Junior Contracts in the South West

Junior
England > South West

The median Junior daily rate in the South West is £413 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 23 April 2024.

The first table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
23 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 136 153 155
Rank change year-on-year +17 +2 -21
Contract jobs requiring a Junior 18 22 12
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South West 0.56% 0.60% 0.32%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.60% 0.65% 0.34%
Number of daily rates quoted 15 18 9
10th Percentile £133 - £115
25th Percentile £255 £138 £135
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £413 £213 £265
Median % change year-on-year +94.12% -19.81% -18.46%
75th Percentile £538 £421 £360
90th Percentile - £700 £440
England median daily rate £325 £270 £300
% change year-on-year +20.37% -10.00% +23.71%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 1 1
Median hourly rate £15.89 £11.00 £16.74
Median % change year-on-year +44.45% -34.29% -20.02%
England median hourly rate £10.42 £12.95 £21.00
% change year-on-year -19.54% -38.33% +13.51%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
South West

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in the South West. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in the South West with a recognized job title 2,993 3,403 3,576
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.47% 92.35% 95.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,937 2,534 2,546
10th Percentile £210 £263 £225
25th Percentile £388 £413 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £520 £525 £500
Median % change year-on-year -0.95% +5.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £588
90th Percentile £706 £713 £661
England median daily rate £525 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 387 280 203
10th Percentile £14.00 £18.09 £15.90
25th Percentile £26.50 £51.25 £16.99
Median hourly rate £48.29 £65.00 £45.20
Median % change year-on-year -25.71% +43.81% +6.35%
75th Percentile £70.00 £75.00 £63.05
90th Percentile £77.50 £85.00 £69.05
England median hourly rate £35.00 £45.00 £22.50
% change year-on-year -22.22% +100.00% +0.36%

Junior
Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

Job postings that featured Junior in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the South West.

Job vacancy trend for Junior in the South West

Junior
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South West

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

Daily rate trend for Junior in the South West

Junior
Daily Rate Histogram in the South West

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Junior in the South West over the 6 months to 23 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Junior in the South West

Junior
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the South West

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

Hourly rate trend for Junior in the South West

Junior
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 Junior 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
Gloucestershire +14 9 £525 -25.00% 3
Bristol +14 4 £350 +150.00% 24
Somerset +5 4 £123 -15.52% 6
Wiltshire -3 1 - - 6
Junior
England

Junior Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South West

For the 6 months to 23 April 2024, Junior contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the South West region featuring Junior in the job title.

1 9 (50.00%) Security Cleared
2 7 (38.89%) DV Cleared
3 6 (33.33%) Project Management
3 6 (33.33%) Agile
4 5 (27.78%) Stakeholder Management
4 5 (27.78%) Scrum
4 5 (27.78%) PRINCE2
4 5 (27.78%) Project Governance
4 5 (27.78%) Problem-Solving
5 4 (22.22%) Social Skills
6 3 (16.67%) DevOps
6 3 (16.67%) Analytical Skills
6 3 (16.67%) Microsoft Excel
6 3 (16.67%) Telecoms
7 2 (11.11%) Linux
7 2 (11.11%) C
7 2 (11.11%) Ansible
7 2 (11.11%) SC Cleared
7 2 (11.11%) Android
7 2 (11.11%) Mobile Device Management
7 2 (11.11%) Decision-Making
7 2 (11.11%) Infrastructure Engineering
8 1 (5.56%) Power Platform
8 1 (5.56%) Value Proposition
8 1 (5.56%) Presentation Skills
8 1 (5.56%) Cybersecurity
8 1 (5.56%) Data Visualisation
8 1 (5.56%) SIEM
8 1 (5.56%) Continuous Improvement
8 1 (5.56%) Visualisation

Junior Skill Set
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 1 (5.56%) Microsoft Exchange
1 1 (5.56%) SharePoint
Applications
1 3 (16.67%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (5.56%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 1 (5.56%) Azure
1 1 (5.56%) Microsoft 365
1 1 (5.56%) OneDrive
1 1 (5.56%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (5.56%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 1 (5.56%) JIRA
General
1 4 (22.22%) Social Skills
2 3 (16.67%) Analytical Skills
2 3 (16.67%) Telecoms
3 1 (5.56%) Military
3 1 (5.56%) Presentation Skills
Miscellaneous
1 1 (5.56%) Data Protection Act
1 1 (5.56%) Management Information System
1 1 (5.56%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 2 (11.11%) Android
1 2 (11.11%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (33.33%) Agile
1 6 (33.33%) Project Management
2 5 (27.78%) PRINCE2
2 5 (27.78%) Problem-Solving
2 5 (27.78%) Project Governance
2 5 (27.78%) Scrum
2 5 (27.78%) Stakeholder Management
3 3 (16.67%) DevOps
4 2 (11.11%) Decision-Making
4 2 (11.11%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 2 (11.11%) Mobile Device Management
5 1 (5.56%) Business Intelligence
5 1 (5.56%) Collaborative Working
5 1 (5.56%) Continuous Improvement
5 1 (5.56%) Cybersecurity
5 1 (5.56%) Data Visualisation
5 1 (5.56%) Security Operations
5 1 (5.56%) SIEM
5 1 (5.56%) Value Proposition
5 1 (5.56%) Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 2 (11.11%) C
2 1 (5.56%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 9 (50.00%) Security Cleared
2 7 (38.89%) DV Cleared
3 2 (11.11%) SC Cleared
4 1 (5.56%) BPSS Clearance
4 1 (5.56%) Degree
4 1 (5.56%) PRINCE2 Certification
System Software
1 1 (5.56%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 2 (11.11%) Ansible
Vendors
1 1 (5.56%) Microsoft