Data Acquisition Contract Job Trends in Bristol

Data Acquisition
South West > Bristol

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Bristol requiring Data Acquisition skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 28 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 76 - 80
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Data Acquisition 1 0 2
As % of all contract jobs in Bristol 0.11% - 0.19%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.13% - 0.23%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 1
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - £450
South West median daily rate - - £513
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £62.50 - -
Median hourly rate £65.00 - -
75th Percentile £67.50 - -
90th Percentile - - -
South West median hourly rate £65.00 - -

All Process & Methodology Skills
Bristol

Data Acquisition falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in Bristol.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 787 535 857
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Bristol 83.99% 89.77% 83.45%
Number of daily rates quoted 394 294 521
10th Percentile £325 £210 £300
25th Percentile £401 £352 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £489 £525
Median % change year-on-year +2.30% -6.90% +5.00%
75th Percentile £600 £600 £640
90th Percentile £745 £701 £700
South West median daily rate £525 £525 £545
% change year-on-year - -3.67% +0.93%
Number of hourly rates quoted 217 64 137
10th Percentile £17.69 £32.20 £33.00
25th Percentile £33.50 £57.88 £52.50
Median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £65.00
75th Percentile - £68.75 £72.75
90th Percentile £67.25 £74.31 £83.40
South West median hourly rate £51.21 £65.00 £55.00
% change year-on-year -21.22% +18.18% -10.57%

Data Acquisition
Job Vacancy Trend in Bristol

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

Data Acquisition job vacancy trend in Bristol

Data Acquisition
Daily Rate Trend in Bristol

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Bristol citing Data Acquisition.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Bristol citing Data Acquisition

Data Acquisition
Hourly Rate Trend in Bristol

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Bristol citing Data Acquisition.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Bristol citing Data Acquisition

Data Acquisition
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:

Development Applications
1 1 (100.00%) Rational DOORS
1 1 (100.00%) Rational Rhapsody
General
1 1 (100.00%) Aerospace
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Embedded Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Embedded Software Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Software Engineer
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Embedded Software Development
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) Software Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) Test Automation
1 1 (100.00%) Validation
1 1 (100.00%) Verification and Validation
1 1 (100.00%) Workflow
1 1 (100.00%) Workflow Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) Ada
1 1 (100.00%) C
1 1 (100.00%) C++
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) Def Stans