SFIA Contract Job Trends in Gloucestershire

Skills Framework for the Information Age (SFIA)
South West > Gloucestershire

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Gloucestershire 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 39 42 61
Rank change year-on-year +3 +19 -4
Contract jobs citing SFIA 7 1 1
As % of all contract jobs in Gloucestershire 1.61% 0.32% 0.22%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.17% 0.37% 0.26%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 1 1
10th Percentile £636 - -
25th Percentile £672 £450 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £738 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year +47.50% - -
75th Percentile £797 £550 -
90th Percentile £829 - -
South West median daily rate £600 £500 £729
% change year-on-year +20.00% -31.39% +27.29%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Gloucestershire

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 Gloucestershire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 322 269 392
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Gloucestershire 73.85% 87.34% 87.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 200 179 199
10th Percentile £336 £220 £363
25th Percentile £425 £356 £469
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £500 £575
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% -13.04% +4.55%
75th Percentile £628 £660 £669
90th Percentile £800 £719 £738
South West median daily rate £525 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 35 20 34
10th Percentile £13.99 £15.26 £22.50
25th Percentile £31.25 £26.43 £28.50
Median hourly rate £37.50 £35.17 £37.52
Median % change year-on-year +6.62% -6.25% -49.98%
75th Percentile £48.75 £70.00 £71.50
90th Percentile £57.50 £70.50 £73.75
South West median hourly rate £62.00 £25.15 £68.75
% change year-on-year +146.52% -63.42% +7.18%

SFIA
Job Vacancy Trend in Gloucestershire

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

SFIA job vacancy trend in Gloucestershire

SFIA
Daily Rate Trend in Gloucestershire

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Gloucestershire citing SFIA

SFIA
Daily Rate Histogram in Gloucestershire

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

Daily rate histogram for SFIA in Gloucestershire

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Hourly Rate Trend in Gloucestershire

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Gloucestershire citing SFIA.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Gloucestershire citing SFIA

SFIA
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 SFIA within the Gloucestershire region over the 6 months to 15 September 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
Cheltenham - 7 £738 - 4
SFIA
South West

SFIA
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Gloucestershire 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