Lead Data Scientist Contracts in London

Lead Data Scientist
England > London

The median Lead Data Scientist daily rate in London is £500 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 1 June 2024.

The first table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
1 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 390 486 612
Rank change year-on-year +96 +126 -142
Contract jobs requiring a Lead Data Scientist 3 1 4
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 0.017% 0.004% 0.010%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.018% 0.004% 0.011%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 1 3
10th Percentile £468 - -
25th Percentile £475 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £550
Median % change year-on-year - -9.09% -31.25%
75th Percentile £525 - £594
90th Percentile £533 - £620
England median daily rate £500 £475 £613
% change year-on-year +5.26% -22.45% -5.77%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
London

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in London. 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 London with a recognized job title 16,385 24,202 36,842
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.57% 95.15% 95.30%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,830 17,663 27,089
10th Percentile £325 £363 £375
25th Percentile £440 £463 £470
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £575
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% - +9.52%
75th Percentile £675 £700 £688
90th Percentile £800 £800 £775
England median daily rate £525 £550 £530
% change year-on-year -4.55% +3.77% +6.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 327 278 414
10th Percentile £16.00 £17.83 £16.25
25th Percentile £20.22 £22.53 £23.24
Median hourly rate £27.81 £36.00 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -22.75% +2.86% +7.69%
75th Percentile £47.18 £63.75 £49.25
90th Percentile £67.40 £82.33 £67.50
England median hourly rate £37.75 £45.00 £23.91
% change year-on-year -16.11% +88.21% +11.21%

Lead Data Scientist
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Job vacancy trend for Lead Data Scientist in London

Lead Data Scientist
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Lead Data Scientist in London.

Daily rate trend for Lead Data Scientist in London

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

For the 6 months to 1 June 2024, Lead 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 London region featuring Lead Data Scientist in the job title.

1 3 (100.00%) SQL
1 3 (100.00%) Analytics
1 3 (100.00%) Machine Learning
1 3 (100.00%) Data Science
2 2 (66.67%) Social Skills
2 2 (66.67%) Data Pipeline
2 2 (66.67%) Lead Generation
2 2 (66.67%) Data Analytics
2 2 (66.67%) Analytical Skills
2 2 (66.67%) Data Cleansing
2 2 (66.67%) Marketing
2 2 (66.67%) Business Development
2 2 (66.67%) Salesforce
2 2 (66.67%) Finance
3 1 (33.33%) Law
3 1 (33.33%) Legal
3 1 (33.33%) Data Analysis
3 1 (33.33%) Artificial Intelligence
3 1 (33.33%) Statistics
3 1 (33.33%) Degree
3 1 (33.33%) JIRA
3 1 (33.33%) Mathematics
3 1 (33.33%) Computer Science
3 1 (33.33%) Python
3 1 (33.33%) Data Modelling
3 1 (33.33%) SAS
3 1 (33.33%) Visualisation
3 1 (33.33%) Open Source
3 1 (33.33%) R
3 1 (33.33%) Data Visualisation

Lead Data Scientist Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London 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 (33.33%) SAS
Development Applications
1 1 (33.33%) JIRA
General
1 2 (66.67%) Analytical Skills
1 2 (66.67%) Finance
1 2 (66.67%) Marketing
1 2 (66.67%) Social Skills
2 1 (33.33%) Law
2 1 (33.33%) Legal
2 1 (33.33%) Police
2 1 (33.33%) Presentation Skills
Miscellaneous
1 1 (33.33%) Algorithms
1 1 (33.33%) Analytical Mindset
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Analytics
1 3 (100.00%) Data Science
1 3 (100.00%) Machine Learning
2 2 (66.67%) Business Development
2 2 (66.67%) Data Analytics
2 2 (66.67%) Data Cleansing
2 2 (66.67%) Data Pipeline
2 2 (66.67%) Lead Generation
3 1 (33.33%) Artificial Intelligence
3 1 (33.33%) Computer Science
3 1 (33.33%) Data Analysis
3 1 (33.33%) Data Modelling
3 1 (33.33%) Data Visualisation
3 1 (33.33%) Marketing Strategy
3 1 (33.33%) Mathematics
3 1 (33.33%) Natural Language Processing
3 1 (33.33%) Open Source
3 1 (33.33%) Propensity Modelling
3 1 (33.33%) Statistics
3 1 (33.33%) Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 3 (100.00%) SQL
2 1 (33.33%) Python
2 1 (33.33%) R
Qualifications
1 1 (33.33%) Degree
1 1 (33.33%) Master's Degree
1 1 (33.33%) Numerate Degree
Vendors
1 2 (66.67%) Salesforce