Statistics Contracts in the South West

Statistics
England > South West

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the South West requiring Statistics skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Statistics 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 91 154 154
Rank change year-on-year +63 0 +11
Contract jobs citing Statistics 20 3 13
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South West 1.19% 0.094% 0.36%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.32% 0.11% 0.40%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 3 11
10th Percentile £535 £483 £263
25th Percentile £550 £494 £386
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £601 £525 £518
Median % change year-on-year +14.38% +1.45% +23.21%
75th Percentile £601 £538 £569
90th Percentile - - £873
England median daily rate £492 £493 £518
% change year-on-year -0.20% -4.73% +3.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £32.40
Median hourly rate - - £34.80
75th Percentile - - £37.19
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate £25.43 £24.00 £22.16
% change year-on-year +5.96% +8.30% -19.42%

All Process and 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 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%

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Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

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

Job vacancy trend for Statistics 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 Statistics in the South West.

Daily rate trend for Statistics 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 Statistics in the South West.

Hourly rate trend for Statistics 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 Statistics 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
Wiltshire - 19 £601 - 2
Bristol - 1 - - 6
Statistics
England

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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:

General
1 19 (95.00%) Analytical Skills
2 11 (55.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 9 (45.00%) Social Skills
4 8 (40.00%) Organisational Skills
5 2 (10.00%) Public Sector
6 1 (5.00%) Aerospace
Job Titles
1 11 (55.00%) Capacity Manager
2 10 (50.00%) Availability Manager
2 10 (50.00%) Capacity and Availability Manager
3 8 (40.00%) Service Manager
4 1 (5.00%) Report Manager
4 1 (5.00%) Service Level Manager
Miscellaneous
1 9 (45.00%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 20 (100.00%) Quality Management
2 19 (95.00%) ITIL
2 19 (95.00%) Service Management
3 18 (90.00%) Problem Management
4 11 (55.00%) Problem-Solving
5 10 (50.00%) Availability Management
5 10 (50.00%) Capacity Management
5 10 (50.00%) Capacity Planning
5 10 (50.00%) Mentoring
5 10 (50.00%) Planning and Forecasting
5 10 (50.00%) Time Management
6 9 (45.00%) Performance Improvement
7 8 (40.00%) Collaborative Working
7 8 (40.00%) Data Analysis
7 8 (40.00%) Root Cause Analysis
8 7 (35.00%) Service Catalogue
9 1 (5.00%) Customer Requirements
9 1 (5.00%) Data Collection
9 1 (5.00%) Internal Audit
9 1 (5.00%) QMS
Qualifications
1 19 (95.00%) ITIL Certification
2 16 (80.00%) Security Cleared
3 15 (75.00%) SC Cleared
4 1 (5.00%) HNC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (40.00%) SLA
2 1 (5.00%) ISO 9001
2 1 (5.00%) ISO/IEC 20000
2 1 (5.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (5.00%) QA