Digital Innovation Contract Job Trends in Bristol

Digital Innovation
South West > Bristol

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Bristol requiring Digital Innovation skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 15 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 83 66 75
Rank change year-on-year -17 +9 -
Contract jobs citing Digital Innovation 3 1 1
As % of all contract jobs in Bristol 0.22% 0.14% 0.11%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.29% 0.15% 0.13%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £763 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £775 - £450
75th Percentile £788 - -
90th Percentile - - -
South West median daily rate £675 £275 £450
% change year-on-year +145.45% -38.89% -

All Process & Methodology Skills
Bristol

Digital Innovation 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 1,034 660 753
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Bristol 76.42% 92.83% 82.93%
Number of daily rates quoted 535 337 406
10th Percentile £325 £255 £290
25th Percentile £426 £375 £407
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £450 £500
Median % change year-on-year +16.67% -10.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £600 £588 £600
90th Percentile £665 £716 £701
South West median daily rate £525 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 264 129 142
10th Percentile £21.27 £12.82 £50.13
25th Percentile £46.25 £18.87 £65.00
Median hourly rate £65.00 £32.50 £70.00
Median % change year-on-year +100.00% -53.57% +7.69%
75th Percentile £68.75 £65.00 £72.50
90th Percentile £72.54 £73.75 £77.50
South West median hourly rate £62.00 £25.15 £68.75
% change year-on-year +146.52% -63.42% +7.18%

Digital Innovation
Job Vacancy Trend in Bristol

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

Digital Innovation job vacancy trend in Bristol

Digital Innovation
Daily Rate Trend in Bristol

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Bristol citing Digital Innovation.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Bristol citing Digital Innovation

Digital Innovation
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 2 (66.67%) Copilot Studio
1 2 (66.67%) Microsoft Copilot
1 2 (66.67%) Power Automate
1 2 (66.67%) Power Platform
1 2 (66.67%) PowerApps
General
1 3 (100.00%) Public Sector
2 2 (66.67%) Military
2 2 (66.67%) Social Skills
3 1 (33.33%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (33.33%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (33.33%) Technology Director
1 1 (33.33%) Transformation Director
Miscellaneous
1 2 (66.67%) AI Agents
2 1 (33.33%) Analytical Mindset
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) AI
1 2 (66.67%) AI Transformation
1 2 (66.67%) Behavioural Change
1 2 (66.67%) Business Case
1 2 (66.67%) Community of Practice
1 2 (66.67%) Continuous Improvement
1 2 (66.67%) Data Governance
1 2 (66.67%) Generative AI
1 2 (66.67%) Information Management
1 2 (66.67%) Stakeholder Engagement
1 2 (66.67%) Use Case
1 2 (66.67%) User Experience
2 1 (33.33%) Budget Management
2 1 (33.33%) Collaborative Working
2 1 (33.33%) Culture Change
2 1 (33.33%) Decision-Making
2 1 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (33.33%) Roadmaps
2 1 (33.33%) Technology Transformation
2 1 (33.33%) Workshop Facilitation
Qualifications
1 2 (66.67%) SC Cleared
1 2 (66.67%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (33.33%) Accessibility
1 1 (33.33%) Data Quality
Vendors
1 2 (66.67%) Microsoft