PACS Contract Job Trends in Somerset

Picture Archiving and Communication Systems (PACS)
South West > Somerset

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term PACS in contract job vacancies in Somerset. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited PACS over the 6 months leading up to 14 December 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 34 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing PACS 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Somerset 0.53% - -
As % of the Miscellaneous category 1.61% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £563 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 - -
75th Percentile £588 - -
90th Percentile - - -
South West median daily rate £575 - -

All Generic Skills
Somerset

PACS falls under the General and Transferable Skills category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring generic IT skills in Somerset.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 62 43 43
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Somerset 32.63% 26.22% 24.43%
Number of daily rates quoted 41 28 27
10th Percentile £225 £175 £174
25th Percentile £263 £300 £409
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £275 £563 £538
Median % change year-on-year -51.11% +4.55% -5.78%
75th Percentile £550 £640 £591
90th Percentile £600 £760 £652
South West median daily rate £538 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -2.27% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 3
Median hourly rate - - £35.00
Median % change year-on-year - - +77.22%
South West median hourly rate £33.50 £67.50 £70.00
% change year-on-year -50.37% -3.57% +7.69%

PACS
Job Vacancy Trend in Somerset

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

PACS job vacancy trend in Somerset

PACS
Contract Job Locations in Somerset

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing PACS within the Somerset region over the 6 months to 14 December 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
Bath - 1 £575 -
PACS
South West

PACS
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Somerset 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:

Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Electronic Patient Records
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) EPR Project Manager
1 1 (100.00%) NHS Project Manager
1 1 (100.00%) Project Manager
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) LIMS
1 1 (100.00%) Management Information System
1 1 (100.00%) NHS
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) Change Management
1 1 (100.00%) Culture Change
1 1 (100.00%) Digital Transformation Programme
1 1 (100.00%) Information Management
1 1 (100.00%) Order Management
1 1 (100.00%) PRINCE2
1 1 (100.00%) Project Delivery
1 1 (100.00%) Project Management
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Cerner
1 1 (100.00%) Oracle