Statistics Job Trends in Bristol

Statistics
South West > Bristol

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Bristol requiring Statistics skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 13 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 96 91 119
Rank change year-on-year -5 +28 +26
Permanent jobs citing Statistics 5 14 12
As % of all permanent jobs in Bristol 0.24% 1.01% 0.67%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.38% 1.14% 0.72%
Number of salaries quoted 0 11 12
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - £25,000 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) - £25,625 £51,748
Median % change year-on-year - -50.48% +21.76%
75th Percentile - £39,844 £70,000
90th Percentile - £82,500 -
South West median annual salary £35,536 £41,250 £51,748
% change year-on-year -13.85% -20.29% +21.76%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Bristol

Statistics 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 1,323 1,233 1,660
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Bristol 63.97% 88.96% 92.95%
Number of salaries quoted 1,008 663 1,350
10th Percentile £28,925 £30,000 £36,250
25th Percentile £40,000 £45,125 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £70,000 £73,886 £72,500
90th Percentile £81,075 £85,000 £88,875
South West median annual salary £50,000 £54,439 £52,500
% change year-on-year -8.15% +3.69% +2.94%

Statistics
Job Vacancy Trend in Bristol

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

Statistics job vacancy trend in Bristol

Statistics
Salary Trend in Bristol

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Bristol citing Statistics.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Bristol citing Statistics

Statistics
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:

Cloud Services
1 2 (40.00%) AWS
2 1 (20.00%) Azure
2 1 (20.00%) GCP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (20.00%) ClickHouse
General
1 4 (80.00%) Finance
2 3 (60.00%) Avionics
3 1 (20.00%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (20.00%) Electronics
3 1 (20.00%) Manufacturing
3 1 (20.00%) Marketing
3 1 (20.00%) Public Sector
3 1 (20.00%) Tech for Good
3 1 (20.00%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 3 (60.00%) Test Engineer
2 1 (20.00%) Data Scientist
2 1 (20.00%) Machine Learning Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (40.00%) PyTorch
1 2 (40.00%) TensorFlow
2 1 (20.00%) scikit-learn
Miscellaneous
1 3 (60.00%) e-Learning
2 1 (20.00%) Algorithms
2 1 (20.00%) IoT
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (80.00%) Analytics
2 3 (60.00%) Data Analytics
2 3 (60.00%) Innovative Thinking
2 3 (60.00%) Problem-Solving
2 3 (60.00%) Validation
2 3 (60.00%) Verification and Validation
3 2 (40.00%) Data Science
3 2 (40.00%) Machine Learning
4 1 (20.00%) AI
4 1 (20.00%) Business Intelligence
4 1 (20.00%) Computer Science
4 1 (20.00%) Digital Marketing
4 1 (20.00%) Mathematics
4 1 (20.00%) Mentoring
4 1 (20.00%) Open Source
4 1 (20.00%) Physics
4 1 (20.00%) Programme Management
4 1 (20.00%) Software Engineering
4 1 (20.00%) Statistical Analysis
4 1 (20.00%) Statistical Modelling
Programming Languages
1 2 (40.00%) Python
2 1 (20.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 3 (60.00%) BPSS Clearance
1 3 (60.00%) Security Cleared
2 1 (20.00%) Degree
System Software
1 1 (20.00%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (20.00%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 1 (20.00%) SAP