Customer Requirements Contracts in the South West

Customer Requirements
England > South West

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the South West with a requirement for Customer Requirements skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Customer Requirements over the 6 months to 18 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
18 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 103 61 133
Rank change year-on-year -42 +72 -21
Contract jobs citing Customer Requirements 49 123 43
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South West 1.55% 3.55% 1.18%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.87% 3.96% 1.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 36 21 22
10th Percentile £241 £475 £167
25th Percentile £525 £500 £317
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £590 £600 £445
Median % change year-on-year -1.67% +34.83% +2.74%
75th Percentile £630 £625 £600
90th Percentile £688 £650 £649
England median daily rate £500 £500 £475
% change year-on-year - +5.26% +7.95%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 98 12
10th Percentile £39.15 - £45.84
25th Percentile £41.32 - £49.83
Median hourly rate £47.83 £9.80 £55.23
Median % change year-on-year +388.06% -82.25% +10.45%
75th Percentile - - £60.92
90th Percentile - £60.07 £68.33
England median hourly rate £61.25 £10.63 £45.00
% change year-on-year +476.20% -76.38% -

All Process and Methodology Skills
South West

Customer Requirements is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in the South West with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 2,622 3,107 3,244
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South West 82.97% 89.72% 88.73%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,675 2,271 2,297
10th Percentile £222 £313 £300
25th Percentile £406 £425 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £500
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +10.00% +5.37%
75th Percentile £625 £650 £600
90th Percentile £700 £723 £675
England median daily rate £525 £550 £540
% change year-on-year -4.55% +1.85% +8.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 343 318 204
10th Percentile £13.88 £9.80 £15.90
25th Percentile £29.75 £15.61 £20.46
Median hourly rate £55.00 £60.00 £48.38
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +24.03% +13.82%
75th Percentile £70.00 £70.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £77.50 £83.31 £69.63
England median hourly rate £36.50 £36.40 £25.00
% change year-on-year +0.29% +45.58% +8.70%

Customer Requirements
Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

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

Job vacancy trend for Customer Requirements in the South West

Customer Requirements
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South West

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Customer Requirements in the South West.

Daily rate trend for Customer Requirements in the South West

Customer Requirements
Daily Rate Histogram in the South West

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Customer Requirements in the South West over the 6 months to 18 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Customer Requirements in the South West

Customer Requirements
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the South West

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Customer Requirements in the South West.

Hourly rate trend for Customer Requirements in the South West

Customer Requirements
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 Customer Requirements within the South West region over the 6 months to 18 May 2024. 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
Dorset +6 19 £620 +24.00% 8
Bristol -33 18 £620 +3.33% 18
Somerset +8 5 £500 - 12
Devon -1 3 £61 - 10
Wiltshire +10 2 £500 -20.00% 9
Gloucestershire -1 2 £540 -10.00% 9
Customer Requirements
England

Customer Requirements
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:

Application Platforms
1 2 (4.08%) CMS
Business Applications
1 4 (8.16%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 6 (12.24%) Azure
2 5 (10.20%) Azure DevOps
3 4 (8.16%) PaaS
3 4 (8.16%) SaaS
4 3 (6.12%) AWS
Communications & Networking
1 11 (22.45%) WAN
2 7 (14.29%) SDH
3 4 (8.16%) Junos
3 4 (8.16%) PBX
3 4 (8.16%) VoIP
4 2 (4.08%) Tactical Data Link
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (2.04%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 10 (20.41%) Rational DOORS
2 9 (18.37%) Git
3 6 (12.24%) NUnit
3 6 (12.24%) Postman
3 6 (12.24%) Visual Studio
4 2 (4.08%) Cypress.io
4 2 (4.08%) HP UFT
4 2 (4.08%) JIRA
4 2 (4.08%) LoadRunner
5 1 (2.04%) Cucumber
5 1 (2.04%) Jenkins
5 1 (2.04%) JUnit
5 1 (2.04%) Maven
5 1 (2.04%) Selenium
General
1 12 (24.49%) Telecoms
2 6 (12.24%) Public Sector
3 5 (10.20%) Aeronautics
3 5 (10.20%) Aerospace
3 5 (10.20%) Social Skills
4 4 (8.16%) Military
5 3 (6.12%) Digital Economy
6 1 (2.04%) Analytical Skills
6 1 (2.04%) Electronics
6 1 (2.04%) Finance
6 1 (2.04%) Manufacturing
6 1 (2.04%) Marketing
6 1 (2.04%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 24 (48.98%) Architect
2 10 (20.41%) Solutions Architect
3 9 (18.37%) Systems Architect
4 7 (14.29%) Senior
5 6 (12.24%) Network Architect
5 6 (12.24%) Senior Test Automation Engineer
5 6 (12.24%) Senior Test Engineer
5 6 (12.24%) Systems Engineer
5 6 (12.24%) Test Automation Engineer
5 6 (12.24%) Test Engineer
6 3 (6.12%) QA Engineer
6 3 (6.12%) Quality Engineer
6 3 (6.12%) Site Engineer
7 2 (4.08%) Consultant
7 2 (4.08%) Developer
7 2 (4.08%) DV Cleared Technical Consultant
7 2 (4.08%) Service Management Consultant
7 2 (4.08%) Software Developer
7 2 (4.08%) Software Engineer
7 2 (4.08%) Technical Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (14.29%) AngularJS
2 6 (12.24%) .NET
3 5 (10.20%) GraphQL
3 5 (10.20%) Playwright
4 1 (2.04%) REST
4 1 (2.04%) RESTful
4 1 (2.04%) Spring
4 1 (2.04%) Spring Boot
4 1 (2.04%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 4 (8.16%) Blackberry
1 4 (8.16%) Video Conferencing
2 1 (2.04%) Data Protection Act
2 1 (2.04%) Product Ownership
2 1 (2.04%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 2 (4.08%) Linux
1 2 (4.08%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 19 (38.78%) ArchiMate
2 17 (34.69%) DevOps
3 15 (30.61%) Enterprise Architecture
4 13 (26.53%) Agile
4 13 (26.53%) Customer Engagement
4 13 (26.53%) Problem-Solving
5 12 (24.49%) Roadmaps
6 11 (22.45%) ITIL
6 11 (22.45%) UML
7 10 (20.41%) BPMN
7 10 (20.41%) TOGAF
8 9 (18.37%) Architecture Governance
8 9 (18.37%) Commercial Awareness
8 9 (18.37%) Decision-Making
8 9 (18.37%) MODAF
8 9 (18.37%) Model-Based Systems Engineering
8 9 (18.37%) Scrum
8 9 (18.37%) Strategic Roadmap
8 9 (18.37%) SysML
8 9 (18.37%) Systems Engineering
Programming Languages
1 6 (12.24%) SQL
1 6 (12.24%) TypeScript
2 3 (6.12%) Java
3 1 (2.04%) C++
3 1 (2.04%) Python
Qualifications
1 30 (61.22%) Security Cleared
2 23 (46.94%) SC Cleared
3 11 (22.45%) DV Cleared
4 9 (18.37%) Degree
5 8 (16.33%) CCNP
5 8 (16.33%) Cisco Certification
6 7 (14.29%) HND
6 7 (14.29%) TOGAF Certification
7 4 (8.16%) JNCIA
7 4 (8.16%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (10.20%) Accessibility
1 5 (10.20%) NCSC
2 4 (8.16%) QA
3 3 (6.12%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 6 (12.24%) Docker
2 4 (8.16%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 1 (2.04%) Autotask
Vendors
1 11 (22.45%) Cisco
1 11 (22.45%) Juniper
1 11 (22.45%) Nokia
2 8 (16.33%) IBM
3 5 (10.20%) Palo Alto
4 4 (8.16%) Avaya
4 4 (8.16%) Ciena
4 4 (8.16%) Ericsson
4 4 (8.16%) Ribbon
4 4 (8.16%) Sparx
4 4 (8.16%) VMware
5 3 (6.12%) Google
5 3 (6.12%) Microsoft
6 2 (4.08%) OpenText
7 1 (2.04%) F5
7 1 (2.04%) SAP
7 1 (2.04%) ServiceNow