Data Scientist Contracts in London

Data Scientist
England > London

The median Data Scientist daily rate in London is £525 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 315 430 456
Rank change year-on-year +115 +26 -157
Contract jobs requiring a Data Scientist 78 57 160
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 0.45% 0.22% 0.41%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.48% 0.24% 0.43%
Number of daily rates quoted 61 41 105
10th Percentile £363 £375 £403
25th Percentile £463 £475 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £575
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% -4.35% +4.55%
75th Percentile £675 £688 £625
90th Percentile £725 £738 £683
England median daily rate £525 £550 £575
% change year-on-year -4.55% -4.35% +5.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 0 10
10th Percentile - - £35.88
25th Percentile £41.25 - £43.69
Median hourly rate £43.75 - £54.88
75th Percentile £47.81 - £64.00
90th Percentile £48.38 - £72.50
England median hourly rate £32.25 £19.98 £54.88
% change year-on-year +61.41% -63.59% +80.54%

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%

Data Scientist
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Job vacancy trend for Data Scientist in London

Data Scientist
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in London

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

Daily rate trend for Data Scientist in London

Data Scientist
Daily Rate Histogram in London

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

Daily rate histogram for Data Scientist in London

Data Scientist
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Data Scientist in London.

Hourly rate trend for Data Scientist in London

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 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 +41 8 £650 +62.50% 3
West London - 2 £525 - 1
South London - 1 - -
Data Scientist
England

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

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

1 76 (97.44%) Data Science
2 68 (87.18%) Python
3 50 (64.10%) Machine Learning
4 47 (60.26%) SQL
5 34 (43.59%) Algorithms
6 25 (32.05%) Analytical Skills
6 25 (32.05%) Visualisation
6 25 (32.05%) Mathematics
7 23 (29.49%) Statistics
8 22 (28.21%) Data Analysis
8 22 (28.21%) Data Modelling
8 22 (28.21%) Data Visualisation
9 21 (26.92%) Degree
10 20 (25.64%) Analytics
11 19 (24.36%) Tableau
11 19 (24.36%) scikit-learn
11 19 (24.36%) Artificial Intelligence
11 19 (24.36%) Data Pipeline
12 18 (23.08%) Business Intelligence
13 17 (21.79%) Finance
13 17 (21.79%) Computer Science
14 15 (19.23%) Predictive Modelling
14 15 (19.23%) Social Skills
15 13 (16.67%) Pandas
16 12 (15.38%) Git
16 12 (15.38%) R
16 12 (15.38%) Big Data
17 11 (14.10%) Azure
17 11 (14.10%) Power Platform
17 11 (14.10%) Power BI

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 8 (10.26%) Jupyter
2 3 (3.85%) Apache Airflow
3 2 (2.56%) Apache Spark
4 1 (1.28%) Apache
4 1 (1.28%) SAS
Cloud Services
1 11 (14.10%) Azure
1 11 (14.10%) Power Platform
2 9 (11.54%) GCP
3 4 (5.13%) AWS
3 4 (5.13%) Snowflake
4 2 (2.56%) Azure Machine Learning
4 2 (2.56%) Dagster
4 2 (2.56%) Vertex AI
5 1 (1.28%) Azure Cognitive Search
5 1 (1.28%) Azure Cognitive Services
5 1 (1.28%) Azure Data Factory
5 1 (1.28%) Azure DevOps
5 1 (1.28%) dbt
5 1 (1.28%) PowerApps
Database & Business Intelligence
1 19 (24.36%) Tableau
2 12 (15.38%) Big Data
3 11 (14.10%) Power BI
4 8 (10.26%) Hadoop
5 7 (8.97%) BigQuery
6 3 (3.85%) Data Warehouse
7 2 (2.56%) Data Mining
8 1 (1.28%) BusinessObjects
8 1 (1.28%) Looker
8 1 (1.28%) NoSQL
8 1 (1.28%) Oracle Reports
8 1 (1.28%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 12 (15.38%) Git
2 1 (1.28%) JIRA
General
1 25 (32.05%) Analytical Skills
2 17 (21.79%) Finance
3 15 (19.23%) Social Skills
4 8 (10.26%) Marketing
5 6 (7.69%) Retail
6 3 (3.85%) Presentation Skills
7 2 (2.56%) Czech Language
7 2 (2.56%) Legal
7 2 (2.56%) Public Sector
8 1 (1.28%) Advertising
8 1 (1.28%) Games
8 1 (1.28%) Hungarian Language
8 1 (1.28%) Law
8 1 (1.28%) Police
8 1 (1.28%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 19 (24.36%) scikit-learn
2 13 (16.67%) Pandas
3 10 (12.82%) TensorFlow
4 7 (8.97%) PyTorch
5 6 (7.69%) Matplotlib
6 4 (5.13%) PySpark
6 4 (5.13%) XGBoost
7 3 (3.85%) NumPy
7 3 (3.85%) Plotly
8 2 (2.56%) Flask
8 2 (2.56%) pytest
9 1 (1.28%) ADO
9 1 (1.28%) SciPy
9 1 (1.28%) Tkinter
Miscellaneous
1 34 (43.59%) Algorithms
2 8 (10.26%) Analytical Mindset
3 4 (5.13%) Management Information System
4 3 (3.85%) Data Structures
5 2 (2.56%) Data Protection Act
6 1 (1.28%) FMCG
6 1 (1.28%) Greenfield Project
6 1 (1.28%) Mobile App
6 1 (1.28%) Onboarding
6 1 (1.28%) Product Ownership
6 1 (1.28%) Reinsurance
6 1 (1.28%) Social Media
Processes & Methodologies
1 76 (97.44%) Data Science
2 50 (64.10%) Machine Learning
3 25 (32.05%) Mathematics
3 25 (32.05%) Visualisation
4 23 (29.49%) Statistics
5 22 (28.21%) Data Analysis
5 22 (28.21%) Data Modelling
5 22 (28.21%) Data Visualisation
6 20 (25.64%) Analytics
7 19 (24.36%) Artificial Intelligence
7 19 (24.36%) Data Pipeline
8 18 (23.08%) Business Intelligence
9 17 (21.79%) Computer Science
10 15 (19.23%) Predictive Modelling
11 10 (12.82%) Actionable Insight
11 10 (12.82%) Deep Learning
11 10 (12.82%) Natural Language Processing
12 9 (11.54%) Decision-Making
12 9 (11.54%) Problem-Solving
12 9 (11.54%) Statistical Modelling
Programming Languages
1 68 (87.18%) Python
2 47 (60.26%) SQL
3 12 (15.38%) R
4 4 (5.13%) Bash
5 1 (1.28%) Scala
Qualifications
1 21 (26.92%) Degree
2 8 (10.26%) Computer Science Degree
2 8 (10.26%) PhD
3 6 (7.69%) Master's Degree
3 6 (7.69%) Security Cleared
4 5 (6.41%) SC Cleared
5 3 (3.85%) Numerate Degree
6 1 (1.28%) Postgraduate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (2.56%) Actionable Recommendations
1 2 (2.56%) Data Quality
2 1 (1.28%) Accessibility
System Software
1 8 (10.26%) Docker
Systems Management
1 2 (2.56%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 8 (10.26%) Databricks
2 6 (7.69%) Alteryx
3 3 (3.85%) Google
4 2 (2.56%) Cloudera
4 2 (2.56%) Microsoft
4 2 (2.56%) Salesforce
5 1 (1.28%) Adobe
5 1 (1.28%) OpenAI
5 1 (1.28%) Oracle