.33%) Logistic Regression
2 2 (33.33%) Propensity Modelling
2 2 (33.33%) Web Design
3 1 (16.67%) Acceptance Criteria
3 1 (16.67%) Collaborative Working
3 1 (16.67%) Critical Thinking
3 1 (16.67%) Customer Journey Map
3 1 (16.67%) Data Pipeline
3 1 (16.67%) Journey Map
3 1 (16.67%) Order Management
3 1 (16.67%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (16.67%) Sprint Planning
3 1 (16.67%) Technical Debt
3 1 (16.67%) User Stories
3 1 (16.67%) Wireframes
Programming Languages
1 5 (83.33%) Python
2 4 (66.67%) SQL
3 2 (33.33%) Java
3 2 (33.33%) R
3 2 (33.33%) Scala
Qualifications
1 2 (33.33%) Degree
2 1 (16.67%) CBAP
2 1 (16.67%) Computer Science Degree
2 1 (16.67%) IIBA
2 1 (16.67%) ISEB
2 1 (16.67%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (16.67%) California Consumer Privacy Act
1 1 (16.67%) GDPR
Vendors
1 2 (33.33%) Databricks
2 1 (16.67%) Microsoft