Live market evidence
Data Scientist Contract Job Market
Current contract Data Scientist opportunity volume, pay evidence, engagement mix, sources, and hiring velocity from Radar's normalized live inventory.
Updated November 12, 2026 from persisted Radar inventory.
Find my Data Scientist matches →Current opportunities
1,985
New · 24h
38
New · 7d
299
Sources represented
7
Compensation evidence
Current stated hourly rates
Based on 63 current listings with structured USD hourly evidence. This is observed listing data, not a salary estimate or guarantee.
- 25th percentile
- $54/hr
- Median
- $65/hr
- 75th percentile
- $78/hr
What is in this market
Contract types
- W2 Contract1,936
- 1099125
- C2c11
Top sources
- LinkedIn1,684
- Dice239
- FreelancerMap22
- Indeed12
- Upwork11
- Freelancer9
Relevant specialties
- Artificial Intelligence287
- Machine Learning73
- Generative Ai50
- Large Language Models15
- Agentic Ai14
- Cloud13
Seniority
- Senior659
- Lead114
- Principal90
- Staff52
- Mid39
- Junior36
Remote mix
- Unknown1,726
- Onsite Or Hybrid168
- Remote91
Work arrangements
- Contract Duration47
- Ongoing Contract25
- Fixed Project13
- Freelance Ad Hoc2
Current examples
A bounded preview of current persisted jobs. Open a result for normalized facts or use RadarJobs for the full live set.
Lead Data Scientist, Causal Inference & Clinical Outcomes Contractor
1099 · W2 Contract · Remote
Lead Data Scientist
W2 Contract · Houston, TX
Data Scientist - Pharmacy Benefits
W2 Contract · New York, NY
Sr. Staff Data Scientist
W2 Contract · United States
Computational Automation and Data Science Scientist
W2 Contract · Livermore, CA
Data Scientist - 100% Remote
W2 Contract · United States
Data Scientist II - Remote Opportunity
W2 Contract · United States
JPL Postdoc - Remote Sensing Data Analytics for Mapping and Modeling Forest Carbon Change and Vulnerability to Climate
W2 Contract · Pasadena, CA
Data Scientist Software Engineering AI/ML
W2 Contract · Austin, TX
Staff, Data Scientist | Sunnyvale
W2 Contract · Sunnyvale, CA
Data Science Expert - AI Content Specialist
W2 Contract · United States
Process modeling (Protein/Antigen) Principal Data Scientist
W2 Contract · Waltham, MA
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Methodology
Current live, classified Data Scientist opportunities with a 1099, C2C, or W-2 contract engagement in Radar's normalized inventory.
Global current inventory; location and remote status are reported as observed, including unknown values rather than inferring them.
Current counts use Radar liveness; new counts use the first-seen timestamp over rolling 24-hour and seven-day windows.
Compensation includes only structured USD hourly evidence. Ranges use the midpoint; single stated bounds use that bound. Statistics require at least 20 observations.
Listings and source classifications can change after the latest verification; observed postings are not a census of all contract work.