Community of Practice Contract Job Trends in the South West

Communities of Practice (CoP)
England > South West

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the South West requiring Community of Practice skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 5 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 120 126 149
Rank change year-on-year +6 +23 +20
Contract jobs citing Community of Practice 4 7 3
As % of all contract jobs in the South West 0.19% 0.29% 0.096%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.21% 0.34% 0.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 2 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £525 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £460 -
Median % change year-on-year +19.57% - -
75th Percentile £575 - -
90th Percentile - - -
England median daily rate £500 £500 £590
% change year-on-year - -15.25% -1.67%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 2
10th Percentile - - £51.63
25th Percentile - - £52.19
Median hourly rate - - £53.75
75th Percentile - - £54.69
90th Percentile - - £54.88
England median hourly rate - - £68.67

All Process and Methodology Skills
South West

Community of Practice 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 1,898 2,029 2,726
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South West 89.11% 84.47% 87.46%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,097 1,218 1,842
10th Percentile £225 £313 £300
25th Percentile £378 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £519 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year -1.24% -4.55% +4.76%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £650
90th Percentile £725 £734 £719
England median daily rate £508 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -3.33% -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 279 149 286
10th Percentile £15.20 £15.28 £20.38
25th Percentile £18.87 £33.00 £45.00
Median hourly rate £25.15 £65.00 £60.00
Median % change year-on-year -61.31% +8.33% -7.69%
75th Percentile £63.75 £70.25 £70.00
90th Percentile £67.87 £74.00 £83.40
England median hourly rate £25.15 £38.04 £45.00
% change year-on-year -33.88% -15.48% +28.57%

Community of Practice
Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

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

Community of Practice job vacancy trend in the South West

Community of Practice
Daily Rate Trend in the South West

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the South West citing Community of Practice.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the South West citing Community of Practice

Community of Practice
Hourly Rate Trend in the South West

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the South West citing Community of Practice.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the South West citing Community of Practice

Community of Practice
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 Community of Practice within the South West region over the 6 months to 5 November 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
Devon +11 3 - - 3
Bristol - 1 £550 - 5
Community of Practice
England

Community of Practice
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 (25.00%) Adobe Creative Suite
1 1 (25.00%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (25.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 1 (25.00%) Figma
General
1 2 (50.00%) Public Sector
2 1 (25.00%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (25.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (25.00%) Consultant
1 1 (25.00%) Designer
1 1 (25.00%) Digital User Researcher
1 1 (25.00%) IT Manager
1 1 (25.00%) Senior
1 1 (25.00%) Senior IT Manager
1 1 (25.00%) Senior Manager
1 1 (25.00%) Software Consultant
1 1 (25.00%) Software Manager
1 1 (25.00%) User Researcher
1 1 (25.00%) Visual Designer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (25.00%) Mobile App
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (50.00%) Asset Management
1 2 (50.00%) Data Science
1 2 (50.00%) IT Asset Management
1 2 (50.00%) Knowledge Transfer
1 2 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
1 2 (50.00%) Product Management
2 1 (25.00%) Coaching
2 1 (25.00%) Content Writing
2 1 (25.00%) Creative Problem-Solving
2 1 (25.00%) Data Cleansing
2 1 (25.00%) Infographics
2 1 (25.00%) ITIL
2 1 (25.00%) ITSM
2 1 (25.00%) Mentoring
2 1 (25.00%) Prototyping
2 1 (25.00%) Service Design
2 1 (25.00%) Service Management
2 1 (25.00%) Software Asset Management
2 1 (25.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 1 (25.00%) User Experience
Qualifications
1 3 (75.00%) Security Cleared
2 1 (25.00%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (25.00%) Accessibility
1 1 (25.00%) Data Quality
Vendors
1 1 (25.00%) Adobe
1 1 (25.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (25.00%) Snow