Dependency Management Contract Job Trends in the South West

Dependency Management
England > South West

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the South West requiring Dependency Management skills. It covers vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 20 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 109 133 148
Rank change year-on-year +24 +15 -1
Contract jobs citing Dependency Management 8 10 7
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South West 0.41% 0.38% 0.21%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.45% 0.45% 0.25%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 7 4
10th Percentile - £475 £663
25th Percentile - £486 £719
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £500 £750
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% -33.33% +31.87%
75th Percentile - £528 £781
90th Percentile - £544 £838
England median daily rate £550 £525 £575
% change year-on-year +4.76% -8.70% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 3
Median hourly rate - - £78.00
England median hourly rate £70.50 - £78.00
% change year-on-year - - +27.46%

All Process and Methodology Skills
South West

Dependency 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 1,771 2,226 2,844
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South West 90.50% 83.94% 87.21%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,025 1,325 1,968
10th Percentile £213 £286 £311
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 £620 £638 £650
90th Percentile £706 £710 £725
England median daily rate £510 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -2.86% -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 245 214 257
10th Percentile £15.00 £18.20 £20.40
25th Percentile £18.51 £48.50 £45.00
Median hourly rate £25.15 £67.50 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year -62.74% +3.85% +12.17%
75th Percentile £63.75 £72.50 £75.00
90th Percentile £68.45 £75.00 £83.40
England median hourly rate £25.15 £43.00 £44.50
% change year-on-year -41.51% -3.37% +53.98%

Dependency Management
Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

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

Job vacancy trend for Dependency Management 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 Dependency Management.

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

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Hourly Rate Trend in the South West

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

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

Dependency 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 Dependency Management within the South West region over the 6 months to 20 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
Wiltshire +14 8 £550 +15.79%
Dependency Management
England

Dependency 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 4 (50.00%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 4 (50.00%) Primavera
General
1 3 (37.50%) Social Skills
1 3 (37.50%) Telecoms
2 1 (12.50%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (12.50%) Military
Job Titles
1 7 (87.50%) Lead
1 7 (87.50%) Project Planner
2 1 (12.50%) Digital Planner
Miscellaneous
1 4 (50.00%) Private Cloud
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (87.50%) Critical Path Analysis
2 4 (50.00%) Agile
2 4 (50.00%) Project Delivery
2 4 (50.00%) Scaled Agile Framework
2 4 (50.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 4 (50.00%) Waterfall
2 4 (50.00%) Workshop Facilitation
3 3 (37.50%) Performance Analysis
3 3 (37.50%) Programme Governance
3 3 (37.50%) Programme Management
3 3 (37.50%) Test Assurance
4 1 (12.50%) Analytical Thinking
4 1 (12.50%) Business Analysis
4 1 (12.50%) Minimum Viable Product
4 1 (12.50%) Product Management
4 1 (12.50%) Project Planning
4 1 (12.50%) Risk Management
4 1 (12.50%) Stakeholder Management
4 1 (12.50%) Strategic Thinking
4 1 (12.50%) Use Case
Qualifications
1 8 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 7 (87.50%) SC Cleared
3 4 (50.00%) Degree
4 2 (25.00%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (50.00%) P3O
2 1 (12.50%) Cyber Essentials
2 1 (12.50%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
2 1 (12.50%) JSP 440