Analytical Skills Contract Job Trends in Bristol

Analytical Skills
South West > Bristol

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Analytical Skills in contract job vacancies in Bristol. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Analytical Skills over the 6 months leading up to 27 August 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
27 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 27 15 46
Rank change year-on-year -12 +31 -21
Contract jobs citing Analytical Skills 68 64 28
As % of all contract jobs in Bristol 5.02% 9.28% 3.01%
As % of the General category 11.30% 15.38% 5.80%
Number of daily rates quoted 46 38 12
10th Percentile £136 £210 £187
25th Percentile £268 £289 £380
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £438 £425 £450
Median % change year-on-year +2.94% -5.56% -7.69%
75th Percentile £543 £559 £663
90th Percentile £600 £620 £771
South West median daily rate £480 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -8.57% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 16 4
10th Percentile £22.26 - -
25th Percentile £25.75 - £11.75
Median hourly rate £42.30 £6.00 £13.50
Median % change year-on-year +605.00% -55.56% -75.68%
75th Percentile £58.00 £33.75 £15.25
90th Percentile £70.00 - -
South West median hourly rate £14.55 £6.00 £19.00
% change year-on-year +142.50% -68.42% -66.25%

All General Skills
Bristol

Analytical Skills falls under the General Skills category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring general skills in Bristol.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for general skills 602 416 483
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Bristol 44.46% 60.29% 51.94%
Number of daily rates quoted 317 214 259
10th Percentile £339 £235 £247
25th Percentile £438 £355 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £450 £500
Median % change year-on-year +16.67% -10.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £600 £575 £605
90th Percentile £673 £675 £700
South West median daily rate £525 £500 £513
% change year-on-year +5.00% -2.44% -4.65%
Number of hourly rates quoted 121 58 101
10th Percentile £16.62 £6.00 £31.97
25th Percentile £25.75 £16.14 £59.25
Median hourly rate £45.00 £26.14 £70.00
Median % change year-on-year +72.15% -62.66% +6.87%
75th Percentile £67.25 £54.00 £75.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £74.88 £80.00
South West median hourly rate £35.86 £22.50 £64.25
% change year-on-year +59.36% -64.98% +14.12%

Analytical Skills
Job Vacancy Trend in Bristol

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Analytical Skills relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Bristol.

Analytical Skills job vacancy trend in Bristol

Analytical Skills
Daily Rate Trend in Bristol

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Bristol citing Analytical Skills.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Bristol citing Analytical Skills

Analytical Skills
Daily Rate Histogram in Bristol

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Analytical Skills in Bristol over the 6 months to 27 August 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Analytical Skills in Bristol

Analytical Skills
Hourly Rate Trend in Bristol

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Bristol citing Analytical Skills.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Bristol citing Analytical Skills

Analytical Skills
Hourly Rate Histogram in Bristol

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Analytical Skills in Bristol over the 6 months to 27 August 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for Analytical Skills in Bristol

Analytical Skills
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Bristol by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 2 (2.94%) SharePoint
2 1 (1.47%) Apache Spark
2 1 (1.47%) CMS
2 1 (1.47%) Moodle
2 1 (1.47%) Totara
Applications
1 8 (11.76%) Microsoft Excel
2 6 (8.82%) Microsoft Office
3 3 (4.41%) Spreadsheet
4 2 (2.94%) Microsoft Project
5 1 (1.47%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 1 (1.47%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 3 (4.41%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (1.47%) Maximo
2 1 (1.47%) Sage 50
Cloud Services
1 13 (19.12%) Power Platform
2 8 (11.76%) Azure
3 5 (7.35%) Power Automate
4 4 (5.88%) PowerApps
5 3 (4.41%) Dynamics 365
5 3 (4.41%) GCP
6 2 (2.94%) AWS
6 2 (2.94%) Azure ExpressRoute
6 2 (2.94%) Azure Monitor
6 2 (2.94%) Azure Sentinel
6 2 (2.94%) Entra ID
6 2 (2.94%) Microsoft 365
6 2 (2.94%) Snowflake
7 1 (1.47%) Anthropic Claude
7 1 (1.47%) Azure Synapse Analytics
7 1 (1.47%) ChatGPT
7 1 (1.47%) GitHub
7 1 (1.47%) Google Kubernetes Engine
7 1 (1.47%) Microsoft Copilot
7 1 (1.47%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 5 (7.35%) SAN
2 3 (4.41%) Firewall
3 2 (2.94%) 5G
3 2 (2.94%) BGP
3 2 (2.94%) LTE
3 2 (2.94%) Radio Access Network
3 2 (2.94%) WAN
4 1 (1.47%) 5G NR
4 1 (1.47%) Cisco IPT
4 1 (1.47%) DMZ
4 1 (1.47%) Ethernet
4 1 (1.47%) Internet
4 1 (1.47%) RS-232
4 1 (1.47%) RS-422
4 1 (1.47%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (17.65%) Power BI
2 4 (5.88%) GIS
2 4 (5.88%) Tableau
3 2 (2.94%) Spatial Data
4 1 (1.47%) Big Data
4 1 (1.47%) Data Warehouse
4 1 (1.47%) Delta Lake
4 1 (1.47%) Metadata
4 1 (1.47%) Oracle BI Publisher
4 1 (1.47%) Oracle Reports
4 1 (1.47%) Power Query
4 1 (1.47%) Relational Database
4 1 (1.47%) Semantic Layer
4 1 (1.47%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 4 (5.88%) JIRA
2 2 (2.94%) Rational Rhapsody
3 1 (1.47%) Burp Suite
3 1 (1.47%) Cucumber
3 1 (1.47%) Gatling
3 1 (1.47%) Git
3 1 (1.47%) GitLab
3 1 (1.47%) Gradle
3 1 (1.47%) HP UFT
3 1 (1.47%) Jenkins
3 1 (1.47%) LoadRunner
3 1 (1.47%) MLflow
3 1 (1.47%) Rational DOORS
3 1 (1.47%) REST Assured
3 1 (1.47%) Selenium
3 1 (1.47%) SonarQube
3 1 (1.47%) Sonatype Nexus
3 1 (1.47%) Visual Studio
3 1 (1.47%) WebDriver
General
1 35 (51.47%) Social Skills
2 13 (19.12%) Finance
3 5 (7.35%) Public Sector
4 4 (5.88%) Aerospace
4 4 (5.88%) Banking
4 4 (5.88%) Organisational Skills
5 3 (4.41%) Local Government
6 2 (2.94%) Aviation
7 1 (1.47%) Avionics
7 1 (1.47%) Billing
7 1 (1.47%) Influencing Skills
7 1 (1.47%) Pharmaceutical
7 1 (1.47%) Retail
7 1 (1.47%) Retail Banking
7 1 (1.47%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 17 (25.00%) Analyst
2 6 (8.82%) Consultant
2 6 (8.82%) Data Analyst
3 5 (7.35%) Business Analyst
3 5 (7.35%) Field Engineer
3 5 (7.35%) Field Service Engineer
3 5 (7.35%) IT Engineer
3 5 (7.35%) Senior
4 3 (4.41%) Architect
4 3 (4.41%) Business Architect
4 3 (4.41%) Developer
4 3 (4.41%) Development Consultant
4 3 (4.41%) Implementation Consultant
4 3 (4.41%) Project Manager
4 3 (4.41%) Security Consultant
4 3 (4.41%) Senior Analyst
5 2 (2.94%) Insight Analyst
5 2 (2.94%) Senior Performance Analyst
5 2 (2.94%) Software Team Leader
5 2 (2.94%) Team Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (5.88%) HTML
2 3 (4.41%) Terraform
3 2 (2.94%) Middleware
4 1 (1.47%) .NET
4 1 (1.47%) JDBC
4 1 (1.47%) JSON
4 1 (1.47%) Node.js
4 1 (1.47%) NumPy
4 1 (1.47%) OAuth
4 1 (1.47%) OAuth2
4 1 (1.47%) OpenID
4 1 (1.47%) Oracle Fusion
4 1 (1.47%) REST
4 1 (1.47%) RESTful
4 1 (1.47%) SAML
4 1 (1.47%) SOAP
4 1 (1.47%) Spring
4 1 (1.47%) TensorFlow
4 1 (1.47%) Web Services
4 1 (1.47%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 11 (16.18%) Analytical Mindset
2 5 (7.35%) Data Centre
2 5 (7.35%) Onboarding
3 4 (5.88%) Management Information System
4 2 (2.94%) Product Ownership
5 1 (1.47%) Cloud Native
5 1 (1.47%) CMDB
5 1 (1.47%) Data Protection Act
5 1 (1.47%) Data Structures
5 1 (1.47%) Driving Licence
5 1 (1.47%) Fibre Optics
5 1 (1.47%) Learning Management System
5 1 (1.47%) Legacy Systems
5 1 (1.47%) Linux Command Line
5 1 (1.47%) Low-Code
5 1 (1.47%) Operational Technology
5 1 (1.47%) PKI
5 1 (1.47%) PMI
5 1 (1.47%) SCADA
5 1 (1.47%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 8 (11.76%) Windows
2 4 (5.88%) Windows 10
3 2 (2.94%) Android
3 2 (2.94%) Linux
4 1 (1.47%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 28 (41.18%) Problem-Solving
2 23 (33.82%) Continuous Improvement
3 21 (30.88%) Decision-Making
4 14 (20.59%) Stakeholder Management
5 13 (19.12%) Business Intelligence
6 10 (14.71%) Analytics
7 9 (13.24%) Customer Service
8 8 (11.76%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 8 (11.76%) Visualisation
9 7 (10.29%) Agile
9 7 (10.29%) Project Delivery
9 7 (10.29%) Risk Management
9 7 (10.29%) Validation
10 6 (8.82%) AI
10 6 (8.82%) Digital Transformation Programme
10 6 (8.82%) ITIL
10 6 (8.82%) Project Management
10 6 (8.82%) Time Management
11 5 (7.35%) Data Governance
11 5 (7.35%) Data Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 17 (25.00%) SQL
2 9 (13.24%) Python
3 5 (7.35%) Data Analysis Expressions
3 5 (7.35%) JavaScript
4 3 (4.41%) C++
4 3 (4.41%) Java
5 2 (2.94%) C
5 2 (2.94%) R
6 1 (1.47%) Ada
6 1 (1.47%) Ada 95
6 1 (1.47%) Bash
6 1 (1.47%) PL/SQL
6 1 (1.47%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 13 (19.12%) SC Cleared
1 13 (19.12%) Security Cleared
2 7 (10.29%) A+ Certification
2 7 (10.29%) Microsoft Certification
3 5 (7.35%) CCNA
3 5 (7.35%) Cisco Certification
3 5 (7.35%) Degree
3 5 (7.35%) MCSE
3 5 (7.35%) Network+ Certification
4 3 (4.41%) BPSS Clearance
5 1 (1.47%) CEH
5 1 (1.47%) CompTIA Security+
5 1 (1.47%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (10.29%) Data Quality
1 7 (10.29%) QA
2 5 (7.35%) GDPR
3 2 (2.94%) Accessibility
3 2 (2.94%) PMO
3 2 (2.94%) SLA
4 1 (1.47%) GRC
4 1 (1.47%) MIL-STD-1553
4 1 (1.47%) NIST
4 1 (1.47%) PERC
System Software
1 3 (4.41%) Active Directory
2 1 (1.47%) Docker
Systems Management
1 3 (4.41%) Microsoft Intune
2 2 (2.94%) FortiGate
2 2 (2.94%) Kubernetes
3 1 (1.47%) Ansible
3 1 (1.47%) Istio
3 1 (1.47%) Kubeflow
3 1 (1.47%) PingFederate
3 1 (1.47%) PTC Integrity
3 1 (1.47%) SCCM
Vendors
1 19 (27.94%) Microsoft
2 5 (7.35%) Dell
3 3 (4.41%) Apple
3 3 (4.41%) Databricks
3 3 (4.41%) IBM
3 3 (4.41%) SAP
4 2 (2.94%) Civica
4 2 (2.94%) HP
4 2 (2.94%) Oracle
4 2 (2.94%) Salesforce
4 2 (2.94%) Zscaler
5 1 (1.47%) Actix
5 1 (1.47%) Blackboard
5 1 (1.47%) Cisco
5 1 (1.47%) CyberArk
5 1 (1.47%) Green Hills
5 1 (1.47%) Huawei
5 1 (1.47%) Nokia
5 1 (1.47%) ServiceNow
5 1 (1.47%) webMethods