SFIA Contract Job Trends in Cheltenham

Skills Framework for the Information Age (SFIA)
Gloucestershire > Cheltenham

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Cheltenham requiring SFIA skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 15 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 25 - 44
Rank change year-on-year - - -11
Contract jobs citing SFIA 7 0 1
As % of all contract jobs in Cheltenham 3.76% - 0.39%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.96% - 0.47%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 1
10th Percentile £636 - -
25th Percentile £672 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £738 - £500
75th Percentile £797 - -
90th Percentile £829 - -
Gloucestershire median daily rate £738 £500 £500
% change year-on-year +47.50% - -

All Process & Methodology Skills
Cheltenham

SFIA falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in Cheltenham.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 141 68 213
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Cheltenham 75.81% 76.40% 83.20%
Number of daily rates quoted 93 36 96
10th Percentile £405 £431 £400
25th Percentile £508 £525 £525
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £610 £600
Median % change year-on-year -9.84% +1.67% +2.13%
75th Percentile £638 £723 £675
90th Percentile £700 £759 £731
Gloucestershire median daily rate £550 £500 £575
% change year-on-year +10.00% -13.04% +4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 1 12
10th Percentile - - £42.38
25th Percentile £72.25 - £68.81
Median hourly rate £74.50 £36.00 £71.00
Median % change year-on-year +106.94% -49.30% +47.92%
75th Percentile £76.75 - £73.75
90th Percentile - - -
Gloucestershire median hourly rate £37.50 £35.17 £37.52
% change year-on-year +6.62% -6.25% -49.98%

SFIA
Job Vacancy Trend in Cheltenham

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing SFIA relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Cheltenham.

SFIA job vacancy trend in Cheltenham

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Daily Rate Trend in Cheltenham

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Cheltenham citing SFIA.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Cheltenham citing SFIA

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Daily Rate Histogram in Cheltenham

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing SFIA in Cheltenham over the 6 months to 15 September 2026.

Daily rate histogram for SFIA in Cheltenham

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Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Cheltenham 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:

Job Titles
1 6 (85.71%) Service Manager
2 1 (14.29%) Head of Business Change
Miscellaneous
1 6 (85.71%) Onboarding
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (85.71%) Risk Management
2 1 (14.29%) Business Analysis
2 1 (14.29%) Business Strategy
2 1 (14.29%) Community of Practice
2 1 (14.29%) Continuous Improvement
2 1 (14.29%) Decision-Making
2 1 (14.29%) Impact Analysis
2 1 (14.29%) Mentoring
2 1 (14.29%) Roadmaps
2 1 (14.29%) Service Design
2 1 (14.29%) Service Management
2 1 (14.29%) SIAM
2 1 (14.29%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 1 (14.29%) Strategic Thinking
2 1 (14.29%) Target Operating Model
2 1 (14.29%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
2 1 (14.29%) Value Proposition