Data Analytics Contracts in the South West

Data Analytics
England > South West

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the South West requiring Data Analytics skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Data Analytics over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 100 150 143
Rank change year-on-year +50 -7 -12
Contract jobs citing Data Analytics 11 7 24
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South West 0.66% 0.22% 0.66%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.73% 0.26% 0.74%
Number of daily rates quoted 10 5 16
10th Percentile £441 £390 £488
25th Percentile £453 £450 £522
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £600 £619
Median % change year-on-year -14.58% -3.03% +3.13%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £750
90th Percentile £654 £665 £813
England median daily rate £528 £550 £540
% change year-on-year -4.09% +1.85% -6.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 3
10th Percentile - - £24.40
25th Percentile - - £44.50
Median hourly rate - - £78.00
75th Percentile - - -
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate £21.75 £41.25 £40.25
% change year-on-year -47.27% +2.48% +22.90%

All Process and Methodology Skills
South West

Data Analytics 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 the South West.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,516 2,656 3,250
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South West 90.35% 83.03% 89.63%
Number of daily rates quoted 965 1,696 2,395
10th Percentile £235 £220 £313
25th Percentile £400 £404 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £520 £525 £549
Median % change year-on-year -0.95% -4.37% +9.80%
75th Percentile £623 £625 £644
90th Percentile £688 £700 £719
England median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% +2.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 145 336 335
10th Percentile £18.33 £13.86 £9.80
25th Percentile £20.48 £27.50 £17.00
Median hourly rate £63.00 £50.00 £61.50
Median % change year-on-year +26.00% -18.70% +26.16%
75th Percentile £68.00 £70.00 £70.30
90th Percentile £70.00 £77.50 £83.36
England median hourly rate £29.07 £36.00 £37.50
% change year-on-year -19.25% -4.00% +53.06%

Data Analytics
Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

Job postings citing Data Analytics as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the South West.

Job vacancy trend for Data Analytics in the South West

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South West

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Data Analytics in the South West.

Daily rate trend for Data Analytics in the South West

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Daily Rate Histogram in the South West

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Data Analytics in the South West over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Data Analytics in the South West

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the South West

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Data Analytics in the South West.

Hourly rate trend for Data Analytics in the South West

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Contract Job Locations in the South West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Data Analytics within the South West region over the 6 months to 1 May 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
Bristol +23 6 £494 -21.00% 22
Gloucestershire +16 2 £625 +13.64% 19
Data Analytics
England

Data Analytics
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South West 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:

Applications
1 1 (9.09%) Microsoft Project
1 1 (9.09%) Trello
Cloud Services
1 1 (9.09%) Matillion
1 1 (9.09%) SaaS
1 1 (9.09%) Snowflake
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (54.55%) MongoDB
2 1 (9.09%) Data Warehouse
2 1 (9.09%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 1 (9.09%) JIRA
General
1 3 (27.27%) Public Sector
2 2 (18.18%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 3 (27.27%) Lead
1 3 (27.27%) Project Engineer
1 3 (27.27%) Project Leader
1 3 (27.27%) Systems Engineer
2 2 (18.18%) Architect
2 2 (18.18%) Chief Systems Engineer
3 1 (9.09%) Analyst
3 1 (9.09%) Content Designer
3 1 (9.09%) Data Analyst
3 1 (9.09%) Data Architect
3 1 (9.09%) Data Engineer
3 1 (9.09%) Delivery Manager
3 1 (9.09%) Designer
3 1 (9.09%) Enterprise Architect
3 1 (9.09%) Lead Systems Engineer
3 1 (9.09%) Senior
3 1 (9.09%) Senior Delivery Manager
3 1 (9.09%) Senior Manager
3 1 (9.09%) Snowflake Data Engineer
3 1 (9.09%) Snowflake Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (54.55%) Kafka
Miscellaneous
1 1 (9.09%) Data Structures
1 1 (9.09%) Product Ownership
1 1 (9.09%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (100.00%) Analytics
2 6 (54.55%) Cybersecurity
3 5 (45.45%) Integration Testing
3 5 (45.45%) Software Testing
3 5 (45.45%) Systems Engineering
4 3 (27.27%) API Integration
4 3 (27.27%) Roadmaps
5 2 (18.18%) Agile
5 2 (18.18%) Data Modelling
5 2 (18.18%) Migration
5 2 (18.18%) Technical Leadership
6 1 (9.09%) Change Management
6 1 (9.09%) CRM
6 1 (9.09%) Data Analysis
6 1 (9.09%) Enterprise Architecture
6 1 (9.09%) ETL
6 1 (9.09%) MODAF
6 1 (9.09%) Project Management
6 1 (9.09%) Scrum
6 1 (9.09%) TOGAF
Programming Languages
1 2 (18.18%) Python
1 2 (18.18%) SQL
2 1 (9.09%) R
Qualifications
1 9 (81.82%) SC Cleared
1 9 (81.82%) Security Cleared
2 1 (9.09%) CISSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (45.45%) Def Stans
System Software
1 4 (36.36%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 6 (54.55%) VMware
2 1 (9.09%) Foundry
2 1 (9.09%) Palantir