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 21 September 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 31 15 39
Rank change year-on-year -16 +24 -18
Contract jobs citing Analytical Skills 66 69 41
As % of all contract jobs in Bristol 4.85% 9.52% 4.48%
As % of the General category 11.02% 15.79% 8.30%
Number of daily rates quoted 44 43 16
10th Percentile £184 £250 £140
25th Percentile £325 £308 £167
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £450 £445
Median % change year-on-year - +1.12% -25.83%
75th Percentile £556 £575 £655
90th Percentile £600 £613 £756
South West median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 16 5
10th Percentile £25.75 - -
25th Percentile £42.30 - £11.75
Median hourly rate £52.67 £6.00 £13.50
Median % change year-on-year +777.75% -55.56% -70.00%
75th Percentile £55.00 £33.75 £15.25
90th Percentile £70.00 - £23.50
South West median hourly rate £20.64 £6.00 £19.42
% change year-on-year +244.00% -69.10% -63.82%

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 599 437 494
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Bristol 44.01% 60.28% 53.99%
Number of daily rates quoted 315 217 254
10th Percentile £326 £235 £213
25th Percentile £438 £363 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £450 £475
Median % change year-on-year +16.67% -5.26% -12.64%
75th Percentile £611 £588 £600
90th Percentile £675 £680 £688
South West median daily rate £525 £488 £505
% change year-on-year +7.69% -3.47% -8.18%
Number of hourly rates quoted 132 78 93
10th Percentile £16.07 £6.00 £31.97
25th Percentile £25.75 £18.13 £58.00
Median hourly rate £44.73 £32.50 £67.50
Median % change year-on-year +37.62% -51.85% +8.00%
75th Percentile £65.56 £53.47 £72.50
90th Percentile £77.25 £73.75 £79.50
South West median hourly rate £35.86 £22.84 £65.00
% change year-on-year +56.98% -64.86% +16.81%

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 21 September 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 21 September 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 (3.03%) SharePoint
2 1 (1.52%) Apache Spark
2 1 (1.52%) CMS
2 1 (1.52%) Moodle
2 1 (1.52%) Totara
Applications
1 9 (13.64%) Microsoft Excel
2 6 (9.09%) Microsoft Office
3 3 (4.55%) Spreadsheet
4 1 (1.52%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (1.52%) Microsoft Project
4 1 (1.52%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 3 (4.55%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (1.52%) Maximo
2 1 (1.52%) Sage 50
Cloud Services
1 16 (24.24%) Power Platform
2 8 (12.12%) Azure
3 7 (10.61%) Power Automate
4 5 (7.58%) PowerApps
5 3 (4.55%) AWS
5 3 (4.55%) Dynamics 365
5 3 (4.55%) GCP
6 2 (3.03%) Azure ExpressRoute
6 2 (3.03%) Azure Monitor
6 2 (3.03%) Azure Sentinel
6 2 (3.03%) Entra ID
6 2 (3.03%) Microsoft 365
6 2 (3.03%) Microsoft Copilot
6 2 (3.03%) Snowflake
7 1 (1.52%) Anthropic Claude
7 1 (1.52%) Azure Synapse Analytics
7 1 (1.52%) ChatGPT
7 1 (1.52%) Copilot Studio
7 1 (1.52%) Google Kubernetes Engine
7 1 (1.52%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 3 (4.55%) Firewall
1 3 (4.55%) SAN
2 2 (3.03%) BGP
2 2 (3.03%) WAN
3 1 (1.52%) Cisco IPT
3 1 (1.52%) DHCP
3 1 (1.52%) DMZ
3 1 (1.52%) DNS
3 1 (1.52%) Ethernet
3 1 (1.52%) Internet
3 1 (1.52%) Network Security
3 1 (1.52%) RS-232
3 1 (1.52%) RS-422
3 1 (1.52%) SNMP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 14 (21.21%) Power BI
2 4 (6.06%) GIS
2 4 (6.06%) Tableau
3 2 (3.03%) Power Query
3 2 (3.03%) Spatial Data
4 1 (1.52%) Big Data
4 1 (1.52%) Data Warehouse
4 1 (1.52%) Delta Lake
4 1 (1.52%) Metadata
4 1 (1.52%) Oracle BI Publisher
4 1 (1.52%) Oracle Reports
4 1 (1.52%) Relational Database
4 1 (1.52%) Semantic Layer
4 1 (1.52%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 4 (6.06%) JIRA
2 2 (3.03%) Rational Rhapsody
3 1 (1.52%) Burp Suite
3 1 (1.52%) Cucumber
3 1 (1.52%) Gatling
3 1 (1.52%) Git
3 1 (1.52%) GitLab
3 1 (1.52%) Gradle
3 1 (1.52%) Jenkins
3 1 (1.52%) LoadRunner
3 1 (1.52%) MLflow
3 1 (1.52%) Rational DOORS
3 1 (1.52%) REST Assured
3 1 (1.52%) SonarQube
3 1 (1.52%) Sonatype Nexus
3 1 (1.52%) Visual Studio
General
1 36 (54.55%) Social Skills
2 11 (16.67%) Finance
3 8 (12.12%) Public Sector
4 4 (6.06%) Aerospace
4 4 (6.06%) Military
4 4 (6.06%) Organisational Skills
5 3 (4.55%) Banking
5 3 (4.55%) Telecoms
6 2 (3.03%) Aviation
6 2 (3.03%) Local Government
7 1 (1.52%) Avionics
7 1 (1.52%) Billing
7 1 (1.52%) Influencing Skills
7 1 (1.52%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 17 (25.76%) Analyst
2 5 (7.58%) Business Analyst
2 5 (7.58%) Data Analyst
2 5 (7.58%) Senior
3 4 (6.06%) Architect
3 4 (6.06%) Consultant
3 4 (6.06%) Developer
4 3 (4.55%) Business Architect
4 3 (4.55%) Field Engineer
4 3 (4.55%) Field Service Engineer
4 3 (4.55%) IT Engineer
4 3 (4.55%) Lead
4 3 (4.55%) PMO Analyst
4 3 (4.55%) Project Manager
4 3 (4.55%) Security Consultant
4 3 (4.55%) Senior Analyst
5 2 (3.03%) Azure Consultant
5 2 (3.03%) Performance Officer
5 2 (3.03%) Salesforce Analyst
5 2 (3.03%) Senior Performance Officer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (6.06%) HTML
2 3 (4.55%) Oracle Fusion
2 3 (4.55%) Terraform
3 2 (3.03%) Middleware
3 2 (3.03%) REST
4 1 (1.52%) .NET
4 1 (1.52%) JDBC
4 1 (1.52%) JSON
4 1 (1.52%) Node.js
4 1 (1.52%) NumPy
4 1 (1.52%) OAuth
4 1 (1.52%) OAuth2
4 1 (1.52%) OpenID
4 1 (1.52%) RESTful
4 1 (1.52%) SAML
4 1 (1.52%) SOAP
4 1 (1.52%) Spring
4 1 (1.52%) TensorFlow
4 1 (1.52%) Web Services
4 1 (1.52%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 9 (13.64%) Analytical Mindset
2 5 (7.58%) Management Information System
3 3 (4.55%) Data Centre
3 3 (4.55%) Onboarding
4 1 (1.52%) AI Agents
4 1 (1.52%) Cloud Native
4 1 (1.52%) CMDB
4 1 (1.52%) Data Protection Act
4 1 (1.52%) Data Structures
4 1 (1.52%) Driving Licence
4 1 (1.52%) Fibre Optics
4 1 (1.52%) Legacy Systems
4 1 (1.52%) Linux Command Line
4 1 (1.52%) Low-Code
4 1 (1.52%) Market Risk
4 1 (1.52%) Operational Technology
4 1 (1.52%) PMI
4 1 (1.52%) Product Ownership
4 1 (1.52%) Security Posture
4 1 (1.52%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 8 (12.12%) Windows
2 4 (6.06%) Windows 10
3 2 (3.03%) Android
3 2 (3.03%) Linux
4 1 (1.52%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 29 (43.94%) Problem-Solving
2 24 (36.36%) Continuous Improvement
3 19 (28.79%) Decision-Making
4 16 (24.24%) Stakeholder Management
5 15 (22.73%) Business Intelligence
6 14 (21.21%) Analytics
7 10 (15.15%) Agile
7 10 (15.15%) Visualisation
8 8 (12.12%) AI
8 8 (12.12%) Project Delivery
8 8 (12.12%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 8 (12.12%) Validation
9 7 (10.61%) Customer Service
9 7 (10.61%) ITIL
9 7 (10.61%) Risk Management
10 6 (9.09%) Data Analysis
10 6 (9.09%) Data Governance
10 6 (9.09%) Data Visualisation
10 6 (9.09%) Digital Transformation Programme
10 6 (9.09%) Migration
Programming Languages
1 18 (27.27%) SQL
2 10 (15.15%) Python
3 5 (7.58%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 4 (6.06%) JavaScript
5 3 (4.55%) C++
5 3 (4.55%) Java
6 2 (3.03%) C
7 1 (1.52%) Ada
7 1 (1.52%) Ada 95
7 1 (1.52%) Bash
7 1 (1.52%) PL/SQL
7 1 (1.52%) R
Qualifications
1 20 (30.30%) Security Cleared
2 19 (28.79%) SC Cleared
3 5 (7.58%) A+ Certification
3 5 (7.58%) Degree
3 5 (7.58%) Microsoft Certification
4 3 (4.55%) BPSS Clearance
4 3 (4.55%) CCNA
4 3 (4.55%) Cisco Certification
4 3 (4.55%) MCSE
4 3 (4.55%) Network+ Certification
5 1 (1.52%) CEH
5 1 (1.52%) CompTIA Security+
5 1 (1.52%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (16.67%) Data Quality
2 8 (12.12%) QA
3 5 (7.58%) GDPR
4 4 (6.06%) PMO
5 2 (3.03%) SLA
6 1 (1.52%) Accessibility
6 1 (1.52%) GRC
6 1 (1.52%) MIL-STD-1553
6 1 (1.52%) NIST
6 1 (1.52%) PERC
System Software
1 4 (6.06%) Active Directory
2 1 (1.52%) Docker
Systems Management
1 3 (4.55%) Microsoft Intune
2 2 (3.03%) FortiGate
2 2 (3.03%) Kubernetes
3 1 (1.52%) Ansible
3 1 (1.52%) Istio
3 1 (1.52%) Kubeflow
3 1 (1.52%) McAfee ePO
3 1 (1.52%) PingFederate
3 1 (1.52%) PTC Integrity
3 1 (1.52%) SCCM
3 1 (1.52%) SolarWinds Orion
3 1 (1.52%) WMI
3 1 (1.52%) WSUS
Vendors
1 19 (28.79%) Microsoft
2 4 (6.06%) Oracle
2 4 (6.06%) SAP
3 3 (4.55%) Apple
3 3 (4.55%) Databricks
3 3 (4.55%) Dell
3 3 (4.55%) IBM
4 2 (3.03%) Cisco
4 2 (3.03%) HP
4 2 (3.03%) Salesforce
4 2 (3.03%) Zscaler
5 1 (1.52%) Ariba
5 1 (1.52%) Blackboard
5 1 (1.52%) Fortinet
5 1 (1.52%) Green Hills
5 1 (1.52%) McAfee
5 1 (1.52%) PTC
5 1 (1.52%) Sage
5 1 (1.52%) SolarWinds
5 1 (1.52%) webMethods