Statistics Contract Job Trends in the South West

Statistics
England > South West

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the South West requiring Statistics skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 23 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
23 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 150 111 131
Rank change year-on-year -39 +20 +9
Contract jobs citing Statistics 5 7 10
As % of all contract jobs in the South West 0.13% 0.36% 0.39%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.17% 0.40% 0.46%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 2 3
10th Percentile - £562 -
25th Percentile £508 £644 £513
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £516 £804 £525
Median % change year-on-year -35.87% +53.14% -
75th Percentile £527 £990 £580
90th Percentile £533 £1,086 £606
England median daily rate £516 £475 £450
% change year-on-year +8.56% +5.56% -5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Median hourly rate - £44.81 -
England median hourly rate £24.88 £42.77 £22.00
% change year-on-year -41.84% +94.41% +2.33%

All Process & Methodology Skills
South West

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 the South West.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 2,921 1,758 2,158
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South West 77.83% 90.67% 83.90%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,638 1,011 1,270
10th Percentile £325 £213 £292
25th Percentile £449 £363 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -4.55%
75th Percentile £631 £619 £638
90th Percentile £725 £713 £719
England median daily rate £525 £511 £525
% change year-on-year +2.68% -2.61% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 477 251 209
10th Percentile £14.50 £15.00 £21.96
25th Percentile £25.75 £18.51 £50.00
Median hourly rate £62.00 £25.15 £67.50
Median % change year-on-year +146.52% -62.74% +7.14%
75th Percentile £68.75 £63.75 £72.50
90th Percentile £77.70 £68.00 £75.00
England median hourly rate £42.00 £25.15 £43.00
% change year-on-year +67.00% -41.51% -2.27%

Statistics
Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

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

Statistics job vacancy trend in the South West

Statistics
Daily Rate Trend in the South West

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

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

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Hourly Rate Trend in the South West

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

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

Statistics
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 Statistics within the South West region over the 6 months to 23 September 2026. 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
Wiltshire -10 4 £516 - 4
Gloucestershire - 1 £525 - 7
Statistics
England

Statistics
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:

General
1 4 (80.00%) Finance
1 4 (80.00%) Military
2 1 (20.00%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (20.00%) Public Sector
2 1 (20.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 3 (60.00%) Risk Manager
2 1 (20.00%) Data Scientist
2 1 (20.00%) Project Officer
2 1 (20.00%) Project Support Officer
2 1 (20.00%) Support Officer
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (60.00%) Business Continuity
1 3 (60.00%) Risk Management
1 3 (60.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 1 (20.00%) Benchmarking
2 1 (20.00%) Collaborative Working
2 1 (20.00%) Computer Science
2 1 (20.00%) Data Analysis
2 1 (20.00%) Data Science
2 1 (20.00%) Decision-Making
2 1 (20.00%) Knowledge Transfer
2 1 (20.00%) Mathematics
2 1 (20.00%) Programme Delivery
2 1 (20.00%) Project Delivery
2 1 (20.00%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (20.00%) Python
1 1 (20.00%) R
Qualifications
1 5 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 4 (80.00%) DV Cleared
3 1 (20.00%) Degree
3 1 (20.00%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (20.00%) PMO