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

6 months to
28 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 10 29 22
Rank change year-on-year +19 -7 +19
Contract jobs citing Analytical Skills 82 49 73
As % of all contract jobs in Bristol 10.16% 6.35% 7.07%
As % of the General category 17.79% 10.77% 13.27%
Number of daily rates quoted 51 21 51
10th Percentile £250 £140 £375
25th Percentile £366 £320 £422
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £440 £600
Median % change year-on-year +7.95% -26.67% +20.00%
75th Percentile £575 £688 £680
90th Percentile £638 £775 £790
South West median daily rate £550 £550 £575
% change year-on-year - -4.35% +6.48%
Number of hourly rates quoted 18 8 4
10th Percentile - - £23.70
25th Percentile - £11.75 £37.39
Median hourly rate £6.00 £27.13 £56.75
Median % change year-on-year -77.88% -52.20% +42.95%
75th Percentile £63.75 £30.99 £75.72
90th Percentile £67.25 £37.00 £81.08
South West median hourly rate £6.00 £27.13 £45.00
% change year-on-year -77.88% -39.72% -17.29%

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 461 455 550
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Bristol 57.13% 58.94% 53.29%
Number of daily rates quoted 239 232 350
10th Percentile £245 £210 £262
25th Percentile £390 £350 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £450 £550
Median % change year-on-year +11.11% -18.18% +10.00%
75th Percentile £600 £606 £650
90th Percentile £688 £725 £706
South West median daily rate £500 £500 £550
% change year-on-year - -9.09% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 92 61 67
10th Percentile £6.75 £28.00 £33.00
25th Percentile £17.69 £50.00 £45.63
Median hourly rate £33.00 £65.00 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year -49.23% - -
75th Percentile £65.00 £75.00 £76.25
90th Percentile £73.75 - £81.86
South West median hourly rate £24.00 £62.50 £56.29
% change year-on-year -61.60% +11.03% -9.59%

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 28 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 28 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
3 1 (1.22%) Apache
3 1 (1.22%) Apache Airflow
3 1 (1.22%) Apache Spark
3 1 (1.22%) Confluence
Applications
1 16 (19.51%) Microsoft Excel
2 6 (7.32%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (2.44%) Microsoft Project
4 1 (1.22%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (1.22%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 4 (4.88%) NEC Housing
2 1 (1.22%) NetSuite
Cloud Services
1 9 (10.98%) AWS
2 8 (9.76%) Power Platform
3 7 (8.54%) Snowflake
4 2 (2.44%) Azure
5 1 (1.22%) AWS CloudFormation
5 1 (1.22%) GCP
5 1 (1.22%) SaaS
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%) LAN
2 1 (1.22%) OSPF
2 1 (1.22%) TACACS
2 1 (1.22%) TCP/IP
2 1 (1.22%) WAN
2 1 (1.22%) Wireless
2 1 (1.22%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (9.76%) Data Warehouse
1 8 (9.76%) Power BI
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%) Amazon Redshift
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 5 (6.10%) JIRA
3 3 (3.66%) Git
4 1 (1.22%) Rational DOORS
General
1 35 (42.68%) Social Skills
2 12 (14.63%) Public Sector
3 8 (9.76%) Finance
4 7 (8.54%) Electronics
5 6 (7.32%) Influencing Skills
6 5 (6.10%) Local Government
7 4 (4.88%) Telecoms
8 2 (2.44%) Documentation Skills
8 2 (2.44%) Financial Institution
9 1 (1.22%) French Language
9 1 (1.22%) Law
9 1 (1.22%) Manufacturing
9 1 (1.22%) Marketing
9 1 (1.22%) Military
9 1 (1.22%) Organisational Skills
9 1 (1.22%) Presentation Skills
9 1 (1.22%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 30 (36.59%) Analyst
2 10 (12.20%) Pricing Analyst
3 9 (10.98%) Data Engineer
4 7 (8.54%) Business Analyst
4 7 (8.54%) Embedded Engineer
4 7 (8.54%) Embedded Software Engineer
4 7 (8.54%) Quality Engineer
4 7 (8.54%) Software Engineer
5 6 (7.32%) Support Officer
6 5 (6.10%) Governance Analyst
6 5 (6.10%) Project Manager
6 5 (6.10%) Wintel Engineer
7 4 (4.88%) Desktop Support
7 4 (4.88%) Developer
7 4 (4.88%) Support Analyst
8 3 (3.66%) ETL Tester
8 3 (3.66%) Performance Analyst
8 3 (3.66%) Telecoms Manager
8 3 (3.66%) Telecoms Project Manager
8 3 (3.66%) Tester
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (8.54%) Oracle GoldenGate
2 2 (2.44%) REST
3 1 (1.22%) 802.1X
3 1 (1.22%) AngularJS
3 1 (1.22%) D3.js
3 1 (1.22%) FastAPI
3 1 (1.22%) JSON
3 1 (1.22%) Kafka
3 1 (1.22%) Lightning Web Components
3 1 (1.22%) PrimeNG
3 1 (1.22%) PySpark
3 1 (1.22%) RxJS
3 1 (1.22%) Shiny
3 1 (1.22%) Visualforce
Miscellaneous
1 10 (12.20%) AS400
2 7 (8.54%) Embedded Systems
2 7 (8.54%) Replication
3 5 (6.10%) PKI
4 3 (3.66%) Data Centre
4 3 (3.66%) Onboarding
5 2 (2.44%) Analytical Mindset
5 2 (2.44%) Cloud Native
5 2 (2.44%) Management Information System
5 2 (2.44%) Mobile App
6 1 (1.22%) Cyber Threat
6 1 (1.22%) Distributed Computing
6 1 (1.22%) Product Ownership
6 1 (1.22%) Security Operations Centre
6 1 (1.22%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 9 (10.98%) Windows
2 5 (6.10%) Windows Server
3 1 (1.22%) Android
3 1 (1.22%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 26 (31.71%) Problem-Solving
2 22 (26.83%) Agile
3 20 (24.39%) Continuous Improvement
4 15 (18.29%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 13 (15.85%) Analytics
6 12 (14.63%) ERP
6 12 (14.63%) ITIL
6 12 (14.63%) Validation
7 10 (12.20%) Customer Requirements
7 10 (12.20%) Service Management
7 10 (12.20%) Stakeholder Management
8 8 (9.76%) Business Intelligence
8 8 (9.76%) CI/CD
8 8 (9.76%) Collaborative Working
8 8 (9.76%) Decision-Making
8 8 (9.76%) ETL
8 8 (9.76%) Project Management
8 8 (9.76%) Software Engineering
9 7 (8.54%) Dimensional Modelling
9 7 (8.54%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 16 (19.51%) SQL
2 13 (15.85%) Python
3 7 (8.54%) C
3 7 (8.54%) PowerShell
4 3 (3.66%) Java
5 1 (1.22%) Apex Code
5 1 (1.22%) Kusto Query Language
5 1 (1.22%) Perl
5 1 (1.22%) R
5 1 (1.22%) SOQL
5 1 (1.22%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 21 (25.61%) Security Cleared
2 20 (24.39%) SC Cleared
3 10 (12.20%) Microsoft Certification
4 7 (8.54%) Degree
5 6 (7.32%) MCSE
6 5 (6.10%) CCNA
6 5 (6.10%) CCNP
6 5 (6.10%) Cisco Certification
6 5 (6.10%) ITIL Certification
6 5 (6.10%) Master's Degree
7 2 (2.44%) CISSP
8 1 (1.22%) CEH
8 1 (1.22%) CompTIA Security+
8 1 (1.22%) CTC Cleared
8 1 (1.22%) HND
8 1 (1.22%) IIBA
8 1 (1.22%) PMI Certification
8 1 (1.22%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (8.54%) Data Quality
1 7 (8.54%) Def Stans
1 7 (8.54%) DO-178B
1 7 (8.54%) MISRA
2 2 (2.44%) PMO
2 2 (2.44%) SLA
3 1 (1.22%) GDPR
3 1 (1.22%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 7 (8.54%) Firmware
2 5 (6.10%) Active Directory
2 5 (6.10%) Microsoft Virtual Server
2 5 (6.10%) Virtual Servers
2 5 (6.10%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (2.44%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 7 (8.54%) SCCM
2 5 (6.10%) WSUS
3 2 (2.44%) Microsoft Intune
4 1 (1.22%) Terraform
Vendors
1 22 (26.83%) Microsoft
2 11 (13.41%) Salesforce
3 7 (8.54%) Oracle
4 6 (7.32%) Cisco
4 6 (7.32%) SolarWinds
5 5 (6.10%) Splunk
5 5 (6.10%) Veeam
5 5 (6.10%) VMware
6 4 (4.88%) NEC
7 2 (2.44%) ServiceNow
8 1 (1.22%) Aruba
8 1 (1.22%) Databricks
8 1 (1.22%) IBM
8 1 (1.22%) LogicMonitor
8 1 (1.22%) Planview