Prototyping Contract Job Trends in Bristol

Prototyping
South West > Bristol

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Bristol requiring Prototyping skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 3 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 61 69 74
Rank change year-on-year +8 +5 +23
Contract jobs citing Prototyping 10 3 5
As % of all contract jobs in Bristol 1.28% 0.38% 0.48%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.41% 0.46% 0.55%
Number of daily rates quoted 9 1 3
10th Percentile £577 - £470
25th Percentile - £613 £481
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £625 £500
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% +25.00% +42.86%
75th Percentile - £638 £619
90th Percentile - - £690
South West median daily rate £600 £625 £525
% change year-on-year -4.00% +19.05% +16.67%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 2
10th Percentile - - £51.25
25th Percentile - - £56.88
Median hourly rate - £90.00 £67.50
Median % change year-on-year - +33.33% -
75th Percentile - - £76.88
90th Percentile - - £81.75
South West median hourly rate - £90.00 £67.00
% change year-on-year - +34.33% -

All Process and Methodology Skills
Bristol

Prototyping 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 711 654 910
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Bristol 90.69% 82.26% 87.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 361 360 584
10th Percentile £235 £227 £300
25th Percentile £375 £400 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £475 £525
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% -9.52% +5.00%
75th Percentile £600 £603 £641
90th Percentile £745 £738 £700
South West median daily rate £520 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -0.95% -4.55% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 152 89 124
10th Percentile £13.04 £35.00 £33.00
25th Percentile £18.87 £60.75 £50.94
Median hourly rate £33.50 £67.50 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year -50.37% +3.85% -
75th Percentile £65.00 £70.25 £76.25
90th Percentile £73.75 £75.00 £83.40
South West median hourly rate £25.15 £65.00 £60.00
% change year-on-year -61.31% +8.33% -7.69%

Prototyping
Job Vacancy Trend in Bristol

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

Prototyping job vacancy trend in Bristol

Prototyping
Daily Rate Trend in Bristol

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Bristol citing Prototyping.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Bristol citing Prototyping

Prototyping
Hourly Rate Trend in Bristol

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Bristol citing Prototyping.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Bristol citing Prototyping

Prototyping
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:

Applications
1 7 (70.00%) Adobe Creative Suite
2 6 (60.00%) Adobe Captivate
2 6 (60.00%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (10.00%) Adobe XD
3 1 (10.00%) InVision
3 1 (10.00%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (10.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (10.00%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 2 (20.00%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 8 (80.00%) Figma
2 2 (20.00%) Microsoft Copilot
2 2 (20.00%) Power Automate
2 2 (20.00%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (20.00%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 1 (10.00%) Axure RP
General
1 8 (80.00%) Banking
2 7 (70.00%) Finance
2 7 (70.00%) Social Skills
3 6 (60.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 8 (80.00%) Designer
2 7 (70.00%) Visual Designer
3 1 (10.00%) Consultant
3 1 (10.00%) CRM Consultant
3 1 (10.00%) Dynamics CRM Consultant
3 1 (10.00%) Functional Consultant
3 1 (10.00%) UX Designer
Miscellaneous
1 7 (70.00%) Mobile App
2 2 (20.00%) AI Agents
2 2 (20.00%) Low-Code
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (70.00%) Agile
1 7 (70.00%) Creative Problem-Solving
1 7 (70.00%) Infographics
1 7 (70.00%) Problem-Solving
1 7 (70.00%) Storytelling
2 2 (20.00%) AI
2 2 (20.00%) Business Intelligence
2 2 (20.00%) CRM
2 2 (20.00%) Dashboard Development
2 2 (20.00%) Interaction Design
3 1 (10.00%) Collaborative Working
3 1 (10.00%) Community of Practice
3 1 (10.00%) Content Writing
3 1 (10.00%) Creative Thinking
3 1 (10.00%) Qualitative Research
3 1 (10.00%) Quantitative Research
3 1 (10.00%) Service Design
3 1 (10.00%) Stakeholder Management
3 1 (10.00%) User Experience
3 1 (10.00%) UX Design
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (70.00%) Accessibility
Vendors
1 8 (80.00%) Adobe
2 7 (70.00%) Microsoft