SFIA Contract Job Trends in Somerset

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

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Somerset requiring SFIA skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 19 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 42 - 27
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing SFIA 1 0 3
As % of all contract jobs in Somerset 0.26% - 1.32%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.35% - 1.81%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 3
10th Percentile - - £574
25th Percentile £525 - £576
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 - £580
75th Percentile £575 - £602
90th Percentile - - £616
South West median daily rate £575 £613 £606
% change year-on-year -6.12% +1.11% -

All Process & Methodology Skills
Somerset

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 Somerset.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 287 159 166
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Somerset 75.13% 94.08% 73.13%
Number of daily rates quoted 128 99 93
10th Percentile £357 £225 £200
25th Percentile £413 £378 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £523 £525 £500
Median % change year-on-year -0.48% +5.00% +2.56%
75th Percentile £618 £675 £600
90th Percentile £675 £775 £622
South West median daily rate £525 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 77 21 32
10th Percentile £24.80 £14.42 £12.50
25th Percentile £50.00 - -
Median hourly rate £57.50 £18.51 £25.00
Median % change year-on-year +210.64% -25.96% -51.46%
75th Percentile £58.75 - £40.00
90th Percentile £61.25 £63.75 £59.93
South West median hourly rate £57.50 £29.63 £55.00
% change year-on-year +94.09% -46.14% -4.35%

SFIA
Job Vacancy Trend in Somerset

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

SFIA job vacancy trend in Somerset

SFIA
Daily Rate Trend in Somerset

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Somerset citing SFIA

SFIA
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 SFIA within the Somerset region over the 6 months to 19 June 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
Bath - 1 £550 - 1
SFIA
South West

SFIA
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:

General
1 1 (100.00%) Military
1 1 (100.00%) Public Sector
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Architect
1 1 (100.00%) Enterprise Architect
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) ArchiMate
1 1 (100.00%) Business Strategy
1 1 (100.00%) Data Transformation
1 1 (100.00%) Enterprise Architecture
1 1 (100.00%) IT Strategy
1 1 (100.00%) Performance Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) Roadmaps
1 1 (100.00%) Technology Strategy
1 1 (100.00%) TOGAF
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) DV Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) BiZZdesign
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft