Trend Analysis Contract Job Trends in the South West

Trend Analysis
England > South West

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the South West requiring Trend Analysis skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 8 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
8 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 128 128 156
Rank change year-on-year 0 +28 +20
Contract jobs citing Trend Analysis 1 1 2
As % of all contract jobs in the South West 0.046% 0.042% 0.064%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.052% 0.049% 0.073%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 2
10th Percentile - - £402
25th Percentile £481 - £426
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 - £495
Median % change year-on-year - - +175.00%
75th Percentile £544 - £586
90th Percentile - - £625
England median daily rate £448 £475 £500
% change year-on-year -5.79% -5.00% +22.70%

All Process and Methodology Skills
South West

Trend Analysis 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 1,912 2,027 2,753
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South West 88.52% 84.42% 87.42%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,108 1,221 1,859
10th Percentile £221 £313 £300
25th Percentile £375 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £520 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year -0.95% -4.55% +4.76%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £650
90th Percentile £725 £734 £719
England median daily rate £510 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -2.86% -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 284 148 288
10th Percentile £15.25 £15.17 £20.43
25th Percentile £18.87 £33.00 £45.00
Median hourly rate £25.15 £65.00 £60.00
Median % change year-on-year -61.31% +8.33% -7.69%
75th Percentile £63.75 £70.25 £70.00
90th Percentile £67.66 £74.13 £83.40
England median hourly rate £25.15 £37.00 £44.50
% change year-on-year -32.03% -16.85% +27.14%

Trend Analysis
Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

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

Trend Analysis job vacancy trend in the South West

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Daily Rate Trend in the South West

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

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

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Hourly Rate Trend in the South West

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

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

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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 Trend Analysis within the South West region over the 6 months to 8 November 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 -5 1 £513 - 3
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England

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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 1 (100.00%) Finance
1 1 (100.00%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Consultant
1 1 (100.00%) Data Consultant
1 1 (100.00%) Risk Consultant
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Risk Management
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) IBM