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Agent guide: [/agents.md](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/agents.md). --- # Data Analyst - **Company:** Bristol City Council - **Location:** Bristol, UK - **Contract:** Temporary contract - **Skills:** Microsoft Azure, Databases, Data Governance, Data Sharing, Microsoft Office, Microsoft Software, Microsoft SQL Server, Power BI, SQL Server Reporting Services, SQL Server Integration Services, Enterprise Software Applications, Tools for Reporting, SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS) - **Published:** August 26, 2026 - **Apply:** https://uk.indeed.com/viewjob?jk=cfe4d02f78cf978f ## About the Role You will have strong IT skills and have experience of handling and analysing data, working with databases, and presenting information in appropriate formats to a wide audience of internal colleagues; and will use your experience of stakeholder engagement to encourage collaboration, be curious about problem solving, and maintain a resolute attitude towards improving existing processes. Previous experience of Local Authority or partner agency processes would be advantageous but is not essential. ## Description As part of Bristol City Council's continued drive towards innovation in service delivery, we require a talented Data Analyst to deliver pioneering business intelligence for a number of council services through central Data and Insight (D&I) team. You will design, model and deliver analytics and insight that will shape the future direction of the organisation and city. You will ensure the leadership of the organisation can draw insights from data products to make evidence-based decisions impacting on the mayoral and corporate priorities. In this role you will work within the D&I team to gather and assess data related business requirements. To engage with council services throughout the subsequent development process to ensure products meet customer need, are readily used, easily understood with intuitive navigation. This will extend to assisting with statutory data returns to central Government and other agencies. To contribute to the design and improvement of collection and reporting methods to efficiently deliver data products to drive service improvements. You will support performance improvement in services covered by your hub, providing appropriate information/analysis products. To continually innovate and improve data practices with respect to data governance, new data sources, analysis techniques and report delivery. The role will support the development of the team's reporting capabilities utilising software packages such as the Microsoft Stack of products (SQL Server, SSMS, SSIS & SSRS), Power BI, Azure and Microsoft Office products. Knowledge of these software packages would be advantageous but not essential, knowledge of other data visualisation tools will also be considered. There is potential to collate information across a wide range of partner agencies and deliver business intelligence outputs such as risk modelling, targeted analytics, pioneering new reporting tools and techniques, and the delivery of front-end reporting tools. You will: * Ensure the information and reporting needs of operational managers are met for partner agencies and contribute to the hubs requirements around data extracts, transformation, and report delivery. * Contribute to the design and improvement of collection and reporting methods, to efficiently deliver information products to drive service improvements. * Deliver products which are consistently developed to agreed standards across different services area and audiences, including: * Gathering and standardising information * Interpreting and analysing data * Submitting information to Government agencies. * Investigate and report on data quality. * Analyse intelligence and give advice on strategic and operational matters. * Produce graphs, charts, and other visual representations of intelligence. * Delivery methods and tools, including targeted risk modelling. * Ensure that information, insight, and reporting is understood, meets the needs of allocated service areas, and evolves to meet decisions about future policies and service configurations. * To continually innovate and improve data practices with respect to data sharing, new data sources, analysis techniques, and report delivery mechanisms. * Specialise in building relationships with services across the council. ## Related Videos - [Smart City, Smart Mobility](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/954-smart-city-smart-mobility) - [From Messy Queries to Scalable Systems - How Data Engineering actually works](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/100203-from-messy-queries-to-scalable-systems-how-data-engineering-actually-works) - [Beyond Dashboards: Fixing Text-to-SQL with Semantic RAG](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/2036-beyond-dashboards-fixing-text-to-sql-with-semantic-rag) - [Kubernetes and Microservices with Multi-Model Databases](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/382-kubernetes-and-microservices-with-multi-model-databases) - [Data Analytics with Microsoft Fabric: End-to-End Use Case with Data Agents](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/1547-data-analytics-with-microsoft-fabric-end-to-end-use-case-with-data-agents) - [Data Science on Software Data](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/162-data-science-on-software-data) ## Related Articles - [Data Analyst Salary in the UK](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/278-data-analyst-salary-in-the-uk) - [Data Engineer Salary UK](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/253-data-engineer-salary-uk) - [What Are The Top Skills Required For Azure Developers?](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/77-what-are-the-top-skills-required-for-azure-developers) - [IT Salaries in UK](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/288-it-salaries-in-uk) - [Software Engineer Salary in The UK](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/231-software-engineer-salary-in-the-uk) - [Data Analyst Salary Germany](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/277-data-analyst-salary-germany)