Data Analyst Contracts in Bristol

Data Analyst
South West > Bristol

The median Data Analyst daily rate in Bristol is £410, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 29 May 2025.

The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
29 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 57 67 66
Rank change year-on-year +10 -1 +5
Contract jobs requiring a Data Analyst 6 8 23
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Bristol 1.04% 0.75% 1.99%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.10% 0.79% 2.21%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 2 19
10th Percentile £370 £433 £210
25th Percentile £400 £463 £419
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £410 £525 £450
Median % change year-on-year -21.90% +16.67% +12.50%
75th Percentile £488 £588 £488
90th Percentile £540 £618 £493
South West median daily rate £409 £425 £475
% change year-on-year -3.76% -10.53% +18.75%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 3 0
10th Percentile - £18.40 -
25th Percentile £25.75 £26.50 -
Median hourly rate £26.50 £40.00 -
Median % change year-on-year -33.75% - -
75th Percentile £27.25 - -
90th Percentile - - -
South West median hourly rate £26.50 £40.00 £18.00
% change year-on-year -33.75% +122.22% -48.57%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Bristol

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Bristol. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in Bristol with a recognized job title 545 1,015 1,040
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 94.45% 95.13% 90.04%
Number of daily rates quoted 308 551 758
10th Percentile £213 £258 £300
25th Percentile £356 £375 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £500 £513
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% -2.44% +2.50%
75th Percentile £560 £600 £638
90th Percentile £650 £688 £713
South West median daily rate £500 £515 £525
% change year-on-year -2.91% -1.90% +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 83 240 127
10th Percentile £18.51 £27.50 £28.80
25th Percentile £25.15 £44.94 £55.00
Median hourly rate £60.00 £65.00 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year -7.69% - +52.82%
75th Percentile £68.00 £72.50 £70.30
90th Percentile £75.00 £80.00 £83.75
South West median hourly rate £56.12 £55.00 £64.00
% change year-on-year +2.04% -14.06% +40.35%

Data Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in Bristol

Job postings that featured Data Analyst in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Bristol.

Job vacancy trend for Data Analyst in Bristol

Data Analyst
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Bristol

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Data Analyst in Bristol.

Daily rate trend for Data Analyst in Bristol

Data Analyst
Daily Rate Histogram in Bristol

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Data Analyst in Bristol over the 6 months to 29 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Data Analyst in Bristol

Data Analyst
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Bristol

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Data Analyst in Bristol.

Hourly rate trend for Data Analyst in Bristol

Data Analyst Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Bristol

For the 6 months to 29 May 2025, Data Analyst contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the Bristol region featuring Data Analyst in the job title.

1 5 (83.33%) SQL
2 4 (66.67%) Power BI
2 4 (66.67%) Power Platform
3 3 (50.00%) Business Intelligence
3 3 (50.00%) Finance
4 2 (33.33%) Python
4 2 (33.33%) Visualisation
4 2 (33.33%) Analytics
4 2 (33.33%) Social Skills
4 2 (33.33%) Data Governance
5 1 (16.67%) Process Improvement
5 1 (16.67%) Data Quality
5 1 (16.67%) Statistical Modelling
5 1 (16.67%) Data Analytics
5 1 (16.67%) Actionable Insight
5 1 (16.67%) PMO
5 1 (16.67%) Data Strategy
5 1 (16.67%) Strategic Thinking
5 1 (16.67%) Decision-Making
5 1 (16.67%) Data-Driven Decision Making
5 1 (16.67%) Presentation Skills
5 1 (16.67%) Technology Transformation
5 1 (16.67%) Technology Strategy
5 1 (16.67%) Data Collection
5 1 (16.67%) Storytelling
5 1 (16.67%) Public Sector
5 1 (16.67%) Project Delivery
5 1 (16.67%) Inventory Management
5 1 (16.67%) Palantir
5 1 (16.67%) Master Data Management

Data Analyst Skill Set
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:

Applications
1 1 (16.67%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (16.67%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 1 (16.67%) Summit
Cloud Services
1 4 (66.67%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (66.67%) Power BI
2 1 (16.67%) Relational Database
2 1 (16.67%) SQL Server Integration Services
2 1 (16.67%) SQL Server Reporting Services
2 1 (16.67%) Tableau
General
1 3 (50.00%) Finance
2 2 (33.33%) Social Skills
3 1 (16.67%) Marketing
3 1 (16.67%) Presentation Skills
3 1 (16.67%) Public Sector
Miscellaneous
1 1 (16.67%) Data Structures
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (50.00%) Business Intelligence
2 2 (33.33%) Analytics
2 2 (33.33%) Data Governance
2 2 (33.33%) Visualisation
3 1 (16.67%) Actionable Insight
3 1 (16.67%) Agile
3 1 (16.67%) Artificial Intelligence
3 1 (16.67%) Dashboard Development
3 1 (16.67%) Data Analysis
3 1 (16.67%) Data Analytics
3 1 (16.67%) Data Cleansing
3 1 (16.67%) Data Integration
3 1 (16.67%) Data Mapping
3 1 (16.67%) Data Modelling
3 1 (16.67%) Data Munging
3 1 (16.67%) ETL
3 1 (16.67%) Master Data Management
3 1 (16.67%) Process Improvement
3 1 (16.67%) Stakeholder Management
3 1 (16.67%) Statistical Modelling
Programming Languages
1 5 (83.33%) SQL
2 2 (33.33%) Python
3 1 (16.67%) R
Qualifications
1 1 (16.67%) SC Cleared
1 1 (16.67%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (16.67%) Data Quality
1 1 (16.67%) PMO
Vendors
1 1 (16.67%) Foundry
1 1 (16.67%) Palantir