BT Contract Job Trends in the South West

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England > South West

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the South West requiring knowledge or experience of BT products and/or services. It includes a benchmarking guide to contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited BT over the 6 months leading up to 3 January 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

The figures below represent the IT contractor job market in general and are not representative of contractor rates within BT Group plc.

6 months to
3 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 131 118 136
Rank change year-on-year -13 +18 +44
Contract jobs citing BT 2 5 8
As % of all contract jobs in the South West 0.083% 0.25% 0.27%
As % of the Vendors category 0.21% 0.55% 0.67%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 1 6
10th Percentile - - £264
25th Percentile £363 £293 £333
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £375 £305 £388
Median % change year-on-year +22.95% -21.39% +25.67%
75th Percentile £388 £318 £467
90th Percentile - - £638
England median daily rate £444 £450 £415
% change year-on-year -1.39% +8.43% -12.63%

All Vendors
South West

BT falls under the Vendor Products and Services category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring knowledge or experience of all vendor products and services in the South West.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 951 916 1,194
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South West 39.33% 45.62% 40.75%
Number of daily rates quoted 631 557 780
10th Percentile £225 £220 £222
25th Percentile £413 £406 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £545
Median % change year-on-year - -3.67% +3.81%
75th Percentile £619 £623 £638
90th Percentile £725 £700 £700
England median daily rate £501 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.62% - -2.78%
Number of hourly rates quoted 85 42 119
10th Percentile £15.00 £12.50 £19.00
25th Percentile £18.87 £18.51 £47.82
Median hourly rate £23.83 £62.50 £56.49
Median % change year-on-year -61.88% +10.64% -13.09%
75th Percentile £44.50 £69.69 £69.62
90th Percentile £71.45 £74.94 £76.25
England median hourly rate £23.83 £30.00 £45.88
% change year-on-year -20.58% -34.61% +69.93%

BT
Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

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

BT job vacancy trend in the South West

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Daily Rate Trend in the South West

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

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

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Hourly Rate Trend in the South West

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

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

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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 BT within the South West region over the 6 months to 3 January 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
Bristol -11 2 £375 +22.95% 3
BT
England

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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:

Cloud Services
1 2 (100.00%) Google Ads
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 2 (100.00%) Decision-Making
1 2 (100.00%) Design Thinking
1 2 (100.00%) Systems Thinking