Senior Data Scientist Contracts in London

Senior Data Scientist
England > London

The median Senior Data Scientist daily rate in London is £593 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 375 480 594
Rank change year-on-year +105 +114 -162
Contract jobs requiring a Senior Data Scientist 18 7 22
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 0.10% 0.028% 0.057%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.11% 0.029% 0.060%
Number of daily rates quoted 14 2 16
10th Percentile £466 £503 £497
25th Percentile £516 £506 £525
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £593 £525 £580
Median % change year-on-year +12.86% -9.48% -4.96%
75th Percentile £680 £556 £606
90th Percentile £775 £568 £638
England median daily rate £600 £488 £594
% change year-on-year +23.08% -17.89% -4.23%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £57.50
Median hourly rate - - £65.00
75th Percentile - - £72.50
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate - - £65.00
% change year-on-year - - +47.23%

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%

Senior Data Scientist
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Job vacancy trend for Senior Data Scientist in London

Senior Data Scientist
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in London

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

Daily rate trend for Senior Data Scientist in London

Senior Data Scientist
Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Senior Data Scientist in London over the 6 months to 1 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Senior Data Scientist in London

Senior Data Scientist
Contract Job Locations in London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Senior Data Scientist within the London region over the 6 months to 1 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
Central London - 2 - - 1
Senior Data Scientist
England

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

For the 6 months to 1 June 2024, Senior 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 Senior Data Scientist in the job title.

1 18 (100.00%) Data Science
2 15 (83.33%) Python
3 14 (77.78%) Machine Learning
4 11 (61.11%) SQL
5 9 (50.00%) Algorithms
6 8 (44.44%) Computer Science
7 7 (38.89%) Jupyter
7 7 (38.89%) Analytics
8 6 (33.33%) Mathematics
8 6 (33.33%) Git
8 6 (33.33%) Data Modelling
9 5 (27.78%) E-Commerce
9 5 (27.78%) Data Analysis
9 5 (27.78%) Artificial Intelligence
9 5 (27.78%) Propensity Modelling
9 5 (27.78%) Matplotlib
9 5 (27.78%) scikit-learn
9 5 (27.78%) Pandas
9 5 (27.78%) Actionable Insight
9 5 (27.78%) Social Skills
9 5 (27.78%) Data Pipeline
10 4 (22.22%) Customer Experience
10 4 (22.22%) Databricks
10 4 (22.22%) Natural Language Processing
10 4 (22.22%) Deep Learning
10 4 (22.22%) Retail
10 4 (22.22%) Finance
10 4 (22.22%) Marketing
11 3 (16.67%) Degree
11 3 (16.67%) Azure

Senior 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 7 (38.89%) Jupyter
2 1 (5.56%) SAS
Cloud Services
1 3 (16.67%) AWS
1 3 (16.67%) Azure
1 3 (16.67%) Snowflake
2 2 (11.11%) Azure Machine Learning
3 1 (5.56%) dbt
3 1 (5.56%) GCP
3 1 (5.56%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (5.56%) BigQuery
1 1 (5.56%) Looker
1 1 (5.56%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 6 (33.33%) Git
2 1 (5.56%) JIRA
General
1 5 (27.78%) Social Skills
2 4 (22.22%) Finance
2 4 (22.22%) Marketing
2 4 (22.22%) Retail
3 3 (16.67%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (5.56%) Law
4 1 (5.56%) Legal
4 1 (5.56%) Police
4 1 (5.56%) Presentation Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (27.78%) Matplotlib
1 5 (27.78%) Pandas
1 5 (27.78%) scikit-learn
2 3 (16.67%) XGBoost
3 2 (11.11%) Plotly
3 2 (11.11%) pytest
3 2 (11.11%) PyTorch
Miscellaneous
1 9 (50.00%) Algorithms
2 3 (16.67%) Data Structures
3 1 (5.56%) Analytical Mindset
3 1 (5.56%) Reinsurance
Processes & Methodologies
1 18 (100.00%) Data Science
2 14 (77.78%) Machine Learning
3 8 (44.44%) Computer Science
4 7 (38.89%) Analytics
5 6 (33.33%) Data Modelling
5 6 (33.33%) Mathematics
6 5 (27.78%) Actionable Insight
6 5 (27.78%) Artificial Intelligence
6 5 (27.78%) Data Analysis
6 5 (27.78%) Data Pipeline
6 5 (27.78%) E-Commerce
6 5 (27.78%) Propensity Modelling
7 4 (22.22%) Customer Experience
7 4 (22.22%) Deep Learning
7 4 (22.22%) Natural Language Processing
8 3 (16.67%) Data Analytics
8 3 (16.67%) Logistic Regression
8 3 (16.67%) Software Architecture
8 3 (16.67%) Statistical Modelling
8 3 (16.67%) Statistics
Programming Languages
1 15 (83.33%) Python
2 11 (61.11%) SQL
3 2 (11.11%) Bash
4 1 (5.56%) R
Qualifications
1 3 (16.67%) Degree
1 3 (16.67%) Master's Degree
2 2 (11.11%) PhD
3 1 (5.56%) Numerate Degree
3 1 (5.56%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (11.11%) Actionable Recommendations
System Software
1 2 (11.11%) Docker
Systems Management
1 2 (11.11%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 4 (22.22%) Databricks
2 2 (11.11%) Salesforce