Thought Leadership Contract Job Trends in Bristol

Thought Leadership
South West > Bristol

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Bristol requiring Thought Leadership skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 5 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 59 68 75
Rank change year-on-year +9 +7 +24
Contract jobs citing Thought Leadership 11 3 6
As % of all contract jobs in Bristol 1.39% 0.38% 0.58%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.53% 0.46% 0.66%
Number of daily rates quoted 11 0 3
10th Percentile £213 - £628
25th Percentile £234 - £652
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 - £693
Median % change year-on-year - - -27.05%
75th Percentile £539 - £722
90th Percentile £875 - £739
South West median daily rate £425 £663 £625
% change year-on-year -35.85% +6.00% -34.21%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £76.90
Median hourly rate - - £80.78
75th Percentile - - £84.65
90th Percentile - - -
South West median hourly rate - - £79.39

All Process and Methodology Skills
Bristol

Thought Leadership 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 717 654 903
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Bristol 90.64% 82.26% 87.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 364 360 577
10th Percentile £240 £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 £600 £645
90th Percentile £739 £738 £700
South West median daily rate £519 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -1.24% -4.55% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 155 89 124
10th Percentile £13.69 £35.00 £33.00
25th Percentile £18.87 £60.75 £52.19
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%

Thought Leadership
Job Vacancy Trend in Bristol

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

Thought Leadership job vacancy trend in Bristol

Thought Leadership
Daily Rate Trend in Bristol

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Bristol citing Thought Leadership.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Bristol citing Thought Leadership

Thought Leadership
Daily Rate Histogram in Bristol

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Thought Leadership in Bristol over the 6 months to 5 November 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Thought Leadership in Bristol

Thought Leadership
Hourly Rate Trend in Bristol

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Bristol citing Thought Leadership.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Bristol citing Thought Leadership

Thought Leadership
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 7 (63.64%) Matillion
1 7 (63.64%) Snowflake
2 2 (18.18%) PaaS
2 2 (18.18%) SaaS
3 1 (9.09%) AWS
3 1 (9.09%) Azure
3 1 (9.09%) GCP
3 1 (9.09%) IaaS
Communications & Networking
1 1 (9.09%) PBX
1 1 (9.09%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (18.18%) Data Warehouse
General
1 10 (90.91%) Influencing Skills
2 7 (63.64%) Marketing
3 3 (27.27%) Social Skills
4 2 (18.18%) Analytical Skills
4 2 (18.18%) Public Sector
5 1 (9.09%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 6 (54.55%) Consultant
2 4 (36.36%) Data Consultant
2 4 (36.36%) Snowflake Consultant
3 1 (9.09%) Architect
3 1 (9.09%) Cloud Architect
3 1 (9.09%) Cloud Solutions Architect
3 1 (9.09%) Data Engineer
3 1 (9.09%) Junior
3 1 (9.09%) Junior Data Engineer
3 1 (9.09%) Snowflake Data Engineer
3 1 (9.09%) Snowflake Engineer
3 1 (9.09%) Solutions Architect
Miscellaneous
1 3 (27.27%) Cloud Native
2 2 (18.18%) Analytical Mindset
3 1 (9.09%) Blackberry
3 1 (9.09%) Hybrid Cloud
3 1 (9.09%) IoT
3 1 (9.09%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 2 (18.18%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (63.64%) Business Development
1 7 (63.64%) Mentoring
1 7 (63.64%) Project Planning
2 3 (27.27%) AI
2 3 (27.27%) Problem-Solving
3 2 (18.18%) Analytics
3 2 (18.18%) Change Management
3 2 (18.18%) Data Strategy
3 2 (18.18%) Roadmaps
3 2 (18.18%) Stakeholder Management
3 2 (18.18%) User Experience
4 1 (9.09%) ArchiMate
4 1 (9.09%) Commercial Awareness
4 1 (9.09%) Cost Reduction
4 1 (9.09%) Customer Requirements
4 1 (9.09%) Impact Assessments
4 1 (9.09%) Machine Learning
4 1 (9.09%) Root Cause Analysis
4 1 (9.09%) Scaled Agile Framework
4 1 (9.09%) Service Catalogue
Qualifications
1 2 (18.18%) Microsoft Certification
1 2 (18.18%) SC Cleared
1 2 (18.18%) Security Cleared
2 1 (9.09%) CCNP
2 1 (9.09%) Cisco Certification
2 1 (9.09%) CTC Cleared
2 1 (9.09%) DV Cleared
2 1 (9.09%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
System Software
1 2 (18.18%) Virtual Desktop
2 1 (9.09%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 2 (18.18%) Microsoft Intune
1 2 (18.18%) SCCM
Vendors
1 2 (18.18%) Microsoft
2 1 (9.09%) Avaya
2 1 (9.09%) BiZZdesign
2 1 (9.09%) Cisco
2 1 (9.09%) Ericsson
2 1 (9.09%) F5
2 1 (9.09%) Juniper
2 1 (9.09%) Nokia
2 1 (9.09%) Palo Alto
2 1 (9.09%) Ribbon
2 1 (9.09%) VMware