Statistical Computing Contracts

Statistical Computing (Computational Statistics)
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with a requirement for Statistical Computing skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Statistical Computing over the 6 months to 9 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
9 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 600 692 848
Rank change year-on-year +92 +156 -123
Contract jobs citing Statistical Computing 2 3 8
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.005% 0.005% 0.009%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.005% 0.006% 0.010%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 1 8
10th Percentile - - £413
25th Percentile - £663 £516
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - £725 £575
Median % change year-on-year - +26.09% -
75th Percentile - £788 £591
90th Percentile - - £600
UK excluding London median daily rate - - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile £20.23 - -
25th Percentile £20.40 - -
Median hourly rate £20.87 - -
75th Percentile £21.40 - -
90th Percentile £21.61 - -
UK excluding London median hourly rate £20.24 - -

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

Statistical Computing 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 with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 36,914 49,809 79,437
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 85.21% 89.64% 90.63%
Number of daily rates quoted 23,592 34,469 55,846
10th Percentile £300 £325 £350
25th Percentile £413 £438 £435
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £538
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +2.33% +7.50%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £649
90th Percentile £750 £750 £743
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £500 £490
% change year-on-year - +2.04% +8.89%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,564 1,687 1,868
10th Percentile £12.75 £10.70 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.00 £15.75 £15.75
Median hourly rate £36.50 £35.80 £25.68
Median % change year-on-year +1.96% +39.41% +11.65%
75th Percentile £61.25 £65.00 £50.00
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.00 £65.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £38.12 £35.00 £20.51
% change year-on-year +8.91% +70.69% -2.36%

Statistical Computing
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Statistical Computing as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Statistical Computing in the UK

Statistical Computing
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Statistical Computing.

Daily rate trend for Statistical Computing in the UK

Statistical Computing
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Statistical Computing.

Hourly rate trend for Statistical Computing in the UK

Statistical Computing
Top 3 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Statistical Computing within the UK over the 6 months to 9 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
England +94 2 - -
UK excluding London - 1 - -
South East - 1 - -

Statistical Computing
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 (100.00%) SAS
Applications
1 2 (100.00%) Stata
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Computer Science
1 2 (100.00%) Economics
1 2 (100.00%) Mathematics
1 2 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 2 (100.00%) Statistics
2 1 (50.00%) Analytics
2 1 (50.00%) Data Analysis
2 1 (50.00%) Data Analytics
2 1 (50.00%) Data Science
2 1 (50.00%) Line Management
2 1 (50.00%) Operations Research
2 1 (50.00%) Physics
2 1 (50.00%) SEO
Programming Languages
1 2 (100.00%) Python
1 2 (100.00%) R
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) Degree
2 1 (50.00%) BPSS Clearance
2 1 (50.00%) Master's Degree
2 1 (50.00%) PhD
2 1 (50.00%) SC Cleared
2 1 (50.00%) Security Cleared