Data Consultant Contract Job Trends in Bristol

Data Consultant
South West > Bristol

The median Data Consultant daily rate in Bristol is £400, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 17 October 2025.

The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 68 74 76
Rank change year-on-year +6 +2 +25
Contract jobs requiring a Data Consultant 4 1 3
As % of all contract jobs in Bristol 0.52% 0.12% 0.29%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.56% 0.12% 0.30%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 0 2
10th Percentile £299 - -
25th Percentile £364 - £275
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 - £300
Median % change year-on-year - - -52.00%
75th Percentile £409 - £325
90th Percentile £426 - -
South West median daily rate £413 £413 £500
% change year-on-year - -17.50% -13.04%

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 709 827 997
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.68% 95.39% 95.96%
Number of daily rates quoted 347 429 647
10th Percentile £250 £213 £312
25th Percentile £383 £388 £407
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 £475 £525
Median % change year-on-year +2.63% -9.52% +5.00%
75th Percentile £600 £575 £638
90th Percentile £760 £700 £700
South West median daily rate £513 £510 £538
% change year-on-year +0.49% -5.12% +2.38%
Number of hourly rates quoted 151 151 128
10th Percentile £12.82 £17.50 £29.48
25th Percentile £18.87 £54.38 £50.00
Median hourly rate £33.50 £67.50 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year -50.37% +3.85% -
75th Percentile £65.00 £72.50 £76.25
90th Percentile £68.00 £75.00 £83.40
South West median hourly rate £25.15 £67.50 £57.66
% change year-on-year -62.74% +17.07% -3.90%

Data Consultant
Job Vacancy Trend in Bristol

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'Data Consultant' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Bristol.

Data Consultant job vacancy trend in Bristol

Data Consultant
Daily Rate Trend in Bristol

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Data Consultant job vacancies in Bristol.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Data Consultant job vacancies in Bristol

Data Consultant
Daily Rate Histogram in Bristol

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Data Consultant in Bristol over the 6 months to 17 October 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Data Consultant in Bristol

Data Consultant Skill Set
Top 10 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Bristol

For the 6 months to 17 October 2025, Data Consultant contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the Bristol region featuring Data Consultant in the job title.

1 4 (100.00%) Business Development
1 4 (100.00%) Matillion
1 4 (100.00%) Mentoring
1 4 (100.00%) Project Planning
1 4 (100.00%) Snowflake
1 4 (100.00%) Thought Leadership
2 2 (50.00%) Analytics
2 2 (50.00%) Data Strategy
2 2 (50.00%) Data Warehouse
2 2 (50.00%) Problem-Solving

Data Consultant Skill Set
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:

Cloud Services
1 4 (100.00%) Matillion
1 4 (100.00%) Snowflake
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (50.00%) Data Warehouse
General
1 4 (100.00%) Influencing Skills
1 4 (100.00%) Marketing
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (100.00%) Business Development
1 4 (100.00%) Mentoring
1 4 (100.00%) Project Planning
1 4 (100.00%) Thought Leadership
2 2 (50.00%) Analytics
2 2 (50.00%) Data Strategy
2 2 (50.00%) Problem-Solving