Rapid Prototyping Job Trends in Bristol

Rapid Prototyping
South West > Bristol

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Bristol requiring Rapid Prototyping skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 21 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 82 - 121
Rank change year-on-year - - +60
Permanent jobs citing Rapid Prototyping 2 0 2
As % of all permanent jobs in Bristol 0.17% - 0.12%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.22% - 0.13%
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 2
10th Percentile - - £42,082
25th Percentile - - £42,777
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £91,000 - £45,665
Median % change year-on-year - - -20.58%
75th Percentile - - £48,073
90th Percentile - - £48,479
South West median annual salary £91,750 - £43,830
% change year-on-year - - -16.51%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Bristol

Rapid Prototyping falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in Bristol.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 905 1,673 1,560
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Bristol 76.96% 79.06% 95.18%
Number of salaries quoted 660 989 1,316
10th Percentile £29,000 £30,000 £35,741
25th Percentile £39,000 £42,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £60,000 £59,476
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% +0.88% +8.14%
75th Percentile £70,000 £73,750 £72,433
90th Percentile £85,000 £87,500 £86,250
South West median annual salary £47,500 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -13.64% - +10.00%

Rapid Prototyping
Job Vacancy Trend in Bristol

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Rapid Prototyping relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Bristol.

Rapid Prototyping job vacancy trend in Bristol

Rapid Prototyping
Salary Trend in Bristol

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Bristol citing Rapid Prototyping.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Bristol citing Rapid Prototyping

Rapid Prototyping
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Bristol 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:

Communications & Networking
1 2 (100.00%) 2G
1 2 (100.00%) 4G
1 2 (100.00%) 5G
1 2 (100.00%) Software-Defined Radio
2 1 (50.00%) DNS
2 1 (50.00%) HTTP
2 1 (50.00%) ICMP
2 1 (50.00%) TCP/IP
Development Applications
1 2 (100.00%) IDA Disassembler
General
1 2 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (50.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (50.00%) Vulnerability Researcher
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (50.00%) Flash
Miscellaneous
1 2 (100.00%) Linux Command Line
2 1 (50.00%) Arduino
2 1 (50.00%) ARM Cortex
2 1 (50.00%) Embedded Systems
2 1 (50.00%) Raspberry Pi
Operating Systems
1 2 (100.00%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Embedded Software Development
1 2 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 2 (100.00%) Prototyping
1 2 (100.00%) Reverse Engineering
1 2 (100.00%) Vulnerability Research
2 1 (50.00%) Business Development
2 1 (50.00%) Penetration Testing
2 1 (50.00%) Red Team
2 1 (50.00%) Strategic Planning
Programming Languages
1 2 (100.00%) C
1 2 (100.00%) C++
1 2 (100.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) DV Cleared
1 2 (100.00%) Security Cleared