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DIVERSITY GUIDES 2022

An in-depth look into diversity within Data & AI, we have been carrying out primary research for a number of years to create annual diversity guides.

Download our previous editions, which have given us unrivalled insight into where the industry currently stands in its push for a more representative workforce.

They are here to highlight where the industry can improve, how it can improve and to help make those improvements.

2022
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USA DIVERSITY REPORT

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EU DIVERSITY REPORT

Fundamentally, what you can do with your data and how useful it may be will hinge on its quality.

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UK DIVERSITY REPORT

Fundamentally, what you can do with your data and how useful it may be will hinge on its quality.

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Data Scientist (Pricing)

City of London

£480 - £530

+ Advanced Analytics & Marketing Insights

Contract
City of London, London

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DATA SCIENTIST (PRICING)

£480 – £530 PER DAY OUTSIDE IR35

HYBRID (1-2 DAYS PER MONTH IN THE OFFICE – LONDON)

7 MONTH CONTRACT

THE COMPANY:

Join a global media business with a key focus on improving commercial visibility, pricing strategy, and revenue management processes.

THE ROLE:

As a Data Scientist, you will work closely with commercial stakeholders across a specific European market to help shape and deliver revenue management and pricing analytics solutions. Each market is at a different stage of maturity, meaning this role will combine structured delivery work with more exploratory and discovery-led problem solving.

You will be responsible for translating commercial questions into analytical requirements, building dashboards and reporting solutions, and supporting wider pricing and revenue optimisation initiatives.

As a Data Scientist, your key responsibilities will include:

  • Building analytical solutions to support pricing and revenue management decisions
  • Developing dashboards and reporting outputs in Tableau
  • Writing complex SQL scripts and exploratory analyses
  • Conducting advanced analysis around pricing, inventory demand, capacity forecasting, and commercial performance
  • Working with stakeholders to understand business challenges and translate them into data requirements
  • Supporting the creation of tools and frameworks that influence pricing decisions across multiple markets
  • Collaborating within an agile squad environment alongside Data Scientists, Analytics Engineers, and commercial stakeholders
  • Presenting findings to both technical and non-technical audiences

YOUR SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE:

The successful candidate will have:

  • Strong hands-on SQL experience
  • Strong Tableau experience
  • Python experience for advanced modelling, forecasting, optimisation, or exploratory analytics
  • Experience working on pricing, revenue management, commercial analytics, or forecasting projects
  • Strong stakeholder management and communication skills
  • Experience working closely with commercial or operational teams
  • The ability to translate business problems into analytical solutions
  • Experience working within agile squads and cross-functional environments
  • Comfort working with ambiguity and helping shape early-stage analytical initiatives
  • Experience within media or advertising environments would be highly beneficial

HOW TO APPLY:

Please register your interest by sending your CV to Mojola Coker via the apply link on this page.

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Senior Pricing and Revenue Management Analyst (Contract)

London

£450 - £500

+ Advanced Analytics & Marketing Insights

Contract
London

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Senior Pricing and Revenue Management Analyst

London-based

£450 – £500 per day (Outside IR35)

7-Month Contract

Hybrid – 2 days a month in office

This freelance project offers the chance to step into a high-visibility commercial analytics environment where your work will directly influence pricing and revenue decisions across multiple European markets. It is well suited to someone who enjoys operating close to the business, shaping requirements, and building practical tools in a fast-moving and evolving setting.

The Company

They are a commercially focused organisation operating across several European markets, with a strong emphasis on data-informed pricing and revenue management. The business is investing in its analytics capability to improve commercial visibility and decision-making. Their culture is collaborative and stakeholder-led, with analytics playing a central role in shaping outcomes. The environment values adaptability, communication, and real-world impact over theoretical complexity.

The Role and Deliverables

  • Work closely with pricing and commercial stakeholders to translate business questions into actionable analytics.
  • Build and enhance dashboards and reporting tools that support pricing and revenue decisions.
  • Develop commercial visibility across markets through clear, well-structured reporting.
  • Support pricing analysis and client onboarding strategy using data-driven insights.
  • Operate independently in a less-defined environment, helping to shape requirements and tooling.
  • Hand over scalable tools and documentation to permanent team members over time.

Your Skills and Experience

  • Strong SQL capability, with confidence working on large and complex datasets.
  • Hands-on experience building end-to-end dashboards in Tableau for commercial users.
  • Proven exposure to pricing, revenue management, or commercial analytics.
  • Ability to engage and influence non-technical stakeholders through clear insights and communication.
  • Comfortable working in ambiguous, evolving environments with minimal structure.
  • Python experience for forecasting, optimisation, or commercial modelling is beneficial but not essential.

How to Apply

Register your interest by sending your CV to Ananya Gupta via the Apply Link on this page.

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Platform Engineer

London

£60000 - £80000

+ Data Engineering

Permanent
London

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Platform Engineer
London, Hybrid (2x Per Week in Office)
Up to £80,000

This is an opportunity to join a fast growing, venture backed fintech at a genuinely pivotal moment. The platform has already scaled to support a complex, high value user base, and the business is now preparing for a major re-architecture that will shape the next phase of growth. You will play a key role in redefining core infrastructure, driving automation, and influencing technical direction from day one.

The Company
They are a well funded financial technology business operating in the high wealth space, focused on delivering intelligent, data driven financial insight rather than traditional asset or wealth management. The platform aggregates complex financial data into a single, intuitive view and provides tailored guidance aligned to long term life goals. The culture is collaborative, ideas led, and engineering driven, with a strong emphasis on quality, transparency, and continuous improvement.

The Role

  • Design, build, and evolve a scalable platform environment as part of a small, high impact engineering team.
  • Play a hands on role in a significant re platforming programme, modernising Kubernetes clusters, tooling, and architectural foundations.
  • Drive automation and reliability across infrastructure to support growth, performance, and security.
  • Collaborate closely with engineering, data, and leadership stakeholders to shape technical decisions and priorities.
  • Contribute ideas, challenge assumptions, and help define best practice across the platform function.

Your Skills and Experience

  • Strong commercial experience working with Kubernetes in production environments.
  • Cloud platform exposure across AWS, GCP, or Azure, with an understanding of scalable infrastructure design.
  • Infrastructure as Code experience, with Terraform or similar tooling.
  • Confidence operating in change heavy environments such as scale ups or transformation programmes.
  • Clear communication skills and a proactive approach to collaboration and problem solving.

What They Offer

  • Salary up to £80,000 depending on experience.
  • Hybrid working from a London office, with flexibility depending on role and responsibilities.
  • The chance to influence architecture and platform strategy at a critical stage of growth.
  • A supportive, non hierarchical culture that values new ideas and technical ownership.
  • Long term career progression within a growing technology organisation.

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Senior Software Engineer (Python)

London

£90000 - £100000

+ Data Engineering

Permanent
London

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Senior Software Engineer (Python)

Hybrid London (2 days/week)

Up to £100,000 + Benefits

We’re hiring a Senior Software Engineer to play a key role in building and scaling a high-impact ad-fraud prevention platform used globally. This is a senior IC role for engineers who enjoy ownership, solving complex problems, and setting a high bar for engineering quality.

What you’ll do:

  • Lead delivery of complex, cross-service features

  • Make pragmatic architecture and design decisions

  • Own services end-to-end, including performance, reliability, and incident response

  • Set standards for testing, observability, and security

  • Mentor engineers and contribute to strong team practices

  • Collaborate closely with Product, Design, and Data teams

What we’re looking for:

  • Strong experience as a Senior Software Engineer in modern product teams

  • Proven ability to design and deliver scalable, reliable systems

  • Experience operating production services

  • Strong coding, code review, and technical leadership skills

  • Comfortable working through ambiguity and influencing technical direction

Why apply?

  • Salary up to £100,000

  • Hybrid working – 2 days per week in the London office

  • High ownership, high-impact role

  • Strong engineering culture focused on quality and reliability

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Contextual Systems Engineering Consultants

New York

$120000 - $135000

+ Data Engineering

Permanent
New York

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Consultant – Managing Consultant – Senior Manager – Contextual Systems Engineering

Locations: Atlanta | New York City | Chicago | Seattle | San Francisco

A leading transformation consultancy is hiring Contextual Systems Engineers to help build AI‑ready data and knowledge foundations for enterprise clients.

This is a hands‑on consulting role, focused on semantic layers, analytics engineering, and contextual data platforms that enable AI systems to operate effectively at scale.

What you’ll do

  • Design and implement semantic layers (metrics, dimensions, business models)
  • Build and maintain data pipelines feeding analytics and AI systems
  • Contribute to knowledge graph and context platform design
  • Document data models, definitions, and context contracts
  • Work closely with consultants, architects, and client teams

What we’re looking for

  • 3-12 years experience in analytics engineering, data engineering, or data architecture
  • Strong SQL and experience building data pipelines
  • Experience with dbt, LookML, or similar semantic/metrics layers
  • Exposure to cloud data platforms (Snowflake, BigQuery, Redshift, Databricks)
  • Consulting or client‑facing experience preferred

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Forward Deployed Engineer

New York

$150000 - $210000

+ Data Engineering

Permanent
New York

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Senior Consultant – Managing Consultant – Senior Manager – Forward Deployed Engineering

Locations: Atlanta | New York City | Chicago | Seattle | San Francisco

An enterprise data and AI consulting group is seeking Forward Deployed Engineers to deliver embedded, production‑grade solutions within complex client environments.

This role is ideal for engineers who enjoy owning delivery end‑to‑end, working directly with client teams, and seeing solutions adopted in the real world.

What you’ll do

  • Own embedded technical workstreams from requirements to deployment
  • Build and maintain production data pipelines and AI workflows
  • Partner closely with client engineers and data leaders
  • Drive adoption through pairing, documentation, and enablement
  • Mentor junior consultants on delivery best practices

What we’re looking for

  • 5-6 years experience in client‑facing or embedded engineering roles
  • Strong Python and SQL skills
  • Experience building and deploying production data pipelines
  • Comfort working independently in ambiguous client environments
  • Experience with enterprise platforms (e.g. Palantir Foundry or similar) is highly desirable

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Marketing Data Scientist

London

£45000 - £55000

+ Data Science & AI

Permanent
London

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Marketing Data Scientist

London | £45,000 to £55,000 + bonus and benefits
No sponsorship offered – must have full right to work in the UK

This is a rare opportunity to join a growing data science function at a pivotal moment for the business. With senior backing, fresh investment, and a clear focus on marketing effectiveness, this role offers real ownership, visibility, and the chance to shape how data science drives commercial decisions at scale.

The Company

They are a well established, international organisation undergoing a period of transformation, with a renewed focus on data driven decision making. A new leadership team is investing heavily in analytics to improve customer understanding, optimise marketing spend, and drive long term growth. The data science team has expanded rapidly and continues to grow across the UK and US, creating strong collaboration and progression opportunities.

The Role

You will sit within a marketing measurement and reporting team, focusing on understanding and improving marketing performance across channels. This role combines hands on modelling with real business impact.

Key responsibilities include:

  • Developing and enhancing media mix models to measure and optimise marketing investment.
  • Scaling an established UK modelling framework and applying it to international markets.
  • Leading the evolution of marketing effectiveness modelling, with support and one direct report.
  • Working closely with marketing, CRM, and analytics stakeholders to turn insights into action.
  • Contributing to wider data science projects such as experimentation, propensity modelling, and recommendation systems.
  • Owning projects end to end, from problem definition through to measurable business impact.

Your Skills and Experience

  • Strong hands on experience with Python and applied machine learning.
  • Solid grounding in statistical and predictive modelling techniques.
  • Experience designing experiments and evaluating performance using A B testing or similar approaches.
  • Confidence working with real world, messy data and delivering production ready solutions.
  • Familiarity with cloud environments such as AWS is beneficial.
  • Exposure to Bayesian methods, random forests, or marketing analytics is advantageous but not essential.
  • Ability to demonstrate how your work has delivered tangible value or influenced decision making.

What They Offer

  • Salary between £45,000 and £55,000 depending on experience.
  • 10 percent annual bonus.
  • Pension with 3 percent employer and 5 percent employee contribution.
  • Hybrid working with 2 to 3 days per week in the London office.
  • Clear progression as the data science team continues to grow and invest.

How to Apply

If you are looking for a hands on marketing focused data science role with ownership, impact, and urgency, apply now to be considered. Sponsorship is not available for this role.

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AI Consultant

London

£80000 - £85000

+ Risk Analytics

Permanent
London

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AI CONSULTANT

UP TO £85,000 + BENEFITS

LONDON, LEEDS OR NOTTINGHAM

HYBRID WORKING POLICY – 3 DAYS A WEEK IN OFFICE

Are you an experienced AI professional with a background in credit risk? Join a leading global credit business and play a key role in shaping how AI is used to improve lending decisions across industries.

THE COMPANY

A global credit business that provides data and analytics to help businesses make more informed lending decisions. Working with banks, fintechs, and other organisations, to deliver insights that enable better risk assessment, strategy development, and customer outcomes. Their newly established AI Lab is focused on advancing AI capabilities and embedding innovation across the business.

THE ROLE

As an AI Consultant you will focus on developing AI-driven solutions and enhancing modelling capabilities to support client projects and internal innovation.

Specifically, you can expect to be involved in the following:

  • Develop and enhance AI and machine learning models, including scorecards and predictive models.
  • Work on innovative use cases such as chatbots, transformers, and LLM-based applications.
  • Conduct research and development to identify new AI-driven solutions in lending and risk.
  • Contribute to new product development and AI-led offerings.
  • Support the integration of AI into broader business processes and client solutions.
  • Collaborate with data and analytics teams across locations.

SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE

The successful AI Consultant will have the following skills and experience:

  • Experience in credit risk within a lender (bank, fintech) or credit reference agency.
  • Strong background in model development, ideally scorecards.
  • Hands-on experience with AI/ML techniques (e.g. LLMs chatbots, predictive models)
  • Strong SQL and Python skills

BENEFITS

The successful AI Consultant will receive a salary up to £85,000 as well as a comprehensive benefits package.

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