Data Scientist

Location: Birmingham/Sheffield (Hybrid 1-2 days)
Contract: Until 28/11/2025
Day Rate: £488 (Inside IR35)
Start Date: ASAP

About the Role

We are seeking a highly skilled Data Scientist to join our team on a contract basis. The successful candidate will play a key role in extracting insights from large and complex datasets, developing predictive models, and applying advanced analytics to solve real business challenges.

This is an excellent opportunity for a data professional who thrives in dynamic environments and is eager to deliver measurable impact through innovative data-driven solutions.

Key Responsibilities

• Pre-process structured and unstructured data to ensure quality and usability.
• Enhance data collection methods to capture all relevant information for analytical systems.
• Cleanse, process, and validate datasets to maintain integrity and accuracy.
• Analyse large volumes of information to identify patterns, trends, and actionable insights.
• Design and implement predictive models and machine learning algorithms.
• Present results and recommendations clearly to technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Propose strategies and solutions to complex business problems.
• Perform data mining and extract usable data from various sources.
• Apply feature selection and optimise classifiers using machine learning tools.

Skills & Qualifications

• Programming: Proficiency in Python and SQL is essential. Experience with Hive/Hadoop, Pig, Scala, or Java would be advantageous.
• Statistics: Strong applied statistical skills, including hypothesis testing, regression, distributions, and maximum likelihood estimators.
• Machine Learning: Working knowledge of algorithms such as k-NN, Naïve Bayes, SVM, and Decision Forests.
• Mathematics: Solid foundation in Multivariable Calculus and Linear Algebra for algorithm optimisation.
• Data Wrangling: Skilled in handling imperfect datasets to prepare them for analysis.
• Visualisation: Experience with tools such as Splunk and Power BI to communicate insights effectively.

What We’re Looking For

We are looking for a detail-oriented and analytical professional with excellent problem-solving skills and the ability to translate complex data into practical business solutions. You should be collaborative, adaptable, and confident in working across multi-disciplinary teams.

Please email CV to janice.gomes@stottandmay.com for immediate consideration.