Statistics Contract Job Trends in Somerset

Statistics
South West > Somerset

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Somerset requiring Statistics skills. It covers vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 18 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 29 33 28
Rank change year-on-year +4 -5 +6
Contract jobs citing Statistics 1 1 5
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Somerset 0.52% 0.50% 2.58%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.57% 0.68% 2.94%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 1 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £1,050 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £1,100 £623 -
Median % change year-on-year +76.57% - -
75th Percentile £1,150 - -
90th Percentile - - -
South West median daily rate £804 £525 £525
% change year-on-year +53.14% - -2.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 3
10th Percentile - - £35.12
25th Percentile - - £39.20
Median hourly rate - - £46.00
75th Percentile - - £46.09
90th Percentile - - £46.14
South West median hourly rate £44.81 - £46.00

All Process and Methodology Skills
Somerset

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 Somerset.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 175 147 170
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Somerset 90.67% 73.87% 87.63%
Number of daily rates quoted 108 87 119
10th Percentile £185 £200 £198
25th Percentile £263 £347 £393
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £469 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year -6.25% -4.76% +5.00%
75th Percentile £675 £600 £650
90th Percentile £720 £680 £725
South West median daily rate £500 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -4.76% -4.55% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 21 7 29
10th Percentile - £12.50 £34.48
25th Percentile - £14.00 £46.00
Median hourly rate £18.51 £25.00 £51.89
Median % change year-on-year -25.96% -51.82% +3.78%
75th Percentile £63.75 £54.38 £65.00
90th Percentile - £63.75 £66.23
South West median hourly rate £25.15 £67.50 £64.57
% change year-on-year -62.74% +4.53% +11.05%

Statistics
Job Vacancy Trend in Somerset

Job postings citing Statistics as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Somerset.

Job vacancy trend for Statistics in Somerset

Statistics
Daily Rate Trend in Somerset

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Somerset citing Statistics

Statistics
Hourly Rate Trend in Somerset

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Somerset citing Statistics

Statistics
Contract Job Locations in Somerset

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Statistics within the Somerset region over the 6 months to 18 September 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
Taunton - 1 £1,100 - 2
Statistics
South West

Statistics
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Somerset by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

General
1 1 (100.00%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Head of AI
1 1 (100.00%) Head of Data Science
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) A/B Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Applied Mathematics
1 1 (100.00%) Artificial Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Data Analysis
1 1 (100.00%) Data Science
1 1 (100.00%) Decision Tree
1 1 (100.00%) Deep Learning
1 1 (100.00%) Exploratory Data Analysis
1 1 (100.00%) Generative AI
1 1 (100.00%) Line Management
1 1 (100.00%) Machine Learning
1 1 (100.00%) Mathematics
1 1 (100.00%) Project Delivery
1 1 (100.00%) Random Forest
1 1 (100.00%) Statistical Analysis
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) C++
1 1 (100.00%) Python
1 1 (100.00%) R
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared