Job title: Data Scientist - Advanced analytics
Job type: Contract
Emp type: Full-time
Pay interval: Daily
Pay rate from: GBP £500.00
Pay rate to: GBP £700.00
Location: Farnborough
Job published: 12/06/2026
Job ID: 44189
Contact name: Emma Homann, Mark Burgess
Phone number: +441962442047, +441962442045
Contact email: emma@talentlocker.co.uk, mark@talentlocker.co.uk

Job Description

Data Scientist – Advanced Analytics – MOD/Defence Project, Farnborough, Hybrid, £500-700 per day Outside IR35

Contract opportunity for a Data Scientist with experience in Analytics for a large MOD project. This is for a defence consultancy and security clearance (SC) would be needed prior to engagement. Due to the nature of the role, 3 days per week in Farnborough is needed.

Key skills required

  • Data preparation, validation, analysis, and modelling
  • Experience with mathematical optimisation, rules programming, and analytics
  • Model performance testing, identifying areas of improvement, and implementation
  • Working with large data sets, with thousands of objects, with complex meta data and characteristics
  • Good problem solver

This programme is a new innovative piece of working with the MOD.

If you have worked in a security cleared environment, have the active relevant Security Clearance and skilled with data science - please apply.