Senior Data Scientist Contracts in the City of London

Senior Data Scientist
Central London > City of London

The median Senior Data Scientist daily rate in the City of London is £663, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 14 November 2024.

The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Nov 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 118 - 196
Rank change year-on-year - - -18
Contract jobs requiring a Senior Data Scientist 9 0 2
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the City of London 0.42% - 0.045%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.46% - 0.047%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 0 2
10th Percentile £604 - -
25th Percentile £609 - £613
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £663 - £625
Median % change year-on-year - - -3.85%
75th Percentile £725 - £638
90th Percentile - - -
Central London median daily rate £663 - £625
% change year-on-year - - -3.85%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
City of London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in the City of 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 the City of London with a recognized job title 1,978 2,612 4,256
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.17% 94.06% 94.79%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,214 1,841 2,835
10th Percentile £363 £350 £356
25th Percentile £463 £463 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £575 £575
Median % change year-on-year - - +4.55%
75th Percentile £688 £688 £700
90th Percentile £775 £800 £792
Central London median daily rate £575 £575 £575
% change year-on-year - - +4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 14 15 55
10th Percentile £15.95 £17.00 £15.75
25th Percentile £28.06 £17.97 £18.75
Median hourly rate £67.50 £38.00 £42.00
Median % change year-on-year +77.63% -9.52% +29.63%
75th Percentile £112.00 £50.63 £58.13
90th Percentile £137.50 £71.75 £78.75
Central London median hourly rate £35.00 £38.00 £40.50
% change year-on-year -7.89% -6.17% +20.90%

Senior Data Scientist
Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London

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

Job vacancy trend for Senior Data Scientist in the City of London

Senior Data Scientist
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the City of London

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

Daily rate trend for Senior Data Scientist in the City of London

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

For the 6 months to 14 November 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 City of London region featuring Senior Data Scientist in the job title.

1 9 (100.00%) Machine Learning
1 9 (100.00%) Data Science
2 5 (55.56%) Retrieval-Augmented Generation
2 5 (55.56%) Natural Language Processing
2 5 (55.56%) Python
2 5 (55.56%) Computer Science
3 4 (44.44%) Mathematics
3 4 (44.44%) Physics
3 4 (44.44%) Use Case
3 4 (44.44%) Git
3 4 (44.44%) AWS
3 4 (44.44%) Bash
3 4 (44.44%) Predictive Modelling
3 4 (44.44%) Marketing
3 4 (44.44%) Tandem
3 4 (44.44%) Artificial Intelligence
3 4 (44.44%) SQL
3 4 (44.44%) Matplotlib
3 4 (44.44%) Analytics
3 4 (44.44%) Functional Programming
3 4 (44.44%) Pandas
3 4 (44.44%) Algorithms
3 4 (44.44%) pytest
3 4 (44.44%) Kubernetes
3 4 (44.44%) scikit-learn
3 4 (44.44%) Jupyter
3 4 (44.44%) Performance Optimisation
3 4 (44.44%) Predictive Analysis
3 4 (44.44%) Actionable Insight
3 4 (44.44%) Actionable Recommendations

Senior Data Scientist Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the City of 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 4 (44.44%) Jupyter
Cloud Services
1 4 (44.44%) AWS
1 4 (44.44%) Snowflake
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (11.11%) Neo4j
Development Applications
1 4 (44.44%) Git
General
1 4 (44.44%) Marketing
1 4 (44.44%) Public Sector
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (44.44%) Matplotlib
1 4 (44.44%) Pandas
1 4 (44.44%) Plotly
1 4 (44.44%) pytest
1 4 (44.44%) PyTorch
1 4 (44.44%) scikit-learn
Miscellaneous
1 4 (44.44%) Algorithms
1 4 (44.44%) Tandem
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (100.00%) Data Science
1 9 (100.00%) Machine Learning
2 5 (55.56%) Computer Science
2 5 (55.56%) Natural Language Processing
2 5 (55.56%) Retrieval-Augmented Generation
3 4 (44.44%) Actionable Insight
3 4 (44.44%) Analytics
3 4 (44.44%) Artificial Intelligence
3 4 (44.44%) Functional Programming
3 4 (44.44%) Generative AI
3 4 (44.44%) LLM
3 4 (44.44%) Mathematics
3 4 (44.44%) Natural Language Understanding
3 4 (44.44%) Performance Analysis
3 4 (44.44%) Performance Optimisation
3 4 (44.44%) Physics
3 4 (44.44%) Predictive Analysis
3 4 (44.44%) Predictive Modelling
3 4 (44.44%) Propensity Modelling
3 4 (44.44%) Use Case
Programming Languages
1 5 (55.56%) Python
2 4 (44.44%) Bash
2 4 (44.44%) SQL
3 1 (11.11%) R
Qualifications
1 1 (11.11%) Degree
1 1 (11.11%) Master's Degree
1 1 (11.11%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (44.44%) Actionable Recommendations
2 1 (11.11%) SNOMED CT
System Software
1 4 (44.44%) Docker
Systems Management
1 4 (44.44%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 4 (44.44%) Databricks