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 19 September 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 15 37 23
Rank change year-on-year +22 -14 +30
Contract jobs citing Analytical Skills 69 41 69
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Bristol 9.47% 4.44% 6.48%
As % of the General category 15.75% 8.27% 12.99%
Number of daily rates quoted 43 16 46
10th Percentile £250 £140 £400
25th Percentile £308 £167 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £445 £600
Median % change year-on-year +1.12% -25.83% -
75th Percentile £575 £655 £680
90th Percentile £613 £756 £790
South West median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 16 5 5
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - £11.75 £14.57
Median hourly rate £6.00 £13.50 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year -55.56% -70.00% +5.71%
75th Percentile £33.75 £15.25 £72.75
90th Percentile - £23.50 £79.89
South West median hourly rate £6.00 £19.42 £53.67
% change year-on-year -69.10% -63.82% +14.91%

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 common skills in Bristol.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 438 496 531
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Bristol 60.08% 53.68% 49.86%
Number of daily rates quoted 219 253 355
10th Percentile £235 £213 £275
25th Percentile £361 £400 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £475 £550
Median % change year-on-year -5.26% -13.64% +10.00%
75th Percentile £588 £600 £650
90th Percentile £678 £688 £709
South West median daily rate £488 £505 £550
% change year-on-year -3.47% -8.18% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 77 95 54
10th Percentile £6.00 £31.97 £31.27
25th Percentile £18.13 £56.50 £36.50
Median hourly rate £32.50 £67.50 £61.25
Median % change year-on-year -51.85% +10.20% +2.08%
75th Percentile £53.99 £73.13 £75.00
90th Percentile £73.75 £79.00 £81.05
South West median hourly rate £24.29 £65.00 £55.00
% change year-on-year -62.63% +18.18% +3.20%

Analytical Skills
Job Vacancy Trend in Bristol

Job postings citing Analytical Skills as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Bristol.

Job vacancy trend for Analytical Skills 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 19 September 2025.

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 19 September 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Analytical Skills in Bristol

Analytical Skills
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Bristol by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 4 (5.80%) Microsoft Exchange
1 4 (5.80%) Oracle Application Server
1 4 (5.80%) SharePoint
1 4 (5.80%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 18 (26.09%) Microsoft Excel
2 7 (10.14%) Microsoft Office
3 5 (7.25%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 2 (2.90%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 5 (7.25%) NEC Housing
2 1 (1.45%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 8 (11.59%) Power Platform
2 6 (8.70%) AWS
2 6 (8.70%) Snowflake
3 2 (2.90%) Azure
4 1 (1.45%) GCP
4 1 (1.45%) npm
4 1 (1.45%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 4 (5.80%) DHCP
1 4 (5.80%) DNS
1 4 (5.80%) Skype
1 4 (5.80%) Unified Communications
2 1 (1.45%) Cisco Nexus
2 1 (1.45%) Firewall
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (11.59%) Power BI
2 4 (5.80%) Data Warehouse
2 4 (5.80%) Oracle ODI
2 4 (5.80%) Oracle Reports
2 4 (5.80%) PostgreSQL
2 4 (5.80%) Star Schema
3 1 (1.45%) SQL Server Analysis Services
3 1 (1.45%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 1 (1.45%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 4 (5.80%) DBeaver
1 4 (5.80%) Git
2 2 (2.90%) JIRA
3 1 (1.45%) Cypress.io
3 1 (1.45%) GitLab
3 1 (1.45%) Jenkins
3 1 (1.45%) SonarQube
3 1 (1.45%) Sonatype Nexus
3 1 (1.45%) webpack
General
1 36 (52.17%) Social Skills
2 8 (11.59%) Public Sector
3 6 (8.70%) Finance
4 5 (7.25%) Influencing Skills
4 5 (7.25%) Local Government
5 4 (5.80%) Telecoms
6 2 (2.90%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 2 (2.90%) Tech for Good
7 1 (1.45%) Banking
7 1 (1.45%) Manufacturing
7 1 (1.45%) Military
7 1 (1.45%) Retail
7 1 (1.45%) Social Housing
Job Titles
1 32 (46.38%) Analyst
2 10 (14.49%) Pricing Analyst
3 9 (13.04%) Desktop Support
3 9 (13.04%) Support Analyst
4 5 (7.25%) Business Analyst
4 5 (7.25%) Data Engineer
4 5 (7.25%) Deskside Analyst
4 5 (7.25%) Deskside Support
4 5 (7.25%) Deskside Support Analyst
4 5 (7.25%) Governance Analyst
4 5 (7.25%) Project Manager
4 5 (7.25%) Technology Support Analyst
5 4 (5.80%) Designer
5 4 (5.80%) IT Analyst
5 4 (5.80%) IT Support
5 4 (5.80%) Lead
5 4 (5.80%) Service Designer
5 4 (5.80%) Support Officer
5 4 (5.80%) Telecoms Manager
5 4 (5.80%) Wintel Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (5.80%) Oracle GoldenGate
2 1 (1.45%) AngularJS
2 1 (1.45%) CSS
2 1 (1.45%) D3.js
2 1 (1.45%) FastAPI
2 1 (1.45%) HTML
2 1 (1.45%) Jest
2 1 (1.45%) Lightning Web Components
2 1 (1.45%) PrimeNG
2 1 (1.45%) PySpark
2 1 (1.45%) React
2 1 (1.45%) REST
2 1 (1.45%) RESTful
2 1 (1.45%) RxJS
2 1 (1.45%) Spring Boot
2 1 (1.45%) Visualforce
2 1 (1.45%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 10 (14.49%) AS400
2 4 (5.80%) PKI
2 4 (5.80%) Replication
3 3 (4.35%) Data Centre
4 2 (2.90%) Analytical Mindset
4 2 (2.90%) Cloud Native
4 2 (2.90%) Cyber Threat
4 2 (2.90%) Management Information System
4 2 (2.90%) Security Operations Centre
4 2 (2.90%) Security Posture
5 1 (1.45%) Hybrid Cloud
5 1 (1.45%) Legacy Systems
5 1 (1.45%) Onboarding
5 1 (1.45%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 8 (11.59%) Windows
2 4 (5.80%) Windows Server
3 1 (1.45%) CentOS
3 1 (1.45%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 31 (44.93%) Problem-Solving
2 24 (34.78%) Continuous Improvement
3 19 (27.54%) Service Management
4 15 (21.74%) ITIL
5 14 (20.29%) ITSM
6 12 (17.39%) Agile
7 11 (15.94%) ERP
7 11 (15.94%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 11 (15.94%) Stakeholder Management
8 10 (14.49%) Customer Requirements
8 10 (14.49%) Customer Service
9 8 (11.59%) Business Intelligence
10 6 (8.70%) Artificial Intelligence
10 6 (8.70%) CI/CD
10 6 (8.70%) Enterprise Architecture
10 6 (8.70%) Migration
10 6 (8.70%) Project Delivery
11 5 (7.25%) Change Control
11 5 (7.25%) Collaborative Working
11 5 (7.25%) Service Migration
Programming Languages
1 10 (14.49%) Python
2 8 (11.59%) SQL
3 7 (10.14%) PowerShell
4 2 (2.90%) Java
4 2 (2.90%) Kusto Query Language
4 2 (2.90%) TypeScript
5 1 (1.45%) Apex Code
5 1 (1.45%) JavaScript
5 1 (1.45%) Ruby
5 1 (1.45%) SOQL
Qualifications
1 18 (26.09%) Security Cleared
2 17 (24.64%) SC Cleared
3 11 (15.94%) Microsoft Certification
4 5 (7.25%) Degree
5 4 (5.80%) CCNA
5 4 (5.80%) CCNP
5 4 (5.80%) Cisco Certification
5 4 (5.80%) ITIL Certification
5 4 (5.80%) Master's Degree
5 4 (5.80%) MCSE
6 2 (2.90%) CEH
6 2 (2.90%) CISSP
6 2 (2.90%) CompTIA Security+
7 1 (1.45%) A+ Certification
7 1 (1.45%) AWS Certification
7 1 (1.45%) CTC Cleared
7 1 (1.45%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (7.25%) SLA
2 4 (5.80%) Data Quality
3 1 (1.45%) NIST
3 1 (1.45%) PMO
System Software
1 5 (7.25%) Active Directory
1 5 (7.25%) VMware Infrastructure
2 4 (5.80%) Microsoft Virtual Server
2 4 (5.80%) Virtual Servers
3 2 (2.90%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 6 (8.70%) SCCM
2 4 (5.80%) WSUS
3 2 (2.90%) Microsoft Intune
4 1 (1.45%) Ansible
4 1 (1.45%) Kubernetes
4 1 (1.45%) Puppet
4 1 (1.45%) Terraform
Vendors
1 23 (33.33%) Microsoft
2 12 (17.39%) Salesforce
3 5 (7.25%) Cisco
3 5 (7.25%) NEC
3 5 (7.25%) ServiceNow
3 5 (7.25%) VMware
4 4 (5.80%) Oracle
4 4 (5.80%) SolarWinds
4 4 (5.80%) Splunk
4 4 (5.80%) Veeam
5 1 (1.45%) Aareon
5 1 (1.45%) Capita
5 1 (1.45%) Civica
5 1 (1.45%) Databricks
5 1 (1.45%) Northgate
5 1 (1.45%) Orchard
5 1 (1.45%) Red Hat