Statistics Contract Job Trends in Dorset

Statistics
South West > Dorset

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Dorset requiring Statistics skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 13 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 15 - 36
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Statistics 1 0 3
As % of all contract jobs in Dorset 1.14% - 1.22%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.47% - 1.38%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 2
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - £375
75th Percentile - - £388
90th Percentile - - -
South West median daily rate £508 £623 £500
% change year-on-year -18.46% +24.60% -4.08%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
Median hourly rate £44.81 - -
South West median hourly rate £44.81 - £46.09

All Process and Methodology Skills
Dorset

Statistics 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 Dorset.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 68 99 217
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Dorset 77.27% 92.52% 88.21%
Number of daily rates quoted 28 54 124
10th Percentile £183 £269 £172
25th Percentile £270 £407 £325
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £488 £531
Median % change year-on-year +2.56% -8.24% +7.32%
75th Percentile £543 £559 £650
90th Percentile £675 £684 £818
South West median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 13 6 51
10th Percentile - - £15.62
25th Percentile £15.25 £14.41 £21.96
Median hourly rate £15.50 £15.22 £56.49
Median % change year-on-year +1.87% -73.07% +175.56%
75th Percentile £22.00 £15.62 £65.98
90th Percentile £25.15 £20.40 £69.62
South West median hourly rate £25.15 £65.00 £59.84
% change year-on-year -61.31% +8.62% -7.94%

Statistics
Job Vacancy Trend in Dorset

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

Statistics job vacancy trend in Dorset

Statistics
Daily Rate Trend in Dorset

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Dorset citing Statistics.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Dorset citing Statistics

Statistics
Hourly Rate Trend in Dorset

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Dorset citing Statistics.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Dorset citing Statistics

Statistics
Contract Job Locations in Dorset

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Statistics within the Dorset region over the 6 months to 13 December 2025. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Bournemouth - 1 - - 2
Statistics
South West

Statistics
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Dorset 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:

General
1 1 (100.00%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Data Protection Officer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Data Protection Act
1 1 (100.00%) Freedom of Information
1 1 (100.00%) Freedom of Information Act
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Data Protection
1 1 (100.00%) Impact Assessments
1 1 (100.00%) Information Governance
1 1 (100.00%) Organisational Learning
1 1 (100.00%) Performance Management
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) GDPR