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 4 November 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
4 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 11 32 16
Rank change year-on-year +21 -16 +25
Contract jobs citing Analytical Skills 82 43 77
As % of all contract jobs in Bristol 10.41% 5.41% 7.41%
As % of the General category 17.26% 9.47% 14.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 51 16 54
10th Percentile £250 £140 £390
25th Percentile £316 £167 £431
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £380 £600
Median % change year-on-year +25.00% -36.67% +16.96%
75th Percentile £575 £692 £680
90th Percentile £638 £756 £763
South West median daily rate £525 £550 £568
% change year-on-year -4.55% -3.08% +5.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 18 7 5
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - £11.75 £14.57
Median hourly rate £6.00 £27.13 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year -77.88% -39.72% +1.35%
75th Percentile £33.75 £33.00 £72.75
90th Percentile £63.75 £37.00 £79.89
South West median hourly rate £6.00 £27.13 £45.00
% change year-on-year -77.88% -39.72% -17.74%

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 475 454 550
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Bristol 60.28% 57.11% 52.94%
Number of daily rates quoted 242 242 357
10th Percentile £250 £210 £275
25th Percentile £375 £363 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £498 £459 £550
Median % change year-on-year +8.39% -16.55% +10.00%
75th Percentile £600 £589 £650
90th Percentile £688 £701 £700
South West median daily rate £500 £500 £550
% change year-on-year - -9.09% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 91 63 64
10th Percentile £6.00 £28.79 £33.00
25th Percentile £17.69 £43.75 £45.00
Median hourly rate £32.50 £65.00 £62.50
Median % change year-on-year -50.00% +4.00% -1.19%
75th Percentile £63.75 £71.25 £75.00
90th Percentile £73.75 £75.00 £80.00
South West median hourly rate £24.00 £55.00 £54.33
% change year-on-year -56.36% +1.23% -9.45%

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 4 November 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 4 November 2025.

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 7 (8.54%) Oracle Application Server
2 5 (6.10%) Microsoft Exchange
2 5 (6.10%) SharePoint
2 5 (6.10%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 16 (19.51%) Microsoft Excel
2 7 (8.54%) Microsoft Office
3 3 (3.66%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (1.22%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 5 (6.10%) NEC Housing
2 1 (1.22%) NetSuite
Cloud Services
1 10 (12.20%) Power Platform
2 9 (10.98%) Snowflake
3 8 (9.76%) AWS
4 2 (2.44%) Azure
5 1 (1.22%) GCP
5 1 (1.22%) npm
5 1 (1.22%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 5 (6.10%) DHCP
1 5 (6.10%) DNS
1 5 (6.10%) Skype
1 5 (6.10%) Unified Communications
2 1 (1.22%) BGP
2 1 (1.22%) Cisco ISE
2 1 (1.22%) Cisco Nexus
2 1 (1.22%) LAN
2 1 (1.22%) OSPF
2 1 (1.22%) TACACS
2 1 (1.22%) WAN
2 1 (1.22%) Wireless
2 1 (1.22%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (12.20%) Power BI
2 7 (8.54%) Data Warehouse
2 7 (8.54%) Oracle ODI
2 7 (8.54%) Oracle Reports
2 7 (8.54%) PostgreSQL
2 7 (8.54%) Star Schema
3 1 (1.22%) SQL Server Analysis Services
3 1 (1.22%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 1 (1.22%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 7 (8.54%) DBeaver
2 3 (3.66%) Git
3 2 (2.44%) JIRA
4 1 (1.22%) Cypress.io
4 1 (1.22%) Rational DOORS
4 1 (1.22%) SonarQube
4 1 (1.22%) Sonatype Nexus
4 1 (1.22%) webpack
General
1 36 (43.90%) Social Skills
2 9 (10.98%) Public Sector
3 7 (8.54%) Finance
4 6 (7.32%) Influencing Skills
5 5 (6.10%) Local Government
5 5 (6.10%) Telecoms
6 4 (4.88%) Electronics
7 2 (2.44%) Financial Institution
7 2 (2.44%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 2 (2.44%) Tech for Good
8 1 (1.22%) Banking
8 1 (1.22%) French Language
8 1 (1.22%) Law
8 1 (1.22%) Manufacturing
8 1 (1.22%) Marketing
8 1 (1.22%) Military
8 1 (1.22%) Presentation Skills
8 1 (1.22%) Social Housing
Job Titles
1 36 (43.90%) Analyst
2 10 (12.20%) Pricing Analyst
3 8 (9.76%) Data Engineer
3 8 (9.76%) Desktop Support
3 8 (9.76%) Support Analyst
4 7 (8.54%) Business Analyst
4 7 (8.54%) Quality Engineer
5 5 (6.10%) Governance Analyst
5 5 (6.10%) Project Manager
5 5 (6.10%) Software Engineer
5 5 (6.10%) Wintel Engineer
6 4 (4.88%) Deskside Support
6 4 (4.88%) Embedded Engineer
6 4 (4.88%) IT Analyst
6 4 (4.88%) IT Support
6 4 (4.88%) SC Cleared Desktop Support
6 4 (4.88%) Support Officer
6 4 (4.88%) Technology Support Analyst
6 4 (4.88%) Telecoms Manager
6 4 (4.88%) Telecoms Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (8.54%) Oracle GoldenGate
2 1 (1.22%) 802.1X
2 1 (1.22%) AngularJS
2 1 (1.22%) CSS
2 1 (1.22%) D3.js
2 1 (1.22%) FastAPI
2 1 (1.22%) HTML
2 1 (1.22%) Jest
2 1 (1.22%) Lightning Web Components
2 1 (1.22%) PrimeNG
2 1 (1.22%) PySpark
2 1 (1.22%) React
2 1 (1.22%) REST
2 1 (1.22%) RESTful
2 1 (1.22%) RxJS
2 1 (1.22%) Spring Boot
2 1 (1.22%) Visualforce
2 1 (1.22%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 10 (12.20%) AS400
2 7 (8.54%) Replication
3 5 (6.10%) PKI
4 4 (4.88%) Embedded Systems
5 3 (3.66%) Data Centre
6 2 (2.44%) Analytical Mindset
6 2 (2.44%) Cloud Native
6 2 (2.44%) Cyber Threat
6 2 (2.44%) Security Operations Centre
6 2 (2.44%) Security Posture
7 1 (1.22%) Legacy Systems
7 1 (1.22%) Management Information System
7 1 (1.22%) Mobile App
7 1 (1.22%) Onboarding
7 1 (1.22%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 9 (10.98%) Windows
2 5 (6.10%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 29 (35.37%) Problem-Solving
2 22 (26.83%) Continuous Improvement
3 19 (23.17%) Agile
4 18 (21.95%) Service Management
5 17 (20.73%) ITIL
6 14 (17.07%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 12 (14.63%) ITSM
8 11 (13.41%) Analytics
8 11 (13.41%) ERP
8 11 (13.41%) Stakeholder Management
9 10 (12.20%) Business Intelligence
9 10 (12.20%) Customer Requirements
10 9 (10.98%) Customer Service
11 8 (9.76%) CI/CD
11 8 (9.76%) ETL
11 8 (9.76%) Test Automation
11 8 (9.76%) Validation
12 7 (8.54%) Dimensional Modelling
13 6 (7.32%) Collaborative Working
13 6 (7.32%) Project Delivery
Programming Languages
1 13 (15.85%) SQL
2 12 (14.63%) Python
3 7 (8.54%) PowerShell
4 4 (4.88%) C
5 3 (3.66%) Java
6 2 (2.44%) Kusto Query Language
6 2 (2.44%) TypeScript
7 1 (1.22%) Apex Code
7 1 (1.22%) JavaScript
7 1 (1.22%) Perl
7 1 (1.22%) SOQL
Qualifications
1 20 (24.39%) SC Cleared
1 20 (24.39%) Security Cleared
2 11 (13.41%) Microsoft Certification
3 6 (7.32%) Degree
4 5 (6.10%) CCNA
4 5 (6.10%) CCNP
4 5 (6.10%) Cisco Certification
4 5 (6.10%) ITIL Certification
4 5 (6.10%) Master's Degree
4 5 (6.10%) MCSE
5 2 (2.44%) CEH
5 2 (2.44%) CISSP
5 2 (2.44%) CompTIA Security+
6 1 (1.22%) A+ Certification
6 1 (1.22%) CTC Cleared
6 1 (1.22%) DV Cleared
6 1 (1.22%) IIBA
6 1 (1.22%) PMI Certification
6 1 (1.22%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (8.54%) Data Quality
2 4 (4.88%) Def Stans
2 4 (4.88%) DO-178B
2 4 (4.88%) MISRA
2 4 (4.88%) SLA
3 1 (1.22%) NIST
3 1 (1.22%) PMO
System Software
1 6 (7.32%) Active Directory
1 6 (7.32%) VMware Infrastructure
2 5 (6.10%) Microsoft Virtual Server
2 5 (6.10%) Virtual Servers
3 4 (4.88%) Firmware
4 2 (2.44%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 7 (8.54%) SCCM
2 5 (6.10%) WSUS
3 2 (2.44%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 25 (30.49%) Microsoft
2 12 (14.63%) Salesforce
3 7 (8.54%) Cisco
3 7 (8.54%) Oracle
4 6 (7.32%) SolarWinds
4 6 (7.32%) VMware
5 5 (6.10%) NEC
5 5 (6.10%) Splunk
5 5 (6.10%) Veeam
6 4 (4.88%) ServiceNow
7 1 (1.22%) Aareon
7 1 (1.22%) Aruba
7 1 (1.22%) Capita
7 1 (1.22%) Civica
7 1 (1.22%) Databricks
7 1 (1.22%) IBM
7 1 (1.22%) LogicMonitor
7 1 (1.22%) Northgate
7 1 (1.22%) Orchard