Asset Management Contract Job Trends in the South West

Asset Management
England > South West

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the South West requiring Asset Management skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 30 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 69 96 126
Rank change year-on-year +27 +30 -11
Contract jobs citing Asset Management 50 44 35
As % of all contract jobs in the South West 2.55% 1.75% 1.08%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.81% 2.08% 1.24%
Number of daily rates quoted 17 33 21
10th Percentile - £200 £136
25th Percentile £150 £208 £140
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £225 £450 £455
Median % change year-on-year -50.00% -1.10% -1.62%
75th Percentile £540 £613 £638
90th Percentile £577 £688 -
England median daily rate £600 £675 £600
% change year-on-year -11.11% +12.50% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 24 3 5
10th Percentile £18.31 - £18.62
25th Percentile - £12.50 £19.12
Median hourly rate £18.51 £13.00 £26.50
Median % change year-on-year +42.38% -50.94% +105.95%
75th Percentile £18.87 £15.00 £70.00
90th Percentile - £15.90 -
England median hourly rate £18.87 £17.16 £19.06
% change year-on-year +9.97% -9.97% +12.12%

All Process and Methodology Skills
South West

Asset Management 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 the South West.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,778 2,112 2,829
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South West 90.81% 83.84% 87.31%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,017 1,218 1,957
10th Percentile £213 £300 £313
25th Percentile £363 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% -4.55% +4.76%
75th Percentile £619 £638 £650
90th Percentile £713 £724 £725
England median daily rate £511 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -2.61% -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 263 204 258
10th Percentile £15.05 £22.50 £21.90
25th Percentile £18.69 £48.00 £47.56
Median hourly rate £25.15 £67.50 £62.50
Median % change year-on-year -62.74% +8.00% +4.17%
75th Percentile £63.75 £72.50 £73.75
90th Percentile £68.00 £75.00 £83.40
England median hourly rate £25.15 £43.00 £44.50
% change year-on-year -41.51% -3.37% +43.55%

Asset Management
Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

Job postings citing Asset Management as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the South West.

Job vacancy trend for Asset Management in the South West

Asset Management
Daily Rate Trend in the South West

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

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

Asset Management
Daily Rate Histogram in the South West

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Asset Management in the South West over the 6 months to 30 September 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Asset Management in the South West

Asset Management
Hourly Rate Trend in the South West

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the South West citing Asset Management.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the South West citing Asset Management

Asset Management
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 Asset Management within the South West region over the 6 months to 30 September 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
Somerset +9 18 £225 -59.64% 8
Wiltshire +11 17 £193 -57.22% 9
Bristol +9 9 - - 11
Devon +9 3 £250 - 1
Dorset +1 3 £540 -10.00% 3
Asset Management
England

Asset Management
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South West 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:

Applications
1 3 (6.00%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 4 (8.00%) Microsoft 365
2 2 (4.00%) Azure
3 1 (2.00%) AWS
3 1 (2.00%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 4 (8.00%) Firewall
2 3 (6.00%) 4G
2 3 (6.00%) 5G
General
1 12 (24.00%) Social Skills
2 10 (20.00%) Organisational Skills
3 7 (14.00%) Public Sector
4 3 (6.00%) Military
5 1 (2.00%) Police
Job Titles
1 12 (24.00%) IT Engineer
1 12 (24.00%) IT Support
2 7 (14.00%) IT Support Specialist
2 7 (14.00%) Support Specialist
3 4 (8.00%) Architect
3 4 (8.00%) Technical Support
4 3 (6.00%) Analyst
4 3 (6.00%) Engineering Specialist
4 3 (6.00%) IT Support Engineer
4 3 (6.00%) Support Analyst
4 3 (6.00%) Support Engineer
4 3 (6.00%) Technical Engineer
4 3 (6.00%) Technical Support Engineer
4 3 (6.00%) Test Specialist
5 2 (4.00%) Installations Engineer
5 2 (4.00%) IT Technician
6 1 (2.00%) 1st Line Support
6 1 (2.00%) Applications Support
6 1 (2.00%) Field Service Engineer
6 1 (2.00%) IT Support Technician
Miscellaneous
1 14 (28.00%) Driving Licence
2 4 (8.00%) CMDB
3 3 (6.00%) PKI
3 3 (6.00%) Self-Motivation
4 1 (2.00%) Operational Technology
Operating Systems
1 8 (16.00%) Windows
2 3 (6.00%) Windows Server
3 1 (2.00%) Windows 10
3 1 (2.00%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 24 (48.00%) Ticket Management
2 7 (14.00%) Problem-Solving
3 5 (10.00%) ITIL
4 4 (8.00%) Actionable Insight
4 4 (8.00%) Architectural Design
4 4 (8.00%) GAP Analysis
4 4 (8.00%) Operations Management
4 4 (8.00%) Roadmaps
4 4 (8.00%) Service Management
4 4 (8.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 4 (8.00%) Stakeholder Management
4 4 (8.00%) Validation
4 4 (8.00%) Workshop Facilitation
5 3 (6.00%) Change Management
5 3 (6.00%) Cryptography
5 3 (6.00%) Integration Testing
5 3 (6.00%) Security Hardening
5 3 (6.00%) Test Scripting
6 2 (4.00%) Customer Service
6 2 (4.00%) Project Management
Qualifications
1 45 (90.00%) Security Cleared
2 44 (88.00%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (6.00%) GDPR
1 3 (6.00%) NCSC
System Software
1 2 (4.00%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 3 (6.00%) Check_MK
Vendors
1 13 (26.00%) Dell
1 13 (26.00%) HP
2 7 (14.00%) ServiceNow
3 6 (12.00%) Computacenter
4 3 (6.00%) Cisco
4 3 (6.00%) Fortinet
4 3 (6.00%) Juniper
4 3 (6.00%) Splunk
5 2 (4.00%) Microsoft