Data Interpretation Contract Job Trends in the South West

Data Interpretation
England > South West

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the South West requiring Data Interpretation skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 22 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
22 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 120 137 -
Rank change year-on-year +17 - -
Contract jobs citing Data Interpretation 5 1 0
As % of all contract jobs in the South West 0.24% 0.041% -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.27% 0.048% -
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £425 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 - -
75th Percentile £475 - -
90th Percentile - - -
England median daily rate £475 £450 £438
% change year-on-year +5.56% +2.80% -8.47%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
Median hourly rate £15.31 - -
England median hourly rate £15.31 £27.50 £26.00
% change year-on-year -44.33% +5.77% +79.31%

All Process and Methodology Skills
South West

Data Interpretation 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 1,846 2,065 2,759
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South West 90.18% 84.05% 88.01%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,064 1,207 1,880
10th Percentile £224 £308 £308
25th Percentile £375 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year -2.38% -4.55% +4.76%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £650
90th Percentile £725 £734 £723
England median daily rate £510 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -2.86% -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 274 178 280
10th Percentile £15.25 £18.57 £20.50
25th Percentile £18.87 £40.00 £46.74
Median hourly rate £25.15 £65.50 £60.00
Median % change year-on-year -61.60% +9.17% -4.76%
75th Percentile £63.75 £72.50 £70.00
90th Percentile £68.00 £74.00 £83.40
England median hourly rate £25.15 £41.16 £44.50
% change year-on-year -38.89% -7.52% +27.14%

Data Interpretation
Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Data Interpretation relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the South West.

Data Interpretation job vacancy trend in the South West

Data Interpretation
Daily Rate Trend in the South West

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the South West citing Data Interpretation.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the South West citing Data Interpretation

Data Interpretation
Hourly Rate Trend in the South West

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the South West citing Data Interpretation.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the South West citing Data Interpretation

Data Interpretation
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 Interpretation within the South West region over the 6 months to 22 October 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
Gloucestershire - 5 £450 - 3
Data Interpretation
England

Data Interpretation
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South West 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 2 (40.00%) Microsoft Excel
Communications & Networking
1 2 (40.00%) tcpdump
1 2 (40.00%) Wireshark
General
1 4 (80.00%) Analytical Skills
2 2 (40.00%) Finance
3 1 (20.00%) Documentation Skills
3 1 (20.00%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 4 (80.00%) Analyst
2 2 (40.00%) Applications Analyst
2 2 (40.00%) Excel Analyst
2 2 (40.00%) Network Analyst
3 1 (20.00%) Information Officer
3 1 (20.00%) Support Officer
3 1 (20.00%) Technical Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 2 (40.00%) Digital Currency
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (40.00%) Application Rationalisation
1 2 (40.00%) Asset Management
1 2 (40.00%) Data Analysis
1 2 (40.00%) Data Extraction
1 2 (40.00%) Data Science
1 2 (40.00%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (20.00%) Data Cleansing
2 1 (20.00%) Mathematics
Qualifications
1 2 (40.00%) DV Cleared
1 2 (40.00%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 2 (40.00%) Microsoft