DAMA Contract Job Trends in the South West

DAMA International
England > South West

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the South West requiring DAMA skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 15 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 130 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing DAMA 4 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in the South West 0.17% - -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.21% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 4 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £375 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £470 - -
75th Percentile £646 - -
90th Percentile £829 - -
England median daily rate £463 £675 £644
% change year-on-year -31.48% +4.85% +7.29%

All Process and Methodology Skills
South West

DAMA 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 1,932 1,830 2,617
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South West 83.93% 86.73% 87.03%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,135 1,127 1,745
10th Percentile £263 £281 £300
25th Percentile £413 £424 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year - -4.55% +4.76%
75th Percentile £638 £638 £650
90th Percentile £738 £731 £725
England median daily rate £506 £525 £545
% change year-on-year -3.62% -3.67% -0.91%
Number of hourly rates quoted 290 129 267
10th Percentile £15.25 £18.99 £20.50
25th Percentile £18.87 £47.50 £45.50
Median hourly rate £29.40 £65.00 £60.00
Median % change year-on-year -54.78% +8.33% -7.69%
75th Percentile £65.00 £70.00 £70.00
90th Percentile £67.25 £75.00 £83.40
England median hourly rate £25.15 £35.00 £44.50
% change year-on-year -28.14% -21.35% +19.30%

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Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

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

DAMA 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 DAMA.

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

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Daily Rate Histogram in the South West

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing DAMA in the South West over the 6 months to 15 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for DAMA in the South West

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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 DAMA within the South West region over the 6 months to 15 December 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
Dorset - 2 £400 - 1
Bristol - 1 £540 -
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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:

Business Applications
1 1 (25.00%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 1 (25.00%) Azure
1 1 (25.00%) Collibra
1 1 (25.00%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 1 (25.00%) Hyperconnected
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (50.00%) Data Warehouse
2 1 (25.00%) Data Lake
2 1 (25.00%) Metadata
2 1 (25.00%) Power BI
General
1 2 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (25.00%) Finance
2 1 (25.00%) Legal
Job Titles
1 4 (100.00%) Architect
2 3 (75.00%) Data Architect
3 2 (50.00%) Lead
3 2 (50.00%) Lead Architect
3 2 (50.00%) Lead Data Architect
4 1 (25.00%) Azure Architect
4 1 (25.00%) Azure Data Architect
4 1 (25.00%) Enterprise Architect
4 1 (25.00%) Enterprise Data Architect
4 1 (25.00%) Information Architect
Miscellaneous
1 1 (25.00%) Data Fabric
1 1 (25.00%) FMCG
1 1 (25.00%) Hybrid Cloud
1 1 (25.00%) Legacy Systems
1 1 (25.00%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (100.00%) TOGAF
2 3 (75.00%) Business Intelligence
2 3 (75.00%) Computer Science
3 2 (50.00%) Data Design
3 2 (50.00%) Data Management
3 2 (50.00%) Data Modelling
3 2 (50.00%) Stakeholder Management
4 1 (25.00%) AI
4 1 (25.00%) Business Strategy
4 1 (25.00%) Data Architecture
4 1 (25.00%) Data Ingestion
4 1 (25.00%) ETL
4 1 (25.00%) Event-Driven
4 1 (25.00%) Information Management
4 1 (25.00%) Integration Patterns
4 1 (25.00%) Matrix Organization
4 1 (25.00%) Platform Engineering
4 1 (25.00%) Roadmaps
4 1 (25.00%) Translating Business Requirements
4 1 (25.00%) UML
Qualifications
1 3 (75.00%) Degree
2 2 (50.00%) Computer Science Degree
2 2 (50.00%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (50.00%) Data Quality
2 1 (25.00%) GDPR
Vendors
1 1 (25.00%) Databricks
1 1 (25.00%) Informatica
1 1 (25.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (25.00%) Salesforce
1 1 (25.00%) SAP