UK Defence Standards (Def Stans)
South West > Gloucestershire
The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Gloucestershire requiring Def Stans skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Def Stans over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 1 May 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 37 | 54 | - |
| Rank change year-on-year | +17 | - | - |
| Contract jobs citing Def Stans | 4 | 4 | 0 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in Gloucestershire | 1.46% | 0.93% | - |
| As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category | 13.79% | 5.56% | - |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 10th Percentile | - | - | - |
| 25th Percentile | - | - | - |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £447 | - | - |
| 75th Percentile | £542 | - | - |
| 90th Percentile | £599 | - | - |
| South West median daily rate | £538 | £600 | £548 |
| % change year-on-year | -10.29% | +9.59% | -3.31% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| Median hourly rate | - | £67.50 | - |
| South West median hourly rate | £65.00 | £45.00 | £65.00 |
| % change year-on-year | +44.44% | -30.77% | - |
All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
Gloucestershire
Def Stans falls under the Quality Assurance and Compliance category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring quality assurance or compliance skills in Gloucestershire.
| Contract vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills | 29 | 72 | 54 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Gloucestershire | 10.58% | 16.78% | 11.42% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 20 | 29 | 42 |
| 10th Percentile | £423 | £413 | £200 |
| 25th Percentile | £453 | £525 | £222 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £500 | £675 | £400 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -25.93% | +68.75% | +4.58% |
| 75th Percentile | £700 | £706 | £519 |
| 90th Percentile | £900 | £750 | £649 |
| South West median daily rate | £525 | £525 | £515 |
| % change year-on-year | - | +1.94% | +7.63% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 1 | 11 | 8 |
| 10th Percentile | - | - | - |
| 25th Percentile | - | £14.00 | £83.31 |
| Median hourly rate | £75.00 | £67.50 | £83.36 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +11.11% | -19.02% | +51.55% |
| 75th Percentile | - | £68.75 | £83.40 |
| 90th Percentile | - | £70.00 | - |
| South West median hourly rate | £65.00 | £45.00 | £64.57 |
| % change year-on-year | +44.44% | -30.31% | -5.84% |
Def Stans
Job Vacancy Trend in Gloucestershire
Job postings citing Def Stans as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Gloucestershire.
Def Stans
Daily Rate Histogram in Gloucestershire
Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Def Stans in Gloucestershire over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.
Def Stans
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Gloucestershire
3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Def Stans in Gloucestershire.
Def Stans
Contract Job Locations in Gloucestershire
The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Def Stans within the Gloucestershire region over the 6 months to 1 May 2025. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Filton | - | 4 | £447 | - | 1 |
| Def Stans South West |
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Def Stans
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Gloucestershire 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:
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