IFS Contract Job Trends in Dorset

IFS
South West > Dorset

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Dorset requiring knowledge or experience of IFS products and/or services. It includes a benchmarking guide to contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited IFS over the 6 months leading up to 13 October 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

The figures below represent the IT contractor job market in general and are not representative of contractor rates within IFS AB.

6 months to
13 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 29 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing IFS 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Dorset 0.36% - -
As % of the Vendors category 1.22% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 - -
South West median daily rate £400 £350 -
% change year-on-year +14.29% - -

All Vendors
Dorset

IFS falls under the Vendor Products and Services category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring knowledge or experience of all vendor products and services in Dorset.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 82 27 56
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Dorset 29.29% 27.27% 49.12%
Number of daily rates quoted 21 15 30
10th Percentile £350 £203 £397
25th Percentile £394 £270 £456
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £515 £425 £513
Median % change year-on-year +21.18% -17.07% +2.50%
75th Percentile £575 £520 £634
90th Percentile £668 £540 £734
South West median daily rate £525 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 26 1 0
10th Percentile £14.20 - -
25th Percentile £48.64 - -
Median hourly rate £55.31 £20.00 -
Median % change year-on-year +176.55% - -
75th Percentile £74.68 - -
90th Percentile - - -
South West median hourly rate £36.93 £22.50 £70.00
% change year-on-year +64.12% -67.86% +27.27%

IFS
Job Vacancy Trend in Dorset

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

IFS job vacancy trend in Dorset

IFS
Daily Rate Trend in Dorset

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Dorset citing IFS.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Dorset citing IFS

IFS
Contract Job Locations in Dorset

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing IFS within the Dorset region over the 6 months to 13 October 2026. 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
Wimborne - 1 £400 -
IFS
South West

IFS
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Dorset 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:

General
1 1 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Analyst
1 1 (100.00%) Business Analyst
1 1 (100.00%) ERP Analyst
1 1 (100.00%) ERP Business Analyst
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) Business Analysis
1 1 (100.00%) Business Case
1 1 (100.00%) Business Transformation
1 1 (100.00%) Change Management
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) Digital Transformation Programme
1 1 (100.00%) Enterprise Architecture
1 1 (100.00%) ERP
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) Process Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) Project Delivery
1 1 (100.00%) Requirements Gathering
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
1 1 (100.00%) Translating Business Requirements
1 1 (100.00%) User Stories
1 1 (100.00%) Waterfall
1 1 (100.00%) Workshop Facilitation
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (100.00%) SAP