APMG Contract Job Trends in the South West

APMG (APM Group)
England > South West

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the South West with a requirement for APMG qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 8 March 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
8 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 130 120 152
Rank change year-on-year -10 +32 +21
Contract jobs citing APMG 7 1 6
As % of all contract jobs in the South West 0.24% 0.058% 0.19%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.47% 0.11% 0.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 1 6
10th Percentile - - £438
25th Percentile £519 £463 £525
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £539 £475 £563
Median % change year-on-year +13.42% -15.56% +7.14%
75th Percentile £564 £488 £588
90th Percentile £571 - -
England median daily rate £550 £451 £563
% change year-on-year +22.01% -19.86% -4.82%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
South West

APMG falls under the Academic Qualifications and Professional Certifications category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications in the South West.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 1,480 940 1,805
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South West 51.39% 54.87% 55.99%
Number of daily rates quoted 893 611 1,166
10th Percentile £351 £250 £350
25th Percentile £450 £450 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £538 £550 £570
Median % change year-on-year -2.27% -3.51% -0.87%
75th Percentile £638 £638 £675
90th Percentile £738 £730 £736
England median daily rate £520 £525 £538
% change year-on-year -0.95% -2.42% -2.18%
Number of hourly rates quoted 213 76 195
10th Percentile £17.69 £31.00 £25.00
25th Percentile £20.00 £55.94 £40.00
Median hourly rate £33.50 £65.00 £57.33
Median % change year-on-year -48.46% +13.38% -11.80%
75th Percentile £65.00 £68.00 £70.66
90th Percentile £74.49 £75.00 £81.25
England median hourly rate £25.77 £52.50 £40.00
% change year-on-year -50.91% +31.25% -18.78%

APMG
Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing APMG relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the South West.

APMG job vacancy trend in the South West

APMG
Daily Rate Trend in the South West

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the South West citing APMG.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the South West citing APMG

APMG
Contract Job Locations in the South West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing APMG within the South West region over the 6 months to 8 March 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
Wiltshire - 4 £539 -
Gloucestershire - 2 - - 1
Bristol -13 1 - -
APMG
England

APMG
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South West 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:

Applications
1 1 (14.29%) Microsoft Office
Communications & Networking
1 4 (57.14%) BGP
1 4 (57.14%) Cisco ASA
1 4 (57.14%) Cisco IOS
1 4 (57.14%) MPLS
1 4 (57.14%) Network Security
1 4 (57.14%) TACACS
1 4 (57.14%) VPN
General
1 4 (57.14%) Public Sector
2 3 (42.86%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (14.29%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 4 (57.14%) Security Engineer
2 3 (42.86%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 3 (42.86%) Infrastructure Security Engineer
3 1 (14.29%) Network Engineer
3 1 (14.29%) Network Security Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (57.14%) LDAP
Miscellaneous
1 4 (57.14%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 4 (57.14%) Linux
1 4 (57.14%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (57.14%) Cybersecurity
1 4 (57.14%) Penetration Testing
2 3 (42.86%) Agile
2 3 (42.86%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 3 (42.86%) Waterfall
3 2 (28.57%) Change Management
3 2 (28.57%) Problem-Solving
3 2 (28.57%) Project Delivery
3 2 (28.57%) Requirements Gathering
3 2 (28.57%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 2 (28.57%) Workshop Facilitation
4 1 (14.29%) Critical Thinking
4 1 (14.29%) Programme Management
Programming Languages
1 4 (57.14%) PHP
1 4 (57.14%) Python
Qualifications
1 4 (57.14%) CompTIA Security+
1 4 (57.14%) DV Cleared
1 4 (57.14%) GIAC
1 4 (57.14%) SC Cleared
1 4 (57.14%) Security Cleared
1 4 (57.14%) SSCP
2 3 (42.86%) GSEC
3 1 (14.29%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (57.14%) Cyber Essentials
1 4 (57.14%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
1 4 (57.14%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 4 (57.14%) NIST
2 1 (14.29%) HMG Security Policy Framework
System Software
1 4 (57.14%) VMware ESXi
1 4 (57.14%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 4 (57.14%) vCenter Server
2 3 (42.86%) SCOM
Vendors
1 4 (57.14%) Cisco
1 4 (57.14%) VMware