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SALARY GUIDE
INTRODUCTION
Welcome to the Harnham 2015 salary guide. In these pages we will be
presenting you with the market trends, predicted developments and
of course salary data for the Data and Analytics sector.
2014 was undoubtedly a good year
for the Data and Analytics sector.
Many candidates found that the high
demand for their skills led to the
opportunity to explore their career
development, and almost half of our
respondents had changed jobs in the
last year.
This candidate driven trend has
continued into the early part of 2015
and shows no signs of abating as we
head further into the year. The volume
of vacancies is still high, and this
is naturally supporting a candidate
driven market.

As one would expect, candidates are seeking

roles with better benefits and increased
financial reward but supportive, and
collaborative working environments are also
high priorities. In a candidate-driven market,
it is important that employers demonstrate
that they are well-run organisations with a
strong, supportive culture to meet the key
requirements of the potential employee.
Successfully attracting the best people will
require a strong offer.
Therefore a streamlined process of screening
and selection must be in place to secure the
services of talented candidates.

Our survey shows evidence of

the increased use of open source
products with R the winner among
our respondents

BIGGER BONUSES
Of those that received a bonus,
68% reported that it was higher
than the previous year

DESIRED
SALARY INCREASE
A significant uplift was
expected among
candidates looking
to move job

ACHIEVED
INCREASE
Companies responded
to candidates salary
expectations by closely
meeting their demands

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DATA
SOURCES
As you would expect from a leading presence in the Data and Analytics
industry, we have an ongoing process of monitoring the trends within the
market. Our salary guide is based on responses from over 1,200 respondents
from around the UK and additional information sourced from;
_ Analysis of our online advertising
during 2014
_ Market intelligence gathered first
hand from client and candidate
interaction

NUMBER
OF RESPONDENTS

Careful collation and interpretation of the

gathered data ensures that this guide is an
invaluable interpretation of the current Data
and Analytics market.

_ Objective data gathered from

placements made by Harnham
The responses to our survey were
gathered from a wide range of regions
within the UK, with London and the
South East containing the highest
concentration of contributors. Once
again this year we ensured that data
was gathered from the rest of the UK to
safeguard the accuracy and quality of
the analysis.

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CAREER
LEVEL

GENDER

RESPONDENT
PROFILES

MALE

in years
0 to 2

FEMALE
3 to 6

In addition to a wide geographical reach, the range and profile

of respondents ensured a spread of market intelligence.
Contributions were gathered from all the major sectors
within the field of Data and Analytics, including Retail, FMCG,
Banking, Consultancy, Digital Technologies and
Financial Services.

AGE
GROUPS

18-24
7 to 10

25-34

11+
35-44

45-55

55+

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CHANGING
MOTIVATIONS
The speed of change in the data market has thrown up interesting results with regard
to motivations for moving roles. In 2013, 38% of our respondents cited salary as their
key motivator for seeking a move, yet in 2014 this has dropped to 26%.

AVERAGE
TENURE
46% of our
respondents stay
in a role 0-2 years
with a further 48%
3-6 years

Whilst the general increase in salaries across the industry suggests the market is
catching up with demands; it also shows that those seeking a new role are looking
beyond the monetary offering and other influences are becoming more prevalent.
Exposure to new technology and
techniques has been a key driver to
job seekers, both from our experience
across the year but also within the
survey results.

Flexibility of employment terms has heightened

importance for prospective employees. As a
result, candidates are looking to assess more
closely the management and team dynamics
before the move to a new employer.

As an employer, ensuring that

interviewees experience the
work environment and meet their
prospective team has become more
important, along with highlighting
the variety of opportunity and tasks
that will feature in the role.

In a market where tools and techniques in the

application of data are constantly evolving,
jobseekers are looking for a commitment
from the business that there will be ongoing
investment in Analytics, that will both enable
the business to stay ahead of the market
and will also ensure the development
of their skillset.

REASONS
FOR LEAVING

OTHER REASONS
FOR LEAVING

Last year 26% of

respondents changed
companies due to
uncompetitive salaries

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Poor Management (24%)

Team dynamics (11%)
Benefits (8%)
Job stability (8%)
Relocation (8%)

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INCREASING
REMUNERATION
The upward trajectory of salaries has continued with some
interesting findings from our survey responses this year.
The average increase in base salaries
was 17% over the previous year, vs.
an increase of 13% in 2013 over the
previous year.

When it came to bonuses, 68% of our

respondents received larger bonuses over
the previous year. The average bonus pay
out was 16% above base salary, compared
to 15% in 2013.
According to data from the Office of
National Statistics for 2014, average annual
salary increases in the private sector are
now 2%. Clearly a stark contrast to the
demand shown for Data and Analytics
professionals, as evidenced by our
survey data.

AVERAGE
INCREASE
in base salaries vs.
last year which
was 13%

NO INCREASE
For one-third of respondents
there was no increase
in salary at all

BIGGER
BONUS
Of those who received
bonuses in 2014, 68%
received a higher bonus
than the previous year

BONUS
AMOUNT
The average bonus payout
above base salary achieved
in 2014 was 16%

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JOB
SECURITY

KEY FINDINGS
JOB SECURITY

- Respondents feel secure in their

roles. Our survey results show
that 89% of respondents feel as
secure as, if not more secure than
they did last year in their role a
3% increase year on year.

BONUSES

- The average bonus achieved

in 2014 was 16% above base
salary 1% higher than in 2013.
The expectation of a bonus pay
out in 2015 continues to remain
high at approximately 78%. This
is on par with 2014 expectations.
As a core discipline Credit Risk
offered bonuses to the highest
percentage of respondents (77%)
and the highest average bonus
pay above base salary (18%).

SALARIES

- - The average base salary

reported by our survey sample
was 5% higher in 2014 than in
2013. For those whose salary
changed within the period, the
average base salary increase
was 17% a 4% increase over
2013. Respondents who work in
the area that Harnham classify
as the Data and Technology core
discipline reported the biggest
salary uplift with an increase of
approximately 19% on average.

WHO IS HIRING?

- There is growth across all sectors

based on our survey responses.
Team sizes are increasing. Our
survey results show that nearly
half (49%) of teams expanded in
2014 a 14% increase over 2013.

THE RISE OF THE SME

- Employment in the Data and

Analytics sector continues
to be dominated by large
companies i.e., companies with
1001+ employees. Employees
representing companies within
this bracket accounted for
49% of all responses. Within
large businesses, the Digital
core discipline registered the
highest year-on-year increase in
responses (108%).
The next largest employment
group is small companies
companies with 1-100 employees.
Employees working within small
businesses accounted for 21% of
all responses, with the Credit Risk
core discipline registering the
highest year-on-year increase in
responses (74%).

89% of respondents
feel secure in their role

TOOLS

- With wider utilisation of Open

Source technologies and
increased desire for data
visualisation, there has been a
marked shift in the tools used
last year.
Whilst MS Excel, SQL, and SAS
were most frequently mentioned
by respondents as their most
commonly utilised tools, these
experienced a year-on-year
decline in mention by 11%, 16%,
and 10% respectively. Tools
becoming more widely used
within the Data and Analytics
sector include R, Hadoop, and
Tableau. These tools saw a yearon-year increase in mention of
44%, 38%, and 29% respectively.

SALARY
INCREASE
For those who received
a salary increase, it was
by an average of 17%
over last year

TEAM
EXPANSION
Nearly half of teams
expanded in 2014

44%

HADOOP

38%

TABLEAU

29%

SAS

10%

MS EXCEL

11%

MS SQL

16%

BONUS
LEVEL
The average
percentage pay out
above base salary
achieved in 2014
was 16%

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SALARIES
BY SECTOR
The salary data presented in the tables to follow reflect base compensation
excluding bonuses, incentives and other benefits. Trends relating to the
packages offered are highlighted in the commentary preceding each table.
Salaries are broken down by
experience level and in a broad sense,
they represent the following guide to
likely years of experience.
ENTRY LEVEL
0-2 years

MID LEVEL
3-6 years

SENIOR TECHNICAL
OR MANAGER LEVEL
7-10 years

SENIOR MANAGER + LEVEL

11 years +

By using this salary guide as a

baseline, candidates should be better
positioned to evaluate their relative
value in the marketplace from the
point of view of financial reward and
reasonable expectations of additional
benefits.
As discussed in several other areas
of this guide, the current candidate
driven nature of the Data and
Analytics employment arena means
that for the employer an up to date
and applied result of contemporary
data is vital in positioning their offer.
This information is intended
as general guidance. As with
any generally applied data your
circumstances, career path and other
factors should be taken into account,
and we are happy to offer further
assistance. Please contact us directly
for a confidential discussion.

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CREDIT
RISK
2014 was a fluctuating and, at times, even turbulent year in the financial
services marketplace. However, despite a year where levels of regulation
increased, and there was a wave of media scrutiny, confidence in the market
and consequently levels of hiring remained high.
This is expected to continue well into 2015.
Looking first within the Retail
banking sector the crunch area of
competition for talent remains at
the Senior Analyst level (i.e. handson roles without management
responsibility).
The range of salaries at this level
has widened again, with companies
having to pay more to bring in
talented individuals.
Within the subprime space,
companies have had to build new
regulations into their policies and
models, leading to an increased need
for data and analytics professionals.

Considering the companies that have

successfully hired in this arena, there would
seem to be two clear routes:
1. Building in-house training and
development programmes from graduate
level to upskill candidates at the very start
of their career
2. Hiring candidates with transferable skills
from alternative industries and training
them within the required discipline

Have you noticed any changes in the Data & Analytics

market, or emerging technologies / sectors that you feel
will have an impact in 2015?

Increased data, greater

automation and increased
regulation
YOUR
ANSWERS

Bigger drive in trying to

find insight rather than
just churning out reports

High demand for

SAS / SQL analysts
already driving wages
up, potentially impacting
ability to recruit

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CREDIT RISK
Increased regulatory scrutiny and new requirements for control
and process reporting resulted in institutions elevating their
standards for governance and risk management.
The volume and number of cyber-attacks in the financial services industry has
increased substantially. What historically was an IT domain now extends horizontally
across many business functions.
There is now a formal expectation of effective regulation for the collection and analysis
of data across the enterprise which is then used to facilitate the risk management and
performance reporting requirements.

TOP 3
SECTOR
TRENDS

CYBER SECURITY
- With increased regulatory scrutiny and security expectations
extending well beyond IT and information departments,
financial institutions will need to strengthen their first
line of defence, review third parties and update and clarify
expectations of line staff, management and board members.
STRESS TESTING
- A greater emphasis is being placed on assessment of overall
risk exposure. Enterprise-wide stress tests are increasingly
becoming the norm. The trend is towards capturing risk at
inception and reporting at a higher frequency across risk types.
SHRINKING TALENT POOL
- Candidates who are talented and experienced enough to lead
and support the risk management functions at large financial
institutions are in short supply nationally and globally.
Organisations are increasingly recruiting from academic
programmes or providing promising employees with industry
training to help address this shortage.

ANNUAL PERMANENT SALARY AVERAGE

CREDIT RISK

Entry
Level

Mid
Level

Annual Base Salary - GBP

Role Type

Senior Technical
or Manager

Senior
Manager +

[London / Outside London]

Decision Science

38k / 29k

56k / 46k

77k / 71k

121k / 104k

Decision Systems

34k / 28k

52k / 44k

75k / 66k

116k / 102k

Portfolio Management

36k / 30k

54k / 45k

70k / 61k

111k / 103k

Reporting

32k / 27k

50k / 35k

66k / 57k

96k / 82k

DAILY CONTRACT AVERAGE PAY RATES

CREDIT RISK

Entry
Level

Mid
Level

Senior Technical
or Manager

Senior
Manager +

Daily Contract Rate - GBP per day

Role Type
Decision Science

233

475

700

890

Decision Systems

265

470

694

908

Portfolio Management

251

460

652

878

Reporting

243

450

640

824

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DATA AND
TECHNOLOGY
The exponential growth in data volumes and variety appears to have precipitated
an equivalent growth in the introduction and development of the data toolkit.
We have seen companies move away from what have been historically considered powerhouse tools
in favour of Open Source technologies that are able to offer more nimble solutions for businesses.
The innovative data solutions from disruptive tech firms are showing massive commercial gains
and have forced large established businesses to catch-up with data storage techniques.
As a result, larger businesses with
regulated data sets are now further
along with their big data journeys,
and this is a driver of the increasing
skills shortage, particularly in Hadoop
and Big Data technologies.
There has also been an increased
emphasis on data quality, resulting
in a corresponding increase in data
governance and management roles.

There is a continuing high demand for people

with a combination of tech and business skills,
but also a demand for Data Engineers with
good scripting and OO programming skills as
well as data management.

We commented in last years guide regarding

the trend of growth in the need for visualisation
skills. This has been realised over the year, and
we are seeing much more need for tools such
as Qlikview and Tableau than we have
seen previously.

WE
ASKED

Have you noticed any changes in the Data & Analytics

market, or emerging technologies / sectors that you
feel will have an impact in 2015?

Move to real-time
analytics and an
increased demand for
Data Scientist roles.

Greater focus on digital,

social media, data
integration and CRM.

YOU
ANSWERED

Trend Analysis has

become a major role and
the complexity of Big Data
has complicated realtime reporting. Surge in
infographics.

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DATA AND
TECHNOLOGY
The Internet of Things, cloud and cybersecurity will continue to
dominate the IT landscape. Big Data is continuously evolving as new
technologies increase capacity to mine structured, semi-structured
and unstructured data.
Big Data is also enhancing Business Intelligence and leading to a more sophisticated
interaction with customers. Financial institutions are increasingly relying on Big Data
to develop the algorithms that generate credit ratings. Retail has also seen significant
advancement to Big Data enhanced business intelligence. The increased demand for greater
sophistication in analysis and data consumption will necessitate that organisations refine
their talent acquisition strategies to compensate for the resultant skills gap.

TOP 3
SECTOR
TRENDS

MULTIPOLAR ANALYTICS
- The layer-cake model of analytics is being replaced by a new,
multipolar model where data is collected and analysed in
multiple places, according to the type of data and analysis
required.
CLOUD-BASED DATA SCIENCE:
- Data science execution is going to move to a cloud environment.
Companies will be leveraging a packaged suite of data science
tools and libraries in a certified cloud performance capability
on a distributed architecture.
DATA VIRTUALISATION
- Data will increasingly come in from multiple channels and
formats, mined for semantic attachments and then stored
internally within a data system. Queries to this database can
be done using natural language questions - Who were our top
sales reps?

ANNUAL PERMANENT SALARY AVERAGE

DATA & TECHNOLOGY

Entry
Level

Mid
Level

Annual Base Salary - GBP

Role Type

Senior Technical
or Manager

Senior
Manager +

[London / Outside London]

Microsoft BI

37k / 29k

54k / 50k

73k / 64k

122k / 95k

Data Architecture

39k / 30k

60k / 54k

85k / 78k

110k / 106k

Data Gov./ Mgmt.

39k / 25k

54k / 41k

74k / 49k

95k / 69k

Big Data Tools

37k / 33k

58k / 46k

85k / 57k

115k / 84k

Data Warehouse Dev.

35k / 30k

52k / 43k

73k / 62k

103k / 94k

SAS Programming

34k / 30k

51k / 44k

70k / 58k

113k / 101k

DAILY CONTRACT AVERAGE PAY RATES

DATA & TECHNOLOGY

Entry
Level

Mid
Level

Senior Technical
or Manager

Senior
Manager +

Daily Contract Rate - GBP per day

Role Type
Microsoft BI

220

551

673

915

Data Architecture

231

559

726

868

Data Gov./ Mgmt.

290

453

717

897

Big Data Tools

350

506

708

850

Data Warehouse Dev.

385

592

713

861

SAS Programming

352

538

700

875

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DIGITAL
In 2014, companies gained a greater understanding of the importance in
knowing their users / customers and began to reap the rewards of effectively
personalising their approach.
Here at Harnham, we have seen many of our clients kick-start their Digital Transformation, fleshing out
their original teams with Web Analysts, SEM Tracking Specialists, Optimisation Analysts, Implementation
Developers and UX Insight professionals, in a bid to deliver a cutting-edge digital service. A fortunate
caveat of these digital teams is that the increase in demand for top-calibre specialist professionals
allows broader analytics professionals to specialise, as well as giving existing specialists a more defined
career path.

The most notable uplift in demand

has been for the insight-savvy Web
Analyst.
Such a candidate can not only tag a
site, analyse a funnel and optimise
a page but also stitch that data
together with other data sources
and build a highly desirable single
customer view.
This enables their company to target
and personalise more effectively,
in essence, giving the Marketers,
Content Writers and Brand Managers
the ammunition to optimise their
roles.

At the other end of the scale, more and

more businesses are looking to bring both
their optimisation and their web analytics
implementation in-house giving great
opportunities to the more technical Web
Analytics professional whose passion lies
within the code.
A Web Analyst who can code in JavaScript
or build an entire A/B testing roadmap is a
valuable thing indeed, and is likely to have
blue-chip companies jostling to secure their
services.
WE
ASKED

Have you noticed any changes in the Data & Analytics

market, or emerging technologies / sectors that you
feel will have an impact in 2015?

Machine Learning and

Real Time Decisions
will impact traditional
analysis and reporting.


YOU
ANSWERED

Increased expectation to
be multi-skilled and have
disciplines that cross over
into other areas, such as
online advertising.

Movement towards
including digital analytics
as part of customer
data; Data Management
Platforms key to
prolonged success.

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DIGITAL

ANNUAL PERMANENT SALARY AVERAGE

DIGITAL

Digital marketing has now displaced traditional advertising and

is absorbing a larger share of marketing budgets at most major
corporations.
Being no longer considered as up and coming means that digital marketing is now not just
the domain of industry giants. Small businesses of all types are finding that they need
to spend on content creation, search advertising, social media branding, etc. What local
business can survive in todays market if they dont show up in a web search? Companies
of all sizes are increasingly reliant on digital data.
If companies can identify trends, settle on an actionable strategy, and take measurable
movements forward, they are better positioned to succeed regardless of size.

TOP 3
SECTOR
TRENDS

USER TRACKING ACROSS PLATFORMS

- Users utilise multiple platforms to access the content and services
offered by a company (computer, smartphone, tablet, etc.). Collecting
all this data issued from diverse sources will allow for better
understanding of each platform, to segment and better understand
the process of conversion and creation of loyalty.
DIGITAL ANALYTICS FOR SMBS
- Small and mid-sized businesses also need data but often lack inhouse experts to analyse it and develop insights about their business.
New digital tools will increasingly cater to this need of SMB owners
like restaurants, doctors offices, specialty stores and more.
WEARABLES DATA
- With the anticipated release of the Apple Watch andCES quickly
approaching, more wearables are sure to make their debut. Shortly after
that, analytics professionals will be busy trying to figure out how to best
measure engagement and conversion on these new devices.

Entry
Level

Mid
Level

Annual Base Salary - GBP

Role Type

Senior Technical
or Manager

Senior
Manager +

[London / Outside London]

Developer

40k / 29k

56k / 43k

68k / 56k

82k / 71k

SEO/PPC

33k / 25k

42k / 35k

59k / 50k

80k / 69k

User Experience (UX)

35k / 24k

49k / 36k

88k / 57k

110k / 88k

Web Analytics

35k / 26k

54k / 39k

69k / 56k

100k / 72k

DAILY CONTRACT AVERAGE PAY RATES

DIGITAL

Entry
Level

Mid
Level

Senior Technical
or Manager

Senior
Manager +

Daily Contract Rate - GBP per day

Role Type
Developer

315

330

440

550

SEO/PPC

260

385

450

550

User Experience (UX)

350

451

660

881

Web Analytics

360

418

452

572

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MARKETING
AND INSIGHT
The insatiable appetite for analytics professionals is unlike anything seen before,
and the consumption of skilled candidates is far from slowing down. Continuing
with trends seen last year, the supply of candidates in this sector did not come
close to satisfying demand.
New streams of businesses, such
as challenger brands and start-ups,
have thrown their hats into the ring
for the fight to secure analytical
talent for their businesses.
In previous years, weve experienced
limited demand from these types
of organisations. Possibly due to
the cost of statistical tools such as
SAS, but we also suspect that the
relentless hype around Big Data has
ignited more awareness and alerted
many organisations to the importance
of analytics.

In conjunction with the diversity of

organisations hiring and the reality that
demand far exceeds supply, we are seeing a
greater interest in candidates with varied
skill sets. Broadly speaking, SAS is still the
dominant tool in the analytics market, however
2014 has cemented the need for flexibility
and the necessity to consider applicants with
experience in alternative tools such as SQL,
SPSS and more recently, R. This acceptance
of alternative or transferable skill sets is now
commonplace.
In comparison, it must also be acknowledged
that there has been a notable rise in clients
moving away from SAS, which may also help to
explain the depreciating importance of the skill.
Weve seen businesses that have been long
standing users of SAS, migrating to alternative
tools. As mentioned R has been particularly
popular and many organisations who are
introducing Data for the first time are exploring
other options, rather than immediately
reverting to SAS.

WE
ASKED

Have you noticed any changes in the Data & Analytics

market, or emerging technologies / sectors that you
feel will have an impact in 2015?

Larger datasets,
requirement for
distributed computing
and transition from
SAS to R
YOU
ANSWERED

A lot more people like

Change from importance
to describe themselves
of capture and housing
as Data Scientists these
data to real time insight
days, and the requirement
and highly automated for
for Big Data experience is
scale
greater

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MARKETING & INSIGHT

MARKETING
AND INSIGHT

Role Type

The ever present challenge for marketers (particularly those

who are web based) is connecting audiences with the most
relevant content.
Site personalisation for product targeting will continue to take centre stage as the
development of new tools that help boost conversion become more widely available.
Development of new technologies is rapidly changing the face of digital marketing and
the sector is quickly coming to rely much more on technologists as much as (if not
more than) the creative content designers for successful campaigns.

TOP 3
SECTOR
TRENDS

GETTING PERSONAL:
- 
The world is more connected because of technology and
marketing is becoming more individualised as consumers
resist homogenisation. Personalisation is here to stay and
will transform how companies think about and manage their
brands.
MARKETING TECHIES
- 
Marketing has moved to the digital world, and the best
marketers will have a wide range of digital and technology
skills. They will be integrated with the marketing groups and
will play an increasingly prominent role in how marketing
strategies are developed and applied.
GO MOBILE
- Mobile devices are ubiquitous fixtures of the modern life, and
no marketing campaign is planned without considering that
platform. Mobile is the best method to reach masses and
should, therefore, be a priority for marketers.

Entry
Level

Mid
Level

Annual Base Salary - GBP

Senior Technical
or Manager

Senior
Manager +

[London / Outside London]

Account Manager

35k / 28k

48k / 40k

74k / 66k

97k / 81k

Campaign Analyst

39k / 35k

60k / 51k

85k / 78k

121k / 102k

Commercial Analyst

35k / 28k

52k / 44k

75k / 58k

107k / 98k

Customer Insight Analyst

40k / 33k

61k / 54k

89k / 61k

136k / 116k

Data Planner

42k / 34k

69k / 54k

86k / 66k

113k / 97k

Econometrician

41k / 38k

54k / 50k

104k / 96k

142k / 112k

Market Research

30k / 26k

47k / 40k

76k / 65k

106k / 94k

DAILY CONTRACT AVERAGE PAY RATES

MARKETING & INSIGHT

Entry
Level

Mid
Level

Senior Technical
or Manager

Senior
Manager +

Daily Contract Rate - GBP per day

Role Type
Campaign Analyst

230

390

538

775

Customer Insight Analyst

254

435

610

793

Data Planner

235

420

655

826

Econometrician

254

460

672

820

Market Research

240

430

645

795

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HARNHAMS VIEW
ON DATA SCIENCE
As the UKs largest Data and Analytics recruiter, we couldnt
have a salary guide without including Data Science.
Providing meaningful commentary
on the Data Science arena is made
particularly difficult by the nebulous
nature of the term itself. The lack of
a cohesive interpretation of the role
and nature of data makes effective
discussion difficult.
There are even a number of
commentators referring to the terms
Data Science and Big Data as
overused buzzwords. While we do not
agree with this notion, one thing is for
sure the term has a wide number
of definitions dependent on which
organisation you are in.

Upon crunching the data, we have

separated based on skillset and tools. Those
professionals using a tool such as Python
or C++ to work on low-level algorithmic
development have been classified within
Data Science, and those with skills in SAS or a
similar tool for creating models for generating
insight have been placed into other relevant
sections within the guide.
The level of useful insight into this sector will
grow year on year, but the information we have
gathered so far has been included below.

DATA SCIENCE

Entry
Level

Annual Base Salary - GBP

Role Type
Data Scientist

Mid
Level

42k / 37k

60k / 50k

Senior Technical
or Manager

Senior
Manager +

[London / Outside London]

85k / 70k

120k / 100k

One companys Data Scientist is

anothers Insight Analyst.

DATA SCIENCE

Entry
Level

Senior Technical
or Manager

Senior
Manager +

Daily Contract Rate - GBP per day

Role Type
Data Scientist

Mid
Level

250

420

570

800

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CONTACT
HARNHAM

NEW YORK

LONDON

Harnham focus solely on recruitment within the Data

& Analytics sector.
This focus has enabled us to establish an extensive network of skilled
candidates both within the UK and further afield, developed through
pro-active sourcing combined with a rigorous and proven selection and
delivery approach.
We provide consultancy covering
all aspects of attracting, selecting,
securing and retaining the most
suitably skilled and best fit
individuals for our diverse range
of client companies, who range
from high profile users of analytics
techniques through to a wide
selection of leading consultancies
and SMEs.
Our services include contingency and
search for both the permanent and
contract marketplace.

Having undergone rigorous training in all

aspects of recruitment as well as the Harnham
core values, our consultants and resourcers
are dedicated to the provision of the very
highest quality service whether your need is for
recruitment campaigns or support in finding
the next step in your Analytics career.
For further information on our services, or if you
have any questions on the content of our 2015
Salary Guide please get in touch.

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