Customer Requirements Contracts in the South West

Customer Requirements
England > South West

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the South West requiring Customer Requirements skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Customer Requirements over the 6 months leading up to 3 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 87 97 64
Rank change year-on-year +10 -33 +77
Contract jobs citing Customer Requirements 27 47 124
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South West 1.60% 1.47% 3.42%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.77% 1.77% 3.82%
Number of daily rates quoted 12 35 24
10th Percentile - £425 £475
25th Percentile £513 £525 £503
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £590 £600
Median % change year-on-year +1.69% -1.67% +45.90%
75th Percentile £625 £630 £626
90th Percentile £636 £688 £676
England median daily rate £560 £500 £500
% change year-on-year +12.00% - +8.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 6 98
10th Percentile £38.20 £39.15 -
25th Percentile £49.00 £41.32 -
Median hourly rate £58.75 £47.83 £9.80
Median % change year-on-year +22.83% +388.06% -82.18%
75th Percentile £68.75 - -
90th Percentile £75.50 - £60.07
England median hourly rate £50.00 £47.83 £10.63
% change year-on-year +4.54% +349.95% -76.41%

All Process and Methodology Skills
South West

Customer Requirements 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 1,522 2,654 3,248
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South West 90.33% 83.02% 89.70%
Number of daily rates quoted 967 1,694 2,395
10th Percentile £235 £220 £313
25th Percentile £400 £405 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £516 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year -1.73% -4.55% +10.00%
75th Percentile £623 £625 £650
90th Percentile £688 £700 £723
England median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% +2.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 148 336 332
10th Percentile £18.42 £13.86 £9.80
25th Percentile £20.08 £27.50 £16.89
Median hourly rate £62.75 £54.00 £61.50
Median % change year-on-year +16.20% -12.20% +26.52%
75th Percentile £68.00 £70.00 £70.30
90th Percentile £70.00 £77.50 £83.31
England median hourly rate £29.07 £36.00 £37.34
% change year-on-year -19.25% -3.59% +53.69%

Customer Requirements
Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

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

Job vacancy trend for Customer Requirements in the South West

Customer Requirements
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South West

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Customer Requirements in the South West.

Daily rate trend for Customer Requirements in the South West

Customer Requirements
Daily Rate Histogram in the South West

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Customer Requirements in the South West over the 6 months to 3 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Customer Requirements in the South West

Customer Requirements
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the South West

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Customer Requirements in the South West.

Hourly rate trend for Customer Requirements in the South West

Customer Requirements
Hourly Rate Histogram in the South West

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Customer Requirements in the South West over the 6 months to 3 May 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Customer Requirements in the South West

Customer Requirements
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 Customer Requirements within the South West region over the 6 months to 3 May 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
Bristol +14 11 £525 -19.23% 16
Wiltshire - 8 £602 - 5
Somerset +2 4 £605 +15.24% 10
Gloucestershire +12 3 £500 -7.41% 24
Devon +13 1 - - 3
Customer Requirements
England

Customer Requirements
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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (3.70%) CMS
1 1 (3.70%) Microsoft Exchange
1 1 (3.70%) SharePoint
1 1 (3.70%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 2 (7.41%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (3.70%) CATIA
2 1 (3.70%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (3.70%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 1 (3.70%) Primavera
Cloud Services
1 10 (37.04%) PaaS
1 10 (37.04%) SaaS
2 5 (18.52%) Azure
3 2 (7.41%) AWS
3 2 (7.41%) Azure DevOps
3 2 (7.41%) GCP
3 2 (7.41%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 11 (40.74%) VoIP
2 10 (37.04%) PBX
3 3 (11.11%) BGP
4 2 (7.41%) Firewall
4 2 (7.41%) MPLS
4 2 (7.41%) OSPF
4 2 (7.41%) SD-WAN
4 2 (7.41%) VLAN
4 2 (7.41%) VPN
4 2 (7.41%) WAN
5 1 (3.70%) 4G
5 1 (3.70%) 5G
5 1 (3.70%) Cisco ISE
5 1 (3.70%) DNS
5 1 (3.70%) Unified Communications
5 1 (3.70%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (3.70%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 2 (7.41%) Git
1 2 (7.41%) NUnit
1 2 (7.41%) Postman
1 2 (7.41%) Visual Studio
2 1 (3.70%) Cypress.io
2 1 (3.70%) JIRA
2 1 (3.70%) Selenium
General
1 11 (40.74%) Telecoms
2 7 (25.93%) Social Skills
3 5 (18.52%) Public Sector
4 4 (14.81%) Finance
5 2 (7.41%) Analytical Skills
5 2 (7.41%) Influencing Skills
5 2 (7.41%) Manufacturing
6 1 (3.70%) Aerospace
6 1 (3.70%) Electronics
6 1 (3.70%) Marketing
6 1 (3.70%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 7 (25.93%) Architect
2 3 (11.11%) Senior
3 2 (7.41%) Consultant
3 2 (7.41%) Lead
3 2 (7.41%) Network Architect
3 2 (7.41%) Senior Test Automation Engineer
3 2 (7.41%) Senior Test Engineer
3 2 (7.41%) Solutions Architect
3 2 (7.41%) Technical Architect
3 2 (7.41%) Test Automation Engineer
3 2 (7.41%) Test Engineer
4 1 (3.70%) Infrastructure Architect
4 1 (3.70%) Project Manager
4 1 (3.70%) Project Planner
4 1 (3.70%) Senior Manager
4 1 (3.70%) Senior Project Manager
4 1 (3.70%) Service Design Architect
4 1 (3.70%) VMware Architect
4 1 (3.70%) Wintel Architect
4 1 (3.70%) Workday Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (7.41%) .NET
1 2 (7.41%) AngularJS
1 2 (7.41%) Playwright
2 1 (3.70%) .NET Framework
2 1 (3.70%) Gherkin
2 1 (3.70%) GraphQL
2 1 (3.70%) WPF
Miscellaneous
1 9 (33.33%) Blackberry
1 9 (33.33%) Video Conferencing
2 3 (11.11%) Management Information System
3 2 (7.41%) Cloud Native
4 1 (3.70%) Analytical Mindset
4 1 (3.70%) Data Protection Act
4 1 (3.70%) Hybrid Cloud
4 1 (3.70%) PKI
4 1 (3.70%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 3 (11.11%) Windows
2 2 (7.41%) Windows Server
3 1 (3.70%) Android
3 1 (3.70%) Apple iOS
3 1 (3.70%) Mac OS
3 1 (3.70%) Windows 10
3 1 (3.70%) Windows Server 2016
3 1 (3.70%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 16 (59.26%) Problem-Solving
2 12 (44.44%) Migration
3 11 (40.74%) Commercial Awareness
3 11 (40.74%) Roadmaps
4 10 (37.04%) Root Cause Analysis
4 10 (37.04%) Service Design
5 9 (33.33%) Impact Assessments
5 9 (33.33%) Thought Leadership
6 8 (29.63%) Cost Reduction
6 8 (29.63%) Product Roadmap
6 8 (29.63%) Validation
7 5 (18.52%) Continuous Improvement
8 4 (14.81%) Decision-Making
8 4 (14.81%) Project Management
8 4 (14.81%) Stakeholder Management
9 3 (11.11%) Agile
9 3 (11.11%) Customer Engagement
9 3 (11.11%) Service Delivery
9 3 (11.11%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 3 (11.11%) TOGAF
Programming Languages
1 2 (7.41%) SQL
1 2 (7.41%) TypeScript
2 1 (3.70%) PowerShell
2 1 (3.70%) VB
2 1 (3.70%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 22 (81.48%) Security Cleared
2 20 (74.07%) SC Cleared
3 15 (55.56%) DV Cleared
4 12 (44.44%) CCNP
4 12 (44.44%) Cisco Certification
5 9 (33.33%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
6 3 (11.11%) Degree
7 2 (7.41%) AWS Certification
7 2 (7.41%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
7 2 (7.41%) Azure Certification
7 2 (7.41%) CCIE
7 2 (7.41%) HNC
7 2 (7.41%) JNCIE
7 2 (7.41%) JNCIP
8 1 (3.70%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
8 1 (3.70%) MCP
8 1 (3.70%) MCSA
8 1 (3.70%) MCSE
8 1 (3.70%) Microsoft Certification
8 1 (3.70%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (11.11%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 2 (7.41%) Accessibility
3 1 (3.70%) ISO 9001
3 1 (3.70%) ISO/IEC 20000
3 1 (3.70%) NCSC
3 1 (3.70%) QA
System Software
1 10 (37.04%) VMware Infrastructure
2 2 (7.41%) Active Directory
2 2 (7.41%) Docker
3 1 (3.70%) BitLocker
3 1 (3.70%) Microsoft App-V
3 1 (3.70%) vCloud
3 1 (3.70%) Virtual Desktop
3 1 (3.70%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 1 (3.70%) Active Directory Federation Services
1 1 (3.70%) Cisco CUCM
1 1 (3.70%) Cisco UCCX
1 1 (3.70%) Kubernetes
1 1 (3.70%) Microsoft Intune
1 1 (3.70%) SCCM
Vendors
1 15 (55.56%) Cisco
2 14 (51.85%) Juniper
3 13 (48.15%) Palo Alto
4 11 (40.74%) VMware
5 10 (37.04%) Ericsson
5 10 (37.04%) F5
5 10 (37.04%) Nokia
6 9 (33.33%) Avaya
6 9 (33.33%) Ribbon
7 5 (18.52%) Microsoft
8 2 (7.41%) Fortinet
8 2 (7.41%) Google
9 1 (3.70%) Adaptive Insights
9 1 (3.70%) Aruba
9 1 (3.70%) HP
9 1 (3.70%) McAfee
9 1 (3.70%) SAP
9 1 (3.70%) Symantec
9 1 (3.70%) Workday