Blog Contracts in the South West

Blogs
England > South West

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Blog in contract job vacancies advertised in the South West. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Blog over the 6 months to 23 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
23 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 139 167 165
Rank change year-on-year +28 -2 -24
Contract jobs citing Blog 15 8 2
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South West 0.47% 0.22% 0.053%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 1.41% 0.78% 0.21%
Number of daily rates quoted 9 7 1
10th Percentile £643 £470 -
25th Percentile - £503 £508
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £650 £563 £515
Median % change year-on-year +15.56% +9.22% +14.44%
75th Percentile £725 £647 £523
90th Percentile - £673 -
England median daily rate £450 £513 £601
% change year-on-year -12.20% -14.65% +14.38%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 0 0
10th Percentile £10.42 - -
25th Percentile £10.94 - -
Median hourly rate £13.00 - -
75th Percentile £13.50 - -
90th Percentile £15.48 - -
England median hourly rate £14.25 £18.50 £38.75
% change year-on-year -22.97% -52.26% +59.79%

All Generic Skills
South West

Blog is in the General and Transferable Skills 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 generic IT skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 1,065 1,026 944
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South West 33.26% 27.84% 25.17%
Number of daily rates quoted 658 703 654
10th Percentile £300 £264 £205
25th Percentile £450 £425 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £545 £550 £480
Median % change year-on-year -0.91% +14.58% +6.67%
75th Percentile £600 £656 £575
90th Percentile £694 £725 £668
England median daily rate £550 £575 £550
% change year-on-year -4.35% +4.55% +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 160 141 58
10th Percentile £13.62 - £15.46
25th Percentile £15.17 - £25.73
Median hourly rate £45.00 £9.80 £49.75
Median % change year-on-year +359.18% -80.30% +0.57%
75th Percentile £68.13 £67.50 £63.60
90th Percentile £72.50 £83.31 £75.00
England median hourly rate £28.50 £22.50 £26.50
% change year-on-year +26.67% -15.09% +1.92%

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Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

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

Job vacancy trend for Blog in the South West

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South West

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

Daily rate trend for Blog in the South West

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the South West

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

Hourly rate trend for Blog in the South West

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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 Blog within the South West region over the 6 months to 23 April 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
Bristol +20 9 £650 +1.96% 7
Somerset - 3 - - 2
Devon - 2 - -
Dorset - 1 - -
Blog
England

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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:

Applications
1 2 (13.33%) Microsoft Excel
1 2 (13.33%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 7 (46.67%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 3 (20.00%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 3 (20.00%) LAN
1 3 (20.00%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (60.00%) Oracle Database
1 9 (60.00%) SQL Server
General
1 5 (33.33%) Retail
2 3 (20.00%) Organisational Skills
2 3 (20.00%) Public Sector
2 3 (20.00%) Social Skills
3 2 (13.33%) Analytical Skills
3 2 (13.33%) Finance
4 1 (6.67%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 7 (46.67%) Architect
2 5 (33.33%) Oracle Architect
3 3 (20.00%) Solutions Architect
3 3 (20.00%) Support Assistant
3 3 (20.00%) Technical Assistant
3 3 (20.00%) Technical Support
3 3 (20.00%) Technical Support Assistant
4 2 (13.33%) Administrator
4 2 (13.33%) Data Administrator
5 1 (6.67%) Consultant
5 1 (6.67%) Database Architect
5 1 (6.67%) Database Consultant
5 1 (6.67%) DBA
5 1 (6.67%) Digital Producer
5 1 (6.67%) Oracle Consultant
5 1 (6.67%) Oracle DBA
5 1 (6.67%) Oracle Solutions Architect
5 1 (6.67%) SC Cleared DBA
Miscellaneous
1 9 (60.00%) Replication
2 2 (13.33%) Self-Motivation
3 1 (6.67%) Photography
3 1 (6.67%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 3 (20.00%) Mac OS
1 3 (20.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (60.00%) Data Protection
1 9 (60.00%) Disaster Recovery
1 9 (60.00%) Security Management
2 7 (46.67%) High Availability
3 5 (33.33%) Customer Service
4 3 (20.00%) Problem-Solving
5 2 (13.33%) Data Entry
5 2 (13.33%) Data Validation
5 2 (13.33%) Validation
6 1 (6.67%) Asset Management
Programming Languages
1 7 (46.67%) PL/SQL
1 7 (46.67%) SQL
Qualifications
1 9 (60.00%) SC Cleared
1 9 (60.00%) Security Cleared
2 5 (33.33%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (6.67%) GDPR
System Software
1 9 (60.00%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 9 (60.00%) Oracle
2 7 (46.67%) SAP
3 3 (20.00%) Microsoft